Jim Acker
James Justin Acker
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 212 lb.

Born: September 24, 1958 in Freer, TX
School: University of Texas at Austin
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1983
Final Game: June 14, 1992
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1986 27 ATL NL 21 28 28 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 .107 .107 .143 .250 -33 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 28 ATL NL 68 15 14 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .214 .267 .214 .481 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 29 ATL NL 21 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .400 .500 .400 .900 158 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 30 ATL NL 59 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -18 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
1992 33 SEA AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Seasons 170 56 54 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 32 .167 .196 .185 .382 4 10 1 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 53 51 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 30 .167 .196 .185 .382 4 10 1 0 0 0 0
ATL (4 yrs) 169 56 54 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 32 .167 .196 .185 .382 4 10 1 0 0 0 0
SEA (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 169 56 54 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 32 .167 .196 .185 .382 4 10 1 0 0 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1986 27 ATL NL 28 25 0 0.0 102 .429 .107 .267 .107 .338 .143 .403 .250 .741 -33 .000 -5.2 -0.5 .160 .036 .036
1987 28 ATL NL 15 11 1 2.4 109 .500 .214 .274 .267 .344 .214 .426 .481 .770 28 .228 -1.5 -0.2 .364 .071 .000
1988 29 ATL NL 6 3 1 9.0 93 .500 .400 .261 .500 .325 .400 .383 .900 .708 158 .816 0.5 0.0 1.000 .200 .000
1989 30 ATL NL 7 7 0 0.0 92 .200 .143 .256 .143 .324 .143 .381 .286 .705 -18 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .143 .000 .000
12 Seasons 56 46 2 1.2 102 .409 .167 .267 .196 .336 .185 .404 .382 .741 4 .082 -7.4 -0.8 .261 .056 .019
162 Game Avg. 53 44 2 1.2 102 .409 .167 .267 .196 .336 .185 .404 .382 .741 4 .082 -7.4 -0.8 .261 .056 .019

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1986 27 ATL NL 28 0.0% 75.0% 0.0% 3.6% 33% 1.3 2.00 25%
1987 28 ATL NL 15 0.0% 53.3% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 8.00 1.8 14.0 0.50 40%
1988 29 ATL NL 6 0.0% 16.7% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 1.00 5.0 1.00 1.00 67% 25% 0.0% 50%
1989 30 ATL NL 7 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.5 2.00 4.00 71% 20% 0.0% 0%
10 Seasons 56 0.0% 57.1% 3.6% 1.8% 11% 16.00 1.7 54.0 1.33 1.60 39% 22% 0.0% 33%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1986 27 ATL NL 1 0 33% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1987 28 ATL NL 1 0 25% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1988 29 ATL NL 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 30 ATL NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 2 0 18% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1986 27 ATL NL 28 61% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 5 0 0% 5 0 0% 16 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1987 28 ATL NL 15 33% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 0 0% 3 0 0% 11 1 9% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1988 29 ATL NL 6 17% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 30 ATL NL 7 43% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 6 1 17% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
10 Seasons 56 46% 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 11 1 9% 10 0 0% 33 2 6% 4 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 29 ATL NL 4 8 2.00 4 50% 0% 0% 25% 75% 100% 0% 50% 100% 75% 25% 1 0 25% 1 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0
1989 30 ATL NL 7 20 2.86 14 70% 7% 36% 21% 36% 93% 0% 65% 62% 71% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2 Seasons 11 28 2.55 18 64% 6% 28% 22% 44% 94% 0% 61% 71% 73% 9% 1 0 9% 1 0 0% 0 0 0% 2 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1986 27 42 56 56 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 .107 .107 .143 .250 -33 8 0 0 0 0 0
1987 28 89 43 42 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 29 .143 .163 .167 .329 -12 7 0 0 0 0 0
1988 29 110 49 47 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 30 .170 .204 .191 .396 7 9 0 0 0 0 0
1989 30 338 112 108 4 18 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 64 .167 .196 .185 .382 4 20 2 0 0 0 0
1990 31 169 56 54 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 32 .167 .196 .185 .382 4 10 1 0 0 0 0
1991 32 169 56 54 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 32 .167 .196 .185 .382 4 10 1 0 0 0 0
1992 33 170 56 54 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 32 .167 .196 .185 .382 4 10 1 0 0 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1986 27 21 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 21
1987 28 68 15 14 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 .214 .267 .214 .481 1 68
1988 29 21 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .400 .500 .400 .900 1 21
1989 30 59 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 59
4 Seasons 169 56 54 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 32 .093 .125 .093 .218 2 169
162 Game Avg. 162 54 52 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 31 .093 .125 .093 .218 2 169

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