Willie Upshaw

1B/DH/LF · L/L · MLB · ACTIVE: 1978–1988 BORN: BLANCO, USA
Career
1103 H · 123 HR · 528 RBI · 88 SB
.262 AVG · .754 OPS · 1264 G
1988 Season
.245 AVG · 11 HR · 50 RBI · 12 SB
.330 OBP · .369 SLG · .699 OPS
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Willie Upshaw was a first baseman in MLB. Across 1264 career games, with a .262 batting average and 123 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1978 TOR 95 224 26 53 8 2 1 17 4 21 35 .237 .298 .304 .602
1980 TOR 34 61 10 13 3 1 1 5 1 6 14 .213 .284 .344 .628
1981 TOR 61 111 15 19 3 1 4 10 2 11 16 .171 .252 .324 .576
1982 TOR 160 580 77 155 25 7 21 75 8 52 91 .267 .327 .443 .770
1983 TOR 160 579 99 177 26 7 27 104 10 61 98 .306 .373 .515 .887
1984 TOR 152 569 79 158 31 9 19 84 10 55 86 .278 .345 .464 .809
1985 TOR 148 501 79 138 31 5 15 65 8 48 71 .275 .342 .447 .789
1986 TOR 155 573 85 144 28 6 9 60 23 78 87 .251 .341 .368 .709
1987 TOR 150 512 68 125 22 4 15 58 10 58 78 .244 .324 .391 .715
1988 CLE 149 493 58 121 22 3 11 50 12 62 66 .245 .330 .369 .699
Career Totals 1264 4203 596 1103 199 45 123 528 88 452 642 .262 .335 .419 .754
Awards & Achievements
  • Player of the Week (1): 1985
Salary & Contract
Year Salary
1985$730,000
1986$940,000
1987$940,000
1988$900,000

Career Total: $3,510,000 (4 seasons)

Average: $877,500

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.