Al Piechota vs. Cecil Upshaw — Career Comparison

Al Piechota
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cecil Upshaw
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Al Piechota 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 5.66 and 1.774 for Al Piechota. By the career numbers, Cecil Upshaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Piechota and Cecil Upshaw

Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
3.19
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.16
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.54
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.73
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.58
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.36
36.36
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.29
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.37
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
5.66
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.13
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1689
27
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563
9
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
9.87
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
8.71
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.87
9.87
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.71
8.71
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.87
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.59
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
6.1
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.83
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.8
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.61
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
5.16
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.968
0.968
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.888
0.888
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
42.53
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2362
37.76
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.02
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.68
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
6.53
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.52
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.53
6.53
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.34
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.774
1.774
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
36.44
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2137
34.16
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.53
42.53
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Al Piechota and Cecil Upshaw

Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1690
27
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
563.1
9
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.45
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.63
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.24
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
2.08
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.636
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.374
0.374
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Piechota and Cecil Upshaw

Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
22
550
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
2269.57
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
600
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
500
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
489.13
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.495
0.495
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
78.26
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
71.74
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
33.94
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.09
20.14
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
97.83
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
175
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
97.83
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
125
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
5
32.61
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.79
44.7
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.36
15.41
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
23
150
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA