Jose Acosta vs. Jim Mooney — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Mooney
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Mooney 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. Jim Mooney posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.25 and WHIP 1.570 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Jim Mooney had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Jim Mooney

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
2.32
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
2.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.43
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.51
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.95
45.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.57
44.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
4.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1068
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
10.77
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.77
10.77
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.58
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
3.36
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.699
0.699
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.18
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
939
39.61
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1592
40.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.73
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
4.88
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.561
1.561
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
871
36.75
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1454
36.76
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.25
40.25

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Jim Mooney

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.59
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.794
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Jim Mooney

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
488.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
557.52
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
58.41
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
58.41
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.74
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
58.41
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
15
79.65
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
69.03
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.67
-8.89
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
58.41
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.27
10.27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA