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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1983 TOR AL 24 P 38 5 97.2 27 12 15 0 4 1.000 2.49 0.71 .956 1.80 0.73
1984 TOR AL 25 P 32 3 72.0 16 7 8 1 0 .938 1.88 0.47 .956 1.79 0.70
1985 TOR AL 26 P 61 0 86.1 26 10 16 0 1 1.000 2.71 0.43 .950 1.86 0.70
1986 TOT MLB 27 P 44 19 155.0 44 16 28 0 4 1.000 2.55 1.00 .955 1.90 0.67
1986 TOR AL 27 P 23 5 60.0 20 9 11 0 2 1.000 3.00 0.87 .955 1.83 0.68
1986 ATL NL 27 P 21 14 95.0 24 7 17 0 2 1.000 2.27 1.14 .954 1.94 0.66
1987 ATL NL 28 P 68 0 114.2 29 6 23 0 2 1.000 2.28 0.43 .952 1.91 0.62
1988 ATL NL 29 P 21 1 42.0 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.14 0.48 .950 1.95 0.69
1989 TOT MLB 30 P 73 0 126.0 38 13 24 1 0 .974 2.64 0.51 .947 1.87 0.64
1989 ATL NL 30 P 59 0 97.2 26 12 14 0 0 1.000 2.40 0.44 .942 1.87 0.63
1989 TOR AL 30 P 14 0 28.1 12 1 10 1 0 .917 3.49 0.79 .958 1.87 0.66
1990 TOR AL 31 P 59 0 91.2 24 5 19 0 0 1.000 2.36 0.41 .950 1.78 0.59
1991 TOR AL 32 P 54 4 88.1 17 1 16 0 0 1.000 1.73 0.31 .953 1.80 0.58
1992 SEA AL 33 P 17 0 30.2 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.47 0.29 .960 1.73 0.56
10 Seasons P 467 32 904.1 236 73 161 2 11 .992 2.33 0.50 .952 1.85 0.64
10 Seasons TOT 467 32 904.1 236 73 161 2 11 .992 2.33 0.50 .944 1.85 0.64

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1983 TOR AL 24 38 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 TOR AL 25 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 TOR AL 26 61 0 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 TOR AL 27 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 ATL NL 27 21 14 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 ATL NL 28 68 0 68 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 ATL NL 29 21 1 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 ATL NL 30 59 0 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 TOR AL 30 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 TOR AL 31 59 0 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 TOR AL 32 54 0 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 SEA AL 33 17 0 1 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 467 15 170 467 467 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1983 TOR AL 24 441 80% 37% 20 80% 2 12 0 7 14 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 0 1 0%
1984 TOR AL 25 325 80% 33% 8 100% 1 6 0 5 7 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1985 TOR AL 26 379 77% 34% 18 100% 0 9 1 6 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 TOR AL 27 274 80% 32% 12 100% 0 9 1 6 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 4 100%
1986 ATL NL 27 419 85% 40% 21 90% 0 6 0 4 18 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 8 88%
1987 ATL NL 28 510 76% 36% 25 88% 1 6 1 4 23 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 100%
1988 ATL NL 29 197 80% 37% 8 100% 0 3 1 2 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1989 ATL NL 30 400 78% 40% 16 88% 0 13 0 10 15 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1989 TOR AL 30 121 69% 31% 8 100% 1 1 0 1 10 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1990 TOR AL 31 421 79% 37% 22 86% 0 5 0 4 19 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1991 TOR AL 32 394 79% 34% 16 100% 0 1 1 0 16 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 100%
1992 SEA AL 33 150 85% 35% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 4031 79% 36% 179 92% 5 71 5 49 162 131 8 2 0 0 2 0 10 4 10 0 33 88%
MLB Averages 77% 29% 93% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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