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Jack Aker
Jackie Delane Aker

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 13, 1940 in Tulare, CA
High School: Mt. Whitney (Visalia, CA)
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1964
Final Game: September 27, 1974
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Jack Aker
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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
1964	23	KCA	AL	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1965	24	KCA	AL	34	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1966	25	KCA	AL	66	22	21	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	.095	.095	.143	.238	-32	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	MVP-13
1967	26	KCA	AL	57	11	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	-25	1	0	0	3	0	0	1
1968	27	OAK	AL	54	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.143	.286	-11	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1969	28	TOT	AL	53	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.100	.182	.100	.282	-18	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
1969	28	SEP	AL	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	53	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
1969	28	NYY	AL	38	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.111	.111	.111	.222	-36	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970	29	NYY	AL	41	17	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.063	.063	.063	.125	-65	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
1971	30	NYY	AL	41	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	3	0	0	1
1972	31	TOT	MLB	52	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1972	31	NYY	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1972	31	CHC	NL	48	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1973	32	CHC	NL	47	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1974	33	TOT	NL	41	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	175	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1974	33	ATL	NL	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1974	33	NYM	NL	24	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	315	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
11 Seasons				496	104	92	3	7	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	51	.076	.096	.098	.194	-44	9	1	1	10	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	34	30	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	17	.076	.096	.098	.194	-44	3	0	0	3	0	0
				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
OAK (5 yrs)				221	53	47	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	30	.085	.085	.106	.191	-44	5	0	0	6	0	0
NYY (4 yrs)				124	32	28	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.071	.071	.071	.143	-59	2	1	0	4	0	0
CHC (2 yrs)				95	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.071	.000	.071	-79	0	0	0	0	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				24	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	315	2	0	0	0	0	0
ATL (1 yr)				17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
SEP (1 yr)				15	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	53	0	0	1	0	0	0

AL (9 yrs)				360	87	76	2	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	45	.079	.091	.092	.183	-47	7	1	1	10	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				136	17	16	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.063	.118	.125	.243	-34	2	0	0	0	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
1964	23	KCA	AL	3	3	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.260	.000	.329	.000	.404	.000	.733	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1965	24	KCA	AL	9	9	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.250	.000	.319	.000	.382	.000	.702	-100	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1966	25	KCA	AL	22	20	0	0.0	87	.222	.095	.245	.095	.311	.143	.378	.238	.689	-32	.000	-3.5	-0.4	.158	.048	.048
1967	26	KCA	AL	11	10	0	0.0	82	.250	.125	.240	.125	.308	.125	.360	.250	.668	-25	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.143	.000	.000
1968	27	OAK	AL	8	7	0	0.0	75	.500	.143	.231	.143	.299	.143	.343	.286	.642	-11	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.167	.000	.000
1969	28	TOT	AL	11	9	0	0.0	91	.250	.100	.250	.182	.326	.100	.377	.282	.703	-18	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.222	.000	.000
1969	28	SEP	AL	2	1	0	0.0	92		.000	.251	.500	.327	.000	.378	.500	.705	53	.000	0.1	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1969	28	NYY	AL	9	8	0	0.0	91	.250	.111	.250	.111	.326	.111	.377	.222	.702	-36	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.125	.000	.000
1970	29	NYY	AL	17	17	0	0.0	93	.100	.063	.252	.063	.325	.063	.385	.125	.710	-65	.000	-3.5	-0.4	.063	.000	.000
1971	30	NYY	AL	6	6	0	0.0	87		.000	.248	.000	.319	.000	.368	.000	.687	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1972	31	TOT	MLB	7	6	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.268	.143	.337	.000	.395	.143	.733	-58	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.167	.167	.000
1972	31	CHC	NL	7	6	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.268	.143	.337	.000	.395	.143	.733	-58	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.167	.167	.000
1973	32	CHC	NL	7	7	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.271	.000	.341	.000	.402	.000	.743	-100	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1974	33	TOT	NL	3	2	1	13.5	95	.333	.333	.263	.333	.335	.667	.380	1.000	.716	175	.892	0.3	0.0	1.000	.333	.333
1974	33	ATL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.267	.000	.340	.000	.386	.000	.726	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1974	33	NYM	NL	2	1	1	27.0	94	.500	.500	.261	.500	.333	1.000	.378	1.500	.710	315	.967	0.6	0.1	2.000	.500	.500
11 Seasons				104	96	1	0.3	90	.171	.076	.250	.096	.321	.098	.379	.194	.699	-44	.008	-17.4	-1.8	.128	.033	.022
162 Game Avg.				34	31	0	0.3	90	.171	.076	.250	.096	.321	.098	.379	.194	.699	-44	.008	-17.4	-1.8	.128	.033	.022

OAK (5 yrs)				53	49	0	0.0	86	.235	.085	.244	.085	.311	.106	.372	.191	.683	-44	.000	-8.6	-0.9	.116	.021	.021
NYY (4 yrs)				32	31	0	0.0	92	.143	.071	.251	.071	.325	.071	.380	.143	.705	-59	.000	-5.9	-0.6	.074	.000	.000
CHC (2 yrs)				14	13	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.269	.071	.339	.000	.399	.071	.738	-79	.000	-3.3	-0.3	.077	.077	.000
NYM (1 yr)				2	1	1	27.0	94	.500	.500	.261	.500	.333	1.000	.378	1.500	.710	315	.967	0.6	0.1	2.000	.500	.500
ATL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.267	.000	.340	.000	.386	.000	.726	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
SEP (1 yr)				2	1	0	0.0	92		.000	.251	.500	.327	.000	.378	.500	.705	53	.000	0.1	0.0	1.000	.000	.000

AL (9 yrs)				87	81	0	0.0	88	.194	.079	.246	.091	.317	.092	.375	.183	.692	-47	.000	-14.4	-1.5	.113	.013	.013
NL (3 yrs)				17	15	1	1.8	100	.100	.063	.268	.118	.338	.125	.395	.243	.734	-34	.176	-3.0	-0.3	.200	.125	.063

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1964	23	KCA	AL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5			33%
1965	24	KCA	AL	9	0.0%	77.8%	0.0%	0.0%			1.1		1.00	11%
1966	25	KCA	AL	22	0.0%	54.6%	0.0%	4.6%	50%		1.8	10.5	6.00	41%
1967	26	KCA	AL	11	0.0%	36.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0	8.0		36%
1968	27	OAK	AL	8	0.0%	62.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.4			25%
1969	28	TOT	AL	11	0.0%	54.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.7		0.00	36%
1969	28	SEP	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0			0%
1969	28	NYY	AL	9	0.0%	55.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.8		0.00	44%
1970	29	NYY	AL	17	0.0%	35.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.7	16.0	0.67	59%
1971	30	NYY	AL	6	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0			0%
1972	31	TOT	MLB	7	0.0%	42.9%	14.3%	0.0%		3.00	2.0			43%
1972	31	CHC	NL	7	0.0%	42.9%	14.3%	0.0%		3.00	2.0			43%
1973	32	CHC	NL	7	0.0%	42.9%	0.0%	0.0%			2.3		0.67	57%
1974	33	TOT	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	100%				1.00	100%
1974	33	ATL	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%					0.00	100%
1974	33	NYM	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	100%					100%
11 Seasons				104	0.0%	49.0%	1.0%	1.9%	29%	51.00	1.8	23.0	1.75	39%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1964	23	KCA	AL	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	24	KCA	AL	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	25	KCA	AL	1	0	50%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	26	KCA	AL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	27	OAK	AL	0	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1969	28	TOT	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	28	SEP	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	28	NYY	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	29	NYY	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	30	NYY	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	31	TOT	MLB	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1972	31	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1973	32	CHC	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	33	TOT	NL	0	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	33	ATL	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	33	NYM	NL	0	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11 Seasons				1	0	33%	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
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
1964	23	KCA	AL	3	67%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1965	24	KCA	AL	9	44%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	7	1	14%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1966	25	KCA	AL	22	14%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	12	2	17%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0
1967	26	KCA	AL	11	9%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	10	1	10%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1968	27	OAK	AL	8	38%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1969	28	TOT	AL	11	36%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1969	28	SEP	AL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1969	28	NYY	AL	9	44%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	7	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1970	29	NYY	AL	16	38%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	13	1	8%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1971	30	NYY	AL	6	67%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1972	31	TOT	MLB	7	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1972	31	CHC	NL	7	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1973	32	CHC	NL	7	57%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1974	33	TOT	NL	3	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1974	33	ATL	NL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1974	33	NYM	NL	2	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
11 Seasons				103	30%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	10	71%	18	1	6%	22	2	9%	68	5	7%	4	1	25%	7	1	14%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1964	23	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1965	24	44	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1
1966	25	110	34	32	1	2	1	2	0	21	.063	.063	.094	.156	-56	3	0	0	2
1967	26	167	45	40	1	3	1	3	0	25	.075	.075	.100	.175	-50	4	0	0	5
1968	27	221	53	47	2	4	1	3	0	30	.085	.085	.106	.191	-44	5	0	0	6
1969	28	274	64	57	2	5	1	3	0	36	.088	.103	.105	.209	-39	6	0	1	6
1970	29	315	81	73	2	6	1	4	0	42	.082	.095	.096	.190	-45	7	1	1	7
1971	30	356	87	76	2	6	1	4	0	45	.079	.091	.092	.183	-47	7	1	1	10
1972	31	408	94	82	2	6	1	4	1	48	.073	.095	.085	.181	-47	7	1	1	10
1973	32	455	101	89	2	6	1	4	1	51	.067	.088	.079	.167	-52	7	1	1	10
1974	33	496	104	92	3	7	2	4	1	51	.076	.096	.098	.194	-44	9	1	1	10

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1964	23	10	3	3	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10
1965	24	34	8	8	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	34
1966	25	66	21	21	0	0	0	12	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	66
1967	26	57	8	8	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	57
1968	27	54	7	7	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	54
1969	28	53	11	10	0	0	0	6	.000	.091	.000	.091	0	53
1970	29	41	16	16	0	1	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	41
1971	30	41	3	3	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	41
1972	31	54	7	6	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	52
1973	32	47	7	7	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	47
1974	33	41	3	3	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	41
11 Seasons		498	94	92	1	1	1	51	.000	.021	.000	.021	1	496
162 Game Avg.		162	31	30	0	0	0	17	.000	.021	.000	.021	0	496

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1966 AL (13, 8%)
0.08 Career Shares (957th)

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