Jose Acosta vs. Gary Gentry — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gary Gentry
Baby BoomersArizonaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Gary Gentry 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. Gary Gentry posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.56 and WHIP 1.294 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Gary Gentry had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Gary Gentry

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
1.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.46
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.49
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.42
48.42
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.9
87.9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
3.56
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2708
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902.2
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
770
7.68
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
369
3.68
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.29
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
615
6.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.13
6.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.29
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.28
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3800
37.89
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
3.99
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.28
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.262
1.262
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3351
33.41
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.89
37.89

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Gary Gentry

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
1.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2706
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
902
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.62
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.19
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
1.82
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
1.81
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.45
99.45
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.153
1.153
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.9
87.9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Gary Gentry

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
292.59
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
324
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
285
527.78
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
50
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
42.59
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.41
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.41
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.95
7.31
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
57.41
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
72.22
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
18.52
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
22.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
40.74
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.41
-13.72
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.85
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
11
20.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
174
322.22
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
46.3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.7
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.85
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.85
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.85
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Gary Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0