Jose Acosta vs. Casey Fossum — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Casey Fossum
Gen XNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Casey Fossum 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 5.45 and 1.534 for Casey Fossum. 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 Casey Fossum

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
2.32
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.71
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.46
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.61
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.01
43.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.63
50.63
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.51
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
476
5.45
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2358
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
873
10
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
1.31
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
319
3.65
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.16
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
607
6.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.95
6.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.178
1.178
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.32
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.72
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
939
39.61
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3537
40.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.4
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.02
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
535
6.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.21
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.31
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.74
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.517
1.517
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3110
35.61
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Casey Fossum

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.71
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2358
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
786
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.44
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.04
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
1.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.48
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.47
98.47
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.544
0.544
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.63
50.63
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Casey Fossum

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
240
2823.53
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
51
600
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
541.18
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
3.4
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
5
58.82
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
3
35.29
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.94
-22.87
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
188.24
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
3.19
3.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
47.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA