Cy Acosta vs Sparky Lyle

Cy AcostaSparky Lyle

Cy Acosta and Sparky Lyle compared on their MLB careers: Cy Acosta played 4 seasons, 1972 to 1975, Sparky Lyle 16 seasons, 1967 to 1982. Cy Acosta has 13 wins to Sparky Lyle's 99. Sparky Lyle won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Cy Acosta and Sparky Lyle career totals
107GP899
13W99
9L76
2.7ERA2.9
186IP1390.1
109K873
77BB481
1.2WHIP1.3
27SV238

Where each stands all time

Cy Acosta and Sparky Lyle all-time places
Cy AcostaAll-time rankSparky Lyle
—Saves42nd (238)

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
  • Sparky Lyle: 3 championships; AL Cy Young

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 Sparky Lyle 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.
1st1972301.561967122.28
2nd19731062.231968612.74
3rd1974033.741969832.54
4th1975006.231970173.88
5th————1971642.75
6th————1972951.92
7th————1973592.51
8th————1974931.66
9th————1975573.12
10th————1976782.26
11th————19771352.17
12th————1978933.47
13th————1979583.13
14th————1980324.28
15th————1981964.44
16th————1982334.62

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA