MLB Stats for Cy Acosta

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Cy Acosta, the Major League Baseball player, was born on Friday, November 22, 1946, in El Sabino, Sinaloa, Mexico. Acosta was 25 years old when he broke into the major leagues on June 4, 1972, with the Chicago White Sox. Cy Acosta stats, height, weight, career totals, schools, positions, and more historical research are in the Baseball Almanac.

"Ah, but when a DH takes someone's place on defense, only eight hitters are left in the lineup. That means the pitcher must hit for the player who has been removed. Thus (Cy) Acosta batted for (Dick) Allen in the eighth inning and became the first AL pitcher to appear at the plate in 1973. The (White) Sox bench rose to cheer him. Owning neither bat nor helmet, Acosta borrowed them. He then struck out, illuminating, however unheroically, the reason they invented the DH." Sportswriter Herman Weiskopf in Sports Illustrated (July 2, 1973, 'What's This? A Hitting Pitcher?')

Birth Name:	Cecilio (Miranda) Acosta
Nickname:	Cy
Born On:	11-22-1946 (Scorpio)
Born In:	El Sabino, Sinaloa, Mexico
Died On:	Still Living (1,500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

High School:	Undetermined
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	5-10	Weight:	165
First Game:	06-04-1972 (Age 25)
Last Game:	05-05-1975
Draft:	Undrafted Free Agent

Cy Acosta Cy Acosta Pitching Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
1972	26	White Sox	26	0	17	3	0	1.000	1.56	0	0	5	34.2	138	25	6	6	2	17	3	28	1	0	0	-
1973	27	White Sox	48	0	42	10	6	.625	2.23	0	0	18	97.0	396	66	24	30	8	39	3	60	2	7	1	-
1974	28	White Sox	27	0	14	0	3	.000	3.74	0	0	3	45.2	198	43	19	22	3	18	2	19	1	5	0	-
1975	29	Phillies	6	0	1	0	0	.000	6.23	0	0	1	8.2	36	9	6	7	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	-
Career	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
4 Years	107	0	74	13	9	.591	2.66	0	0	27	186.0	768	143	55	65	15	77	8	109	4	12	1	-
Cy Acosta Pitching Stats

Cy Acosta Cy Acosta Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1972	26	White Sox	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1973	27	White Sox	48	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1974	28	White Sox	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1975	29	Phillies	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Career	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
4 Years	107	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Cy Acosta Hitting Stats

Cy Acosta Cy Acosta Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1972 White Sox	P	26	0	104	6	0.2	5	2	3	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.833	1.30
1973 White Sox	P	48	0	291	14	0.3	12	2	10	2	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.857	1.11
1974 White Sox	P	27	0	137	11	0.4	10	2	8	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.909	1.97
1975 Phillies	P	6	0	26	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
Career		G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
P Totals		107	0	558	31	0.3	27	6	21	4	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.871	1.31
4 Years		107	0	558	31	0.3	27	6	21	4	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.871	1.31
Cy Acosta Fielding Stats

Cy Acosta Cy Acosta Baserunning, Substitute Positions, & Ratio Related Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1972 White Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	1.3	0.0	1.65	7.27	4.41
1973 White Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.54	5.57	3.62
1974 White Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.06	3.74	3.55
1975 Phillies	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.67	2.08	3.12
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
4 Years	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	0.0	1.42	5.27	3.73
Cy Acosta Baserunning, Substitute Positions, & Ratio Related Stats

Cy Acosta Cy Acosta Teams Played For, Uniform Numbers Worn, & MLB Contracts
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1972 Chicago White Sox	41	$13,500.00	-	-
1973 Chicago White Sox	41	$15,000.00	-	-
1974 Chicago White Sox	41	$15,000.00	-	-
1975 Philadelphia Phillies	29, 31	Undetermined	-	-
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Cy Acosta Teams Played For, Uniform Numbers Worn, & MLB Contracts

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