Tom Acker vs. Dick Fowler — Career Comparison

Tom Acker
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Fowler
Greatest GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Fowler 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. Dick Fowler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.11 and WHIP 1.493 compared to 4.12 and 1.407 for Tom Acker. By the career numbers, Dick Fowler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Acker and Dick Fowler

Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.62
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
1.53
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.54
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.17
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.45
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.46
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.55
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.52
45.52
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.03
15.03
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.52
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
4.12
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
4.11
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1141
27
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3909
27
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
380.1
9
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1303
9
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
8.64
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1367
9.44
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.64
8.64
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.02
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.66
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.55
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
578
3.99
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.47
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
6.06
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
2.64
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.06
6.06
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.068
1.068
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.737
0.737
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.4
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1629
38.55
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5680
39.23
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.83
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
4.28
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
685
4.73
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.493
1.493
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1462
34.6
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5083
35.11
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.23
39.23

Fielding Stats for Tom Acker and Dick Fowler

Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.62
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.54
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1141
27
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
380.1
9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.45
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.16
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.63
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.61
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.55
98.55
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.62
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.444
0.444
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.285
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.03
15.03
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Acker and Dick Fowler

Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
153
956.25
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
270.12
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
96
600
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
600
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
77
481.25
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
564.14
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
105.18
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
90.84
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.95
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.34
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.12
7
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.52
22.13
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
123.11
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
18
112.5
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
124.3
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
62.5
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
26.29
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.5
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.25
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
75
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
63.35
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.75
-4.66
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.23
18.21
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.25
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.2
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
75
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
287.5
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
82.47
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.28
7.28
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
37.5
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
16.73
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.25
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0