Willie Upshaw

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: April 27, 1957 in Blanco, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 5th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Blanco HS (Blanco, TX).

High School: Blanco HS (Blanco, TX)

Debut: April 9, 1978 (Age 20-347d, 14,009th in major league history)
vs. DET 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1988 (Age 31-154d)
vs. DET 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Tom Reich • Previously: Steve Comte

Full Name: Willie Clay Upshaw

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.0

4203

1103

123

.262

596

RBI

528

OBP

.335

SLG

.419

OPS

.754

OPS+

103

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	TOR		MIL	L,4-15	CG	54	9.0	6	1	1	8	2	1B
2	2	Apr 10	TOR		MIL	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
3	3	Apr 11	TOR		MIL	L,5-14	CG	51	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
4	4	Apr 12	TOR		DET	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
5	5	Apr 13	TOR		DET	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
6	6	Apr 14	TOR		DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
7	7	Apr 15	TOR	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
8	8	Apr 16	TOR	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
9	9	Apr 17	TOR	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
10	10	Apr 18	TOR	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
11	11	Apr 19	TOR	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
12	12	Apr 21	TOR	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
13	13	Apr 22	TOR	@	MIL	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	7	4	0	11	1	1B
14	14	Apr 23	TOR		BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	4	1B
15	18 (3)	Apr 28	TOR		TEX	W,6-4	GS	22	5.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
16	19	Apr 29	TOR	@	KCR	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
17	20	Apr 30	TOR	@	KCR	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	21	May 1	TOR	@	KCR	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
19	22	May 2	TOR	@	KCR	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
20	23	May 4	TOR	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
21	24	May 5	TOR	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
22	25	May 7	TOR		KCR	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	1	9	3	1B
23	26	May 8	TOR		KCR	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
24	27	May 9	TOR		KCR	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
25	28	May 10	TOR		CHW	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
26	29	May 11	TOR		CHW	W,9-4	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
27	30	May 12	TOR		CHW	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
28	31	May 13	TOR	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	9	1	0	10	0	1B
29	32	May 14	TOR	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	46	10.2	7	3	0	10	0	1B
30	33	May 15	TOR	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
31	34	May 16	TOR	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	37	9.2	11	0	0	11	1	1B
32	35	May 18	TOR	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	8.1	9	2	0	11	0	1B
33	37 (1)	May 20	TOR	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
34	38	May 21	TOR		BAL	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
35	39	May 22	TOR		BAL	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
36	40	May 23	TOR		BAL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
37	41	May 24	TOR		BAL	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
38	42	May 25	TOR	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	8	3	0	11	2	1B
39	43	May 26	TOR	@	NYY	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
40	44	May 29 (1)	TOR	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
41	46 (1)	May 30	TOR	@	BAL	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
42	47	May 31	TOR		NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	5	1	1	7	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	48	Jun 1	TOR		NYY	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
44	49	Jun 2	TOR		NYY	L,6-12	CG	59	13.0	16	2	0	18	1	1B
45	50	Jun 3	TOR		NYY	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
46	51	Jun 4	TOR		CLE	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
47	52	Jun 6 (1)	TOR		CLE	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
48	53	Jun 6 (2)	TOR		CLE	L,5-7	CG	47	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
49	54	Jun 7	TOR		CLE	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
50	55	Jun 8	TOR		CAL	L,4-11	CG	48	9.0	11	1	1	13	2	1B
51	56	Jun 9	TOR		CAL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
52	57	Jun 11	TOR		OAK	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
53	58	Jun 12	TOR		OAK	L,1-8	CG	46	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
54	59	Jun 13	TOR		OAK	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
55	60	Jun 14	TOR		OAK	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
56	61	Jun 15	TOR	@	CAL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
57	62	Jun 16	TOR	@	CAL	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
58	63	Jun 17	TOR	@	CAL	L,8-10	CG	41	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
59	64	Jun 18	TOR	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
60	65	Jun 19	TOR	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	44	12.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
61	66	Jun 20	TOR	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	9	0	1	10	2	1B
62	67	Jun 21	TOR	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
63	68	Jun 22	TOR	@	SEA	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
64	69	Jun 23	TOR	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	48	11.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
65	70	Jun 26	TOR		MIN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
66	71	Jun 27	TOR		MIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
67	72	Jun 29	TOR		SEA	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
68	73	Jun 30	TOR		SEA	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	74	Jul 1	TOR		SEA	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	1	11	2	1B
70	75	Jul 2	TOR	@	MIN	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
71	76	Jul 3	TOR	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
72	77	Jul 4	TOR	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
73	78	Jul 5	TOR	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
