B.J. Upton
Melvin Emanuel Upton
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 21, 1984 in Norfolk, VA
High School: Greenbriar Christian Academy (Chesapeake, VA)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed September 16, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 2004
Relatives: Brother of Justin Upton
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2004 19 TBD AL 45 177 159 19 41 8 2 4 12 4 1 15 46 .258 .324 .409 .733 93 65 1 1 1 1 0 65D/7
2006 21 TBD AL 50 189 175 20 43 5 0 1 10 11 3 13 40 .246 .302 .291 .593 56 51 1 1 0 0 0 5
2007 22 TBD AL 129 548 474 86 142 25 1 24 82 22 8 65 154 .300 .386 .508 .894 136 241 14 4 1 4 4 84/D
2008 23 TBR AL 145 640 531 85 145 37 2 9 67 44 16 97 134 .273 .383 .401 .784 108 213 13 2 3 7 4 *8/D
2009 24 TBR AL 144 626 560 79 135 33 4 11 55 42 14 57 152 .241 .313 .373 .686 79 209 7 3 3 3 0 *8
5 Seasons 513 2180 1899 289 506 108 9 49 226 123 42 247 526 .266 .352 .410 .762 101 779 36 11 8 15 8
162 Game Avg. 162 688 600 91 160 34 3 15 71 39 13 78 166 .266 .352 .410 .762 101 246 11 3 3 5 3

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2004 19 TBD AL 177 122 22 4.8 106 .336 .258 .266 .324 .333 .409 .427 .733 .760 93 .467 -1.6 -0.2 .700 .264 .151 4.0
2006 21 TBD AL 189 136 17 3.3 110 .313 .246 .274 .302 .339 .291 .436 .593 .775 56 .306 -11.6 -1.1 .537 .166 .046 1.8
2007 22 TBD AL 548 359 94 7.0 105 .393 .300 .269 .386 .336 .508 .420 .894 .756 136 .644 26.2 2.4 .915 .376 .209 23.0
2008 23 TBR AL 640 425 89 5.6 106 .344 .273 .269 .383 .337 .401 .423 .784 .760 108 .555 11.6 1.1 .819 .363 .128 14.9
2009 24 TBR AL 626 452 69 4.1 109 .310 .241 .268 .313 .338 .373 .431 .686 .769 79 .402 -17.2 -1.6 .666 .284 .132 17.4
5 Seasons 2180 1494 291 5.2 107 .341 .266 .269 .352 .337 .410 .426 .762 .763 101 .513 7.4 0.7 .760 .316 .144 70.1
162 Game Avg. 688 472 92 5.2 107 .341 .266 .269 .352 .337 .410 .426 .762 .763 101 .513 2 0 .760 .316 .144 22

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 23 TBR AL ALDS CHW W 4 19 18 5 5 0 1 3 4 0 0 1 5 .278 .316 .889 1.205 16 0 0 0 0 1
2008 23 TBR AL ALCS BOS W 7 33 28 8 9 1 0 4 11 2 0 4 7 .321 .394 .786 1.180 22 0 0 0 1 0
2008 23 TBR AL WS PHI L 5 20 20 3 5 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 .250 .250 .250 .500 5 4 0 0 0 0
1 Season (3 Series) 16 72 66 16 19 1 1 7 16 6 0 5 16 .288 .333 .652 .985 43 4 0 0 1 1
1 ALDS 4 19 18 5 5 0 1 3 4 0 0 1 5 .278 .316 .889 1.205 16 0 0 0 0 1
1 ALCS 7 33 28 8 9 1 0 4 11 2 0 4 7 .321 .394 .786 1.180 22 0 0 0 1 0
1 WS 5 20 20 3 5 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 .250 .250 .250 .500 5 4 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2004 19 TBD AL 177 2.3% 26.0% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 3.07 3.5 39.8 13.3 1.04 1.28 62% 18% 7.3% 2%
2006 21 TBD AL 189 0.5% 21.2% 6.9% 3.2% 14% 3.08 4.4 175.0 17.5 1.18 1.33 71% 18% 1.8% 8%
2007 22 TBD AL 548 4.4% 28.1% 11.9% 9.1% 35% 2.37 3.1 19.8 5.8 0.78 1.19 55% 22% 14.4% 8%
2008 23 TBR AL 640 1.4% 20.9% 15.2% 7.5% 33% 1.38 4.0 59.0 7.9 0.99 1.39 62% 23% 4.8% 7%
2009 24 TBR AL 626 1.8% 24.3% 9.1% 7.7% 36% 2.67 3.7 50.9 10.2 0.79 0.93 64% 17% 5.8% 15%
5 Seasons 2180 2.3% 24.1% 11.3% 7.6% 33% 2.13 3.6 38.8 8.4 0.89 1.18 61% 20% 7.5% 9%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2004 19 TBD AL 3 0 28% 57 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 53% 8 6 2 3 2 1 6 0 6
2006 21 TBD AL 0 0 34% 60 11 3 79% 10 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 5 65% 6 5 1 2 0 2 9 1 8
2007 22 TBD AL 5 0 33% 180 22 8 73% 19 7 2 1 1 0 6 3 4 22 57% 34 18 16 10 4 6 16 3 12
2008 23 TBR AL 3 0 32% 226 44 16 73% 39 11 4 5 1 0 9 5 12 21 57% 26 11 15 7 5 2 18 4 12
2009 24 TBR AL 7 0 37% 192 42 14 75% 30 11 11 2 1 1 10 4 6 17 40% 37 27 10 6 3 3 20 7 12
5 Seasons 18 0 34% 715 123 42 75% 102 33 18 8 3 1 29 12 23 70 52% 111 67 44 28 14 14 69 15 50
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2004 19 TBD AL 177 37% 41 6 0 2 2 0 0 0.01 4 0 4 3 1 2 2 0 1 1 100% 39 1 3% 27 7 26% 104 8 8% 6 1 17% 13 8 62% 0
2006 21 TBD AL 189 26% 43 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0% 31 1 3% 13 5 38% 109 10 9% 8 3 38% 15 4 27% 0
2007 22 TBD AL 548 26% 142 16 0 1 0 0 0 2.22 24 0 18 16 8 13 11 0 2 1 50% 117 14 12% 47 12 26% 380 61 16% 35 21 60% 44 17 39% 0
2008 23 TBR AL 640 31% 145 19 3 3 0 0 0 1.29 9 0 19 7 2 4 5 0 6 3 50% 131 13 10% 61 26 43% 418 59 14% 53 26 49% 42 17 40% 0
2009 24 TBR AL 626 30% 135 27 5 2 1 0 0 1.57 11 0 15 10 1 7 4 0 8 3 38% 88 7 8% 51 11 22% 307 45 15% 32 14 44% 42 12 29% 0
5 Seasons 2180 30% 506 76 8 8 3 0 0 1.16 49 0 57 36 13 27 22 0 18 8 44% 406 36 9% 199 61 31% 1318 183 14% 134 65 49% 156 58 37% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2004 19 TBD AL 177 649 3.67 406 63% 33% 18% 21% 28% 67% 0% 42% 73% 37% 4% 7 1 15% 26 9 9% 16 7 39% 0 0 0
2006 21 TBD AL 189 703 3.72 432 61% 30% 13% 25% 31% 70% 0% 43% 81% 37% 3% 6 1 13% 25 11 10% 18 12 48% 0 0 0
2007 22 TBD AL 548 2226 4.06 1341 60% 28% 20% 28% 24% 72% 2% 44% 72% 35% 5% 29 7 14% 77 25 9% 52 29 31% 0 0 0
2008 23 TBR AL 640 2598 4.06 1493 57% 30% 15% 28% 27% 70% 1% 40% 79% 34% 7% 47 8 18% 112 42 13% 81 38 45% 0 0 0
2009 24 TBR AL 626 2516 4.02 1526 61% 29% 17% 27% 27% 71% 0% 43% 76% 34% 6% 35 3 14% 89 40 10% 65 37 30% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 2180 8692 3.99 5198 60% 29% 17% 27% 27% 71% 1% 42% 76% 35% 6% 124 20 15% 329 127 11% 232 123 36% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 19 45 177 159 19 41 8 2 4 12 4 1 15 46 .258 .324 .409 .733 93 65 1 1 1 1 0
2005 20 45 177 159 19 41 8 2 4 12 4 1 15 46 .258 .324 .409 .733 93 65 1 1 1 1 0
2006 21 95 366 334 39 84 13 2 5 22 15 4 28 86 .251 .312 .347 .660 73 116 2 2 1 1 0
2007 22 224 914 808 125 226 38 3 29 104 37 12 93 240 .280 .356 .442 .798 110 357 16 6 2 5 4
2008 23 369 1554 1339 210 371 75 5 38 171 81 28 190 374 .277 .367 .426 .793 110 570 29 8 5 12 8
2009 24 513 2180 1899 289 506 108 9 49 226 123 42 247 526 .266 .352 .410 .762 101 779 36 11 8 15 8

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2004 19 45 177 160 19 42 8 2 4 12 4 15 46 .263 .328 .413 .740 22 45
2006 21 50 190 176 19 44 5 0 1 9 11 13 40 .250 .305 .295 .601 16 50
2007 22 129 546 473 84 141 25 1 24 80 22 65 154 .298 .385 .507 .892 92 129
2008 23 145 645 536 83 150 38 2 9 65 46 100 134 .280 .391 .409 .799 87 145
2009 24 144 629 564 77 139 34 4 11 54 43 59 152 .246 .320 .379 .699 68 144
5 Seasons 513 2187 1909 282 516 110 9 49 220 126 252 526 .270 .356 .414 .771 285 513
162 Game Avg. 162 691 603 89 163 35 3 15 69 40 80 166 .270 .356 .414 .771 90 513

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

On-Base% s c a p y
2008 AL--.383--7th

Slugging % s c a p y
2007 AL--.508--9th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2007 AL--.894--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2008 AL--97--4th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2007 AL--154--3rd
2008 AL--134--6th
2009 AL--152--5th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2008 AL--44--2nd
2009 AL--42--3rd

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2007 AL--136--9th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2007 AL--8--7th
2008 AL--16--1st
2009 AL--14--3rd

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2007 AL--23.0--5th

AB per HR s c a p y
2007 AL--19.8--9th

Youngest s c a p y
2004 AL--born 1984-08-21--1st

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1343), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1568), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Buster Adams (960)
  2. Dave Stapleton (954)
  3. Junior Felix (952)
  4. Jason Michaels (949)
  5. Herb Perry (949)
  6. Sam Jethroe (948)
  7. Melky Cabrera (945)
  8. Jeremy Hermida (945)
  9. Bobby Kielty (944)
  10. Charlie Duffee (944)
Similar Batters through 24 
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  1. Rick Monday (956)
  2. Lee Mazzilli (954)
  3. Max West (953)
  4. Ruppert Jones (949)
  5. Bobby Tolan (948)
  6. Chili Davis (947)
  7. Melky Cabrera (945)
  8. Sixto Lezcano (943)
  9. Johnny Damon (942)
  10. Corey Patterson (941)
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  1. Scott Rolen (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Chet Lemon (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Rick Monday (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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