Jose Acosta vs. Lee Johnson — Career Comparison

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Lee Johnson 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. Jose Acosta posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.51 and WHIP 1.561 compared to 15.43 and 4.286 for Lee Johnson. By the career numbers, Jose Acosta had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Lee Johnson

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
2.32
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
7.71
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3.86
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Lee Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
3.86
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Lee Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.51
Lee Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
15.43
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.43
15.43
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.76
17.76
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.438
0.438
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
265
11.18
Lee Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.18
11.18
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Lee Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Lee Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Lee Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Lee Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
11.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.57
11.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.9
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Lee Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Lee Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
939
39.61
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
77.14
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.18
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.02
Lee Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
38.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.57
38.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
3.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.561
1.561
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.286
4.286
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
871
36.75
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
61.71
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.438
0.438
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61
Lee Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.14
77.14

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Lee Johnson

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
7.71
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lee Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3.86
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Lee Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Lee Johnson

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
600
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
486.49
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Lee Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lee Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA