Harry Ables vs. Cy Acosta — Career Comparison

Harry Ables
Lost GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Ables 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 4.04 and 1.528 for Harry Ables. By the career numbers, Cy Acosta had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Ables and Cy Acosta

Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.77
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.01
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
4.04
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.1
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
9.97
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.97
9.97
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
3.79
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
3.73
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
5.17
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.995
0.995
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
40
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
768
37.16
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.76
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
6.43
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.528
1.528
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
36.08
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Harry Ables and Cy Acosta

Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.07
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.89
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.77
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.01
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.21
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
1.5
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.92
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.3
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.67
86.67
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.1
87.1
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.929
0.929
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Ables and Cy Acosta

Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
14
323.08
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.62
-60.42
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
323.08
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.86
1.86
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA