Jose Acosta vs. Johnny Podres — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Johnny Podres
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Johnny Podres 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. Johnny Podres posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.68 and WHIP 1.347 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Johnny Podres had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Johnny Podres

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
440
1.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
1.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
0.59
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.06
56.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.27
77.27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.31
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.04
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
925
3.68
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6795
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2265
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2239
8.9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.9
8.9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
0.96
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
743
2.95
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.28
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
5.7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.962
0.962
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.26
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.11
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9571
38.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.18
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1026
4.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.317
1.317
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8800
34.97
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Johnny Podres

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
1.84
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6450
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2150
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
1.31
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
1.72
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.65
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.62
95.62
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.893
0.893
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.18
73.18
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Johnny Podres

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
462
325.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
852
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
762
536.62
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
102.11
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
86.62
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
13.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.41
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
15.49
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36.6
25.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
121.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
127.46
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
42.96
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
35.21
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
76.76
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35.94
25.31
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.82
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
22.54
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
76.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.89
7.89
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
30.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
7.75
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 600 PA
14
9.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.41
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
2.11
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 600 PA
33.33
33.33