Jose Acosta vs. Jack Powell — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Powell
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Powell 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. Jack Powell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.97 and WHIP 1.217 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Jack Powell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Jack Powell

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
578
1.19
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
516
1.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
0.5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
0.52
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
49
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.27
89.27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
0.87
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.03
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1450
2.97
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13167
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4389
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4319
8.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.86
8.86
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
2.87
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1021
2.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1621
3.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.602
0.602
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.14
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
0.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17896
36.7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.12
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1991
4.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16755
34.36
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.7
36.7

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Jack Powell

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
1.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
0.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11934
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3978
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
0.31
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
970
2.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1180
2.67
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
2.5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.64
93.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.892
1.892
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.1
35.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Jack Powell

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
585
200.11
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1754
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1610
550.74
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Jack Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.514
0.514
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
309
105.7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
249
85.18
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
4.79
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
2.74
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
20.52
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.72
30.18
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100.43
34.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
399
136.49
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
403
137.86
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Jack Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Jack Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Jack Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jack Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
45.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
42.42
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
249
85.18
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.47
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101.81
34.83
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
2.39
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
29.76
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Jack Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
299
102.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.87
5.87
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
17.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Jack Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100