Cy
Acosta
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 165
 
Born: November 22, 1946 in Mexico, , SABINO
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1972 25 MIN AL $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6
1973 26 MIN AL $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6
1974 27 MIN AL $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5
1975 28 MIN AL $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5
1976 29 MIN AL   5 5 5 5 5 6 5 4 5 4
1977 30 MIN AL   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1978 31 MIN AL   4 4 5 4 5 6 5 5 5 5
1979 32 MIN AL   4 4 4 4 5 6 5 4 5 4
1980 33 MIN AL   4 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1972 25 MIN AL 4 3 .571 33 0 0 0 6 59.7 77 41 9 26 40 6.19 .313 .388 .500 .888 0.0
    AAA   2 2 .500 22 0 0 0 17 21.7 18 8 2 9 17 3.32 .225 .303 .350 .653  
1973 26 MIN AL 1 10 .091 66 0 0 0 7 84.3 103 49 14 38 46 5.23 .305 .378 .485 .863 2.8
1974 27 MIN AL 1 11 .083 69 0 0 0 10 111.3 124 79 21 57 53 6.39 .286 .371 .473 .844 2.1
1975 28 MIN AL 0 0 .000 10 0 0 0 0 15.0 21 14 3 5 7 8.40 .328 .380 .484 .865 0.0
    AAA   1 3 .250 21 0 0 0 0 32.3 32 14 2 17 21 3.90 .256 .345 .376 .721  
1976 29 AAA   9 3 .750 62 0 0 0 3 60.0 59 35 9 31 38 5.25 .259 .347 .395 .742  
1977 30 A   9 0 1.000 69 0 0 0 12 51.7 32 7 0 17 56 1.22 .185 .258 .225 .483  
1978 31 A   2 3 .400 81 0 0 0 15 66.0 38 11 1 22 58 1.50 .174 .250 .243 .493  
1979 32 A   4 4 .500 78 0 0 0 14 63.0 50 16 6 21 58 2.29 .225 .292 .338 .630  
1980 33 A   2 0 1.000 70 0 0 0 18 63.7 38 8 0 17 50 1.13 .174 .234 .193 .427  
4 Years Sim 6 24 .200 178 0 0 0 23 270.3 325 183 47 126 146 6.09 .301 .378 .484 .861 4.9
3 Years AAA 12 8 .600 105 0 0 0 20 114.0 109 57 13 57 76 4.50 .252 .339 .381 .720  
4 Years A 17 7 .708 298 0 0 0 59 244.3 158 42 7 77 222 1.55 .190 .259 .252 .510  
7 Years Minors 29 15 .659 403 0 0 0 79 358.3 267 99 20 134 298 2.49 .211 .287 .296 .583  
Season Average 1 6 .143 44 0 0 0 5 67.6 81 45 11 31 36 6.09 .301 .378 .484 .861  
Career Highs 4 11 .571 69 0 0 0 10 111.3 124 79 21 57 53 8.40 .328 .388 .500 .888  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   156 85 21 56 81   .291 .358 .458 .816
vs LH   169 98 26 70 65   .311 .389 .509 .898
Home 5 11 .313 97 0 0 0 14 161.0 198 116 30 69 91 6.49 .303 .370 .495 .864
Away 1 13 .071 81 0 0 0 9 109.3 127 67 17 57 55 5.52 .297 .379 .467 .847
Mar/Apr 1 3 .250 29 0 0 0 4 40.3 47 29 7 17 20 6.47 .297 .366 .481 .847
May 0 6 .000 27 0 0 0 2 36.7 48 29 8 19 17 7.12 .316 .392 .520 .912
June 1 2 .333 23 0 0 0 3 37.3 30 13 6 18 16 3.14 .226 .318 .391 .709
July 0 5 .000 31 0 0 0 4 52.3 70 47 13 24 32 8.08 .320 .387 .553 .939
August 2 4 .333 37 0 0 0 7 53.7 58 26 4 21 26 4.36 .289 .356 .418 .774
Sep/Oct 2 4 .333 31 0 0 0 3 50.0 72 39 9 27 35 7.02 .330 .404 .509 .913
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1972 25 MIN AL P 33 0 59.7 2 8 1 0 .909 1.51    
1973 26 MIN AL P 66 0 84.3 5 20 0 4 1.000 2.67    
1974 27 MIN AL P 69 0 111.3 10 19 0 2 1.000 2.34    
1975 28 MIN AL P 10 0 15.0 1 3 1 0 .800 2.40    
Career Totals   178 0 270.3 18 50 2 6 .971 2.26    
Career Highs   69 0 111.3 10 20 1 4 1.000 2.67    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1974-9-10
Games Pitched
1973-4-66
1974-2-69
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Hank Gornicki (973)
  2. Dave Smith (970)
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  4. Dom Zanni (967)
  5. Johnny Hetki (967)
  6. Manny Salvo (964)
  7. Johnny Podgajny (964)
  8. Doug McWeeny (964)
  9. Ad Liska (964)
  10. Bill Ayers (963)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 69th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1972
Earned first career win on 8/21/1972