Willie Upshaw Stats

Willie Upshaw was born on Saturday, April 27, 1957, in Blanco, Texas. Upshaw was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 9, 1978, with the Toronto Blue Jays. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Willie Upshaw baseball stats page.

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Willie Upshaw

Willie Upshaw Autograph on a 1983 Donruss Baseball Card (#558)

Willie Upshaw Autograph on a 1983 Donruss Baseball Card (#558)

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Birth Name:   Willie Clay Upshaw
Nickname:   None
Born On:   04-27-1957  (Taurus)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Blanco, Texas
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Blanco High School (Blanco, TX)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   04-09-1978 (Age 20)
Last Game:   09-28-1988
Draft:   1975 : 5th Round (115th)

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Willie Upshaw Pitching Stats

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Willie Upshaw Hitting Stats

1978 21 Blue Jays 95 224 26 53 8 2 1 0 17 21 0 35 2 3 0 4 .237 .298 .304
1980 23 Blue Jays 34 61 10 13 3 1 1 0 5 6 1 14 1 0 0 0 .213 .284 .344
1981 24 Blue Jays 61 111 15 19 3 1 4 0 10 11 0 16 0 0 1 1 .171 .252 .324
1982 25 Blue Jays 160 580 77 155 25 7 21 0 75 52 8 91 10 3 1 11 .267 .327 .443
1983 26 Blue Jays 160 579 99 177 26 7 27 1 104 61 8 98 3 7 5 8 .306 .373 .515
1984 27 Blue Jays 152 569 79 158 31 9 19 0 84 55 14 86 3 3 5 8 .278 .345 .464
1985 28 Blue Jays 148 501 79 138 31 5 15 0 65 48 7 71 1 3 4 6 .275 .342 .447
1986 29 Blue Jays 155 573 85 144 28 6 9 0 60 78 4 87 4 4 2 5 .251 .341 .368
1987 30 Blue Jays 150 512 68 125 22 4 15 1 58 58 4 78 3 1 3 7 .244 .324 .391
1988 31 Indians 149 493 58 121 22 3 11 0 50 62 4 66 3 4 2 10 .245 .330 .369
10 Years 1,264 4,203 596 1,103 199 45 123 2 528 452 50 642 30 28 23 60 .262 .335 .419

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Willie Upshaw Fielding Stats

1978 Blue Jays 1B 10 5 174 54 5.4 52 50 2 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .963 8.07
1978 Blue Jays CF 6 4 117 11 1.8 11 11 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.54
1978 Blue Jays LF 46 39 1,035 74 1.6 69 67 2 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .932 1.80
1978 Blue Jays RF 1 0 18 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.50
1980 Blue Jays 1B 14 4 162 59 4.2 58 51 7 1 11 n/a n/a n/a .983 9.67
1980 Blue Jays LF 1 1 21 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1981 Blue Jays 1B 16 3 168 63 3.9 63 58 5 0 7 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.13
1981 Blue Jays LF 6 4 87 6 1.0 6 5 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.86
1981 Blue Jays RF 8 7 165 9 1.1 9 9 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.47
1982 Blue Jays 1B 155 155 462 1,556 10.0 1,539 1,438 101 17 123 n/a n/a n/a .989 89.94
1983 Blue Jays 1B 159 154 411 1,432 9.0 1,411 1,294 117 21 131 n/a n/a n/a .985 92.69
1984 Blue Jays 1B 151 151 3,957 1,363 9.0 1,349 1,246 103 14 133 n/a n/a n/a .990 9.20
1985 Blue Jays 1B 147 129 3,540 1,271 8.6 1,261 1,157 104 10 111 n/a n/a n/a .992 9.62
1986 Blue Jays 1B 154 151 4,083 1,457 9.5 1,445 1,314 131 12 118 n/a n/a n/a .992 9.56
1987 Blue Jays 1B 146 135 3,702 1,305 8.9 1,296 1,169 127 9 114 n/a n/a n/a .993 9.45
1988 Indians 1B 144 129 3,495 1,276 8.9 1,264 1,162 102 12 93 n/a n/a n/a .991 9.76
1B Totals 1,096 1,016 20,154 9,836 9.0 9,738 8,939 799 98 845 n/a n/a n/a .990 13.05
LF Totals 53 44 1,143 80 1.5 75 72 3 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .938 1.77
RF Totals 9 7 183 10 1.1 10 10 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.48
CF Totals 6 4 117 11 1.8 11 11 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.54
10 Years 1,164 1,071 21,597 9,937 8.5 9,834 9,032 802 103 846 n/a n/a n/a .990 12.29

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Willie Upshaw Miscellaneous Stats

1978 Blue Jays 4 6 .400 13 22 18 224.0 6.4 13.2 - - -
1980 Blue Jays 1 0 1.000 11 6 12 61.0 4.4 12.2 - - -
1981 Blue Jays 2 1 .667 20 14 15 27.8 6.9 11.1 - - -
1982 Blue Jays 8 8 .500 2 0 5 27.6 6.4 7.7 - - -
1983 Blue Jays 10 7 .588 4 1 1 21.4 5.9 5.6 - - -
1984 Blue Jays 10 4 .714 0 1 1 29.9 6.6 6.8 - - -
1985 Blue Jays 8 8 .500 3 7 1 33.4 7.1 7.7 - - -
1986 Blue Jays 23 5 .821 3 0 1 63.7 6.6 9.6 - - -
1987 Blue Jays 10 11 .476 9 3 0 34.1 6.6 8.8 - - -
1988 Indians 12 9 .571 9 0 0 44.8 7.5 9.9 - - -
10 Years 88 59 .599 74 54 54 34.2 6.5 8.0 - - -

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Willie Upshaw Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1978 Toronto Blue Jays 26 $21,000.00 - -
1980 Toronto Blue Jays 26 $30,000.00 - -
1981 Toronto Blue Jays 26 Undetermined - -
1982 Toronto Blue Jays 26 Undetermined - -
1983 Toronto Blue Jays 26 Undetermined - -
1984 Toronto Blue Jays 26 Undetermined - -
1985 Toronto Blue Jays 26 $730,000.00 - -
1986 Toronto Blue Jays 26 $940,000.00 - -
1987 Toronto Blue Jays 26 $940,000.00 - -
1988 Cleveland Indians 20 $900,000.00 - -

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