Cy Acosta vs Hoyt Wilhelm

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Cy Acosta and Hoyt Wilhelm compared on their MLB careers: Cy Acosta played 4 seasons, 1972 to 1975, Hoyt Wilhelm 21 seasons, 1952 to 1972. Cy Acosta has 13 wins to Hoyt Wilhelm's 143. Hoyt Wilhelm won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Cy Acosta and Hoyt Wilhelm career totals
107GP1,070
13W143
9L122
2.7ERA2.5
186IP2254.1
109K1,610
77BB778
1.2WHIP1.1
27SV227

Where each stands all time

Cy Acosta and Hoyt Wilhelm all-time places
—Strikeouts (pitching)194th (1,610)
—Wins (pitching)280th (143)
—Saves45th (227)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Cy Acosta: 0 championships; none on file
  • Hoyt Wilhelm: 1 championship; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Cy Acosta and Hoyt Wilhelm season by season
W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.
1st1972301.5619521532.43
2nd19731062.231953783.04
3rd1974033.7419541242.10
4th1975006.231955413.93
5th————1956493.83
6th————1957244.14
7th————19583102.34
8th————195915112.19
9th————19601183.31
10th————1961972.30
11th————19627101.94
12th————1963582.64
13th————19641291.99
14th————1965771.81
15th————1966521.66
16th————1967831.31
17th————1968441.73
18th————1969772.19
19th————1970653.40
20th————1971012.70
21st————1972014.62

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA