Tom Acker

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 215lb (193cm, 97kg)

Born: March 7, 1930 in Paterson, NJ us

Died: January 4, 2021 in Narvon, PA

High School: Fair Lawn HS (Fair Lawn, NJ)

Debut: April 20, 1956 (Age 26-044d, 11,341st in major league history)
vs. CHC 2.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 20, 1959 (Age 29-197d)
vs. PIT 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: Thomas James Acker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.5

ERA

4.12

153

380.1

256

WHIP

1.354

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-16 / in Starts: 5-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 11

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	3	Apr 20	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-12	5-6		99	2.0	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.50	0.87	8	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	.03	0.000	.06	0.00%	-0.06	5b --- 0 out d7	6b 3 out d8
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	2	25	May 16	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-9	4-5		25	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.45	0.46	5	2	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.058	1.48	-0.10%	-0.18	4b -23 1 out d1	5b 3 out d3
3	3	29	May 20(2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-6	GS-3		3	2.1	3	4	4	1	0	1	0	7.50	3.87	11	3	4	0	2	3	34			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.249	2.65	-0.47%	-2.52	1b start tie	3b --3 1 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	4	48	Jun 9	CIN		BRO	L,5-8	5-6		19	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.87	3.28	5	2	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.24	0.004	1.21	0.01%	0.69	5t 1-3 1 out d4	6t 3 out d5
5	5	52	Jun 16	CIN	@	NYG	W,3-1	7-7		6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.63	3.25	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.68	0.115	16.30	0.24%	0.75	7b 123 2 out tie	7b 3 out tie
6	6	64	Jun 28	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-3	7-7	W(1-0)	11	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.00	3.48	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.011	1.53	0.03%	0.46	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
7	7	66	Jun 30	CIN	@	STL	L,2-5	5-6		1	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.35	3.24	5	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.012	.65	0.04%	0.69	5b 1-- 2 out d5	6b 3 out d4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	8	67	Jul 1(1)	CIN	@	STL	W,19-15	6-6		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.22	3.21	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.038	7.90	0.12%	0.75	6b 123 2 out d2	6b 3 out d2
9	9	70	Jul 3	CIN		MLN	L,0-7	5-5		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.97	2.99	2	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.010	1.45	0.04%	0.26	5t --- 1 out d4	5t 3 out d4
10	10	77	Jul 13	CIN		PHI	L,4-6	3-8	L(1-1)	9	5.0	3	1	0	3	4	0	0	2.76	2.86	22	7	5	0	2	3		2	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.76	0.104	9.25	0.33%	1.50	3t 12- 1 out tie	8t 12- 1 out d1
11	11	80	Jul 15(2)	CIN		NYG	W,4-3	9-10		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.45	2.97	7	0	5	0	4	1		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.65	0.275	13.17	0.82%	1.00	9t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
12	12	83	Jul 18	CIN		BRO	L,3-6	6-7		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.21	2.62	7	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.015	.64	0.06%	1.00	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
13	13	85	Jul 20	CIN		PIT	W,6-4	5-9		1	5.0	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	1.78	1.94	16	5	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.372	4.58	1.07%	2.50	5t --- 0 out d4	9t 3 out tie
14	14	88	Jul 22(2)	CIN		PIT	W,9-2	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.65	2.11	10	2	4	0	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.007	1.19	0.02%	1.00	8t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 7
15	15	92	Jul 26	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-5	GS-5	L(1-2)	3	5.0	6	4	4	2	4	1	0	2.51	2.49	22	6	9	4	0	1	41			1	0	0	19	0	1	0	1	1	0	.90	-0.161	4.34	-0.47%	-1.40	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
16	16	97	Jul 30	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-2	GS-5		3	4.2	4	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.68	2.40	19	4	7	1	3	4	50			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	.84	0.011	4.12	0.03%	-0.11	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	17	101	Aug 2	CIN	@	NYG	W,10-2	GS-7	W(2-2)	2	6.1	7	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.70	2.42	29	5	10	1	3	7	52			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	.96	0.227	5.04	0.71%	0.42	1b start a 1	7b 12- 1 out a7
18	18	103	Aug 4	CIN	@	PHI	L,6-10	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2.58	2.61	9	1	5	1	4	0		0	0	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.008	.47	0.03%	0.93	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
19	19	107	Aug 9	CIN		CHC	W,5-3	8-8		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.56	2.61	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	-0.036	6.30	-0.10%	-0.30	8t 1-- 0 out d1	8t 1-3 1 out d1
20	20	109	Aug 11	CIN	@	MLN	L,3-6	4-4		1	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.51	2.73	4	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.047	6.69	0.26%	1.06	4b -2- 0 out d3	4b 3 out d3
21	21	110	Aug 12	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-8	6-6		0	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.47	2.75	4	1	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.007	1.12	-0.04%	-0.49	6b 123 1 out d5	6b 3 out d7
22	22	118	Aug 19	CIN		MLN	L,1-3	1-8	L(2-3)	6	8.0	4	3	3	3	7	2	0	2.60	3.07	31	6	12	2	3	3		1	0	1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.16	-0.022	12.00	-0.14%	1.38	1t 1-- 0 out tie	8t 3 out d2
23	23	122	Aug 23	CIN		BRO	L,5-6	6-7		3	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.51	3.10	9	5	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.17	0.093	7.49	0.36%	1.00	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	24	135	Sep 5	CIN	@	MLN	W,12-2	GS-4		12	3.2	5	2	2	0	3	1	0	2.66	3.17	16	4	4	0	2	5	46			0	0	0	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.005	7.37	-0.03%	-0.55	1b start tie	4b --3 2 out a3
25	25	137	Sep 8	CIN	@	STL	L,4-6	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.57	3.12	8	2	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.024	1.79	0.12%	0.94	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 2
26	26	140	Sep 12	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-8	6-7		3	1.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.51	3.14	6	2	3	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.01	-0.001	.03	0.00%	0.63	6b 1-3 1 out d7	7b 3 out d8
27	27	148	Sep 19(2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-0	SHO	W(3-3)	6	9.0	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.20	2.99	32	13	9	2	2	3	84			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.255	.58	0.12%	4.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
28	28	152	Sep 23(2)	CIN		STL	W,5-4	GS-9	W(4-3)	3	8.0	8	4	4	3	1	2	0	2.42	3.34	33	9	13	0	3	7	48			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.06	-0.003	7.94	-0.01%	0.00	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out a1
29	29	154	Sep 29	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-6	6-7		5	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	3.31	9	1	5	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.027	.46	0.03%	0.94	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
							13-16		W-L:4-3,Sv:1	2.8	83.2	60	23	22	30	54	7	2	2.37	3.31	338	0.83		7%	15%	49	51	21	29%	6	2	1	297	9	3	1	5	5	4	.85	1.113	4.99	3.10%	16.52

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