Jose Acosta vs. Rip Hagerman — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rip Hagerman
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rip Hagerman 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. Rip Hagerman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.09 and WHIP 1.480 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Rip Hagerman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Rip Hagerman

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
1.69
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.4
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.69
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.54
36.54
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.9
67.9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.48
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
3.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1295
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
431.2
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
8.63
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
4.69
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
4.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.017
1.017
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.35
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.31
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1815
37.84
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
4.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.48
1.48
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1575
32.84
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.84
37.84

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Rip Hagerman

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
9.23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
10.59
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
12.76
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
11.73
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.96
91.96
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.64
8.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Rip Hagerman

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
362.69
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
134
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
550.75
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
35.82
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
22.39
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.43
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.43
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
6.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
49.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
15
67.16
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
26.87
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.48
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
31.34
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.96
-22.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
7
31.34
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
75
335.82
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
17.91
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA