Ed Acosta vs. Keith Atherton — Career Comparison

Ed Acosta
Silent GenerationPanamaThrows RightBats SwitchCentral AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Keith Atherton
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Ed Acosta a clear advantage over Keith Atherton across the core pitching metrics. Ed Acosta led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 190 vs 111), home run suppression (HR9+ 93 vs 68), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 104 vs 87). Keith Atherton held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 88 vs 75). Ed Acosta was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Ed Acosta and Keith Atherton

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
3.73
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
5.43
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.52
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.52
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.59
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.65
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.59
44.59
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.04
14.04
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.41
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
4.05
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
3.99
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
27
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1699
27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
137.2
9
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
566.1
9
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
10
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
8.68
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.78
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.55
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
3.42
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.52
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.57
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
4.58
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
5.55
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
0.792
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.996
0.996
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
38.83
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2431
38.63
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.44
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.51
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
4.64
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
4.26
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.37
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.43
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.4
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.395
1.395
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.344
1.344
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
34.98
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
34.26
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.63
38.63

Fielding Stats for Ed Acosta and Keith Atherton

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
3.72
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
5.43
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.52
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
27
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1699
27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
9
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
566.1
9
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.65
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.41
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.85
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.81
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.57
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
1.3
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.5
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.22
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.83
95.83
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.9
93.9
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.404
0.404
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.225
0.225
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.04
14.04
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Acosta and Keith Atherton

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
57
1140
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
342
205200
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
600
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
580
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
1.37
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.08
-41.51
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
300
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA