Cy Acosta vs. Jim Archer — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Archer
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Archer 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 3.94 and 1.373 for Jim Archer. 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 Jim Archer

Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
2.2
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.08
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.62
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.12
49.12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.35
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
3.94
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
9.42
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.42
9.42
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.73
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
3.73
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.7
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
4.71
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
0.824
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
768
37.16
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1008
38.94
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.54
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
4.98
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.348
1.348
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
36.04
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.94
38.94

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Jim Archer

Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
2.2
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.31
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.01
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.51
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.5
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.93
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.3
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.82
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
94
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.825
0.825
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.12
49.12
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Jim Archer

Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
57
468.49
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
526.03
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
41.1
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.88
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
5.44
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
49.32
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
57.53
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.44
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.88
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
49.32
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.21
-18.13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.44
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
156.16
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
3.84
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
49.32
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA