Cy Acosta vs. Jim Clancy — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Clancy
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Clancy 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 led in run prevention (ERA+ 134 vs 88), home run suppression (HR9+ 106 vs 91), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 101 vs 89). Jim Clancy held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 100 vs 90). Role difference aside, Cy Acosta holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Cy Acosta and Jim Clancy

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
472
1.69
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
1.36
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.5
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
0.6
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.6
45.6
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.72
80.72
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.26
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1182
4.23
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7552
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2517.1
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2513
8.98
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.73
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
0.87
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
3.73
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
947
3.39
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.16
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1422
5.08
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.941
0.941
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.36
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.11
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
768
37.16
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10772
38.51
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.14
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1304
4.66
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.25
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.3
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
0.76
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.375
1.375
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9639
34.46
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.51
38.51

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Jim Clancy

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
472
1.69
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
1.36
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7552
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2517.1
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
0.66
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.01
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
1.08
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.5
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
1.83
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.3
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
1.74
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.92
94.92
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.72
80.72
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.11
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Jim Clancy

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
472
3933.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
508.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
75
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
66.67
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.39
11.61
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
83.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
83.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.67
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
50
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
2.64
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
166.67
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
3.6
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
83.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA