Cy Acosta vs. Jack Cronin — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Cronin
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Cronin 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 3.4 and 1.308 for Jack Cronin. 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 Cronin

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
1.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.99
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.42
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.57
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.57
42.57
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.69
79.69
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.86
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
3.4
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2770
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
923.1
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
973
9.48
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
3.73
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.29
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318
3.1
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.599
0.599
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.14
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.36
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
768
37.16
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3881
37.83
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.23
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
502
4.89
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.308
1.308
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3609
35.18
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.83
37.83

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Jack Cronin

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
1.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.31
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3009
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1003
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.62
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.01
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
2.23
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.3
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.5
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
3.14
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.3
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
2.84
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.57
90.57
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.331
2.331
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Jack Cronin

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
204
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
400
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
367
550.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.497
0.497
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
99
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
78
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
15
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
21
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.62
30.93
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
126
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
129
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.451
0.451
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.369
0.369
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
36
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
51
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
87
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.48
29.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
22.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
89
133.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
4.49
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
19.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100