Jose Acosta vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster 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. Rube Foster posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.36 and WHIP 1.224 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Rube Foster

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
3.26
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
3.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.711
0.711
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.2
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Rube Foster

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Rube Foster

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
531.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.72
30.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
145.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.47
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
31.48
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.97
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.97
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100