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Place of Birth: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
About John Upham
- John Leslie Upham (born December 29, 1941) is a former relief pitcher and outfielder in Major League Baseball who played in 1967 and 1968 for the Chicago Cubs.
- Listed at 6' 0", 180 lb., Upham batted and threw left-handed.
- He was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. In his first major league season, Upham appeared in 5 games as a relief pitcher, and 3 as a pinch hitter.
- He was notably more successful as a pinch hitter (2-for-3) than as a pitcher (33.75 ERA).
- All his 3 batting appearances were as a pinch hitter in games where he did not appear as a pitcher, and he did not play a fielding position in those three games.
- Although Upham opened the season with the Cubs, he was sent down to the minor leagues in May and did not return to the majors that year. Over a year later, in August 1968, Upham returned to the big leagues for 13 additional games with the Cubs.
- This time Upham was primarily used as a pinch hitter and pinch runner, but was also used as an outfielder and as a pitcher—he appeared in two games as pitcher, and in two games as an outfielder.
- For one of those outfielding appearances, Upham was a late-inning defensive replacement in left; for the other, he got the start in center field on August 18 and played the entire game at that position.
- This made Upham the majors' last "two-way player" (i.e., a player used regularly in non-blowout/non-extra-inning games as a both a pitcher and a fielder in the same season) for 35 years.
- Brooks Kieschnick was the majors next two-way player, for Milwaukee in 2003. In a two-season career, Upham was a .308 hitter (4-for-13), scoring one run in 21 games.
- He did not register an extra-base hit, and did not drive in a run.
- In seven relief appearances, he posted a 0–1 record with a 5.40 ERA, giving up five earned runs on six hits and five walks while striking out four in 8.1 innings of work.
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