Cy Acosta vs. Karl Adams — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Karl Adams
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Karl Adams 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 5.01 and 1.452 for Karl Adams. By the career numbers, Cy Acosta had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Acosta and Karl Adams

Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
2.35
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.94
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.7
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
5.01
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
345
27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
9.31
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.31
9.31
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.39
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
3.73
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
3.76
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
4.85
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
768
37.16
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
39.37
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.1
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
5.63
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.452
1.452
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
35.45
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.37
39.37

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Karl Adams

Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
27
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186.1
9
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.01
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.5
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.3
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.1
87.1
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.11
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.167
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Karl Adams

Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
30
545.45
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
581.82
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.67
-48.53
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
290.91
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
2.06
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA