Jose Acosta vs. Mariano Rivera — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mariano Rivera
Gen XPanamaThrows RightBats RightCentral AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Mariano Rivera posted a stronger line than Jose Acosta. Mariano Rivera posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.21 vs 4.51) and WHIP (1.032 vs 1.561). By the career numbers, Mariano Rivera had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Mariano Rivera

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
2.32
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
7.82
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.55
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.42
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.64
23.64
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
652
4.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.21
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
998
7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
2.87
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.01
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
8.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.32
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5103
35.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.18
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
6.67
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
2.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.18
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.18
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.62
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4720
33.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.78
35.78

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Mariano Rivera

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
7.82
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3851
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1283.2
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.77
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.81
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
2.62
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
2.58
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.4
98.4
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Mariano Rivera

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1115
167250
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
486.49
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
5.31
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
1.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
89.19
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA