Jose Acosta vs. Danny Darwin — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Darwin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny Darwin 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. Danny Darwin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.301 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Danny Darwin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Danny Darwin

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
716
2.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
1.11
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.51
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.54
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.44
48.44
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1286
3.84
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9050
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3016.2
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2951
8.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
0.96
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
2.87
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
874
2.61
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1942
5.79
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.934
0.934
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.16
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.24
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12716
37.94
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
0.51
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1431
4.27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.37
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.58
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.268
1.268
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11526
34.39
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.94
37.94

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Danny Darwin

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
716
2.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
1.11
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9050
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3016.2
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
1.09
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
575
1.72
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
1.63
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.3
95.3
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.765
0.765
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Danny Darwin

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
722
1297.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
334
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
305
547.9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
70.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
43.11
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
19.76
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
26.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.27
18.45
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
107.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
82.63
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.343
0.343
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
26.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
39.52
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
62.87
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
1.06
1.9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.8
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
6
10.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
171
307.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
1.95
1.95
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.59
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.59
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100