Jose Acosta vs. Glenn Spencer — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Glenn Spencer
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Glenn Spencer 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 4.53 and 1.478 for Glenn Spencer. 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 Glenn Spencer

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
2.32
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.34
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.74
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.39
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.52
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.59
42.59
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.65
31.65
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.37
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.51
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
4.53
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1602
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
588
9.91
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.91
9.91
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.62
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
3.39
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
2.73
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
939
39.61
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2358
39.74
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.93
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.02
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
5.61
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.478
1.478
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2146
36.17
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.74
39.74

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Glenn Spencer

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.97
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.856
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Glenn Spencer

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
473.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
176
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
528.41
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
64.77
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
57.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.41
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.41
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.82
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.31
11.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
88.64
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
20.45
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
17.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
37.5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-1.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
23.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
167.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
3.59
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
47.73
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.82
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA