Justin Upton
LF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 215LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2005 | Rd: 1, #1, Arizona Diamondbacks | Great Bridge HS, VA
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2020 166 147 20 30 9 0 .204 .289 .422 .711
2021 362 318 47 67 17 4 .211 .296 .409 .705
2022 57 48 2 6 1 0 .125 .263 .208 .471
16 Seasons 7,649 6,721 1,058 1,754 325 151 .261 .342 .469 .811
AVG HR SB OPS
2020 .204 9 0 .711
2021 .211 17 4 .705
2022 .125 1 0 .471
16 Seasons .261 325 151 .811
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 27 2514 388 40 10.3 6.5 89.9 113.9 16.2 28.9 .232 .431 .340 .330 .404 39.2 25.7 11.0
2016 28 2606 393 49 12.5 7.8 91.3 114.4 15.5 33.3 .253 .488 .329 .342 .453 45.5 28.6 8.0
2017 29 2695 378 50 13.2 7.9 88.8 114.2 15.7 36.0 .255 .508 .378 .361 .468 41.3 28.3 11.7
2018 30 2527 363 51 14.0 8.3 90.7 114.9 11.9 34.7 .250 .466 .348 .354 .458 47.4 28.7 10.4
2019 31 1129 146 17 11.6 6.6 87.2 111.6 18.5 35.6 .220 .426 .307 .317 .405 37.0 30.5 12.5
2020 32 682 105 9 8.6 5.4 91.7 111.5 18.6 25.7 .228 .430 .307 .329 .398 43.8 25.9 6.6
2021 33 1520 214 25 11.7 6.9 90.1 116.5 15.2 30.4 .226 .429 .305 .322 .415 41.6 29.6 10.8
2022 34 229 25 1 4.0 1.8 88.5 105.3 26.5 36.0 .157 .218 .231 .249 .318 32.0 40.4 10.5
Player 13902 2012 242 12.0 7.3 90.0 116.5 15.5 32.7 .241 .459 .337 .339 .435 42.5 28.3 10.3
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .316 .369 36.7 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 39.9 60.1 26.3 24.2 9.5 36.3 39.7 24.0 21.9 14.2 3.9 14.4 25.5 20.1
2016 39.2 60.8 25.4 27.0 8.4 38.2 35.9 26.0 20.1 14.2 4.8 18.1 21.6 21.1
2017 38.4 61.6 29.4 24.3 7.9 36.5 37.8 25.7 16.7 16.1 5.6 19.8 21.7 20.1
2018 42.4 57.6 25.1 25.9 6.6 41.6 36.9 20.9 22.0 14.9 5.2 19.6 22.0 15.7
2019 37.7 62.3 25.3 23.3 13.7 45.2 34.9 19.9 21.2 13.7 2.7 24.0 21.2 17.1
2020 41.9 58.1 32.4 16.2 9.5 44.8 35.2 20.0 25.7 11.4 4.8 19.0 23.8 15.2
2021 42.5 57.5 31.3 17.3 8.9 44.9 34.1 21.0 27.1 11.7 3.7 17.8 22.4 17.3
2022 32.0 68.0 32.0 20.0 16.0 48.0 36.0 16.0 16.0 16.0 0.0 32.0 20.0 16.0
Player 40.1 59.9 27.3 23.8 8.8 39.8 36.9 23.2 21.2 14.3 4.5 18.6 22.6 18.7
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 3.1 27.6 29.1 22.2 5.7 10.3 6.5
2016 2.8 27.0 27.5 22.4 7.4 12.5 7.8
2017 4.8 27.0 24.1 24.9 6.1 13.2 7.9
2018 3.9 30.9 19.6 24.8 6.6 14.0 8.3
2019 4.8 26.7 30.8 19.9 6.2 11.6 6.6
2020 1.0 28.6 32.4 22.9 6.7 8.6 5.4
2021 3.3 29.9 28.0 20.1 6.1 11.7 6.9
2022 4.0 16.0 40.0 32.0 0.0 4.0 1.8
Player 3.5 28.0 26.4 23.0 6.3 12.0 7.3
MLB 3.9 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 0 76 33.2 17 .143 .357 .369 28.2 23.5 18.2 .226 .354 .333 40.0
2022 Sinker -3.0 -1 43 18.8 11 .125 .125 .273 23.5 18.2 28.6 .229 .323 .365 50.0
2022 Slider -5.9 -2 41 17.9 14 .071 .143 .089 52.2 57.1 44.4 .080 .094 .076 0.0
2022 Changeup -1.7 0 26 11.4 8 .143 .143 .200 60.0 62.5 50.0 .134 .159 .204 0.0
2022 Cutter -1.5 0 21 9.2 4 .250 .250 .225 40.0 75.0 50.0 .139 .156 .126 100.0
2022 Curveball 2.2 0 11 4.8 2 .000 .000 .350 50.0 50.0 33.3 -- -- .350 --
2022 Sweeper 3.7 0 11 4.8 1 -- -- .700 33.3 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2021 4-Seam Fastball -1.5 -7 502 33.0 124 .142 .302 .256 28.0 29.0 23.8 .186 .414 .309 41.7
2021 Slider -0.1 0 304 20.0 70 .258 .424 .328 40.9 34.3 23.1 .215 .362 .271 40.5
2021 Sinker 0.8 2 283 18.6 77 .258 .485 .381 20.0 20.8 21.3 .307 .548 .411 46.0
2021 Changeup 0.4 1 170 11.2 45 .256 .410 .334 36.1 31.1 23.3 .215 .375 .298 30.8
2021 Curveball 3.7 3 95 6.3 16 .313 .938 .509 37.5 43.8 21.9 .318 .750 .442 55.6
2021 Cutter -1.3 -1 80 5.3 14 .154 .462 .282 37.1 28.6 18.2 .123 .224 .186 44.4
2021 Sweeper -0.2 0 54 3.6 9 .143 .143 .256 22.2 22.2 8.0 .333 .362 .395 40.0
2021 Slurve -0.7 0 15 1.0 3 .000 .000 .233 57.1 66.7 28.6 -- -- .233 --
2021 Split-Finger -7.2 -1 9 0.6 3 .000 .000 .000 40.0 66.7 33.3 -- -- .000 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 387 1,636 -4 -8 12 8 7
2009 582 2,359 -3 -1 13 11 19
2010 564 2,365 5 -14 18 9 17
2011 664 2,516 21 -7 13 14 41
2012 623 2,360 -7 -9 19 9 12
2013 639 2,607 -4 -3 17 12 24
2014 640 2,570 -3 5 13 7 22
2015 613 2,500 -4 -2 20 9 24
2016 623 2,594 -1 -15 18 9 11
2017 631 2,692 1 -9 27 13 32
2018 612 2,524 8 -21 20 12 19
2019 256 1,129 -4 -11 8 5 -1
2020 166 682 -2 -8 5 5 0
2021 361 1,512 -3 -16 9 6 -3
2022 57 229 -4 -3 1 2 -3
Player 7,418 30,275 -4 -122 213 -4 220
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 2,514 48.7 67.0 74.4 22.7 50.2 41.7 29.9 44.4 31.8 7.7 77.3
2016 2,606 50.1 64.6 75.2 23.3 51.8 44.4 22.4 44.0 30.8 7.5 77.0
2017 2,695 49.8 64.9 75.1 24.0 54.5 41.8 25.0 44.4 30.5 8.5 78.9
2018 2,527 49.3 64.9 74.8 20.9 49.6 42.7 21.4 42.6 31.5 7.5 73.7
2019 1,129 48.9 63.6 76.6 23.7 43.8 41.8 26.6 43.2 32.6 7.3 81.7
2020 682 51.8 63.7 79.1 22.2 42.5 44.7 21.7 43.7 29.9 7.5 74.5
2021 1,520 49.1 66.6 75.1 24.5 50.3 42.5 26.0 45.1 31.4 7.4 79.5
2022 229 50.7 65.5 71.1 24.8 39.3 46.3 28.1 45.4 37.5 4.8 90.9
Player 13,902 49.5 65.3 75.2 23.1 50.2 42.7 24.8 43.9 31.3 7.7 77.5
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 30.0 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength 		Bat
Speed 		Squared-up
Rate 		Swing
Length
2015 64 16 68 81 56 90 89 72 95 69 12 87 6 90 78
2016 69 43 84 87 38 93 92 88 95 91 10 49 8 83 62 12
2017 82 42 85 89 67 96 92 69 95 80 10 82 12 72 80 25
2018 80 48 77 80 72 93 95 81 96 92 7 72 7 88 71 10
2019 81 49
2020 51 24 53 65 37 41 55 87 83 74 32 23 29 80 52 16 47
2021 42 14 52 68 31 40 79 67 98 53 7 73 13 69 61 37
2022 20 47
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.90 31 33.1 -2 10 19 19 61.3
2017 23.76 35 34.9 0 14 20 19 54.3
2018 23.48 30 26.6 3 10 15 15 50.0
2019 23.18 12 11.0 1 5 10 4 33.3
2020 23.65 9 7.8 1 2 7 3 33.3
2021 23.58 17 16.9 0 7 8 11 64.7
2022 21.90 1 0.6 0 1 1 0 0.0
Player 23.62 135 130.8 4 49 80 71 52.6
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 31 37 27 34 32 30 36 30 28 30 33 31 34 32 33 36 28 29 35 35 33 32 39 42 32 33 33 39 36 34 30
2017 35 33 35 32 39 34 40 33 27 28 36 40 40 34 33 37 29 31 36 32 38 33 41 36 37 30 33 44 40 37 28
2018 30 31 22 25 26 22 29 26 22 22 24 28 33 25 23 31 26 24 25 29 28 26 34 29 26 24 25 31 32 27 23
2019 12 14 8 10 11 11 13 10 9 9 9 14 13 10 11 11 11 9 10 12 12 12 15 12 10 11 8 12 12 12 9
2020 9 8 9 7 8 9 10 6 7 6 5 10 7 8 6 9 9 6 8 8 8 7 10 7 7 6 9 10 9 8 7
2021 17 20 12 19 16 15 21 17 14 14 13 16 22 14 18 20 16 16 19 15 17 16 22 20 16 15 19 19 17 15 14
2022 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
Player 135 143 113 127 133 122 150 122 108 109 121 141 149 124 125 144 120 115 133 132 137 126 162 146 128 119 128 156 146 134 112
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 +/-   2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022
Exit Velocity 89.9 1.4 ↑ 91.3 -2.5 ↓ 88.8 1.9 ↑ 90.7 -3.5 ↓ 87.2 4.5 ↑ 91.7 -1.6 ↓ 90.1 -1.6 ↓ 88.5
Launch Angle 16.2 -0.7 ↓ 15.5 0.2 ↑ 15.7 -3.8 ↓ 11.9 6.6 ↑ 18.5 0.1 ↑ 18.6 -3.4 ↓ 15.2 11.3 ↑ 26.5
Barrel % 10.3 2.2 ↑ 12.5 0.7 ↑ 13.2 0.8 ↑ 14.0 -2.4 ↓ 11.6 -3.0 ↓ 8.6 3.1 ↑ 11.7 -7.7 ↓ 4.0
Hard Hit % 39.2 6.3 ↑ 45.5 -4.2 ↓ 41.3 6.1 ↑ 47.4 -10.4 ↓ 37.0 6.8 ↑ 43.8 -2.2 ↓ 41.6 -9.6 ↓ 32.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 28.9 4.4 ↑ 33.3 2.7 ↑ 36.0 -1.3 ↓ 34.7 0.9 ↑ 35.6 -9.9 ↓ 25.7 4.7 ↑ 30.4 5.6 ↑ 36.0
xBA .232 0.021 ↑ .253 0.002 ↑ .255 -0.005 ↓ .250 -0.030 ↓ .220 0.008 ↑ .228 -0.002 ↓ .226 -0.069 ↓ .157
BA .251 -0.005 ↓ .246 0.027 ↑ .273 -0.016 ↓ .257 -0.042 ↓ .215 -0.011 ↓ .204 0.007 ↑ .211 -0.086 ↓ .125
xwOBA .330 0.012 ↑ .342 0.019 ↑ .361 -0.007 ↓ .354 -0.037 ↓ .317 0.012 ↑ .329 -0.007 ↓ .322 -0.073 ↓ .249
wOBA .340 -0.011 ↓ .329 0.049 ↑ .378 -0.030 ↓ .348 -0.041 ↓ .307 0.000 .307 -0.002 ↓ .305 -0.074 ↓ .231
xSLG .431 0.057 ↑ .488 0.020 ↑ .508 -0.042 ↓ .466 -0.040 ↓ .426 0.004 ↑ .430 -0.001 ↓ .429 -0.211 ↓ .218
SLG .454 0.011 ↑ .465 0.075 ↑ .540 -0.077 ↓ .463 -0.047 ↓ .416 0.006 ↑ .422 -0.013 ↓ .409 -0.201 ↓ .208
K% 25.7 2.9 ↑ 28.6 -0.3 ↓ 28.3 0.4 ↑ 28.7 1.8 ↑ 30.5 -4.6 ↓ 25.9 3.7 ↑ 29.6 10.8 ↑ 40.4
BB% 11.0 -3.0 ↓ 8.0 3.7 ↑ 11.7 -1.3 ↓ 10.4 2.1 ↑ 12.5 -5.9 ↓ 6.6 4.2 ↑ 10.8 -0.3 ↓ 10.5
Swing % 44.4 -0.4 ↓ 44.0 0.4 ↑ 44.4 -1.8 ↓ 42.6 0.6 ↑ 43.2 0.5 ↑ 43.7 1.4 ↑ 45.1 0.3 ↑ 45.4
Whiff% 31.8 -1.0 ↓ 30.8 -0.3 ↓ 30.5 1.0 ↑ 31.5 1.1 ↑ 32.6 -2.7 ↓ 29.9 1.5 ↑ 31.4 6.1 ↑ 37.5
In Zone % 48.7 1.4 ↑ 50.1 -0.3 ↓ 49.8 -0.5 ↓ 49.3 -0.4 ↓ 48.9 2.9 ↑ 51.8 -2.7 ↓ 49.1 1.6 ↑ 50.7
Out of Zone % 51.3 -1.4 ↓ 49.9 0.3 ↑ 50.2 0.5 ↑ 50.7 0.4 ↑ 51.1 -2.9 ↓ 48.2 2.7 ↑ 50.9 -1.6 ↓ 49.3
Out of Zone Swing % 22.7 0.6 ↑ 23.3 0.7 ↑ 24.0 -3.1 ↓ 20.9 2.8 ↑ 23.7 -1.5 ↓ 22.2 2.3 ↑ 24.5 0.3 ↑ 24.8
First Pitch Swing % 29.9 -7.5 ↓ 22.4 2.6 ↑ 25.0 -3.6 ↓ 21.4 5.2 ↑ 26.6 -4.9 ↓ 21.7 4.3 ↑ 26.0 2.1 ↑ 28.1
First Pitch Strike % 58.0 -2.4 ↓ 55.6 3.3 ↑ 58.9 -1.3 ↓ 57.6 3.7 ↑ 61.3 -2.9 ↓ 58.4 -0.4 ↓ 58.0 -0.1 ↓ 57.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 611 29 4.7 .331 .353
2017 Shifts R 631 15 2.4 .380 .304
2018 Shifts R 612 103 16.8 .338 .397
2019 Shifts R 256 72 28.1 .298 .329
2020 Shifts R 166 49 29.5 .289 .348
2021 Shifts R 353 153 43.3 .294 .333
2022 Shifts R 57 40 70.2 .229 .232
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 699 17.6 16.2% 2.9% 482 23.0 0.8% 11.8%
2011 716 17.1 17.9% 1.7% 368 24.0 0.8% 13.0%
2012 662 17.9 9.4% 1.7% 432 24.5 0.7% 13.7%
2013 802 17.8 11.1% 3.4% 400 23.0 0.5% 11.0%
2014 573 19.5 5.6% 3.5% 508 24.7 0.2% 15.9%
2015 723 19.1 17.4% 5.7% 444 25.5 3.6% 25.0%
2016 691 19.1 13.9% 5.5% 570 24.1 3.5% 17.5%
2017 743 19.1 4.7% 4.7% 519 23.7 0.0% 14.6%
2018 637 18.7 8.9% 2.0% 551 24.3 0.0% 13.4%
2019 291 18.3 10.7% 2.7% 220 24.5 0.5% 15.9%
2020 179 18.6 10.6% 1.1% 147 24.1 0.0% 10.2%
2021 426 19.2 6.1% 4.2% 273 23.6 0.0% 11.7%
2022 57 17.5 7.0% 1.8% 46 22.6 0.0% 8.7%
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