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Full Name: Jose Acosta Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 6"/134 First Game: July 28, 1920
Birthdate: March 4, 1891 Final Game: May 12, 1922
Birthplace: Havana, Cuba MLB Experience: 3 years
Died: November 16, 1977
Deathplace: Havana, Cuba
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography[]

Born on March 4, 1891 in Havana, Cuba, Jose Acosta (Jose Acosta) played for the Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 3 year career. Acosta broke into the bigs on July 28, 1920 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 4.03 ERA in 82.2 innings pitched in 1920, his rookie year.

Statistics[]

Pitching Stats[]

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1920 WAS A 17 5 5 4 4.03 9 40 37 4 1 1 82.2 92 1 26 0 1 0
1921 WAS A 33 7 5 4 4.36 30 65 56 2 0 3 115.2 148 4 36 0 3 0
1922 CHI A 5 1 0 2 8.40 6 14 14 0 0 0 15 25 4 6 0 0 0
Total 55 13 10 10 4.51 45 119 107 6 1 4 213.1 265 9 68 0 4 0

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1920 WAS A P 17 0 0 2 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1921 WAS A P 33 0 0 3 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1922 CHI A P 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 55 0 0 5 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .977

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1920 WAS A 17 25 2 6 0 1 .240 .345 .280 1 0 4 7 0 2 0 0 0
1921 WAS A 33 30 2 2 0 0 .067 .222 .067 0 0 6 14 0 1 1 0 0
1922 CHI A 5 5 0 1 0 0 .200 .333 .200 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 55 60 4 9 0 1 .150 .282 .167 1 0 11 22 0 3 1 0 0

Transactions[]

  • Traded by Washington Senators with Bing Miller to Philadelphia Athletics as part of 3-team trade in which Washington Senators sent Frank O'Rourke to Boston Red Sox; Philadelphia Athletics sent Joe Dugan to Boston Red Sox; and Boston Red Sox sent Roger Peckinpaugh to Washington Senators (January 10, 1922).
  • Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to Chicago White Sox (February 4, 1922).

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