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Cy Acosta
Cecilio (Miranda) Acosta

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

Debut June 4, 1972
  vs. NYY 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W
Final Game May 5, 1975
Born November 22, 1946 in El Sabino, Sinaloa, Mexico

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1972 25 CHW AL   3   0  26   0   0   0  17  5   34.7   25    6    6   2   17   28   0   1   138   3   0  1.56  3.16  203 1.212
 1973 26 CHW AL  10   6  48   0   0   0  42 18   97.0   66   30   24   8   39   60   7   2   396   3   1  2.23  4.01  180 1.082
 1974 27 CHW AL   0   3  27   0   0   0  14  3   45.7   43   22   19   3   18   19   5   1   198   2   0  3.74  3.77  101 1.336
 1975 28 PHI NL   0   0   6   0   0   0   1  1    8.7    9    7    6   2    3    2   0   0    36   0   0  6.23  3.74   60 1.385
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .591  13   9 107   0   0   0  74 27  186.0  143   65   55  15   77  109  12   4   768   8   1  2.66  3.78  142 1.183
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   5  68   0   0   0  47 17  118.0   90   41   34   9   48   69   7   2   488   5   0  2.66  3.78  142 1.183
 Career High     10   6  48   0   0   0  42 18   97.0   66   30   24   8   39   60   7   2   396   3   1  2.23  4.01  180 1.082

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1972 25 CHW AL  26    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1973 26 CHW AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1974 27 CHW AL   2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       35    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         32    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  28  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     26    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3                           0   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1972 25 CHW AL    4    4    0   0.0    85| .000  .250| .000  .319| .000  .360| .000  .680|-100  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1973 26 CHW AL    1    1    0   0.0    98| .000  .265| .000  .335| .000  .390| .000  .725|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1974 27 CHW AL    2    2    0   0.0    92| .000  .262| .000  .326| .000  .376| .000  .703|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons         7    7    0   0.0    89| .000  .255| .000  .323| .000  .369| .000  .693|-100  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1972 25 CHW AL P 26 2 3 1 0 .833 .943 0.19 0.75 1.30 1.87 0 34.7 1973 26 CHW AL P 48 2 10 2 2 .857 .952 0.25 0.86 1.11 1.86 0 97.0 1974 27 CHW AL P 27 2 8 1 1 .909 .943 0.37 0.83 1.97 1.81 0 45.7 1975 28 PHI NL P 6 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.72 0.00 1.86 0 8.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1972 25 CHW AL P 26 2 3 1 0 .833 .943 0.19 0.75 1.30 1.87 0 34.7 1973 26 CHW AL P 48 2 10 2 2 .857 .952 0.25 0.86 1.11 1.86 0 97.0 1974 27 CHW AL P 27 2 8 1 1 .909 .943 0.37 0.83 1.97 1.81 0 45.7 1975 28 PHI NL P 6 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.72 0.00 1.86 0 8.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 107 6 21 4 3 .871 .947 0.25 0.82 1.31 1.85 0 186.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 107 6 21 4 3 .871 .947 0.25 0.82 1.31 1.85 0 186
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
1973 AL-.625-8

Saves
1973 AL-18-5

Hit Batsmen
1973 AL-7-8

Games Finished
1973 AL-42-4

Gray Ink: Pitching - 6 (1725) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1971 Season: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Jalisco (Mexican).

March 17, 1975: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Chicago White Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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