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Jose Acosta
Jose Acosta (Acostica)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 6", Weight 134 lb.

Debut July 28, 1920
Final Game May 12, 1922
Born March 4, 1891 in Havana, Cuba
Died November 16, 1977 in Havana, Cuba

Brother of Merito Acosta

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Pitching  Glossary / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1920 29 WSH AL   5   4  17   5   4   1  10  1   82.7   92   40   37   1   26    9   0   1   349       0  4.03  3.71   92 1.427
 1921 30 WSH AL   5   4  33   7   2   0  17  3  115.7  148   65   56   4   36   30   0   3   520       0  4.36  4.11   94 1.591
 1922 31 CHW AL   0   2   5   1   0   0   1  0   15.0   25   14   14   4    6    6   0   0    70       0  8.40  4.07   48 2.067
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .500  10  10  55  13   6   1  28  4  213.3  265  119  107   9   68   45   0   4   939       0  4.51  3.95   88 1.561
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  10  55  13   6   1  28  4  213.0  265  119  107   9   68   45   0   4   939   0   0  4.51  3.95   88 1.561
 Career High      5   4  33   7   4   1  17  3  115.7  148   65   56   4   36   30   0   3   520   0   0  4.03  4.11   94 1.427

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1920 29 WSH AL  17   25    2    6   1  0   0    1   0  0   4   7  .240  .345  .280   69    7   2           0    
 1921 30 WSH AL  33   30    2    2   0  0   0    0   1  0   6  14  .067  .222  .067  -22    2   1           0    
 1922 31 CHW AL   5    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .200  .333  .200   42    1   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       55   60    4    9   1  0   0    1   1  0  11  22  .150  .282  .167   20   10   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        177   12   27   3  0   0    3   3  0  32  65  .150  .282  .167   20   29   9   0   0   0   0
 Career High     33   30    2    6   1  0   0    1   1  0   6  14                           7   2   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1920 29 WSH AL   31   21    2   2.6   104| .240  .287| .345  .352| .280  .395| .625  .746|  69  .256  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1921 30 WSH AL   37   29    1   0.9   110| .067  .293| .222  .358| .067  .412| .289  .770| -22  .043  -5.4  -0.5 100%
 1922 31 CHW AL    6    4    0   0.0   110| .200  .293| .333  .358| .200  .411| .533  .770|  42  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        74   54    3   1.5   107| .150  .291| .282  .356| .167  .405| .449  .760|  20  .103  -6.7  -0.6 100%

* 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 ------+
1920 29 WSH AL P 17 2 10 1 0 .923 .952 0.71 1.66 1.31 2.70 5 82.7 1921 30 WSH AL P 33 3 26 0 0 1.000 .957 0.88 1.56 2.26 2.70 7 115.7 1922 31 CHW AL P 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 1.48 1.20 2.58 1 15.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1920 29 WSH AL P 17 2 10 1 0 .923 .952 0.71 1.66 1.31 2.70 5 82.7 1921 30 WSH AL P 33 3 26 0 0 1.000 .957 0.88 1.56 2.26 2.70 7 115.7 1922 31 CHW AL P 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 1.48 1.20 2.58 1 15.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 55 5 38 1 0 .977 .956 0.78 1.58 1.81 2.69 13 213.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 55 5 38 1 0 .977 .956 0.78 1.58 1.82 2.70 13 213
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Saves
1921 AL-3-7

Games Finished
1921 AL-17-7

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2072) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

January 10, 1922: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Washington Senators with Bing Miller to the Philadelphia Athletics. The Washington Senators sent Frank O'Rourke to the Boston Red Sox. The Boston Red Sox sent Roger Peckinpaugh to the Washington Senators. The Philadelphia Athletics sent Joe Dugan to the Boston Red Sox.

February 4, 1922: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Philadelphia Athletics.


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