Jose Acosta vs. Rich Hill — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rich Hill
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rich Hill 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. Rich Hill posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.02 and WHIP 1.278 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Rich Hill had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Rich Hill

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
2.32
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.59
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.48
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.22
54.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.43
64.43
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
633
4.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4254
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1418
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1240
7.87
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.12
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
551
3.5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1432
9.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.09
9.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.15
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.51
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5997
38.06
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.11
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
4.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.62
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.263
1.263
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5295
33.61
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.06
38.06

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Rich Hill

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.59
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4254
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1418
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.93
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.17
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
92
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.474
0.474
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.43
64.43
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Rich Hill

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
389
851.82
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
256
560.58
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
63.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
52.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.89
8.51
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
74.45
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
74.45
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.76
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
28.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
37.23
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.73
-12.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.38
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
111
243.07
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
2.47
2.47
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
26.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.76
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA