Darrel Akerfelds vs. Rick Langford — Career Comparison

Darrel Akerfelds
Baby BoomersColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rick Langford
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rick Langford 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. Rick Langford led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 134 vs 79), run prevention (ERA+ 112 vs 77), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 101 vs 74). Role difference aside, Rick Langford holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Darrel Akerfelds and Rick Langford

Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.81
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
1.57
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.44
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.39
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.64
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.37
47.37
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.78
40.78
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.4
10.4
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.38
75.38
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.51
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
5.08
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
664
4.01
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
701
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4473
27
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
233.2
9
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1491
9
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
8.32
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1570
9.48
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
1.39
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
0.97
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
4.89
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
2.51
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.62
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.18
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
4.97
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
671
4.05
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.096
1.096
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.81
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.23
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.5
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.11
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1047
40.33
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6329
38.2
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.27
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.14
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
5.62
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
4.5
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.62
5.62
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.65
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.28
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.46
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.32
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.58
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.67
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.332
1.332
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
878
33.82
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5796
34.99
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
38.2

Fielding Stats for Darrel Akerfelds and Rick Langford

Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.81
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
1.57
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
701
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4482
27
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
233.2
9
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1494
9
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.88
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.54
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
1.27
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.85
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.19
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.73
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
2.15
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.35
98.35
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.4
10.4
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.1
75.1
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darrel Akerfelds and Rick Langford

Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
125
8333.33
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
26500
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
6.61
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.28
-18.99
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
6
400
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA