Cecil Upshaw
Cecil Lee Upshaw Jr.
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 22, 1942 in Spearsville, LA
High School: Bossier City (Bossier City, LA)
School: Centenary College of Louisiana
Signed
by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 1, 1966
Final Game: September 28, 1975
Died: February 7, 1995 in Lawrenceville, GA
Relatives: Cousin of George Stone
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1966 23 ATL NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 11 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 6.0 0.67
1967 24 ATL NL 2 3 .400 2.58 30 0 20 0 0 8 45.1 42 14 13 4 8 4 31 4 0 1 185 130 1.103 8.3 0.8 1.6 6.2 3.88
1968 25 ATL NL 8 7 .533 2.47 52 0 35 0 0 13 116.2 98 41 32 6 24 7 74 4 0 2 467 122 1.046 7.6 0.5 1.9 5.7 3.08
1969 26 ATL NL 6 4 .600 2.91 62 0 47 0 0 27 105.1 102 36 34 7 29 6 57 1 0 5 437 125 1.244 8.7 0.6 2.5 4.9 1.97
1971 28 ATL NL 11 6 .647 3.51 49 0 41 0 0 17 82.0 95 33 32 5 28 12 56 2 1 2 364 106 1.500 10.4 0.5 3.1 6.1 2.00
1972 29 ATL NL 3 5 .375 3.69 42 0 29 0 0 13 53.2 50 22 22 5 19 9 23 1 0 2 227 103 1.286 8.4 0.8 3.2 3.9 1.21
1973 30 TOT NL 2 4 .333 4.93 40 0 21 0 0 1 42.0 46 26 23 3 17 5 24 1 0 3 187 74 1.500 9.9 0.6 3.6 5.1 1.41
1973 30 ATL NL 0 1 .000 9.82 5 0 4 0 0 0 3.2 8 5 4 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 21 40 2.727 19.6 0.0 4.9 7.4 1.50
1973 30 HOU NL 2 3 .400 4.46 35 0 17 0 0 1 38.1 38 21 19 3 15 4 21 1 0 3 166 81 1.383 8.9 0.7 3.5 4.9 1.40
1974 31 TOT AL 1 6 .143 3.06 43 0 22 0 0 6 67.2 63 29 23 2 28 4 34 3 0 0 276 116 1.345 8.4 0.3 3.7 4.5 1.21
1974 31 CLE AL 0 1 .000 3.38 7 0 5 0 0 0 8.0 10 4 3 1 4 1 7 0 0 0 36 107 1.750 11.3 1.1 4.5 7.9 1.75
1974 31 NYY AL 1 5 .167 3.02 36 0 17 0 0 6 59.2 53 25 20 1 24 3 27 3 0 0 240 118 1.291 8.0 0.2 3.6 4.1 1.13
1975 32 CHW AL 1 1 .500 3.23 29 0 14 0 0 1 47.1 49 19 17 5 21 3 22 4 0 2 208 121 1.479 9.3 1.0 4.0 4.2 1.05
9 Seasons 34 36 .486 3.13 348 0 229 0 0 86 563.0 545 220 196 37 177 50 323 20 1 18 2362 113 1.282 8.7 0.6 2.8 5.2 1.82
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .486 3.13 68 0 45 0 0 17 110 106 43 38 7 35 10 63 4 0 4 462 113 1.282 8.7 0.6 2.8 5.2 1.82
ATL (7 yrs) 30 26 .536 3.01 241 0 176 0 0 78 409.2 395 151 137 27 113 39 246 12 1 13 1712 115 1.240 8.7 0.6 2.5 5.4 2.18
CLE (1 yr) 0 1 .000 3.38 7 0 5 0 0 0 8.0 10 4 3 1 4 1 7 0 0 0 36 107 1.750 11.3 1.1 4.5 7.9 1.75
NYY (1 yr) 1 5 .167 3.02 36 0 17 0 0 6 59.2 53 25 20 1 24 3 27 3 0 0 240 118 1.291 8.0 0.2 3.6 4.1 1.13
HOU (1 yr) 2 3 .400 4.46 35 0 17 0 0 1 38.1 38 21 19 3 15 4 21 1 0 3 166 81 1.383 8.9 0.7 3.5 4.9 1.40
CHW (1 yr) 1 1 .500 3.23 29 0 14 0 0 1 47.1 49 19 17 5 21 3 22 4 0 2 208 121 1.479 9.3 1.0 4.0 4.2 1.05
NL (7 yrs) 32 29 .525 3.13 276 0 193 0 0 79 448.0 433 172 156 30 128 43 267 13 1 16 1878 111 1.252 8.7 0.6 2.6 5.4 2.09
AL (2 yrs) 2 7 .222 3.13 72 0 36 0 0 7 115.0 112 48 40 7 49 7 56 7 0 2 484 118 1.400 8.8 0.5 3.8 4.4 1.14

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1969 26 ATL NL NLCS L NYM 0 0 2.84 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 24 0.947 7.1 1.4 1.4 5.7 4.00
1 NLCS 0 0 2.84 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 24 0.947 7.1 1.4 1.4 5.7 4.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1966 23 ATL NL 1 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000 .273 .000 .273 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1967 24 ATL NL 30 185 170 14 42 4 2 4 5 1 8 31 .247 .295 .365 .660 .279 62 2 4 2 1 4
1968 25 ATL NL 52 467 428 41 98 13 6 6 12 2 24 74 .229 .275 .329 .605 .263 141 10 4 9 2 7
1969 26 ATL NL 62 437 394 36 102 8 1 7 3 2 29 57 .259 .309 .338 .647 .285 133 10 1 10 3 6
1971 28 ATL NL 49 364 325 33 95 15 2 5 9 0 28 56 .292 .349 .397 .746 .337 129 8 2 6 3 12
1972 29 ATL NL 42 227 201 22 50 8 2 5 6 0 19 23 .249 .315 .383 .698 .259 77 2 1 5 1 9
1973 30 TOT NL 40 187 165 26 46 8 1 3 8 2 17 24 .279 .348 .394 .742 .309 65 3 1 3 1 5
1973 30 ATL NL 5 21 18 5 8 2 0 0 1 0 2 3 .444 .476 .556 1.032 .500 10 0 0 0 1 1
1973 30 HOU NL 35 166 147 21 38 6 1 3 7 2 15 21 .259 .331 .374 .705 .285 55 3 1 3 0 4
1974 31 TOT AL 43 276 238 29 63 8 2 2 8 4 28 34 .265 .347 .340 .687 .299 81 11 3 5 2 4
1974 31 CLE AL 7 36 29 4 10 2 0 1 3 0 4 7 .345 .400 .517 .917 .391 15 1 0 1 2 1
1974 31 NYY AL 36 240 209 25 53 6 2 1 5 4 24 27 .254 .339 .316 .655 .287 66 10 3 4 0 3
1975 32 CHW AL 29 208 181 19 49 2 0 5 11 2 21 22 .271 .359 .365 .724 .286 66 7 4 2 0 3
9 Seasons 348 2362 2110 220 545 66 16 37 62 13 177 323 .258 .320 .357 .677 .288 754 54 20 42 13 50
162 Game Avg. 68 462 412 43 106 13 3 7 12 3 35 63 .258 .320 .357 .677 .288 147 11 4 8 3 10
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1966 23 ATL NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0.019 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 9.0
1967 24 ATL NL 30 30 20 2 3 10 8 2 80% 10 0 27 10 37% 8 1.674 13 3 14 11 7 12 16 14 15 6 16 6 4.5
1968 25 ATL NL 52 52 35 8 7 13 13 2 100% 14 0 37 11 30% 8 1.359 23 8 15 15 12 19 23 23 36 6 34 4 6.7
1969 26 ATL NL 62 62 47 6 4 32 27 5 84% 34 1 59 19 32% 8 1.817 34 12 16 36 9 17 36 26 37 11 39 12 5.1
1971 28 ATL NL 49 49 41 11 6 24 17 9 71% 24 0 39 13 33% 8 2.341 30 7 9 28 9 9 24 22 27 13 27 9 5.0
1972 29 ATL NL 42 42 29 3 5 15 13 2 87% 15 0 41 16 39% 8 1.607 21 5 15 15 8 18 22 19 19 13 20 6 3.8
1973 30 TOT NL 40 40 21 2 4 1 1 0 100% 3 0 34 17 50% 0.811 10 4 23 3 7 29 20 19 11 20 11 10 3.2
1973 30 ATL NL 5 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 8 0.677 1 1 2 0 1 4 2 3 0 3 0 0 2.2
1973 30 HOU NL 35 35 17 2 3 1 1 0 100% 3 0 30 13 43% 9 0.828 9 3 21 3 6 25 18 16 11 17 11 10 3.3
1974 31 TOT AL 43 43 22 1 6 10 6 4 60% 14 4 49 17 35% 1.208 19 10 14 16 6 21 30 13 24 12 27 8 4.7
1974 31 CLE AL 7 7 5 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 10 5 50% 7 1.423 4 1 2 3 1 3 6 1 3 3 4 2 3.4
1974 31 NYY AL 36 36 17 1 5 9 6 3 67% 12 3 39 12 31% 7 1.176 15 9 12 13 5 18 24 12 21 9 23 6 5.0
1975 32 CHW AL 29 29 14 1 1 3 1 2 33% 6 2 39 10 26% 7 0.795 6 5 17 8 1 20 22 7 15 10 18 6 4.9
9 Seasons 348 348 229 34 36 108 86 26 80% 120 7 326 114 35% 1.521 156 54 124 132 59 146 194 143 185 91 193 61 4.9

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1966 23 ATL NL 11 18% 0.0% 18.2% 27.3% 0.0% 2.50 55% 2 1 50%
1967 24 ATL NL 185 39% 2.2% 16.8% 4.3% 5.4% 24% 1.40 74% 39 2 5%
1968 25 ATL NL 467 34% 1.3% 15.9% 5.1% 5.4% 26% 1.70 75% 82 10 12%
1969 26 ATL NL 437 40% 1.6% 13.0% 6.6% 3.7% 16% 1.79 76% 106 10 9%
1971 28 ATL NL 364 43% 1.4% 15.4% 7.7% 6.0% 23% 1.43 73% 77 8 10%
1972 29 ATL NL 227 34% 2.2% 10.1% 8.4% 6.6% 30% 1.53 77% 45 2 4%
1973 30 TOT NL 187 40% 1.6% 12.8% 9.1% 6.4% 26% 1.39 74% 36 3 8%
1973 30 ATL NL 21 33% 0.0% 14.3% 9.5% 9.5% 25% 0.60 76% 6 0 0%
1973 30 HOU NL 166 41% 1.8% 12.7% 9.0% 6.0% 26% 1.50 74% 30 3 10%
1974 31 TOT AL 276 34% 0.7% 12.3% 10.1% 4.4% 19% 1.69 74% 71 11 15%
1974 31 CLE AL 36 44% 2.8% 19.4% 11.1% 8.3% 30% 1.67 64% 9 1 11%
1974 31 NYY AL 240 32% 0.4% 11.3% 10.0% 3.8% 17% 1.70 75% 62 10 16%
1975 32 CHW AL 208 35% 2.4% 10.6% 10.1% 3.4% 14% 1.80 74% 53 7 13%
9 Seasons 2362 37% 1.6% 13.7% 7.5% 5.0% 22% 1.61 75% 511 54 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1966 23 ATL NL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1967 24 ATL NL 185 42 4 1 6 1 3 1 3 18 6 5 33% 1 1 0 78 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1968 25 ATL NL 425 98 6 0 6 3 3 4 2 20 11 2 55% 7 2 1 167 12 2 86% 10 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 42
1969 26 ATL NL 401 102 7 0 20 3 4 2 5 34 14 3 41% 5 5 1 186 3 2 60% 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 10 36
1971 28 ATL NL 351 95 5 0 20 2 3 2 3 32 16 4 50% 5 2 3 155 9 0 100% 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 13
1972 29 ATL NL 224 50 5 0 12 4 1 4 1 25 10 3 40% 2 2 1 88 6 0 100% 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 3
1973 30 TOT NL 184 46 3 0 8 2 1 0 3 19 8 3 42% 3 3 0 74 8 2 80% 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 3
1973 30 ATL NL 21 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 12 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 30 HOU NL 163 38 3 0 7 2 1 0 3 16 6 3 38% 3 3 0 62 7 2 78% 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 3
1974 31 TOT AL 276 63 2 1 8 1 1 2 0 20 8 2 40% 2 0 0 122 8 4 67% 7 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1974 31 CLE AL 36 10 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 3 1 75% 0 0 0 18 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1974 31 NYY AL 240 53 1 0 7 0 1 1 0 16 5 1 31% 2 0 0 104 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1975 32 CHW AL 208 49 5 0 11 2 3 2 3 14 6 2 43% 4 2 1 97 11 2 85% 8 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
9 Seasons 2265 545 37 2 91 18 19 17 20 184 80 24 43% 29 18 7 972 62 13 83% 50 9 11 1 1 3 5 0 56 97
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1966 23 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 11 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 6.0 0.67
1967 24 2 3 .400 2.42 31 0 20 0 0 8 48.1 42 14 13 4 11 4 33 4 0 2 196 139 1.097 7.8 0.7 2.0 6.1 3.00 139
1968 25 10 10 .500 2.45 83 0 55 0 0 21 165.0 140 55 45 10 35 11 107 8 0 4 663 127 1.061 7.6 0.5 1.9 5.8 3.06 127
1969 26 16 14 .533 2.63 145 0 102 0 0 48 270.1 242 91 79 17 64 17 164 9 0 9 1100 126 1.132 8.1 0.6 2.1 5.5 2.56 126
1970 27 16 14 .533 2.63 145 0 102 0 0 48 270.1 242 91 79 17 64 17 164 9 0 9 1100 126 1.132 8.1 0.6 2.1 5.5 2.56 126
1971 28 27 20 .574 2.84 194 0 143 0 0 65 352.1 337 124 111 22 92 29 220 11 1 11 1464 120 1.218 8.6 0.6 2.4 5.6 2.39 120
1972 29 30 25 .545 2.95 236 0 172 0 0 78 406.0 387 146 133 27 111 38 243 12 1 13 1691 117 1.227 8.6 0.6 2.5 5.4 2.19 117
1973 30 32 29 .525 3.13 276 0 193 0 0 79 448.0 433 172 156 30 128 43 267 13 1 16 1878 111 1.252 8.7 0.6 2.6 5.4 2.09 111
1974 31 33 35 .485 3.12 319 0 215 0 0 85 515.2 496 201 179 32 156 47 301 16 1 16 2154 112 1.264 8.7 0.6 2.7 5.3 1.93 112
1975 32 34 36 .486 3.13 348 0 229 0 0 86 563.0 545 220 196 37 177 50 323 20 1 18 2362 113 1.282 8.7 0.6 2.8 5.2 1.82 113

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1966 23 0 0 0.00 3.0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1.000 0.0 9.0 6.0 0.67 0.0 1
1967 24 2 2 .500 3.21 42.0 45 17 15 4 9 29 4 1.286 9.6 1.9 6.2 3.22 0.9 30
1968 25 6 5 .545 3.42 108.0 110 46 41 7 27 68 4 1.269 9.2 2.3 5.7 2.52 0.6 52
1969 26 6 5 .545 3.33 100.0 106 41 37 7 30 54 1 1.360 9.5 2.7 4.9 1.80 0.6 62
1971 28 4 4 .500 3.92 78.0 98 38 34 5 29 53 2 1.628 11.3 3.3 6.1 1.83 0.6 49
1972 29 2 3 .400 4.00 54.0 54 27 24 5 21 23 1 1.389 9.0 3.5 3.8 1.10 0.8 42
1973 30 1 3 .250 5.62 40.0 48 28 25 3 18 23 1 1.650 10.8 4.1 5.2 1.28 0.7 40
1974 31 3 3 .500 4.12 59.0 66 30 27 2 29 30 3 1.610 10.1 4.4 4.6 1.03 0.3 43
1975 32 2 2 .500 3.68 44.0 51 20 18 5 22 20 4 1.659 10.4 4.5 4.1 0.91 1.0 29
9 Seasons 26 27 .491 3.77 528.0 578 247 221 38 188 302 20 1.451 9.9 5.1 1.61 0.6 348

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1971 NL--.647--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1968 NL--52--10th
1969 NL--62--6th

Saves s c a p y
1968 NL--13--5th
1969 NL--27--2nd
1971 NL--17--5th
1972 NL--13--9th
Career--86--147th

Games Finished s c a p y
1968 NL--35--8th
1969 NL--47--3rd
1971 NL--41--5th
Career--229--180th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 17 (1151), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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