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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2011 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2011 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	TBR		BAL	L,1-4	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 2	TBR		BAL	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 3	TBR		BAL	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 5	TBR		LAA	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 6	TBR		LAA	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 7	TBR	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 8	TBR	@	CHW	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
8	8	Apr 9	TBR	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 10	TBR	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 11	TBR	@	BOS	W,16-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 12	TBR	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	12	Apr 14	TBR		MIN	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	13	Apr 15	TBR		MIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
14	14	Apr 16	TBR		MIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	15	Apr 17	TBR		MIN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	17 (1)	Apr 19	TBR		CHW	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
17	18	Apr 20	TBR		CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	19	Apr 21	TBR		CHW	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	20	Apr 22	TBR	@	TOR	L,4-6	CG	45	10.1	2	0	0	2	0
20	21	Apr 23	TBR	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	22	Apr 24	TBR	@	TOR	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	23	Apr 27	TBR	@	MIN	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	24	Apr 28 (1)	TBR	@	MIN	W,15-3	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	25	Apr 28 (2)	TBR	@	MIN	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	26	Apr 29	TBR		LAA	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
26	27	Apr 30	TBR		LAA	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	28	May 1	TBR		LAA	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	29	May 3	TBR		TOR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	30	May 4	TBR		TOR	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	31	May 5	TBR		TOR	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	32	May 6	TBR	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	33	May 7	TBR	@	BAL	W,8-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	34	May 8	TBR	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	35	May 10	TBR	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	43	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
35	36	May 11	TBR	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	39 (2)	May 14	TBR		BAL	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	40	May 15	TBR		BAL	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	41	May 16	TBR		NYY	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	42	May 17	TBR		NYY	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	43	May 18	TBR	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	44	May 19	TBR	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	45	May 20	TBR	@	FLA	L,3-5	GS	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	46	May 21	TBR	@	FLA	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	47	May 22	TBR	@	FLA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	48	May 23	TBR	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
46	49	May 24	TBR	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
47	50	May 27	TBR		CLE	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	51	May 28	TBR		CLE	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	52	May 29	TBR		CLE	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	53	May 30	TBR		TEX	L,5-11	CG	53	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	54	May 31	TBR		TEX	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	55	Jun 1	TBR		TEX	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	56	Jun 2	TBR	@	SEA	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	57	Jun 3	TBR	@	SEA	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	58	Jun 4	TBR	@	SEA	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	59	Jun 5	TBR	@	SEA	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	61 (1)	Jun 7	TBR	@	LAA	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
58	62	Jun 8	TBR	@	LAA	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
59	63	Jun 10	TBR	@	BAL	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	64	Jun 11	TBR	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	47	11.0	6	0	0	6	0
61	65	Jun 12	TBR	@	BAL	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	66	Jun 13	TBR	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	42	9.1	1	1	0	2	1
63	67	Jun 14	TBR		BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	68	Jun 15	TBR		BOS	L,0-3	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
65	69	Jun 16	TBR		BOS	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	70	Jun 17	TBR		FLA	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
67	71	Jun 18	TBR		FLA	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
68	72	Jun 19	TBR		FLA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	73	Jun 20	TBR	@	MIL	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	74	Jun 21	TBR	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	75	Jun 22	TBR	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	76	Jun 24	TBR	@	HOU	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	77	Jun 25	TBR	@	HOU	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	78	Jun 26	TBR	@	HOU	W,14-10	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	79	Jun 27	TBR		CIN	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	80	Jun 28	TBR		CIN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	81	Jun 29	TBR		CIN	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	82	Jul 1	TBR		STL	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
79	83	Jul 2	TBR		STL	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	84	Jul 3	TBR		STL	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	85	Jul 4	TBR	@	MIN	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	86	Jul 5	TBR	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	87	Jul 6	TBR	@	MIN	W,12-5	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
84	88	Jul 7	TBR	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	89	Jul 9	TBR	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	90	Jul 10	TBR	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	4	1	1	6	1
87	91	Jul 15	TBR		BOS	W,9-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	92	Jul 16	TBR		BOS	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	93	Jul 17	TBR		BOS	L,0-1	CG	66	16.0	5	0	0	5	0
90	94	Jul 18	TBR		NYY	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	95	Jul 19	TBR		NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	96	Jul 20	TBR		NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
93	97	Jul 21	TBR		NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
94	98	Jul 22	TBR	@	KCR	L,4-10	GS	40	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	99	Jul 23	TBR	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	101 (1)	Jul 25	TBR	@	OAK	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	102	Jul 26	TBR	@	OAK	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	104 (1)	Jul 28	TBR	@	OAK	W,10-8	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
99	105	Jul 29	TBR	@	SEA	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	106	Jul 30	TBR	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	107	Jul 31	TBR	@	SEA	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	108	Aug 2	TBR		TOR	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	109	Aug 3	TBR		TOR	W,9-1	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
104	110	Aug 4	TBR		TOR	W,7-6	CG	50	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
105	111	Aug 5	TBR		OAK	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	112	Aug 6	TBR		OAK	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	113	Aug 7	TBR		OAK	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
108	114	Aug 8	TBR		KCR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
109	115	Aug 9	TBR		KCR	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	116	Aug 10	TBR		KCR	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
111	118 (1)	Aug 12	TBR	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	119	Aug 13	TBR	@	NYY	L,2-9	GS	40	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	120	Aug 16 (1)	TBR	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	121	Aug 16 (2)	TBR	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	122	Aug 17	TBR	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
116	123	Aug 19	TBR		SEA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	124	Aug 20	TBR		SEA	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
118	125	Aug 21	TBR		SEA	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	126	Aug 22	TBR		DET	L,2-5	GS	30	7.1	3	0	0	3	0
120	130 (3)	Aug 26	TBR	@	TOR	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
121	131	Aug 27	TBR	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
122	132	Aug 28	TBR	@	TOR	W,12-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
123	133	Aug 29	TBR	@	TOR	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
124	134	Aug 30	TBR	@	TEX	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
125	135	Aug 31	TBR	@	TEX	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	136	Sep 1	TBR	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
127	137	Sep 2	TBR		BAL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
128	138	Sep 3	TBR		BAL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
129	140 (1)	Sep 5	TBR		TEX	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
130	141	Sep 6	TBR		TEX	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
131	142	Sep 7	TBR		TEX	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
132	143	Sep 9	TBR		BOS	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
133	144	Sep 10	TBR		BOS	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
134	145	Sep 11	TBR		BOS	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
135	146	Sep 12	TBR	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
136	147	Sep 13	TBR	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
137	148	Sep 14	TBR	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
138	149	Sep 15	TBR	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
139	150	Sep 16	TBR	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
140	151	Sep 17	TBR	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
141	152	Sep 18	TBR	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
142	153	Sep 20	TBR	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	47	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
143	154	Sep 21 (1)	TBR	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
144	155	Sep 21 (2)	TBR	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
145	156	Sep 22	TBR	@	NYY	W,15-8	GS	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
146	157	Sep 23	TBR		TOR	L,1-5	GS	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
147	158	Sep 24	TBR		TOR	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
148	159	Sep 25	TBR		TOR	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
149	160	Sep 26	TBR		NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
150	161	Sep 27	TBR		NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
151	162	Sep 28	TBR		NYY	W,8-7	CG	51	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
							151gm		1326.1	382	6	3	391	3