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2019 Angels
BORN: AUG 25, 1987 OPENING DAY AGE: 31
justintin SIGNED THRU: 2022 RESIDES: SCOTTSDALE, AZ
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BIRTHPLACE: NORFOLK, VA
MLB SERVICE: 11 YEARS,
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u ACQUIRED: FROM DETROIT IN EXCHANGE FOR A PTBNL
60 DAYS
of 8 MARRIED: ASHLEY BORROR, DEC. 16, 2017
(RHP ELVIN RODRIGUEZ) AND RHP GRAYSON
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CHILDREN: SYDNEE
height: 6-1 Weight: 215 bats: r throws: r
UPTON’S LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP OBP SLG E
2006—South Bend .263 113 438 71 115 28 1 12 66 0 6 5 52 3 96 15 7 6 .343 .413 6
2007— Visalia .341 32 126 27 43 6 2 5 17 0 2 3 19 1 28 9 4 2 .433 .540 3
Mobile .309 71 259 48 80 17 4 13 53 0 5 5 37 3 51 10 7 6 .399 .556 5
ARIZONA .221 43 140 17 31 8 3 2 11 0 0 1 11 4 37 2 0 3 .364 .283 5
2008—ARIZONA .250 108 356 52 89 19 6 15 42 0 3 4 54 6 121 1 4 3 .463 .353 11
Tucson (1) .279 15 61 13 17 3 1 3 10 0 0 0 7 0 26 2 0 0 .353 .508 2
2009—ARIZONA .300 138 526 84 158 30 7 26 86 1 4 2 55 3 137 20 5 10 .532 .366 12
Visalia (1) .250 2 8 1 2 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 .333 .625 0
2010—ARIZONA .273 133 495 73 135 27 3 17 69 1 7 4 64 5 152 18 8 20 .442 .356 4
2011—ARIZONA .289 159 592 105 171 39 5 31 88 0 4 19H 59 9 126 21 9 8 .529 .369 13
2012—ARIZONA .280 150 554 107 155 24 4 17 67 0 6 5 63 5 121 18 8 7 .430 .355 5
2013—ATLANTA .263 149 558 94 147 27 2 27 70 1 4 5 75 4 161 8 1 12 .464 .354 4
2014—ARIZONA .270 154 566 77 153 34 2 29 102 0 8 6 60 1 171 8 4 10 .491 .342 8
2015—SAN DIEGO .251 150 542 85 136 26 3 26 81 0 5 4 68 5 159 19 5 10 .454 .336 3
2016—DETROIT .246 153 570 81 140 28 2 31 87 0 2 4 50 3 179 9 4 15 .465 .310 4 upton
2017—DETROIT .279 125 459 81 128 37 0 28 94 0 1 3 54 2 147 10 5 6 .362 .542 4
LAA .245 27 98 19 24 7 0 7 15 0 0 0 17 1 33 4 0 3 .357 .531 1
2018—LAA .257 145 533 80 137 18 1 30 85 0 6 10 64 1 176 8 2 12 .463 .344 4
MAJOR TOTALS .268 1634 5989 955 1604 324 38 286 897 3 50 67 697 49 1720 146 55 119 .478 .348 81
A.L. TOTALS .258 450 1660 261 429 90 3 96 281 7 9 17 188 7 535 31 11 36 .338 .490 13
N.L. TOTALS .271 1184 4329 694 1175 234 35 190 616 3 41 50 509 42 1185 115 44 83 .352 .473 68
MINOR TOTALS .288 233 892 160 257 54 8 34 152 0 13 13 116 7 204 37 18 14 .373 .481 16
H led or tied for league lead
(1) rehab assignment
Disabling Injuries: 2018 — Left index finger laceration; disabled Aug. 21 (retro to Aug. 19)-30.
2009 — Right ribcage muscle strain; disabled Aug. 6-26.
2008 — Left oblique muscle strain; disabled July 9-Aug. 29.
2018 SEASON
◆ ◆ In first full season with the Angels, set a new franchise record 25 sense
for home runs by a left fielder (30)...Eclipsed Garret Anderson’s
previous mark of 29 (2002 and 2003)...Was the first Angels
outfielder other than Mike Trout to log a 30-homer season since Most 25-home run seasons since 2007
Vladimir Guerrero in 2006 (33 HR). Player Seasons
◆ ◆ Among A.L. left fielders, ranked third in home runs, fourth in RBI, Albert Pujols 9
fourth in average, sixth in hits, and seventh in runs scored...Marked Miguel Cabrera 9
sixth straight season with at least 25 home runs (for more info, see Justin Upton 8
chart to right). Nelson Cruz 8
◆ ◆ Posted a .277 (73/264) clip with 22 home runs and 57 RBI at Angel
Stadium compared to .238 (64/269) with eight home runs and 28 Edwin Encarnacion 8
RBI on the road. David Ortiz 8
◆ ◆ Tallied seven outfield assists with a .987 fielding percentage...The Ryan Braun 8
.987 mark as a left fielder ranked third in the A.L.
CAREER SUMMARY
◆ ◆ 12-year Major League veteran begins second full season with the Angels...Signed five-year contract extension Nov. 2,
2017...For more contract info, see Career Transactions section below.
◆ ◆ Selected to the National League All-Star team three times (2009, 2011, 2015)...Three-time Silver Slugger Award
recipient: 2011 with Arizona, 2014 with Atlanta and 2017 with the Tigers/Angels.

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