Ed Acosta vs. Dick Hall — Career Comparison

Ed Acosta
Silent GenerationPanamaThrows RightBats SwitchCentral AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Hall
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Hall 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. Dick Hall led in strikeout rate (K%+ 113 vs 75), run prevention (ERA+ 130 vs 101), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 120 vs 104). Role difference aside, Dick Hall holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ed Acosta and Dick Hall

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.73
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
3.54
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.53
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.66
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.59
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.54
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.36
55.36
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.95
14.95
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.14
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.49
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
4.05
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
3.32
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
27
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3779
27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
137.2
9
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1259.2
9
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
10
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1152
8.23
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.23
8.23
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.78
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.93
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
2.55
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
1.69
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.5
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
4.58
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
741
5.29
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.29
5.29
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.792
0.792
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.776
0.776
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
38.83
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5085
36.33
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.44
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.69
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
4.64
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
3.66
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.395
1.395
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.102
1.102
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
34.98
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4818
34.42
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.33
36.33

Fielding Stats for Ed Acosta and Dick Hall

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.72
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
2.75
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.71
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
27
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6161
27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
9
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2053.2
9
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.65
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
1.65
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.85
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
0.92
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.57
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
606
2.66
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.5
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
2.57
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.83
95.83
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.86
96.86
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.404
0.404
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.936
0.936
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.68
25.68
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Acosta and Dick Hall

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
1140
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
669
489.51
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
820
600
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
580
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
714
522.44
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.581
0.581
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
109.76
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
92.93
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
10.98
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.93
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.93
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
16.83
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
1.37
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48.83
35.73
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
185
135.37
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
213
155.85
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
0.53
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
57.8
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
40.98
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
95.85
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.08
-41.51
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
38.78
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.46
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
44.63
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
300
Dick Hall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
147
107.56
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.58
5.58
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
24.88
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.59
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
23
16.83
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.39
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.46
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
5.85
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
75