Cal Hogue vs. Cecil Upshaw — Career Comparison

Cal Hogue
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cecil Upshaw
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cal Hogue 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 4.91 and 1.804 for Cal Hogue. By the career numbers, Cecil Upshaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cal Hogue and Cecil Upshaw

Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.98
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.27
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.54
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.79
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.58
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
64
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.37
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
4.91
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.13
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.14
6.14
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
341
27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1689
27
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
113.2
9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563
9
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
8.63
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
545
8.71
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.71
8.71
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.95
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.59
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
7.6
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.83
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.8
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.6
7.6
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
4.04
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
5.16
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.888
0.888
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.4
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.32
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
530
41.96
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2362
37.76
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.4
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.68
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
5.94
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.52
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.34
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.804
1.804
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
429
33.97
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2137
34.16
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.96
41.96
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Cal Hogue and Cecil Upshaw

Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
20.45
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348
5.56
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.64
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1690
27
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563.1
9
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
4.09
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.45
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
11.45
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
1.63
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.64
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
17.18
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
2.24
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
15.55
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
2.08
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.48
90.48
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.64
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cal Hogue and Cecil Upshaw

Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
25
416.67
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
2269.57
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
600
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
533.33
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
489.13
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
100
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
78.26
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
71.74
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.26
21.04
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.09
20.14
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
116.67
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
97.83
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
116.67
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
97.83
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
100
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
5
32.61
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.08
17.95
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.36
15.41
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
133.33
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
23
150
Cal Hogue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.5
4.5
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Hogue
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA