Cy Acosta vs. Jack Coombs — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Coombs
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Coombs 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 2.78 and 1.239 for Jack Coombs. 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 Jack Coombs

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
1.37
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
1.05
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
0.61
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.43
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.96
58.96
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.27
76.27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
0.73
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.14
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
717
2.78
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.238
0.238
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6960
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2320
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2034
7.89
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.89
7.89
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.15
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
3.73
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
841
3.26
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1052
4.08
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.21
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.34
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
768
37.16
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9463
36.71
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.26
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
925
3.59
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.239
1.239
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8534
33.11
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.16
37.16
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Jack Coombs

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
2.62
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4302
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1434
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.62
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.01
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
516
3.24
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.5
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
799
5.01
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.3
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
4.86
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.87
96.87
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.856
1.856
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.37
38.37
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Jack Coombs

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
460
230.19
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1199
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1110
555.46
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.604
0.604
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
261
130.61
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
213
106.59
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
17.01
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
24.02
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96.48
48.28
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
327
163.64
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
327
163.64
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.485
0.485
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
61.55
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
50.04
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
109.59
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106.99
53.54
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
29.52
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
191
95.58
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.28
6.28
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
11.51
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
10.51
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
12.51
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
84