Jack Aker vs. Hank Olmsted — Career Comparison

Jack Aker
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Hank Olmsted
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Hank Olmsted 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. Hank Olmsted posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.24 and WHIP 1.200 compared to 3.28 and 1.369 for Jack Aker. By the career numbers, Hank Olmsted had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Aker and Hank Olmsted

Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
5.97
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.08
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.08
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.57
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.54
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.72
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.09
51.09
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.08
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.48
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
3.28
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.24
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.205
0.205
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2238
27
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
27
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746
9
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
9
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
679
8.19
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
6.48
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.19
8.19
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.48
6.48
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.77
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
3.31
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4.32
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.82
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
4.87
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.16
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.16
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.48
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3144
37.93
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
36
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
3.87
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
3.76
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.6
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.39
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.14
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.23
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.278
1.278
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2786
33.61
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
31.68
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.93
37.93
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36

Fielding Stats for Jack Aker and Hank Olmsted

Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
5.97
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.08
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.08
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2240
27
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
27
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746.2
9
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
9
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.78
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.08
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
2.01
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.8
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
2.89
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.24
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
2.8
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.88
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.67
96.67
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.469
0.469
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.667
2.667
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.24
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Aker and Hank Olmsted

Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
496
2861.54
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
3
200
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
600
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
530.77
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
533.33
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.076
0.076
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
40.38
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
28.85
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.54
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.54
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.81
4.66
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
16.52
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
51.92
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
51.92
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
17.31
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.08
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
40.38
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.13
-23.83
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
14.36
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.77
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.77
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
51
294.23
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.04
2.04
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
57.69
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.77
Hank Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
Hank Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA