Cy Acosta vs. Tom Cheney — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tom Cheney
Silent GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tom Cheney 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. Tom Cheney led in strikeout rate (K%+ 135 vs 90), home run suppression (HR9+ 128 vs 106), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 112 vs 95). Cy Acosta held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 101 vs 88). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Tom Cheney.

Pitching Stats for Cy Acosta and Tom Cheney

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
2.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.37
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.37
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.56
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.58
39.58
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.74
61.74
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
3.77
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.221
0.221
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1398
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
466
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
382
7.38
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.38
7.38
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.73
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.02
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
3.73
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
4.73
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
5.27
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
345
6.66
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.66
6.66
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.266
1.266
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
768
37.16
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1981
38.26
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
4.33
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.346
1.346
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1730
33.41
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.26
38.26

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Tom Cheney

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
2.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.37
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1398
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
466
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.44
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.01
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.06
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.5
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.64
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.3
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.51
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.76
91.76
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.678
0.678
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.74
61.74
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Tom Cheney

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
474.51
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
521.57
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
70.59
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
62.75
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.84
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.84
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
11.06
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
78.43
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
90.2
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
31.37
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
35.29
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
66.67
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
19.61
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
125.49
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.78
4.78
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
58.82
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.76
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA