Tom
Acker
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 240
 
Born: March 7, 1930 in Usa, NJ, PATERSON
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1956 26 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 3 4 3
1957 27 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 3 4 3
1958 28 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 4 4 4
1959 29 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 4 4 4
1960 30 OAK AL   7 5 6 6 5 6 6 4 4 4
1961 31 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 6 7 6 5 6 6 4 4 4
1962 32 OAK AL $ 350,000 5 6 7 7 6 7 6 4 4 4
1963 33 OAK AL $ 480,000 5 7 8 7 6 7 7 3 3 3
1964 34 OAK AL $ 480,000 5 7 8 8 6 7 7 3 3 3
1965 35 KCR AL $ 1,490,000 5 7 8 7 6 7 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 5 6 6 5 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,490,000 7 7 8 8 6 7 7 4 4 4
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1956 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1957 27 OAK AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 28 OAK AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 29 OAK AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 30 OAK AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 31 OAK AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 32 OAK AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 33 OAK AL $ 480,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 34 OAK AL $ 480,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 35 KCR AL $ 1,490,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,490,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1956 26 OAK AL 2 3 .400 9 0 0 0 1 9.7 17 10 2 4 3 9.32 .415 .457 .585 1.042 0.0
    AAA   14 4 .778 27 27 3 2 0 192.0 161 55 14 70 174 2.58 .228 .297 .327 .624  
1957 27 OAK AL 1 0 1.000 8 0 0 0 0 8.0 8 6 2 2 5 6.75 .267 .333 .533 .867 0.1
    AAA   2 3 .400 7 7 0 0 0 38.0 43 35 11 21 47 8.29 .272 .358 .557 .915  
1958 28 OAK AL 2 2 .500 9 5 0 0 0 33.7 33 10 3 13 25 2.67 .258 .322 .383 .704 3.2
1959 29 OAK AL 4 1 .800 15 5 0 0 0 43.0 46 23 4 10 29 4.81 .275 .317 .389 .706 1.6
1960 30 AAA   10 15 .400 30 30 3 0 0 211.7 203 80 25 66 225 3.40 .251 .308 .385 .693  
1961 31 OAK AL 5 9 .357 39 20 1 0 1 148.3 147 88 35 63 109 5.34 .258 .339 .496 .835 0.0
1962 32 OAK AL 7 6 .538 69 0 0 0 7 91.7 79 34 9 32 65 3.34 .233 .308 .357 .665 9.0
1963 33 OAK AL 1 6 .143 32 20 0 0 0 77.0 70 29 12 22 70 3.39 .236 .291 .422 .713 4.5
1964 34 OAK AL 2 1 .667 51 7 0 0 1 82.7 83 45 10 43 68 4.90 .259 .350 .399 .748 0.4
1965 35 AAA   5 0 1.000 72 3 0 0 6 99.0 83 34 13 33 110 3.09 .225 .289 .374 .663  
8 Years Sim 24 28 .462 232 57 1 0 10 494.0 483 245 77 189 374 4.46 .255 .327 .428 .756 18.7
4 Years AAA 31 22 .585 136 67 6 2 6 540.7 490 204 63 190 556 3.40 .240 .305 .376 .681  
Season Average 3 3 .500 29 7 0 0 1 61.7 60 30 9 23 46 4.46 .255 .327 .428 .756  
Career Highs 7 9 1.000 69 20 1 0 7 148.3 147 88 35 63 109 9.32 .415 .457 .585 1.042  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   256 135 45 83 225   .245 .300 .413 .713
vs LH   227 110 32 106 149   .269 .351 .448 .798
Home 13 12 .520 123 28 1 0 4 246.6 233 126 38 96 186 4.60 .249 .319 .418 .737
Away 11 16 .407 109 29 0 0 6 247.3 250 119 39 93 188 4.33 .262 .327 .438 .765
Mar/Apr 6 4 .600 33 16 0 0 1 104.6 99 39 10 30 63 3.35 .246 .299 .366 .664
May 5 3 .625 35 10 1 0 1 103.0 109 58 19 45 70 5.07 .274 .348 .462 .810
June 2 8 .200 35 7 0 0 1 74.0 80 39 15 27 65 4.75 .278 .340 .510 .850
July 3 2 .600 40 8 0 0 1 80.6 67 36 11 20 64 4.02 .221 .269 .370 .639
August 2 4 .333 41 8 0 0 2 65.6 57 29 10 34 62 3.98 .235 .329 .403 .732
Sep/Oct 6 7 .462 48 8 0 0 4 66.0 71 44 12 33 50 6.00 .276 .359 .475 .833
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1957 27 OAK AL 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1958 28 OAK AL 14 12 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .083 .083 .250 .333 -0.2 0.0
1959 29 OAK AL 16 13 2 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 .308 .357 .385 .742 1.7 0.4
1961 31 OAK AL 40 40 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 16 .075 .095 .150 .245 -0.4 0.0
1962 32 OAK AL 75 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .500 .667 0.6 0.2
1963 33 OAK AL 33 14 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .143 .200 .214 .414 0.6 0.0
1964 34 OAK AL 51 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .067 .067 .067 .133 -0.7 0.0
7 Years Sim 242 102 6 12 2 2 1 9 0 0 2 32 .118 .142 .206 .347 1.4 0.6
162 Game Average 68 4 8 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 21 .118 .142 .206 .347 1.0  
Career Highs 75 40 2 4 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 16 .308 .357 .500 .742 1.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   70 4 9 1 2 1 4 0 0 2 22 .129 .151 .243 .394 1.6
vs LH   32 2 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 10 .094 .121 .125 .246 -1.1
Home 124 45 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 15 .067 .104 .111 .215 -1.3
Away 113 57 6 9 2 1 1 6 0 0 0 17 .158 .172 .281 .453 1.8
RISP   29 0 4 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 11 .138 .161 .172 .334 0.2
Close/Late   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9
Mar/Apr 20 26 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .115 .148 .115 .264 -0.4
May 35 27 2 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 11 .148 .172 .259 .432 0.7
June 30 18 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .333 .444 0.5
July 23 16 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .188 .235 .313 .548 1.0
August 32 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
Sep/Oct 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1956 26 OAK AL P 9 0 9.7 0 3 0 1 1.000 2.80    
1957 27 OAK AL P 8 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1958 28 OAK AL P 9 5 33.7 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.67    
    CF 4 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.1
    RF 1 0 5.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1959 29 OAK AL P 15 5 43.0 8 10 0 2 1.000 3.77    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1961 31 OAK AL P 39 20 148.3 7 37 1 1 .978 2.67    
    CF 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.25   0.0
1962 32 OAK AL P 69 0 91.7 4 15 1 0 .950 1.87    
    CF 4 0 18.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.1
    RF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1963 33 OAK AL P 32 20 77.0 1 10 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1964 34 OAK AL P 51 7 82.7 6 17 0 0 1.000 2.50    
  P 232 57 494.0 29 99 2 4 .985 2.33    
  CF 11 0 32.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 1.69   0.2
  RF 8 0 18.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.47   0.0
Career Totals   251 57 544.3 37 100 2 5 .986 2.27    
Career Highs   75 20 152.3 8 38 1 2 1.000 3.68    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1962 32 OAK AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 1 0 5 4 1.29 .227 .370 .227 .598
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 1 0 5 4 1.29 .227 .370 .227 .598
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
1962-7-69
Homeruns Allowed
1961-7-35
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Joe Black (978)
  2. Marty Bystrom (976)
  3. Roric Harrison (973)
  4. Greg Harris (973)
  5. Mel Queen (972)
  6. Chris Bosio (972)
  7. Don Hankins (970)
  8. Jim Duffalo (970)
  9. Dick Marlowe (969)
  10. Lindy McDaniel (968)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 31st overall pick, by Oakland in 1956
Injured on 7/15/1956 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/6/1956 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Earned first career win on 9/7/1956
Had first career hit (triple) on 6/29/1958, off Dick Marlowe (NYA)
4/2/1959: Signed a minor league contract extension with Oakland
Hit first career homerun on 5/29/1961, off Robin Roberts (BOS)
Won World Series with Oakland in 1961
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
7/1/1962: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $480,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 8/11/1964 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/16/1965 to a 2-year deal worth $1,490,000 per year