B. J. Upton

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 185 lb

BornAugust 21, 1984 · Norfolk, VA, USA

MLB debutAugust 2, 2004

Final gameOctober 2, 2016

Seasons12 (2004–2016)

Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2004; Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2006–2007; Tampa Bay Rays 2008–2012; Atlanta Braves 2013–2014; San Diego Padres 2015–2016; Toronto Blue Jays 2016

Percentile snapshot

2016 season — qualified batters

149

42.1

538

13.1

492

17.2

17.9

117

5.5

1.4

47.6

37.2

RBI

26.2

18.6

155

11.7

94.5

6.9

.238

7.6

OBP

.291

2.8

SLG

.402

18.6

OPS

.693

8.3

wRC+

83.4

5.5

OPS+

85.2

5.5

wOBA

.301

7.6

sWAR

0.1

3.4

of 146 qualified 2016 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

98.3

38.2

OPS+

97.6

sWAR

19.9

93.5

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
2004	45	177	159	19	41	8	2	4	12	15	46	4	1	.258	.324	.409	.733	92.6	91.3	.325	0.4
2006	50	189	175	20	43	5	0	1	10	13	40	11	3	.246	.302	.291	.593	57.4	56.1	.273	-0.3
2007	129	548	474	86	142	25	1	24	82	65	154	22	8	.300	.386	.508	.894	136.7	135.9	.392	4.5
2008	145	640	531	85	145	37	2	9	67	97	134	44	16	.273	.383	.401	.784	116.5	111.8	.357	3.7
2009	144	626	560	79	135	33	4	11	55	57	152	42	14	.241	.313	.373	.686	84.3	83.2	.308	1.2
2010	154	610	536	89	127	38	4	18	62	67	164	42	9	.237	.322	.424	.745	108.3	107.4	.333	3.0
2011	153	640	560	82	136	27	4	23	81	71	161	36	12	.243	.331	.429	.759	115.1	114.6	.335	3.7
2012	146	631	573	79	141	29	3	28	78	45	169	31	6	.246	.298	.454	.752	107.3	108.7	.324	3.0
2013	126	445	391	30	72	14	0	9	26	44	151	12	5	.184	.268	.289	.557	52.5	55.8	.257	-0.9
2014	141	582	519	67	108	19	5	12	35	57	173	20	7	.208	.287	.333	.620	73.3	75.7	.281	0.3
2015	87	228	205	23	53	12	4	5	17	21	62	9	3	.259	.327	.429	.757	108.9	108.5	.333	1.1
2016	149	538	492	64	117	15	3	20	61	37	155	27	8	.238	.291	.402	.693	83.4	85.2	.301	0.1

Career totals

1,469

5,854

5,175

723

1,260

262

164

RBI

586

589

1,561

65th-most career SO

300

172nd-most career SB

.2435

OBP

.3212

SLG

.4015

OPS

.7227

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
2012-09-09	TEX @ TB Gameday	5	3	3	0	0	3	3	12
2009-10-02	NYY @ TB Gameday	5	3	5	1	1	1	6	11
2016-07-08	SD @ LAD Gameday	5	3	4	0	0	2	3	10
2007-07-20	TB @ NYY Gameday	6	3	3	1	0	2	3	10
2012-09-30	TB @ CWS Gameday	5	3	3	1	0	2	3	10

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.