Jose Acosta vs. Weldon Henley — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Weldon Henley
Pre-GenerationalGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Weldon Henley 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. Weldon Henley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.94 and WHIP 1.207 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Weldon Henley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Weldon Henley

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
1.21
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.4
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.54
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.67
42.67
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.51
83.51
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.77
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.94
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2165
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
721.2
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
640
7.98
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.98
7.98
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
2.88
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
3.85
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.51
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2941
36.68
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
4.23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2669
33.29
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.68
36.68

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Weldon Henley

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.21
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2190
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
730
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.51
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
3.3
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
4.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
3.81
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.5
94.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.153
3.153
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.24
62.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Weldon Henley

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
213.67
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
278
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
261
563.31
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.468
0.468
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
103.6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
79.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.74
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.74
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.88
27.79
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
127.34
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
123.02
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.437
0.437
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
38.85
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
32.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
71.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.19
24.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.16
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
17.27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
83
179.14
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
3.35
3.35
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
17.27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Weldon Henley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Weldon Henley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100