Ed Acosta vs. Craig Lefferts — Career Comparison

Ed Acosta
Silent GenerationPanamaThrows RightBats SwitchCentral AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Craig Lefferts
Baby BoomersWest GermanyThrows LeftBats LeftEuropeSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Ed Acosta a clear advantage over Craig Lefferts across the core pitching metrics. Ed Acosta led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 190 vs 130), home run suppression (HR9+ 93 vs 71), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 104 vs 91). Craig Lefferts held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 91 vs 75). Ed Acosta was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Ed Acosta and Craig Lefferts

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
3.73
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
696
5.47
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.52
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.46
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.59
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.57
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.62
44.62
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.04
14.04
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.79
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
4.05
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
3.43
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
27
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3437
27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
137.2
9
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1145.2
9
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
10
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1108
8.7
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.7
8.7
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.78
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
0.94
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
2.55
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
2.53
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.43
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
4.58
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
719
5.65
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.65
5.65
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
0.792
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.24
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
38.83
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4754
37.35
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.44
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.25
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
4.64
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
3.85
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.52
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.61
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.31
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.69
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.395
1.395
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
34.98
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4304
33.81
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.35
37.35

Fielding Stats for Ed Acosta and Craig Lefferts

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
3.72
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
696
5.47
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.52
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
27
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3437
27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
9
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1145.2
9
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.65
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.44
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.85
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
1.21
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.57
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.71
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.5
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.65
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.83
95.83
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.404
0.404
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.04
14.04
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Acosta and Craig Lefferts

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
57
1140
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
697
2844.9
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
600
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
580
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
538.78
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
65.31
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.06
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.08
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.24
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
1.37
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.21
13.1
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
85.71
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.39
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
16.33
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.24
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
24.49
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.08
-41.51
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.21
-4.95
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.08
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
300
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
261.22
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.3
2.3
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.14
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA