Jose Acosta vs. Joe Ross — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Ross
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Ross 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. Joe Ross posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.28 and WHIP 1.369 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Joe Ross had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Joe Ross

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
2.32
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
2.53
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.49
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.55
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.97
46.97
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.38
54.38
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
4.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1705
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568.1
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
578
9.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.15
9.15
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.17
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
2.98
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
508
8.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.04
8.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2456
38.89
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.33
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
4.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.62
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2205
34.92
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.311
0.311
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Joe Ross

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
2.53
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1705
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
568.1
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.08
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.54
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
97
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.606
0.606
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.38
54.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Joe Ross

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
538.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.48
0.48
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
99.43
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
85.71
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
13.71
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
13.71
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.59
22.59
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
113.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
126.86
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.434
0.434
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
17.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
41.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.72
19.61
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.86
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
6
20.57
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
69
236.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
2.54
2.54
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
34.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
4
13.71
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA