Jerry Akers vs. Milt Wilcox — Career Comparison

Jerry Akers
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Milt Wilcox
Baby BoomersHawaiiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Milt Wilcox 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. Milt Wilcox posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.07 and WHIP 1.402 compared to 4.87 and 1.918 for Jerry Akers. By the career numbers, Milt Wilcox had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jerry Akers and Milt Wilcox

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.21
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
394
1.76
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.53
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.5
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.29
51.29
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.83
71.83
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.33
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.87
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
913
4.07
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.69
6.69
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6050
27
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2016.2
9
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
10.62
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1991
8.89
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.62
10.62
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.89
8.89
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
0.91
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
6.64
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
770
3.44
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.29
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
4.87
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1137
5.07
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.279
1.279
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.946
0.946
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.23
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.89
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.33
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.05
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
42.93
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8635
38.54
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.24
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
7.52
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1013
4.52
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.52
7.52
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.36
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.26
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.76
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.918
1.918
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.369
1.369
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
35.41
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7652
34.15
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.93
42.93
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.54
38.54

Fielding Stats for Jerry Akers and Milt Wilcox

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
394
1.76
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.27
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6048
27
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2016
9
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
1.59
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.12
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
2.26
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
2.14
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.66
94.66
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.216
1.216
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.08
72.08
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.13
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jerry Akers and Milt Wilcox

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
397
3452.17
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
539.13
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.464
0.464
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
95.65
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
78.26
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
61.11
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.44
21.18
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
113.04
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
113.04
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.413
0.413
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.289
0.289
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
43.48
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
80.16
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.98
17.23
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
130.43
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.6
4.6
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
43.48
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA