Tom Sunkel vs. Cecil Upshaw — Career Comparison

Tom Sunkel
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cecil Upshaw
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tom Sunkel 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 4.53 and 1.593 for Tom Sunkel. By the career numbers, Cecil Upshaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Sunkel and Cecil Upshaw

Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
2.57
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.18
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.54
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.61
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.58
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.03
46.03
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.37
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
4.53
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.13
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
27
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1689
27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
220.1
9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563
9
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
8.9
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
8.71
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.71
8.71
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.45
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.59
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
5.43
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.83
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.8
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
4.57
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
5.16
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.888
0.888
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.29
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1001
40.89
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2362
37.76
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.78
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.68
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
5.15
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.52
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.34
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.593
1.593
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
866
35.37
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2137
34.16
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.89
40.89
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Tom Sunkel and Cecil Upshaw

Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1690
27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
563.1
9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.45
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.63
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.24
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
2.08
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.55
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.46
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.374
0.374
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Sunkel and Cecil Upshaw

Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
63
547.83
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
2269.57
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
600
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
573.91
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
489.13
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
12
78.26
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
104.35
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
11
71.74
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.45
29.97
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3.09
20.14
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
139.13
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
15
97.83
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
130.43
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
15
97.83
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
78.26
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
5
32.61
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.56
30.96
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
2.36
15.41
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
191.3
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
150
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
3.14
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.39
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA