Jose Acosta vs. Jim Mains — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Mains
Greatest GenerationMaineThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Mains 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 5.63 and 1.500 for Jim Mains. 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 Jim Mains

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.51
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5.63
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
10.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.13
10.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
3.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.875
0.875
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
939
39.61
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
40.5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.02
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5.63
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
871
36.75
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
37.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Jim Mains

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Jim Mains

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
486.49
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
10.43
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
162.16
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.431
0.431
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
21.85
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
89.19
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA