B.J. UPTON

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Final: Reds 4, Mets 3 | 2013-05-21 | Reds @ Cincinnati.Com

High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 14th in SOPCT
Positions: CF-820, SS-444, 3B-80, 2B-53, DH-21, OF-3, LF-1
Full Name: Melvin Emmanuel Upton
Born: Aug 21, 1984 (28.275) in Norfolk,Virginia

Top Prospect: mlb 2003 (#21), 2004 (#2) team 2003 (#3-TB), 2004 (#1-TB)

MLB Debut: Aug 2, 2004 (19.346)

Brother of Justin Upton

Speed
90

Contact
21

Patience
80

Batting
57

Power
70

Ht/Wt: 6-2 / 170 Bats/Throws: Right / Right
High School: Greenbrier Christian Academy (Chesapeake,VA)
College: None listed
Drafted: Tampa Bay Rays: 2002-1-2 (June-Reg)

Recent Contract: 5-years/$75.25m (2013-2017) by Atlanta Braves

Tags: First Round Draft Pick || Futures Game Participant || High School All-American || Hitting for the Cycle || Player of the Month || Player of the Week All Tags

TBC Player ID: 130
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2012 pitch-level data
Pitch Type	Count	Avg Speed	Pitch Share%	Balls	Strikes	Strike%	1st Pitch	Sw/Miss	%	Called	Fouled	In Play	vs LHB	vs RHB	Hits	AB	Bavg	HR
Fastball	874	92.26	37.66%	324	550	62.93	234	120	13.73	85	165	177	22.20	77.80	57	215	.265	11
Slider	444	83.85	19.13%	163	281	63.29	129	91	20.50	60	71	58	18.69	81.31	30	117	.257	6
2-Seam Fastball	277	91.78	11.93%	103	174	62.82	73	30	10.83	43	56	44	51.99	48.01	14	65	.215	3
Sinker	186	91.22	8.01%	66	120	64.52	57	21	11.29	24	33	40	35.48	64.52	16	51	.314	2
Changeup	183	83.06	7.88%	76	107	58.47	44	27	14.75	18	28	34	65.03	34.97	5	41	.122	0
Cutter	175	89.42	7.54%	59	116	66.29	51	26	14.86	20	35	35	16.00	84.00	7	48	.146	2
Curveball	136	77.85	5.86%	46	90	66.18	32	25	18.38	21	23	21	29.41	70.59	9	30	.300	3
Splitter	24	84.24	1.03%	6	18	75	7	8	33.33	1	5	4	0.00	100.00	1	6	.167	0
Knuckleball	12	78.36	0.52%	4	8	66.67	3	2	16.67	3	2	1	0.00	100.00	1	3	.333	0
unknown	9	69.16	0.39%	1	8	88.89	4	0	0.00	1	4	3	55.56	44.44	1	4	.250	1
Pitchout	1	87.50	0.04%	0	1	100	1	0	0.00	0	0	1	0.00	100.00	0	1	.000	0
2011 pitch-level data
Pitch Type	Count	Avg Speed	Pitch Share%	Balls	Strikes	Strike%	1st Pitch	Sw/Miss	%	Called	Fouled	In Play	vs LHB	vs RHB	Hits	AB	Bavg	HR
Fastball	924	92.44	37.38%	336	588	63.64	245	93	10.06	143	206	142	19.91	80.09	55	215	.256	13
Slider	366	83.84	14.81%	137	229	62.57	99	66	18.03	45	54	64	18.31	81.69	20	89	.225	3
2-Seam Fastball	262	92.10	10.60%	108	154	58.78	72	18	6.87	43	39	53	53.82	46.18	15	59	.254	1
Cutter	234	89.00	9.47%	80	154	65.81	59	33	14.10	36	46	39	14.53	85.47	11	54	.204	2
Sinker	233	91.01	9.43%	96	137	58.8	67	12	5.15	45	41	37	39.06	60.94	18	62	.290	3
Changeup	194	83.24	7.85%	70	124	63.92	36	31	15.98	26	32	35	57.22	42.78	5	31	.161	0
Curveball	165	77.78	6.67%	83	82	49.7	42	14	8.48	25	22	21	30.30	69.70	10	37	.270	1
unknown	38	24.52	1.54%	17	21	55.26	6	3	7.89	6	5	6	39.47	60.53	1	5	.200	0
Splitter	24	85.44	0.97%	9	15	62.5	4	3	12.50	1	9	2	0.00	100.00	1	4	.250	0
Knuckleball	18	65.37	0.73%	8	10	55.56	6	0	0.00	4	1	5	0.00	100.00	0	6	.000	0
Intent Ball	12	71.32	0.49%	12	0	0	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	100.00	0.00	0	3	.000	0
Pitchout	2	78.45	0.08%	0	2	100	2	0	0.00	0	0	2	0.00	100.00	0	2	.000	0
2010 pitch-level data
Pitch Type	Count	Avg Speed	Pitch Share%	Balls	Strikes	Strike%	1st Pitch	Sw/Miss	%	Called	Fouled	In Play	vs LHB	vs RHB	Hits	AB	Bavg	HR
Fastball	791	91.38	33.55%	294	497	62.83	210	85	10.75	139	147	121	26.04	73.96	49	186	.264	6
Slider	402	83.93	17.05%	154	248	61.69	105	66	16.42	62	59	59	15.42	84.58	15	89	.169	2
Sinker	290	90.65	12.30%	119	171	58.97	76	24	8.28	48	49	50	37.59	62.41	16	66	.243	2
2-Seam Fastball	276	90.84	11.70%	94	182	65.94	78	31	11.23	53	56	39	50.36	49.64	20	73	.274	3
Changeup	213	82.55	9.03%	93	120	56.34	43	25	11.74	24	26	44	67.14	32.86	11	39	.282	1
Cutter	174	88.35	7.38%	58	116	66.67	40	27	15.52	22	42	22	20.11	79.89	4	35	.114	1
Curveball	160	76.45	6.79%	59	101	63.13	45	19	11.88	21	23	36	34.38	65.63	9	39	.231	2
Splitter	18	84.67	0.76%	9	9	50	4	3	16.67	3	1	2	5.56	94.44	1	4	.250	0
Knuckleball	16	66.06	0.68%	6	10	62.5	5	1	6.25	3	3	3	0.00	100.00	2	5	.400	1
unknown	12	56.89	0.51%	4	8	66.67	2	2	16.67	1	1	4	25.00	75.00	0	1	.000	0
Pitchout	3	87.07	0.13%	0	3	100	2	0	0.00	0	1	2	0.00	100.00	0	1	.000	0
Intent Ball	3	60.00	0.13%	3	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0.00	100.00	0	0	--	0

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