Ed Acosta vs. Al Jackson — Career Comparison

Ed Acosta
Silent GenerationPanamaThrows RightBats SwitchCentral AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Al Jackson
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Al Jackson 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 led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 190 vs 112), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 104 vs 95), and run prevention (ERA+ 101 vs 95). Al Jackson held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 107 vs 93). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Ed Acosta.

Pitching Stats for Ed Acosta and Al Jackson

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.73
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
1.96
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.19
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.43
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.59
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.64
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.36
40.36
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.93
60.93
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.35
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
4.05
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
614
3.98
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
27
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4168
27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
137.2
9
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1389.1
9
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
10
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
9.39
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.39
9.39
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.78
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.74
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.55
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
2.64
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.27
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
4.58
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
738
4.78
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
0.792
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.824
0.824
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.23
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.25
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
38.83
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5942
38.49
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.44
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
4.64
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
725
4.7
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.395
1.395
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
535
34.98
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5496
35.6
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Ed Acosta and Al Jackson

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.72
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
1.96
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.19
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
27
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4168
27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
9
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1389.1
9
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.65
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.73
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.85
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
311
2.01
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.13
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.57
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
2.88
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.5
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
2.75
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.83
95.83
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.5
95.5
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.404
0.404
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.404
1.404
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.93
60.93
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.12
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Acosta and Al Jackson

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
1140
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
373
468.2
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
478
600
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
580
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
435
546.03
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
86.61
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
65.27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
17.57
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.51
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
21.34
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
1.37
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.06
20.16
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
112.97
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
104.18
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
46.44
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
28.87
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
74.06
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.08
-41.51
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.53
10.71
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
16.32
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
300
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
194.56
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.08
3.08
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
32.64
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
10.04
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.51
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67