Jerry Akers vs. Deacon Meyers — Career Comparison

Jerry Akers
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Deacon Meyers
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Deacon Meyers 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. Deacon Meyers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.75 and WHIP 1.422 compared to 4.87 and 1.918 for Jerry Akers. By the career numbers, Deacon Meyers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jerry Akers and Deacon Meyers

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.21
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
1.65
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.97
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.47
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.41
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.75
58.75
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.87
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
4.75
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.69
6.69
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
27
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437.1
9
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
10.62
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
9.92
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.62
10.62
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
6.64
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.88
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.87
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
3.99
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.279
1.279
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.764
0.764
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.89
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.35
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
42.93
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1734
35.68
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.39
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
7.52
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
6.01
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.52
7.52
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.07
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.918
1.918
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.422
1.422
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
35.41
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1525
31.38
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.338
0.338
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.93
42.93
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.68
35.68

Fielding Stats for Jerry Akers and Deacon Meyers

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.76
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.07
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
27
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444.1
9
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.32
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.17
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.67
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.48
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.03
95.03
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.977
1.977
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.92
60.92
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jerry Akers and Deacon Meyers

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
500
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
271.96
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
600
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
532.71
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.487
0.487
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
81.31
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
58.88
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.02
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.43
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
61.11
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.77
30.19
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
114.95
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
131.78
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.45
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
112.15
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
80.16
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.51
26.68
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.21
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
39.25
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16.82
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67