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Jim Acker

James Justin Acker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 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
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Braves/Mariners 1983-1992
Agents: Doug Baldwin [*]
Final Game: June 14, 1992
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1983 24 TOR AL 5 1 .833 4.33 38 5 8 0 0 1 97.2 103 52 47 7 38 1 44 8 0 1 426 100 1.444 9.5 0.6 3.5 4.1 1.16
1984 25 TOR AL 3 5 .375 4.38 32 3 9 0 0 1 72.0 79 39 35 3 25 3 33 6 0 5 312 95 1.444 9.9 0.4 3.1 4.1 1.32
1985 26 TOR AL 7 2 .778 3.23 61 0 26 0 0 10 86.1 86 35 31 7 43 1 42 3 0 2 370 133 1.494 9.0 0.7 4.5 4.4 0.98
1986 27 TOT MLB 5 12 .294 4.01 44 19 9 0 0 0 155.0 163 81 69 13 48 6 69 3 1 5 661 102 1.361 9.5 0.8 2.8 4.0 1.44
1986 27 TOR AL 2 4 .333 4.35 23 5 6 0 0 0 60.0 63 34 29 6 22 3 32 2 1 3 259 99 1.417 9.5 0.9 3.3 4.8 1.45
1986 27 ATL NL 3 8 .273 3.79 21 14 3 0 0 0 95.0 100 47 40 7 26 3 37 1 0 2 402 105 1.326 9.5 0.7 2.5 3.5 1.42
1987 28 ATL NL 4 9 .308 4.16 68 0 41 0 0 14 114.2 109 57 53 11 51 4 68 4 0 1 491 104 1.395 8.6 0.9 4.0 5.3 1.33
1988 29 ATL NL 0 4 .000 4.71 21 1 7 0 0 0 42.0 45 26 22 6 14 3 25 1 0 2 184 78 1.405 9.6 1.3 3.0 5.4 1.79
1989 30 TOT MLB 2 7 .222 2.43 73 0 26 0 0 2 126.0 108 36 34 6 32 11 92 2 0 3 499 151 1.111 7.7 0.4 2.3 6.6 2.88
1989 30 ATL NL 0 6 .000 2.67 59 0 23 0 0 2 97.2 84 29 29 5 20 8 68 1 0 2 383 137 1.065 7.7 0.5 1.8 6.3 3.40
1989 30 TOR AL 2 1 .667 1.59 14 0 3 0 0 0 28.1 24 7 5 1 12 3 24 1 0 1 116 234 1.271 7.6 0.3 3.8 7.6 2.00
1990 31 TOR AL 4 4 .500 3.83 59 0 19 0 0 1 91.2 103 49 39 9 30 5 54 3 1 4 403 108 1.451 10.1 0.9 2.9 5.3 1.80
1991 32 TOR AL 3 5 .375 5.20 54 4 11 0 0 1 88.1 77 53 51 16 36 5 44 2 0 7 374 82 1.279 7.8 1.6 3.7 4.5 1.22
1992 33 SEA AL 0 0 5.28 17 0 3 0 0 0 30.2 45 19 18 4 12 1 11 0 0 1 148 76 1.859 13.2 1.2 3.5 3.2 0.92
10 Seasons 33 49 .402 3.97 467 32 159 0 0 30 904.1 918 447 399 82 329 40 482 32 2 31 3868 104 1.379 9.1 0.8 3.3 4.8 1.47
162 Game Avg. 4 7 .402 3.97 64 4 22 0 0 4 123 125 61 54 11 45 5 66 4 0 4 527 104 1.379 9.1 0.8 3.3 4.8 1.47
TOR (7 yrs) 26 22 .542 4.07 281 17 82 0 0 14 524.1 535 269 237 49 206 21 273 25 2 23 2260 104 1.413 9.2 0.8 3.5 4.7 1.33
ATL (4 yrs) 7 27 .206 3.71 169 15 74 0 0 16 349.1 338 159 144 29 111 18 198 7 0 7 1460 107 1.285 8.7 0.7 2.9 5.1 1.78
SEA (1 yr) 0 0 5.28 17 0 3 0 0 0 30.2 45 19 18 4 12 1 11 0 0 1 148 76 1.859 13.2 1.2 3.5 3.2 0.92
AL (8 yrs) AL 26 22 .542 4.14 298 17 85 0 0 14 555.0 580 288 255 53 218 22 284 25 2 24 2408 102 1.438 9.4 0.9 3.5 4.6 1.30
NL (4 yrs) NL 7 27 .206 3.71 169 15 74 0 0 16 349.1 338 159 144 29 111 18 198 7 0 7 1460 107 1.285 8.7 0.7 2.9 5.1 1.78

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1983 24 TOR AL 97.2 5 52 58 3 .7 6 0.1 $
1984 25 TOR AL 72.0 3 39 42 1 .9 3 -0.1 $
1985 26 TOR AL 86.1 0 35 49 4 1.2 14 0.9 $170,000
1986 27 TOR AL 60.0 5 34 36 0 1.1 2 0.1 $
1986 27 ATL NL 95.0 14 47 59 -4 1.0 12 1.2 $367,500
1987 28 ATL NL 114.2 0 57 75 -3 1.1 18 0.9 $350,000
1988 29 ATL NL 42.0 1 26 25 -2 .8 -1 -0.4 $435,000
1989 30 ATL NL 97.2 0 29 53 1 .8 24 1.7 $688,000
1989 30 TOR AL 28.1 0 7 15 0 1.3 8 0.8 $
1990 31 TOR AL 91.2 0 49 54 2 .8 5 -0.2 $700,000
1991 32 TOR AL 88.1 4 53 54 2 1.0 1 -0.4 $
1992 33 SEA AL 30.2 0 19 20 -1 .2 1 -0.1 $275,000
10 Seasons 904.1 32 447 540 3 .9 93 4.5 $2,985,500
TOR (7 yrs) 524.1 17 269 308 12 1.0 39 1.2 $870,000
ATL (4 yrs) 349.1 15 159 212 -8 1.0 53 3.4 $1,840,500
SEA (1 yr) 30.2 0 19 20 -1 .2 1 -0.1 $275,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1985 26 TOR AL ALCS L KCR 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 21 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 7.5
1989 30 TOR AL ALCS L OAK 0 0 1.42 5 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 4 2 1 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 25 0.789 5.7 0.0 1.4 5.7 4.00
1991 32 TOR AL ALCS L MIN 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
3 Seasons (3 Series) 0 0 0.69 8 0 3 0 0 0 13.0 7 2 1 0 1 0 10 1 0 0 49 0.615 4.8 0.0 0.7 6.9 10.00
3 ALCS 0 0 0.69 8 0 3 0 0 0 13.0 7 2 1 0 1 0 10 1 0 0 49 0.615 4.8 0.0 0.7 6.9 10.00

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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
1983 24 TOR AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 25 TOR AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 26 TOR AL 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 27 TOT MLB 44 28 28 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 .107 .107 .143 .250 -33 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 27 TOR AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 TOT MLB 73 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -18 1 1 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
1989 30 TOR AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 31 TOR AL 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 32 TOR AL 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 33 SEA AL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Seasons 467 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 19 19 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .167 .196 .185 .382 4 3 0 0 0 0 0
TOR (7 yrs) 281 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 298 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1986 27 ATL NL 28 -5 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $367,500 1
1987 28 ATL NL 15 -1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $350,000 1
1988 29 ATL NL 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $435,000 1
1989 30 ATL NL 7 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $688,000 1
4 Seasons 56 -7 0 2 0 0 7 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $1,840,500

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1983 TOR AL 24 P 38 5 0 97.2 27 12 15 0 4 1.000 2.49 0.71 .958 1.80 1.78 7 4 36% 0
1984 TOR AL 25 P 32 3 0 72.0 16 7 8 1 0 .938 1.88 0.47 .958 1.79 1.78 3 3 50% 0
1985 TOR AL 26 P 61 0 0 86.1 26 10 16 0 1 1.000 2.71 0.43 .953 1.86 1.84 4 3 43% 0
1986 TOT MLB 27 P 44 19 0 155.0 44 16 28 0 4 1.000 2.55 1.00 .956 1.90 1.87 18 8 31% 0
1986 TOR AL 27 P 23 5 0 60.0 20 9 11 0 2 1.000 3.00 0.87 .957 1.83 1.81 8 3 27% 0
1986 ATL NL 27 P 21 14 0 95.0 24 7 17 0 2 1.000 2.27 1.14 .955 1.94 1.94 10 5 33% 0
1987 ATL NL 28 P 68 0 0 114.2 29 6 23 0 2 1.000 2.28 0.43 .955 1.91 1.90 13 4 24% 2
1988 ATL NL 29 P 21 1 0 42.0 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.14 0.48 .955 1.95 1.96 9 2 18% 1
1989 TOT MLB 30 P 73 0 0 126.0 38 13 24 1 0 .974 2.64 0.51 .951 1.87 1.87 6 9 60% 2
1989 ATL NL 30 P 59 0 0 97.2 26 12 14 0 0 1.000 2.40 0.44 .947 1.87 1.87 5 7 58% 1
1989 TOR AL 30 P 14 0 0 28.1 12 1 10 1 0 .917 3.49 0.79 .960 1.87 1.85 1 2 67% 1
1990 TOR AL 31 P 59 0 0 91.2 24 5 19 0 0 1.000 2.36 0.41 .953 1.78 1.76 6 7 54% 0
1991 TOR AL 32 P 54 4 0 88.1 17 1 16 0 0 1.000 1.73 0.31 .956 1.80 1.80 10 3 23% 0
1992 SEA AL 33 P 17 0 0 30.2 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.47 0.29 .952 1.73 1.71 1 1 50% 0
10 Seasons P 467 32 0 904.1 236 73 161 2 11 .992 2.33 0.50 .955 1.85 1.83 77 44 36% 5
10 Seasons TOT 467 32 0 904.1 236 73 161 2 11 .992 2.33 0.50 .955 1.85 1.83 77 44 36% 5
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1987 NL  68 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1983 AL  8 (4th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1987 NL  41 (10th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1985 AL  1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1535), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Xavier Hernandez (951)
  7. Lerrin LaGrow (949)
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  10. Keith Atherton (947)
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  5. Steve Karsay (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. George Frazier (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. George Frazier (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. George Frazier (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Hector Carrasco (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198526Toronto Blue Jays$170,0001985 USA Today surveyIncludes $60,000 earned bonus
198627Atlanta Braves$367,5001986 USA Today surveyScully, Business of MLB, p. 163: $368,000
198728Atlanta Braves$350,000G. Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163Arbitration loss; $450,000 request
198829Atlanta Braves$435,000USA Today, 4/1/88Arbitration loss; $495,000 request
198930Atlanta Braves$688,000*
199031Toronto Blue Jays$700,000AP in Toronto Star
199233Seattle Mariners$275,0004/2/92 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,985,500
Disputed Salaries
*1989 - $469,000 - 11/1/89 NYT -
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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