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Tom Upton
Thomas Herbert Upton (Muscles)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 160 lb.
Schools Bucknell University, University of Pennsylvania

Debut April 19, 1950
Final Game April 30, 1952
Born December 29, 1926 in Esther, MO

Brother of Bill Upton

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1950 23 SLB AL 124  389   50   92   5  6   2   30   7  2  52  45  .237  .328  .296   58  115   7           1   8
 1951 24 SLB AL  52  131    9   26   4  3   0   12   1  1  12  22  .198  .271  .275   46   36   5           1   5
 1952 25 WSH AL   5    5    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .000  .167  .000  -50    0   1           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      181  525   60  118   9  9   2   42   8  3  65  67  .225  .313  .288   54  151  13   0   0   2  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        470   54  106   8  8   2   38   7  3  58  60  .225  .313  .288   54  135  12   0   0   2  12
 Career High    124  389   50   92   5  6   2   30   7  2  52  45  .237  .328  .296   58  115   7   0   0   1   8
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1950 23 SLB AL  449  314   38   3.2   117| .237  .283| .328  .371| .296  .424| .624  .796|  58  .311 -25.7  -2.4  77%
 1951 24 SLB AL  149  116    9   2.1   105| .198  .271| .271  .353| .275  .397| .546  .750|  46  .195 -10.6  -1.1  50%
 1952 25 WSH AL    7    6    0   0.0    94| .000  .257| .167  .336| .000  .375| .167  .710| -50  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       605  436   47   2.9   114| .225  .280| .313  .366| .288  .417| .601  .784|  54  .278 -37.3  -3.6  72%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1950 23 SLB AL SS 115 198 328 30 65 .946 .961 4.57 4.74 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 5.40 3B 1 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 5.00 3.00 1951 24 SLB AL SS 47 80 105 10 33 .949 .961 3.94 4.72 1952 25 WSH AL SS 3 3 8 0 1 1.000 .965 3.67 4.30
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1950 23 SLB AL 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 5.40 1950 23 SLB AL 3B 1 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 5.00 3.00 1950 23 SLB AL SS 115 198 328 30 65 .946 .961 4.57 4.74 1951 24 SLB AL SS 47 80 105 10 33 .949 .961 3.94 4.72 1952 25 WSH AL SS 3 3 8 0 1 1.000 .965 3.67 4.30
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 165 281 441 40 99 .948 .961 4.38 4.73 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 5.40 3B 1 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 5.00 3.00 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 168 282 446 40 99 .948 .961 4.33 4.72
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Stolen Bases
1950 AL-7-10

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2071) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3885) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1944 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

November 17, 1949: Drafted by the St. Louis Browns from the New York Yankees in the 1949 rule 5 draft.

November 27, 1951: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Sherm Lollar and Al Widmar to the Chicago White Sox for Dick Littlefield, Joe DeMaestri, Gus Niarhos, Gordon Goldsberry, and Jim Rivera.

November 27, 1951: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Washington Senators for Sam Dente.

May 3, 1952: Traded by the Washington Senators with Irv Noren to the New York Yankees for Jackie Jensen, Spec Shea, Jerry Snyder, and Archie Wilson.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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