Ernie Shore vs. Cecil Upshaw — Career Comparison

Ernie Shore
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cecil Upshaw
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ernie Shore 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. Ernie Shore posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.47 and WHIP 1.201 compared to 3.13 and 1.371 for Cecil Upshaw. By the career numbers, Ernie Shore had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ernie Shore and Cecil Upshaw

Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
1.47
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
1.11
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.6
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.54
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.4
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.58
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.19
60.19
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.57
48.57
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.63
75.63
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.51
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.37
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
2.47
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
3.13
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2938
27
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1689
27
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
979.1
9
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
563
9
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
906
8.33
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
545
8.71
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.33
8.33
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.71
8.71
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.11
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.59
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
2.48
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
2.83
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.8
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.83
2.83
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
2.84
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
5.16
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.888
0.888
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.15
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.25
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3987
36.64
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2362
37.76
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.21
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.68
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.43
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
3.52
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.34
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.201
1.201
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.282
1.282
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3690
33.91
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2137
34.16
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.64
36.64
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Ernie Shore and Cecil Upshaw

Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1690
27
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
563.1
9
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.45
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
357
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.63
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
432
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.24
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
412
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
2.08
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.37
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.575
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.374
0.374
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ernie Shore and Cecil Upshaw

Ernie Shore
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 600 PA
160
270.42
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
2269.57
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
355
600
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
92
600
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
322
544.23
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
75
489.13
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.362
0.362
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
65.92
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
78.26
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
50.7
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
71.74
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
13.52
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.69
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
15.21
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.3
14.02
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
20.14
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
82.82
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
97.83
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
91.27
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
97.83
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.312
0.312
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
23.66
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
28.73
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
52.39
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
5
32.61
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.41
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.36
15.41
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.38
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
21.97
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 600 PA
117
197.75
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
150
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
3.03
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
30.42
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Shore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Shore
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA