Jack Aker stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1964
Bio
- Debut
- 1964
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 495
- W
- 47
- L
- 45
- ERA
- 3.28
- IP
- 746.0
- K
- 404
- BB
- 274
- WHIP
- 1.28
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | ATH | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8.82 | 16.1 | 7 | 10 | 1.65 |
| 1965 | ATH | 34 | 4 | 3 | 3.16 | 51.1 | 26 | 18 | 1.23 |
| 1966 | ATH | 66 | 8 | 4 | 1.99 | 113.0 | 68 | 28 | 0.96 |
| 1967 | ATH | 57 | 3 | 8 | 4.30 | 88.0 | 65 | 32 | 1.35 |
| 1968 | ATH | 54 | 4 | 4 | 4.10 | 74.2 | 44 | 33 | 1.41 |
| 1969 |  MIL/NYY | 53 | 8 | 6 | 3.17 | 82.1 | 47 | 35 | 1.35 |
| 1970 | NYY | 41 | 4 | 2 | 2.06 | 70.0 | 36 | 20 | 1.10 |
| 1971 | NYY | 41 | 4 | 4 | 2.59 | 55.2 | 24 | 26 | 1.33 |
| 1972 |  NYY/CHC | 52 | 6 | 6 | 2.96 | 73.0 | 37 | 26 | 1.32 |
| 1973 | CHC | 47 | 4 | 5 | 4.10 | 63.2 | 25 | 23 | 1.55 |
| 1974 |  ATL/NYM | 41 | 2 | 2 | 3.57 | 58.0 | 25 | 23 | 1.26 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 4.9
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | MIL/NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | NYY/CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | ATL/NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Jack Aker's career stats?
Jack Aker played 11 seasons for the Athletics, the Yankees and the Cubs. He had 47 wins and 404 strikeouts with a 3.28 ERA over 746.0 innings. His best season was 1966: 8 wins, a 1.99 ERA and 68 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 1964 to 1974
Jack Aker led MLB in saves (1966); finished top 10 in a stat 4 times.
All-time career rank
- 129th in saves (123)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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