Jim Acker vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Michael Wacha 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. Michael Wacha led in strikeout rate (K%+ 94 vs 78), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 96 vs 86), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 107 vs 98). Role difference aside, Michael Wacha holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Michael Wacha

Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.49
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399
3.97
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
918
9.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.82
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
3.27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
482
4.8
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.897
0.897
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3868
38.49
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447
4.45
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.75
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3433
34.17
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Michael Wacha

Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.66
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.6
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.35
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.33
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.64
97.64
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Michael Wacha

Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
96.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
85.71
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
18.73
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
107.14
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
117.86
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.88
9.45
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
18.62
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
258.62
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.32
2.32
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100