Tom Acker vs. Spoon Carter — Career Comparison

Tom Acker
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Spoon Carter
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Spoon Carter 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. Tom Acker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.12 and WHIP 1.407 compared to 4.86 and 1.483 for Spoon Carter. By the career numbers, Tom Acker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Acker and Spoon Carter

Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.62
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.69
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.54
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.98
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.45
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.63
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.37
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.38
59.38
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.1
63.1
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.03
15.03
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.54
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
4.12
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
4.86
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1141
27
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2263
27
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
380.1
9
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
754.1
9
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
8.64
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
853
10.18
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.64
8.64
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.18
10.18
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.02
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.51
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
3.55
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
265
3.16
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.47
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
6.06
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
3.88
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.06
6.06
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.068
1.068
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
0.782
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.4
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.23
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1629
38.55
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3348
39.95
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.83
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.42
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
4.28
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
474
5.66
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.92
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.57
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.482
1.482
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1462
34.6
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2986
35.63
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95

Fielding Stats for Tom Acker and Spoon Carter

Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.62
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
1.68
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.54
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1141
27
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2360
27
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
380.1
9
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786.2
9
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.45
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.34
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.16
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.88
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.17
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.63
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.39
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.61
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
2.22
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.55
98.55
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.82
92.82
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.03
15.03
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.18
59.18
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Acker and Spoon Carter

Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
956.25
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
147
262.5
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
96
600
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
600
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
77
481.25
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
302
539.29
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
107.14
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
89.29
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
14.29
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
17.86
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.12
7
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.31
32.7
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
130.36
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
18
112.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
137.5
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
62.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
57.14
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
41.07
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
12
75
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
96.43
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.75
-4.66
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.12
35.93
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.25
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.79
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
75
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
28.57
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
46
287.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
336
336
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
37.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
30.36
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.25
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA