Tom Acker vs. Jim Shellenback — Career Comparison

Tom Acker
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Shellenback
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shellenback 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. Jim Shellenback posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.81 and WHIP 1.447 compared to 4.12 and 1.407 for Tom Acker. By the career numbers, Jim Shellenback had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Acker and Jim Shellenback

Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.62
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.54
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.45
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.59
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.03
15.03
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
4.12
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.81
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1141
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
380.1
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
8.64
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
8.78
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.64
8.64
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.02
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.79
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.55
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
3.96
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.47
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.28
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
6.06
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
4.4
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.06
6.06
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.068
1.068
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.4
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1629
38.55
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1960
38.85
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.83
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.71
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
4.28
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
4.52
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.416
1.416
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1462
34.6
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
34.28
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Tom Acker and Jim Shellenback

Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.62
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
3.27
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.54
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1141
27
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
27
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
380.1
9
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453.2
9
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.45
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.42
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.16
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.81
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.63
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.32
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.61
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.22
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.55
98.55
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.73
95.73
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.679
0.679
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.03
15.03
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.09
29.09
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Acker and Jim Shellenback

Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
153
956.25
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
881.42
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
96
600
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
77
481.25
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
552.21
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
74.34
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
63.72
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.12
7
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
10.04
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
84.96
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
112.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
17
90.27
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
62.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
8
42.48
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.5
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
12
75
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.75
-4.66
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.01
-5.35
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.25
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
75
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.93
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
46
287.5
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
116.81
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Jim Shellenback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.14
5.14
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
37.5
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
6
31.86
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.25
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Shellenback
Career
Per 600 PA