Jose Acosta vs. Sean Douglass — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sean Douglass
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Sean Douglass 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 6.11 and 1.652 for Sean Douglass. 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 Sean Douglass

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
2.32
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.34
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.34
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.3
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.56
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.41
57.41
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.51
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
6.11
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
623
27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
207.2
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
9.62
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.62
9.62
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.47
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
4.9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.35
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
6.72
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.72
6.72
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.35
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.35
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
939
39.61
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
936
40.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.3
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.02
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
6.46
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.46
6.46
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.39
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.87
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.561
1.561
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.613
1.613
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
803
34.8
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.57
40.57

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Sean Douglass

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.34
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.34
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
623
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207.2
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.61
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.39
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.39
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.593
0.593
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.41
57.41
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Sean Douglass

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
16200
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Sean Douglass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Sean Douglass
Career
Per 600 PA