Jose Acosta vs. Matt Moore — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Matt Moore
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Matt Moore 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. Matt Moore posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.39 and WHIP 1.405 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Matt Moore had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Matt Moore

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
2.32
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
2.91
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.56
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.52
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
4.39
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3428
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1142.2
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1097
8.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.64
8.64
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
1.18
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
3.83
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.18
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1053
8.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.54
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.32
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4961
39.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.39
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
4.73
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.24
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.385
1.385
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4373
34.44
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.07
39.07

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Matt Moore

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
2.91
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3428
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1142.2
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.94
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
1.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.26
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.57
93.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.434
0.434
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Matt Moore

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
369
1892.31
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
117
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
533.33
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
9
46.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
46.15
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.55
2.83
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
9
46.15
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
11
56.41
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
25.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
25.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
51.28
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.82
-24.72
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.26
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
47
241.03
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
2.49
2.49
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
56.41
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.38
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA