Jose Acosta vs. Jesse Houston — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jesse Houston
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jesse Houston 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. Jesse Houston posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.26 and WHIP 1.305 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Jesse Houston had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Jesse Houston

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.53
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.64
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.92
72.92
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
3.26
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
846
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
8.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
2.97
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
5.27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.915
0.915
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1209
38.59
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
4.44
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.99
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.73
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.305
1.305
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1076
34.34
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.9
2.9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.59
38.59

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Jesse Houston

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.56
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1021
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340.1
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.85
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
2.59
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
3.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
3.44
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.3
96.3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.8
67.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Jesse Houston

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
258.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
160
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
551.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.578
0.578
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
127.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
108.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.72
30.18
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.59
43.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
153.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
161.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.555
0.555
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.431
0.431
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.443
0.443
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
67.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
33.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
101.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.47
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.72
51.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
9
33.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
160
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA