Harry Ables vs. Jose Acosta — Career Comparison

Harry Ables
Lost GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Ables built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Acosta as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Ables posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.04 and WHIP 1.528 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Harry Ables had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Ables and Jose Acosta

Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.77
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.01
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.1
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
9.97
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.97
9.97
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
3.79
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
5.17
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.995
0.995
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
40
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
939
39.61
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.76
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
6.43
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.02
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.528
1.528
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
36.08
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61

Fielding Stats for Harry Ables and Jose Acosta

Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.07
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.89
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.77
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.21
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.92
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.67
86.67
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.929
0.929
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Ables and Jose Acosta

Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
14
323.08
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.62
-60.42
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
323.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100