Jose Acosta vs. Ray Moss — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ray Moss
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ray Moss 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 4.95 and 1.594 for Ray Moss. 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 Ray Moss

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
2.32
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.42
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.91
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.48
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.39
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.51
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
4.95
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1248
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
10.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.25
10.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.63
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
4.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.36
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.716
0.716
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
939
39.61
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1887
40.82
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.61
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.02
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
5.88
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.561
1.561
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.594
1.594
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1687
36.5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.82
40.82

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Ray Moss

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.6
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.777
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Ray Moss

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
117
433.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
551.85
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Ray Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Ray Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0.414
0.414
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
81.48
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
62.96
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.52
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.65
20.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
103.7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
111.11
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Ray Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Ray Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0.379
0.379
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Ray Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Ray Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Ray Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
55.56
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
44.44
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
100
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Ray Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
3.66
13.56
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Ray Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
7
25.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Ray Moss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
137.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.38
4.38
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ray Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Ray Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
18.52
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Ray Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Ray Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ray Moss
Career
Per 600 PA