Mike Scott vs. Cecil Upshaw — Career Comparison

Mike Scott
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Cecil Upshaw
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mike Scott 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 led in home run suppression (HR9+ 120 vs 94), walk avoidance (BB%+ 123 vs 106), and run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 94). Role difference aside, Cecil Upshaw holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Mike Scott and Cecil Upshaw

Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
1.51
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
1.39
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.54
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.54
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.47
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.58
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.45
53.45
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.57
48.57
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.93
91.93
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.2
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.1
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.37
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
813
3.54
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.13
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6206
27
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1689
27
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068.2
9
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
563
9
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1858
8.08
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
545
8.71
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.71
8.71
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
0.75
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.59
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
2.73
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
2.83
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.23
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.8
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.83
2.83
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1469
6.39
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
5.16
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.39
6.39
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.013
1.013
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.888
0.888
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.17
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8571
37.29
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2362
37.76
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.68
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
908
3.95
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.52
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.44
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.34
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.28
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.53
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.201
1.201
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.282
1.282
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7746
33.7
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2137
34.16
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.29
37.29
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Mike Scott and Cecil Upshaw

Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
1.51
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
1.39
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6206
27
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1690
27
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068.2
9
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
563.1
9
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.68
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.45
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.3
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.63
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
478
2.08
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.24
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.98
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
2.08
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.19
95.19
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.311
1.311
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.93
91.93
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Scott and Cecil Upshaw

Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
348
281.02
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
348
2269.57
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
743
600
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
92
600
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
653
527.32
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
75
489.13
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
65.41
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
78.26
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
52.49
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
71.74
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
11.31
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.62
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
12.92
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.27
13.14
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
20.14
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
81.56
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
97.83
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
87.21
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
97.83
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
26.65
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
36.34
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
61.37
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
5
32.61
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.96
-1.58
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.36
15.41
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
21.8
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
279
225.3
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
150
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
2.66
2.66
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
47.64
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.23
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
9
7.27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.62
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.81
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.42
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA