Jose Acosta vs. Lew Krausse Jr. — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lew Krausse Jr.
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lew Krausse Jr. 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. Lew Krausse Jr. posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.371 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Lew Krausse Jr. had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Lew Krausse Jr.

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
2.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.48
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.64
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.77
42.77
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.15
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
8.45
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.96
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
493
3.46
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.43
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
5.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.946
0.946
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.2
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5490
38.49
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
635
4.45
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4920
34.49
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Lew Krausse Jr.

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
2.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3851
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1283.2
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.59
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
1.07
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
1.72
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.66
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.34
96.34
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.02
52.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Lew Krausse Jr.

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
334
489.98
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
409
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
354
519.32
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
68.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
45.48
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
13.2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
23.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.77
26.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
111.49
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
110.02
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.411
0.411
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
33.74
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
35.21
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
60.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.14
13.41
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
38.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
163
239.12
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
2.51
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Lew Krausse Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.93
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lew Krausse Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50