Bill Harvey vs. Cecil Upshaw — Career Comparison

Bill Harvey
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Cecil Upshaw
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Harvey 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 5.21 and 1.482 for Bill Harvey. By the career numbers, Cecil Upshaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Harvey and Cecil Upshaw

Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
1.93
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.01
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.54
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.67
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.58
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.29
52.29
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.58
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.37
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
295
5.21
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.13
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1528
27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1689
27
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
509.1
9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563
9
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
549
9.7
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
8.71
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.7
9.7
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.71
8.71
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.59
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
3.59
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.83
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.8
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
4.26
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
5.16
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.872
0.872
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.888
0.888
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2298
40.61
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2362
37.76
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.6
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.68
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
6.33
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.52
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.33
6.33
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.83
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.34
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.6
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.476
1.476
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2028
35.84
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2137
34.16
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.61
40.61
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Bill Harvey and Cecil Upshaw

Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
1.65
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.04
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2695
27
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1690
27
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
898.1
9
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
563.1
9
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.19
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.45
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.64
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.63
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.2
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
3.04
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
2.24
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.84
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
2.08
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.4
93.4
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.715
1.715
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.03
63.03
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.1
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Harvey and Cecil Upshaw

Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 600 PA
196
263.68
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
2269.57
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
446
600
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
92
600
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
388
521.97
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
75
489.13
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.748
0.748
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.495
0.495
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
130.49
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
12
78.26
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
87.44
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
11
71.74
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
24.22
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.42
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.42
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
43.05
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.072
0.072
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.52
74.69
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3.09
20.14
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
201.79
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
15
97.83
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
197.76
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
15
97.83
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.722
0.722
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.705
0.705
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
76.68
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
53.81
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
121.08
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
5
32.61
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58.84
79.16
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
2.36
15.41
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.04
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
63.23
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.76
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
23
150
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.75
55.75
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.88
5.88
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 600 PA
8
10.76
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.73
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.73
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA