Tom Acker Stats

Tom Acker was born on Friday, March 7, 1930, in Paterson, New Jersey. Acker was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 20, 1956, with the Cincinnati Redlegs. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Tom Acker baseball stats page.

"The pitching has been most disappointing to date, but with Tom Acker, a fireballing right hander who Schulz had at Tulsa last summer, due to join the club in Atlanta, a big improvement is expected." - Staff Writer Raymond Johnson in The Tennessean (04/18/1955, Acker Should Bolster Disappointing Mound Staff, Page 17)

Birth Name:	Thomas James Acker
Nickname:	Ack or Tom
Born On:	03-07-1930 (Pisces)
Born In:	Paterson, New Jersey
Died On:	01-04-2021 (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Narvon, Pennsylvania
Cemetery:	Not Yet Determined

High School:	Fair Lawn High School (Fair Lawn, NJ)
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	6-04	Weight:	215
First Game:	04-20-1956 (Age 26)
Last Game:	09-20-1959
Draft:	Not Applicable

Tom Acker Tom Acker Pitching Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
1956	26	Redlegs	29	7	3	4	3	.571	2.37	1	1	1	83.2	338	60	22	23	7	29	1	54	0	2	0	-
1957	27	Redlegs	49	6	17	10	5	.667	4.97	1	0	4	108.2	486	122	60	63	16	41	8	67	3	8	0	-
1958	28	Redlegs	38	10	4	4	3	.571	4.55	3	0	1	124.2	528	126	63	64	10	43	6	90	2	3	0	-
1959	29	Reds	37	0	11	1	2	.333	4.12	0	0	2	63.1	277	57	29	31	10	37	5	45	1	4	0	-
Career			G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
4 Years			153	23	35	19	13	.594	4.12	5	1	8	380.1	1,629	365	174	181	43	150	20	256	6	17	0	-

Tom Acker Tom Acker Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1956	26	Redlegs	29	19	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	12	0	0	0	1	.053	.182	.053
1957	27	Redlegs	49	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	15	2	0	1	0	.053	.217	.053
1958	28	Redlegs	38	30	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	16	2	0	0	0	.067	.200	.067
1959	29	Reds	37	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
4 Years			153	77	10	5	0	0	0	0	2	12	0	46	6	0	1	1	.065	.200	.065

Tom Acker Tom Acker Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1956 Redlegs	P	29	7	251	24	0.8	24	9	15	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.58
1957 Redlegs	P	49	6	326	23	0.5	23	7	16	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.90
1958 Redlegs	P	38	10	374	16	0.4	15	2	13	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.938	1.08
1959 Reds	P	37	0	190	6	0.2	6	1	5	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.85
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
P Totals		153	23	1,141	69	0.5	68	19	49	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	1.61
4 Years		153	23	1,141	69	0.5	68	19	49	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	1.61

Tom Acker Tom Acker Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1956 Redlegs	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	1.6	19.0	1.86	5.81	3.12
1957 Redlegs	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	1.3	0.0	1.63	5.55	3.40
1958 Redlegs	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	1.9	30.0	2.09	6.50	3.10
1959 Reds	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	3.0	0.0	1.22	6.39	5.26
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
4 Years	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	1.7	38.5	1.71	6.06	3.55

Tom Acker Tom Acker Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1956 Cincinnati Redlegs	40	$5,250.00	-	-
1957 Cincinnati Redlegs	40	$8,000.00	-	-
1958 Cincinnati Redlegs	40	$1,000.00	-	-
1959 Cincinnati Reds	40	$10,000.00	-	-
Tom Acker Stats by Baseball Almanac

Thomas James Acker was a Major League Baseball player who pitched for the Cincinnati Redlegs (1956-1958) and Cincinnati Reds (1959). Tom, his nickname, was born in New Jersey, birthplace for 400+ ballplayers, and Acker is first among them, alphabetically.

Tom Acker was signed directly out of Fair Lawn High School by the New York Giants, in 1948. The big righthander played minor league baseball (33 wins / 29 losses) until 1952, when he called to serve in the United States military during the Korean War. Two years later, he returned to the mound, spent only two more years in the minors, before being called up to the Reds in 1956.

TOM ACKER BASEBALL CARD

Tom Acker | 1957 Topps Baseball Card (#219 | Checklist)
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In 1957, Tom Acker plunked eight National League batters, second most in the senior circuit that season. Do you know Cubbie twirler led the league? [Answer]

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