Jerry Akers vs. Larry Dierker — Career Comparison

Jerry Akers
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Larry Dierker
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Larry Dierker built a career as a starting pitcher and Jerry Akers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Larry Dierker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.31 and WHIP 1.236 compared to 4.87 and 1.918 for Jerry Akers. By the career numbers, Larry Dierker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jerry Akers and Larry Dierker

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.21
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.54
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
0.47
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.05
53.05
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.41
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.87
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
3.31
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.69
6.69
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7001
27
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2333.2
9
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
10.62
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2130
8.21
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.62
10.62
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.21
8.21
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
0.71
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
6.64
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
2.74
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
4.87
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1493
5.76
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.76
5.76
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.279
1.279
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.944
0.944
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.4
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.89
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
42.93
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9661
37.26
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
7.52
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
3.66
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.52
7.52
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.14
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.14
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.27
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.918
1.918
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
35.41
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8828
34.05
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.93
42.93
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26

Fielding Stats for Jerry Akers and Larry Dierker

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.37
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7002
27
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2334
9
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.59
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
1.11
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.09
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.78
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
1.69
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.02
95.02
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jerry Akers and Larry Dierker

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
500
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
357
244.52
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
876
600
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
789
540.41
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
73.29
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
60.96
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
9.59
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
12.33
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
61.11
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.37
13.27
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
91.1
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
120
82.19
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
26.03
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
31.51
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
54.79
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
80.16
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.8
-1.92
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
8.22
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
272
186.3
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
3.22
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
47.95
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
16
10.96
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA