Jose Acosta vs. Jack Kramer — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Kramer
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jack Kramer 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. Jack Kramer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.24 and WHIP 1.492 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Jack Kramer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Jack Kramer

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
322
1.77
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
1.18
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.52
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.98
47.98
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.77
66.77
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.48
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
772
4.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4912
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1637.1
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1761
9.68
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.68
9.68
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.51
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
682
3.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
613
3.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.791
0.791
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7193
39.54
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.32
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
895
4.92
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.492
1.492
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6501
35.73
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.54
39.54

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Jack Kramer

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
322
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.62
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.152
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Jack Kramer

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
322
312.62
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
60
486.49
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
501
486.41
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.528
0.528
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
69.9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
53.4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
11.65
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.85
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
16.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28.55
27.72
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
96.12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
149
144.66
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
41.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
37.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
74.76
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25.94
25.19
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
73.79
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
162
157.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.81
3.81
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
38.83
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 600 PA
10
9.71
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0