Cy Acosta vs. Fred Heimach — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Heimach
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Heimach 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 1.451 for Fred Heimach. 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 Fred Heimach

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
2.07
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.89
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.43
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.48
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.33
47.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.91
42.91
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.39
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
639
4.46
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3866
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1288.2
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1510
10.55
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.55
10.55
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.45
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
3.73
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
2.51
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
2.33
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.539
0.539
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.19
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
768
37.16
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5674
39.63
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.73
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
5.27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.451
1.451
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5287
36.92
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.63
39.63

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Fred Heimach

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
27
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186.1
9
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.01
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
380
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.5
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
516
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.3
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
501
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.1
87.1
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.09
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.659
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Fred Heimach

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
368
376.79
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
586
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
542
554.95
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.597
0.597
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
131.06
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
107.51
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15.36
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.07
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23.55
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.41
46.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
165.87
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
159.73
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
59.39
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
50.17
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
106.48
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.08
52.3
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
28.67
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
100.34
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.98
5.98
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16.38
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.02
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.05
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.05
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100