Cy Acosta vs. Sam Crawford — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sam Crawford
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Sam Crawford 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 3.98 and 1.359 for Sam Crawford. 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 Sam Crawford

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.47
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.05
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.56
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.47
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.46
54.46
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.25
71.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.67
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
3.98
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
976.2
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
976
8.99
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.99
8.99
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
3.73
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
3.23
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
461
4.25
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.831
0.831
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.12
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.34
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
768
37.16
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3824
35.24
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
540
4.98
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.53
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
1.02
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.61
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.359
1.359
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
662
32.03
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3325
30.64
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.16
37.16
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.24
35.24

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Sam Crawford

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
1.71
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.86
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3132
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1044
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.45
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.01
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
1.95
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.5
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
2.65
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.3
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
2.4
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.55
90.55
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.404
1.404
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.51
50.51
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Sam Crawford

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
201
239.76
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
503
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
457
545.13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.513
0.513
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
103.78
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
89.46
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.93
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.31
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27.24
32.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
120.48
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
139.56
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
48.91
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
35.79
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
84.69
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.26
34.91
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
33.4
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
1.17
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
19.09
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100