Cy Acosta vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee 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 3.56 and 1.358 for Thornton Lee. 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 Thornton Lee

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
3.56
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
3.73
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
768
37.16
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
4.27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Thornton Lee

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186.1
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.01
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.1
87.1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Thornton Lee

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA