Jose Acosta vs. Jeremy Sowers — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jeremy Sowers
MillenialOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jeremy Sowers 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 5.18 and 1.458 for Jeremy Sowers. 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 Jeremy Sowers

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
1.62
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.4
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.67
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.61
98.61
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.51
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
5.18
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1200
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
400
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
9.99
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.99
9.99
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
2.97
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
3.92
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.765
0.765
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.2
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1741
39.17
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.02
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
5.44
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.2
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.88
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1571
35.35
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.17
39.17

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Jeremy Sowers

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.62
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1200
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.17
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.62
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.55
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.83
95.83
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.958
0.958
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.61
98.61
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Jeremy Sowers

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
6171.43
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
486.49
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.857
0.857
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.72
30.18
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
68.99
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
162.16
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.431
0.431
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
32.47
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
87.19
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
89.19
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Jeremy Sowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jeremy Sowers
Career
Per 600 PA