Ed Acosta vs. Jimmy Key — Career Comparison

Ed Acosta
Silent GenerationPanamaThrows RightBats SwitchCentral AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jimmy Key
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jimmy Key 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 151), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 104 vs 102), and home run suppression (HR9+ 93 vs 93). Jimmy Key held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 121 vs 101). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Ed Acosta.

Pitching Stats for Ed Acosta and Jimmy Key

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.73
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
470
1.63
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.35
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.65
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.59
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.41
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.39
61.39
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.77
82.77
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.12
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.05
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
4.05
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1010
3.51
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
27
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7775
27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
137.2
9
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2591.2
9
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
10
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2518
8.74
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.74
8.74
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.78
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
0.88
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
2.55
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
668
2.32
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.1
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
4.58
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1538
5.34
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
0.792
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.851
0.851
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.17
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.13
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
38.83
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10719
37.22
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.44
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.1
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
4.64
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1104
3.83
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.31
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.24
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
0.81
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.395
1.395
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
34.98
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9856
34.23
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.22
37.22

Fielding Stats for Ed Acosta and Jimmy Key

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.72
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
470
1.63
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.35
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
27
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7775
27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
9
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2591.2
9
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.65
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
0.6
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.85
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
1.57
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.08
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.57
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
646
2.24
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.5
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
624
2.17
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.83
95.83
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.59
96.59
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.404
0.404
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.328
1.328
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.77
82.77
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.12
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Acosta and Jimmy Key

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
57
1140
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
471
94200
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
600
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
580
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
1.37
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.08
-41.51
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.19
-38.03
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
300
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA