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 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
1956 26 CIN NL 4 3 .571 2.37 29 7 3 1 1 1 83.2 60 23 22 7 29 1 54 2 0 0 338 167 1.064 6.5 0.8 3.1 5.8 1.86
1957 27 CIN NL 10 5 .667 4.97 49 6 17 1 0 4 108.2 122 63 60 16 41 8 67 8 0 3 486 82 1.500 10.1 1.3 3.4 5.5 1.63
1958 28 CIN NL 4 3 .571 4.55 38 10 4 3 0 1 124.2 126 64 63 10 43 6 90 3 0 2 528 91 1.356 9.1 0.7 3.1 6.5 2.09
1959 29 CIN NL 1 2 .333 4.12 37 0 11 0 0 2 63.1 57 31 29 10 37 5 45 4 0 1 277 99 1.484 8.1 1.4 5.3 6.4 1.22
4 Seasons 19 13 .594 4.12 153 23 35 5 1 8 380.1 365 181 174 43 150 20 256 17 0 6 1629 99 1.354 8.6 1.0 3.5 6.1 1.71
162 Game Avg. 7 5 .594 4.12 59 9 14 2 0 3 147 141 70 67 17 58 8 99 7 0 2 629 99 1.354 8.6 1.0 3.5 6.1 1.71

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1956 26 CIN NL 29 337 297 23 60 9 3 7 6 2 29 54 .202 .273 .323 .597 .220 96 5 2 4 5 1
1957 27 CIN NL 49 487 417 63 122 21 4 16 5 1 41 67 .293 .360 .477 .837 .309 199 7 8 12 9 8
1958 28 CIN NL 38 528 473 64 126 27 4 10 7 5 43 90 .266 .328 .404 .732 .307 191 6 3 4 5 6
1959 29 CIN NL 37 277 232 31 57 15 0 10 6 3 37 45 .246 .356 .440 .796 .263 102 6 4 2 2 5
4 Seasons 153 1629 1419 181 365 72 11 43 24 11 150 256 .257 .331 .414 .745 .282 588 24 17 22 21 20
162 Game Avg. 59 629 548 70 141 28 4 17 9 4 58 99 .257 .331 .414 .745 .282 227 9 7 9 8 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1956 26 CIN NL 29 7 3 1 3 1 0 5 2 .714 0 1 1 1 2 29% 51 84 34 9 1 5 2 6.4 6.6 5.6
1957 27 CIN NL 49 6 3 1 2 1 0 3 3 .500 0 2 1 0 2 33% 46 66 30 15 4 3 1 5.5 6.0 5.3
1958 28 CIN NL 38 10 4 2 4 2 1 7 3 .700 0 5 3 0 3 30% 45 64 24 14 4 3 4 6.6 4.8 5.6
3 Seasons 116 23 10 4 9 4 1 15 8 .652 0 8 5 1 7 30% 47 84 24 38 9 11 7 6.2 5.7 5.5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1956 26 CIN NL 29 22 3 1 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 21 6 29% 6 0.871 4 4 14 1 4 17 11 11 15 5 15 2 6.1
1957 27 CIN NL 49 43 17 7 4 8 4 4 50% 10 1 43 15 35% 8 1.176 19 5 18 14 9 20 24 19 26 9 28 9 5.3
1958 28 CIN NL 38 28 4 0 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 35 9 26% 5 1.072 8 8 12 4 4 20 16 12 18 5 19 3 7.4
1959 29 CIN NL 37 37 11 1 2 3 2 1 67% 4 1 27 14 52% 7 0.854 9 9 17 4 5 28 18 19 17 9 18 8 5.1
4 Seasons 153 130 35 9 9 13 8 5 62% 17 3 126 44 35% 1.024 40 26 61 23 22 85 69 61 76 28 80 22 5.8

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1956 26 CIN NL 338 38% 2.1% 16.0% 8.6% 5.6% 32% 0.88 72% 67 5 7%
1957 27 CIN NL 487 42% 3.3% 13.8% 8.4% 8.4% 34% 0.61 70% 107 7 7%
1958 28 CIN NL 528 45% 1.9% 17.1% 8.1% 7.8% 33% 0.64 72% 107 6 6%
1959 29 CIN NL 277 42% 3.6% 16.3% 13.4% 9.0% 44% 0.78 65% 55 6 11%
4 Seasons 1630 42% 2.6% 15.7% 9.2% 7.7% 35% 0.70 70% 336 24 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1956 26 CIN NL 338 60 7 0 10 6 1 4 3 17 8 3 47% 4 0 0 140 6 2 75% 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 0
1957 27 CIN NL 487 122 16 1 17 5 11 9 7 32 15 4 47% 2 3 0 216 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 0
1958 28 CIN NL 528 126 10 0 17 6 4 6 4 31 20 7 65% 3 2 0 210 7 5 58% 7 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
1959 29 CIN NL 277 57 10 0 14 4 6 5 5 24 11 2 46% 0 1 0 106 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
4 Seasons 1630 365 43 1 58 21 22 24 19 104 54 16 52% 9 6 0 672 24 11 69% 23 10 1 1 0 0 4 0 33 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1956 26 4 3 .571 2.37 29 7 3 1 1 1 83.2 60 23 22 7 29 1 54 2 0 0 338 167 1.064 6.5 0.8 3.1 5.8 1.86 167
1957 27 14 8 .636 3.84 78 13 20 2 1 5 192.1 182 86 82 23 70 9 121 10 0 3 824 105 1.310 8.5 1.1 3.3 5.7 1.73 105
1958 28 18 11 .621 4.12 116 23 24 5 1 6 317.0 308 150 145 33 113 15 211 13 0 5 1352 99 1.328 8.7 0.9 3.2 6.0 1.87 99
1959 29 19 13 .594 4.12 153 23 35 5 1 8 380.1 365 181 174 43 150 20 256 17 0 6 1629 99 1.354 8.6 1.0 3.5 6.1 1.71 99

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1956 26 7 2 .778 2.41 86.0 63 26 23 7 30 55 2 1.081 6.6 3.1 5.8 1.83 0.7 29
1957 27 5 7 .417 4.86 111.0 126 67 60 17 42 68 8 1.514 10.2 3.4 5.5 1.62 1.4 49
1958 28 6 8 .429 4.50 126.0 129 70 63 10 44 91 3 1.373 9.2 3.1 6.5 2.07 0.7 38
1959 29 3 4 .429 4.29 63.0 59 33 30 10 38 45 4 1.540 8.4 5.4 6.4 1.18 1.4 37
4 Seasons 21 21 .500 4.10 386.0 377 196 176 44 154 259 17 1.376 8.8 6.0 1.68 1.0 153

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1957 NL--49--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1957 NL--8--2nd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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