Ping Gardner vs. Cecil Upshaw — Career Comparison

Ping Gardner
Lost GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightNorth AmericaHarrisburg GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cecil Upshaw
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ping Gardner 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 4.96 and 1.428 for Ping Gardner. By the career numbers, Cecil Upshaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ping Gardner and Cecil Upshaw

Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
1.46
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.08
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.51
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.54
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.57
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.58
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.13
47.13
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.73
73.73
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.71
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.37
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
400
4.96
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.13
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2177
27
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1689
27
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
725.2
9
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
563
9
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
775
9.61
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
8.71
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.61
9.61
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.71
8.71
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.43
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.59
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
3.24
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.83
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.8
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
3.52
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
5.16
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.888
0.888
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.48
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.32
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2636
32.69
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2362
37.76
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.2
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.68
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
464
5.75
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.52
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.97
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.34
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.46
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.428
1.428
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2258
28
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2137
34.16
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.69
32.69
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Ping Gardner and Cecil Upshaw

Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
1.82
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.32
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1798
27
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1690
27
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
599.1
9
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
563.1
9
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.26
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.45
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
2.64
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.63
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.14
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
3.03
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
2.24
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.9
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
2.08
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.595
1.595
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ping Gardner and Cecil Upshaw

Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
123
230.63
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
2269.57
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
320
600
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
92
600
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
284
532.5
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
75
489.13
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.534
0.534
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.495
0.495
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
108.75
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
12
78.26
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
91.88
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
11
71.74
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
15
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.88
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
16.88
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.35
32.52
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3.09
20.14
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
127.5
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
15
97.83
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
138.75
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
15
97.83
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
58.13
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
26.25
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
84.38
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
5
32.61
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.7
36.95
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
2.36
15.41
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
30
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.13
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
23
150
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.71
45.71
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.29
2.29
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
37.5
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.88
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ping Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.88
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ping Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA