Ben Sheets vs. Cecil Upshaw — Career Comparison

Ben Sheets
Gen XLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Cecil Upshaw
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ben Sheets 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. Ben Sheets led in strikeout rate (K%+ 100 vs 88), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 103 vs 99), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 126 vs 123). Cecil Upshaw held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 120 vs 95). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Ben Sheets.

Pitching Stats for Ben Sheets and Cecil Upshaw

Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
1.41
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.41
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.53
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.54
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.54
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.58
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.47
49.47
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.57
48.57
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.37
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
670
3.78
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.13
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4790
27
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1689
27
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1596.2
9
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
563
9
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
1577
8.89
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
8.71
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.89
8.89
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.71
8.71
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
1.04
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.59
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
2.08
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
2.83
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.16
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.8
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.83
2.83
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1325
7.47
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
5.16
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.47
7.47
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.3
5.3
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.888
0.888
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.3
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.29
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.18
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6640
37.43
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2362
37.76
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.68
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
736
4.15
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.52
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.36
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.34
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.21
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.54
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.219
1.219
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.282
1.282
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6138
34.6
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2137
34.16
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Ben Sheets and Cecil Upshaw

Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
1.41
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.41
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4790
27
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1690
27
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1596.2
9
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
563.1
9
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.65
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.45
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.9
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.63
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.08
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.63
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.24
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
1.54
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
2.08
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.81
94.81
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.096
1.096
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ben Sheets and Cecil Upshaw

Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
250
292.4
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
2269.57
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
513
600
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
92
600
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
449
525.15
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
75
489.13
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.076
0.076
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
39.77
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
78.26
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
36.26
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
71.74
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.51
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.51
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.07
4.76
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
20.14
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
43.27
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
97.83
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
61.99
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
97.83
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.082
0.082
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.072
0.072
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
14.04
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
14.04
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
28.07
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
32.61
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
-16.81
-19.66
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.36
15.41
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
22.22
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
212
247.95
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
150
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
52.63
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.34
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA