Justin Upton

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 215 lb

BornAugust 25, 1987 · Norfolk, VA, USA

MLB debutAugust 2, 2007

Final gameJuly 15, 2022

Seasons16 (2007–2022)

Arizona Diamondbacks 2007–2012; Atlanta Braves 2013–2014; San Diego Padres 2015; Detroit Tigers 2016–2017; Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2017–2021; Seattle Mariners 2022

Percentile snapshot

2018 season — qualified batters

145

41.7

613

56.8

533

47.5

58.3

137

44.6

7.2

15.8

RBI

71.9

66.9

176

3.6

56.1

51.8

.257

43.9

OBP

.344

SLG

.463

61.9

OPS

.808

59.7

wRC+

121.7

OPS+

120.3

wOBA

.348

57.6

sWAR

3.0

of 140 qualified 2018 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

117.6

75.6

OPS+

116.7

sWAR

32.8

96.9

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
2007	43	152	140	17	31	8	3	2	11	11	37	2	0	.221	.283	.364	.647	52.3	62.3	.278	-0.6
2008	108	417	356	52	89	19	6	15	42	54	121	1	4	.250	.353	.463	.816	106.9	106.9	.358	1.2
2009	138	588	526	84	158	30	7	26	86	55	137	20	5	.300	.366	.532	.899	131.6	128.9	.392	3.5
2010	133	571	495	73	135	27	3	17	69	64	152	18	8	.273	.356	.442	.799	110.8	109.4	.355	2.0
2011	159	674	592	105	171	39	5	31	88	59	126	21	9	.289	.369	.529	.898	141.8	138.9	.391	4.8
2012	150	628	554	107	155	24	4	17	67	63	121	18	8	.280	.355	.430	.785	110.7	108.7	.347	2.1
2013	149	643	558	94	147	27	2	27	70	75	161	8	1	.263	.354	.464	.818	129.8	126.3	.362	3.6
2014	154	640	566	77	153	34	2	29	102	60	171	8	4	.270	.342	.491	.833	135.9	133.5	.366	4.1
2015	150	619	542	85	136	26	3	26	81	68	159	19	5	.251	.336	.454	.790	118.1	117.3	.346	2.6
2016	153	626	570	81	140	28	2	31	87	50	179	9	4	.246	.310	.465	.775	104.6	105.2	.329	1.8
2017	152	635	557	100	152	44	0	35	109	74	180	14	5	.273	.361	.540	.901	137.6	136.2	.380	4.4
2018	145	613	533	80	137	18	1	30	85	64	176	8	2	.257	.344	.463	.808	121.7	120.3	.348	3.0
2019	63	256	219	34	47	8	0	12	40	32	78	1	1	.215	.309	.416	.724	89.1	89.1	.309	0.2
2020	42	166	147	20	30	5	0	9	22	11	43	0	2	.204	.289	.422	.711	90.2	90.6	.307	0.2
2021	89	361	318	47	67	12	0	17	41	39	107	4	1	.211	.296	.409	.705	89.3	88.9	.306	0.3
2022	17	57	48	2	6	1	0	1	3	6	23	0	0	.125	.263	.208	.471	49.7	41.3	.233	-0.3

Career totals

1,845

372nd-most career G

7,646

346th-most career PA

6,721

356th-most career AB

1,058

308th-most career R

1,754

446th-most career H

350

315th-most career 2B

325

129th-most career HR

RBI

1,003

305th-most career RBI

785

286th-most career BB

1,971

10th-most career SO

151

.2610

OBP

.3424

SLG

.4694

296th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8118

413th-highest career OPS

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	HR	RBI	BB	TB
2017-08-18	LAD @ DET Gameday	5	3	4	1	2	3	0	11
2009-05-20	AZ @ MIA Gameday	7	3	4	0	2	6	0	10
2013-04-06	CHC @ ATL Gameday	5	3	3	1	2	2	0	10
2011-05-30	MIA @ AZ Gameday	5	3	5	1	1	3	0	9
2010-06-21	NYY @ AZ Gameday	3	4	3	0	2	4	1	9

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.

Honors

3× Silver Slugger4× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.