Ed Acosta vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Ed Acosta
Silent GenerationPanamaThrows RightBats SwitchCentral AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen 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 119), strikeout rate (K%+ 75 vs 63), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 104 vs 94). Claude Osteen held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 108 vs 93). Role difference aside, Ed Acosta holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ed Acosta and Claude Osteen

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.73
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.59
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
4.05
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
137.2
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
10
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.78
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
2.55
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.24
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
4.58
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.792
0.792
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
38.83
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.44
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
4.64
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.18
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.07
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.395
1.395
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
34.98
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Ed Acosta and Claude Osteen

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.72
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.65
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.85
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.83
95.83
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.404
0.404
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Acosta and Claude Osteen

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
1140
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
580
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
1.37
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.08
-41.51
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
300
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67