Jose Acosta vs. Roy Halladay — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Halladay
Gen XColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Roy Halladay 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. Roy Halladay posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.38 and WHIP 1.188 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Roy Halladay had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Roy Halladay

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416
1.36
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
1.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
0.66
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.34
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.91
65.91
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.07
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1034
3.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8248
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2749.1
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2646
8.66
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
0.77
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
2.87
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
1.94
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2117
6.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.93
6.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.09
5.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.985
0.985
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.18
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11287
36.95
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1135
3.72
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.23
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.82
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.178
1.178
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10484
34.32
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.95
36.95

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Roy Halladay

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
1.36
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
1.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8248
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2749.1
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
0.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
1.28
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
633
2.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
2.02
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.63
97.63
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.486
1.486
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Roy Halladay

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
416
818.36
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
275
540.98
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.334
0.334
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
66.89
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
62.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.93
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.36
8.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
70.82
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
74.75
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
29.51
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
23.61
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
53.11
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.99
-7.85
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.87
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
137
269.51
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
2.23
2.23
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Roy Halladay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
51.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.93
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Roy Halladay
Career
Per 600 PA