B.J. Upton

Name Note: Known as Melvin Upton Jr. from 2015 to 2019

Positions: Centerfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 185lb (190cm, 83kg)

Born: August 21, 1984 in Norfolk, VA us

Draft: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (2nd) of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Greenbrier Christian Academy (Chesapeake, VA).

High School: Greenbrier Christian Academy (Chesapeake, VA)

Debut: August 2, 2004 (Age 19-347d, 18,514th in major league history)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 2016 (Age 32-042d)
vs. BOS 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2004 season

Agents: Larry Reynolds

National Team: us USA (18U)

Full Name: Melvin Emanuel Upton

Pronunciation: \UP-tun\

Twitter: @MelvinUptonJr

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Relatives: Brother of Justin Upton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.8

5175

1260

164

.244

723

RBI

586

300

OBP

.321

SLG

.402

OPS

.723

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-20 / in Starts: 12-15
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	2008	ALDS g1	Oct 2	TBR		CHW	W,6-4	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	.77	-0.117	12.09	-1.02%	-2.09	CF
2	2008	ALDS g2	Oct 3	TBR		CHW	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.333	.444	2	.66	0.010	10.68	0.03%	0.40	CF
3	2008	ALDS g3	Oct 5	TBR	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.571	.786	2	.96	0.008	9.88	-0.05%	0.80	CF
4	2008	ALDS g4	Oct 6	TBR	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.316	.889	1.205	2	.54	0.189	10.32	2.31%	1.68	CF
5	2008	ALCS g1	Oct 10	TBR		BOS	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.304	.773	1.077	2	1.60	0.001	41.92	0.14%	-0.42	CF
6	2008	ALCS g2	Oct 11	TBR		BOS	W,9-8	CG(11)	6	4	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.269	.310	.808	1.118	2	1.98	0.217	50.74	3.41%	0.44	CF
7	2008	ALCS g3	Oct 13	TBR	@	BOS	W,9-1	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.324	.839	1.162	2	.47	0.097	14.82	2.04%	0.98	CF
8	2008	ALCS g4	Oct 14	TBR	@	BOS	W,13-4	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.294	.359	.794	1.153	2	.44	0.050	13.49	0.91%	1.06	CF
9	2008	ALCS g5	Oct 16	TBR	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	5	4	2	3	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.342	.409	.895	1.304	2	1.11	0.243	19.37	2.74%	3.02	CF
10	2008	ALCS g6	Oct 18	TBR		BOS	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.396	.905	1.301	2	1.35	-0.026	51.52	-1.01%	0.19	CF
11	2008	ALCS g7	Oct 19	TBR		BOS	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.365	.826	1.191	2	1.17	-0.125	97.50	-6.24%	-1.35	CF
12	2008	WS g1	Oct 22	TBR		PHI	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.280	.339	.760	1.099	2	1.91	-0.337	99.79	-11.49%	-2.89	CF
13	2008	WS g2	Oct 23	TBR		PHI	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.296	.350	.741	1.091	2	.98	0.114	50.05	3.20%	0.50	CF
14	2008	WS g3	Oct 25	TBR	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.310	.359	.724	1.084	2	1.64	0.305	103.28	10.49%	1.21	CF
15	2008	WS g4	Oct 26	TBR	@	PHI	L,2-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.338	.677	1.016	2	.80	-0.086	51.58	-3.02%	-1.10	CF
16	2008	WS g5	Oct 27	TBR	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.288	.333	.652	.985	3	1.38	-0.184	67.78	-4.96%	-0.93	CF
2010 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	2010	ALDS g1	Oct 6	TBR		TEX	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	.98	-0.060	15.42	-0.55%	-0.55	CF
18	2010	ALDS g2	Oct 7	TBR		TEX	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	.82	-0.077	12.41	-0.71%	-1.14	CF
19	2010	ALDS g3	Oct 9	TBR	@	TEX	W,6-3	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.077	.154	.231	8	1.45	0.059	15.04	0.35%	0.25	CF
20	2010	ALDS g4	Oct 10	TBR	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.176	.176	.294	.471	8	.55	0.054	12.46	0.78%	0.63	CF
21	2010	ALDS g5	Oct 12	TBR		TEX	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.190	.190	.286	.476	6	1.16	0.060	48.25	1.62%	0.22	CF
2011 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	2011	ALDS g1	Sep 30	TBR	@	TEX	W,9-0	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.500	.900	2	.23	-0.034	3.66	-0.32%	0.72	CF
23	2011	ALDS g2	Oct 1	TBR	@	TEX	L,6-8	CG	5	4	2	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.600	.875	1.475	2	1.14	0.129	17.42	1.07%	1.39	CF
24	2011	ALDS g3	Oct 3	TBR		TEX	L,3-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.400	.571	.700	1.271	2	1.63	-0.038	34.16	-0.57%	0.00	CF
25	2011	ALDS g4	Oct 4	TBR		TEX	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.444	.500	.944	2	1.38	-0.129	26.44	-1.59%	-1.01	CF
2013 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	2013	NLDS g1	Oct 3	ATL		LAD	L,1-6	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.44	-0.011	6.90	-0.11%	-0.14	PH
27	2013	NLDS g2	Oct 4	ATL		LAD	W,4-3	7-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	.35	-0.009	5.33	-0.07%	-0.14	PR CF
28	2013	NLDS g3	Oct 6	ATL	@	LAD	L,6-13	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.05	-0.001	1.05	-0.02%	-0.09	PH
2016 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	2016	ALWC g1	Oct 4	TOR		BAL	W,5-2	7-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.82	-0.021	17.08	-0.24%	-0.11	PH
30	2016	ALDS g1	Oct 6	TOR	@	TEX	W,10-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.800	1.133	8	.28	0.002	4.36	0.05%	0.44	LF
31	2016	ALDS g2	Oct 7	TOR	@	TEX	W,5-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.333	.800	1.133	4						LF
32	2016	ALDS g3	Oct 9	TOR		TEX	W,7-6	6-GF(10)	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.857	1.232	7	1.57	0.122	16.28	0.78%	0.78	PH
33	2016	ALCS g1	Oct 14	TOR	@	CLE	L,0-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.750	1.083	1	.56	-0.015	14.63	-0.22%	-0.12	PH LF
34	2016	ALCS g2	Oct 15	TOR	@	CLE	L,1-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.667	.967	7	1.27	-0.033	33.59	-0.48%	-0.18	PH
35	2016	ALCS g3	Oct 17	TOR		CLE	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.600	.873	8	2.64	-0.063	55.00	-0.84%	-0.30	PH
36	2016	ALCS g4	Oct 18	TOR		CLE	W,5-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.273	.600	.873	1						LF
37	2016	ALCS g5	Oct 19	TOR		CLE	L,0-3	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.545	.795	6	.46	-0.012	8.31	-0.14%	-0.11	DH
									126	115	21	29	7	1	8	19	10	1	37	0	0	1		4	9	2	.252	.310	.539	.849

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