Cy Acosta vs. Dennis Eckersley — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dennis Eckersley
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star

Dennis Eckersley 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. Dennis Eckersley led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 154 vs 101), strikeout rate (K%+ 107 vs 90), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 99 vs 95). Cy Acosta held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 106 vs 74). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Dennis Eckersley.

Pitching Stats for Cy Acosta and Dennis Eckersley

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
24
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1071
2.93
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
361
0.99
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
0.54
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
0.47
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.53
53.53
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.71
33.71
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.05
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
1.07
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1278
3.5
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.246
0.246
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9857
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3285.2
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3076
8.43
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.43
8.43
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.73
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
0.95
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
3.73
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
738
2.02
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
5.27
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2401
6.58
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.58
6.58
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.955
0.955
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.08
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.21
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.04
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
768
37.16
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13534
37.07
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
577
1.58
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1382
3.79
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.3
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
0.4
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.183
1.183
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.161
1.161
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12519
34.29
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.16
37.16
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.07
37.07

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Dennis Eckersley

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
24
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1071
2.93
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
361
0.99
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9857
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3285.2
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
0.57
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.01
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
365
1
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.5
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
1.65
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.3
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
573
1.57
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.71
33.71
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.05
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Dennis Eckersley

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
24
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1073
3284.69
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
196
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
554.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.406
0.406
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
73.47
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
55.1
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.18
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.18
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
18.37
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.75
23.72
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
110.2
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
101.02
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.066
0.066
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
27.55
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
36.73
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
55.1
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.73
8.37
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
27.55
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
84
257.14
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.33
2.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.31
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.06
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.06
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 600 PA