Jose Acosta vs. Zip Zabel — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Zip Zabel
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Zip Zabel 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. Zip Zabel posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.71 and WHIP 1.220 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Zip Zabel had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Zip Zabel

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
2.01
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.76
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.36
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.43
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.88
37.88
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.71
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.215
0.215
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
888
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
7.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.02
7.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
3.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
3.34
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.811
0.811
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.21
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1214
36.91
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.94
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1077
32.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.91
36.91

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Zip Zabel

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.55
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.576
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Zip Zabel

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
394.12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
552.94
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
64.71
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
64.71
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
30.18
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
1.91
11.23
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
64.71
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
15
88.24
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
4
23.53
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.53
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
47.06
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.47
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-1.72
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
4
23.53
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
76.47
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.85
7.85
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
23.53
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.76
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.76
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100