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.

2013 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2013 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	ATL		PHI	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 3	ATL		PHI	W,9-2	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 4	ATL		PHI	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 5	ATL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 6	ATL		CHC	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 7	ATL		CHC	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 8	ATL	@	MIA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 9	ATL	@	MIA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
9	10 (1)	Apr 12	ATL	@	WSN	W,6-4	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	11	Apr 13	ATL	@	WSN	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
11	12	Apr 14	ATL	@	WSN	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	13	Apr 16	ATL		KCR	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	14	Apr 17	ATL		KCR	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	15	Apr 18	ATL	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	16	Apr 19	ATL	@	PIT	L,0-6	GS	31	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	17	Apr 20	ATL	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	18	Apr 21	ATL	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	19	Apr 23 (1)	ATL	@	COL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	20	Apr 23 (2)	ATL	@	COL	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	21	Apr 24	ATL	@	COL	L,5-6	CG	52	11.1	1	0	0	1	0
21	22	Apr 26	ATL	@	DET	L,0-10	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	23	Apr 27	ATL	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	25 (1)	Apr 29	ATL		WSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	26	Apr 30	ATL		WSN	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	27	May 1	ATL		WSN	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	28	May 2	ATL		WSN	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	29	May 3	ATL		NYM	L,5-7	CG	39	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	30	May 5	ATL		NYM	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	31	May 6	ATL	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	32	May 7	ATL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
31	34 (1)	May 9	ATL	@	SFG	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	35	May 10	ATL	@	SFG	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	36	May 11	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	37	May 12	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	38	May 13	ATL	@	ARI	W,10-1	GS	24	6.0	2	1	0	3	1
36	40 (1)	May 15	ATL	@	ARI	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	41	May 17	ATL		LAD	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	42	May 18	ATL		LAD	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	44 (1)	May 20	ATL		MIN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	45	May 21	ATL		MIN	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	46	May 22	ATL		MIN	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	47	May 24 susp	ATL	@	NYM	W,7-5	CG	45	10.0	3	0	1	4	0
43	49 (1)	May 26	ATL	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	52 (2)	May 29	ATL		TOR	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	54 (1)	May 31	ATL		WSN	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	55	Jun 1	ATL		WSN	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	56	Jun 2	ATL		WSN	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	57	Jun 3	ATL		PIT	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
49	58	Jun 4	ATL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	37	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	59	Jun 5	ATL		PIT	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	60	Jun 6	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	61	Jun 7	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	35	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
53	62	Jun 8	ATL	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	64 (1)	Jun 10	ATL	@	SDP	L,6-7	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	65	Jun 11	ATL	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	66	Jun 12	ATL	@	SDP	L,3-5	GS	28	5.2	1	0	0	1	0
57	67	Jun 14	ATL		SFG	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	68	Jun 15	ATL		SFG	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
59	69	Jun 16	ATL		SFG	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	70	Jun 17	ATL		NYM	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	72 (1)	Jun 18 (2)	ATL		NYM	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
62	73	Jun 19	ATL		NYM	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	74	Jun 20	ATL		NYM	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	75	Jun 21	ATL	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
65	76	Jun 22	ATL	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	77	Jun 23	ATL	@	MIL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	78	Jun 25	ATL	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	79	Jun 26	ATL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	37	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
69	80	Jun 28	ATL		ARI	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	81	Jun 29	ATL		ARI	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	82	Jun 30	ATL		ARI	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	83	Jul 2	ATL		MIA	W,11-3	GS	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	84	Jul 3	ATL		MIA	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	85	Jul 4	ATL		MIA	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	86	Jul 5	ATL	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	87	Jul 6	ATL	@	PHI	W,13-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	88	Jul 7	ATL	@	PHI	L,3-7	GS	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	89	Jul 8	ATL	@	MIA	W,7-1	GS	27	6.1	4	0	0	4	0
79	90	Jul 9	ATL	@	MIA	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	91	Jul 10	ATL	@	MIA	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	92	Jul 11	ATL		CIN	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	93	Jul 12	ATL		CIN	L,2-4	GS	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	111 (17)	Aug 3	ATL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	47	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
84	112	Aug 4	ATL	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	113	Aug 5	ATL	@	WSN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	114	Aug 6	ATL	@	WSN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
87	115	Aug 7	ATL	@	WSN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	116	Aug 9	ATL		MIA	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
89	117	Aug 10	ATL		MIA	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	118	Aug 11	ATL		MIA	W,9-4	GF	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	119	Aug 12	ATL		PHI	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
92	121 (1)	Aug 14	ATL		PHI	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
93	124 (2)	Aug 18	ATL		WSN	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	126 (1)	Aug 21	ATL	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	128 (1)	Aug 23	ATL	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
96	129	Aug 24	ATL	@	STL	L,2-6	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	130	Aug 25	ATL	@	STL	W,5-2	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
98	132 (1)	Aug 28	ATL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	133	Aug 29	ATL		CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
100	134	Aug 30	ATL		MIA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	135	Aug 31	ATL		MIA	W,5-4	CG	43	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	136	Sep 1	ATL		MIA	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	137	Sep 2	ATL		NYM	W,13-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	138	Sep 3	ATL		NYM	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	139	Sep 4	ATL		NYM	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
106	140	Sep 6	ATL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	141	Sep 7	ATL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	43	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
108	142	Sep 8	ATL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	144 (1)	Sep 10	ATL	@	MIA	W,4-3	GF	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
110	146 (1)	Sep 12	ATL	@	MIA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	148 (1)	Sep 14	ATL		SDP	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	149	Sep 15	ATL		SDP	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
113	150	Sep 17 (1)	ATL	@	WSN	L,5-6	CG	37	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
114	153 (2)	Sep 20	ATL	@	CHC	W,9-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	154	Sep 21	ATL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	158 (3)	Sep 25	ATL		MIL	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
117	160 (1)	Sep 27	ATL		PHI	W,1-0	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
118	162 (1)	Sep 29	ATL		PHI	W,12-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
							118gm		975.1	230	3	4	237	3