Ed Acosta vs. Bernie Boland — Career Comparison

Ed Acosta
Silent GenerationPanamaThrows RightBats SwitchCentral AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bernie Boland
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bernie Boland built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Acosta as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bernie Boland posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.25 and WHIP 1.278 compared to 4.05 and 1.453 for Ed Acosta. By the career numbers, Bernie Boland had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Acosta and Bernie Boland

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.73
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
1.77
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.01
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.58
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.59
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.45
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.2
56.2
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.94
56.94
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.5
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
4.05
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
3.25
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
27
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3186
27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
137.2
9
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1062
9
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
10
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
925
7.84
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.84
7.84
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.78
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.55
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
3.66
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
4.58
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
3.08
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.792
0.792
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.25
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
38.83
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4324
36.64
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.44
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.44
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
4.64
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
3.9
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.395
1.395
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
34.98
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3863
32.74
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.64
36.64

Fielding Stats for Ed Acosta and Bernie Boland

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.72
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.52
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
27
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
9
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.65
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.85
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.57
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.5
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.83
95.83
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.72
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.404
0.404
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.543
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.04
14.04
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Acosta and Bernie Boland

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
1140
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
216
351.22
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
369
600
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
580
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
327
531.71
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
73.17
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
58.54
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
11.38
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.25
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.63
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
1.37
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.32
21.67
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
91.06
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
123.58
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
47.15
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.89
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
65.04
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.08
-41.51
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.85
16.01
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
50.41
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
300
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
83
134.96
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
4.45
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.89
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA