Roy Sanders vs. Cecil Upshaw — Career Comparison

Roy Sanders
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cecil Upshaw
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Roy Sanders 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. Roy Sanders posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.75 and WHIP 1.265 compared to 3.13 and 1.371 for Cecil Upshaw. By the career numbers, Roy Sanders had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Sanders and Cecil Upshaw

Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.59
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.85
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.37
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.54
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.53
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.58
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.18
41.18
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.37
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.37
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.75
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
3.13
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1689
27
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563
9
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
7.78
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
545
8.71
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.78
7.78
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.71
8.71
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.59
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.03
0.03
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
3.6
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.83
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.8
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
3.07
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
5.16
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.741
0.741
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.888
0.888
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.26
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
709
37.54
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2362
37.76
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.74
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.68
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
3.49
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
3.52
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.34
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.282
1.282
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
638
33.78
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2137
34.16
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Roy Sanders and Cecil Upshaw

Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1690
27
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
563.1
9
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.45
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.63
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.24
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
2.08
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.1
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.374
0.374
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Sanders and Cecil Upshaw

Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
31
290.63
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
2269.57
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
64
600
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
600
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
553.13
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
489.13
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.414
0.414
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
8
75
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
78.26
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
6
56.25
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
71.74
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.75
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.75
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.31
21.62
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.09
20.14
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
112.5
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
97.83
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
103.13
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
97.83
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
65.63
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
46.88
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
112.5
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
5
32.61
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
14.65
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.36
15.41
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
28.13
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
84.38
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
23
150
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.11
7.11
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
2
18.75
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA