Ed Acosta vs. Greg Brummett — Career Comparison

Ed Acosta
Silent GenerationPanamaThrows RightBats SwitchCentral AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Greg Brummett
Gen XKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Greg Brummett 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. Ed Acosta posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.05 and WHIP 1.453 compared to 5.08 and 1.541 for Greg Brummett. By the career numbers, Ed Acosta had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Acosta and Greg Brummett

Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.73
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.61
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.61
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.59
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.05
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
5.08
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
27
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
27
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137.2
9
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.2
9
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
10
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
10.16
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.16
10.16
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.78
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.49
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.55
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
3.47
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.25
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
4.58
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
3.72
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
0.792
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.798
0.798
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.25
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
38.83
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
38.52
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.44
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
4.64
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
5.2
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.52
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.62
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.36
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.395
1.395
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
34.98
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
277
34.31
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.52
38.52

Fielding Stats for Ed Acosta and Greg Brummett

Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.72
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.61
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.61
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
27
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
27
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
9
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.2
9
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.65
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.62
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.85
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.99
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.57
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.61
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
1.5
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.61
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.83
95.83
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.404
0.404
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Acosta and Greg Brummett

Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
1140
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
13
433.33
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
600
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
580
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
15
500
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
1.37
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.24
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.08
-41.51
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.17
-39.12
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
15
300
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
166.67
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
3.6
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Brummett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Greg Brummett
Career
Per 600 PA