Jose Acosta vs. Clayton Richard — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Clayton Richard
MillenialIndianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Clayton Richard 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. Jose Acosta posted a career ERA of 4.51 against Clayton Richard's 4.51, with WHIP of 1.561 and 1.449 respectively. The raw numbers call this too close to separate — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Clayton Richard

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275
1.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.48
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.59
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
45.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.36
76.36
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
644
4.51
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3854
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1284.2
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1398
9.79
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.79
9.79
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
1.04
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
438
3.07
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.18
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
5.77
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.77
5.77
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.982
0.982
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.3
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.28
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5543
38.83
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
4.98
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.429
1.429
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4999
35.02
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Clayton Richard

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
1.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3854
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1284.2
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
1.81
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
2.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
2.28
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.07
92.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.36
76.36
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Clayton Richard

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
285
450
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
380
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
325
513.16
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
58.42
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
37.89
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
15.79
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.74
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
20.53
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.351
0.351
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.91
15.65
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
88.42
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
77.37
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
30
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
44.21
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
69.47
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.91
-1.43
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.32
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
8
12.63
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
158
249.47
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
2.41
2.41
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
63.16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.74
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.16
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA