Cy Acosta vs. Dick Crutcher — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Crutcher
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Crutcher 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 3.65 and 1.488 for Dick Crutcher. 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 Dick Crutcher

Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
2.09
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.85
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.43
40.43
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
3.65
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
607
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202.1
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
9.74
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.74
9.74
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
3.73
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
3.65
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
2.89
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
768
37.16
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
853
37.94
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.85
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
4.49
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.488
1.488
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
763
33.94
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.94
37.94

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Dick Crutcher

Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
27
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186.1
9
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.01
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.5
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.3
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.1
87.1
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.52
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.468
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Dick Crutcher

Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
47
381.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
543.24
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.451
0.451
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.97
24.07
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
97.3
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
129.73
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.401
0.401
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.7
21.89
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
145.95
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.11
4.11
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100