Jose Acosta vs. Mike Thompson — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Thompson
Gen XColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Thompson 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 5.27 and 1.533 for Mike Thompson. 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 Mike Thompson

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.34
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.51
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
5.27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
107.2
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
10.2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.2
10.2
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
3.09
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
3.34
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.715
0.715
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.84
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
939
39.61
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
40.12
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.02
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
5.93
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.59
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.477
1.477
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
35.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Mike Thompson

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.34
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107.2
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.84
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.42
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.51
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.26
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.039
1.039
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Mike Thompson

Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
503.23
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
31
600
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
522.58
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
77.42
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
77.42
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.68
13.19
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
77.42
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
96.77
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
6.66
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
251.61
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA