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B.J.
Upton		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 175
 
Born: August 21, 1984 in N/a
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2005   
Rookie of the Year 2005   
Gold Glove Award 2012   
All-Star Selections 2007    2009    2016    2018   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 19 TB AL     6 6 6 3 3 3 8 7 7 3 2 3 5 5 5
2005 20 TB AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
2006 21 TB AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 5 5 9 8 8 5 4 5 6 6 6
2007 22 TB AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 5 5 9 8 8 6 5 5 6 6 6
2008 23 TB AL $ 4,492,857   8 8 8 5 5 5 9 8 8 6 5 5 6 6 6
2009 24 TB AL $ 4,492,857   8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 6 5 5 6 6 6
2010 25 TB AL $ 4,492,857   8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 6 5 5 6 6 6
2011 26 TB AL $ 4,550,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 6 5 5 7 7 7
2012 27 TB AL $ 4,550,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 5 5 5 7 7 7
2013 28 TB AL $ 4,550,000   9 9 9 3 3 3 9 9 9 5 5 5 7 7 7
2014 29 TB AL $ 9,300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 9 9 9 5 4 5 6 6 6
2015 30 TB AL $ 9,300,000   8 8 7 3 2 3 9 8 8 5 4 4 6 6 6
2016 31 TB AL $ 9,300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 9 8 8 5 4 4 6 6 6
2017 32 TB AL $ 9,300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 4 4 6 6 6
2018 33 TB AL $ 9,300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 4 4 6 6 6
2019 34 TB AL $ 5,850,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 3 3 5 5 5
2020 35 TB AL $ 5,850,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 2 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,300,000   9 9 9 6 5 5 9 9 9 6 5 5 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 19 AAA   108 458 68 114 24 2 7 45 30 2 30 92 .249 .295 .356 .651 51.9  
    AA   28 111 17 37 8 1 0 17 11 1 10 17 .333 .388 .423 .812 18.8  
2005 20 TB AL 152 608 87 192 34 10 14 77 64 34 31 100 .316 .350 .474 .824 93.7 15.3
2006 21 TB AL 153 604 106 177 35 16 9 68 78 25 36 95 .293 .338 .449 .787 94.8 14.6
2007 22 TB AL 144 561 105 183 46 10 16 88 63 22 54 103 .326 .382 .529 .912 107.1 20.3
2008 23 TB AL 158 606 107 178 40 6 16 94 64 26 52 107 .294 .352 .459 .811 95.1 15.7
2009 24 TB AL 152 611 111 200 53 5 15 98 70 28 43 98 .327 .369 .504 .873 106.1 16.6
2010 25 TB AL 154 585 82 169 39 5 8 80 69 28 47 107 .289 .340 .414 .754 80.2 10.5
2011 26 TB AL 155 588 89 175 38 12 11 63 61 28 53 108 .298 .358 .459 .817 91.6 16.1
2012 27 TB AL 154 631 80 180 48 10 7 76 63 18 31 111 .285 .322 .426 .748 86.7 13.7
2013 28 TB AL 155 612 105 175 42 9 9 64 71 31 62 126 .286 .351 .428 .779 92.6 15.5
2014 29 TB AL 113 458 72 149 37 7 3 58 60 20 36 77 .325 .371 .456 .828 76.7 13.2
2015 30 TB AL 137 573 87 174 34 9 6 65 57 26 39 105 .304 .349 .426 .775 80.5 12.1
2016 31 TB AL 120 514 83 169 36 14 7 65 54 23 28 96 .329 .363 .494 .857 86.8 15.2
2017 32 TB AL 150 643 85 183 40 6 6 72 59 16 30 123 .285 .318 .393 .712 81.3 11.1
2018 33 TB AL 137 548 88 166 44 5 3 66 1 2 34 85 .303 .345 .418 .763 73.0 12.0
2019 34 TB AL 145 572 67 163 39 7 2 56 0 5 37 101 .285 .331 .388 .719 64.7 8.3
2020 35 TB AL 100 276 35 77 14 2 1 27 0 0 15 53 .279 .314 .355 .669 30.8 4.7
16 Years Sim 2279 8990 1389 2710 619 133 133 1117 834 332 628 1595 .301 .348 .444 .792 1341.7 214.8
1 Years AAA 108 458 68 114 24 2 7 45 30 2 30 92 .249 .294 .356 .650 51.9  
1 Years AA 28 111 17 37 8 1 0 17 11 1 10 17 .333 .385 .423 .809 18.8  
2 Years Minors 136 569 85 151 32 3 7 62 41 3 40 109 .265 .312 .369 .681 70.6  
162 Game Average 639 98 192 44 9 9 79 59 23 44 113 .301 .348 .444 .792 95.4  
Career Highs 158 643 111 200 53 16 16 98 78 34 62 126 .329 .382 .529 .912 107.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6757 1053 2077 456 102 87 826 626 245 441 1175 .307 .350 .444 .794 1010.6
vs LH   2233 336 633 163 31 46 291 208 87 187 420 .283 .341 .446 .787 331.9
Home 1146 4424 708 1377 347 80 58 543 437 146 313 789 .311 .357 .465 .823 708.4
Away 1133 4566 681 1333 272 53 75 574 397 186 315 806 .292 .338 .424 .762 634.1
RISP   2236 0 682 166 24 48 918 0 0 172 400 .305 .350 .465 .815 344.9
Pinch Hitting   65 14 19 1 2 1 15 8 3 13 6 .292 .405 .415 .820 12.2
Close/Late   971 140 296 51 15 19 142 0 0 75 167 .305 .355 .447 .802 145.9
Mar/Apr 362 1462 217 404 95 20 16 158 124 36 89 280 .276 .319 .402 .721 188.2
May 432 1701 269 525 106 19 29 221 179 72 119 263 .309 .354 .444 .798 260.1
June 391 1526 242 490 116 32 27 210 156 54 105 260 .321 .366 .492 .858 260.2
July 374 1487 249 464 107 22 20 189 153 50 105 274 .312 .359 .454 .813 235.3
August 373 1499 220 442 105 22 22 186 122 54 100 277 .295 .340 .438 .778 213.9
Sep/Oct 347 1315 192 385 90 18 19 153 100 66 110 241 .293 .346 .432 .778 184.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2005 20 TB AL 2B 152 147 1322.0 309 487 11 117 .986 5.42   6.5
2006 21 TB AL 2B 150 145 1286.3 243 417 10 89 .985 4.62   5.0
    SS 3 0 6.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.42   0.0
2007 22 TB AL 2B 122 115 1031.0 199 365 7 75 .988 4.92   5.3
    SS 22 18 170.0 28 69 3 17 .970 5.14   1.3
2008 23 TB AL 2B 153 150 1336.3 271 449 8 106 .989 4.85   4.6
    SS 5 0 11.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.0
2009 24 TB AL 2B 150 146 1301.0 236 469 7 88 .990 4.88   5.5
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
2010 25 TB AL 2B 150 145 1280.3 210 418 10 78 .984 4.41   4.5
    SS 5 0 10.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.53   0.0
2011 26 TB AL 2B 145 141 1234.3 229 450 12 99 .983 4.95   5.5
    SS 10 1 20.0 5 8 0 3 1.000 5.85   0.2
2012 27 TB AL 2B 151 147 1324.0 213 437 6 79 .991 4.42   7.0
    SS 3 0 4.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.79   0.0
2013 28 TB AL 2B 121 120 1076.3 190 345 9 62 .983 4.47   4.1
    RF 30 30 253.0 59 2 2 0 .968 2.17   0.7
    SS 5 0 10.3 1 6 0 0 1.000 6.10   0.1
2014 29 TB AL 2B 110 105 948.3 168 282 5 53 .989 4.27   4.6
    SS 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2015 30 TB AL 2B 127 123 1089.7 216 375 7 76 .988 4.88   6.3
    RF 7 7 64.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.55   0.1
    SS 2 0 6.3 0 3 0 2 1.000 4.27   0.1
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 .500 3.00    
2016 31 TB AL 2B 119 117 1025.0 146 379 4 52 .992 4.61   5.3
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
2017 32 TB AL 2B 130 129 1141.7 181 384 8 68 .986 4.45   5.4
    SS 20 20 179.3 26 58 1 11 .988 4.22   1.0
2018 33 TB AL 2B 134 133 1149.3 227 376 10 78 .984 4.72   4.6
    SS 4 3 23.3 1 9 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.1
2019 34 TB AL 2B 127 126 1093.0 198 380 6 63 .990 4.76   5.3
    SS 18 18 162.0 21 58 6 8 .929 4.39   0.7
2020 35 TB AL 2B 75 57 514.0 98 166 6 33 .978 4.62   2.0
    SS 12 11 100.0 7 36 3 5 .935 3.87   0.4
    3B 12 11 99.0 5 14 2 0 .905 1.73   0.1
  2B 2116 2046 18152.6 3334 6179 126 1216 .987 4.72   81.4
  SS 114 71 711.0 94 254 13 46 .964 4.41   4.1
  RF 37 37 317.0 70 2 2 0 .973 2.04   0.8
  3B 12 11 99.0 5 14 2 0 .905 1.73   0.1
  CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 .500 3.00    
Career Totals   2280 2165 19282.6 3504 6449 144 1262 .986 4.65   86.4
Career Highs   158 150 1347.3 309 487 12 117 .992 5.42    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2005 20 TB AL 17 64 10 20 4 2 1 9 11 3 7 8 .313 .375 .484 .859
2013 28 TB AL 6 24 5 11 1 0 1 3 5 0 4 5 .458 .536 .625 1.161
Career Post-Season Batting 23 88 15 31 5 2 2 12 16 3 11 13 .352 .420 .523 .943
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2005-7-.316
2007-7-.326
2014-5-.325
2016-5-.329
CAR-35-.301
 On-Base Pct
2007-9-.382
 Slugging Pct
2007-8-.529
 OPS
2007-5-.912
 XR
2007-7-107.1
CAR-15-1341.7
 Games
2008-2-158
2013-9-155
CAR-8-2279
At-Bats
2012-5-631
2013-9-612
2017-5-643
CAR-4-8990
 Runs
2006-9-106
2007-9-105
2008-10-107
CAR-12-1389
 Hits
2005-7-192
2007-10-183
CAR-4-2710
 Total Bases
2007-8-297
CAR-13-3994
 Singles
2005-8-134
CAR-5-1825
 Doubles
2005-9-34
2007-2-46
2009-2-53
2012-4-48
2013-7-42
2018-6-44
2019-9-39
CAR-2-619
Triples
2005-2-10
2006-1-16
2007-2-10
2008-10-6
2011-1-12
2012-1-10
2013-1-9
2014-4-7
2015-2-9
2016-1-14
2017-6-6
2018-8-5
2019-2-7
CAR-1-133
 RBIs
CAR-50-1117
 Stolen Bases
2005-5-64
2006-2-78
2007-5-63
2008-4-64
2009-5-70
2010-3-69
2011-3-61
2012-1-63
2013-1-71
2014-5-60
2015-2-57
2016-3-54
2017-3-59
CAR-2-834
 Caught Stealing
2005-1-34
2006-5-25
2007-8-22
2008-5-26
2009-4-28
2010-1-28
2011-1-28
2012-4-18
2013-1-31
2014-8-20
2015-2-26
2016-4-23
2017-9-16
CAR-3-332
 Strikeouts
CAR-29-1595
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 92    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 61    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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  4. Shin-Soo Choo (779)
  5. Hanley Ramirez (765)
  6. Victor Newman (755)
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  8. Jose B. Reyes (741)
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History
Had first career hit on 4/5/2005, off Jon Lieber (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 5/27/2005, off Joel Pineiro (TOR)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cleveland on 6/13/2005
Won Player of the Week award on 6/27/2005, hitting .522 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/11/2005, hitting .478 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won World Championship with Tampa Bay in 2005
Won Rookie of the Year in 2005, hitting .316 with 14 HR, 77 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Oakland on 9/7/2006
Won Player of the Week award on 9/11/2006, hitting .619 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Injured on 4/5/2007 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game
1/29/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,492,857 through salary arbitration
1/29/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,492,857 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game
1/29/2010: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,492,857 through salary arbitration
9/9/2010: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $4,550,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Toronto on 5/14/2012
Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 2012
7/9/2013: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $9,300,000 per year, for 5 years
Injured on 8/14/2014 with a Torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for full season
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Boston on 7/31/2015
Injured on 9/11/2015 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 5 weeks
Had 2000th career hit on 5/17/2016, off Dave Cedeno (KCA)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/23/2016, hitting .485 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/13/2016, hitting .481 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Seattle on 6/17/2016
Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game
Injured on 8/27/2016 with a Inflamed Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Toronto on 7/20/2017
5/22/2018: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $5,850,000 per year, for 2 years
Was selected to the 2018 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Cleveland on 8/6/2018
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 8/9/2018
Injured on 6/9/2019 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/25/2020 with a Sore Back, out for one week
 
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