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Larry Doby League 4-1-2044 |
| Rick Upchurch |  Left FieldRetired (1965, Age 35) |
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CAREER | BIOGRAPHICAL DATA | ||||
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| AVG | .231 | Total Rating |
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Bats/Throws | B/R | |
| OPS | .651 | Status | Deceased (2010) | Option Years | 0
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| H | 188 | Age at Death | 80 | Date of Birth | 10-29-1930 | |
| HR | 25 | Drafted | Round 2, Pick 30 (1952) |
Majors Svc Time | 3 years (23 games) |
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| RBI | 106 | |||||
| SB | 17 | |||||
| OFFENSE | PITCHING | MENTORING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contact vs. R | Contact vs. L | Endurance |
Ldrship |
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| Power vs. R | Power vs. L | Velocity |
Mentor vR |
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| Speed | Bunt | Control |
Mentor vL |
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| POSITIONS | DEFENSE/HEALTH | POSTSEASON | |||||||
| C * | --- | SS | --- | Range | WS Rings | 0 | |||
| 1B | --- | LF | (100%) | Arm | WS Appearances | 0 | |||
| 2B | --- | CF | --- |
Health |
LCS Appearances | 0 | |||
| 3B | --- | RF | (38.4%) |
Injured Days |
0 | All Star Teams | 0 | ||
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.
| Year
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Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | HBP | SF | SB | CS | E | OPS | OBP | SLG | ISO | AVG | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | DET | 33 |
55 |
1 |
10
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | .382 |
.182 |
.200 |
.018 |
.182 |
|
| 1954 | DET | 129 |
310 |
34 |
71
|
10 |
1 |
15 |
46 |
22 |
80 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
6 | 7 | .690 |
.277 |
.413 |
.184 |
.229 |
|
| 1955 | DET | 95 |
193 |
29 |
51
|
8 |
0 |
5 |
29 |
18 |
31 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
1 | 7 | .709 |
.325 |
.383 |
.119 |
.264 |
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| 1956 | DET-STL | 73 |
100 |
15 |
25
|
5 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
11 |
16 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
2 | 3 | .736 |
.336 |
.400 |
.150 |
.250 |
|
| 1963 | STL-PIT | 17 |
65 |
6 |
11
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0 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
1 |
11 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
0 | 0 | .487 |
.179 |
.308 |
.138 |
.169 |
|
| 1964 | PIT | 17 |
32 |
4 |
8
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
0 | 1 | .656 |
.375 |
.281 |
.031 |
.250 |
|
| 1965 | PIT | 22 |
59 |
7 |
12
|
0 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | .513 |
.242 |
.271 |
.068 |
.203 |
|
| Total | 386 |
814 |
96 |
188
|
25 |
5 |
25 |
106 |
62 |
164 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
9 | 18 | .651 |
.285 |
.366 |
.135 |
.231 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1965-11-01 | Rick Upchurch has retired from the Free Agency Pool |
| 1965-08-06 | The Pittsburgh Lynx have waived Rick Upchurch. |
| 1965-07-31 | The Pittsburgh Lynx have promoted Richie Ashburn to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Lynx have designated Rick Upchurch for assignment. |
| 1964-05-27 | The Pittsburgh Lynx have promoted Rick Upchurch to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Lynx have designated Sam Stroud for assignment. |
| 1963-08-12 | The Pittsburgh Lynx have designated Rick Upchurch for assignment. |
| 1963-07-30 | The Pittsburgh Lynx have promoted Rick Upchurch to the major league team. |
| 1963-07-30 | The Pittsburgh Lynx have acquired Rick Upchurch from the waiver wire. |
| 1963-06-25 | The St. Louis Arches have waived Rick Upchurch. |
| 1963-06-13 | The St. Louis Arches have promoted Clarence Troy to the major league team. The St. Louis Arches have designated Rick Upchurch for assignment. |
| 1963-06-08 | The St. Louis Arches have promoted Rick Upchurch to the major league team. |
| 1963-05-31 | The St. Louis Arches have designated Rick Upchurch for assignment. |
| 1963-05-13 | The St. Louis Arches have promoted Rick Upchurch to the major league team. |
| 1963-05-07 | The St. Louis Arches have promoted Bill DiSarcina to the major league team. The St. Louis Arches have designated Rick Upchurch for assignment. |
| 1956-07-25 | A trade has been completed between the Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Devils. The St. Louis Devils receive Mike Bell, Chad Rainwater, Rick Upchurch from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Max McCloud. |
| 1955-07-16 | The Detroit Tigers have promoted Steak Shapiro to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have promoted Rick Upchurch to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have promoted Connecticut Jones to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have promoted Rocco Strawberry to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have designated Talen Rawls for assignment. The Detroit Tigers have designated Dan Dickau for assignment. The Detroit Tigers have designated Rich Ritchey for assignment. The Detroit Tigers have designated Steve Renko for assignment. |
| 1955-06-08 | The Detroit Tigers have sent Rick Upchurch down to the minors. |
| 1954-06-19 | The Detroit Tigers have promoted Rick Upchurch to the major league team. |
| 1954-06-17 | The Detroit Tigers have promoted Red Strawberry to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Rick Upchurch to the minors. |
| 1954-05-08 | The Detroit Tigers have promoted Rick Upchurch to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Steak Shapiro to the minors. |
| 1954-04-25 | The Detroit Tigers have promoted Ping Bolden to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have promoted Dan Dickau to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Dale Murphy to the minors. The Detroit Tigers have sent Rick Upchurch to the minors. |
| 1954-03-01 | The Detroit Tigers have promoted Rick Upchurch to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Jack Boudreau to the minors. |
| 1953-07-06 | The Detroit Tigers have promoted Jack Boudreau to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have promoted Hardy Merril to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Dale Murphy to the minors. The Detroit Tigers have sent Rick Upchurch to the minors. |
| 1953-06-08 | The Detroit Tigers have promoted Rufus Trosky to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have promoted Rick Upchurch to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Pat Riley to the minors. The Detroit Tigers have sent Ping Bolden to the minors. |
| 1953-05-13 | The Detroit Tigers have promoted Hardy Merril to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have promoted Boomer Brunansky to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Danny Fortson to the minors. The Detroit Tigers have sent Rick Upchurch to the minors. |
| 1953-04-20 | The Detroit Tigers have promoted Rick Upchurch to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Tommy Agee to the minors. |
| 1953-04-20 | The Detroit Tigers have promoted Tommy Agee to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have promoted Talen Rawls to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have promoted Kerry Collins to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Cannonball Aderly to the minors. The Detroit Tigers have sent Rick Upchurch to the minors. The Detroit Tigers have sent Rufus Trosky to the minors. |
| 1953-04-18 | The Detroit Tigers have promoted Cannonball Aderly to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have promoted Rick Upchurch to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Boomer Brunansky to the minors. The Detroit Tigers have sent Cory Snyder to the minors. |
| 1953-03-01 | The Detroit Tigers have renamed Rick McGilberry to Rick Upchurch. |
| 1952-08-24 | The Detroit Tigers have acquired Rick McGilberry from the waiver wire. |
| 1952-08-24 | The Brooklyn Yellow Jackets have acquired Ray Chapman from the waiver wire. The Brooklyn Yellow Jackets have waived Rick McGilberry. |