Jose Acosta vs. Alex Meyer — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Alex Meyer
MillenialIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Alex Meyer 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 1.458 for Alex Meyer. 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 Alex Meyer

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
2.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.79
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.76
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.36
86.36
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.51
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
4.63
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.218
0.218
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.1
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
7.27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.27
7.27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.04
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
5.85
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
10.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.1
10.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.773
1.773
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.76
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.38
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
939
39.61
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
40.03
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
4.81
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.458
1.458
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
353
33.33
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.03
40.03

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Alex Meyer

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.79
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.1
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.85
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.546
0.546
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.36
86.36
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Alex Meyer

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
6600
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.72
30.18
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
162.16
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.431
0.431
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
32.47
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA