Jose Acosta vs. Jack Taylor — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Taylor
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Taylor 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. Jack Taylor posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.65 and WHIP 1.176 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Jack Taylor had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Jack Taylor

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
311
1.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
0.98
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.52
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
0.48
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.23
52.23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.28
92.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
0.96
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
2.65
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7878
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2626
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2504
8.58
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.58
8.58
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
2.87
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
662
2.27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.475
0.475
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.14
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.32
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10705
36.69
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.08
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1195
4.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.176
1.176
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10027
34.37
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.69
36.69

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Jack Taylor

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
1.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
0.39
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8286
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2762
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.53
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
767
2.5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.16
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
978
3.19
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
929
3.03
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.99
94.99
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.04
36.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Jack Taylor

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
339
175.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1157
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1063
551.25
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.596
0.596
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
122.39
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
179
92.83
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
21.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
6.74
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
29.56
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.72
30.18
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90.98
47.18
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
160.76
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
307
159.2
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.562
0.562
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.431
0.431
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
57.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
45.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
196
101.64
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.47
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98.31
50.98
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.59
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
34.23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
66.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.04
9.04
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
11.93
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
9.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
9.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100