Jack Aker vs. Mike Lee — Career Comparison

Jack Aker
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Lee
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Lee 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 3.34 and 1.743 for Mike Lee. 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 Mike Lee

Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
5.97
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.34
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.03
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.57
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.09
51.09
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.48
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.28
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
3.34
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.12
6.12
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2238
27
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
27
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746
9
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
9
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
679
8.19
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
9.26
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.19
8.19
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.26
9.26
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.03
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
3.31
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
6.43
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.82
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
4.87
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
4.37
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.909
0.909
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.03
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.48
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.51
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3144
37.93
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
40.63
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
3.87
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.8
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
3.76
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.34
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.39
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.14
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.23
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.743
1.743
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2786
33.61
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
33.69
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.93
37.93
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.63
40.63

Fielding Stats for Jack Aker and Mike Lee

Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
5.97
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.34
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.03
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2240
27
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
27
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746.2
9
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
9
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.78
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
2.01
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.57
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
2.89
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.83
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
2.8
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.83
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.67
96.67
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.469
0.469
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.846
0.846
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.24
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Aker and Mike Lee

Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
496
2861.54
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
13
1114.29
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
600
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
530.77
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
40.38
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
28.85
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.54
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.54
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
4.66
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
51.92
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
51.92
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
17.31
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.08
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
40.38
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-4.13
-23.83
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.72
-61.83
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.77
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.77
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
51
294.23
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
2.04
2.04
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
57.69
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.77
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA