Ed Acosta

Eduardo Elixbet (Lopez) Acosta

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

Born: March 9, 1944 in Boquete, Panama
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1970
Teams (by GP): Padres/Pirates 1970-1972

Final Game: October 4, 1972
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1967	23	HOU-min	A	2	6	.250	3.67	31	4					81.0	69	56	33	1	48		70						1.444	7.7	0.1	5.3	7.8	1.46	COC · FLOR
1968	24	HOU-min	A	8	12	.400	2.56	29	23					158.0	127	69	45	3	86								1.348	7.2	0.2	4.9			COC · FLOR
1970	26	PIT-min	AAA,AA	6	6	.500	3.48	33	12		2	0	4	106.0	91	47	41	10	64	9	77	4	0	9			1.462	7.7	0.8	5.4	6.5	1.20	CLB,WBY · IL,EL
1970	26	PIT	NL	0	0		13.50	3	0	2	0	0	1	2.2	5	4	4	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	16	33	2.625	16.9	3.4	6.8	3.4	0.50
1971	27	PIT-min	AAA	12	11	.522	2.72	27	26		10	3	0	172.0	159	71	52	13	43	9	113	2	1	3			1.174	8.3	0.7	2.2	5.9	2.63	CHL · IL
1971	27	SDP	NL	3	3	.500	2.74	8	6	0	3	1	0	46.0	43	18	14	4	7	1	16	0	1	1	184	122	1.087	8.4	0.8	1.4	3.1	2.29
1972	28	SDP	NL	3	6	.333	4.45	46	2	20	0	0	0	89.0	105	49	44	7	30	7	53	3	1	5	394	74	1.517	10.6	0.7	3.0	5.4	1.77
1973	29	SDP-min	AAA	14	12	.538	3.98	29	27		12	2	0	190.0	210	106	84	17	47	2	135	5	0	4			1.353	9.9	0.8	2.2	6.4	2.87	HAW · PCL
1974	30	SDP-min	AAA	8	7	.533	4.91	28	23		6	0	0	163.0	208	100	89	29	42	0	81	5	0	2			1.534	11.5	1.6	2.3	4.5	1.93	HAW · PCL
3 Yrs				6	9	.400	4.05	57	8	22	3	1	1	137.2	153	71	62	12	39	8	70	4	2	6	594	82	1.395	10.0	0.8	2.5	4.6	1.79
162 Game Avg.				6	9	.400	4.05	60	8	23	3	1	1	144	160	74	65	13	41	8	73	4	2	6	621	82	1.395	10.0	0.8	2.5	4.6	1.79

SDP (2 yrs)				6	9	.400	3.87	54	8	20	3	1	0	135.0	148	67	58	11	37	8	69	3	2	6	578	86	1.370	9.9	0.7	2.5	4.6	1.86
PIT (1 yr)				0	0		13.50	3	0	2	0	0	1	2.2	5	4	4	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	16	33	2.625	16.9	3.4	6.8	3.4	0.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1970	26	PIT	NL	2.2	3	0	4	13.50	4.52	0.29	-0.19	96.5	3.89	-3	-0.3	.1	0.1	-0.1	-3	.408	.498	$
1971	27	SDP	NL	46.0	8	6	18	3.52	3.77	-0.28	0.05	97.6	4.00	2	0.2	2.9	-0.0	0.6	6	.529	.501	$
1972	28	SDP	NL	89.0	46	2	49	4.96	4.05	-0.47	-0.14	96.2	4.22	-8	-1.0	.9	-0.2	-0.4	0	.479	.494	$
3 Seasons				137.2	57	8	71	4.64	3.97	-0.39	-0.08	96.7	4.14	-9	-1.0	.9	-0.1	0.1	4	.483	.498	$

SDP (2 yrs)				135.0	54	8	67	4.47	3.96	-0.40	-0.08	96.7	4.14	-6	-0.7	1.0	-0.2	0.2	6	.487	.498	$
PIT (1 yr)				2.2	3	0	4	13.50	4.52	0.29	-0.19	96.5	3.89	-3	-0.3	.1	0.1	-0.1	-3	.408	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1970	26	PIT	NL	3	16	12	4	5	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	.417	.500	.667	1.167	.364	8	0	1	0	1	0	0
1971	27	SDP	NL	8	184	175	18	43	6	0	4	2	0	7	16	.246	.272	.349	.620	.248	61	4	0	0	2	1	2
1972	28	SDP	NL	46	394	348	49	105	10	2	7	3	4	30	53	.302	.358	.402	.760	.334	140	9	3	8	5	7	4
3 Yrs				57	594	535	71	153	16	2	12	6	4	39	70	.286	.334	.391	.725	.306	209	13	4	8	8	8	6
162 Game Avg.				60	621	560	74	160	17	2	13	6	4	41	73	.286	.334	.391	.725	.306	219	14	4	8	8	8	6
MLB Averages																.249	.318	.368	.686	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1970	26	PIT	NL	-2.6	-0.2	17	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.19	-0.3	0.1	-2.7	-0.3	0.19	-3.2	0	0	3
1971	27	SDP	NL	2.2	0.2	188	0.1	2.8	-2.8	.85	0.4	-0.3	1.1	0.1	0.85	3.4	1	1	0
1972	28	SDP	NL	-11.7	-1.2	408	-1.9	3.6	-5.5	.64	-0.4	-2.6	-18.6	-2.0	0.64	-9.8	10	8	22
3 Yrs				-12.1	-1.2	613	-1.9	6.5	-8.3	.69	-0.2	-2.4	-20.1	-2.1	0.69	-9.5	11	9	25

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1971	27	SDP	NL	8	6	3	2	1	0	0	3	3	.500	0	1	3	1	4	67%	57.0	75	35	1	1	1	5	3.0	3.6	7.3
1972	28	SDP	NL	46	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	38.0	41	35	23	11	1	1	5.5	5.8	7.0
2 Yrs				54	8	4	3	1	1	0	4	4	.500	0	1	3	1	4	50%	52	75	35	24	12	2	6	3.6	4.2	7.2
MLB Averages													.500						57%	54	109	-3					4.0	3.9	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1970	26	PIT	NL	3	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	3	1	33%	9	.188	0	0	3	1	0	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2.7
1971	27	SDP	NL	8	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	3	3	100%	8	.850	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	3.5
1972	28	SDP	NL	46	44	20	2	5	1	0	1	0%	1	40	23	58%	8	.643	10	8	22	1	9	34	21	23	26	9	30	9	5.1
3 Yrs				57	49	22	2	6	3	1	2	33%	3	46	27	59%		.695	11	9	25	3	9	37	23	26	28	10	32	10	4.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1970	26	PIT	NL	16	38%	6.3%	6.3%	12.5%	6.3%	20%	0.40	69%	5	0	0%
1971	27	SDP	NL	184	54%	2.2%	8.7%	3.8%	5.4%	23%	0.94	85%	30	4	13%
1972	28	SDP	NL	394	63%	1.8%	13.5%	7.6%	4.8%	18%	1.09	74%	84	9	11%
3 Yrs				594	60%	2.0%	11.8%	6.6%	5.1%	20%	1.01	78%	119	13	11%
MLB Averages					46%	2.0%	14.8%	8.8%	6.0%	27%	1.11	73%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1970	26	PIT	NL	16	5			1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	8	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1971	27	SDP	NL	184	43			4	0	2	2	2	3	1	5	4	0	80%	2	1	0	69	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1972	28	SDP	NL	394	105			7	0	19	5	2	3	4	33	19	2	58%	4	5	1	152	3	4	43%	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	18	0
3 Yrs				594	153			12	0	23	8	4	7	5	39	24	2	62%	6	6	1	229	6	4	60%	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	23	0
MLB Averages																		49%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1970	26	0	0		13.50	3	0	2	0	0	1	2.2	5	4	4	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	16	33	2.625	16.9	3.4	6.8	3.4	0.50	33
1971	27	3	3	.500	3.33	11	6	2	3	1	1	48.2	48	22	18	5	9	1	17	1	1	1	200	102	1.171	8.9	0.9	1.7	3.1	1.89	102
1972	28	6	9	.400	4.05	57	8	22	3	1	1	137.2	153	71	62	12	39	8	70	4	2	6	594	82	1.395	10.0	0.8	2.5	4.6	1.79	82

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1970	26	0	0		12.00	3.0	5	4	4	1	2	1	1	2.333	15.0	6.0	3.0	0.50	3.0	3
1971	27	2	2	.500	3.56	43.0	47	19	17	4	8	15	0	1.279	9.8	1.7	3.1	1.88	0.8	8
1972	28	3	6	.333	5.82	85.0	120	61	55	8	34	51	3	1.812	12.7	3.6	5.4	1.50	0.8	46
3 Yrs		5	8	.385	5.22	131.0	172	84	76	13	44	67	4	1.649	11.8		4.6	1.52	0.9	57

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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