Cy Acosta
Cecilio (Miranda) Acosta
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: November 22, 1946 in El Sabino, 25, Mexico (All Transactions)
Debut: June 4, 1972
Final Game: May 5, 1975
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1972 25 CHW AL 3 0 1.000 1.56 26 0 17 0 0 5 34.2 25 6 6 2 17 3 28 0 0 1 138 203 1.212 6.5 0.5 4.4 7.3 1.65
1973 26 CHW AL 10 6 .625 2.23 48 0 42 0 0 18 97.0 66 30 24 8 39 3 60 7 1 2 396 180 1.082 6.1 0.7 3.6 5.6 1.54
1974 27 CHW AL 0 3 .000 3.74 27 0 14 0 0 3 45.2 43 22 19 3 18 2 19 5 0 1 198 101 1.336 8.5 0.6 3.5 3.7 1.06
1975 28 PHI NL 0 0 6.23 6 0 1 0 0 1 8.2 9 7 6 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 36 60 1.385 9.3 2.1 3.1 2.1 0.67
4 Seasons 13 9 .591 2.66 107 0 74 0 0 27 186.0 143 65 55 15 77 8 109 12 1 4 768 142 1.183 6.9 0.7 3.7 5.3 1.42
162 Game Avg. 8 6 .591 2.66 68 0 47 0 0 17 118 91 41 35 10 49 5 69 8 1 3 488 142 1.183 6.9 0.7 3.7 5.3 1.42
CHW (3 yrs) 13 9 .591 2.49 101 0 73 0 0 26 177.1 134 58 49 13 74 8 107 12 1 4 732 152 1.173 6.8 0.7 3.8 5.4 1.45
PHI (1 yr) 0 0 6.23 6 0 1 0 0 1 8.2 9 7 6 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 36 60 1.385 9.3 2.1 3.1 2.1 0.67
AL (3 yrs) 13 9 .591 2.49 101 0 73 0 0 26 177.1 134 58 49 13 74 8 107 12 1 4 732 152 1.173 6.8 0.7 3.8 5.4 1.45
NL (1 yr) 0 0 6.23 6 0 1 0 0 1 8.2 9 7 6 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 36 60 1.385 9.3 2.1 3.1 2.1 0.67

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1972 25 CHW AL 26 138 119 6 25 0 1 2 1 3 17 28 .210 .309 .277 .586 .258 33 4 0 2 0 3
1973 26 CHW AL 48 395 341 30 66 7 1 8 3 2 39 60 .194 .288 .290 .578 .211 99 4 7 6 2 3
1974 27 CHW AL 27 198 168 22 43 5 3 3 7 2 18 19 .256 .338 .375 .713 .267 63 5 5 3 4 2
1975 28 PHI NL 6 36 33 7 9 4 0 2 0 0 3 2 .273 .333 .576 .909 .241 19 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 107 767 661 65 143 16 5 15 11 7 77 109 .216 .307 .324 .631 .236 214 13 12 11 6 8
162 Game Avg. 68 487 420 41 91 10 3 10 7 4 49 69 .216 .307 .324 .631 .236 136 8 8 7 4 5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1972 25 CHW AL 26 26 17 3 0 5 5 0 100% 8 3 18 5 28% 9 1.479 12 6 8 8 7 11 12 14 10 3 12 3 4.0
1973 26 CHW AL 48 48 42 10 6 22 18 4 82% 22 0 62 20 32% 8 1.725 28 9 11 23 11 14 36 12 34 9 34 8 6.1
1974 27 CHW AL 27 27 14 0 3 7 3 4 43% 10 2 44 21 48% 8 1.066 12 6 9 12 0 15 23 4 16 9 21 4 5.1
1975 28 PHI NL 6 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 2 67% 6 0.684 2 2 2 1 1 4 1 5 4 2 4 1 4.3
4 Seasons 107 107 74 13 9 35 27 8 77% 41 5 127 48 38% 1.462 54 23 30 44 19 44 72 35 64 23 71 16 5.2

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1972 25 CHW AL 138 36% 1.5% 20.3% 12.3% 2.2% 12% 0.71 64% 24 4 17%
1973 26 CHW AL 395 36% 2.0% 15.2% 9.9% 4.1% 24% 0.69 70% 103 4 4%
1974 27 CHW AL 198 27% 1.5% 9.6% 9.1% 5.6% 26% 0.66 76% 40 5 13%
1975 28 PHI NL 36 33% 5.6% 5.6% 8.3% 16.7% 67% 0.69 81% 3 0 0%
4 Seasons 767 34% 2.0% 14.2% 10.0% 4.7% 25% 0.68 71% 170 13 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1972 25 CHW AL 138 25 2 0 5 1 1 0 2 6 1 3 17% 1 1 0 54 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1973 26 CHW AL 395 66 8 1 17 3 5 3 5 32 16 5 50% 3 2 0 176 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 7 0
1974 27 CHW AL 198 43 3 0 13 1 2 1 2 26 15 1 58% 3 1 1 75 7 2 78% 6 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 9 0
1975 28 PHI NL 36 9 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Seasons 767 143 15 1 36 5 10 5 10 64 32 9 50% 7 4 2 315 11 7 61% 10 5 1 1 0 1 5 0 18 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1972 25 3 0 1.000 1.56 26 0 17 0 0 5 34.2 25 6 6 2 17 3 28 0 0 1 138 203 1.212 6.5 0.5 4.4 7.3 1.65 203
1973 26 13 6 .684 2.05 74 0 59 0 0 23 131.2 91 36 30 10 56 6 88 7 1 3 534 185 1.116 6.2 0.7 3.8 6.0 1.57 185
1974 27 13 9 .591 2.49 101 0 73 0 0 26 177.1 134 58 49 13 74 8 107 12 1 4 732 152 1.173 6.8 0.7 3.8 5.4 1.45 152
1975 28 13 9 .591 2.66 107 0 74 0 0 27 186.0 143 65 55 15 77 8 109 12 1 4 768 142 1.183 6.9 0.7 3.7 5.3 1.42 142

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1972 25 2 1 .667 2.25 32.0 29 9 8 2 20 26 0 1.531 8.2 5.6 7.3 1.30 0.6 26
1973 26 7 3 .700 2.39 94.0 68 28 25 8 40 58 7 1.149 6.5 3.8 5.6 1.45 0.8 48
1974 27 2 2 .500 4.40 43.0 45 23 21 3 19 18 5 1.488 9.4 4.0 3.8 0.95 0.6 27
1975 28 0 0 6.75 8.0 9 7 6 2 3 2 0 1.500 10.1 3.4 2.3 0.67 2.3 6
4 Seasons 11 6 .647 3.05 177.0 151 67 60 15 82 104 12 1.316 7.7 5.3 1.27 0.8 107

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1973 AL  18 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1973 AL  7 (8th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1973 AL  42 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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Name and misspellings: Cecilio (Miranda) Cy Acosta

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