Ed Acosta vs. Danny Coombs — Career Comparison

Ed Acosta
Silent GenerationPanamaThrows RightBats SwitchCentral AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny Coombs 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 4.08 and 1.588 for Danny Coombs. 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 Danny Coombs

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.73
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.59
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.3
41.3
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.05
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
4.08
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
137.2
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
10
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
9.92
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.78
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.6
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.55
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
3.71
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.52
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
4.58
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
5.7
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
0.792
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.39
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
594
38.83
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
40.17
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.44
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
4.64
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.79
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.395
1.395
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
535
34.98
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
35.79
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.311
0.311
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17

Fielding Stats for Ed Acosta and Danny Coombs

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.72
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
9
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.65
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.85
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.49
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.57
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.81
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.5
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.76
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.83
95.83
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.404
0.404
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Acosta and Danny Coombs

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
1140
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
757.89
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
580
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
73.68
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
52.63
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
1.37
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.9
15.29
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
94.74
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
100
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.08
-41.51
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
2.15
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
300
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
289.47
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
2.07
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA