Cy Acosta vs. Curt Schilling — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Curt Schilling
Gen XAlaskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Curt Schilling 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. Curt Schilling led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 157 vs 101), strikeout rate (K%+ 117 vs 90), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 116 vs 95). Cy Acosta held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 134 vs 124). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Curt Schilling.

Pitching Stats for Cy Acosta and Curt Schilling

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
569
1.57
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
1.2
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
0.6
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.4
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.09
59.09
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.67
59.67
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.63
76.63
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.23
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
1253
3.46
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.243
0.243
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9783
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3261
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
2998
8.27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.27
8.27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.73
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
0.96
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
3.73
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
1.96
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
5.27
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3116
8.6
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.48
5.48
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.174
1.174
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.2
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.14
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
768
37.16
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13284
36.66
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
0.22
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
1318
3.64
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.34
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.21
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
0.53
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.183
1.183
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12322
34.01
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.16
37.16
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.66
36.66

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Curt Schilling

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
569
1.57
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
1.2
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9783
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3261
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
0.51
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.01
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
0.82
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.5
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
502
1.39
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.3
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
1.32
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.62
95.62
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.844
0.844
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.63
76.63
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.05
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Curt Schilling

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
571
380.24
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
901
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
773
514.76
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
77.91
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
68.59
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
8.66
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.67
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
9.32
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.84
14.55
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
87.9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
94.56
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
25.97
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
19.31
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
45.28
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.23
7.48
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
16.65
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
270
179.8
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.34
3.34
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
67.92
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.67
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 600 PA
8
5.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.67
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.67
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50