Jack Aker

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Full Name: Jackie Delane Aker	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/190	First Game: May 3, 1964
Birthdate: July 13, 1940	Final Game: September 27, 1974
Birthplace: Tulare, California	MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on July 13, 1940 in Tulare, California, Jack Aker (Jackie Delane Aker) played for the Kansas City Athletics, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Pilots, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 11 year career. Aker broke into the bigs on May 3, 1964 with the Kansas City Athletics, and put up a 3.16 ERA in 51.1 innings pitched in 1965, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jack Aker's best season was 1966, when he posted a 1.99 ERA, notched 32 saves and struck out 68 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1964	KC	A	9	0	0	1	8.82	7	18	16	0	0	0	16.1	17	6	10	1	0	6
1965	KC	A	34	0	4	3	3.16	26	18	18	0	0	3	51.1	45	3	18	6	1	3
1966	KC	A	66	0	8	4	1.99	68	27	25	0	0	32	113	81	7	28	10	0	3
1967	KC	A	57	0	3	8	4.30	65	44	42	0	0	12	88	87	9	32	8	1	3
1968	OAK	A	54	0	4	4	4.10	44	39	34	0	0	11	74.2	72	6	33	6	4	6
1969	SEA	A	15	0	0	2	7.56	7	15	14	0	0	3	16.2	25	4	13	4	0	1
1969	NY	A	38	0	8	4	2.06	40	17	15	0	0	11	65.2	51	4	22	5	0	4
1969	TOT	A	53	0	8	6	3.17	47	32	29	0	0	14	82.1	76	8	35	9	0	5
1970	NY	A	41	0	4	2	2.06	36	19	16	0	0	16	70	57	3	20	5	1	4
1971	NY	A	41	0	4	4	2.59	24	20	16	0	0	4	55.2	48	3	26	9	3	0
1972	NY	A	4	0	0	0	3.00	1	2	2	0	0	0	6	5	0	3	0	1	1
1972	CHI	N	48	0	6	6	2.96	36	31	22	0	0	17	67	65	4	23	5	1	5
1972	Total		52	0	6	6	2.96	37	33	24	0	0	17	73	70	4	26	5	2	6
1973	CHI	N	47	0	4	5	4.10	25	33	29	0	0	12	63.2	76	8	23	6	0	2
1974	NY	N	24	0	2	1	3.48	18	18	16	0	0	2	41.1	33	4	14	1	1	2
1974	ATL	N	17	0	0	1	3.78	7	11	7	0	0	0	16.2	17	3	9	2	0	0
1974	TOT	N	41	0	2	2	3.57	25	29	23	0	0	2	58	50	7	23	3	1	2
Total	NL		136	0	12	13	3.53	86	93	74	0	0	31	188.2	191	19	69	14	2	9
Total	AL		359	0	35	32	3.20	318	219	198	0	0	92	557.1	488	45	205	54	11	31
Total			495	0	47	45	3.28	404	312	272	0	0	123	746	679	64	274	68	13	40

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1964	KC	A	P	9	0	16.1	2	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.000
1965	KC	A	P	34	0	51.1	4	11	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	1.000
1966	KC	A	P	66	0	113	9	32	0	1	0	1	3	3	0	1.000
1967	KC	A	P	57	0	88	7	19	0	3	0	3	3	5	0	1.000
1968	OAK	A	P	54	0	74.2	2	14	1	1	0	2	3	2	0	.941
1969	SEA	A	P	15	0	16.2	3	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1969	NY	A	P	38	0	66	11	14	0	2	0	2	7	3	0	1.000
1969	TOT	A	P	53	0	82.2	14	18	0	4	0	3	7	3	0	1.000
1970	NY	A	P	41	0	69.2	4	11	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.938
1971	NY	A	P	41	0	56	10	12	3	0	0	0	4	3	0	.880
1972	NY	A	P	4	0	6	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1972	CHI	N	P	48	0	67	2	18	1	3	0	0	2	1	0	.952
1972	Total		P	52	0	73	5	20	1	4	0	0	2	1	0	.962
1973	CHI	N	P	47	0	63.2	6	17	1	3	0	0	2	2	0	.958
1974	NY	N	P	24	0	41.1	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1.000
1974	ATL	N	P	17	0	16.2	2	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	.857
1974	TOT	N	P	41	0	58	2	8	1	1	0	0	3	4	0	.909
Total			P	495	0	746.1	65	167	8	20	0	11	30	25	0	.967

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1964	KC	A	10	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1965	KC	A	34	8	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0
1966	KC	A	66	21	1	2	0	2	.095	.095	.143	1	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0
1967	KC	A	57	8	0	1	0	1	.125	.125	.125	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0
1968	OAK	A	54	7	1	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
1969	SEA	A	15	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1969	NY	A	38	9	0	1	0	0	.111	.111	.111	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
1969	TOT	A	53	10	0	1	0	0	.100	.182	.100	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0
1970	NY	A	41	16	0	1	0	1	.063	.063	.063	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	1
1971	NY	A	41	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
1972	NY	A	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	CHI	N	48	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
1972	Total		52	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
1973	CHI	N	47	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1974	NY	N	24	2	1	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	ATL	N	17	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	TOT	N	41	3	1	1	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		136	16	1	1	0	0	.063	.118	.125	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		360	76	2	6	0	4	.079	.091	.092	1	0	0	45	1	10	0	0	1
Total			496	92	3	7	0	4	.076	.096	.098	2	0	1	51	1	10	0	0	1

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Kansas City Athletics (June 9, 1959).
Selected by Seattle Pilots from Oakland Athletics (24th pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 15, 1968).
Traded by Seattle Pilots to New York Yankees in exchange for Fred Talbot (May 20, 1969).
Traded by New York Yankees to Chicago Cubs (May 17, 1972) completing trade in which Chicago Cubs traded Johnny Callison to New York Yankees in exchange for a player to be named later (January 20, 1972).
Released by Chicago Cubs (January 13, 1974).
Signed by Atlanta Braves (January 13, 1974).
Sold by Atlanta Braves to New York Mets (June 14, 1974).
Released by New York Mets (November 4, 1974).

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