Jose Acosta vs. Cliff Carter — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cliff Carter
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaHarrisburg GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cliff Carter built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Acosta as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jose Acosta posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.51 and WHIP 1.561 compared to 4.79 and 1.506 for Cliff Carter. By the career numbers, Jose Acosta had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Cliff Carter

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
1.44
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.62
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.56
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.54
52.54
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.51
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
4.79
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1347
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
10.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.02
10.02
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
3.53
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
3.73
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.806
0.806
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
939
39.61
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2023
40.55
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.02
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
307
6.15
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.68
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1777
35.62
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.55
40.55

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Cliff Carter

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.11
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1388
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462.2
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.12
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
2.49
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.2
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.28
88.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.507
1.507
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
76
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Cliff Carter

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
240.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
192
543.4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
152.83
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
133.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.72
30.18
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.24
57.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
172.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
20
162.16
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
189.62
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.645
0.645
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.431
0.431
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
67.92
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
93.4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.47
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.56
69.51
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
36.79
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
53
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
19.81
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA