Ed Acosta vs. Ismael Valdez — Career Comparison

Ed Acosta
Silent GenerationPanamaThrows RightBats SwitchCentral AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ismael Valdez
Gen XMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ismael Valdez 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 126), home run suppression (HR9+ 93 vs 74), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 104 vs 87). Ismael Valdez held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 79 vs 75). Role difference aside, Ed Acosta holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ed Acosta and Ismael Valdez

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.73
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.6
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.51
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.59
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.52
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.76
49.76
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.62
88.62
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.05
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
830
4.09
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
137.2
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
10
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1872
9.22
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.22
9.22
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.78
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
1.15
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.55
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
2.58
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.19
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
4.58
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
5.78
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.78
5.78
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
0.792
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.928
0.928
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.11
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.23
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.09
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
38.83
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7760
38.22
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.44
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.06
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
4.64
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
892
4.39
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.33
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.23
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.7
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.395
1.395
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.311
1.311
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
34.98
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7075
34.85
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.22
38.22

Fielding Stats for Ed Acosta and Ismael Valdez

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.72
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.6
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.65
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
0.63
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.85
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
1.36
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.57
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
2.06
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.5
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
1.99
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.83
95.83
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.65
96.65
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.404
0.404
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.62
88.62
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Acosta and Ismael Valdez

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
1140
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
326
412.66
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
600
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
580
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
399
505.06
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
65.82
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
53.16
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
11.39
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.66
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
1.37
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.35
13.1
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
81.01
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
82.28
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
25.32
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
21.52
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
45.57
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.08
-41.51
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
1.4
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
16.46
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
300
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
122
154.43
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.89
3.89
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
77.22
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.27
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
7.59
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.06
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.06
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100