Jack Aker vs. Deacon Meyers — Career Comparison

Jack Aker
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Deacon Meyers
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Deacon Meyers 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 4.75 and 1.422 for Deacon Meyers. 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 Deacon Meyers

Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
5.97
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.65
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.97
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.57
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.47
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.41
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.09
51.09
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.75
58.75
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.48
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.28
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
4.75
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2238
27
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1312
27
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746
9
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
437.1
9
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
679
8.19
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
9.92
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.19
8.19
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.77
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
3.31
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.88
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.82
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
4.87
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
3.99
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.764
0.764
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.16
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.48
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.35
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3144
37.93
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1734
35.68
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
3.87
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.39
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
3.76
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
292
6.01
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.39
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.07
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.14
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.23
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.422
1.422
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2786
33.61
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1525
31.38
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.93
37.93
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.68
35.68

Fielding Stats for Jack Aker and Deacon Meyers

Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
5.97
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.76
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.07
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2240
27
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
27
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746.2
9
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
444.1
9
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.78
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.32
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
2.01
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.17
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
2.89
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.67
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
2.8
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.48
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.67
96.67
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.03
95.03
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.469
0.469
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.977
1.977
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.92
60.92
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.24
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Aker and Deacon Meyers

Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
496
2861.54
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
97
271.96
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
104
600
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
600
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
92
530.77
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
532.71
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.076
0.076
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
7
40.38
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
81.31
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
28.85
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
58.88
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.54
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.02
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.54
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.43
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.81
4.66
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.77
30.19
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
9
51.92
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
114.95
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
9
51.92
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
131.78
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
17.31
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
23.08
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.45
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
7
40.38
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
112.15
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.13
-23.83
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.51
26.68
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.77
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.21
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.77
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
39.25
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
51
294.23
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.04
2.04
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
57.69
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
16.82
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.77
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67