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Tom Acker

American baseball player (1930–2021)

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Also known as Thomas James Acker

Born: March 7, 1930
Died: January 4, 2021
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1.“Tom Acker, former Major League pitcher and Bergen County legend, dies at age 90”eu.northjersey.com/story/sports/mlb/2021/01/10/former-mlb-pitcher-tom-acker-fair-lawn-nj-dies-90/6589266002/
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Birthplace: Paterson
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: baseball player
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1.Stated in Baseball ReferenceRetrieved 2022-04-21
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Education: Fair Lawn High School
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

Overview

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Thomas James Acker was an American professional baseball player. He was a pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds in four seasons of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1956 to 1959. He batted and threw right-handed and served primarily as a relief pitcher.

Overview

MLB batting stats — season by season

4 seasons · from AIDB's MLB batting dataset

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1956	Cincinnati Redlegs	29	19	3	1	1	3	12	.053	.182	.053	.234
1957	Cincinnati Redlegs	49	19	1	1	0	3	15	.053	.217	.053	.270
1958	Cincinnati Redlegs	38	30	5	2	1	5	16	.067	.200	.067	.267
1959	Cincinnati Redlegs	37	9	1	1	0	1	3	.111	.200	.111	.311
Career		153	77	10	5	2	12	46	.065	.200	.065	.265

MLB pitching stats — season by season

4 seasons · from AIDB's MLB pitching dataset

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1956	Cincinnati Redlegs	4	3	29	7	1	1	1	83.2	60	22	7	29	54	2.37	1.064
1957	Cincinnati Redlegs	10	5	49	6	1	0	4	108.2	122	60	16	41	67	4.97	1.500
1958	Cincinnati Redlegs	4	3	38	10	3	0	1	124.2	126	63	10	43	90	4.55	1.356
1959	Cincinnati Redlegs	1	2	37	0	0	0	2	63.1	57	29	10	37	45	4.12	1.484
Career		19	13	153	23	5	1	8	380.1	365	174	43	150	256	4.12	1.354

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Tom
Country for sport: United States
Position played on team / speciality: pitcher
Sport: baseball
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1.Stated in MLB.comRetrieved 2022-05-04
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Member of sports team: Cincinnati Reds(1956–1959)
Family name: Acker
Name in native language: Tom Acker
Native language: English
Birth name: Thomas James Acker

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