Tommy Johnson vs. Cecil Upshaw — Career Comparison

Tommy Johnson
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cecil Upshaw
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tommy 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 posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.13 and WHIP 1.371 compared to 4.79 and 1.660 for Tommy Johnson. By the career numbers, Cecil Upshaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tommy Johnson and Cecil Upshaw

Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.88
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.07
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.36
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.54
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.65
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.58
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.48
35.48
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.9
56.9
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.36
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.37
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
4.79
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.13
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
835
27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1689
27
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
278.1
9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563
9
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
346
11.19
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
8.71
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.19
11.19
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.71
8.71
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.29
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.59
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
3.72
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.83
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.8
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
3.33
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
5.16
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.783
0.783
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.888
0.888
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.26
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1283
41.49
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2362
37.76
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.65
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.68
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
6.53
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.52
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.53
6.53
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.65
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.34
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.71
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.656
1.656
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1139
36.83
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2137
34.16
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.49
41.49
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Tommy Johnson and Cecil Upshaw

Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.89
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.09
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
841
27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1690
27
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
280.1
9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563.1
9
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.45
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
2.89
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
1.63
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
3.66
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
2.24
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
3.27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
2.08
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
89.47
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.729
1.729
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.63
57.63
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tommy Johnson and Cecil Upshaw

Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
61
323.89
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
2269.57
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
92
600
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
562.83
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
75
489.13
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
69.03
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
78.26
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
58.41
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
71.74
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
13.33
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
20.14
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
15
79.65
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
97.83
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
95.58
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
97.83
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.24
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.93
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
5
32.61
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
1.28
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.36
15.41
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.55
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
23
150
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.5
56.5
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA