Jason Johnson vs. Cecil Upshaw — Career Comparison

Jason Johnson
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cecil Upshaw
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jason Johnson 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 walk avoidance (BB%+ 123 vs 89), home run suppression (HR9+ 120 vs 94), and run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 92). Role difference aside, Cecil Upshaw holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jason Johnson and Cecil Upshaw

Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
1.69
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
1.47
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.37
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.54
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.66
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.58
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.9
35.9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.67
86.67
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.37
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
753
4.99
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.13
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4071
27
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1689
27
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1357
9
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
563
9
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1521
10.09
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
8.71
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.09
10.09
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.71
8.71
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.2
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.59
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
3.3
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.83
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.8
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
810
5.37
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
5.16
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.37
5.37
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.964
0.964
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.888
0.888
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.43
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.29
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.38
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.32
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5996
39.77
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2362
37.76
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.68
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
831
5.51
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.52
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.31
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.94
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.488
1.488
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5368
35.6
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2137
34.16
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.77
39.77
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Jason Johnson and Cecil Upshaw

Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
1.69
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
1.47
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4071
27
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1690
27
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1357
9
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
563.1
9
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.38
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.45
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
0.88
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.63
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
1.37
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.24
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
1.26
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
2.08
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.79
91.79
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.745
0.745
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.67
86.67
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jason Johnson and Cecil Upshaw

Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
255
4026.32
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
348
2269.57
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
38
600
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
600
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
505.26
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
489.13
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
78.26
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
71.74
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.38
21.86
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.09
20.14
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
94.74
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
97.83
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
78.95
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
97.83
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
32.61
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.25
-3.88
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.36
15.41
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
315.79
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
150
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.9
1.9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
63.16
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA