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

Born: October 22, 1942 in Spearsville, LA
Schools: 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

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1966 23 ATL NL 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 453 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1967 24 ATL NL 30 10 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .167 .375 .167 .542 62 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1968 25 ATL NL 52 30 23 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .174 .208 .174 .382 16 4 0 0 6 0 0 1
1969 26 ATL NL 62 24 21 3 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 8 .238 .238 .381 .619 71 8 0 0 3 0 0 1
1971 28 ATL NL 49 17 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 2 0 0 1
1972 29 ATL NL 42 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -21 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1973 30 TOT NL 40 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 30 ATL NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1973 30 HOU NL 35 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 31 TOT AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 31 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Seasons 277 92 75 3 12 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 23 .160 .192 .200 .392 12 15 1 0 14 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 54 44 2 7 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 13 .160 .192 .200 .392 12 9 1 0 8 0 0
ATL (7 yrs) 241 90 73 3 12 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 22 .164 .197 .205 .403 15 15 1 0 14 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 35 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 276 92 75 3 12 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 23 .160 .192 .200 .392 12 15 1 0 14 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 26 ATL NL NLCS NYM L 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1966 ATL NL 23 P 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 0.70
1967 ATL NL 24 P 30 0 45.1 11 2 8 1 0 .909 1.99 0.33 .964 2.01 0.78
1968 ATL NL 25 P 52 0 116.2 26 6 19 1 0 .962 1.93 0.48 .958 2.01 0.85
1969 ATL NL 26 P 62 0 105.1 28 6 21 1 1 .964 2.31 0.44 .957 1.95 0.78
1971 ATL NL 28 P 49 0 82.0 15 3 11 1 0 .933 1.54 0.29 .953 1.90 0.78
1972 ATL NL 29 P 42 0 53.2 15 2 12 1 0 .933 2.35 0.33 .953 1.78 0.73
1973 TOT NL 30 P 40 0 42.0 13 3 10 0 0 1.000 2.79 0.33 .946 1.89 0.73
1973 ATL NL 30 P 5 0 3.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.45 0.20 .900 1.96 0.72
1973 HOU NL 30 P 35 0 38.1 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 2.82 0.34 .950 1.88 0.73
1974 TOT AL 31 P 43 0 67.2 22 6 13 3 1 .864 2.53 0.44 .950 1.81 0.83
1974 CLE AL 31 P 7 0 8.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.12 0.14 .950 1.80 0.83
1974 NYY AL 31 P 36 0 59.2 20 6 12 2 1 .900 2.72 0.50 .950 1.81 0.83
1975 CHW AL 32 P 29 0 47.1 10 0 8 2 1 .800 1.52 0.28 .950 1.86 0.85
9 Seasons P 348 0 563.0 140 28 102 10 3 .929 2.08 0.37 .954 1.92 0.79
9 Seasons TOT 348 0 563.0 140 28 102 10 3 .929 2.08 0.37 .883 1.92 0.79

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 - 14 (1289), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1491), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

March 3, 1964: Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent.

April 22, 1973: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Houston Astros for Norm Miller.

November 3, 1973: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Cleveland Indians for Jerry Johnson.

April 26, 1974: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Chris Chambliss and Dick Tidrow to the New York Yankees for Fred Beene, Tom Buskey, Steve Kline and Fritz Peterson.

December 5, 1974: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Chicago White Sox for Eddie Leon.

March 30, 1976: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

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