Jose Acosta vs. Daniel Ponce de Leon — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Daniel Ponce de Leon
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Daniel Ponce de Leon 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. Daniel Ponce de Leon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.33 and WHIP 1.354 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Daniel Ponce de Leon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Daniel Ponce de Leon

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
2.32
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.34
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.49
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
4.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.213
0.213
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
147.2
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
7.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.28
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
4.94
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
9.26
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.26
9.26
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.578
1.578
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.61
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
636
38.76
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.79
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.45
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.67
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.327
1.327
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
539
32.85
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.76
38.76

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Daniel Ponce de Leon

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.34
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147.2
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.04
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.61
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.77
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.65
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.1
93.1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.474
0.474
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Daniel Ponce de Leon

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
1288.89
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
511.11
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
6.94
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.86
-19.12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
288.89
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
2.08
2.08
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA