Ed Acosta
Eduardo Elixbet Acosta
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
Final Game: October 4, 1972
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 29 2.625 16.9 3.4 6.8 3.4 0.50
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 1 184 120 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
3 Seasons 6 9 .400 4.05 57 8 22 3 1 1 137.2 153 71 62 12 39 8 70 4 2 6 594 81 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 81 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 85 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 29 2.625 16.9 3.4 6.8 3.4 0.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
3 Seasons 57 594 535 71 153 16 2 12 6 4 39 70 .286 .334 .391 .725 .306 209 13 4 8 8 8
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1971 27 SDP NL 8 6 3 2 1 0 0 3 3 .500 0 1 3 1 4 67% 57 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 41 35 23 11 1 1 5.5 5.8 7.0
2 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1970 26 PIT NL 3 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 1 33% 9 0.195 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 0 3 3 100% 8 0.919 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 0 40 23 58% 8 0.716 10 8 23 1 9 34 21 23 26 9 30 9 5.1
3 Seasons 57 49 22 2 6 3 1 2 33% 3 0 46 27 59% 0.765 11 9 26 3 9 37 23 26 28 10 32 10 4.9

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1970 26 PIT NL 16 63% 6.3% 6.3% 12.5% 6.3% 20% 0.40 69% 5 0 0%
1971 27 SDP NL 184 46% 2.2% 8.7% 3.8% 5.4% 23% 0.94 85% 30 4 13%
1972 28 SDP NL 394 37% 1.8% 13.5% 7.6% 4.8% 18% 1.09 74% 84 9 11%
3 Seasons 594 40% 2.0% 11.8% 6.6% 5.1% 20% 1.01 78% 119 13 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Pitching

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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 29 2.625 16.9 3.4 6.8 3.4 0.50 29
1971 27 3 3 .500 3.33 11 6 2 3 1 1 48.2 48 22 18 5 9 1 17 1 1 1 200 100 1.171 8.9 0.9 1.7 3.1 1.89 100
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 81 1.395 10.0 0.8 2.5 4.6 1.79 81

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 Seasons 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 1954 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.

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