Willie Upshaw
Willie Clay Upshaw
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 27, 1957 in Blanco, TX
High School: Blanco (Blanco, TX)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 5th round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1978
Final Game: September 28, 1988
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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
1978 21 TOR AL 95 250 224 26 53 8 2 1 17 4 6 21 35 .237 .298 .304 .602 70 68 4 0 2 3 0 7D3/89
1980 23 TOR AL 34 68 61 10 13 3 1 1 5 1 0 6 14 .213 .284 .344 .628 68 21 0 0 1 0 1 3D/7
1981 24 TOR AL 61 123 111 15 19 3 1 4 10 2 1 11 16 .171 .252 .324 .576 62 36 1 1 0 0 0 D3/97
1982 25 TOR AL 160 646 580 77 155 25 7 21 75 8 8 52 91 .267 .327 .443 .770 102 257 11 1 10 3 8 *3/D
1983 26 TOR AL 160 655 579 99 177 26 7 27 104 10 7 61 98 .306 .373 .515 .887 136 298 8 5 3 7 8 *3/D MVP-11
1984 27 TOR AL 152 635 569 79 158 31 9 19 84 10 4 55 86 .278 .345 .464 .809 119 264 8 5 3 3 14 *3/D MVP-16
1985 28 TOR AL 148 557 501 79 138 31 5 15 65 8 8 48 71 .275 .342 .447 .789 111 224 6 4 1 3 7 *3/D
1986 29 TOR AL 155 661 573 85 144 28 6 9 60 23 5 78 87 .251 .341 .368 .709 91 211 5 2 4 4 4 *3/D
1987 30 TOR AL 150 577 512 68 125 22 4 15 58 10 11 58 78 .244 .324 .391 .715 87 200 7 3 3 1 4 *3
1988 31 CLE AL 149 564 493 58 121 22 3 11 50 12 9 62 66 .245 .330 .369 .699 95 182 10 2 3 4 4 *3
10 Seasons 1264 4736 4203 596 1103 199 45 123 528 88 59 452 642 .262 .335 .419 .754 103 1761 60 23 30 28 50
162 Game Avg. 162 607 539 76 141 26 6 16 68 11 8 58 82 .262 .335 .419 .754 103 226 8 3 4 4 6
TOR (9 yrs) 1115 4172 3710 538 982 177 42 112 478 76 50 390 576 .265 .336 .426 .762 104 1579 50 21 27 24 46
CLE (1 yr) 149 564 493 58 121 22 3 11 50 12 9 62 66 .245 .330 .369 .699 95 182 10 2 3 4 4

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1978 21 TOR AL 250 186 20 2.9 94 .272 .237 .262 .298 .328 .304 .386 .602 .714 70 .321 -9.0 -0.9 .481 .152 .067 1.6
1980 23 TOR AL 68 49 7 3.8 103 .261 .213 .275 .284 .338 .344 .408 .628 .746 68 .419 -2.9 -0.3 .583 .246 .131 1.0
1981 24 TOR AL 123 94 9 2.6 94 .165 .171 .263 .252 .328 .324 .382 .576 .711 62 .300 -6.2 -0.7 .521 .261 .153 2.7
1982 25 TOR AL 646 457 82 4.8 107 .285 .267 .275 .327 .341 .443 .420 .770 .760 102 .522 -0.8 -0.1 .698 .266 .176 11.6
1983 26 TOR AL 655 427 113 7.1 103 .325 .306 .272 .373 .335 .515 .411 .887 .746 136 .692 29.1 2.9 .880 .320 .209 14.6
1984 27 TOR AL 635 429 92 5.8 100 .298 .278 .268 .345 .332 .464 .405 .809 .736 119 .608 13.7 1.4 .780 .293 .186 13.1
1985 28 TOR AL 557 381 76 5.3 102 .294 .275 .266 .342 .332 .447 .413 .789 .745 111 .568 7.6 0.8 .732 .267 .172 10.4
1986 29 TOR AL 661 447 80 4.8 103 .281 .251 .265 .341 .333 .368 .413 .709 .747 91 .511 -5.6 -0.5 .704 .284 .117 12.9
1987 30 TOR AL 577 409 65 4.2 108 .262 .244 .267 .324 .336 .391 .429 .715 .765 87 .427 -9.9 -0.9 .642 .258 .146 12.0
1988 31 CLE AL 564 398 61 4.1 96 .262 .245 .262 .330 .327 .369 .394 .699 .721 95 .467 -2.8 -0.3 .637 .256 .124 11.5
10 Seasons 4736 3277 605 4.9 102 .283 .262 .268 .335 .333 .419 .410 .754 .743 103 .534 13.2 1.4 .704 .271 .157 102.6
162 Game Avg. 607 420 78 4.9 102 .283 .262 .268 .335 .333 .419 .410 .754 .743 103 .534 2 0 .704 .271 .157 13
TOR (9 yrs) 4172 2879 544 5.1 103 .286 .265 .269 .336 .334 .426 .412 .762 .746 104 .543 16.0 1.7 .713 .273 .161 90.6
CLE (1 yr) 564 398 61 4.1 96 .262 .245 .262 .330 .327 .369 .394 .699 .721 95 .467 -2.8 -0.3 .637 .256 .124 11.5

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
1985 28 TOR AL ALCS KCR L 7 28 26 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .231 .286 .308 .593 8 0 1 0 0 0
1 ALCS 7 28 26 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .231 .286 .308 .593 8 0 1 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1978 21 TOR AL 250 0.4% 14.0% 8.4% 4.4% 21% 1.67 6.4 224.0 13.2 1.44 76%
1980 23 TOR AL 68 1.5% 20.6% 8.8% 7.4% 39% 2.33 4.4 61.0 12.2 0.55 68%
1981 24 TOR AL 123 3.3% 13.0% 8.9% 6.5% 42% 1.45 6.9 27.8 11.1 1.20 74%
1982 25 TOR AL 646 3.3% 14.1% 8.1% 8.2% 34% 1.75 6.4 27.6 7.7 1.20 73%
1983 26 TOR AL 655 4.1% 15.0% 9.3% 9.2% 34% 1.61 5.9 21.4 5.6 1.14 70%
1984 27 TOR AL 635 3.0% 13.5% 8.7% 9.3% 37% 1.56 6.6 29.9 6.8 0.94 74%
1985 28 TOR AL 557 2.7% 12.8% 8.6% 9.2% 37% 1.48 7.1 33.4 7.7 0.86 75%
1986 29 TOR AL 661 1.4% 13.2% 11.8% 6.5% 30% 1.12 6.6 63.7 9.6 0.94 73%
1987 30 TOR AL 577 2.6% 13.5% 10.1% 7.1% 33% 1.34 6.6 34.1 8.8 0.97 73%
1988 31 CLE AL 564 2.0% 11.7% 11.0% 6.4% 30% 1.06 7.5 44.8 9.9 0.64 0.78 74% 21% 8.0% 47%
10 Seasons 4736 2.6% 13.6% 9.5% 7.8% 33% 1.42 6.6 34.2 8.0 0.64 0.99 73% 21% 8.0% 47%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1978 21 TOR AL 3 0 34% 136 4 6 40% 4 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 2 38% 21 16 4 2 0 2 6 1 5
1980 23 TOR AL 4 0 50% 28 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 60% 8 3 4 1 0 1 1 0 1
1981 24 TOR AL 2 0 41% 70 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 80% 5 1 4 0 0 0 5 1 4
1982 25 TOR AL 8 0 30% 225 8 8 50% 7 7 0 1 1 0 3 1 6 20 48% 27 17 10 7 4 3 22 8 14
1983 26 TOR AL 5 0 33% 252 10 7 59% 9 7 1 0 0 0 3 0 7 16 53% 38 20 17 10 3 7 18 7 11
1984 27 TOR AL 6 0 30% 261 10 4 71% 10 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 14 42% 47 34 13 9 5 4 15 2 13
1985 28 TOR AL 3 0 37% 207 8 8 50% 8 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 18 51% 31 18 13 12 4 7 16 2 10
1986 29 TOR AL 4 0 35% 256 23 5 82% 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 22 55% 34 19 15 12 5 7 25 8 17
1987 30 TOR AL 9 0 31% 203 10 11 48% 10 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 12 45% 21 13 8 4 3 1 13 5 8
1988 31 CLE AL 6 0 27% 198 12 9 57% 12 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 22 52% 26 15 11 6 5 1 14 2 12
10 Seasons 50 0 33% 1836 88 59 60% 86 55 1 3 1 1 13 2 50 131 50% 258 156 99 63 29 33 135 36 95
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1978 21 TOR AL 250 80% 53 12 1 0 0 1.58 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 45 4 9% 28 11 39% 145 17 12% 18 8 44% 12 10 83% 0
1980 23 TOR AL 68 88% 13 7 2 0 0 1.87 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 17 0 0% 9 3 33% 46 6 13% 5 1 20% 4 2 50% 0
1981 24 TOR AL 123 87% 19 15 4 1 2 1.68 4 0 1 4 0 1 3 0 1 0 0% 20 1 5% 9 0 0% 65 6 9% 4 1 25% 3 0 0% 0
1982 25 TOR AL 646 56% 155 0 0 0 0 21 0 13 15 6 11 10 1 11 10 91% 109 11 10% 50 21 42% 384 56 15% 27 15 56% 38 17 45% 0
1983 26 TOR AL 655 64% 177 3 1 0 1 1.52 27 1 15 20 7 16 11 1 4 3 75% 128 8 6% 70 23 33% 435 78 18% 47 26 55% 52 18 35% 0
1984 27 TOR AL 634 66% 158 0 0 0 0 19 0 8 15 4 6 13 0 3 3 100% 102 8 8% 59 18 31% 423 67 16% 47 23 49% 44 17 39% 1
1985 28 TOR AL 557 67% 138 3 0 0 0 0.65 15 0 9 10 5 6 9 0 1 1 100% 100 6 6% 42 11 26% 344 54 16% 25 14 56% 42 18 43% 0
1986 29 TOR AL 661 69% 144 1 0 0 0 0.22 9 0 12 5 4 3 6 0 4 4 100% 123 5 4% 54 20 37% 386 52 13% 35 19 54% 41 16 39% 0
1987 30 TOR AL 577 71% 125 7 2 0 1 1.75 15 1 12 13 2 7 8 0 3 3 100% 100 7 7% 44 15 34% 342 47 14% 25 10 40% 31 15 48% 0
1988 31 CLE AL 564 85% 121 10 0 7 2 0 1 2.86 11 0 10 11 0 3 8 0 4 3 75% 106 10 9% 63 23 37% 341 41 12% 20 9 45% 36 12 33% 0
10 Seasons 4735 70% 1103 10 0 55 12 1 5 1.75 123 2 89 95 28 53 70 2 35 30 86% 850 60 7% 428 145 34% 2911 424 15% 253 126 50% 303 125 41% 1
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 31 CLE AL 552 2067 3.74 1170 57% 27% 10% 26% 36% 73% 1% 41% 86% 24% 9% 52 0 21% 118 48 14% 79 41 21% 12 2 0
1 Season 552 2067 3.74 1170 57% 27% 10% 26% 36% 73% 1% 41% 86% 24% 9% 52 0 21% 118 48 14% 79 41 21% 12 2 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1978 21 95 250 224 26 53 8 2 1 17 4 6 21 35 .237 .298 .304 .602 70 68 4 0 2 3 0
1979 22 95 250 224 26 53 8 2 1 17 4 6 21 35 .237 .298 .304 .602 70 68 4 0 2 3 0
1980 23 129 318 285 36 66 11 3 2 22 5 6 27 49 .232 .295 .312 .608 69 89 4 0 3 3 1
1981 24 190 441 396 51 85 14 4 6 32 7 7 38 65 .215 .283 .316 .599 67 125 5 1 3 3 1
1982 25 350 1087 976 128 240 39 11 27 107 15 15 90 156 .246 .309 .391 .701 88 382 16 2 13 6 9
1983 26 510 1742 1555 227 417 65 18 54 211 25 22 151 254 .268 .333 .437 .770 106 680 24 7 16 13 17
1984 27 662 2377 2124 306 575 96 27 73 295 35 26 206 340 .271 .336 .444 .781 110 944 32 12 19 16 31
1985 28 810 2934 2625 385 713 127 32 88 360 43 34 254 411 .272 .337 .445 .782 110 1168 38 16 20 19 38
1986 29 965 3595 3198 470 857 155 38 97 420 66 39 332 498 .268 .338 .431 .769 107 1379 43 18 24 23 42
1987 30 1115 4172 3710 538 982 177 42 112 478 76 50 390 576 .265 .336 .426 .762 104 1579 50 21 27 24 46
1988 31 1264 4736 4203 596 1103 199 45 123 528 88 59 452 642 .262 .335 .419 .754 103 1761 60 23 30 28 50

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1978 21 95 251 226 29 55 8 2 1 19 4 22 35 .243 .307 .310 .617 22 95
1980 23 34 67 61 9 13 3 1 1 5 1 6 14 .213 .284 .344 .628 6 34
1981 24 92 190 170 24 31 5 2 7 16 3 18 24 .182 .268 .359 .627 15 61
1982 25 160 627 573 73 148 24 7 20 72 8 50 91 .258 .317 .429 .747 78 160
1983 26 160 653 580 98 178 26 7 27 103 10 61 98 .307 .374 .516 .889 112 160
1984 27 152 639 574 81 163 32 9 20 87 10 57 86 .284 .352 .476 .828 95 152
1985 28 148 556 501 79 138 31 5 15 65 8 48 71 .275 .342 .447 .789 76 148
1986 29 155 669 581 84 152 30 6 10 59 24 82 87 .262 .353 .386 .738 79 155
1987 30 150 568 508 64 121 21 4 15 55 10 56 78 .238 .317 .384 .701 61 150
1988 31 149 570 499 62 127 23 3 12 53 13 65 66 .255 .340 .385 .725 65 149
10 Seasons 1295 4790 4273 603 1126 203 46 128 534 91 465 650 .264 .337 .422 .760 609 1264
162 Game Avg. 162 599 535 75 141 25 6 16 67 11 58 81 .264 .337 .422 .760 76 1264

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1983-AL-11-10%
1984-AL-16-2%
0.12 Career Shares (839th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1983 AL--.515--6th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1983 AL--.887--6th

Games Played s c a p y
1982 AL--160--6th
1983 AL--160--6th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1983 AL--99--8th

Total Bases s c a p y
1983 AL--298--6th

Triples s c a p y
1983 AL--7--9th
1984 AL--9--5th

Home Runs s c a p y
1983 AL--27--9th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1983 AL--104--8th

Runs Created s c a p y
1983 AL--113--6th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1983 AL--29--10th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1983 AL--2.9--10th

Times On Base s c a p y
1983 AL--243--8th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1983 AL--.692--6th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1982 AL--8--10th
1984 AL--14--4th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1987 AL--11--9th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1983 AL--14.6--9th
1984 AL--13.1--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 15 (1024), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1443), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1834), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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