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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 TOR AL 21 OF 52 43 390.0 88 81 2 5 1 .943 -6.0 -18.5 -4.0 -6.0 2.0 -2 1.92 1.60 .980 2.47 2.13
1978 TOR AL 21 LF 46 39 345.0 74 67 2 5 1 .932 -5.9 -20.5 -3.9 -5.3 1.4 -2 1.80 1.50 .976 2.21 1.78
1978 TOR AL 21 DH 18
1978 TOR AL 21 1B 10 5 58.0 54 50 2 2 4 .963 -0.4 -8.3 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 0 8.07 5.20 .993 10.06 8.75
1978 TOR AL 21 CF 6 4 39.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -6.2 -0.2 -0.8 0.6 0 2.54 1.83 .982 2.98 2.63
1978 TOR AL 21 RF 1 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 20.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.80
1980 TOR AL 23 1B 14 4 54.2 59 51 7 1 11 .983 0.5 11.0 0.5 0.2 0.3 0 9.55 4.14 .992 10.03 8.40
1980 TOR AL 23 DH 12
1980 TOR AL 23 LF 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 -102.9 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.31 1.90
1980 TOR AL 23 OF 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 -102.9 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.44 2.20
1981 TOR AL 24 DH 15
1981 TOR AL 24 1B 14 3 56.0 63 58 5 0 7 1.000 1.3 27.9 1.3 0.8 0.5 0 10.12 4.50 .994 10.06 8.57
1981 TOR AL 24 OF 14 11 84.0 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 -1.7 -24.3 -1.7 -1.0 -0.7 0 1.61 1.07 .980 2.48 2.16
1981 TOR AL 24 RF 8 7 55.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -21.8 -1.0 -0.3 -0.7 0 1.47 1.13 .978 2.16 1.75
1981 TOR AL 24 LF 6 4 29.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -29.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 1.86 1.00 .983 2.39 1.98
1982 TOR AL 25 1B 155 155 1373.2 1556 1438 101 17 123 .989 3.3 2.9 4.3 0.1 4.2 -1 10.08 9.93 .992 6.55 6.45
1982 TOR AL 25 DH 5
1983 TOR AL 26 1B 159 154 1374.1 1432 1294 117 21 131 .985 4.2 3.7 4.2 2.7 1.5 0 9.24 8.87 .992 6.55 6.29 MVP-11
1983 TOR AL 26 DH 1 MVP-11
1984 TOR AL 27 1B 151 151 1319.1 1363 1246 103 14 133 .990 1.5 1.4 2.5 1.0 1.5 -1 9.20 8.93 .991 6.82 6.62 MVP-16
1984 TOR AL 27 DH 1 MVP-16
1985 TOR AL 28 1B 147 129 1180.0 1271 1157 104 10 111 .992 7.7 7.8 7.7 -0.4 8.1 0 9.62 8.58 .991 7.63 6.80
1985 TOR AL 28 DH 1
1986 TOR AL 29 1B 154 151 1361.1 1457 1314 131 12 118 .992 7.2 6.3 7.2 5.9 1.2 0 9.55 9.38 .991 6.61 6.49
1986 TOR AL 29 DH 1
1987 TOR AL 30 1B 146 135 1234.0 1305 1169 127 9 114 .993 13.5 13.1 13.5 2.1 11.4 0 9.45 8.88 .992 7.29 6.85
1988 CLE AL 31 1B 144 129 1165.2 1276 1162 102 12 93 .991 -4.1 -4.2 -4.1 1.3 -5.4 0 9.76 8.78 .992 7.72 6.94
10 Seasons 1B 1094 1016 9177.0 9836 8939 799 98 845 .990 34.7 4.5 36.7 13.9 22.7 -2 9.55 8.90 .992 7.05 6.70
3 Seasons OF 67 55 481.0 103 95 3 5 2 .951 -8.3 -20.7 -6.3 -7.6 1.3 -2 1.83 1.46 .980 2.47 2.14
8 Seasons DH 54
3 Seasons LF 53 44 381.0 80 72 3 5 1 .938 -7.2 -22.7 -5.2 -6.6 1.4 -2 1.77 1.42 .976 2.23 1.81
2 Seasons RF 9 7 61.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -17.7 -0.9 -0.2 -0.7 0 1.48 1.11 .980 2.17 1.76
1 Season CF 6 4 39.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -6.2 -0.2 -0.8 0.6 0 2.54 1.83 .982 2.98 2.63
10 Seasons TOT 1161 1071 9658.0 9939 9034 802 103 847 .990 26.4 3.3 30.4 6.3 24.0 -2 -2 9.17 8.47 .981 6.82 6.43
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1978 TOR AL 21 95 56 95 61 0 0 10 0 0 0 46 6 1 52 8 13 22
1980 TOR AL 23 34 13 34 15 0 0 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 11 6
1981 TOR AL 24 61 25 61 27 0 0 16 0 0 0 6 0 8 14 11 20 14
1982 TOR AL 25 160 158 160 155 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
1983 TOR AL 26 160 154 160 159 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1984 TOR AL 27 152 151 152 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 TOR AL 28 148 130 148 147 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 7
1986 TOR AL 29 155 151 155 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1987 TOR AL 30 150 135 150 146 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3
1988 CLE AL 31 149 129 149 144 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
10 Seasons 1264 1102 1264 1159 0 0 1096 0 0 0 53 6 9 67 31 74 54
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1978 TOR AL 21 282 52% 80% 21% 14 79% 0 50 1 47 2 8 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1980 TOR AL 23 245 59% 77% 25% 16 100% 0 51 3 48 1 7 7 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 9 0 2 1 1 3 100%
1981 TOR AL 24 247 46% 78% 30% 17 100% 1 58 3 55 0 9 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0
1982 TOR AL 25 5999 52% 80% 27% 358 94% 1 1436 77 1354 7 171 100 68 21 0 2 17 3 13 1 13 124 2 3 0 116 5 7 2 5 14 79%
1983 TOR AL 26 6024 52% 78% 25% 367 93% 0 1299 67 1220 11 162 118 92 17 0 5 22 2 19 1 17 130 5 1 1 112 7 18 8 10 10 90%
1984 TOR AL 27 5782 49% 77% 24% 315 96% 2 1250 45 1188 16 164 97 74 16 1 8 14 0 12 2 12 134 2 1 1 113 4 21 5 16 6 100%
1985 TOR AL 28 5031 53% 78% 26% 298 97% 0 1160 63 1087 10 136 100 77 11 0 6 10 0 9 1 8 109 1 0 0 97 3 12 4 8 10 100%
1986 TOR AL 29 5964 55% 76% 27% 368 96% 1 1318 65 1234 19 167 132 90 32 0 3 12 0 11 1 11 117 8 4 2 108 14 7 3 4 15 87%
1987 TOR AL 30 5357 59% 74% 26% 333 95% 1 1181 97 1070 14 108 125 86 23 3 4 9 3 5 1 3 112 5 2 1 104 8 8 3 5 17 94%
1988 CLE AL 31 5223 56% 80% 32% 309 94% 1 1172 80 1081 9 120 99 70 20 0 2 12 0 8 4 11 93 6 2 2 86 10 6 2 4 13 100%
10 Seasons 40154 54% 78% 27% 2395 95% 7 8975 501 8384 89 1052 785 566 142 5 30 99 9 79 11 77 842 29 13 7 757 52 81 28 53 89 92%
MLB Averages 57% 78% 27% 95% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1978 TOR AL 21 5 0 5 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 16 13 0 9 1 0 13 7 1 3 0 0 9 7 1 50 28 56.0% 20 2 4.0% 0 1586 61% 77% 24% 169 40%
1980 TOR AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 34 32% 88% 24% 3 0%
1981 TOR AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 128 54% 80% 27% 17 35%
3 Seasons 5 0 5 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 17 13 0 11 1 0 14 8 1 3 0 0 10 8 1 55 30 54.5% 23 2 3.6% 1 1748 60% 78% 24% 189 39%
MLB Averages 58.4% 2.7% 57% 78% 28% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1978 TOR AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 39% 79% 25% 2 50%
1981 TOR AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 248 38% 81% 26% 27 33%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 276 38% 81% 26% 29 34%
MLB Averages 43.3% 3.0% 57% 78% 28% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1978 TOR AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 166 61% 80% 26% 23 48%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 166 61% 80% 26% 23 48%
MLB Averages 42.4% 2.1% 57% 78% 28% 62%

* 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.

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