Cy Acosta vs. Roy Patterson — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Patterson
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Patterson 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 2.75 and 1.172 for Roy Patterson. 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 Roy Patterson

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
1.21
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
0.53
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.94
52.94
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.61
82.61
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.78
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
417
2.75
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4095
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1365
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1327
8.75
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.75
8.75
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.15
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
3.73
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
1.8
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
2.91
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.524
0.524
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.2
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
768
37.16
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5519
36.39
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.19
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
3.75
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.183
1.183
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.172
1.172
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5208
34.34
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.16
37.16
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.39
36.39

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Roy Patterson

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
1.21
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.38
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4095
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1365
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.49
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.01
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
2.85
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.15
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.5
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
530
3.49
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.3
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
507
3.34
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.66
95.66
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.755
2.755
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.98
30.98
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Roy Patterson

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
184
205.59
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
537
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
495
553.07
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.408
0.408
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
86.03
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
75.98
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.82
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
10.06
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.4
19.44
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
99.44
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
108.38
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
49.16
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.4
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
80.45
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.26
13.69
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.23
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
20.11
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
86
96.09
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.24
6.24
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
24.58
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100