Cy Acosta vs. Ray Phelps — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ray Phelps
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ray Phelps 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 4.93 and 1.528 for Ray Phelps. 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 Ray Phelps

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
1.88
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.18
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.49
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.52
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.53
48.53
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.7
62.7
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.36
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
330
4.93
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1806
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
602
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
700
10.47
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.47
10.47
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.72
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
3.73
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.29
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
2.84
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.681
0.681
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
768
37.16
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2664
39.83
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.34
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
375
5.61
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.528
1.528
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2429
36.31
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.83
39.83

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Ray Phelps

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
27
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186.1
9
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.01
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.5
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.3
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.1
87.1
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.53
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.357
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Ray Phelps

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
126
336
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
209
557.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
82.67
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
66.67
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.33
22.21
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
104
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
114.67
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
32
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
32
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
61.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.98
13.29
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
32
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
80
213.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.81
2.81
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.67
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA