Jim Acker

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 210lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: September 24, 1958 in Freer, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (21st) of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX).

High School: Freer HS (Freer, TX)

School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)

Debut: April 7, 1983 (Age 24-195d, 14,706th in major league history)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 14, 1992 (Age 33-264d)
vs. MIL 2.1 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Agents: Doug Baldwin

Full Name: James Justin Acker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.6

ERA

3.97

467

904.1

482

WHIP

1.379

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Team Record in Appearances: 19-35 / in Starts: 1-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 17

1991 Pitching Game Log

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1991 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	397	1	Apr 8	TOR		BOS	L,2-6	6-7		99	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	-0.14	6	29	20	3	10	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.029	.27	0.02%	1.04	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d4
2	398	3	Apr 10	TOR		BOS	W,5-3	6-7		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.36	8	41	27	7	6	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.114	1.32	0.10%	1.04	6t --- 0 out d1	7t 3 out d1
3	399	5	Apr 12	TOR		MIL	W,5-4	6-8		1	2.2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	0.91	11	38	25	5	8	6	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.46	0.137	2.42	0.14%	1.46	6t -23 1 out tie	8t 3 out d1
4	400	8	Apr 15	TOR	@	DET	W,4-3	7-8	H(1)	2	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.04	2.63	7	18	12	3	2	3	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.107	2.49	0.11%	0.02	7b --- 0 out a2	8b 3 out a1
5	401	12	Apr 20	TOR	@	MIL	W,4-2	8-8	H(2)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.93	2.65	3	8	5	1	0	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.087	2.06	0.09%	0.49	8b --- 0 out a2	8b 3 out a2
6	402	13	Apr 21	TOR	@	MIL	L,8-11	8-9	BS(1)	0	2.0	2	1	1	3	0	0	0	1.54	3.46	10	41	17	4	1	3	4	1	0	0		2	2	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.77	-0.097	7.23	-0.11%	-0.54	8b -23 0 out a3	9b 3 out tie
7	403	15	Apr 23	TOR	@	BOS	L,0-3	6-7		1	1.1	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	2.08	4.09	5	20	12	2	5	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	-0.015	.69	-0.02%	-0.03	6b 12- 2 out d2	7b 3 out d3
8	404	17	Apr 25	TOR		DET	W,3-2	8-8	H(3)	1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.93	4.21	4	15	8	2	3	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	0.123	5.34	0.14%	0.52	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out a1
9	405	21	Apr 30	TOR	@	TEX	L,5-8	7-7	L(0-1)	4	1.0	2	3	3	1	0	1	0	3.60	5.19	6	17	8	1	0	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	-0.346	3.19	-0.35%	-2.51	7b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
10	406	25	May 4	TOR	@	KCR	L,5-6	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.18	4.91	6	18	12	6	0	3	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.074	.79	0.07%	1.00	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
11	407	27	May 7	TOR		TEX	L,2-3	6-8		2	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.70	4.41	11	37	23	6	6	6	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.168	1.51	0.16%	1.56	6t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
12	408	30	May 10	TOR		CHW	L,3-5	7-9		2	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.42	4.38	9	34	17	8	0	3	5	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	.74	0.087	1.22	0.09%	0.63	7t --- 0 out d1	9t 12- 1 out d1
13	409	32	May 12	TOR		CHW	W,4-2	8-8	H(4)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	4.31	4	12	8	3	0	2	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	0.077	1.82	0.08%	0.52	8t --- 0 out a2	8t 3 out a2
14	410	36	May 17	TOR	@	CHW	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		4	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.25	4.31	4	15	8	3	1	0	2	1	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.48	-0.193	2.96	-0.23%	-1.44	8b 123 1 out tie	8b end d 3
15	411	40	May 21	TOR	@	OAK	W,11-7	GS-5	W(1-1)	3	5.0	2	3	1	4	1	1	0	2.17	4.86	21	74	40	13	1	9	7	2	2	0	52			3	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	1	.93	0.084	1.97	0.11%	-0.66	1b start tie	5b 3 out a3
16	412	43	May 25	TOR	@	CAL	L,0-5	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.70	4.82	6	16	8	0	2	0	4	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	.16	-0.020	.35	-0.03%	-1.51	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 5
17	413	45	May 28	TOR		OAK	L,4-8	GS-7	L(1-2)	2	6.2	4	5	5	5	1	2	0	3.44	5.53	27	102	57	21	2	12	9	2	2	0	42			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.181	1.82	-0.23%	-1.48	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
18	414	50	Jun 2	TOR		CAL	L,2-7	GS-5	L(1-3)	4	4.1	6	7	7	2	1	2	0	4.61	5.98	21	80	45	17	1	7	11	2	1	0	22			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.326	1.48	-0.42%	-4.95	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d6
19	415	54	Jun 6	TOR	@	BAL	L,4-6	GS-5		3	4.1	4	4	4	4	4	1	0	4.96	6.05	20	79	42	12	7	6	6	3	0	0	39			0	1	0	15	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.11	-0.066	2.76	-0.10%	-0.50	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out a2
20	416	58	Jun 11	TOR	@	CLE	L,1-2	12-12	L(1-4)	4	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.12	6.03	3	5	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.90	-0.206	7.30	-0.31%	-0.91	12b --- 0 out tie	12b -23 1 out tie
21	417	59	Jun 12	TOR	@	CLE	W,1-0	8-8	H(5)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.05	5.99	3	11	6	1	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.31	0.043	8.15	0.06%	0.18	8b --- 0 out a1	8b -2- 2 out a1
22	418	62	Jun 15	TOR		BAL	L,4-8	8-8		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.94	5.88	5	23	15	6	0	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.22	0.008	.56	0.01%	0.52	8t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
23	419	63	Jun 16	TOR		BAL	L,8-13	3-5		0	3.0	3	3	3	0	2	2	0	5.19	6.13	12	50	34	12	2	2	8	0	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.145	1.57	-0.23%	-1.44	3t --- 0 out d2	5t 3 out d2
24	420	69	Jun 23	TOR		CLE	W,3-1	6-6	BS(2)	6	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.29	6.15	4	13	5	1	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	-0.135	4.73	-0.21%	-0.81	6t --- 0 out a1	6t -2- 2 out tie
25	421	71	Jun 25	TOR	@	MIN	L,6-8	7-7		1	0.2	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	5.57	6.22	4	13	8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.10	-0.094	2.96	-0.15%	-0.85	7b --- 0 out d1	7b --3 2 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
26	422	77	Jul 1	TOR		SEA	W,4-3	9-GF	W(2-4)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.47	6.12	4	17	11	0	3	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.42	0.019	1.18	0.03%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
27	423	82	Jul 6	TOR	@	SEA	W,4-3	6-8		4	2.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.20	5.86	9	37	25	5	4	1	5	0	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	.83	0.054	2.27	0.09%	1.18	6b 1-3 1 out tie	8b 3 out d1
28	424	87	Jul 14	TOR		TEX	L,6-8	5-7		7	2.0	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	5.34	6.00	10	37	23	3	5	2	6	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.125	.87	-0.17%	-1.96	5t -2- 1 out d2	7t -2- 1 out d5
29	425	92	Jul 20	TOR	@	TEX	L,6-11	8-8		5	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.62	6.03	3	8	4	1	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.019	.73	-0.03%	-0.69	8b --- 0 out d2	8b 1-3 1 out d2
30	426	96	Jul 25	TOR	@	CHW	L,1-7	5-7		4	3.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	5.34	5.74	10	38	27	5	5	1	5	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	.07	0.006	.16	0.01%	1.39	5b --3 0 out d5	7b 3 out d6
31	427	98	Jul 27	TOR		KCR	L,2-5	10-GF(10)		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.28	5.68	1	6	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.014	.55	0.02%	0.93	10t 12- 1 out d3	10t end d 3
32	428	99	Jul 28	TOR		KCR	L,4-10	8-8		0	1.0	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	5.63	5.65	8	29	18	3	6	2	4	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.032	.33	-0.04%	-2.48	8t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d7
33	429	100	Jul 29	TOR		CHW	L,4-12	6-8		0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.37	5.52	9	21	12	2	0	5	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.11	0.021	.26	0.03%	1.56	6t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
34	430	103	Aug 1	TOR		CLE	W,7-5	5-6		2	2.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.35	5.46	10	41	23	7	3	4	4	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.033	2.37	-0.05%	0.04	5t --- 0 out d1	6t 3 out d2
35	431	109	Aug 8	TOR		DET	L,0-4	9-12		6	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	5.12	5.40	12	41	24	10	1	4	5	4	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.94	0.530	9.55	1.03%	2.11	9t 123 2 out tie	12t 1-- 2 out tie
36	432	110	Aug 9	TOR		BOS	L,7-12	9-GF		0	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.30	5.37	7	14	9	2	0	3	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.012	.17	-0.02%	-1.48	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 6
37	433	111	Aug 10	TOR		BOS	L,1-7	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.23	5.33	3	14	10	1	2	1	2	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.03	0.00%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
38	434	113	Aug 12	TOR		BOS	L,8-11	8-8		1	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.28	5.47	4	10	6	2	0	1	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.050	1.08	-0.10%	-0.48	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d3
39	435	118	Aug 17	TOR	@	DET	W,7-5	6-6		4	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.28	5.52	1	6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	-0.112	14.58	-0.44%	-0.66	6b 1-- 1 out a1	6b 1-3 1 out a1
40	436	125	Aug 25	TOR		NYY	W,11-7	8-8	W(3-4)	7	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.21	5.45	4	15	8	1	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.030	1.69	0.07%	0.52	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
41	437	130	Aug 30	TOR	@	NYY	L,2-9	6-6		4	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.40	5.43	4	14	8	2	1	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.000	.12	0.00%	0.00	6b --- 0 out d6	6b 1-3 2 out d6
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
42	438	132	Sep 1	TOR	@	NYY	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.38	5.42	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.010	1.27	0.02%	0.32	8b -2- 2 out d2	8b end d 2
43	439	133	Sep 2	TOR		BAL	W,5-4	8-9		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.24	5.33	6	21	13	2	2	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	0.195	6.49	0.49%	1.04	8t --- 0 out d1	9t 3 out tie
44	440	134	Sep 3	TOR		BAL	L,4-8	7-7		0	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	5.42	5.47	4	14	8	1	1	1	3	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.231	4.90	-0.59%	-3.07	7t 12- 1 out d1	7t 3 out d5
45	441	139	Sep 8	TOR	@	CLE	W,11-5	8-GF		4	1.1	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	5.45	5.38	7	24	16	6	3	1	4	3	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.12	0.00%	-0.17	8b -2- 2 out a7	9b end a 6
46	442	141	Sep 11	TOR		SEA	L,3-7	3-5		2	2.2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.27	5.33	10	33	20	6	0	6	3	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.24	0.050	.76	0.09%	2.24	3t 1-3 1 out d6	5t 3 out d5
47	443	144	Sep 15	TOR		OAK	L,5-10	9-9		3	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	5.38	5.53	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.027	.73	-0.05%	-2.55	9t 123 0 out d2	9t 1-- 0 out d6
48	444	146	Sep 17	TOR	@	SEA	L,4-5	10-11	L(3-5)	1	1.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.40	5.52	6	15	8	2	0	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.34	0.067	9.27	0.16%	0.09	10b --- 0 out tie	11b 12- 1 out tie
49	445	147	Sep 18	TOR	@	SEA	W,5-3	12-GF(12)	S(1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.34	5.49	3	9	8	3	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.091	5.75	0.26%	0.50	12b --- 0 out a2	12b end a 2
50	446	149	Sep 21	TOR	@	OAK	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.31	5.48	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.003	.56	0.01%	0.48	8b 1-3 2 out d4	8b end d 4
51	447	151	Sep 23	TOR	@	CAL	L,9-10	5-6		1	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.23	5.41	5	11	9	3	1	2	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.055	3.23	0.18%	0.85	5b --3 2 out d2	6b 3 out d2
52	448	155	Sep 28	TOR		MIN	L,0-5	7-7		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.17	5.38	4	9	6	2	0	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.013	.41	0.02%	0.52	7t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d4
53	449	158	Oct 1	TOR		CAL	W,5-2	9-9		2	0.1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	5.26	5.54	3	14	7	1	3	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.022	.83	-0.02%	-1.02	9t --- 0 out a4	9t 1-- 1 out a3
54	450	160	Oct 4	TOR	@	MIN	W,4-1	8-8	H(6)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.20	5.51	3	8	6	1	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.054	.00	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out a3	8b 3 out a3
							19-35		W-L:3-5,Sv:1,BSv:2,Hld:6	2.4	88.1	77	53	51	36	44	16	2	5.20	5.51	374	1322	59%	16%	8%	0.98		16%	7%	0	39	31	45%	10	3	0	323	10	1	5	5	5	6	.97	-0.133	2.41	-0.19%	-7.88

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