Jay Hook vs. Cecil Upshaw — Career Comparison

Jay Hook
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cecil Upshaw
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jay Hook 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 led in home run suppression (HR9+ 120 vs 66), run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 75), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 123 vs 101). Role difference aside, Cecil Upshaw holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jay Hook and Cecil Upshaw

Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
1.91
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.34
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.35
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.54
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.74
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.58
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.87
31.87
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.36
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.37
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
437
5.23
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.13
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2258
27
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1689
27
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
752.2
9
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
563
9
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
808
9.66
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
8.71
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.66
9.66
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.71
8.71
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
1.34
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.59
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
275
3.29
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.83
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.8
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
394
4.71
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
5.16
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.888
0.888
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.26
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.36
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.32
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3291
39.35
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2362
37.76
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.24
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.68
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
482
5.76
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.52
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.34
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.439
1.439
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2986
35.71
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2137
34.16
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Jay Hook and Cecil Upshaw

Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
1.91
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.34
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2258
27
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1690
27
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
752.2
9
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
563.1
9
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.86
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.45
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
1.16
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.63
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
2.12
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.24
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
2.02
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
2.08
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.48
95.48
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.056
1.056
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jay Hook and Cecil Upshaw

Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
166
383.08
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
2269.57
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
260
600
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
92
600
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
225
519.23
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
75
489.13
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0.435
0.435
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
78.46
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
12
78.26
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
76.15
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
11
71.74
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.31
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.29
16.82
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
20.14
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
80.77
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
97.83
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
120
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
15
97.83
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0.369
0.369
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
36.92
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
23.08
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
60
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
5
32.61
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.06
13.99
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.36
15.41
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
41.54
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
77
177.69
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
150
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
3.38
3.38
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
36.92
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.62
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA