About This Player
Cecil Upshaw played in nine Major League season and seven of them with the Atlanta Braves. Upshaw established himself as the Braves' closer in 1967 and was in the top ten in the National League in saves in four seasons from 1968 through 1972. Upshaw also pitched in all three games of the 1969 NL Championship Series.
Upshaw's career was sidelined in 1970 from an unfortunate accident. While walking along a San Diego street with this cousin and fellow Braves teammate, George Stone, Upshaw demonstrates his dunk shot on a metal awning when his ring finger gets caught between the roof and the awning. The accident would leave Upshaw in the hospital for 62 days and he would miss the entire 1970 season.
More about the incident can be read from the link below:
Baseball Digest - July 1971 - "The Ordeal of Cecil Upshaw"
Upshaw would later be traded in the middle of the 1973 season to the Astros. He would later play for the Indians, Yankees and White Sox before retiring in 1975.
Upshaw passed away on February 7, 1995.
About This Card
Upshaw is featured wearing the classic Braves blue cap with the white front and the lower case "a". The Braves wore this cap from 1972 through 1980.
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