Cy Acosta vs. Bill Pulsipher — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Pulsipher
Gen XGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Pulsipher 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 5.15 and 1.557 for Bill Pulsipher. 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 Bill Pulsipher

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
2.92
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.52
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.63
40.63
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.4
43.4
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
5.15
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
981
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
361
9.94
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.94
9.94
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.73
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.21
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
3.73
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
3.88
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.19
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
5.27
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
5.56
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.049
1.049
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.3
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
768
37.16
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1452
39.96
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
5.48
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.41
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.18
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.535
1.535
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1273
35.04
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.96
39.96

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Bill Pulsipher

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
2.92
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
981
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.01
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.62
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.5
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.98
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.3
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.95
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.61
98.61
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.4
43.4
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Bill Pulsipher

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 600 PA
107
635.64
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
481.19
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
59.41
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
47.52
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.88
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.88
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
12.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
71.29
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
89.11
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
41.58
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.76
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
65.35
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
2.26
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
29.7
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
237.62
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.53
2.53
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
77.23
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.88
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.94
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Pulsipher
Career
Per 600 PA