Jose Acosta vs. Mike Morgan — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Morgan
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Mike Morgan 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. Mike Morgan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.23 and WHIP 1.428 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Mike Morgan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Mike Morgan

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
597
1.94
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
1.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.46
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.6
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.12
43.12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.84
68.84
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4.23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8317
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2772.1
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2943
9.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
270
0.88
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
938
3.05
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1403
4.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.844
0.844
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.34
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.24
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11872
38.54
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.18
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1431
4.65
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.4
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10662
34.61
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.54
38.54

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Mike Morgan

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
597
1.94
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
1.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8317
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2772.1
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
0.7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
1.51
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
705
2.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
2.21
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.45
96.45
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.139
1.139
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.84
68.84
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Mike Morgan

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
597
625.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
573
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
497
520.42
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
56.54
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
52.36
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
4.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.05
7.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
61.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
71.2
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.251
0.251
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
13.61
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15.71
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
29.32
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.66
-9.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
13.61
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
151
158.12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.79
3.79
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
61.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.14
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5.24
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA