José Acosta (baseball)

José Acosta
Starting pitcher
Born: March 4, 1891(1891-03-04) Havana, Cuba
Died: November 16, 1977(1977-11-16) (aged 86) Havana, Cuba
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 28, 1920 for the Washington Senators
Last MLB appearance
May 12, 1922 for the Chicago White Sox
Career statistics
Win-Loss	10-10
Earned run average	4.51
Strikeouts	45
Teams
Washington Senators (1920-1921) Chicago White Sox (1922)

José Acosta (March 4, 1891 in Havana, Cuba - November 16, 1977) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played three seasons for the Chicago White Sox and Washington Senators. Before joining the white minor leagues he played the 1915 season in "Negro baseball" as a member of the integrated Long Branch Cubans (Riley, 26).

Acosta played winter baseball in the Cuban League from 1912 to 1930. He led the league in winning percentage five times: in 1914/15, 1915/16, /1917, 1918/19, and 1924/25. He also led the league in wins in 1918/19 and 1920/21. His best season was in 1918/19 when he had a 16–10 record. He was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1958.^[1]

Notes

^ Figueredo 2003, pp. 113, 118, 123, 127, 138, 158, 484, 509.

References

Figueredo, Jorge S. (2003), Cuban Baseball: A Statistical History, 1878–1961, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, ISBN 078641250X .
Riley, James A. (2002). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. 2nd edition. New York: Carroll & Graf Publ. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Persondata
Name	Acosta, Jose
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	March 4, 1891
Place of birth	Havana, Cuba
Date of death	November 16, 1977
Place of death	Havana, Cuba