Jose Acosta vs. Roy Smith — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Smith
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy 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 4.6 and 1.496 for Roy 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 Roy Smith

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
1.98
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.44
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.45
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.18
49.18
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.38
68.38
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.51
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
4.6
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1855
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
618.1
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
707
10.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.29
10.29
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.16
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
2.94
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.23
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
4.66
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.844
0.844
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.33
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.17
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2699
39.28
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
5.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.16
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.58
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2448
35.63
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.28
39.28

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Roy Smith

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.98
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1855
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
618.1
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.64
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.24
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.51
95.51
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.625
0.625
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.38
68.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Roy Smith

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
600
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
486.49
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA