Kazuhiro Sasaki vs. Cecil Upshaw — Career Comparison

Kazuhiro Sasaki
Gen XJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherRookie of the YearAll-Star
Cecil Upshaw
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Kazuhiro Sasaki a clear advantage over Cecil Upshaw across the core pitching metrics. Kazuhiro Sasaki led in strikeout rate (K%+ 159 vs 88), run prevention (ERA+ 152 vs 107), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 135 vs 99). Cecil Upshaw held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 120 vs 109). Kazuhiro Sasaki was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Kazuhiro Sasaki and Cecil Upshaw

Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
9.19
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348
5.56
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.28
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.54
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.64
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.58
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.43
30.43
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
5.2
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
1.37
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
3.14
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.13
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.201
0.201
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
670
27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1689
27
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
223.1
9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563
9
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
6.65
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
545
8.71
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.65
6.65
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.71
8.71
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.97
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.59
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
3.1
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.83
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.52
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.8
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
9.75
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
5.16
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.75
9.75
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.428
1.428
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.888
0.888
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.6
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.29
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.36
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.32
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
925
37.28
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2362
37.76
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
8.1
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
230
3.68
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
3.63
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.52
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.28
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.36
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.32
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.34
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.084
1.084
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.282
1.282
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
823
33.17
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2137
34.16
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.28
37.28
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Kazuhiro Sasaki and Cecil Upshaw

Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
9.19
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348
5.56
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
670
27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1690
27
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
223.1
9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563.1
9
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.36
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.45
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.81
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.63
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.29
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.24
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.17
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
2.08
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
90.63
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.127
0.127
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.374
0.374
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kazuhiro Sasaki and Cecil Upshaw

Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
228
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
2269.57
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
600
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
489.13
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
78.26
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
71.74
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
20.14
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
97.83
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
97.83
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
32.61
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.36
15.41
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
23
150
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA