Tom Acker

Thomas James Acker

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

Born: March 7, 1930 in Paterson, NJ
High School: Fair Lawn HS (Fair Lawn, NJ)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1956
Team: Redlegs 1956-1959

Final Game: September 20, 1959
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Standard Batting

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
1948	18	SFG-min	D	18	25	25		5	1	0	0						.200	.200	.240	.440		6							OSH · WISL
1949	19	SFG-min	D	30	65	65		5	0	0	0						.077	.077	.077	.154		5							OSH · WISL
1950	20	SFG-min	B	44	33	33		6	1	0	0						.182	.182	.212	.394		7							KNX · TRIS
1951	21	BFL	AAA	31	80	69	1	7	0	1	0	1	0		5	32	.101	.162	.130	.293		9		0	6				BFL · IL
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954	24	CIN-min	AA	32	35	33	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	13	.091	.143	.091	.234		3		0	0	0			TUL · TL
1955	25	CIN-min	AA	34	55	55		6	1	0	0						.109	.109	.127	.236		7							NVL · SOUA
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
1960	30	NYY-min	AAA	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			RMD · IL
4 Yrs				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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1956	26	CIN	NL	29	22	-4	0	-0	2	-1	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1
1957	27	CIN	NL	49	25	-4	-0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1
1958	28	CIN	NL	38	37	-6	0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-0	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-0	$	1
1959	29	CIN	NL	37	12	-1	0	0	1	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
4 Seasons				153	96	-14	0	0	11	-3	-0.4	3	-0	-0.4	.498	.499	-0.3	-0.1	-0	$

Advanced Batting

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
1956	26	CIN	NL	22	19	0	0.0	107	.143	.053	.270	.182	.338	.053	.426	.234	.764	-34	.000	-3.8	-0.4	.211	.158	.000
1957	27	CIN	NL	25	20	1	1.4	108	.250	.053	.276	.217	.340	.053	.427	.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	.346	.067	.432	.267	.778	-27	.046	-5.8	-0.6	.250	.167	.000
1959	29	CIN	NL	12	10	0	0.0	107	.167	.111	.274	.200	.340	.111	.424	.311	.764	-15	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.250	.111	.000
4 Yrs				96	79	2	0.7	109	.161	.065	.274	.200	.342	.065	.428	.265	.770	-26	.029	-14.5	-1.4	.247	.156	.000
162 Game Avg.				102	84	2	0.7	109	.161	.065	.274	.200	.342	.065	.428	.265	.770	-26	.029	-14.5	-1.4	.247	.156	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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 Yrs				96	0.0%	47.9%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	3.83	1.7		38.5	4.33	32%
MLB Averages					2.4%	12.7%	8.8%	6.7%	29%	1.44	7.0	37.5	8.3	1.00	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1956	26	CIN	NL	-3.8	-0.4	22	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	.74	-0.3	0.0	-2.7	-0.3	0.82	-3.6
1957	27	CIN	NL	-3.5	-0.3	25	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	.88	-0.4	-0.2	-5.0	-0.5	0.91	-4.5
1958	28	CIN	NL	-5.8	-0.6	38	-0.5	0.3	-0.8	1.04	-0.5	-0.0	-4.0	-0.4	0.96	-5.1
1959	29	CIN	NL	-1.6	-0.2	12	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	1.01	-0.1	0.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.97	-0.6
4 Yrs				-14.6	-1.4	97	-1.2	0.7	-1.9	.93	-1.2	-0.1	-12.3	-1.2	0.92	-13.8

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1956	26	CIN	NL	0	75%	5	0	100%	0	0	1	1	0	0
1957	27	CIN	NL	0	20%	8	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0
1958	28	CIN	NL	0	71%	7	1	50%	2	2	0	0	2	2
1959	29	CIN	NL	1	50%	4	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1	56%	24	1	50%	3	3	1	1	2	2

Situational Hitting*

						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%	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%	1	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 Yrs				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%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			75%			11%			31%			14%			50%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1956	26	29	22	19	3	1	1	3	12	.053	.182	.053	.234	-34	1	1	0	0
1957	27	78	47	38	4	2	1	6	27	.053	.200	.053	.253	-29	2	1	1	2
1958	28	116	84	68	9	4	2	11	43	.059	.200	.059	.259	-28	4	1	1	4
1959	29	153	96	77	10	5	2	12	46	.065	.200	.065	.265	-26	5	1	1	6

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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1956	26	30	23	20	3	13	.000	.130	.000	.130	29
1957	27	51	26	20	3	16	.000	.167	.000	.167	49
1958	28	40	39	32	5	17	.000	.135	.000	.135	38
1959	29	39	12	9	1	3	.000	.100	.000	.100	37
4 Yrs		160	100	81	12	49	.000	.138	.000	.138	153
162 Game Avg.		162	101	82	12	50	.000	.138	.000	.138	153

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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