Ed Acosta vs. Ted Shaw — Career Comparison

Ed Acosta
Silent GenerationPanamaThrows RightBats SwitchCentral AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Shaw
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ted Shaw 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 posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.05 and WHIP 1.453 compared to 4.77 and 1.427 for Ted Shaw. By the career numbers, Ed Acosta had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Acosta and Ted Shaw

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.73
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.01
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.55
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.59
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.81
55.81
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.13
72.13
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.71
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.05
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
4.77
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
137.2
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
10
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
9.43
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.78
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.41
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.55
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
3.42
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
4.58
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
4.38
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
0.792
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.867
0.867
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.26
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
594
38.83
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1721
39.48
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.44
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
4.64
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
5.78
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.52
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.38
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.67
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.395
1.395
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.427
1.427
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
34.98
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1492
34.23
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Ed Acosta and Ted Shaw

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.72
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.65
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.85
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.2
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.57
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.55
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.39
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.83
95.83
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.69
93.69
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.404
0.404
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.705
1.705
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.77
73.77
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Acosta and Ted Shaw

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
1140
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
232.37
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
600
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
580
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
156
541.04
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
128.32
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
97.11
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.21
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
1.37
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.19
52.69
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
173.41
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
166.47
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
79.77
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.96
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
135.26
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.08
-41.51
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.01
58.99
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
34.68
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
15
300
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100