Manny Acosta vs. Rick Waits — Career Comparison

Manny Acosta
MillenialPanamaThrows RightBats RightCentral AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rick Waits
Baby BoomersGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rick Waits built a career as a starting pitcher and Manny Acosta as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Manny Acosta led in strikeout rate (K%+ 100 vs 86), walk avoidance (BB%+ 94 vs 81), and run prevention (ERA+ 102 vs 97). Rick Waits held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 119 vs 83). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Manny Acosta.

Pitching Stats for Manny Acosta and Rick Waits

Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
8.46
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
2
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
1.2
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.47
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.5
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.47
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.58
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.2
46.2
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.94
59.94
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.3
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.33
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
3.99
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
674
4.25
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
744
27
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4281
27
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
9
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1427
9
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
8.49
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
1514
9.55
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.09
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.69
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
4.25
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
3.58
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.21
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
7.95
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
659
4.16
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.95
7.95
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.355
1.355
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.51
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.23
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1070
38.83
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6152
38.8
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.83
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.28
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
4.43
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
741
4.67
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.33
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.4
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.18
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.21
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.94
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
1.02
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.415
1.415
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.459
1.459
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
931
33.79
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5475
34.53
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.8
38.8

Fielding Stats for Manny Acosta and Rick Waits

Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
8.46
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
2
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
1.2
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
744
27
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4281
27
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
9
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1427
9
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.69
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
0.57
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.34
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
1.59
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
2.18
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
2.21
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
2.03
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
2.16
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.72
97.72
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.082
1.082
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.94
59.94
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.22
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Manny Acosta and Rick Waits

Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
233
19971.43
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
329
197400
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
600
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
1.54
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2400
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2400
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.33
-28.28
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.44
-263.73
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
342.86
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
1.75
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0