Jose Acosta vs. Jim Missouri — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Missouri
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Jim Missouri 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 5.78 and 1.540 for Jim Missouri. 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 Missouri

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
2.32
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.42
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.91
40.91
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.12
49.12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.51
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
5.78
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
635
27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
211.2
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
10.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.29
10.29
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.72
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
3.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
5.23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.978
0.978
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
939
39.61
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
962
40.9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.81
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.02
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
6.76
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.76
6.76
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
852
36.23
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.9
40.9

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Jim Missouri

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.42
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.19
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
635
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211.2
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.21
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.3
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.947
0.947
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.12
49.12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Jim Missouri

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
462.16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
567.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
11
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.28
-2.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Jim Missouri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim Missouri
Career
Per 600 PA