Jose Acosta vs. Barry Cort — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Barry Cort
Baby BoomersCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Barry Cort 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. Barry Cort posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.33 and WHIP 1.438 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Barry Cort had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Barry Cort

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
2.32
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.59
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.11
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.37
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.1
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
9.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.25
9.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
3.33
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
6.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.29
6.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.069
1.069
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
37.73
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.74
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.11
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.397
1.397
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
32.92
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.73
37.73

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Barry Cort

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.59
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.11
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24.1
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.37
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.48
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.85
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.85
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.714
0.714
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barry Cort
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Barry Cort

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
7
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
600
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
486.49
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Barry Cort
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Barry Cort
Career
Per 600 PA