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Tom Upton

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Full Name: Thomas Herbert Upton Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/160 First Game: April 19, 1950
Birthdate: December 29, 1926 Final Game: April 30, 1952
Birthplace: Esther, Missouri MLB Experience: 3 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

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

[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

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  • 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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