Jose Acosta vs. Jim LaMarque — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim LaMarque
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim LaMarque 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. Jim LaMarque posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.255 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Jim LaMarque had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Jim LaMarque

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
1.27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.65
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.31
67.31
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.88
80.88
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.69
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
3.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1451
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
483.2
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
8.82
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
2.87
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
2.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
5.73
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.73
5.73
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.912
0.912
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.43
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2061
38.35
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
4.43
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.6
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.99
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1871
34.82
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.35
38.35

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Jim LaMarque

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.43
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.98
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1677
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.72
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
2.61
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
3.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
3.33
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.28
96.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.326
2.326
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.54
68.54
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Jim LaMarque

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
246.77
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
228
551.61
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.621
0.621
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
123.39
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
89.52
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.77
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.84
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.26
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
33.87
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.72
30.18
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.48
51.97
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
176.61
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
159.68
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.431
0.431
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
91.94
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
84.68
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
169.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.47
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.97
55.56
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.84
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
31.45
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
12.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.26
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.26
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100