Jose Acosta vs. Mal Eason — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mal Eason
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mal Eason 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. Mal Eason posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.42 and WHIP 1.385 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Mal Eason had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Mal Eason

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
1.18
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.34
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.69
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.03
33.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.2
91.2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.85
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
3.42
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2854
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
951.1
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1027
9.72
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.72
9.72
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.19
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
2.87
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
2.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
2.59
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.594
0.594
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.12
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4011
37.95
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
4.87
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.385
1.385
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3678
34.8
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Mal Eason

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.51
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2976
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
992
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.44
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
2.51
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.19
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
3.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
2.96
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.95
93.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.527
2.527
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.41
43.41
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Mal Eason

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
206.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
378
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
356
565.08
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
68.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
63.49
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.76
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.76
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.87
10.91
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
73.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
85.71
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
26.98
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
23.81
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
50.79
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.45
-3.89
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.59
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
10
15.87
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PAverified
81
128.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.67
4.67
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
17.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100