Jose Acosta vs. Dave Eiland — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dave Eiland
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dave Eiland 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 5.74 and 1.582 for Dave Eiland. 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 Dave Eiland

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
2.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.69
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.65
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.77
30.77
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.09
76.09
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.51
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
5.74
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.46
5.46
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1119
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
265
11.18
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
465
11.22
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.18
11.18
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.22
11.22
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.11
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
2.87
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
2.85
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.69
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.66
1.66
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.727
0.727
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.39
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
939
39.61
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1687
40.71
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.02
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
6.61
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.61
6.61
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.34
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.8
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.561
1.561
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.563
1.563
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
871
36.75
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1534
37.01
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.71
40.71

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Dave Eiland

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
2.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.69
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1119
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.81
98.81
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.902
0.902
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.09
76.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Dave Eiland

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
2044.44
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
488.89
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.444
0.444
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
25.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
111.11
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.08
-1.69
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
177.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
3.38
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
111.11
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA