Cy Acosta vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup 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 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. 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 Roy Witherup

Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
3.73
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
768
37.16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
37.87
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Roy Witherup

Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.01
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Roy Witherup

Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
588.68
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
6.99
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.21
-13.74
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA