Jose Acosta vs. Gary Peters — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gary Peters
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherRookie of the YearAll-Star

Gary Peters 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. Gary Peters posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.25 and WHIP 1.275 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Gary Peters had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Gary Peters

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359
1.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.54
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.45
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.63
54.63
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.67
79.67
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.34
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
3.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6243
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2081
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1894
8.19
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.19
8.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
0.68
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
706
3.05
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.23
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1420
6.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.14
6.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.022
1.022
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.36
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8707
37.66
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.15
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
847
3.66
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.249
1.249
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7903
34.18
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.66
37.66

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Gary Peters

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
359
1.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6243
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2081
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.48
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
1.89
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
423
1.83
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.58
96.58
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.178
1.178
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.67
79.67
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Gary Peters

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
450
308.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
875
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
807
553.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.623
0.623
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
179
122.74
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
83.66
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
21.26
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
13.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
39.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.72
30.18
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72.13
49.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
281
192.69
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
215
147.43
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Gary Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.601
0.601
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.431
0.431
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.491
0.491
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
58.97
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
69.94
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
169
115.89
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.47
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70.14
48.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
19.89
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.06
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Gary Peters
Career
Per 600 PAverified
172
117.94
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.09
5.09
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Gary Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
17.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.8
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gary Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
17
11.66
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Gary Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.69
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Gary Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.69
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Gary Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0