Jose Acosta vs. Dick Ellsworth — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Ellsworth
Silent GenerationWyomingThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Dick Ellsworth 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. Dick Ellsworth posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.72 and WHIP 1.364 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Dick Ellsworth had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Dick Ellsworth

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
1.7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
1.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.48
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.63
45.63
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.17
76.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.36
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
890
3.72
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6467
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2155.2
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2274
9.49
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.49
9.49
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
0.81
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
2.87
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
2.48
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1140
4.76
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.805
0.805
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.3
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9156
38.23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.15
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
4.31
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.331
1.331
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8506
35.51
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.23
38.23

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Dick Ellsworth

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
1.7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
1.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6469
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156.1
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
0.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
1.82
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
2.43
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
2.32
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.7
95.7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.369
1.369
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.17
76.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Dick Ellsworth

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
407
315.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
774
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
673
521.71
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
45.74
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
42.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
3.1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.2
7.91
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
50.39
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
84.5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
24.81
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
17.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
41.86
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
-12.5
-9.69
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
35.66
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
322
249.61
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
2.4
2.4
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
38.76
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ellsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.78
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.33
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dick Ellsworth
Career
Per 600 PA