Jose Acosta vs. Craig Swan — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Craig Swan
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Craig Swan 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. Craig Swan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.74 and WHIP 1.299 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Craig Swan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Craig Swan

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
1.68
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
1.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.43
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.52
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.04
45.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.09
80.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.18
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
3.74
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3707
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1235.2
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1199
8.73
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.84
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
2.87
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
2.68
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
4.9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.843
0.843
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5163
37.6
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
575
4.19
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.41
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.31
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.268
1.268
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4686
34.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.6
37.6

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Craig Swan

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.68
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
1.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3707
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1235.2
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.58
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.01
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
1.66
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
1.58
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.18
95.18
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.939
0.939
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.09
80.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Craig Swan

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
231
329.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
421
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
358
510.21
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.449
0.449
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
76.96
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
71.26
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.43
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
5.7
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.1
17.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
85.51
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
112.59
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.374
0.374
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
25.65
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
25.65
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
49.88
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.9
12.68
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.43
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
34.2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
131
186.7
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
3.21
3.21
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
54.16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.7
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.43
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.43
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0