Jose Acosta vs. Mike King — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike King
MillenialNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike King 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. Mike King posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.24 and WHIP 1.205 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Mike King had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Mike King

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
2.32
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
2.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.56
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.53
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.67
51.67
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.75
39.75
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1484
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
494.2
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
7.61
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.96
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
3.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
10.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.17
10.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.478
1.478
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.22
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2069
37.64
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
3.73
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.62
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.193
1.193
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1862
33.88
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.64
37.64

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Mike King

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
2.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
494.2
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.96
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.66
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.56
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.51
94.51
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.534
0.534
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.75
39.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Mike King

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
161
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
600
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
486.49
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Mike King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike King
Career
Per 600 PA