Jose Acosta vs. Lum Harris — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lum Harris
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lum Harris 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. Lum Harris posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.16 and WHIP 1.389 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Lum Harris had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Lum Harris

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
1.66
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.38
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.69
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.71
35.71
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.26
60.26
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
4.16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2460
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
820
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
874
9.59
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.59
9.59
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.72
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
2.91
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
2.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.606
0.606
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.24
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3530
38.74
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.42
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.71
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.389
1.389
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3259
35.77
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.74
38.74

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Lum Harris

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.21
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.384
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Lum Harris

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
151
311.34
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
268
552.58
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.474
0.474
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
105.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
92.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.31
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
12.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.16
23.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
121.65
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
125.77
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
18.56
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
32.99
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
49.48
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.78
20.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
10
20.62
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
129.9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.62
4.62
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
26.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
9
18.56
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA