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Tom
Upton		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 160
 
Born: December 29, 1926 in Usa, MO, ESTHER
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1961   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 23 SDP NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 6 5 6 7 7 7
1951 24 SDP NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 6 5 6 7 7 7
1952 25 SDP NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 4 5 7 6 6 8 8 8
1953 26 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 7 7 9 8 8
1954 27 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 7 7 9 8 8
1955 28 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 4 5 8 7 7 9 8 8
1956 29 SDP NL $ 492,857   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 4 5 8 7 7 9 8 8
1957 30 SDP NL $ 1,278,571   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 7 7 9 8 8
1958 31 SDP NL $ 1,278,571   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 7 7 8 8 8
1959 32 STL NL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 7 7 8 8 8
1960 33 STL NL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 7 7 8 8 8
1961 34 BRK NL $ 3,500,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 5 6 7 7 7
1962 35 NYG NL $ 3,500,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 3 4 6 5 5 7 6 6
1963 36 BSN NL $ 330,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 4 3 4 5 4 4 6 5 5
1964 37 BSN NL $ 330,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 4 4 3 3 5 4 4
1965 38 PIT NL     3 3 3 2 2 2 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 7 7 9 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1950 23 A   137 510 59 124 15 5 8 33 21 10 105 52 .243 .372 .339 .712 74.7  
1951 24 A   137 510 71 118 17 8 7 43 21 10 115 57 .231 .373 .337 .710 75.7  
1952 25 AA   83 324 52 75 9 5 9 30 8 5 68 37 .231 .365 .373 .738 49.7  
    A   54 192 42 52 9 2 4 19 5 2 54 20 .271 .431 .401 .832 38.0  
1953 26 SDP NL 137 366 55 92 13 1 4 48 17 1 50 39 .251 .341 .325 .666 46.5 5.4
1954 27 SDP NL 150 523 53 115 8 4 3 37 11 4 63 61 .220 .303 .268 .570 45.5 2.1
1955 28 SDP NL 100 153 23 37 6 0 0 7 3 0 20 12 .242 .328 .281 .609 14.4 1.1
1956 29 SDP NL 128 336 40 89 8 0 4 38 6 1 58 40 .265 .370 .324 .695 45.9 8.7
1957 30 SDP NL 143 366 50 116 13 2 2 47 1 0 38 39 .317 .377 .380 .757 51.2 9.6
1958 31 SDP NL 130 254 32 90 12 3 0 34 2 1 43 26 .354 .445 .425 .870 47.9 10.6
1959 32 STL NL 157 575 72 160 18 3 6 56 25 8 57 74 .278 .345 .351 .697 73.6 10.6
1960 33 STL NL 147 490 69 132 21 2 4 35 15 3 53 54 .269 .342 .345 .687 59.8 10.5
1961 34 BRK NL 154 559 74 160 17 2 7 62 5 0 62 80 .286 .355 .361 .716 73.2 11.4
1962 35 BRK NL 52 121 12 30 4 1 0 8 1 1 8 17 .248 .292 .298 .590 9.6 0.6
  NYG NL 77 273 25 73 10 0 2 30 3 2 13 44 .267 .299 .326 .625 24.4 2.8
  TOT   129 394 37 103 14 1 2 38 4 3 21 61 .261 .297 .317 .614 33.9 3.4
1963 36 BSN NL 147 455 49 113 9 0 3 25 10 0 38 79 .248 .306 .288 .594 41.3 4.5
1964 37 BSN NL 81 152 17 33 5 0 2 19 6 2 8 35 .217 .255 .289 .544 10.7 0.0
1965 38 AA   137 533 52 130 16 1 7 37 9 5 59 120 .244 .319 .317 .636 57.0  
12 Years Sim 1603 4623 571 1240 144 18 37 446 105 23 511 600 .268 .340 .331 .671 544.0 78.0
2 Years AA 220 857 104 205 25 6 16 67 17 10 127 157 .239 .337 .338 .676 106.7  
3 Years A 328 1212 172 294 41 15 19 95 47 22 274 129 .243 .382 .348 .730 188.4  
5 Years Minors 548 2069 276 499 66 21 35 162 64 32 401 286 .241 .364 .344 .708 295.2  
162 Game Average 467 57 125 14 1 3 45 10 2 51 60 .268 .340 .331 .671 55.0  
Career Highs 157 575 74 160 21 4 7 62 25 8 63 80 .354 .445 .425 .870 73.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2496 290 643 66 6 20 260 58 17 241 365 .258 .322 .313 .635 267.1
vs LH   2127 281 597 78 12 17 186 47 6 270 235 .281 .361 .353 .713 289.6
Home 789 2283 279 615 68 6 20 221 50 11 237 288 .269 .337 .331 .668 270.4
Away 814 2340 292 625 76 12 17 225 55 12 274 312 .267 .343 .332 .675 286.3
RISP   995 0 284 35 5 13 396 0 0 126 115 .285 .359 .370 .729 139.2
Pinch Hitting   172 19 55 6 2 1 37 5 0 27 16 .320 .406 .395 .801 29.7
Close/Late   618 85 161 16 0 2 59 0 0 73 83 .261 .338 .296 .634 66.8
Mar/Apr 246 691 77 165 17 2 7 54 16 8 71 88 .239 .308 .300 .608 67.9
May 281 714 92 178 26 2 3 67 15 3 101 106 .249 .340 .304 .644 83.2
June 265 803 90 231 28 1 4 74 10 5 86 99 .288 .357 .340 .696 100.5
July 269 845 116 246 27 6 6 81 27 3 95 112 .291 .361 .359 .719 116.5
August 281 829 92 226 26 5 8 82 15 3 70 98 .273 .330 .345 .675 96.6
Sep/Oct 261 741 104 194 20 2 9 88 22 1 88 97 .262 .339 .331 .670 92.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1953 26 SDP NL LF 61 61 492.0 116 2 6 0 .952 2.16   1.9
    SS 48 38 336.7 62 149 5 31 .977 5.64   2.4
    2B 14 11 94.7 16 30 0 3 1.000 4.37   0.4
    3B 8 3 34.0 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.91   0.2
1954 27 SDP NL 3B 99 98 849.7 65 213 8 16 .972 2.94   3.9
    SS 27 24 197.0 33 91 3 19 .976 5.66   1.1
    1B 15 15 128.0 136 12 3 13 .980 10.41   0.2
    2B 8 8 67.0 12 29 1 1 .976 5.51   0.3
1955 28 SDP NL 3B 35 25 221.0 17 54 2 2 .973 2.89   1.3
    SS 39 10 142.0 18 51 4 8 .945 4.37   0.2
    2B 8 1 21.0 10 12 0 3 1.000 9.43   0.2
    LF 4 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1956 29 SDP NL 3B 84 74 684.7 43 191 6 15 .975 3.08   1.5
    2B 13 10 94.7 20 52 2 11 .973 6.85   0.8
    SS 22 7 91.7 14 28 3 8 .933 4.12   0.3
1957 30 SDP NL 3B 66 46 450.0 20 114 2 11 .985 2.68   1.8
    SS 28 12 152.3 17 54 4 13 .947 4.19   0.7
    2B 17 14 131.7 23 52 0 7 1.000 5.13   0.9
    LF 22 11 122.3 21 1 3 0 .880 1.62   0.2
1958 31 SDP NL SS 49 10 193.0 23 80 3 9 .972 4.80   0.5
    3B 39 15 184.3 11 56 4 2 .944 3.27   0.6
    LF 19 9 106.7 18 0 3 0 .857 1.52   0.1
    2B 14 9 84.7 18 26 0 5 1.000 4.68   0.3
1959 32 STL NL 3B 145 143 1260.0 80 283 9 28 .976 2.59   4.4
    SS 7 0 17.0 3 7 1 3 .909 5.29   0.1
    2B 3 0 6.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1960 33 STL NL 3B 71 59 546.3 28 137 0 11 1.000 2.72   2.0
    2B 61 54 499.0 121 206 2 46 .994 5.90   1.7
    LF 5 4 38.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.95   0.0
    SS 2 0 7.0 1 1 1 0 .667 2.57   0.0
1961 34 BRK NL 3B 153 151 1318.3 96 330 10 32 .977 2.91   4.7
    2B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1962 35 BRK NL 2B 45 44 292.2 61 118 3 27 .984 5.51   0.9
    3B 1 0 3.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.43   0.0
    SS 2 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  NYG NL 2B 67 64 644.1 136 259 7 60 .983 5.52   2.9
    3B 2 1 8.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.08   0.0
    SS 2 0 4.1 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.39   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.8 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.21   0.0
  TOT   2B 112 108 936.3 197 377 10 87 .983 5.52   3.8
      3B 3 1 12.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
      SS 4 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
      LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1963 36 BSN NL 2B 91 78 725.0 175 286 10 62 .979 5.72   3.1
    SS 44 42 350.7 58 134 18 26 .914 4.93   0.8
    LF 4 1 13.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38   0.0
    3B 2 1 12.0 0 5 0 1 1.000 3.75   0.1
1964 37 BSN NL 2B 37 15 196.7 38 62 2 16 .980 4.58   0.4
    3B 15 10 95.0 3 29 0 2 1.000 3.03   0.5
    SS 25 6 90.3 15 35 3 8 .943 4.98   0.6
  3B 720 626 5667.3 366 1422 41 121 .978 2.84   21.0
  2B 380 308 2859.6 630 1136 27 241 .985 5.56   12.1
  SS 296 149 1585.6 245 633 45 125 .951 4.98   6.8
  LF 118 86 783.0 163 3 12 0 .933 1.91   2.3
  1B 15 15 128.0 136 12 3 13 .980 10.41   0.2
  CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1530 1184 11026.5 1540 3206 128 500 .974 3.87   42.3
Career Highs   157 151 1324.3 246 425 28 89 .994 5.44    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1961-10-.355
 Games
1959-3-157
 At-Bats
1959-6-575
 Hits
1959-7-160
1961-10-160
 Singles
1959-1-133
1961-2-134
 Stolen Bases
1953-6-17
1954-8-11
1956-8-6
1959-1-25
1960-2-15
Caught Stealing
1954-10-4
1959-4-8
1962-6-3
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 18    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  8. Bob Aspromonte (911)
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 61st overall pick, by San Diego in 1950
Had first career hit on 4/16/1953, off Ted Gray (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 5/20/1953, off Niles Jordan (BRK)
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $492,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,278,571 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (N) on 7/7/1957
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,278,571 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/5/1959 to a 4-year deal worth $3,500,000 per year
Traded from St. Louis to Brooklyn on 3/3/1961 (Going to BRK: RF Bob Allison, 3B Tom Upton. Going to STL: P Bob Purkey)
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1961
Traded from Brooklyn to New York (N) on 7/1/1962 (Going to BRK: P Humberto Robinson, 1B Gail Harris, 2B Joe Demaestri. Going to NYG: P Bob Priddy, 2B Tom Upton, RF Harry Simpson)
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/3/1963 to a 2-year deal worth $330,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 4/2/1965 to a minor league deal
Injured on 4/20/1965 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 5 days
 
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