Jose Acosta vs. Jim Mertz — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Mertz
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Mertz 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 4.63 and 1.431 for Jim Mertz. 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 Mertz

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
2.32
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.55
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.77
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.39
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.67
41.67
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.3
30.3
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.51
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
4.63
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.2
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
8.41
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.41
8.41
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
4.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
499
38.49
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
5.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.431
1.431
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
441
34.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.97
1.97
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Jim Mertz

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.879
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Jim Mertz

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
460.47
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
530.23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
97.67
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
83.72
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
1.88
26.28
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
125.58
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
9
125.58
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
83.72
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
1.83
25.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
181.4
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
3.31
3.31
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA