Fred Smith vs. Cecil Upshaw — Career Comparison

Fred Smith
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cecil Upshaw
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred 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. Fred Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.85 and WHIP 1.336 compared to 3.13 and 1.371 for Cecil Upshaw. By the career numbers, Fred Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Smith and Cecil Upshaw

Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.95
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.54
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.74
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.58
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.53
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.37
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.85
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
3.13
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
256
27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1689
27
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.1
9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563
9
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
9.49
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
8.71
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.71
8.71
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.32
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.59
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.53
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
2.83
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.8
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.83
2.83
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
5.16
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.504
0.504
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.888
0.888
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.32
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
37.55
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2362
37.76
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.95
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.68
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
4.64
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.52
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.34
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.336
1.336
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
34.59
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2137
34.16
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Fred Smith and Cecil Upshaw

Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.91
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.95
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1690
27
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563.1
9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.64
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.45
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.65
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
1.63
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.49
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
2.24
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.28
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
2.08
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.94
93.94
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.722
1.722
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Smith and Cecil Upshaw

Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
18
372.41
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
2269.57
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
600
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
579.31
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
489.13
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
62.07
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
78.26
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
62.07
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
71.74
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
7.87
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
20.14
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
62.07
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
97.83
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
62.07
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
97.83
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
32.61
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.67
-13.91
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.36
15.41
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
165.52
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
150
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3.63
3.63
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA