Cy Acosta vs. Bud Podbielan — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Podbielan
Greatest GenerationWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Podbielan 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 4.49 and 1.463 for Bud Podbielan. 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 Bud Podbielan

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
2.41
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.07
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.35
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.59
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.31
37.31
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.19
44.19
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.28
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
320
4.49
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1923
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
641
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
693
9.73
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.73
9.73
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.73
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.11
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
3.73
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
3.44
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
3.4
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.17
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.24
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
768
37.16
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2792
39.2
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.49
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
362
5.08
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2530
35.52
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Bud Podbielan

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
5.17
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
7.69
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.3
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
604
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.1
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.83
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.01
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
4.6
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.5
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
6.57
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.3
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
6.44
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.96
97.96
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.837
0.837
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.86
16.86
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Bud Podbielan

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
499.04
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
208
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
542.31
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.406
0.406
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
83.65
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
80.77
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.88
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.88
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.83
16.81
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
86.54
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
115.38
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
20.19
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.96
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
46.15
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.57
13.18
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
31.73
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
92.31
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.96
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.88
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA