Tom Acker
Thomas James Acker
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 7, 1930 in Paterson, NJ
High School: Fair Lawn (Fair Lawn, NJ)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1956
Final Game: September 20, 1959
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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
1956 26 CIN NL 29 22 19 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 12 .053 .182 .053 .234 -34 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
1957 27 CIN NL 49 25 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15 .053 .217 .053 .270 -24 1 0 1 2 0 0 1
1958 28 CIN NL 38 37 30 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 16 .067 .200 .067 .267 -27 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
1959 29 CIN NL 37 12 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .111 .200 .111 .311 -15 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
4 Seasons 153 96 77 10 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 46 .065 .200 .065 .265 -26 5 1 1 6 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 102 82 11 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 49 .065 .200 .065 .265 -26 5 1 1 6 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
1956 26 CIN NL 22 19 0 0.0 108 .143 .053 .271 .182 .339 .053 .428 .234 .766 -34 .000 -3.8 -0.4 .211 .158 .000
1957 27 CIN NL 25 20 1 1.4 108 .250 .053 .275 .217 .340 .053 .426 .270 .766 -24 .096 -3.5 -0.3 .278 .158 .000
1958 28 CIN NL 37 30 1 0.9 111 .143 .067 .277 .200 .345 .067 .432 .267 .778 -27 .046 -5.8 -0.6 .250 .167 .000
1959 29 CIN NL 12 10 0 0.0 108 .167 .111 .275 .200 .341 .111 .425 .311 .766 -15 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .250 .111 .000
4 Seasons 96 79 2 0.7 109 .161 .065 .275 .200 .342 .065 .429 .265 .771 -26 .029 -14.6 -1.4 .247 .156 .000
162 Game Avg. 102 84 2 0.7 109 .161 .065 .275 .200 .342 .065 .429 .265 .771 -26 .029 -14.6 -1.4 .247 .156 .000

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
1956 26 CIN NL 22 0.0% 54.6% 13.6% 0.0% 0% 4.00 1.6 19.0 1.33 32%
1957 27 CIN NL 25 0.0% 60.0% 12.0% 0.0% 0% 5.00 1.3 16%
1958 28 CIN NL 37 0.0% 43.2% 13.5% 0.0% 0% 3.20 1.9 30.0 4.00 38%
1959 29 CIN NL 12 0.0% 25.0% 8.3% 0.0% 0% 3.00 3.0 50%
4 Seasons 96 0.0% 47.9% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 3.83 1.7 38.5 4.33 32%
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
1956 26 CIN NL 0 0 75% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1957 27 CIN NL 0 0 20% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 28 CIN NL 0 0 71% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1959 29 CIN NL 1 0 50% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1 0 56% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 3 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 2
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
1956 26 CIN NL 22 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 1 25% 3 0 0% 15 1 7% 0 0 0 0 0
1957 27 CIN NL 25 40% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 4 0 0% 7 1 14% 15 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 0
1958 28 CIN NL 37 19% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 7 0 0% 4 0 0% 26 1 4% 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 0
1959 29 CIN NL 12 25% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 7 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 96 32% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 55% 18 1 6% 16 1 6% 63 2 3% 6 1 17% 5 0 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
1956 26 29 22 19 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 12 .053 .182 .053 .234 -34 1 1 0 0 0 0
1957 27 78 47 38 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 27 .053 .200 .053 .253 -29 2 1 1 2 0 0
1958 28 116 84 68 9 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 43 .059 .200 .059 .259 -28 4 1 1 4 0 0
1959 29 153 96 77 10 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 46 .065 .200 .065 .265 -26 5 1 1 6 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
1956 26 30 23 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 .000 .130 .000 .130 0 29
1957 27 51 34 22 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 16 .136 .441 .136 .578 1 49
1958 28 40 43 33 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 10 17 .121 .326 .121 .447 1 38
1959 29 39 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 37
4 Seasons 160 110 84 8 7 0 0 0 1 0 23 49 .083 .300 .083 .383 2 153
162 Game Avg. 162 111 85 8 7 0 0 0 1 0 23 50 .083 .300 .083 .383 2 153

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