Cy Acosta vs. Rube Curry — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Curry
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Curry 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 3.57 and 1.254 for Rube Curry. 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 Rube Curry

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
1.37
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.99
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.57
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.41
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.33
58.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.64
72.64
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.68
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
526
3.57
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3973
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1324.1
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1348
9.16
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
3.73
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
2.12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.12
2.12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
599
4.07
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.688
0.688
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
768
37.16
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5036
34.22
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.23
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
4.49
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.53
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
1.11
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.49
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.254
1.254
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
662
32.03
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4522
30.73
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.16
37.16
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.22
34.22

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Rube Curry

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
1.51
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
1.07
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4104
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.64
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.01
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
3.01
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.19
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.5
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
3.84
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.3
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
555
3.65
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.03
95.03
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.424
2.424
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.74
70.74
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Rube Curry

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
220.76
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
655
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
591
541.37
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.578
0.578
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
116.34
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
91.6
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
14.66
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.41
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.66
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
24.73
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.11
41.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
169
154.81
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
143.82
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
53.13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
52.21
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
101.68
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.97
45.77
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.66
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
23.82
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Rube Curry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109.17
109.17
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
4.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
31.15
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.66
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.66
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100