Cy Acosta vs. Lefty Clay — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lefty Clay
UnknownThrows LeftKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lefty Clay 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 4.5 and 1.875 for Lefty Clay. 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 Lefty Clay

Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.5
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
13.5
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
3.73
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.38
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
768
37.16
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
47.25
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.75
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.53
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.875
1.875
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
42.75
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.25
47.25

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Lefty Clay

Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.01
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.38
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
1.5
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.38
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.3
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.38
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Lefty Clay

Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
600
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
600
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.3
-60
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Lefty Clay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
1.17
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Clay
Career
Per 600 PA