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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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 KCA AL 23 P 9 0 16.1 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 3.86 0.78 .957 1.87 0.72
1965 KCA AL 24 P 34 0 51.1 15 4 11 0 2 1.000 2.63 0.44 .947 2.03 0.75
1966 KCA AL 25 P 66 0 113.0 41 9 32 0 1 1.000 3.27 0.62 .949 1.99 0.75 MVP-13
1967 KCA AL 26 P 57 0 88.0 26 7 19 0 3 1.000 2.66 0.46 .954 1.96 0.74
1968 OAK AL 27 P 54 0 74.2 17 2 14 1 1 .941 1.93 0.30 .959 1.89 0.73
1969 TOT AL 28 P 53 0 82.2 32 14 18 0 4 1.000 3.48 0.60 .947 1.88 0.69
1969 SEP AL 28 P 15 0 16.2 7 3 4 0 2 1.000 3.78 0.47 .943 1.89 0.69
1969 NYY AL 28 P 38 0 66.0 25 11 14 0 2 1.000 3.41 0.66 .948 1.88 0.69
1970 NYY AL 29 P 41 0 69.2 16 4 11 1 0 .938 1.94 0.37 .950 1.86 0.67
1971 NYY AL 30 P 41 0 56.0 25 10 12 3 0 .880 3.54 0.54 .960 1.98 0.77
1972 TOT MLB 31 P 52 0 73.0 26 5 20 1 4 .962 3.08 0.48 .946 1.79 0.73
1972 NYY AL 31 P 4 0 6.0 5 3 2 0 1 1.000 7.50 1.25 .940 1.80 0.75
1972 CHC NL 31 P 48 0 67.0 21 2 18 1 3 .952 2.69 0.42 .948 1.79 0.73
1973 CHC NL 32 P 47 0 63.2 24 6 17 1 3 .958 3.25 0.49 .950 1.88 0.73
1974 TOT NL 33 P 41 0 58.0 11 2 8 1 1 .909 1.55 0.24 .945 1.88 0.71
1974 ATL NL 33 P 17 0 16.2 7 2 4 1 1 .857 3.24 0.35 .943 1.89 0.71
1974 NYM NL 33 P 24 0 41.1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.87 0.17 .950 1.87 0.71
11 Seasons P 495 0 746.1 240 65 167 8 20 .967 2.80 0.47 .951 1.91 0.73
11 Seasons TOT 495 0 746.1 240 65 167 8 20 .967 2.80 0.47 .918 1.91 0.73
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1964 KCA AL 23 10 0 10 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1965 KCA AL 24 34 0 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 KCA AL 25 66 0 66 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 KCA AL 26 57 0 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 OAK AL 27 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 NYY AL 28 38 0 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 SEP AL 28 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 NYY AL 29 41 0 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 NYY AL 30 41 0 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CHC NL 31 48 0 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 NYY AL 31 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CHC NL 32 47 0 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 NYM NL 33 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 ATL NL 33 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 496 0 496 496 495 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1964 KCA AL 23 82 72% 38% 6 100% 0 1 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1965 KCA AL 24 215 78% 32% 12 100% 0 6 0 6 12 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 100%
1966 KCA AL 25 448 78% 36% 34 100% 0 9 1 7 34 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1967 KCA AL 26 384 74% 31% 19 100% 0 6 0 3 18 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 4 100%
1968 OAK AL 27 340 76% 28% 21 81% 1 2 1 0 15 11 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 60%
1969 NYY AL 28 274 76% 39% 15 100% 0 12 1 9 14 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 100%
1969 SEP AL 28 86 76% 33% 4 100% 0 3 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
1970 NYY AL 29 289 79% 32% 14 93% 0 4 1 2 12 10 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1971 NYY AL 30 247 79% 36% 22 77% 0 11 2 9 14 13 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 83%
1972 CHC NL 31 293 78% 33% 22 82% 1 1 1 0 18 12 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 4 75%
1972 NYY AL 31 26 81% 35% 3 100% 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 100%
1973 CHC NL 32 288 82% 37% 20 85% 0 6 0 6 17 11 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 3 0 4 100%
1974 NYM NL 33 177 81% 39% 7 71% 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1974 ATL NL 33 74 78% 31% 5 80% 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 50%
11 Seasons 3223 78% 34% 204 90% 2 66 10 46 173 133 16 8 0 6 2 6 20 8 18 2 35 86%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 86%

* 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.

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