Tom Acker vs. Larry Cheney — Career Comparison

Tom Acker
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Larry Cheney
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Larry Cheney 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. Larry Cheney posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.7 and WHIP 1.243 compared to 4.12 and 1.407 for Tom Acker. By the career numbers, Larry Cheney had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Acker and Larry Cheney

Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.62
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
1.5
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.54
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
1.08
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.45
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.55
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.48
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.7
53.7
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.03
15.03
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.88
71.88
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.63
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.09
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
4.12
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
564
2.7
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1141
27
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5644
27
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
380.1
9
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1881.1
9
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
365
8.64
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1605
7.68
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.64
8.64
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.02
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.17
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
3.55
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
733
3.51
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.47
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
6.06
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
926
4.43
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.06
6.06
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.068
1.068
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.882
0.882
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.57
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.4
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.28
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1629
38.55
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7865
37.62
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.83
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.3
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
4.28
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
784
3.75
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1462
34.6
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7073
33.84
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.55
38.55
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.62
37.62

Fielding Stats for Tom Acker and Larry Cheney

Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.62
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.54
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1141
27
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
380.1
9
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.45
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.16
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
501
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.63
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
602
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.61
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.55
98.55
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.36
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.444
0.444
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.771
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.03
15.03
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Acker and Larry Cheney

Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
153
956.25
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
316
273.2
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
96
600
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
694
600
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
77
481.25
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
617
533.43
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.527
0.527
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
99.42
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
77.81
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
14.7
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.05
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
21.61
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.12
7
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.88
33.61
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
128.82
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
18
112.5
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
161
139.19
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
62.5
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
39.77
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.5
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
36.31
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
12
75
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
75.22
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.75
-4.66
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.81
33.56
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.25
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
4.32
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
75
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
35.45
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
287.5
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
179
154.76
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.88
3.88
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
37.5
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
26.8
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.25
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.59
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.73
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.32
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60