Tom Upton

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 160lb (183cm, 72kg)

Born: December 29, 1926 in Esther, MO us

Died: March 24, 2008 in Downey, CA

Buried: Cremated

Schools: Southeast Missouri State University (Cape Girardeau, MO), University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA), Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA), University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)

Debut: April 19, 1950 (Age 23-111d, 10,674th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 30, 1952 (Age 25-123d)
vs. CHW 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: Thomas Herbert Upton

Nicknames: Muscles

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Relatives: Brother of Bill Upton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.8

525

118

.225

RBI

OBP

.313

SLG

.288

OPS

.600

OPS+

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

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	SLB		CHW	L,3-17	CG	59	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 19	SLB		CHW	L,5-13	CG	49	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
3	3	Apr 20	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS	34	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	SS
4	4	Apr 21	SLB	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
5	5	Apr 22 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
6	6	Apr 22 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	36	7.0	3	4	2	9	1	SS
7	7	Apr 23	SLB	@	DET	L,4-7	GS	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
8	8	Apr 25 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,6-8	GS	37	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
9	9	Apr 25 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-4	GS	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
10	10	Apr 28	SLB		CLE	L,4-12	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	2	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	13 (2)	May 1	SLB		WSH	L,8-9	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
12	16 (2)	May 4	SLB		NYY	L,1-8	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
13	18 (1)	May 6 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,4-5	GS	44	8.0	1	3	2	6	0	SS
14	24 (5)	May 13 (1)	SLB		DET	W,13-10	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
15	25	May 13 (2)	SLB		DET	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
16	26	May 15	SLB	@	PHA	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
17	27	May 16	SLB	@	PHA	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
18	28	May 17	SLB	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	46	8.2	0	3	0	3	0	SS
19	29	May 18	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
20	30	May 20	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	SS
21	31	May 21	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
22	32	May 22	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
23	33	May 23	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-12	CG	49	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
24	34	May 25	SLB	@	DET	W,4-3	GS	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	42 (7)	Jun 2	SLB		BOS	L,4-6	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	PR SS
26	45 (2)	Jun 4	SLB		PHA	L,6-7	GF	20	4.0	2	1	0	3	2	SS
27	50 (4)	Jun 10 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,10-9	GF	26	5.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
28	51	Jun 10 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,2-3	GS	39	10.0	5	10	0	15	1	SS
29	55 (3)	Jun 17 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
30	61 (5)	Jun 24 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	2
31	62	Jun 24 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
32	65 (2)	Jun 29	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
33	66	Jun 30	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	67	Jul 1 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
35	68	Jul 1 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
36	69	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,5-6	GS	25	6.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
37	70	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	CG	67	15.0	4	8	0	12	4	SS
38	71	Jul 6 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,3-4	GS	0	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
39	72	Jul 6 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
40	73	Jul 7	SLB		CHW	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
41	74	Jul 8	SLB		CHW	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
42	75	Jul 12 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,7-9	GS	0	7.0	4	2	0	6	1
43	76	Jul 12 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,0-13	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
44	78 (1)	Jul 14	SLB		PHA	L,6-10	GS	43	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
45	83 (4)	Jul 17 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
46	84	Jul 18	SLB		WSH	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
47	89 (4)	Jul 22 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
							47gm		359.2	80	105	10	195	33