Elden Auker vs. Cecil Upshaw — Career Comparison

Elden Auker
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cecil Upshaw
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Elden Auker built a career as a starting pitcher and Cecil Upshaw as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cecil Upshaw posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.13 and WHIP 1.371 compared to 4.42 and 1.495 for Elden Auker. By the career numbers, Cecil Upshaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Elden Auker and Cecil Upshaw

Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
1.53
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.2
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.6
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.54
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.46
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.58
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.28
56.28
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.57
48.57
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.38
78.38
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.58
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.06
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.37
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
964
4.42
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.13
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5890
27
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1689
27
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1963.1
9
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
563
9
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2230
10.22
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
8.71
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.71
8.71
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.59
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.59
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
706
3.24
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.83
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.8
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
2.72
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
5.16
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.662
0.662
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.888
0.888
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8688
39.83
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2362
37.76
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.18
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.68
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1106
5.07
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.52
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.34
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.495
1.495
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7944
36.42
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2137
34.16
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.83
39.83
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Elden Auker and Cecil Upshaw

Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1690
27
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
563.1
9
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.45
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.63
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
600
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.24
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
2.08
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.67
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.742
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.374
0.374
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Elden Auker and Cecil Upshaw

Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
356
272.45
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
348
2269.57
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
784
600
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
92
600
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
700
535.71
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
75
489.13
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.495
0.495
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
100.26
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
12
78.26
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
77.3
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
11
71.74
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
11.48
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.89
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
4.59
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
22.96
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.05
35.24
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3.09
20.14
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
139.29
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
15
97.83
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
174
133.16
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
15
97.83
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.398
0.398
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
55.87
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
55.1
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
106.38
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
5
32.61
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44.57
34.11
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
2.36
15.41
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
31.38
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
232
177.55
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
150
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
3.38
3.38
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
31.38
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA