Tom Acker vs. Ismael Valdez — Career Comparison

Tom Acker
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ismael Valdez
Gen XMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ismael Valdez 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. Ismael Valdez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.09 and WHIP 1.332 compared to 4.12 and 1.407 for Tom Acker. By the career numbers, Ismael Valdez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Acker and Ismael Valdez

Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.62
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.6
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.54
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.45
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.51
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.52
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.76
49.76
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.03
15.03
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.62
88.62
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
4.12
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
830
4.09
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1141
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
380.1
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
8.64
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1872
9.22
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.64
8.64
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
1.15
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
3.55
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
2.58
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.47
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.19
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
6.06
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1173
5.78
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.06
6.06
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.068
1.068
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.928
0.928
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.11
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.4
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.23
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.09
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1629
38.55
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7760
38.22
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.83
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.06
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
4.28
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
892
4.39
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.33
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.23
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.7
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.311
1.311
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1462
34.6
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7075
34.85
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.55
38.55
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.22
38.22

Fielding Stats for Tom Acker and Ismael Valdez

Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.62
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.6
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.54
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1141
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
380.1
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.45
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.63
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.16
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
1.36
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.63
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
2.06
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.61
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
1.99
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.55
98.55
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.65
96.65
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.03
15.03
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.62
88.62
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Acker and Ismael Valdez

Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
153
956.25
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
326
412.66
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
96
600
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
600
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
77
481.25
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
399
505.06
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
65.82
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
53.16
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
11.39
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.27
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.66
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.12
7
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.35
13.1
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
81.01
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
112.5
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
82.28
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
62.5
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
25.32
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.5
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
21.52
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
75
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
45.57
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.75
-4.66
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
1.4
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.25
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
75
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
16.46
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
287.5
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
122
154.43
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.89
3.89
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
6
37.5
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
77.22
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.27
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.25
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
7.59
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.06
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.06
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100