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Willie
Upshaw		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: April 27, 1957 in Blanco, TX, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Rookie Of The Year 1980   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1980 23 MIL AL 157 618 77 172 36 8 5 81 15 16 54 74 .278 .335 .387 .722 73.8 17.6
1981 24 MIL AL 160 611 68 141 17 9 3 61 12 10 64 77 .231 .302 .303 .605 54.1 5.2
1982 25 MIL AL 148 545 74 169 21 8 7 73 11 7 68 49 .310 .385 .417 .801 82.5 17.9
1983 26 MIL AL 159 597 64 145 27 6 3 46 10 3 75 59 .243 .326 .323 .650 61.8 7.3
1984 27 MIL AL 151 599 63 172 24 8 2 70 7 5 54 27 .287 .344 .364 .708 71.9 11.6
1985 28 MIL AL 162 630 65 152 33 4 2 52 9 3 49 34 .241 .295 .316 .611 55.3 5.0
1986 29 MIL AL 122 472 57 127 21 6 6 43 10 7 44 24 .269 .329 .377 .707 57.0 10.7
1987 30 MIL AL 156 609 72 158 35 3 3 44 15 9 51 45 .259 .315 .342 .656 64.6 9.0
1988 31 MIL AL 156 637 84 171 40 7 6 61 12 7 34 44 .268 .303 .381 .685 66.7 8.7
1989 32 MIL AL 157 609 79 192 37 7 5 57 5 12 47 50 .315 .363 .424 .786 81.7 17.4
1990 33 MIL AL 153 607 82 169 43 5 9 82 9 4 33 69 .278 .311 .410 .721 75.8 16.8
1991 34 NOR AL 155 598 73 175 44 5 8 78 10 2 34 53 .293 .329 .423 .752 78.0 15.7
1992 35 NOR AL 156 605 68 147 31 7 8 64 7 6 46 50 .243 .294 .357 .651 59.2 6.1
13 Years Sim 1992 7737 926 2090 409 83 67 812 132 91 653 655 .270 .325 .370 .695 882.4 149.1
162 Game Average 629 75 169 33 6 5 66 10 7 53 53 .270 .325 .370 .695 71.8  
Career Highs 162 637 84 192 44 9 9 82 15 16 75 77 .315 .385 .424 .801 82.5  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1980 23 MIL AL CF 153 153 1344.3 371 13 25 4 .939 2.57 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    LF 3 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1981 24 MIL AL CF 121 118 1050.0 299 7 16 4 .950 2.62 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    LF 39 39 334.0 78 1 6 0 .929 2.13 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1982 25 MIL AL CF 141 137 1241.0 363 9 22 3 .944 2.70 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    RF 3 0 13.0 3 0 1 0 .750 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 26 MIL AL CF 156 155 1387.3 375 14 21 4 .949 2.52 0 0 .000 0 4.9
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1984 27 MIL AL CF 140 138 1233.0 332 16 21 6 .943 2.54 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    SS 7 7 61.0 17 26 1 9 .977 6.34 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 28 MIL AL CF 162 162 1480.0 391 13 36 2 .918 2.46 0 0 .000 0 3.5
1986 29 MIL AL 1B 67 66 574.0 630 47 11 80 .984 10.61 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 53 48 440.7 120 8 4 1 .970 2.61 0 0 .000 0 1.2
1987 30 MIL AL 1B 150 148 1284.0 1562 103 25 174 .985 11.67 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    CF 4 0 11.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 31 MIL AL 1B 137 134 1196.0 1313 99 15 136 .989 10.63 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    CF 17 16 127.0 32 0 4 0 .889 2.27 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 3 1 12.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.75 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 1 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0  
1989 32 MIL AL CF 83 77 703.3 181 4 15 1 .925 2.37 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    2B 1 1 9.0 2 5 0 1 1.000 7.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 8.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 10.39 3 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1990 33 MIL AL CF 3 0 14.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1991 34 NOR AL CF 147 144 1294.3 285 15 21 4 .935 2.09 0 0 .000 0 5.3
    RF 5 0 13.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1992 35 NOR AL CF 152 151 1345.0 357 13 30 3 .925 2.48 0 0 .000 0 4.9
    1B 2 0 6.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 7.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 1332 1299 11671.0 3107 112 215 32 .937 2.48 0 0 .000 0 33.2
  1B 359 348 3063.0 3512 250 51 391 .987 11.05 0 0 .000 0 3.8
  LF 45 40 352.0 83 1 6 0 .933 2.15 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 7 7 61.0 17 26 1 9 .977 6.34 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  RF 19 1 51.3 14 0 1 0 .933 2.45 0 0 .000 0  
  3B 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 1 9.0 2 5 0 1 1.000 7.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 8.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 10.39 3 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1765 1697 15225.0 6745 394 274 433 .963 4.22 3 0 .000 0 37.6
Career Highs   162 162 1480.0 1562 103 36 174 1.000 11.57 3 0 .000 0  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1982-6-.310
1989-9-.315
 On-Base Pct
1982-6-.385
 Games
1981-2-160
1983-7-159
1985-1-162
 At-Bats
1981-8-611
1985-6-630
1988-3-637
 Hits
1989-10-192
 Singles
1982-10-133
1984-4-138
1989-10-143
CAR-44-1531
Doubles
1988-10-40
1990-8-43
1991-5-44
 Caught Stealing
1980-10-16
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  6. Tony Gwynn (875)
  7. Jerry Royster (874)
  8. Al Woods (873)
  9. Reid Nichols (873)
  10. Willie McGee (873)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1978
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1978
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1978
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1978
Injured on 5/30/1979 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Traded from Pittsburgh to Milwaukee on 7/1/1979 (Going to PIT: 3B D. Decinces. Going to MIL: C E. Whitt, P J. Bibby, CF W. Upshaw)
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1980, off Mike Flanagan (BAL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/6/1980, off Frank Tanana (CAL)
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 9/9/1980
Won Rookie Of The Year in 1980, hitting .278 with 5 HR, 81 RBI
Injured on 6/2/1982 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Toronto on 5/23/1986
Injured on 5/28/1986 with a Broken Hand, out for 4-5 weeks
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against New York (A) on 8/15/1988
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Detroit on 9/22/1989
Injured on 10/1/1991 with a Broken Finger, out for 3 weeks
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against California on 5/25/1992
Had 2000th career hit on 6/5/1992, off Mario Soto (CHW)
Hit for the cycle against Chicago (A) on 7/26/1992
 
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