74	79	Jul 6	TOR	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
75	80	Jul 7	TOR	@	KCR	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
76	81	Jul 8	TOR	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
77	84 (2)	Jul 11	TOR		CHW	L,7-16	CG	48	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
78	85	Jul 15	TOR		TEX	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
79	86	Jul 16	TOR		TEX	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
80	87	Jul 17	TOR		TEX	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
81	88	Jul 18	TOR		TEX	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
82	89	Jul 19	TOR		KCR	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
83	90	Jul 20	TOR		KCR	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
84	91	Jul 21	TOR		KCR	L,7-9	CG	44	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
85	92	Jul 22	TOR	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
86	93	Jul 23	TOR	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
87	94	Jul 24	TOR	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
88	95	Jul 25	TOR	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
89	96	Jul 26	TOR	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
90	97	Jul 27	TOR	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
91	98	Jul 28	TOR	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
92	99	Jul 30	TOR		DET	W,6-5	CG	47	12.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
93	100	Jul 31	TOR		DET	W,1-0	CG	40	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	101	Aug 1	TOR		DET	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
95	102	Aug 2	TOR		MIL	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
96	103	Aug 3	TOR		MIL	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
97	104	Aug 4	TOR		MIL	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
98	105	Aug 5 (1)	TOR	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
99	106	Aug 5 (2)	TOR	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	5	1	1	7	1	1B
100	107	Aug 6	TOR	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
101	108	Aug 7	TOR	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
102	109	Aug 8 (1)	TOR	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
103	110	Aug 8 (2)	TOR	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
104	111	Aug 9	TOR		BOS	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
105	112	Aug 10	TOR		BOS	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
106	113	Aug 11	TOR		BOS	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
107	114	Aug 12 (1)	TOR	@	MIL	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
108	115	Aug 12 (2)	TOR	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
109	116	Aug 13	TOR	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
110	117	Aug 14	TOR	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
111	118	Aug 15	TOR	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
112	119	Aug 16	TOR		CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
113	120	Aug 17 (1)	TOR		CLE	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	12	0	1	13	1	1B
114	121	Aug 17 (2)	TOR		CLE	L,5-9	CG	47	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
115	122	Aug 20	TOR	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
116	123	Aug 21	TOR	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
117	124	Aug 22	TOR	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
118	125	Aug 23	TOR	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
119	126	Aug 24	TOR	@	BAL	L,3-7	CG	44	9.2	11	0	0	11	0	1B
120	127	Aug 25	TOR	@	BAL	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
121	128	Aug 26	TOR	@	BAL	L,5-12	CG	46	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
122	129	Aug 27	TOR		NYY	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	9	3	0	12	2	1B
123	130	Aug 28	TOR		NYY	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
124	131	Aug 29	TOR		NYY	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	9	0	1	10	2	1B
125	132	Aug 30	TOR		BAL	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
126	133	Aug 31	TOR		BAL	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	134	Sep 1	TOR		BAL	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
128	135	Sep 3	TOR	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
129	136	Sep 4	TOR	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
130	137	Sep 5	TOR	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
131	138	Sep 6	TOR	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
132	139	Sep 7	TOR	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
133	140	Sep 8	TOR	@	OAK	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
134	141	Sep 10	TOR	@	CAL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
135	142	Sep 11	TOR	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
136	143	Sep 12	TOR	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
137	144	Sep 15 (1)	TOR		OAK	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
138	145	Sep 15 (2)	TOR		OAK	W,12-11	CG	50	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
139	146	Sep 16	TOR		CAL	W,2-1	CG	42	12.0	14	2	0	16	0	1B
140	147	Sep 17	TOR		CAL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
141	148	Sep 18	TOR		CAL	L,6-8	CG	52	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
142	149	Sep 19	TOR		CAL	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
143	150	Sep 20	TOR	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
144	151	Sep 21	TOR	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
145	152	Sep 22	TOR	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	35	10.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
146	153	Sep 24	TOR	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.2	11	1	1	13	1	1B
147	154	Sep 25	TOR	@	SEA	L,0-7	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
148	155	Sep 26	TOR	@	SEA	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
149	156	Sep 28 (1)	TOR		MIN	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
150	157	Sep 28 (2)	TOR		MIN	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
151	158	Sep 29	TOR		MIN	L,0-8	CG	38	9.0	10	2	1	13	3	1B
152	159	Sep 30	TOR		MIN	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
153	160	Oct 1	TOR		SEA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
154	161	Oct 2	TOR		SEA	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
155	162	Oct 3	TOR		SEA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
							155gm		1373.2	1438	101	17	1556	123