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Cecil Upshaw

Cecil Lee Upshaw

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Braves/Yankees/Astros/WhiteSox/Indians 1966-1975

Final Game: September 28, 1975
Died: February 7, 1995 in Lawrenceville, GA
Buried: Eternal Hills Memory Gardens, Snellville, GA
Relatives: Cousin of George Stone
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:55AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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 1 185 131 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 2 467 123 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 5 437 126 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 2 227 104 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 76 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 45 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 82 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 0 276 118 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 36 113 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 0 240 119 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 2 208 122 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 116 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 36 113 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 0 240 119 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 82 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 2 208 122 1.479 9.3 1.0 4.0 4.2 1.05
NL (7 yrs) NL 32 29 .525 3.13 276 0 193 0 0 79 448.0 433 172 156 30 128 43 267 13 1 16 1878 112 1.252 8.7 0.6 2.6 5.4 2.09
AL (2 yrs) AL 2 7 .222 3.13 72 0 36 0 0 7 115.0 112 48 40 7 49 7 56 7 0 2 484 120 1.400 8.8 0.5 3.8 4.4 1.14

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1966 23 ATL NL 3.0 0 0 2 0 .0 2 0.1 $
1967 24 ATL NL 45.1 0 14 25 -1 1.6 11 1.1 $
1968 25 ATL NL 116.2 0 41 54 0 1.2 13 0.9 $
1969 26 ATL NL 105.1 0 36 53 4 1.7 17 1.6 $
1971 28 ATL NL 82.0 0 33 48 -3 2.2 15 1.6 $
1972 29 ATL NL 53.2 0 22 32 -2 1.6 10 0.8 $
1973 30 ATL NL 3.2 0 5 2 0 .6 -3 -0.2 $
1973 30 HOU NL 38.1 0 21 22 0 .8 1 -0.2 $
1974 31 CLE AL 8.0 0 4 4 0 1.3 0 0.0 $
1974 31 NYY AL 59.2 0 25 31 1 1.1 6 0.3 $
1975 32 CHW AL 47.1 0 19 30 -1 .8 11 0.6 $
9 Seasons 563.0 0 220 303 -2 1.4 83 6.6 $
ATL (7 yrs) 409.2 0 151 216 -2 1.6 65 5.9 $
CLE (1 yr) 8.0 0 4 4 0 1.3 0 0.0 $
NYY (1 yr) 59.2 0 25 31 1 1.1 6 0.3 $
HOU (1 yr) 38.1 0 21 22 0 .8 1 -0.2 $
CHW (1 yr) 47.1 0 19 30 -1 .8 11 0.6 $

Postseason Pitching

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

More Stats

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 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 31 CLE AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1974 31 NYY AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 32 CHW AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Seasons 348 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 43 35 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .160 .192 .200 .392 12 7 0 0 7 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
CLE (1 yr) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 36 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
CHW (1 yr) 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1966 23 ATL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1967 24 ATL NL 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1968 25 ATL NL 30 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1969 26 ATL NL 24 -1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
1971 28 ATL NL 17 -4 0 0 0 0 1 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $30,000 1
1972 29 ATL NL 8 -1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1973 30 HOU NL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
7 Seasons 92 -9 0 1 0 0 7 2 1 -0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $30,000
ATL (6 yrs) 90 -8 0 1 0 0 7 2 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $30,000
HOU (1 yr) 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

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

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1966 ATL NL 23 P 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.00 0 0 0
1967 ATL NL 24 P 30 0 0 45.1 11 2 8 1 0 .909 1.99 0.33 .960 2.01 2.00 5 1 17% 0
1968 ATL NL 25 P 52 0 0 116.2 26 6 19 1 0 .962 1.93 0.48 .958 2.01 2.02 12 2 14% 0
1969 ATL NL 26 P 62 0 0 105.1 28 6 21 1 1 .964 2.31 0.44 .958 1.95 1.94 3 2 40% 1
1971 ATL NL 28 P 49 0 0 82.0 15 3 11 1 0 .933 1.54 0.29 .954 1.90 1.90 9 0 0% 0
1972 ATL NL 29 P 42 0 0 53.2 15 2 12 1 0 .933 2.35 0.33 .950 1.78 1.78 6 0 0% 0
1973 TOT NL 30 P 40 0 0 42.0 13 3 10 0 0 1.000 2.79 0.33 .950 1.89 1.88 8 2 20% 0
1973 ATL NL 30 P 5 0 0 3.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.45 0.20 .950 1.96 1.88 1 0 0% 0
1973 HOU NL 30 P 35 0 0 38.1 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 2.82 0.34 .950 1.88 1.88 7 2 22% 0
1974 TOT AL 31 P 43 0 0 67.2 22 6 13 3 1 .864 2.53 0.44 .947 1.81 1.80 8 4 33% 1
1974 CLE AL 31 P 7 0 0 8.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.12 0.14 .945 1.80 1.80 3 0 0% 0
1974 NYY AL 31 P 36 0 0 59.2 20 6 12 2 1 .900 2.72 0.50 .947 1.81 1.80 5 4 44% 1
1975 CHW AL 32 P 29 0 0 47.1 10 0 8 2 1 .800 1.52 0.28 .940 1.86 1.86 11 2 15% 0
9 Seasons P 348 0 0 563.0 140 28 102 10 3 .929 2.08 0.37 .953 1.92 1.90 62 13 17% 2
9 Seasons TOT 348 0 0 563.0 140 28 102 10 3 .929 2.08 0.37 .953 1.92 1.90 62 13 17% 2
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (156th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1968 NL  35 (8th)
1969 NL  47 (3rd)
1971 NL  41 (5th)
Career  229 (190th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 17 (1173), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1554), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (737), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197128Atlanta Braves$30,0003/18/72 TSN
197330Atlanta Braves$37,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197431Cleveland Indians$38,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$105,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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