Jack Aker vs. Mike Thompson — Career Comparison

Jack Aker
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Thompson
Gen XColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Thompson 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 5.27 and 1.533 for Mike Thompson. 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 Thompson

Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
5.97
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.17
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.34
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.57
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.5
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.09
51.09
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.48
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.28
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
5.27
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2238
27
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
27
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746
9
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
107.2
9
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
679
8.19
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
10.2
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.19
8.19
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
10.2
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.25
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
3.31
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
3.09
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.82
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.5
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
4.87
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
3.34
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.715
0.715
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.16
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.48
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.84
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3144
37.93
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
40.12
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
3.87
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.5
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
3.76
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
5.93
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.39
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.59
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.14
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.23
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.17
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.477
1.477
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2786
33.61
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
35.19
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.93
37.93
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Jack Aker and Mike Thompson

Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
5.97
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.17
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.34
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2240
27
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
27
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746.2
9
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
107.2
9
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.78
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.84
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
2.01
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.42
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
2.89
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
2.51
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
2.8
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
2.26
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.67
96.67
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.469
0.469
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.039
1.039
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.24
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Aker and Mike Thompson

Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
496
2861.54
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
26
503.23
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
600
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
31
600
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
530.77
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
27
522.58
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.076
0.076
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
40.38
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
77.42
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
28.85
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
77.42
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.54
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.54
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.81
4.66
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
13.19
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
51.92
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
77.42
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
51.92
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
96.77
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
17.31
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.08
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
40.38
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.13
-23.83
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
6.66
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.77
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.77
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
19.35
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
51
294.23
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
251.61
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
2.04
2.04
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
57.69
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.77
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA