Jose Acosta vs. Rudy May — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rudy May
Silent GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rudy May 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. Rudy May posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.269 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Rudy May had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Rudy May

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
535
1.84
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.52
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.54
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.35
49.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.29
67.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1007
3.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7866
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2622
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2314
7.94
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
0.68
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
958
3.29
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1760
6.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.04
6.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.037
1.037
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.23
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.14
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10902
37.42
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1150
3.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.4
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.21
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.44
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9723
33.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.42
37.42

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Rudy May

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
1.84
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7865
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2621.2
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
1.31
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
1.74
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
1.61
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.69
92.69
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.877
0.877
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.29
67.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Rudy May

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
536
839.69
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
383
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
341
534.2
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
65.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
51.7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.27
14.52
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
79.9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
103.39
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
18.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
21.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
40.73
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
1.07
1.68
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
34.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
164
256.92
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
2.34
2.34
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
26.63
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA