Bud Smith vs. Cecil Upshaw — Career Comparison

Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cecil Upshaw
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bud Smith 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 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Cecil Upshaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Smith and Cecil Upshaw

Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.54
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.58
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.37
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1689
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
8.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.71
8.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.83
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
5.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.888
0.888
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2362
37.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.68
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.34
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2137
34.16
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Bud Smith and Cecil Upshaw

Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1690
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.63
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
2.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Smith and Cecil Upshaw

Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
2269.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
489.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.495
0.495
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
78.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
71.74
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.09
20.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
97.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
97.83
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
32.61
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.36
15.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
23
150
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA