Jim Acker

Position: Relief 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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1980	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-Rk	ATL	6	5	.545	2.52	2.97	14	14		3	0	0	100.0	85	33	28	6	29	1	52	5	0	4		1.140	7.7	0.5	2.6	4.7	1.79
1980	21	-2.1	Savannah	SOUL	AA	ATL	5	5	.500	2.65	3.13	13	13		3	0	0	95.0	84	33	28	6	29	1	47	5	0	4		1.189	8.0	0.6	2.7	4.5	1.62
1980	21	1.0	Braves	GULF	Rk	ATL	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	1		0	0	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0		0.200	1.8	0.0	0.0	9.0
1981	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	ATL	13	12	.520	3.60	4.48	31	31	0	13	0	0	195.0	169	97	78	15	108	0	109	4	0	8		1.421	7.8	0.7	5.0	5.0	1.01
1981	22	-3.2	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	8	7	.533	4.19	4.81	21	21	0	7	0	0	118.0	112	63	55	6	74	0	72	1	0	5		1.576	8.5	0.5	5.6	5.5	0.97
1981	22	-1.0	Savannah	SOUL	AA	ATL	5	5	.500	2.69	3.97	10	10	0	6	0	0	77.0	57	34	23	9	34	0	37	3	0	3		1.182	6.7	1.1	4.0	4.3	1.09
1982	23	-0.3	Savannah	SOUL	AA	ATL	9	14	.391	4.44	6.08	26	24	2	7	1	1	142.0	120	96	70	12	86	2	96	6	0	7		1.451	7.6	0.8	5.5	6.1	1.12
1983	24	-4.5	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	5	1	.833	4.33	4.79	38	5	8	0	0	1	97.2	103	52	47	7	38	1	44	8	0	1	426	1.444	9.5	0.6	3.5	4.1	1.16
1984	25	-3.4	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	3	5	.375	4.38	4.88	32	3	9	0	0	1	72.0	79	39	35	3	25	3	33	6	0	5	312	1.444	9.9	0.4	3.1	4.1	1.32
1985	26	-2.4	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	7	2	.778	3.23	3.65	61	0	26	0	0	10	86.1	86	35	31	7	43	1	42	3	0	2	370	1.494	9.0	0.7	4.5	4.4	0.98
1986	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	TOR	5	12	.294	4.01	4.70	44	19	9	0	0	0	155.0	163	81	69	13	48	6	69	3	1	5	661	1.361	9.5	0.8	2.8	4.0	1.44
1986	27	-1.3	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	3	8	.273	3.79	4.45	21	14	3	0	0	0	95.0	100	47	40	7	26	3	37	1	0	2	402	1.326	9.5	0.7	2.5	3.5	1.42
1986	27	-1.2	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	2	4	.333	4.35	5.10	23	5	6	0	0	0	60.0	63	34	29	6	22	3	32	2	1	3	259	1.417	9.5	0.9	3.3	4.8	1.45
1987	28	-0.2	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	4	9	.308	4.16	4.47	68	0	41	0	0	14	114.2	109	57	53	11	51	4	68	4	0	1	491	1.395	8.6	0.9	4.0	5.3	1.33
1988	29	5.2	Greenville	SOUL	AA	ATL	0	0		1.72	1.72	8	4	0	0	0	0	15.2	7	3	3	1	3	0	5	0	0	0		0.638	4.0	0.6	1.7	2.9	1.67
1988	29	0.5	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	0	4	.000	4.71	5.57	21	1	7	0	0	0	42.0	45	26	22	6	14	3	25	1	0	2	184	1.405	9.6	1.3	3.0	5.4	1.79
1989	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	ATL	2	7	.222	2.43	2.57	73	0	26	0	0	2	126.0	108	36	34	6	32	11	92	2	0	3	499	1.111	7.7	0.4	2.3	6.6	2.88
1989	30	1.2	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	0	6	.000	2.67	2.67	59	0	23	0	0	2	97.2	84	29	29	5	20	8	68	1	0	2	383	1.065	7.7	0.5	1.8	6.3	3.40
1989	30	1.5	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	2	1	.667	1.59	2.22	14	0	3	0	0	0	28.1	24	7	5	1	12	3	24	1	0	1	116	1.271	7.6	0.3	3.8	7.6	2.00
1990	31	2.6	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	4	4	.500	3.83	4.81	59	0	19	0	0	1	91.2	103	49	39	9	30	5	54	3	1	4	403	1.451	10.1	0.9	2.9	5.3	1.80
1991	32	3.5	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	3	5	.375	5.20	5.40	54	4	11	0	0	1	88.1	77	53	51	16	36	5	44	2	0	7	374	1.279	7.8	1.6	3.7	4.5	1.22
1992	33	6.9	Calgary	PCL	AAA	SEA	0	0		3.00	3.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	14	1.667	15.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
1992	33	4.1	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	0	0		5.28	5.58	17	0	3	0	0	0	30.2	45	19	18	4	12	1	11	0	0	1	148	1.859	13.2	1.2	3.5	3.2	0.92
1993	34	7.4	Oklahoma City	AA	AAA	TEX	0	1	.000	8.31	8.31	6	0	3	0	0	0	4.1	7	4	4	0	4	1	2	0	0	1	22	2.538	14.5	0.0	8.3	4.2	0.50
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (10 seasons)					Majors		33	49	.402	3.97	4.45	467	32	159	0	0	30	904.1	918	447	399	82	329	40	482	32	2	31	3868	1.379	9.1	0.8	3.3	4.8	1.47
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		28	32	.467	3.60	4.58	87	73	5	23	1	1	460.0	393	234	184	34	230	4	265	15	1	20	36	1.354	7.7	0.7	4.5	5.2	1.15
All Levels (14 Seasons)							61	81	.430	3.85	4.49	554	105	164	23	1	31	1364.1	1311	681	583	116	559	44	747	47	3	51	3904	1.371	8.6	0.8	3.7	4.9	1.34

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		8	8	.500	4.31	4.88	29	21	3	7	0	0	125.1	124	68	60	6	78	1	75	1	1	6	36	1.612	8.9	0.4	5.6	5.4	0.96
AA (4 seasons)					Minors		19	24	.442	3.39	4.53	57	51	2	16	1	1	329.2	268	166	124	28	152	3	185	14	0	14		1.274	7.3	0.8	4.1	5.1	1.22
Rk (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	1		0	0	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0		0.200	1.8	0.0	0.0	9.0