Ed Acosta vs. Dean Chance — Career Comparison

Ed Acosta
Silent GenerationPanamaThrows RightBats SwitchCentral AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dean Chance
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Dean Chance 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. Dean Chance led in home run suppression (HR9+ 165 vs 93), strikeout rate (K%+ 109 vs 75), and run prevention (ERA+ 112 vs 101). Ed Acosta held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 190 vs 93). Role difference aside, Dean Chance holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ed Acosta and Dean Chance

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.73
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
1.7
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.54
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.59
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.48
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.67
52.67
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
4.05
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
2.92
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6442
27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
137.2
9
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.1
9
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
10
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1864
7.81
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.78
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.51
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.55
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
739
3.1
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.31
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
4.58
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1534
6.43
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
0.792
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.059
1.059
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.29
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.26
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.27
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.04
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
38.83
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8906
37.33
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.44
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.26
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
4.64
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
3.49
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.395
1.395
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
34.98
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8079
33.86
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.33
37.33

Fielding Stats for Ed Acosta and Dean Chance

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.72
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
1.7
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6443
27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
9
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.2
9
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.65
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.47
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.85
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
1.56
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.14
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.57
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
2.17
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.5
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
2.03
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.83
95.83
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.62
93.62
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.404
0.404
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.13
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Acosta and Dean Chance

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
1140
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
406
320.95
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
759
600
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
580
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
662
523.32
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
34.78
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
33.2
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
1.37
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.2
4.11
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
36.36
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
62.45
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
13.44
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
12.65
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
26.09
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-2.08
-41.51
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-28.07
-22.19
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.95
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
23.72
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
300
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
420
332.02
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
1.81
1.81
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
48.22
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA