Cy Acosta vs. Norman Cross — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Norman Cross
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Norman Cross 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 4.46 and 1.537 for Norman Cross. 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 Norman Cross

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.45
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.12
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
4.46
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.1
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
12.05
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.05
12.05
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
3.73
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.79
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.68
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.496
0.496
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
768
37.16
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
41.5
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.02
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.53
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.34
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.537
1.537
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
37.93
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.342
0.342
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.5
41.5

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Norman Cross

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.45
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.12
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.1
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.01
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.01
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
1.5
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.68
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.3
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.23
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.1
87.1
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Norman Cross

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.5
-60
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
1.17
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA