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Justin Upton
Justin Irvin Upton

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.

Debut August 2, 2007

Born August 25, 1987 in Norfolk, VA

Brother of B.J. Upton

Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed January 6, 2006. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2007 19 ARI NL  43  140   17   31   8  3   2   11   2  0  11  37  .221  .283  .364   62   51   0   0   4   1   3
 2008 20 ARI NL 108  356   52   89  19  6  15   42   1  4  54 121  .250  .353  .463  107  165   0   3   6   4   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons      151  496   69  120  27  9  17   53   3  4  65 158  .242  .334  .435   94  216   0   3  10   5   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        532   74  129  29 10  18   57   3  4  70 170  .242  .334  .435   94  232   0   3  11   5   6
 Career High    108  356   52   89  19  6  15   42   2  4  54 121  .250  .353  .463  107  165   0   3   6   4   3
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2007 19 ARI NL  152  112   14   3.4   116| .221  .280| .283  .350| .364  .447| .647  .797|  62  .319  -8.8  -0.8 100%
 2008 20 ARI NL  417  277   61   5.9   114| .250  .275| .353  .348| .463  .439| .816  .788| 107  .585   3.4   0.3  20%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons       569  389   75   5.2   114| .242  .277| .334  .349| .435  .442| .769  .790|  94  .520  -5.5  -0.5  42%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2007 19 ARI NL RF 42 65 1 5 0 .930 .981 1.57 1.81 1.88 2.18 38 315.3 2008 20 ARI NL RF 101 175 6 11 2 .943 .982 1.79 1.83 1.89 2.12 100 860.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2007 19 ARI NL OF 42 65 1 5 0 .930 .984 1.57 1.94 1.88 2.30 38 315.3 2007 19 ARI NL RF 42 65 1 5 0 .930 .981 1.57 1.81 1.88 2.18 38 315.3 2008 20 ARI NL RF 101 175 6 11 2 .943 .982 1.79 1.83 1.89 2.12 100 860.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total RF* 143 240 7 16 2 .939 .982 1.73 1.82 1.89 2.14 138 1175.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 42 65 1 5 0 .930 .984 1.57 1.94 1.89 2.30 38 315
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2007   NLDS  ARI CHC     W   2   5   2   3  0  0  0   1   3   0  .600  .750  .600   1  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  ARI COL     L   4   9   0   2  1  1  0   0   0   3  .222  .364  .556   0  0   0   0   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1   6  14   2   5  1  1  0   1   3   3  .357  .526  .571   1  0   0   0   2 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
2007 NL-19-1
2008 NL-20-2

HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1920) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


Transactions 

June 7, 2005: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed January 6, 2006.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2008Arizona Diamondbacks$393,000
Career (may be incomplete)$393,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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