Jose Acosta vs. Hal Smith — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Hal Smith
Greatest GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Hal 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. Hal Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.77 and WHIP 1.352 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Hal Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Hal Smith

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
2.19
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.51
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.17
52.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.02
49.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.43
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.77
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
630
27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
9.94
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.94
9.94
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.34
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
2.87
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
2.53
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.16
1.16
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.529
0.529
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.39
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
910
39
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.352
1.352
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
849
36.39
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
39

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Hal Smith

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.824
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Hal Smith

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
51
425
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
72
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
558.33
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
58.33
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.05
8.75
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
66.67
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
75
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.33
-11.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.67
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
25
208.33
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2.88
2.88
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA