Jerry Akers vs. Roric Harrison — Career Comparison

Jerry Akers
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roric Harrison
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roric Harrison 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. Roric Harrison posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.24 and WHIP 1.471 compared to 4.87 and 1.918 for Jerry Akers. By the career numbers, Roric Harrison had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jerry Akers and Roric Harrison

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.21
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
2.14
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.07
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.46
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.53
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.18
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.87
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
4.24
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.69
6.69
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1770
27
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
590
9
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
10.62
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
9
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.62
10.62
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.69
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
6.64
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
3.92
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.32
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
4.87
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
4.87
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.279
1.279
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.976
0.976
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.41
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.89
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.21
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
42.93
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2574
39.26
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.55
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
7.52
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
4.55
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.52
7.52
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.35
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.26
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.44
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.918
1.918
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.436
1.436
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
35.41
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2263
34.52
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.93
42.93
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.26
39.26

Fielding Stats for Jerry Akers and Roric Harrison

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.14
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.07
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1770
27
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
9
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.58
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.96
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.62
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.54
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.28
95.28
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.721
0.721
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jerry Akers and Roric Harrison

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
591.61
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
143
600
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
124
520.28
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
0.51
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
62.94
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
25.17
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.59
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.17
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
37.76
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
61.11
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.78
36.83
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
151.05
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
92.31
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0.458
0.458
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
46.15
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
50.35
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
71.33
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
80.16
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.51
14.71
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.17
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
53
222.38
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
2.7
2.7
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
50.35
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.39
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roric Harrison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
Roric Harrison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0