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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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	12-40 / in Starts: 10-33
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	44 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 149 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	74 (44-22-8) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 149 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	97 (50-30-15)

Most Driven In
R Sievers	3
K Wood	1
S Lollar	1
D Lenhardt	1
B Hogue	1
R Coleman	1
L Moss	1
B Mahoney	1

Most Driven In By
J Delsing	2
F Marsh	2
H Arft	1
N Garver	1
D Long	1
T Byrne	0
M Batts	0
R Coleman	0

1951 Batting Game Log

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1951 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	125	1	Apr 17	SLB		CHW	L,3-17	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	.46	-0.087	1.17	-0.13%	-2.21	SS
2	126	2	Apr 19	SLB		CHW	L,5-13	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	8	.22	0.007	.50	0.01%	-0.72	SS
3	127	3	Apr 20	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	7	1.28	-0.045	2.76	-0.06%	-0.69	SS
4	128	4	Apr 21	SLB	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.250	.438	8	.53	0.001	1.05	0.00%	1.37	SS
5	129	5	Apr 22 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-10	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.211	.368	8	.68	-0.036	1.51	-0.05%	-0.40	SS
6	130	6	Apr 22 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.136	.136	.182	.318	8	.95	-0.076	1.85	-0.09%	-0.74	SS
7	131	7	Apr 23	SLB	@	DET	L,4-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.167	.292	8	1.03	-0.048	1.78	-0.05%	-0.73	SS
8	132	8	Apr 25 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,6-8	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.115	.148	.154	.302	8	1.18	-0.035	1.93	-0.03%	-0.26	SS
9	133	9	Apr 25 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.143	.148	.291	8	.99	-0.025	1.41	-0.02%	-0.24	SS
10	134	10	Apr 28	SLB		CLE	L,4-12	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.100	.129	.133	.262	8	.70	-0.079	1.15	-0.08%	-1.12	SS
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	135	13 (2)	May 1	SLB		WSH	L,8-9	12-GF(13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.129	.133	.262	2						SS
12	136	16 (2)	May 4	SLB		NYY	L,1-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.143	.121	.264	7	.75	-0.082	.81	-0.05%	-0.89	SS
13	137	18 (1)	May 6 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.083	.132	.111	.243	7	1.38	-0.107	.93	-0.04%	-0.99	SS
14	138	24 (5)	May 13 (1)	SLB		DET	W,13-10	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0			1	0	0	.098	.140	.146	.286	8						SS
15	139	25	May 13 (2)	SLB		DET	L,3-5	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.114	.152	.205	.357	8						SS
16	140	26	May 15	SLB	@	PHA	W,11-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.104	.140	.188	.328	7	.69	-0.058	.19	-0.01%	-0.76	SS
17	141	27	May 16	SLB	@	PHA	W,10-9	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.118	.151	.196	.347	8	1.21	-0.025	.40	-0.01%	-0.57	SS
18	142	28	May 17	SLB	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.127	.158	.200	.358	8	1.76	-0.012	.75	0.00%	0.92	SS
19	143	29	May 18	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.153	.180	.254	.435	7	.68	-0.027	.25	-0.01%	0.45	SS
20	144	30	May 20	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.161	.188	.258	.446	7	.96	0.084	.34	0.02%	1.69	SS
21	145	31	May 21	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.156	.182	.250	.432	8	1.31	-0.082	.37	-0.01%	-0.68	SS
22	146	32	May 22	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.149	.174	.239	.413	8	.96	-0.068	.20	-0.01%	-0.81	SS
23	147	33	May 23	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-12	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.143	.167	.229	.395	8	.34	-0.030	.04	0.00%	-1.38	SS
24	148	34	May 25	SLB	@	DET	W,4-3	GS-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.178	.229	.407	8	.40	0.015	.04	0.00%	0.27	SS
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	149	42 (7)	Jun 2	SLB		BOS	L,4-6	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.178	.229	.407	8						PR SS
26	150	45 (2)	Jun 4	SLB		PHA	L,6-7	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.141	.176	.225	.401	7	1.91	-0.050	.05	0.00%	-0.25	SS
27	151	47 (1)	Jun 6	SLB		NYY	W,5-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.141	.176	.225	.401	4						PR
28	152	48	Jun 7	SLB		NYY	L,5-7	7-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.141	.176	.225	.401	3		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
29	153	50 (1)	Jun 10 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,10-9	5-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.151	.184	.233	.417	8	.75	0.010	.03	0.00%	0.03	SS
30	154	51	Jun 10 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,2-3	GS-10	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.160	.192	.240	.432	8	.76	0.015	.03	0.00%	0.30	SS
31	155	54 (2)	Jun 17 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.192	.240	.432	6		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
32	156	55	Jun 17 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.169	.220	.247	.466	7	.90	0.076	.02	0.00%	0.58	SS
33	157	60 (4)	Jun 23	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.169	.220	.247	.466	4						PR
34	158	61	Jun 24 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.233	.284	.517	7	.82	0.039	.00	0.00%	1.01	SS
35	159	62	Jun 24 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.179	.233	.274	.507	2						SS
36	160	63	Jun 26	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-6	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.233	.274	.507	9						PR
37	161	65 (1)	Jun 29	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-10	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.245	.287	.532	2	.32	0.014	.00	0.00%	1.46	SS
38	162	66	Jun 30	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.255	.289	.544	8	.45	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.23	SS
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
39	163	67	Jul 1 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.257	.290	.548	8	.92	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.12	SS
40	164	68	Jul 1 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.196	.257	.289	.546	8	.72	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.55	SS
41	165	69	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,5-6	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.262	.286	.547	8	.56	-0.004	.00	0.00%	0.22	SS
42	166	70	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	GS-15	6	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	.212	.274	.298	.572	8	2.06	0.047	.00	0.00%	0.19	SS
43	167	71	Jul 6 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,3-4	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.210	.278	.295	.573	8						SS
44	168	72	Jul 6 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.204	.271	.287	.558	8						SS
45	169	73	Jul 7	SLB		CHW	L,3-5	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.198	.264	.279	.544	8						SS
46	170	74	Jul 8	SLB		CHW	L,4-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.202	.272	.281	.553	2	.85	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.14	SS
47	171	75	Jul 12 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,7-9	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1			0	0	0	.198	.268	.276	.544	8						SS
48	172	76	Jul 12 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,0-13	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.200	.267	.283	.551	8						SS
49	173	78 (1)	Jul 14	SLB		PHA	L,6-10	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.211	.276	.293	.569	2	1.16	0.066	.00	0.00%	0.67	SS
50	174	83 (4)	Jul 17 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.206	.270	.286	.556	8						SS
51	175	84	Jul 18	SLB		WSH	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.202	.264	.279	.543	8						SS
52	176	89 (4)	Jul 22 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,3-7	CG(8)	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.198	.271	.275	.546	1	.98	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.34	SS
							12-40		149	131	9	26	4	3	0	12	12	0	22	1	5		2	5	1	2	.198	.271	.275	.546		.90	-0.639	.52	-0.63%	-4.67

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