Cecil Upshaw stats
Bio
- Age
- 84 yearsOct 22, 1942
Cecil Upshaw played 9 MLB seasons, 1966 to 1975.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 348
- W
- 34
- L
- 36
- ERA
- 3.13
- IP
- 563.0
- K
- 323
- BB
- 177
- WHIP
- 1.28
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | ATL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.0 | 2 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 1967 | ATL | 30 | 2 | 3 | 2.58 | 45.1 | 31 | 8 | 1.10 |
| 1968 | ATL | 52 | 8 | 7 | 2.47 | 116.2 | 74 | 24 | 1.05 |
| 1969 | ATL | 62 | 6 | 4 | 2.91 | 105.1 | 57 | 29 | 1.24 |
| 1971 | ATL | 49 | 11 | 6 | 3.51 | 82.0 | 56 | 28 | 1.50 |
| 1972 | ATL | 42 | 3 | 5 | 3.69 | 53.2 | 23 | 19 | 1.29 |
| 1973 |  ATL/HOU | 40 | 2 | 4 | 4.93 | 42.0 | 24 | 17 | 1.50 |
| 1974 |  CLE/NYY | 43 | 1 | 6 | 3.06 | 67.2 | 34 | 28 | 1.34 |
| 1975 | CHW | 29 | 1 | 1 | 3.23 | 47.1 | 22 | 21 | 1.48 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 3.00
- IP
- 6.0
- K
- 4
- BB
- 1
- WHIP
- 1.00
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 5.2
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | ATL/HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | CLE/NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bio
- Age
- 84 yearsOct 22, 1942
- Debut
- 1966
What were Cecil Upshaw's career stats?
Cecil Upshaw played 9 seasons for the Braves and the White Sox. He had 34 wins and 323 strikeouts with a 3.13 ERA over 563.0 innings. His best season was 1971: 11 wins, a 3.51 ERA and 56 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
9 seasons, 1 postseason, 1966 to 1975
Cecil Upshaw finished top 10 in a stat 3 times.
All-time career rank
- 213th in saves (86)
Among the 9,244 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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