Cy Acosta vs. Willie Cornelius — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Willie Cornelius
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Willie Cornelius 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 4.54 and 1.428 for Willie Cornelius. 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 Willie Cornelius

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.59
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
1.12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.48
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.58
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.38
45.38
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.62
70.62
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.58
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
506
4.54
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3010
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1003.1
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
1053
9.45
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.45
9.45
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
3.73
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
3.4
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
537
4.82
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.913
0.913
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.21
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.29
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
768
37.16
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4455
39.96
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.28
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
638
5.72
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.72
5.72
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.53
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.03
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.51
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.427
1.427
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3927
35.23
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.96
39.96

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Willie Cornelius

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
1.6
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3340
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1113.1
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.39
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.01
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
2.28
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.19
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.5
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
2.85
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.3
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
2.67
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.48
93.48
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.667
1.667
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.7
69.7
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Willie Cornelius

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
263.75
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
480
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
412
515
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
111.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
82.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.75
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.75
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
28.75
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.57
54.46
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
156.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
178.75
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
0.61
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
0.56
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
71.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
48.75
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
116.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.63
59.54
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
62.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
10
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.25
6.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
17.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Cornelius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100