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Cecil Upshaw

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Full Name: Cecil Lee Upshaw Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 6"/205 First Game: October 1, 1966
Birthdate: October 22, 1942 Final Game: September 28, 1975
Birthplace: Spearsville, Louisiana MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: February 7, 1995
Deathplace: Lawrenceville, Georgia
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on October 22, 1942 in Spearsville, Louisiana, Cecil Upshaw (Cecil Lee Upshaw) played for the Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 9 year career. Upshaw broke into the bigs on October 1, 1966 with the Atlanta Braves, and put up a 2.47 ERA in 116.2 innings pitched in 1968, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Cecil Upshaw's best season was 1969, when he posted a 2.91 ERA, notched 27 saves and struck out 57 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1966 ATL N 1 0 0 0 .00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0
1967 ATL N 30 0 2 3 2.58 31 14 13 0 0 8 45.1 42 4 8 4 1 4
1968 ATL N 52 0 8 7 2.47 74 41 32 0 0 13 116.2 98 6 24 7 2 4
1969 ATL N 62 0 6 4 2.91 57 36 34 0 0 27 105.1 102 7 29 6 5 1
1971 ATL N 49 0 11 6 3.51 56 33 32 0 0 17 82 95 5 28 12 2 2
1972 ATL N 42 0 3 5 3.69 23 22 22 0 0 13 53.2 50 5 19 9 2 1
1973 HOU N 35 0 2 3 4.46 21 21 19 0 0 1 38.1 38 3 15 4 3 1
1973 ATL N 5 0 0 1 9.82 3 5 4 0 0 0 3.2 8 0 2 1 0 0
1973 TOT N 40 0 2 4 4.93 24 26 23 0 0 1 42 46 3 17 5 3 1
1974 NY A 36 0 1 5 3.02 27 25 20 0 0 6 59.2 53 1 24 3 0 3
1974 CLE A 7 0 0 1 3.38 7 4 3 0 0 0 8 10 1 4 1 0 0
1974 TOT A 43 0 1 6 3.06 34 29 23 0 0 6 67.2 63 2 28 4 0 3
1975 CHI A 29 0 1 1 3.23 22 19 17 0 0 1 47.1 49 5 21 3 2 4
Total NL 276 0 32 29 3.13 267 172 156 0 0 79 448 433 30 128 43 16 13
Total AL 72 0 2 7 3.13 56 48 40 0 0 7 115 112 7 49 7 2 7
Total 348 0 34 36 3.13 323 220 196 0 0 86 563 545 37 177 50 18 20

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1966 ATL N P 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1967 ATL N P 30 0 45.1 2 8 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 .909
1968 ATL N P 52 0 116.2 6 19 1 0 0 1 12 2 0 .962
1969 ATL N P 62 0 105.1 6 21 1 1 0 1 3 2 1 .964
1971 ATL N P 49 0 82 3 11 1 0 0 3 9 0 0 .933
1972 ATL N P 42 0 53.2 2 12 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 .933
1973 HOU N P 35 0 38.1 3 9 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 1.000
1973 ATL N P 5 0 3.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1973 TOT N P 40 0 42 3 10 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 1.000
1974 NY A P 36 0 59.2 6 12 2 1 0 0 5 4 1 .900
1974 CLE A P 7 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 .500
1974 TOT A P 43 0 67.2 6 13 3 1 0 0 8 4 1 .864
1975 CHI A P 29 0 47.1 0 8 2 1 0 1 11 2 0 .800
Total P 348 0 563 28 102 10 3 0 7 62 13 2 .929

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1966 ATL N 1 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 ATL N 30 6 0 1 0 1 .167 .375 .167 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0
1968 ATL N 52 23 0 4 0 0 .174 .208 .174 0 0 1 4 0 6 0 0 0
1969 ATL N 62 21 3 5 1 1 .238 .238 .381 0 0 0 8 0 3 0 0 0
1971 ATL N 49 15 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 1
1972 ATL N 42 7 0 1 0 0 .143 .143 .143 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
1973 HOU N 35 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1973 ATL N 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 TOT N 40 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1974 NY A 36 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CLE A 7 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 TOT A 43 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CHI A 29 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 276 75 3 12 1 3 .160 .192 .200 0 0 3 23 0 14 0 0 1
Total AL 72 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 348 75 3 12 1 3 .160 .192 .200 0 0 3 23 0 14 0 0 1

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Milwaukee Braves (March 3, 1964).
  • Traded by Atlanta Braves to Houston Astros in exchange for Norm Miller (April 22, 1973).
  • Traded by Houston Astros to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Jerry Johnson (November 3, 1973).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians with Chris Chambliss and Dick Tidrow to New York Yankees in exchange for Fritz Peterson, Steve Kline, Fred Beene and Tom Buskey (April 26, 1974).
  • Traded by New York Yankees to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Eddie Leon (December 5, 1974).
  • Released by Chicago White Sox (March 30, 1976).

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