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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 Pitching

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
1948	18	SFG-min	D	3	6	.333	5.06	18						80.0	76	61	45		39								1.438	8.6		4.4			OSH · WISL
1949	19	SFG-min	D	14	7	.667	3.18	31						201.0	167	89	71		76								1.209	7.5		3.4			OSH · WISL
1950	20	SFG-min	B	6	3	.667	3.07	42						132.0	118	66	45	1	67								1.402	8.0	0.1	4.6			KNX · TRIS
1951	21	BFL	AAA	10	13	.435	3.69	31	29		11	2		200.0	166	91	82		112		111	7	1	1			1.390	7.5		5.0	5.0	0.99	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	7	8	.467	5.08	32	15		3	1		101.0	85	65	57	7	70		102	9	1	3			1.535	7.6	0.6	6.2	9.1	1.46	TUL · TL
1955	25	CIN-min	AA	11	8	.579	3.26	34	25					174.0	166	79	63	8	88								1.460	8.6	0.4	4.6			NVL · SOUA
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	92	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
1960	30	NYY-min	AAA	0	2	.000	5.06	15	0		0	0		16.0	15	11	9	1	6	1	16	1	0	1			1.312	8.4	0.6	3.4	9.0	2.67	RMD · IL
4 Yrs				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

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1956	26	CIN	NL	83.2	29	7	23	2.47	4.29	0.09	102.3	4.29	19	2.1	.9	-0.2	2.7	26	.573	.513	$
1957	27	CIN	NL	108.2	49	6	63	5.22	4.45	0.06	106.3	4.67	-6	-0.6	1.3	-0.2	0.2	5	.488	.496	$
1958	28	CIN	NL	124.2	38	10	64	4.62	4.33	0.06	106.0	4.53	-1	-0.1	1.2	-0.2	0.9	12	.496	.499	$
1959	29	CIN	NL	63.1	37	0	31	4.41	4.35	-0.06	102.0	4.50	0	0.0	.9	-0.1	0.5	8	.501	.500	$
4 Seasons				380.1	153	23	181	4.28	4.36	0.05	104.6	4.51	12	1.4	1.1	-0.6	4.3	50	.509	.502	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1956	26	CIN	NL	29	338	297	23	60	9	3	7	6	2	29	54	.202	.273	.323	.597	.220	96	5	2	4	5	1	4
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	2
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	3
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	0
4 Yrs				153	1630	1419	181	365	72	11	43	24	11	150	256	.257	.331	.414	.745	.282	588	24	17	22	21	20	9
162 Game Avg.				59	630	548	70	141	28	4	17	9	4	58	99	.257	.331	.414	.745	.282	227	9	7	9	8	8	3
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.393	.719	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1956	26	CIN	NL	15.1	1.6	346	1.1	5.5	-4.3	.85	1.4	-0.1	16.7	1.7	0.85	16.0	4	3	14
1957	27	CIN	NL	-8.3	-0.8	497	-1.0	9.3	-10.3	1.16	-0.9	0.1	-11.0	-1.1	1.16	-11.9	19	5	18
1958	28	CIN	NL	-2.3	-0.2	544	-0.0	9.9	-9.9	1.06	0.5	-0.5	3.2	0.3	1.06	4.5	8	7	12
1959	29	CIN	NL	0.5	0.0	286	-0.6	4.0	-4.6	.83	-0.5	-0.2	-2.5	-0.2	0.83	-1.6	9	7	18
4 Yrs				5.0	0.6	1673	-0.5	28.6	-29.1	1.01	0.4	-0.9	6.4	0.7	1.01	7.1	40	22	62

Starting Pitching*

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
1956	26	CIN	NL	29	7	3	1	3	1	0	5	2	.714	0	1	1	1	2	29%	50.7	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%	45.7	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%	45.4	64	24	14	4	3	4	6.6	4.8	5.6
3 Yrs				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													.500						50%	51	111	2					4.4	4.3	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1956	26	CIN	NL	29	22	3	1	2	1	1	0	100%	1	0	21	6	29%	6	.848	4	3	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	1.158	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	1.064	8	7	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	.834	9	7	18	4	5	28	18	19	17	9	18	8	5.1
4 Yrs				153	130	35	9	9	13	8	5	62%	17	3	126	44	35%		1.008	40	22	62	23	22	85	69	61	76	28	80	22	5.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1956	26	CIN	NL	338	62%	2.1%	16.0%	8.6%	5.6%	32%	0.88	71%	67	5	7%
1957	27	CIN	NL	487	58%	3.3%	13.8%	8.4%	8.4%	34%	0.61	70%	107	7	7%
1958	28	CIN	NL	528	55%	1.9%	17.1%	8.1%	7.8%	33%	0.64	72%	107	6	6%
1959	29	CIN	NL	277	58%	3.6%	16.3%	13.4%	9.0%	44%	0.78	65%	55	6	11%
4 Yrs				1630	58%	2.6%	15.7%	9.2%	7.7%	35%	0.70	70%	336	24	7%
MLB Averages					52%	2.4%	13.0%	9.0%	6.7%	29%	1.00	76%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	0	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 Yrs				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	3	0	33	0
MLB Averages																		51%							58%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	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	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	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	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	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	62	26	23	7	30	56	2	1.070	6.5	3.1	5.9	1.87	0.7	29
1957	27	5	7	.417	4.86	111.0	125	67	60	16	42	68	8	1.505	10.1	3.4	5.5	1.62	1.3	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	4.14	63.0	59	32	29	10	38	45	4	1.540	8.4	5.4	6.4	1.18	1.4	37
4 Yrs		21	21	.500	4.08	386.0	375	195	175	43	154	260	17	1.370	8.7		6.1	1.69	1.0	153

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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)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1956 NL 15 (7th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1956 NL 1.6 (7th)
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1956 NL 16.74 (9th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1956 NL 1.4 (8th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1956 NL 1.7 (9th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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