Jose Acosta vs. Russ Meyer — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Russ Meyer
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Russ 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. Russ Meyer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.99 and WHIP 1.409 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Russ Meyer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Russ Meyer

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
1.87
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.55
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.43
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.29
56.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.65
68.65
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
679
3.99
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4594
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1531.1
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1606
9.44
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.8
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
541
3.18
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
672
3.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.792
0.792
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.21
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6570
38.61
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.28
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
761
4.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6014
35.35
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Russ Meyer

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
8.44
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1021
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340.1
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.82
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
6.8
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.34
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
8.96
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
8.62
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.17
96.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.022
1.022
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.36
15.36
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Russ Meyer

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
319
336.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
569
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
484
510.37
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
58
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
48.51
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
6.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.11
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.49
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.11
10.66
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
71.7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
82.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
27.42
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
26.36
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
52.72
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.44
-3.62
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
23.2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
146
153.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.9
3.9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
65.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.49
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA