Jose Acosta vs. Guy Smith — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Guy Smith
UnknownIndianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black CrackersNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Guy Smith 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 stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.51 and WHIP 1.561 compared to 6.43 and 1.786 for Guy Smith. By the career numbers, Jose Acosta had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Guy Smith

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.51
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
6.43
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
10.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.29
10.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
5.79
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
7.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.429
1.429
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
939
39.61
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
46.93
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.02
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.561
1.561
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.786
1.786
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
871
36.75
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
38.57
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.93
46.93

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Guy Smith

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.56
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17.1
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.08
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.08
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
4.15
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.08
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Guy Smith

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
200
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
533.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.056
1.056
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.72
30.18
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
158.58
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
162.16
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
333.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.056
1.056
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.431
0.431
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
333.33
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
32.47
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
166.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA