Cy Acosta vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade 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 3.77 and 1.309 for Lee Wade. 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 Lee Wade

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.08
48.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
3.77
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
504
9.59
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
3.73
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
4.22
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
768
37.16
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2051
39.03
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
275
5.23
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.53
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.309
1.309
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1860
35.39
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Lee Wade

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
1.28
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.01
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.69
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.3
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.28
91.28
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Lee Wade

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
535
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
102.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
80
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.34
33.36
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
130
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
137.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
57.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
42.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
97.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.97
34.92
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.5
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
1.17
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA