Jose Acosta vs. Matt Murray — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Matt Murray
Gen XMassachusettsThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Matt Murray 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 9.64 and 2.071 for Matt Murray. 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 Matt Murray

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
2.32
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.86
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.93
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.51
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
9.64
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.98
9.98
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.07
8.07
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
265
11.18
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
13.5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.18
11.18
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.857
0.857
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
939
39.61
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
45
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.02
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
11.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.57
11.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.561
1.561
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.071
2.071
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
871
36.75
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
38.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Matt Murray

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.21
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.86
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Matt Murray

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
1800
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.72
30.18
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
162.16
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.431
0.431
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
32.47
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Matt Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Matt Murray
Career
Per 600 PA