Cy Acosta vs. Rafael Cruz — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rafael Cruz
UnknownP.R.CaribbeanCuban Stars EastAmerican Negro LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rafael Cruz 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 5.06 and 2.063 for Rafael Cruz. 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 Rafael Cruz

Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.53
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.53
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.69
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.84
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
5.06
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.33
7.33
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.362
0.362
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
14.34
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.34
14.34
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
3.73
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
4.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.563
0.563
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.69
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.58
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
768
37.16
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
46.41
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6.75
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.53
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.69
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.063
2.063
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
39.66
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.41
46.41

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Rafael Cruz

Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.53
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.84
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.01
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.38
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
1.5
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
5.06
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.3
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
4.22
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.1
87.1
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.667
1.667
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Rafael Cruz

Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
600
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
3.21
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.08
-9.95
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
1.17
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA