Jose Acosta vs. Butch Metzger — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Butch Metzger
Baby BoomersIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief PitcherRookie of the Year

Looking at the career totals, Jose Acosta and Butch Metzger are fairly close on the surface numbers. Jose Acosta carried a career ERA of 4.51 against Butch Metzger's 3.74. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Jose Acosta and Butch Metzger — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Butch Metzger

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
2.32
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
5.86
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.55
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.64
23.64
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.71
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
3.74
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
293.1
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
8.87
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.71
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
4.3
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.07
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
5.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.37
5.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.074
1.074
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1286
39.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.18
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
3.44
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
4.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.71
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.68
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.463
1.463
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1104
33.87
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.46
39.46

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Butch Metzger

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
5.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293.1
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.37
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.44
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.92
97.92
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Butch Metzger

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
191
5457.14
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
486.49
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-2.89
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.16
-33.16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
228.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
2.63
2.63
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA