Ralph Head vs. Cecil Upshaw — Career Comparison

Ralph Head
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cecil Upshaw
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ralph Head 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 6.66 and 1.829 for Ralph Head. By the career numbers, Cecil Upshaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ralph Head and Cecil Upshaw

Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.38
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.88
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.54
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.61
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.58
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.18
18.18
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.14
37.14
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.37
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
6.66
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.13
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.67
6.67
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.6
6.6
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1689
27
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.1
9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563
9
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
12.58
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
8.71
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.58
12.58
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.71
8.71
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.88
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.59
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
3.88
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.83
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.8
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
5.16
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.888
0.888
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
42.51
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2362
37.76
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.95
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.68
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
7.55
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.52
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.55
7.55
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.34
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.829
1.829
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
38.56
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2137
34.16
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.51
42.51
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Ralph Head and Cecil Upshaw

Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1690
27
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
563.1
9
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.45
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.63
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.24
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
2.08
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.914
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.374
0.374
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ralph Head and Cecil Upshaw

Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
35
488.37
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
2269.57
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
600
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
586.05
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
489.13
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
78.26
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
71.74
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
3.68
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
20.14
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
97.83
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
4
55.81
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
97.83
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
32.61
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.98
-27.64
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.36
15.41
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
167.44
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
150
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
3.58
3.58
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA