Jerry Akers vs. Thomas Saxon — Career Comparison

Jerry Akers
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thomas Saxon
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Thomas Saxon 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. Thomas Saxon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.05 and WHIP 1.200 compared to 4.87 and 1.918 for Jerry Akers. By the career numbers, Thomas Saxon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jerry Akers and Thomas Saxon

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
2.21
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.7
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
4.87
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.05
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.69
6.69
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
27
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.1
9
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
10.62
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.08
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.62
10.62
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.08
6.08
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
6.64
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.73
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.87
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.38
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.279
1.279
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.89
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
42.93
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
39.83
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.33
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
7.52
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.73
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.52
7.52
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.918
1.918
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
35.41
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
33.75
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.182
0.182
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.93
42.93
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.83
39.83

Fielding Stats for Jerry Akers and Thomas Saxon

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.7
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
27
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.1
9
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jerry Akers and Thomas Saxon

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
500
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
61.11
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
29.73
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
80.16
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.68
68.03
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA