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Willie Upshaw	Bats: Left Throws: Left Height: 6' 0'' Weight: 185   Born: April 27, 1957 in Usa, TX, BLANCO

Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won	1984
Gold Glove	1988    1989    1990
All-Star Selections	1988

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
1978	21	COL	NL					5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	5	6	5	6	7	7
1979	22	COL	NL					7	7	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	4	5	5	7	8	8
1980	23	COL	NL					7	7	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	4	5	5	7	8	8
1981	24	COL	NL					7	7	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	4	5	5	7	8	7
1982	25	COL	NL	$ 300,000				7	7	6	7	7	7	6	8	7	4	6	5	7	8	7
1983	26	COL	NL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	7	7	7	6	8	7	4	6	5	7	8	7
1984	27	COL	NL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	6	7	7	6	8	7	4	5	5	7	8	7
1985	28	COL	NL	$ 1,764,286				7	7	7	6	7	7	6	8	7	5	6	5	7	8	7
1986	29	COL	NL	$ 2,664,286				7	7	7	7	7	7	6	8	7	5	7	6	7	8	8
1987	30	COL	NL	$ 2,664,286				8	8	7	7	7	7	6	8	7	5	7	6	7	8	7
1988	31	COL	NL	$ 2,664,286				8	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	7	6	7	8	7
1989	32	LAD	NL	$ 8,000,000				7	7	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	5	7	6	6	7	6
1990	33	LAD	NL	$ 8,000,000				7	7	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	5	7	6	5	7	6
OOTP6 Min Ratings								5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	4	5	5	5	7	6
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 8,000,000				8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	6	7	6	7	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
1978	21	AAA		27	101	10	20	5	0	3	15	5	0	19	12	.198	.325	.337	.662	13.5
		AA		109	422	77	117	19	1	24	69	13	7	69	36	.277	.379	.498	.876	80.1
1979	22	AAA		137	549	79	140	28	4	24	80	10	5	60	43	.255	.328	.452	.780	82.2
1980	23	AAA		137	528	99	160	26	4	29	74	20	7	73	38	.303	.388	.532	.920	106.0
1981	24	AAA		136	535	99	158	45	8	31	101	7	9	77	50	.295	.384	.583	.967	110.7
1982	25	COL	NL	156	585	74	166	42	7	17	99	11	7	41	59	.284	.330	.467	.797	82.2	15.2
1983	26	COL	NL	155	585	83	158	44	2	24	106	0	0	49	63	.270	.324	.475	.799	84.7	18.6
1984	27	COL	NL	137	462	73	110	29	4	9	55	0	0	50	47	.238	.313	.377	.689	52.2	7.9
1985	28	COL	NL	134	463	49	122	27	6	15	68	0	2	33	61	.263	.312	.445	.757	59.7	10.2
1986	29	COL	NL	131	457	63	115	40	2	9	68	0	1	41	45	.252	.314	.407	.721	53.6	8.5
1987	30	COL	NL	108	306	44	82	21	4	6	46	0	0	27	34	.268	.322	.422	.743	40.9	7.5
		AAA		28	109	19	32	7	0	9	24	3	1	12	8	.294	.364	.606	.969	22.9
1988	31	COL	NL	156	569	94	165	45	3	17	118	6	0	64	75	.290	.361	.469	.831	93.5	23.6
1989	32	LAD	NL	156	573	78	165	35	1	24	98	15	9	51	86	.288	.348	.478	.826	88.4	20.7
1990	33	LAD	NL	157	593	66	147	24	3	16	67	22	8	56	98	.248	.311	.379	.690	70.7	12.8
9 Years Sim				1290	4593	624	1230	307	32	137	725	54	27	412	568	.268	.327	.438	.765	626.0	125.0
5 Years AAA				465	1822	306	510	111	16	96	294	45	22	241	151	.280	.365	.516	.881	335.3
1 Years AA				109	422	77	117	19	1	24	69	13	7	69	36	.277	.378	.498	.875	80.1
6 Years Minors				574	2244	383	627	130	17	120	363	58	29	310	187	.279	.367	.513	.880	415.4
162 Game Average					576	78	154	38	4	17	91	6	3	51	71	.268	.327	.438	.765	78.6
Career Highs				157	593	94	166	45	7	24	118	22	9	64	98	.290	.361	.478	.831	93.5

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		3540	496	985	252	24	109	572	36	20	324	386	.278	.338	.455	.793	528.3
vs LH		1053	128	245	55	8	28	153	18	7	88	182	.233	.291	.380	.671	118.6
Home	641	2243	290	592	159	16	55	336	29	14	186	275	.264	.320	.423	.742	296.8
Away	649	2350	334	638	148	16	82	389	25	13	226	293	.271	.334	.453	.787	350.1
RISP		1276	0	354	74	8	39	536	0	0	155	152	.277	.345	.440	.785	198.4
Pinch Hitting		82	11	22	4	2	3	16	0	0	12	11	.268	.354	.476	.830	14.1
Close/Late		544	61	130	31	5	11	77	0	0	59	77	.239	.314	.375	.689	65.2
Mar/Apr	207	762	106	202	53	8	19	120	12	3	63	97	.265	.322	.430	.752	103.7
May	232	826	129	228	50	5	30	138	10	7	70	89	.276	.332	.458	.790	121.9
June	226	803	103	204	62	4	17	112	5	4	74	108	.254	.317	.405	.722	101.1
July	213	765	102	196	43	6	31	120	10	6	60	87	.256	.310	.450	.760	105.5
August	203	745	95	218	52	3	19	130	10	7	74	91	.293	.354	.447	.801	114.0
Sep/Oct	209	692	89	182	47	6	21	105	7	0	71	96	.263	.329	.439	.768	100.8

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
1982	25	COL	NL	1B	147	145	1304.7	1512	107	16	142	.990	11.17					2.0
				LF	7	1	19.7	7	0	0	0	1.000	3.20					0.1
1983	26	COL	NL	1B	149	146	1302.3	1586	134	10	145	.994	11.89					2.2
				LF	4	2	23.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.39					0.1
				CF	1	1	9.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	6.00
1984	27	COL	NL	1B	112	106	949.7	1124	76	10	103	.992	11.37					1.8
				LF	18	9	101.3	10	1	0	1	1.000	0.98					0.2
1985	28	COL	NL	1B	123	113	1005.7	1191	78	8	95	.994	11.36					2.1
				LF	7	3	31.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.03					0.1
				SS	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.00					0.0
1986	29	COL	NL	1B	118	109	1001.0	1206	96	6	90	.995	11.71					2.1
				LF	6	3	33.7	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.87					0.1
				2B	1	1	9.0	2	3	1	1	.833	5.00					0.0
				CF	1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
1987	30	COL	NL	LF	57	38	380.3	70	3	0	1	1.000	1.73					1.2
				1B	42	31	286.0	363	25	2	31	.995	12.21					0.8
1988	31	COL	NL	1B	154	148	1323.3	1590	123	9	117	.995	11.65					3.2
				LF	1	0	3.3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1989	32	LAD	NL	1B	128	126	1117.7	1351	96	14	128	.990	11.65					1.4
				LF	27	24	215.0	29	0	0	0	1.000	1.21					0.2
1990	33	LAD	NL	1B	150	148	1310.7	1533	124	12	141	.993	11.38					2.1
				CF	1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00					0.0
				LF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
				1B	1123	1072	9601.0	11456	859	87	992	.993	11.54					17.8
				LF	128	80	808.3	131	4	0	2	1.000	1.50					1.9
				CF	3	3	27.0	8	0	0	0	1.000	2.67					0.0
				2B	1	1	9.0	2	3	1	1	.833	5.00					0.0
				SS	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.00					0.0
Career Totals					1256	1156	10446.3	11597	867	88	995	.993	10.74					19.7
Career Highs					155	150	1334.3	1593	134	16	145	.996	11.65

Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1983	26	COL	NL	6	22	3	3	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	7	.136	.167	.364	.530
1984	27	COL	NL	18	57	9	12	4	1	0	7	0	0	7	3	.211	.292	.316	.608
1986	29	COL	NL	11	36	3	16	7	0	1	11	0	0	6	4	.444	.524	.722	1.246
1987	30	COL	NL	8	14	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.143	.200	.143	.343
1988	31	COL	NL	5	20	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.300	.333	.350	.683
Career Post-Season Batting				48	149	16	39	12	2	2	24	0	0	16	16	.262	.329	.409	.739

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.

Slugging Pct 1983-10-.475 1988-7-.469 1989-9-.478 OPS 1988-7-.831 XR 1988-9-93.5 Games 1982-3-156 1983-9-155 1988-8-156 1989-3-156 1990-1-157 At-Bats 1990-7-593 Runs 1988-8-94 Total Bases 1983-9-278 1988-9-267 1989-6-274 Doubles 1982-4-42 1983-4-44 1986-7-40 1988-6-45 Triples 1982-6-7 Homeruns 1983-8-24 1989-8-24 RBIs 1982-9-99 1983-4-106 1988-1-118 1989-6-98

Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)    Gray Ink Test: 51    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 18th overall pick, by Colorado in 1978

Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/3/1982, off J.r. Richard (PHN)

Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1982, hitting .371 with 2 HR, 29 RBI

Won Bronze Rookie in 1982, hitting .284 with 17 HR, 99 RBI

Won World Championship with Colorado in 1984

2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,764,286 through salary arbitration

2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,664,286 through salary arbitration

2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,664,286 through salary arbitration

2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,664,286 through salary arbitration

Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game

Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1988

Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/12/1989 to a 4-year deal worth $8,000,000 per year

Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1989

Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1990

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