Steve Shields vs. Cecil Upshaw — Career Comparison

Steve Shields
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cecil Upshaw
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Cecil Upshaw a clear advantage over Steve Shields across the core pitching metrics. Cecil Upshaw led in home run suppression (HR9+ 120 vs 79), run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 82), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 123 vs 102). Cecil Upshaw was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Steve Shields and Cecil Upshaw

Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
4.19
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.33
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.54
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.33
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.58
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.57
48.57
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.88
5.88
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.37
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
5.26
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.13
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1689
27
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563
9
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
11.05
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
8.71
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.71
8.71
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
1.32
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.59
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
3.74
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.83
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.53
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.8
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
5.18
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
5.16
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.18
5.18
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.991
0.991
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.888
0.888
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.62
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.29
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
991
40.73
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2362
37.76
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.32
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.68
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
6
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.52
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.53
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.34
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.48
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.644
1.644
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
874
35.92
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2137
34.16
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.73
40.73
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Steve Shields and Cecil Upshaw

Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
4.19
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1690
27
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563.1
9
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.74
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.45
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.99
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.63
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.81
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.24
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.73
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
2.08
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.45
95.45
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.412
0.412
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.88
5.88
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Shields and Cecil Upshaw

Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
102
3060
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
348
2269.57
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
600
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
570
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
489.13
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
78.26
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
71.74
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
8.92
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
20.14
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
97.83
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
3
90
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
97.83
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
32.61
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-8.67
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.36
15.41
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
210
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
150
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
2.86
2.86
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Shields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Shields
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA