Rick Sawyer vs. Cecil Upshaw — Career Comparison

Rick Sawyer
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cecil Upshaw
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rick Sawyer 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 4.49 and 1.717 for Rick Sawyer. By the career numbers, Cecil Upshaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rick Sawyer and Cecil Upshaw

Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
3.32
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.9
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.54
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.54
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.58
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.57
48.57
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.03
27.03
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.37
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
4.49
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.13
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
601
27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1689
27
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
200.1
9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563
9
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
10.29
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
8.71
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.71
8.71
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.76
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.59
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
4.31
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.83
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.85
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.8
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
3.68
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
5.16
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.888
0.888
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.63
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.29
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.32
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
895
40.21
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2362
37.76
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.81
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.68
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
4.85
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.52
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.85
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.34
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.22
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.81
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.622
1.622
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
767
34.46
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2137
34.16
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.21
40.21
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Rick Sawyer and Cecil Upshaw

Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
3.32
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.9
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
601
27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1690
27
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
200.1
9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563.1
9
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.45
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.71
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
1.63
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
2.07
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.24
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.98
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
2.08
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.595
0.595
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.03
27.03
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Sawyer and Cecil Upshaw

Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
74
765.52
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
2269.57
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
58
600
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
600
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
44
455.17
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
489.13
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.578
0.578
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.495
0.495
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
82.76
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
78.26
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
82.76
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
71.74
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
27.66
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.09
20.14
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
82.76
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
97.83
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
155.17
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
15
97.83
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.476
0.476
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
41.38
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
41.38
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
82.76
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
5
32.61
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.65
37.79
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
2.36
15.41
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
72.41
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
103.45
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
23
150
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.8
5.8
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
72.41
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA