Jose Acosta vs. Jim Shaw — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Shaw
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Shaw 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. Jim Shaw posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.07 and WHIP 1.333 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Jim Shaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Jim Shaw

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
1.61
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
1.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.47
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.55
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.25
67.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.54
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
3.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4801
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1600.1
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1446
8.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.13
8.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
3.87
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
767
4.31
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.33
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6584
37.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.38
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
674
3.79
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.334
1.334
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5872
33.02
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.03
37.03

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Jim Shaw

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
430
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
401
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.26
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.397
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Jim Shaw

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
287
303.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
568
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
528
557.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.454
0.454
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
90.85
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
65.49
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15.85
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
25.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25.55
26.99
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
129.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
109.86
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.424
0.424
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
32.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
23.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
51.76
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.44
19.48
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.11
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
16.9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
189
199.65
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3.01
3.01
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Jim Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
23.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA