Cy Acosta vs. Harry Billiard — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Harry Billiard
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersFederal LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry Billiard 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 3.95 and 1.573 for Harry Billiard. 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 Harry Billiard

Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
2.74
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.95
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.42
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.42
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.62
34.62
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.26
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
3.95
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
513
27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
8.63
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.63
8.63
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.26
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
3.73
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
5.53
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
3.26
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.977
0.977
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.37
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.58
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.74
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
768
37.16
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
609
32.05
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.42
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
5.74
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.573
1.573
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
662
32.03
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
490
25.79
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.376
0.376
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.16
37.16
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.05
32.05

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Harry Billiard

Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
5.17
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
27.53
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.65
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.01
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
24.88
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
3.18
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.5
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
30.71
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.3
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
27.53
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.66
89.66
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Harry Billiard

Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
52
588.68
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
566.04
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
113.21
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
101.89
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.69
30.44
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
124.53
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
135.85
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.451
0.451
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.73
30.95
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
192.45
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.12
3.12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100