Jose Acosta vs. Roy Oswalt — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Oswalt
Gen XMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Roy Oswalt 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. Roy Oswalt posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.36 and WHIP 1.226 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Roy Oswalt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Roy Oswalt

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
365
1.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
1.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
0.65
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.41
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.51
61.51
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.42
93.42
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.36
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6736
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2245.1
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2199
8.81
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
0.79
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
2.87
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
520
2.08
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1852
7.42
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.056
1.056
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.12
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.32
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9301
37.28
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
897
3.6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.42
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
0.81
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.211
1.211
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8539
34.23
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.309
0.309
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.28
37.28

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Roy Oswalt

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
366
1.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
1.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6742
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2247.1
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
0.68
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
1.24
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
1.92
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.16
98.16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.44
93.44
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Roy Oswalt

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
370
278.89
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
796
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
657
495.23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
76.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
70.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
5.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
6.03
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.7
15.6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
83.67
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
100.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.362
0.362
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
22.61
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
27.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
48.99
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.77
11.89
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.77
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
20.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
136.43
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.4
4.4
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
79.9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
4.52
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA