Tom Upton

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 160lb (183cm, 72kg)

Born: December 29, 1926 in Esther, MO us

Died: March 24, 2008 in Downey, CA

Buried: Cremated

Schools: Southeast Missouri State University (Cape Girardeau, MO), University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA), Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA), University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)

Debut: April 19, 1950 (Age 23-111d, 10,674th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 30, 1952 (Age 25-123d)
vs. CHW 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: Thomas Herbert Upton

Nicknames: Muscles

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Relatives: Brother of Bill Upton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.8

525

118

.225

RBI

OBP

.313

SLG

.288

OPS

.600

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 19	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
2	3	Apr 22	SLB		CLE	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
3	4	Apr 23 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
4	5	Apr 23 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,5-7	CG	36	7.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
5	6	Apr 25	SLB		DET	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	7	Apr 26	SLB		DET	L,6-8	CG	0	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	20 (12)	May 17	SLB		NYY	L,9-11		0	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	23 (2)	May 21 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,3-8	GF	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	30 (6)	May 28 (2)	SLB		DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
10	31	May 29	SLB		CHW	L,8-12	CG	50	9.0	1	7	1	9	1	SS
11	32	May 30 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,2-14	CG	56	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
12	33	May 30 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,9-12	CG	53	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	34	Jun 1	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-4	GF	12	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
14	35	Jun 2 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	PR SS
15	36	Jun 2 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
16	37	Jun 4 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	2	6	0	SS
17	38	Jun 4 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,6-13	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
18	39	Jun 6	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
19	40	Jun 7	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-20	CG	52	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
20	41	Jun 8	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-29	CG	64	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
21	42	Jun 9	SLB	@	BOS	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
22	43	Jun 10	SLB	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
23	44	Jun 11 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
24	45	Jun 11 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
25	46	Jun 13 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
26	47	Jun 13 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
27	48	Jun 14	SLB		WSH	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
28	49	Jun 15	SLB		WSH	W,16-9	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
29	50	Jun 16	SLB		NYY	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
30	51	Jun 17	SLB		NYY	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
31	52	Jun 18 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,5-15	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
32	53	Jun 18 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,0-9	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
33	54	Jun 20	SLB		PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
34	55	Jun 21	SLB		PHA	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
35	56	Jun 22	SLB		PHA	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
36	57	Jun 23	SLB		BOS	L,9-12	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
37	58	Jun 24	SLB		BOS	L,3-12	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
38	59	Jun 25 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,5-11	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
39	60	Jun 25 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	1	6	1	8	1
40	61	Jun 27	SLB		CLE	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
41	62	Jun 28	SLB		CLE	L,2-18	CG	53	9.0	0	4	1	5	2	SS
42	63	Jun 29	SLB		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
43	64	Jun 30	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	12.2	1	3	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	65	Jul 1	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
45	66	Jul 2 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	4	5	1	10	0	SS
46	67	Jul 2 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	0	10.0	3	4	0	7	0
47	68	Jul 3	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
48	69	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-8	GS	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
49	70	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
50	71	Jul 5	SLB	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
51	72	Jul 7 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
52	73	Jul 7 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
53	74	Jul 8 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
54	75	Jul 8 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
55	76	Jul 9	SLB		CHW	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
56	77	Jul 14 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
57	78	Jul 14 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	4
58	79	Jul 15	SLB	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	3	4	2	9	3	SS
59	80	Jul 16 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-5	GS	27	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
60	81	Jul 16 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,10-8	CG	50	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
61	82	Jul 17	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	5	3	0	8	0	SS
62	83	Jul 18	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-12	CG	45	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
63	84	Jul 19 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-16	CG	53	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
64	85	Jul 19 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
65	86	Jul 21	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
66	87	Jul 22	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	47	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
67	88	Jul 23	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
68	89	Jul 25	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	90	Jul 26	SLB		NYY	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
70	91	Jul 27	SLB		NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	3
71	92	Jul 28	SLB		WSH	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
72	93	Jul 29	SLB		WSH	W,10-9	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
73	94	Jul 30 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
74	95	Jul 30 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,8-13	CG	50	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	96	Aug 1	SLB		BOS	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	1	1	2	4	0
76	97	Aug 2	SLB		BOS	L,8-9	GS	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	101 (3)	Aug 9 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	GS	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	SS
78	102	Aug 9 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
79	103	Aug 10	SLB		CLE	L,4-5	GS	20	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
80	106 (2)	Aug 16 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-2	GS	30	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
81	107	Aug 16 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	GF	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	SS
82	108	Aug 17	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	24	5.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
83	109	Aug 19	SLB	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
84	110	Aug 20 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	34	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
85	111	Aug 20 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,6-2	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
86	112	Aug 21	SLB	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
87	113	Aug 22	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
88	114	Aug 23	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-9	GS	37	7.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
89	115	Aug 24	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	40	8.2	2	5	1	8	1	SS
90	116	Aug 25	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-10	GS	18	3.0	2	0	2	4	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	127 (10)	Sep 4 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
92	128	Sep 4 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
93	129	Sep 5	SLB	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
94	130	Sep 6	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	5	1	0	6	0
95	131	Sep 7	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	3
96	132	Sep 8 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
97	133	Sep 8 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
98	134	Sep 9	SLB	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
99	135	Sep 10	SLB	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
100	136	Sep 12	SLB		PHA	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
101	137	Sep 13	SLB		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
102	138	Sep 14	SLB		BOS	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
103	139	Sep 15	SLB		BOS	L,9-12	CG	49	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
104	140	Sep 16	SLB		BOS	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
105	141	Sep 17 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
106	142	Sep 17 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
107	143	Sep 19	SLB		WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
108	144	Sep 20	SLB		WSH	L,7-12	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
109	145	Sep 23	SLB		CHW	L,5-12	CG	52	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	146	Sep 24 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
111	147	Sep 24 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
112	148	Sep 26 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
113	149	Sep 26 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
114	150	Sep 27	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
115	151	Sep 28	SLB	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	49	11.0	3	5	0	8	1
116	152	Sep 30	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	2	4	1	7	2
117	153	Oct 1 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	38	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
118	154	Oct 1 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,10-6	GS	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
							118gm		979.1	199	333	30	562	65