Jose Acosta vs. Dan Petry — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dan Petry
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Dan Petry 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. Dan Petry posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.95 and WHIP 1.399 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Dan Petry had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Dan Petry

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
370
1.6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
1.3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.54
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.45
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.59
54.59
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.08
81.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.05
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
3.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6241
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2080.1
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1984
8.58
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.58
8.58
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
0.94
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
852
3.69
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.32
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1063
4.6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.33
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.2
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8860
38.33
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1025
4.43
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.29
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
0.92
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.363
1.363
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7837
33.9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.33
38.33

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Dan Petry

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
1.6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
1.3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6241
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2080.1
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
1.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
1.45
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
2.61
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
2.56
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.01
98.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.597
1.597
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.08
81.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Dan Petry

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
370
44400
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
21.64
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
23.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA