Jose Acosta vs. Johnny Marcum — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Johnny Marcum
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Johnny Marcum 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 4.66 and 1.467 for Johnny Marcum. 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 Johnny Marcum

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
1.6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.53
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.52
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.78
50.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.69
67.69
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.56
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.51
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
569
4.66
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3298
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1099.1
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1269
10.39
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.39
10.39
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.74
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
2.87
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
2.82
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
3.21
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
939
39.61
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4847
39.68
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.02
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
630
5.16
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.467
1.467
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
871
36.75
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4494
36.79
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.68
39.68

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Johnny Marcum

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.31
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.251
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Johnny Marcum

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
299
309.31
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
580
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
533
551.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.658
0.658
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
145.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
121.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18.62
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
24.83
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.72
30.18
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.43
57.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
176
182.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
20
162.16
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
183.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.641
0.641
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.066
0.066
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.431
0.431
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
57.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
72.41
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
125.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.47
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64.25
66.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
37.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
33.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.13
18.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
1.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
11.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.03
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Marcum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.03
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Johnny Marcum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0