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Ed Acosta
Eduardo Elixbet Acosta

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 215 lb.

Debut September 7, 1970
  vs. CHC 0.3 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER
Final Game October 4, 1972
Born March 9, 1944 in Boquete, Panama

Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1967. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1970 26 PIT NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   2  1    2.7    5    4    4   1    2    1   1   0    16   0   0 13.50  3.89   29 2.625
 1971 27 SDP NL   3   3   8   6   3   1   0  0   46.0   43   18   14   4    7   16   0   1   184   1   1  2.74  3.30  120 1.087
 1972 28 SDP NL   3   6  46   2   0   0  20  0   89.0  105   49   44   7   30   53   3   5   394   7   1  4.45  3.28   74 1.517
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .400   6   9  57   8   3   1  22  1  137.7  153   71   62  12   39   70   4   6   594   8   2  4.05  3.30   81 1.395
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   9  59   8   3   1  23  1  144.0  160   74   64  12   40   73   4   6   621   8   2  4.05  3.30   81 1.395
 Career High      3   6  46   6   3   1  20  1   89.0  105   49   44   7   30   53   3   5   394   7   1  2.74  3.30  120 1.087

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 27 SDP NL   8   17    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1972 28 SDP NL  46   12    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   9  .083  .154  .083  -28    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       57   29    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  15  .034  .067  .034  -69    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         82    3    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   3  43  .034  .067  .034  -69    3   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     46   17    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   9                           1   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1971 27 SDP NL   17   17    0   0.0    87| .000  .252| .000  .316| .000  .368| .000  .685|-100  .000  -4.3  -0.5   0%
 1972 28 SDP NL   13   11    0   0.0    85| .083  .247| .154  .314| .083  .365| .237  .679| -28  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        30   28    0   0.0    86| .034  .250| .067  .315| .034  .367| .101  .682| -69  .000  -6.3  -0.7   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1970 26 PIT NL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70 0.00 2.00 0 2.7 1971 27 SDP NL P 8 7 3 0 0 1.000 .952 1.25 0.78 1.96 1.90 6 46.0 1972 28 SDP NL P 46 3 10 1 1 .929 .949 0.28 0.73 1.31 1.78 2 89.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1970 26 PIT NL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70 0.00 2.00 0 2.7 1971 27 SDP NL P 8 7 3 0 0 1.000 .952 1.25 0.78 1.96 1.90 6 46.0 1972 28 SDP NL P 46 3 10 1 1 .929 .949 0.28 0.73 1.31 1.78 2 89.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 57 10 13 1 1 .958 .950 0.40 0.74 1.50 1.82 8 137.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 57 10 13 1 1 .958 .950 0.40 0.74 1.50 1.82 8 138
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Transactions 

Before 1967 Season: Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent.

Before 1970 Season: Sent from the Houston Astros to the Pittsburgh Pirates in an unknown transaction.

August 10, 1971: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Johnny Jeter to the San Diego Padres for Bob Miller.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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