Darrel Akerfelds vs. Bernie Boland — Career Comparison

Darrel Akerfelds
Baby BoomersColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bernie Boland
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bernie Boland built a career as a starting pitcher and Darrel Akerfelds as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bernie Boland posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.25 and WHIP 1.278 compared to 5.08 and 1.536 for Darrel Akerfelds. By the career numbers, Bernie Boland had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Darrel Akerfelds and Bernie Boland

Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.81
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
1.77
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.5
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.01
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.58
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.39
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.45
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.37
47.37
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.2
56.2
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.4
10.4
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.94
56.94
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.5
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.1
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
5.08
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
3.25
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.246
0.246
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
701
27
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3186
27
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
233.2
9
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1062
9
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
8.32
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
925
7.84
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.32
8.32
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.84
7.84
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
1.39
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
4.89
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.66
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.62
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
4.97
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
3.08
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.096
1.096
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.81
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.5
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.25
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1047
40.33
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4324
36.64
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.27
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.44
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
5.62
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
3.9
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.62
5.62
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.65
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.46
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.58
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
878
33.82
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3863
32.74
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.64
36.64

Fielding Stats for Darrel Akerfelds and Bernie Boland

Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.81
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.5
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
701
27
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233.2
9
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.54
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.85
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.73
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.72
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.543
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.4
10.4
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Darrel Akerfelds and Bernie Boland

Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
8333.33
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
216
351.22
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
369
600
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
327
531.71
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
73.17
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
58.54
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
11.38
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.25
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.63
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
6.61
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.32
21.67
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
91.06
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
123.58
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
47.15
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.89
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
65.04
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.28
-18.99
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.85
16.01
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
50.41
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
400
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
83
134.96
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
4.45
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.89
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA