Jose Acosta vs. Chet Nichols Jr. — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Chet Nichols Jr.
Silent GenerationRhode IslandThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Chet Nichols Jr. 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. Chet Nichols Jr. posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.64 and WHIP 1.473 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Chet Nichols Jr. had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Chet Nichols Jr.

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
2.32
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
2.82
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.51
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.54
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.57
48.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.57
37.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.34
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
3.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
8.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.67
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
280
4.18
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.97
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.905
0.905
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2622
39.11
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.79
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
4.27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.459
1.459
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2336
34.85
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.11
39.11

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Chet Nichols Jr.

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
3.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1342
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447.1
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.48
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.02
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.56
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
3.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.31
98.31
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.51
27.51
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Chet Nichols Jr.

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
603.19
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
173
552.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.21
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
67.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.19
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
3.08
9.84
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
73.4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
79.79
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
25.53
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.96
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
41.49
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.26
-4.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
159.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.76
3.76
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
38.3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA