Tom Acker vs. Brett Tomko — Career Comparison

Tom Acker
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brett Tomko
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brett Tomko 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 4.65 and 1.394 for Brett Tomko. 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 Brett Tomko

Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.62
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
1.97
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.54
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.32
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.45
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.5
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.51
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.26
49.26
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.03
15.03
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
67
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
4.12
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
939
4.65
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1141
27
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5448
27
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
380.1
9
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1816
9
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
8.64
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
1898
9.41
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.64
8.64
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.41
9.41
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
1.26
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
3.55
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
2.88
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.47
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.26
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
6.06
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1209
5.99
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.06
6.06
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.068
1.068
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.986
0.986
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.31
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.4
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.18
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1629
38.55
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7824
38.78
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.83
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.19
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
4.28
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
1011
5.01
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.41
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.28
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.64
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.366
1.366
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1462
34.6
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7067
35.02
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.78
38.78

Fielding Stats for Tom Acker and Brett Tomko

Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.62
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
1.97
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.54
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.32
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1141
27
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5448
27
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
380.1
9
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1816
9
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.45
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.57
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.16
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
1.04
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.05
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.63
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
1.67
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.61
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
1.62
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.55
98.55
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.74
96.74
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.821
0.821
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.03
15.03
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
67
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Acker and Brett Tomko

Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
153
956.25
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
406
445.34
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
96
600
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
547
600
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
77
481.25
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
456
500.18
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.459
0.459
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
77.88
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
68.01
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.87
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.87
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.12
7
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.08
15.44
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
87.75
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
112.5
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
98.72
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.365
0.365
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
62.5
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
25.23
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.5
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
31.81
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
75
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
57.04
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.75
-4.66
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.18
10.07
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.25
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
75
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
20.84
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
287.5
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 600 PAverified
180
197.44
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.04
3.04
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
6
37.5
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
77.88
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.1
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
6.25
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.48
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.1
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Tomko
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.1
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Brett Tomko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0