Jose Acosta vs. Saul Rivera — Career Comparison

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Looking at the career totals, Jose Acosta and Saul Rivera are fairly close on the surface numbers. Saul Rivera had the edge in ERA (4.29 vs 4.51). By the career numbers, Saul 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 Saul Rivera

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
2.32
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
8.02
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.55
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.42
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.48
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.43
46.43
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.64
23.64
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
4.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
838
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
279.1
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
9.54
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.55
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
4.06
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.52
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
6.19
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.19
6.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.35
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
939
39.61
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1247
40.18
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.18
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.84
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
4.67
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.52
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.42
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.511
1.511
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1081
34.83
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.18
40.18

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Saul Rivera

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
8.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279.1
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.68
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.71
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
2.67
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.81
98.81
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.19
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Saul Rivera

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
249
12450
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
486.49
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
9
450
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
18.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
3
150
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
23.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
89.19
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Saul Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Saul Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA