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Division Series Totals
Year Club, Opp AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2007—ARI, CHC .600 2 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 .600 .750 0
2011—ARI, MIL .200 5 20 3 4 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 .500 .304 0
2013—ATL, LAD .600 2 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 .600 .750 0
Totals .231 11 39 7 9 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 10 0 10 1 0 0 .410 .388 0
Championship Series Totals
Year Club, Opp AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2007—ARI, CHC .222 4 9 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 .556 .364 0
NOTABLE MINOR LEAGUE AWARDS AND HONORS
◆ 2007 USA Today’s Minor League Player of the Year...Baseball America Minor League and Double-A All-Star...Baseball
America’s California League and Southern League Top Prospect...Southern League’s Mid-Season and Post-Season All-
Star...California League Player of the Week (Apr. 29)...Southern League Player of the Week (June 3).
◆ 2006 Midwest League Mid-Season All-Star...Ranked as Arizona’s No. 1 prospect and baseball’s ninth-best prospect
by Baseball America.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
◆ June 7, 2005...Selected by the Diamondbacks in the 1st round (1st pick) of the First-Year Player Draft .
◆ Mar . 3, 2010...Signed a five-year contract with the Diamondbacks .
◆ Jan . 24, 2013 . . . .Acquired by the Braves along with INF Chris Johnson from the Diamondbacks for INF Nick
Ahmed, RHP Randall Delgado, INF Brandon Drury, OF Martin Prado and RHP Zeke Spruill.
◆ Dec . 19, 2014 . . . .Acquired by the Padres along with RHP Aaron Northcraft in exchange for INF Dustin Peterson,
LHP Max Fried, INF Jace Peterson and OF Mallex Smith .
◆ Jan . 20, 2016 . . .Signed a six-year contract with the Tigers .
◆ Aug. 31, 2017...Acquired by the Angels from the Tigers for a PTBNL (RHP Elvin Rodriguez) and RHP Grayson Long.
◆ Nov. 2, 2017 . . .Signed a five-year contract with the Angels .
PERSONAL/MISC
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◆ Justin Irvin Upton...On Twitter: @JUST_JUP
◆ Favorite NFL team is the Pittsburgh Steelers.
◆ Brother, B .J ., played 12 years in the Majors, last appearing in 2016 with San Diego and Toronto . . .Teammates
with his brother in Atlanta in 2013 and 2014 and 2015 in San Diego...B .J . was originally drafted second overall
by Tampa Bay in 2002; highest-drafted brothers in baseball history...Father, Manny, played baseball and football
at Norfolk State.
◆ Played high school baseball at Great Bridge (VA)...One of six Major Leaguers (five first round picks) to come
from Virgina Blasters AAU program in Tidewater region (also, Michael Cuddyer, B.J. Upton, David Wright, Ryan
Zimmerman and Mark Reynolds)...Pinch-ran for the team before being old enough to make roster, when team
featured his brother, Wright, Reynolds and Zimmerman.
◆ Originally signed by Diamondbacks scout Greg Lonigro.
MISCELLANEOUS STATS
Two-HR Games (17)
Sept. 15 vs. SEA Sept. 23, 2017 at HOU Sept. 16, 2017 vs. TEX
Aug. 18, 2017 vs. LAD Sept. 16, 2016 at CLE Aug. 21, 2016 vs. BOS
June 20, 2016 vs. SEA Aug. 26, 2015 at WAS May 17, 2015 vs. WAS
Apr. 25, 2015 vs. LAD Apr. 10, 2014 vs. NYM Aug. 1, 2013 vs. COL
Apr. 26, 2013 vs. CHC July 27, 2011 at SD June 21, 2010 vs. NYY
May 20, 2009 (2) at FLA May 6, 2009 at SD
Career GRAND SLAMS home runs (7)
Aug. 4, 2017 at BAL July 30, 2017 vs. HOU June 11, 2017 at BOS
May 24, 2015 at LAD May 17, 2013 vs. LAD July 23, 2011 vs. COL
June 2, 2009 at LAD
Career WALK-OFF HITS / RBI (11)
May 1, 2018 vs. BAL (RBI single; 9th) Aug. 12, 2017 vs. MIN (2-run HR; 9th) June 4, 2017 vs. CWS (3-run HR; 9th)
June 20, 2016 vs. SEA (Solo HR; 12th) Apr. 11, 2014 vs. WAS (RBI single; 10th) Aug. 16, 2013 vs. WAS (Solo HR; 10th)
Apr. 6, 2013 vs. CHC (Solo HR, 9th) June 16, 2011 vs. SF (Solo HR; 10th) June 1, 2011 vs. FLA (RBI single; 9th)
May 18, 2011 vs. ATL (RBI single; 11th) May 5, 2011 vs. COL (RBI single; 11th)

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