Tom Upton
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[edit] Biography
Tom Upton (Thomas Herbert Upton) was born on December 29, 1926 in Esther, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on April 19, 1950 for the St. Louis Browns. In 1950, his rookie year, he hit .237 with 2 home runs and 30 RBI. Upton played for the St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators over the course of his 3 year career.
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[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | STL | A | 124 | 389 | 50 | 92 | 2 | 30 | .237 | .328 | .296 | 5 | 6 | 52 | 45 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 1951 | STL | A | 52 | 131 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 12 | .198 | .271 | .275 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1952 | WAS | A | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 181 | 525 | 60 | 118 | 2 | 42 | .225 | .313 | .288 | 9 | 9 | 65 | 67 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | STL | A | SS | 115 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 328 | 30 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .946 |
| 1950 | STL | A | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1950 | STL | A | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1951 | STL | A | SS | 47 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 105 | 10 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .949 |
| 1952 | WAS | A | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Total | SS | 165 | 0 | 0 | 281 | 441 | 40 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .948 | ||
| Total | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1944).
- Selected by St. Louis Browns from New York Yankees in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 17, 1949).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns with Al Widmar and Sherm Lollar to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Dick Littlefield, Joe DeMaestri, Gus Niarhos, Gordon Goldsberry and Jim Rivera (November 27, 1951).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox to Washington Senators in exchange for Sam Dente (November 27, 1951).
- Traded by Washington Senators with Irv Noren to New York Yankees in exchange for Jackie Jensen, Spec Shea, Jerry Snyder and Archie Wilson (May 3, 1952).
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