Darrel Akerfelds vs. Eppa Rixey — Career Comparison

Darrel Akerfelds
Baby BoomersColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eppa Rixey
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Eppa Rixey 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. Eppa Rixey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.15 and WHIP 1.272 compared to 5.08 and 1.536 for Darrel Akerfelds. By the career numbers, Eppa Rixey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Darrel Akerfelds and Eppa Rixey

Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.81
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
1.39
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.5
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
1.11
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
0.53
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.39
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
0.5
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.37
47.37
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.45
51.45
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.4
10.4
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.77
79.77
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
0.58
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.07
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.03
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
5.08
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1572
3.15
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
701
27
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13484
27
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
233.2
9
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4494.2
9
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
8.32
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4633
9.28
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
1.39
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.18
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
4.89
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1082
2.17
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.62
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
4.97
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1350
2.7
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.096
1.096
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.541
0.541
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.81
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.19
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.5
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.15
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.02
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1047
40.33
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18754
37.55
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.27
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.19
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
5.62
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1986
3.98
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.62
5.62
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.65
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.46
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.58
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
878
33.82
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17596
35.23
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Darrel Akerfelds and Eppa Rixey

Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.81
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.5
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
701
27
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233.2
9
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.54
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1195
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.85
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.73
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1326
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.79
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.916
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.4
10.4
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Darrel Akerfelds and Eppa Rixey

Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
8333.33
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
694
249.79
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1667
600
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1522
547.81
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
104.74
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
90.34
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
11.88
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.44
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.08
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
14.4
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
6.61
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75.54
27.19
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
341
122.74
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
349
125.61
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
34.19
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
39.95
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
73.07
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.28
-18.99
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77.08
27.74
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
3.24
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
17.64
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
400
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
220
79.18
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.58
7.58
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
31.31
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.72
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.72
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.72
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.44
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50