Jose Acosta vs. Mark Mercer — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mark Mercer
Baby BoomersNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Jose Acosta posted a stronger line than Mark Mercer. Jose Acosta posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.51 vs 4.7) and WHIP (1.561 vs 1.826). By the career numbers, Jose Acosta had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Mark Mercer

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
2.32
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
8.22
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.55
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.17
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.64
23.64
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.51
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.7
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
8.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.17
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
8.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
9.39
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.39
9.39
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.957
1.957
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
939
39.61
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
42.26
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.18
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.561
1.561
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.826
1.826
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
34.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.26
42.26

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Mark Mercer

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
8.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.35
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Mark Mercer

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
600
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
486.49
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA