Jack Aker vs. Jerry Davie — Career Comparison

Jack Aker
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jerry Davie
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jerry Davie built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Aker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Aker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.28 and WHIP 1.369 compared to 4.17 and 1.582 for Jerry Davie. By the career numbers, Jack Aker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Aker and Jerry Davie

Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
5.97
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.7
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.23
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.57
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.49
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.09
51.09
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.48
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.28
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
4.17
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.46
6.46
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2238
27
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
27
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746
9
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.2
9
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
679
8.19
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
9.82
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.19
8.19
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.96
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
3.31
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
4.17
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.82
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
404
4.87
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
4.91
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.909
0.909
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.009
1.009
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.48
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.98
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3144
37.93
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
42.71
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
3.87
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
3.76
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
6.14
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.14
6.14
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.39
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.14
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.23
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.555
1.555
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2786
33.61
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
37.55
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.93
37.93
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.71
42.71

Fielding Stats for Jack Aker and Jerry Davie

Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
5.97
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.7
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.23
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2240
27
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
27
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746.2
9
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.2
9
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.78
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.98
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
2.01
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.21
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
2.89
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.19
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
2.8
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.19
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.67
96.67
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.469
0.469
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.24
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Aker and Jerry Davie

Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
496
2861.54
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
11
550
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
600
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
530.77
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.076
0.076
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.917
0.917
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
40.38
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
28.85
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.54
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.54
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.81
4.66
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.3
115.2
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
51.92
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
51.92
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
300
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
0.9
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
17.31
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
23.08
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
40.38
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.13
-23.83
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.56
127.97
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.77
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.77
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
51
294.23
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
2.04
2.04
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
57.69
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.77
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA