Jose Acosta vs. Edinson Volquez — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Edinson Volquez
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Edinson Volquez 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. Edinson Volquez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.45 and WHIP 1.467 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Edinson Volquez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Edinson Volquez

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
1.71
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
1.59
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.55
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.52
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.63
51.63
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
4.45
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4639
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1546.1
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1507
8.77
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.77
8.77
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
0.93
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
735
4.28
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.16
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1323
7.7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.7
7.7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.331
1.331
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.45
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.44
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6797
39.56
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
829
4.82
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.34
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.29
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.73
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5878
34.21
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.56
39.56

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Edinson Volquez

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.71
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
1.59
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4639
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1546.1
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
1.52
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
1.46
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.8
95.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.854
0.854
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Edinson Volquez

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
55
445.95
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
295
488.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
362
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
308
510.5
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
46.41
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
41.44
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.31
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.66
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.97
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.27
7.07
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
54.7
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
59.67
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
24.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.92
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
38.12
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.7
-14.42
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
8
13.26
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
156
258.56
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
74.59
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.66
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.66
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA