Jose Acosta vs. Theolic Smith — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Theolic Smith
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh CrawfordsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Theolic 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 4.95 and 1.511 for Theolic 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 Theolic Smith

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.43
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.69
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.71
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.51
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
4.95
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1064
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354.2
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
10.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.38
10.38
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.51
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
3.2
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.792
0.792
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
939
39.61
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1588
40.3
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.02
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
6.22
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.04
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.48
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.509
1.509
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1409
35.75
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.3
40.3

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Theolic Smith

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
1.59
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1564
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
521.1
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.79
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.4
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
3.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.36
95.36
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.011
2.011
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.3
66.3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Theolic Smith

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
234.89
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
197
502.98
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.717
0.717
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
127.66
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
102.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.53
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.72
30.18
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.45
64.98
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
165.96
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
20
162.16
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
199.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.677
0.677
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.431
0.431
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.649
0.649
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
91.91
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
130.21
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.47
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.66
73.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
71.49
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
235
235
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.53
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.21
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
75
75