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Tom Acker
Thomas James Acker

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 215 lb.

Debut April 20, 1956
Final Game September 20, 1959
Born March 7, 1930 in Paterson, NJ

Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1956 26 CIN NL   4   3  29   7   1   1   3  1   83.7   60   23   22   7   29   54   2   0   338   1   0  2.37  3.92  166 1.064
 1957 27 CIN NL  10   5  49   6   1   0  17  4  108.7  122   63   60  16   41   67   8   3   486   8   0  4.97  4.07   82 1.500
 1958 28 CIN NL   4   3  38  10   3   0   4  1  124.7  126   64   63  10   43   90   3   2   528   6   0  4.55  4.15   91 1.356
 1959 29 CIN NL   1   2  37   0   0   0  11  2   63.3   57   31   29  10   37   45   4   1   277   5   0  4.12  4.07   99 1.484
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .594  19  13 153  23   5   1  35  8  380.3  365  181  174  43  150  256  17   6  1629  20   0  4.12  4.06   99 1.354
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   5  59   8   1   0  13  3  146.7  141   69   67  16   57   98   6   2   629   7   0  4.12  4.06   99 1.354
 Career High     10   5  49  10   3   1  17  4  124.7  126   64   63  16   43   90   8   3   528   8   0  2.37  4.15  166 1.064

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1956 26 CIN NL  29   19    3    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   3  12  .053  .182  .053  -34    1   0   0   0   0   1
 1957 27 CIN NL  49   19    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   3  15  .053  .217  .053  -24    1   2   0   0   1   0
 1958 28 CIN NL  38   30    5    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   5  16  .067  .200  .067  -27    2   2   0   0   0   0
 1959 29 CIN NL  37    9    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .111  .200  .111  -15    1   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      153   77   10    5   0  0   0    2   0  0  12  46  .065  .200  .065  -26    5   6   0   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         82   11    5   0  0   0    2   0  0  13  49  .065  .200  .065  -26    5   6   0   0   1   1
 Career High     49   30    5    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   5  16                           2   2   0   0   1   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1956 26 CIN NL   22   19    0   0.0   107| .053  .270| .182  .337| .053  .426| .235  .763| -34  .000  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 1957 27 CIN NL   25   20    1   1.4   108| .053  .275| .217  .340| .053  .426| .270  .766| -24  .096  -3.5  -0.3   0%
 1958 28 CIN NL   37   30    1   0.9   111| .067  .277| .200  .345| .067  .432| .267  .778| -27  .046  -5.8  -0.6   0%
 1959 29 CIN NL   12   10    0   0.0   108| .111  .275| .200  .341| .111  .425| .311  .766| -15  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons        96   79    2   0.7   109| .065  .274| .200  .342| .065  .428| .265  .770| -26  .029 -14.5  -1.5   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1956 26 CIN NL P 29 9 15 0 0 1.000 .968 0.83 0.83 2.58 2.05 7 83.7 1957 27 CIN NL P 49 7 16 0 1 1.000 .962 0.47 0.82 1.90 2.06 6 108.7 1958 28 CIN NL P 38 2 13 1 0 .938 .955 0.39 0.77 1.08 1.97 10 124.7 1959 29 CIN NL P 37 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.16 0.82 0.85 1.99 0 63.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1956 26 CIN NL P 29 9 15 0 0 1.000 .968 0.83 0.83 2.58 2.05 7 83.7 1957 27 CIN NL P 49 7 16 0 1 1.000 .962 0.47 0.82 1.90 2.06 6 108.7 1958 28 CIN NL P 38 2 13 1 0 .938 .955 0.39 0.77 1.08 1.97 10 124.7 1959 29 CIN NL P 37 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.16 0.82 0.85 1.99 0 63.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 153 19 49 1 1 .986 .962 0.44 0.81 1.61 2.02 23 380.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 153 19 49 1 1 .986 .962 0.44 0.81 1.61 2.02 23 380
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
1957 NL-.667-4

Games
1957 NL-49-9

Hit Batsmen
1957 NL-8-2

Gray Ink: Pitching - 4 (1934) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.

December 4, 1950: Drafted by the Buffalo (International) from the New York Giants in the 1950 minor league draft.

October 14, 1951: Traded by the Buffalo (International) with Moe Savransky to the Cincinnati Reds for Jim Bolger.

November 21, 1959: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs to the Kansas City Athletics for Frank House.


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