Jose Acosta vs. Adrian Houser — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Adrian Houser
MillenialOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Adrian Houser 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. Adrian Houser posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.06 and WHIP 1.364 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Adrian Houser had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Adrian Houser

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
2.12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
1.53
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.49
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.54
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.62
47.62
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.25
72.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
4.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2201
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
733.2
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
716
8.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
3.46
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
576
7.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.29
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.42
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3137
38.48
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.32
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
375
4.6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.12
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.99
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2793
34.26
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.48
38.48

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Adrian Houser

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
2.12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
1.53
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2201
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
733.2
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.63
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.15
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.64
98.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.838
0.838
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.25
72.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Adrian Houser

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
173
1421.92
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
73
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
526.03
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.88
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.44
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.66
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
2.72
22.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
90.41
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
8
65.75
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.44
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.44
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.44
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.25
-10.26
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.88
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
47
386.3
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
1.55
1.55
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Adrian Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
41.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Adrian Houser
Career
Per 600 PA