Jim Acker vs. Frank Viola — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Frank Viola
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Frank Viola built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Acker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Frank Viola led in strikeout rate (K%+ 114 vs 78), walk avoidance (BB%+ 113 vs 98), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 95 vs 86). Jim Acker held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 92 vs 73). Role difference aside, Frank Viola holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Frank Viola

Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
1.34
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
1.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.56
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.49
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.48
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.99
53.99
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.76
99.76
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.23
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.05
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399
3.97
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1175
3.73
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8509
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2836.1
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
918
9.14
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2827
8.97
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.97
8.97
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.82
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
0.93
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
3.27
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
864
2.74
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.12
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
482
4.8
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1844
5.85
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.85
5.85
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.897
0.897
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.955
0.955
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.15
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3868
38.49
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11933
37.86
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447
4.45
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4.13
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.28
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
0.68
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.301
1.301
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3433
34.17
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10870
34.49
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Frank Viola

Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
1.34
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
1.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8509
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2836.1
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.6
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
1.18
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.35
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
1.55
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.33
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.44
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.43
93.43
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.081
1.081
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.76
99.76
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.06
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Frank Viola

Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
421
1202.86
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
210
600
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
185
528.57
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.388
0.388
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
96.43
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
74.29
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
85.71
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
65.71
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.57
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.57
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
18.73
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.01
11.46
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
107.14
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
82.86
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
117.86
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
82.86
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.86
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
17.14
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
40
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.88
9.45
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.93
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.57
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
117.14
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.12
5.12
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
62.86
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.71
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA