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B.J. Upton
Melvin Emanuel Upton

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 180 lb.

Debut August 2, 2004

Born August 21, 1984 in Norfolk, VA

Brother of Justin Upton

Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed September 16, 2002. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2004 19 TBD AL  45  159   19   41   8  2   4   12   4  1  15  46  .258  .324  .409   93   65   1   1   0   1   1
 2006 21 TBD AL  50  175   20   43   5  0   1   10  11  3  13  40  .246  .302  .291   56   51   0   0   0   1   1
 2007 22 TBD AL 129  474   86  142  25  1  24   82  22  8  65 154  .300  .386  .508  136  241   1   4   4   4  14
 2008 23 TBR AL 145  531   85  145  37  2   9   67  44 16  97 134  .273  .383  .401  107  213   3   7   4   2  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      369 1339  210  371  75  5  38  171  81 28 190 374  .277  .367  .426  109  570   5  12   8   8  29
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        588   92  163  33  2  17   75  36 12  83 164  .277  .367  .426  109  250   2   5   4   4  13
 Career High    145  531   86  145  37  2  24   82  44 16  97 154  .300  .386  .508  136  241   3   7   4   4  14
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2004 19 TBD AL  177  122   22   4.8   106| .258  .266| .324  .333| .409  .427| .733  .760|  93  .467  -1.6  -0.2  80%
 2006 21 TBD AL  189  136   17   3.3   110| .246  .274| .302  .339| .291  .436| .593  .775|  56  .306 -11.6  -1.1  78%
 2007 22 TBD AL  548  359   94   7.0   105| .300  .269| .386  .336| .508  .420| .894  .756| 136  .644  26.2   2.4  73%
 2008 23 TBR AL  640  425   89   5.6   108| .273  .272| .383  .340| .401  .427| .784  .767| 107  .555  10.0   0.9  73%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      1554 1042  222   5.7   107| .277  .270| .367  .338| .426  .425| .793  .763| 109  .554  23.0   2.0  74%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2004 19 TBD AL SS 16 23 41 7 8 .901 .973 4.00 4.12 4.11 4.56 16 140.0 3B 13 10 12 2 0 .917 .952 1.69 2.34 1.92 2.64 11 103.0 DH 13 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.06 1 7.0 2006 21 TBD AL 3B 50 38 88 13 6 .906 .960 2.52 2.54 2.75 2.84 48 412.7 2007 22 TBD AL CF 78 204 11 2 2 .991 .989 2.76 2.42 2.91 2.71 75 664.7 2B 48 106 133 12 26 .952 .985 4.98 4.54 5.17 4.98 48 416.3 DH 3 2008 23 TBR AL CF 143 378 16 7 5 .983 .989 2.76 2.35 2.84 2.71 141 1248.7 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2007 22 TBD AL 2B 48 106 133 12 26 .952 .985 4.98 4.54 5.17 4.98 48 416.3 2004 19 TBD AL 3B 13 10 12 2 0 .917 .952 1.69 2.34 1.92 2.64 11 103.0 2006 21 TBD AL 3B 50 38 88 13 6 .906 .960 2.52 2.54 2.75 2.84 48 412.7 2007 22 TBD AL CF 78 204 11 2 2 .991 .989 2.76 2.42 2.91 2.71 75 664.7 2008 23 TBR AL CF 143 378 16 7 5 .983 .989 2.76 2.35 2.84 2.71 141 1248.7 2004 19 TBD AL DH 13 2007 22 TBD AL DH 3 2008 23 TBR AL DH 1 2004 19 TBD AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.06 1 7.0 2004 19 TBD AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.31 1 7.0 2007 22 TBD AL OF 79 204 11 2 2 .991 .987 2.72 2.00 2.91 2.30 75 664.7 2004 19 TBD AL SS 16 23 41 7 8 .901 .973 4.00 4.12 4.11 4.56 16 140.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total CF* 221 582 27 9 7 .985 .989 2.76 2.37 2.86 2.71 216 1913.3 OF* 80 204 11 2 2 .991 .987 2.69 2.00 2.88 2.30 76 671.7 1 221 0# 3B* 63 48 100 15 6 .908 .959 2.35 2.50 2.58 2.80 59 515.7 2B* 48 106 133 12 26 .952 .985 4.98 4.54 5.17 4.98 48 416.3 DH 17 Games not counted in Overall Total below SS* 16 23 41 7 8 .901 .973 4.00 4.12 4.11 4.56 16 140.0 LF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.06 1 7.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 207 381 285 36 42 .949 .979 3.22 2.90 3.44 3.27 199 1744
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2008   ALDS  TBR CHW     W   4  18   5   5  0  1  3   4   1   5  .278  .316  .889   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  TBR BOS     W   7  28   8   9  1  0  4  11   4   7  .321  .394  .786   2  0   0   1   0 
        WS    TBR PHI     L   5  20   3   5  0  0  0   1   0   4  .250  .250  .250   4  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Series   2-1  16  66  16  19  1  1  7  16   5  16  .288  .333  .652   6  0   0   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

On-base %
2008 AL-.383-7

Slugging %
2007 AL-.508-9

OPS
2007 AL-.894-10

Bases on Balls
2008 AL-97-4

Strikeouts
2007 AL-154-3
2008 AL-134-6

Stolen Bases
2008 AL-44-2

Adjusted OPS+
2007 AL-136-9

Caught Stealing
2007 AL-8-7
2008 AL-16-1

Power/Speed Number
2007 AL-23.0-5

At Bats per Home Run
2007 AL-19.8-9

Youngest Player
2004 AL-19-1

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 7 (1562) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.0 (1186) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.5 (1326) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed September 16, 2002.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2007Tampa Bay Devil Rays$386,900
2008Tampa Bay Rays$412,100
Career (may be incomplete)$799,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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