Pat Caraway vs. Cecil Upshaw — Career Comparison

Pat Caraway
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cecil Upshaw
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Pat Caraway 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 5.35 and 1.542 for Pat Caraway. By the career numbers, Cecil Upshaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pat Caraway and Cecil Upshaw

Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
2.03
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.17
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.41
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.54
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.75
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.58
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.48
35.48
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.41
57.41
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.37
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
5.35
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.13
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1434
27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1689
27
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
478
9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563
9
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
10.21
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
8.71
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.71
8.71
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.64
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.59
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
3.67
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.83
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.8
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
2.84
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
5.16
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.724
0.724
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.888
0.888
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.24
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2154
40.56
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2362
37.76
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.56
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.68
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
328
6.18
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.52
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.34
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.542
1.542
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1946
36.64
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2137
34.16
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.56
40.56
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Pat Caraway and Cecil Upshaw

Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1690
27
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
563.1
9
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.45
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.63
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.24
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
2.08
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.56
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.194
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.374
0.374
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pat Caraway and Cecil Upshaw

Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
109
373.71
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
2269.57
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
600
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
92
600
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
538.29
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
75
489.13
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.503
0.503
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.495
0.495
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
96
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
12
78.26
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
65.14
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
71.74
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
24
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.86
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
30.86
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.39
28.75
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3.09
20.14
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
133.71
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
15
97.83
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
116.57
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
15
97.83
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.29
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
54.86
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
113.14
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
5
32.61
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.73
26.52
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
2.36
15.41
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.57
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
89.14
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
150
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.73
6.73
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
12
41.14
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA