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Cy Acosta

Cecilio (Miranda) Acosta

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: November 22, 1946 in El Sabino, Sinaloa, Mexico(All Transactions)
Debut: June 4, 1972
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Phillies 1972-1975

Final Game: May 5, 1975
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Standard Pitching

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 1 138 206 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 2 396 181 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 1 198 102 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 63 1.385 9.3 2.1 3.1 2.1 0.67
4 Yrs 13 9 .591 2.66 107 0 74 0 0 27 186.0 143 65 55 15 77 8 109 12 1 4 768 143 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 3 488 143 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 4 732 153 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 63 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 4 732 153 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 63 1.385 9.3 2.1 3.1 2.1 0.67

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1972 25 CHW AL 34.2 26 0 6 1.56 3.58 -0.36 -0.15 101.7 3.85 9 1.2 1.3 0.1 1.6 12 .545 .507 $
1973 26 CHW AL 97.0 48 0 30 2.78 4.34 -0.39 -0.36 105.4 4.60 19 2.1 2.2 1.0 4.0 30 .544 .513 $
1974 27 CHW AL 45.2 27 0 22 4.34 4.14 -0.25 -0.35 105.8 4.29 -0 -0.0 1.7 -0.1 0.3 4 .499 .500 $
1975 28 PHI NL 8.2 6 0 7 7.27 4.10 0.26 -0.33 106.1 3.72 -3 -0.4 1.1 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .439 .498 $
4 Seasons 186.0 107 0 65 3.15 4.14 -0.32 -0.32 104.8 4.34 24 2.9 1.8 1.0 5.6 43 .527 .504 $
CHW (3 yrs) 177.1 101 0 58 2.94 4.14 -0.35 -0.31 104.8 4.37 28 3.3 1.8 1.0 5.9 46 .532 .507 $
PHI (1 yr) 8.2 6 0 7 7.27 4.10 0.26 -0.33 106.1 3.72 -3 -0.4 1.1 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .439 .498 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 1
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 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 3
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 0
4 Yrs 107 767 661 65 143 16 5 15 11 7 77 109 .216 .307 .324 .631 .236 214 13 12 11 6 8 7
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 4
MLB Averages .254 .322 .369 .691 .279

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1972 25 CHW AL 6.5 0.8 144 1.2 3.3 -2.1 1.36 0.7 0.2 7.0 0.8 1.36 2.6 11 4 11
1973 26 CHW AL 17.2 1.8 404 4.3 12.7 -8.4 1.69 1.3 1.2 16.8 1.7 1.69 13.3 27 8 11
1974 27 CHW AL 0.1 0.0 211 -1.7 2.9 -4.6 1.04 -0.7 -1.0 -7.2 -0.7 1.04 -3.0 12 5 9
1975 28 PHI NL -2.2 -0.2 37 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 .65 -0.3 -0.1 -2.0 -0.2 0.65 -1.0 2 2 2
4 Yrs 21.6 2.3 796 3.5 19.2 -15.7 1.41 1.0 1.5 14.7 1.6 1.41 11.9 52 19 33

Reliever Pitching*

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 1.359 11 4 11 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 1.687 27 8 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 1.036 12 5 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 .649 2 2 2 1 1 4 1 5 4 2 4 1 4.3
4 Yrs 107 107 74 13 9 35 27 8 77% 41 5 127 48 38% 1.411 52 19 33 44 19 44 72 35 64 23 71 16 5.2

Ratio Pitching*

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 64% 1.5% 20.3% 12.3% 2.2% 12% 0.71 64% 24 4 17%
1973 26 CHW AL 395 64% 2.0% 15.2% 9.9% 4.1% 24% 0.69 70% 103 4 4%
1974 27 CHW AL 198 73% 1.5% 9.6% 9.1% 5.6% 26% 0.66 76% 40 5 13%
1975 28 PHI NL 36 67% 5.6% 5.6% 8.3% 16.7% 67% 0.69 81% 3 0 0%
4 Yrs 767 66% 2.0% 14.2% 10.0% 4.7% 25% 0.68 71% 170 13 8%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 13.6% 8.7% 5.9% 26% 1.09 74% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 0 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 1 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 1 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 Yrs 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 2 0 18 0
MLB Averages 50% 64%

Cumulative Pitching

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 1 138 206 1.212 6.5 0.5 4.4 7.3 1.65 206
1973 26 13 6 .684 2.05 74 0 59 0 0 23 131.2 91 36 30 10 56 6 88 7 1 3 534 186 1.116 6.2 0.7 3.8 6.0 1.57 186
1974 27 13 9 .591 2.49 101 0 73 0 0 26 177.1 134 58 49 13 74 8 107 12 1 4 732 153 1.173 6.8 0.7 3.8 5.4 1.45 153
1975 28 13 9 .591 2.66 107 0 74 0 0 27 186.0 143 65 55 15 77 8 109 12 1 4 768 143 1.183 6.9 0.7 3.7 5.3 1.42 143

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 Yrs 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1973 AL  .625 (6th)

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)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1973 AL  4.3 (6th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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