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Willie Upshaw
Willie Clay Upshaw

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

MLB Debut April 9, 1978
Final Game September 28, 1988
Born April 27, 1957 in Blanco, TX (age 66)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1978 21 TOA AL   51  145   18   42   6   3   0   12   2   3   18   17  .290  .368  .372  .741   105    54   0   0   0   0   3  
 1979           [Did not play]
 1980 23 TOA AL    6   10    4    3   1   1   1    2   0   0    1    3  .300  .333  .900 1.233   168     9   0   1   0   0   0  
 1981 24 TOA AL   12   26    3    5   1   0   1    3   1   1    3    3  .192  .276  .346  .622    87     9   0   0   0   0   0  
 1982 25 TOA AL  158  589   72  169  29   8  19   92  17   9   55   80  .287  .344  .460  .804   109   271  11   7   8   0  14  
 1983 26 TOA AL  149  570  105  168  37  10  20  101   3   3   68   99  .295  .372  .500  .872   118   285   8   4   4   5   8  MVP-11
 1984 27 TOA AL  153  595   77  147  26   9  18   65   6   2   41   84  .247  .301  .412  .713    97   245   7   3   3   6   7  
 1985 28 TOA AL  149  485   58  141  30   5  15   62   7   7   28   56  .291  .331  .466  .797   102   226   1   0   1   1  14  
 1986 29 TOA AL   14   55    8   14   2   1   2    4   0   0    4    6  .255  .317  .436  .753   100    24   0   0   0   1   1  
         CHA AL  114  378   46   93  20   3   4   41  12   3   53   51  .246  .340  .347  .687    94   131   2   2   0   2   9  
         TOT     128  433   54  107  22   4   6   45  12   3   57   57  .247  .337  .358  .695         155   2   2   0   3  10 
 1987 30 CHA AL   54  173   28   48   9   2   4   35   1   2   16   18  .277  .340  .422  .762   103    73   0   1   0   1   4  
 1988 31 DEA AL  136  455   44  108  19   3   8   40  11  10   46   62  .237  .310  .345  .655    93   157   5   3   1   3  13  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons      996 3481  463  938 180  45  92  457  60  40  333  479  .269  .335  .426  .761        1484  34  21  17  19  73
 Per 600 PA           537   71  145  28   7  14   71   9   6   51   74                                 229   5   3   3   3  11
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With TOA      692 2475  345  689 132  37  76  341  36  25  218  348  .278  .338  .454  .792        1123  27  15  16  13  47
   With CHA      168  551   74  141  29   5   8   76  13   5   69   69  .256  .340  .370  .710         204   2   3   0   3  13
   With DEA      136  455   44  108  19   3   8   40  11  10   46   62  .237  .310  .345  .655         157   5   3   1   3  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1264 4203  596 1103 199  45 123  528  88  59  452  642  .262  .335  .419  .754        1761  30  28  50  23  60
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1978 21 TOA AL  15   19   4.9   6   1   0  .167   2    4    1  .250    0    0  .000  1B   4e30      139   
 1979           [Did not play]
 1980 23 TOA AL  27    3  11.0   0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  1B   3e22      605   
 1981 24 TOA AL  24    2   3.1   1   0   0  .000   0    2    2 1.000    0    0  .000  1B   3e14       46   
 1982 25 TOA AL  29   91   5.4   1   0   0  .000  11   56   38  .679    0    0  .000  1B   2e18       34   
 1983 26 TOA AL  32  109   6.9   0   0   0  .000  22   60   34  .567    0    0  .000  1B   2e22      -15   
 1984 27 TOA AL  31   75   4.3   3   1   0  .333  14   52   28  .538    0    0  .000  1B   2e16      -96   
 1985 28 TOA AL  20   68   5.1   8   2   0  .250   7   42   28  .667    0    0  .000  1B   2e12        8   
 1986 29 TOA AL  44    7   4.9   0   0   0  .000   0    7    7 1.000    0    0  .000  1B   2e13       44   
         CHA AL   8   47   4.3   8   1   0  .125   6   29   22  .759    0    0  .000  1B   2e13      -22   
         TOT                     8   1   0  .125   6   36   29  .806    0    0  .000
 1987 30 CHA AL  22   24   5.0   4   1   0  .250   4   17   12  .706    0    0  .000  1B   2e11       48   
 1988 31 DEA AL  26   46   3.4   6   1   1  .167   4   13    8  .615    0    0  .000  1B   3e15      -44   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 10 Seasons          496   4.9  37   7   1  .189  70  282  180  .638    0    0  .000                  -8   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 8.8 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 7.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1978 21 TOA AL  1B    16   110     9    2   11   .983    13   118.0   9.08
                 LF     2     3     0    0    0  1.000     2    17.0   1.59
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   2.25
 1979           [Did not play]
 1980 23 TOA AL  1B     3    33     4    0    2  1.000     3    24.2  13.50
 1981 24 TOA AL  1B     6    55     4    0    5  1.000     6    50.1  10.55
                 LF     2     5     0    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   5.00
 1982 25 TOA AL  1B   157  1345   129   11  167   .993   152  1382.1   9.60
 1983 26 TOA AL  1B   149  1353   114   22  133   .985   148  1338.0   9.87
 1984 27 TOA AL  1B   151  1273   122   14  164   .990   148  1341.2   9.36
 1985 28 TOA AL  1B   148  1151    91    7  131   .994   119  1152.2   9.70
 1986 29 TOA AL  1B    14   123    15    0   15  1.000    14   129.0   9.63
         CHA AL  1B   103   847    72    6   76   .994   100   892.2   9.27
 1987 30 CHA AL  1B    53   360    37    4   42   .990    44   398.1   8.97
 1988 31 DEA AL  1B    39   291    30    4   33   .988    36   306.1   9.43
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 1B   839  6941   627   70  779   .991   783  7134.0   9.55
                 LF     5     9     0    0    0  1.000     3    28.0   2.89
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   2.25
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1985 ALCS  TOA SEA   W    4  13  2  4  1  0  0   0  3  1  .308  .438  .385  0
      WS    TOA SDN   W    6  25  3  5  0  1  1   3  1  7  .200  .231  .400  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1978  TOA   52-110  Thomas Treece
 1980  TOA   82-80   Alan Boodman
 1981  TOA   66-96   Alan Boodman
 1982  TOA   88-74   Alan Boodman
 1983  TOA   93-69   Alan Boodman
 1984  TOA   93-69   Alan Boodman
 1985  TOA  101-61   Alan Boodman
 1986  TOA   90-72   Alan Boodman
 1986  CHA   63-99   Ben Lea
 1987  CHA  102-60   Ben Lea
 1988  DEA   68-94   Rob Tomlinson

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