Cy Acosta vs. Stan Coveleski — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Stan Coveleski
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Stan Coveleski 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 2.89 and 1.251 for Stan Coveleski. 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 Stan Coveleski

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
450
1.31
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
1.12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.63
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
0.63
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
0.41
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.09
59.09
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.22
60.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.56
85.56
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
0.65
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.11
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.06
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
990
2.89
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9246
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3082
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3055
8.92
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.92
8.92
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.19
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
3.73
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
2.34
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
981
2.86
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.579
0.579
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.1
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.09
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
768
37.16
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12746
37.22
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.15
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1237
3.61
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.252
1.252
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11914
34.79
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.22
37.22

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Stan Coveleski

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
451
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
27
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186.1
9
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.01
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
851
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.5
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1054
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.3
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1025
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.1
87.1
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.273
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Stan Coveleski

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
227.97
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1187
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1058
534.79
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
168
84.92
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
66.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
13.14
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.05
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.51
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
18.7
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.21
23.36
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
217
109.69
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
225
113.73
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.407
0.407
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
35.38
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
40.94
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
75.82
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36.85
18.63
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.02
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
26.79
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
309
156.19
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
3.84
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
36.39
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.51
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.51
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Stan Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0