Ted Abernathy vs. Cy Acosta — Career Comparison

Ted Abernathy
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ted Abernathy built a career as a starting pitcher and Cy Acosta as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cy Acosta posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.66 and WHIP 1.226 compared to 11.07 and 2.361 for Ted Abernathy. By the career numbers, Cy Acosta had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ted Abernathy and Cy Acosta

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.1
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.89
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
11.07
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.07
11.07
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.21
8.21
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
13.72
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.72
13.72
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
7.52
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
3.73
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.52
7.52
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.75
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
5.27
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.75
5.75
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.475
1.475
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
47.36
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
768
37.16
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.33
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
11.51
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.51
11.51
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.361
2.361
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
39.84
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.403
0.403
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.36
47.36
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Ted Abernathy and Cy Acosta

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186.1
9
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.01
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.5
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.3
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.1
87.1
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Abernathy and Cy Acosta

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
700
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
600
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
39.68
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
49.79
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA