Justin Upton stats

Last played for the Seattle Mariners, 2022

Designated Hitter · #8

Age 39 · 6' 1"

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Justin Upton played 16 MLB seasons, 2007 to 2022.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
1,845
AB
6,721
R
1,058
H
1,754
HR
325
RBI
1,003
SB
151
AVG
.261

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
2007ARI4314017312112.221
2008ARI108356528915421.250
2009ARI13852684158268620.300
2010ARI13349573135176918.273
2011ARI159592105171318821.289
2012ARI150554107155176718.280
2013ATL1495589414727708.263
2014ATL15456677153291028.270
2015SD15054285136268119.251
2016DET1535708114031879.246
2017DET/LAA1525571001523510914.273
2018LAA1455338013730858.257
2019LAA63219344712401.215
2020LAA4214720309220.204
2021LAA89318476717414.211
2022SEA174826130.125

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
15
AB
48
R
7
H
11
HR
2
RBI
4
SB
1
AVG
.229

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
7,649
TB
3,155
XBH
713
HBP
78
IBB
49
GIDP
142
P/PA
4.07

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
2007ARI15251131434.0
2008ARI417165404634.2
2009ARI5882806323104.1
2010ARI5712194745204.2
2011ARI6743137519983.8
2012ARI628238455573.8
2013ATL6432595654124.1
2014ATL6412786561104.0
2015SD6202465545104.1
2016DET6262656143154.2
2017DET/LAA635301793394.2
2018LAA61324749101124.1
2019LAA25691200054.4
2020LAA16662147064.1
2021LAA3621302910114.2
2022SEA571023014.0

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
32.3
RC
1,081.8
RC/27
5.60
ISOP
.208
SECA
.339
BB/K
0.40
AB/HR
20.7
GO/FO
0.70

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
2007ARI-0.614.23.4.1430.20.3700.6
2008ARI0.759.35.8.2130.40.523.70.6
2009ARI3.8101.17.2320.40.420.20.9
2010ARI1.475.85.2.1700.30.429.10.7
2011ARI5.7115.17.2400.40.519.10.6
2012ARI2.187.55.6.1500.30.532.60.8
2013ATL2.692.95.8.2010.30.520.70.7
2014ATL3.394.85.9.2210.30.419.50.7
2015SD4.485.25.4.2030.40.420.80.7
2016DET2.079.24.7.2190.30.318.40.6
2017DET/LAA5.6107.16.9.2680.40.415.90.6
2018LAA3.885.85.6.2060.30.417.80.7
2019LAA-0.928.64.2.2010.30.418.30.6
2020LAA-0.616.13.4.2180.30.316.30.7
2021LAA-0.737.43.8.1980.30.418.70.7
2022SEA-0.32.41.5.0830.20.3480.5

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
39 yearsAug 25, 1987
Height
6' 1"
Debut
2007
Birthplace
Norfolk, NY
Draft
2005Rd 1, Pk 1
NL Silver Slugger
2x
AL Silver Slugger
2017

Brother of B.J. Upton · All MLB brothers

Latest performance

Justin Upton

Jul 15 · @ TEX · W 8-3

AB
3
R
0
H
0
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
0
SO
2
AVG
.125

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentABRHHRRBI
Fri, Jul 15atTEXW 8-330000
Wed, Jul 13atWSHW 2-120000
Sun, Jul 10vsTORW 6-521100
Mon, Jul 04atSDW 8-250000
Sun, Jul 03vsATHW 2-130000
Sat, Jul 02vsATHW 2-111111

What were Justin Upton's career stats?

Justin Upton played 16 seasons for the Diamondbacks, the Braves, the Padres, the Tigers, the Angels and the Mariners. He was a career .261 hitter with 1,754 hits, 325 home runs and 1,003 RBI. His best season was 2009: a .300 batting average, 26 home runs and 86 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

16 seasons, 2 postseasons, 2007 to 2022

Justin Upton finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 130th in home runs (325)
  • 265th in rbi (1,003)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Justin Upton

Playoff series

Justin Upton played 13 games across 3 MLB postseasons in 4 series — 1 won, 3 lost.

Justin Upton's line in each playoff series
AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
2013LADLost 1-3417200
2011MILLost 2-3520423
2007CHCWon 2-025301
2007COLLost 0-225200

What the columns mean: AB · H · HR · RBI

Justin Upton’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.