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Justin Upton

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 215lb (185cm, 97kg)

Team: Los Angeles Angels (majors, 60-day IL)

Born: August 25, 1987 in Norfolk, VA us

Draft: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 1st round (1st) of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from Great Bridge HS (Chesapeake, VA).

High School: Great Bridge HS (Chesapeake, VA)

Debut: August 2, 2007 (Age 19-342d, 19,170th in major league history)
vs. SDP 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2007 season

2021 Contract Status: Signed thru 2022, 5 yrs/$106M (18-22)

Service Time (01/2021): 13.060 • Free Agent: 2023

Agents: Larry Reynolds

National Team: us USA (18U)

Full Name: Justin Irvin Upton

Nicknames: J-Up

Twitter: @JUST_JUP

Instagram: @jupton8

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Relatives: Brother of B.J. Upton

4x All-Star
3x Silver Slugger

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SUMMARY

2021

Career

WAR

-0.7

32.7

318

6673

1748

324

.211

.262

1056

RBI

1000

151

OBP

.296

.343

SLG

.409

.471

OPS

.705

.814

OPS+

118

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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
2006	18	ARI-min	A	113	501	438	71	115	28	1	12	66	15	7	52	96	.263	.343	.413	.757		181	6	5	0	6	3		SBN · MIDW
2007	19	ARI-min	AA,A+	103	456	385	75	123	23	6	18	70	19	11	56	79	.319	.410	.551	.961		212	8	8	0	7	4		MOB,VIS · SOUL,CALL
2007	19	ARI	NL	43	152	140	17	31	8	3	2	11	2	0	11	37	.221	.283	.364	.647	62	51	3	1	0	0	4	9/H
2008	20	ARI-min	AAA	15	68	61	13	17	3	1	3	10	2	0	7	26	.279	.353	.508	.861		31	0	0	0	0	0		TUC · PCL
2008	20	ARI	NL	108	417	356	52	89	19	6	15	42	1	4	54	121	.250	.353	.463	.816	107	165	3	4	0	3	6	9/H
2009	21	ARI-min	A+	2	9	8	1	2	0	0	1	6	1	0	1	3	.250	.333	.625	.958		5	0	0	0	0	0		VIS · CALL
2009	21	ARI	NL	138	588	526	84	158	30	7	26	86	20	5	55	137	.300	.366	.532	.899	129	280	10	2	1	4	3	*9/HD	AS,MVP-25
2010	22	ARI	NL	133	571	495	73	135	27	3	17	69	18	8	64	152	.273	.356	.442	.799	110	219	20	4	1	7	5	*9/HD
2011	23	ARI	NL	159	674	592	105	171	39	5	31	88	21	9	59	126	.289	.369	.529	.898	141	313	8	19	0	4	9	*9/H	AS,MVP-4,SS
2012	24	ARI	NL	150	628	554	107	155	24	4	17	67	18	8	63	121	.280	.355	.430	.785	110	238	7	5	0	6	5	*9/H
2013	25	ATL	NL	149	643	558	94	147	27	2	27	70	8	1	75	161	.263	.354	.464	.818	124	259	12	5	1	4	4	*79/HD
2014	26	ATL	NL	154	641	566	77	153	34	2	29	102	8	4	60	171	.270	.342	.491	.833	133	278	10	6	0	8	1	*7/HD	MVP-17,SS
2015	27	SDP	NL	150	620	542	85	136	26	3	26	81	19	5	68	159	.251	.336	.454	.790	119	246	10	4	0	5	5	*7/HD	AS
2016	28	DET	AL	153	626	570	81	140	28	2	31	87	9	4	50	179	.246	.310	.465	.775	106	265	15	4	0	2	3	*7/8HD
2017	29	TOT	AL	152	635	557	100	152	44	0	35	109	14	5	74	180	.273	.361	.540	.901	137	301	9	3	0	1	3	*7/H	AS,MVP-16,SS
2017	29	DET	AL	125	520	459	81	128	37	0	28	94	10	5	57	147	.279	.362	.542	.904	137	249	6	3	0	1	2	*7/H
2017	29	LAA	AL	27	115	98	19	24	7	0	7	15	4	0	17	33	.245	.357	.531	.887	136	52	3	0	0	0	1	7
2018	30	LAA	AL	145	613	533	80	137	18	1	30	85	8	2	64	176	.257	.344	.463	.808	121	247	12	10	0	6	1	*7/DH
2019	31	LAA-min	A+	6	25	21	7	7	1	0	2	6	0	0	4	5	.333	.440	.667	1.107		14	0	0	0	0	0		SBR · CALL
2019	31	LAA	AL	63	256	219	34	47	8	0	12	40	1	1	32	78	.215	.309	.416	.724	90	91	5	0	0	5	0	7/DH
2020	32	LAA	AL	42	166	147	20	30	5	0	9	22	0	2	11	43	.204	.289	.422	.711	92	62	6	7	0	1	0	7/D
2021	33	LAA-min	AAA	2	8	7	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	.143	.250	.571	.821		4	0	0	0	0	0		SLK · AAAW
2021	33	LAA	AL	89	362	318	47	67	12	0	17	41	4	1	39	107	.211	.296	.409	.705	90	130	11	1	0	3	0	7/8DH
15 Yrs				1828	7592	6673	1056	1748	349	38	324	1000	151	59	779	1948	.262	.343	.471	.814	118	3145	141	75	3	59	49
162 Game Avg.				162	673	591	94	155	31	3	29	89	13	5	69	173	.262	.343	.471	.814	118	279	12	7	0	5	4
				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
ARI (6 yrs)				731	3030	2663	438	739	147	28	108	363	80	34	306	694	.278	.357	.475	.832	118	1266	51	35	2	24	32
LAA (5 yrs)				366	1512	1315	200	305	50	1	75	203	17	6	163	437	.232	.322	.443	.764	106	582	37	18	0	15	2
ATL (2 yrs)				303	1284	1124	171	300	61	4	56	172	16	5	135	332	.267	.348	.478	.826	129	537	22	11	1	12	5
DET (2 yrs)				278	1146	1029	162	268	65	2	59	181	19	9	107	326	.260	.333	.500	.833	120	514	21	7	0	3	5
SDP (1 yr)				150	620	542	85	136	26	3	26	81	19	5	68	159	.251	.336	.454	.790	119	246	10	4	0	5	5

NL (9 yrs)				1184	4934	4329	694	1175	234	35	190	616	115	44	509	1185	.271	.352	.473	.825	121	2049	83	50	3	41	42
AL (6 yrs)				644	2658	2344	362	573	115	3	134	384	36	15	270	763	.244	.327	.468	.794	112	1096	58	25	0	18	7

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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All-Star Batting

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Situational Batting *

Pitch Summary -- Batting *

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