Jim Acker vs. Jake Weimer — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jake Weimer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jake Weimer 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. Jake Weimer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.23 and WHIP 1.168 compared to 3.97 and 1.423 for Jim Acker. By the career numbers, Jake Weimer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Jake Weimer

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
1.17
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.59
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.49
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.42
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.43
58.43
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.24
94.24
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.87
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.13
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
399
3.97
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
2.23
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4418
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1472.2
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
918
9.14
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1227
7.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.5
7.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.82
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
3.27
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
3.01
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
4.8
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
657
4.02
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.897
0.897
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.781
0.781
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.16
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.32
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.45
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3868
38.49
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5971
36.49
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447
4.45
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
3.12
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.168
1.168
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3433
34.17
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5405
33.03
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.49
36.49

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Jake Weimer

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
1.17
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4419
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1473
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.73
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.75
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.6
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
2.46
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
2.35
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
3.4
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
2.33
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
524
3.2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.24
94.24
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.744
2.744
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.96
76.96
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Jake Weimer

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
192
197.26
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
584
600
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
540
554.79
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
0.53
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
9
96.43
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
118.15
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
8
85.71
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
104.79
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11.3
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.03
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.03
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13.36
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
18.73
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.2
36.17
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
107.14
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
134.59
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
11
117.86
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
151.03
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
47.26
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
36.99
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
83.22
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.88
9.45
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39.52
40.6
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.08
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
29.79
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
101.71
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.9
5.9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.11
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.11
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Weimer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100