Karl Spooner vs. Cecil Upshaw — Career Comparison

Karl Spooner
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cecil Upshaw
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Karl Spooner 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. Karl Spooner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.09 and WHIP 1.149 compared to 3.13 and 1.371 for Cecil Upshaw. By the career numbers, Karl Spooner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Karl Spooner and Cecil Upshaw

Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.39
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.23
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.77
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.54
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.58
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.57
48.57
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.61
51.61
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.37
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
3.09
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
3.13
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1689
27
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.2
9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563
9
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
6.63
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
545
8.71
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.71
8.71
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.62
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.59
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
3.63
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.83
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.8
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
8.1
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
5.16
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.888
0.888
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.39
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.32
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
488
37.65
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2362
37.76
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.77
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.68
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
3.86
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.52
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.34
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.282
1.282
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
436
33.63
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2137
34.16
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.65
37.65
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Karl Spooner and Cecil Upshaw

Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.39
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.23
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1690
27
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.2
9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563.1
9
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.77
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.45
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.85
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.63
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.62
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.24
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.62
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
2.08
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.677
0.677
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.61
51.61
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Karl Spooner and Cecil Upshaw

Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
31
476.92
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
2269.57
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
39
600
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
600
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
523.08
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
489.13
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.782
0.782
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.495
0.495
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
138.46
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
78.26
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
4
61.54
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
71.74
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
76.92
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.94
75.99
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3.09
20.14
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
230.77
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
15
97.83
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
184.62
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
97.83
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.766
0.766
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.72
0.72
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
123.08
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
5
32.61
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.91
75.57
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
2.36
15.41
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
246.15
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
150
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
2.44
2.44
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
30.77
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA