Tom Johnson vs. Cecil Upshaw — Career Comparison

Tom Johnson
Baby BoomersMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cecil Upshaw
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Tom Johnson a clear advantage over Cecil Upshaw across the core pitching metrics. Tom Johnson led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 144 vs 123), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 115 vs 99), and strikeout rate (K%+ 102 vs 88). Cecil Upshaw held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 120 vs 116). Tom Johnson was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Tom Johnson and Cecil Upshaw

Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
4.25
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.76
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.54
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.46
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.58
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.16
62.16
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.57
48.57
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.72
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.37
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
3.39
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.13
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
820
27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1689
27
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
273.1
9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563
9
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
9.29
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
8.71
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.29
9.29
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.71
8.71
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.63
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.59
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
3.06
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.83
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.56
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.8
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
5.47
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
5.16
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.47
5.47
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.948
0.948
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.888
0.888
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.49
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.29
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.3
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1178
38.79
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2362
37.76
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
2.77
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.68
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
3.85
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.52
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.46
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.34
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.46
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.79
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.372
1.372
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1048
34.51
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2137
34.16
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.79
38.79
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Tom Johnson and Cecil Upshaw

Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
4.25
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
820
27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1690
27
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
273.1
9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563.1
9
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.49
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.45
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.48
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.63
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
2.07
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.24
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.98
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
2.08
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.24
95.24
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.465
0.465
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Johnson and Cecil Upshaw

Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
129
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
2269.57
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
600
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
489.13
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
78.26
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
71.74
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
20.14
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
97.83
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
97.83
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
32.61
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.36
15.41
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
23
150
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA