Cy Acosta vs. Bud Black — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Black
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Black 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 4.22 and 1.688 for Bud Black. 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 Bud Black

Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.81
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.41
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.84
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.22
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
10.13
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
3.73
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.06
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
3.94
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
768
37.16
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
42.19
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.63
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
36.56
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Bud Black

Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
3.7
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.11
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.1
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.74
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.01
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
1.5
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.33
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.3
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.96
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Bud Black

Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
540
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.74
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.55
-32.77
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA