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: 9-35 / in Starts: 5-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 13

1986 Pitching Game Log

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1986 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	132	5	Apr 12	TOR	@	KCR	L,0-1	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	7.2	4	1	1	1	7	0	0	1.17	1.34	26	6	8	0	0	4	73			1	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.509	1.48	0.41%	3.94	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out tie
2	133	12	Apr 20	TOR		KCR	L,4-6	GS-5		7	5.0	5	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.13	2.22	22	7	12	5	0	0	48			2	0	0	19	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.27	0.093	1.43	0.06%	0.66	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
3	134	17	Apr 26	TOR	@	BAL	L,5-11	8-GF(8)		5	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.08	2.46	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.33	8b -2- 2 out d6	8b end d 6
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
4	135	23	May 3	TOR		SEA	L,2-4	GS-6	L(0-2)	6	6.0	6	3	3	0	5	0	0	2.84	2.03	23	5	7	0	0	6	53			0	1	0	22	3	0	0	0	1	0	.82	-0.063	.56	-0.03%	0.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
5	136	28	May 8	TOR	@	CAL	W,7-6	GS-3		4	2.2	5	5	5	3	2	1	0	4.57	2.96	16	4	2	1	0	5	27			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.417	.50	-0.11%	-4.08	1b start tie	3b -23 2 out d3
6	137	30	May 10	TOR	@	SEA	L,7-8	6-7		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.18	2.94	7	5	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.093	.32	0.03%	1.03	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
7	138	33	May 13	TOR	@	OAK	L,3-6	GS-8		2	7.1	3	2	1	2	3	1	0	3.48	3.32	27	10	9	2	0	3	67			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.319	.52	0.11%	2.30	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a2
8	139	35	May 16	TOR		CLE	W,7-6	6-7	W(1-2)	2	1.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.62	3.30	4	2	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.039	.54	0.01%	0.49	6t 1-- 0 out d2	7t --3 1 out a3
9	140	38	May 19	TOR		CLE	L,4-6	8-GF		2	2.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.67	3.24	9	3	0	0	0	3		0	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.040	.43	-0.02%	0.07	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
10	141	40	May 21	TOR	@	CHW	L,4-5	6-8	BL(1-3)	1	2.1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.68	3.21	11	4	3	1	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	-0.072	1.00	-0.02%	0.04	6b 1-- 0 out a1	8b --3 1 out tie
11	142	45	May 26	TOR	@	MIN	L,1-9	7-7		4	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.86	3.20	5	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.004	.01	0.00%	-0.72	7b --- 1 out d6	7b 3 out d7
12	143	46	May 27	TOR	@	MIN	L,6-7	11-GF(11)		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.82	3.20	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.55	-0.165	1.79	-0.03%	0.15	11b 123 1 out tie	11b end d 1
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
13	144	50	Jun 1	TOR		CHW	L,4-6	7-8		4	1.2	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	3.66	3.46	8	4	1	0	0	2		2	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	.70	-0.033	.22	-0.01%	-1.25	7t 1-3 1 out d2	8t 3 out d5
14	145	53	Jun 4	TOR		MIN	L,4-10	7-8		2	1.1	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	3.98	3.83	6	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.05	-0.013	.02	0.00%	-1.36	7t --- 2 out d6	8t 3 out d6
15	146	55	Jun 7	TOR	@	DET	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.89	3.76	4	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.052	.26	0.01%	0.91	8b 1-- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
16	147	61	Jun 13	TOR		DET	L,5-10	3-5		5	3.0	5	2	2	2	2	1	0	4.03	4.02	15	3	7	5	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.060	.16	-0.01%	-0.40	3t --- 0 out d2	5t 3 out d4
17	148	63	Jun 15	TOR		DET	W,9-6	6-6		1	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.03	4.16	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	-0.100	.47	-0.02%	-1.34	6t 12- 2 out d2	6t 123 2 out d3
18	149	67	Jun 19	TOR		NYY	W,10-9	7-7	BS(2)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.94	4.13	4	3	1	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	-0.145	.97	-0.04%	-0.46	7t 12- 0 out a1	7t 3 out d1
19	150	68	Jun 20	TOR		NYY	L,8-10	7-9		0	2.1	4	5	5	1	3	1	0	4.69	4.27	12	4	3	2	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	.47	-0.228	.23	-0.07%	-4.56	7t --3 2 out d1	9t 3 out d6
20	151	71	Jun 23	TOR		MIL	L,3-5	8-GF		2	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	4.21	9	6	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.57	0.051	.22	0.01%	1.07	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
21	152	74	Jun 27	TOR	@	NYY	W,14-7	5-7	W(2-3)	3	2.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.30	4.11	8	3	1	0	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.18	0.191	.60	0.06%	2.17	5b 123 1 out d1	7b 12- 2 out a2
22	153	77	Jun 30	TOR	@	BOS	L,9-10	7-GF(10)	L(2-4)	2	3.2	3	1	1	5	1	0	2	4.18	4.36	20	9	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	2	1	0	0	3.07	-0.021	2.99	-0.01%	0.28	7b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
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
23	154	81	Jul 4	TOR		CAL	L,1-9	5-8		3	4.0	4	4	3	1	3	0	0	4.35	4.20	18	9	5	3	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	16	1	1	0	0	1	1	.17	-0.043	.10	-0.02%	-1.87	5t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d8
				Player went from Toronto Blue Jays to Atlanta Braves
24	155	82	Jul 7	ATL	@	PHI	L,3-7	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.21	4.14	8	4	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	.06	0.008	.09	0.01%	0.96	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
25	156	85	Jul 10	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-5	5-6		2	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.12	4.11	5	4	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.012	.23	0.01%	0.76	5b -2- 2 out d5	6b 3 out d4
26	157	87	Jul 12	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-10	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.13	4.12	10	3	3	2	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.002	.01	0.00%	-0.63	7b -23 0 out d6	8b end d 9
27	158	89	Jul 17	ATL	@	MON	L,2-4	5-6		4	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.01	4.08	6	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.019	.13	0.01%	0.93	5b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d4
28	159	90	Jul 18	ATL	@	MON	L,4-5	6-6	BS(3)	0	0.1	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	4.39	4.04	6	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.43	-0.481	2.06	-0.25%	-3.41	6b --- 0 out a3	6b 12- 1 out tie
29	160	93	Jul 22	ATL		PHI	L,4-5	8-8		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.37	4.04	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.013	.31	0.01%	0.23	8t 1-- 2 out d2	8t 3 out d2
30	161	94	Jul 23	ATL		PHI	L,2-4	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.30	4.02	4	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.017	.13	0.01%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
31	162	96	Jul 26(2)	ATL		NYM	W,8-5	GS-6	W(3-4)	2	6.0	7	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.32	4.14	26	14	8	4	0	1	45			2	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.024	.48	-0.01%	-0.08	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
32	163	100	Jul 30	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-4	GS-5	L(3-5)	3	4.1	8	4	1	3	2	1	0	4.20	4.30	25	7	5	0	0	8	36			2	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	2	.82	-0.239	.63	-0.11%	-2.61	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d4
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
33	164	105	Aug 4	ATL	@	SDP	W,4-1	GS-9	W(4-5)	4	8.0	6	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.92	4.13	27	9	12	7	0	0	68			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	4	0	0	.99	0.384	.19	0.04%	3.02	1b start tie	9b -2- 0 out a4
34	165	110	Aug 10	ATL		SFG	L,3-4	GS-6		5	6.0	7	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.86	4.16	23	13	8	4	0	1	51			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.121	.49	0.03%	0.92	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
35	166	115	Aug 15	ATL		HOU	L,0-3	GS-7	L(4-6)	4	7.0	5	3	2	1	1	1	0	3.77	4.21	28	18	7	2	0	1	57			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	2	.91	-0.063	.43	-0.02%	0.41	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
36	167	120	Aug 21	ATL	@	CHC	W,5-2	GS-8	W(5-6)	5	7.1	6	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.68	4.07	31	12	6	0	0	6	61			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	2	1	1.27	0.168	.27	0.02%	1.44	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 1 out a2
37	168	125	Aug 26	ATL	@	STL	L,1-7	GS-5	L(5-7)	4	5.0	9	4	3	1	1	0	0	3.75	4.02	24	17	5	2	0	0	35			2	1	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	.98	-0.149	.14	-0.01%	-1.69	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
Sep/Oct				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
38	169	130	Sep 1	ATL		STL	L,2-5	GS-9	L(5-8)	5	8.1	7	5	3	1	2	0	0	3.72	3.93	34	20	11	5	0	0	54			0	1	0	33	3	1	0	0	0	2	1.47	-0.358	.13	-0.02%	-0.55	1t start tie	9t --3 1 out d2
39	170	135	Sep 7	ATL		PIT	L,1-3	GS-2		5	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.66	3.91	7	3	4	1	0	0	52			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.098	.02	0.00%	0.97	1t start tie	2t 3 out tie
40	171	140	Sep 12	ATL	@	SFG	L,2-11	GS-4	L(5-9)	4	4.0	7	6	6	3	1	2	0	3.97	4.13	22	8	7	1	0	3	22			0	0	0	18	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.27	-0.467	.00	0.00%	-4.24	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
41	172	145	Sep 18	ATL		LAD	W,4-3	GS-6		5	6.0	6	2	2	5	4	0	0	3.92	4.12	29	12	8	3	0	0	51			0	0	0	23	0	1	1	0	0	0	.92	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.92	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
42	173	150	Sep 23	ATL		SDP	L,2-5	GS-8	L(5-10)	4	8.0	6	5	5	2	4	0	1	4.02	4.05	32	10	9	1	0	6	52			2	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.31	-0.286	.00	0.00%	-1.11	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
43	174	155	Sep 28	ATL		HOU	L,0-2	GS-7	L(5-11)	4	7.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.89	3.93	25	13	8	2	0	0	68			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.219	.00	0.00%	2.41	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
44	175	159	Oct 3	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-6	GS-7	L(5-12)	4	7.0	8	5	5	2	3	1	0	4.01	3.96	29	9	7	0	0	8	42			0	1	0	27	1	1	0	1	0	0	.59	-0.270	.00	0.00%	-1.86	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
							9-35		W-L:5-12,BSv:3	3.0	155.0	163	81	69	48	69	13	3	4.01	3.96	661	1.46		13%	0%	75	51	21	38%	18	8	0	589	26	5	6	14	9	11	1.03	-1.307	.45	0.05%	-5.15

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