Tom Acker vs. Ernest Burke — Career Comparison

Tom Acker
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ernest Burke
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Ernest Burke built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Acker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ernest Burke posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.494 compared to 4.12 and 1.407 for Tom Acker. By the career numbers, Ernest Burke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Acker and Ernest Burke

Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.62
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.52
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.54
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.81
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.45
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.03
15.03
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.61
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
4.12
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.84
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1141
27
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
27
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
380.1
9
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
9
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
8.64
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
11.43
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.64
8.64
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.02
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
3.55
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.02
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.47
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
6.06
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.63
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.06
6.06
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.068
1.068
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.517
0.517
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.4
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1629
38.55
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
394
39.84
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.83
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.61
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
4.28
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
5.26
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.91
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.494
1.494
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1462
34.6
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
37.31
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.84
39.84

Fielding Stats for Tom Acker and Ernest Burke

Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.62
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.48
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.54
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.95
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1141
27
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
27
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
380.1
9
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
103.2
9
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.45
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1.16
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.52
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
1.63
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
3.04
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
1.61
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.95
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.55
98.55
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.14
97.14
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.03
15.03
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.71
64.71
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Acker and Ernest Burke

Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
956.25
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
600
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
481.25
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
489.8
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.582
0.582
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
85.71
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.12
7
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.26
39.9
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
112.5
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
171.43
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.485
0.485
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
62.5
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.5
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
75
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.75
-4.66
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.54
43.34
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.25
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
75
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
46
287.5
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
2.09
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
37.5
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.25
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA