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The big number is his career NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. This season's NUT sits just below it, followed by his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

B.J. Upton 2026 Season · CLE

B.J. Upton is a free agent outfielder. His career NUT is -2.2, #5,729 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2007 (+2.4). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .243/.321/.402, 164 HR, 1260 H in 1469 games.

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B.J. Upton Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

B.J. Upton

CF · Free agent

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-2.2Career NUT

+2.2 to Average

Career

.243AVG164HR586RBI1260H723R300SB

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 3", 185 lb · b. Aug 21, 1984 · Norfolk, VA · Draft 2002 (1st Rd, #2)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2004	19	TBD	-0.2	45	177	159	19	41	8	2	4	12	15	1	0	46	4	1	1	1	1	.258	.324	.409	.151	.733	.336
2006	21	TBD	-1.0	50	189	175	20	43	5	0	1	10	13	1	0	40	11	3	0	0	1	.246	.302	.291	.045	.593	.313
2007	22	TBD	+2.4	129	548	474	86	142	25	1	24	82	65	4	4	154	22	8	4	1	14	.300	.386	.508	.208	.894	.393
2008	23	TB	+1.1	145	640	531	85	145	37	2	9	67	97	2	4	134	44	16	7	3	13	.273	.383	.401	.128	.784	.344
2009	24	TB	-1.3	144	626	560	79	135	33	4	11	55	57	3	0	152	42	14	3	3	7	.241	.313	.373	.132	.686	.310
2010	25	TB	+0.3	154	610	536	89	127	38	4	18	62	67	2	1	164	42	9	4	1	13	.237	.322	.424	.187	.746	.304
2011	26	TB	+0.9	153	640	560	82	136	27	4	23	81	71	4	4	161	36	12	3	2	16	.243	.331	.429	.186	.760	.298
2012	27	TB	+0.3	146	631	573	79	141	29	3	28	78	45	1	0	169	31	6	8	4	13	.246	.298	.454	.208	.752	.294
2013	28	ATL	-2.4	126	445	391	30	72	14	0	9	26	44	3	2	151	12	5	6	1	7	.184	.268	.289	.105	.557	.266
2014	29	ATL	-1.7	141	582	519	67	108	19	5	12	35	57	1	5	173	20	7	2	3	6	.208	.287	.333	.125	.620	.286
2015	30	SD	+0.2	87	228	205	23	53	12	4	5	17	21	0	2	62	9	3	0	2	1	.259	.327	.429	.170	.756	.348
2016	31	SD	-0.1	92	373	344	46	88	11	2	16	45	23	2	1	106	20	5	3	1	5	.256	.304	.439	.183	.743	.320
2016	31	TOR	-0.9	57	165	148	18	29	4	1	4	16	14	0	0	49	7	3	3	0	1	.196	.261	.318	.122	.579	.255
2016	31	TOT	-1.0	149	538	492	64	117	15	3	20	61	37	2	1	155	27	8	6	1	6	.238	.291	.402	.164	.693	.300
Career	—	12 yrs	-2.2	1469	5854	5175	723	1260	262	32	164	586	589	24	23	1561	300	92	44	22	98	.243	.321	.402	.159	.723	.314

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Upton's career NUT of -2.2

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

2.4

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NUT by Season

-0.2

-1.0

+2.4

+1.1

-1.3

+0.3

+0.9

+0.3

-2.4

-1.7

+0.2

-1.0

Awards

2004Futures Game Selection

2005Futures Game Selection · INT Mid-Season All-Star · INT Player of the Week · INT Post-Season All-Star · Baseball America Triple-A All-Star

2006INT Mid-Season All-Star

2007AL Player of the Week

2009AL Player of the Month · AL Player of the Week

2012AL Player of the Week

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SF	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	OPS	BAbip
2003	18	A	101	453	384	70	116	22	6	7	46	57	5	0	80	38	17	6	1	8	.302	.394	.445	.143	.839	.360
2003	18	AA	29	127	105	14	29	8	0	1	16	16	2	0	25	2	4	2	2	1	.276	.376	.381	.105	.757	.346
2004	19	AA	29	120	104	21	34	7	1	2	15	14	0	1	28	3	0	0	2	0	.327	.407	.471	.144	.878	.432
2004	19	AAA	69	313	264	65	82	17	1	12	36	42	3	0	72	17	5	0	4	9	.311	.411	.519	.208	.930	.389
2005	20	AAA	139	632	545	98	165	36	6	18	74	78	4	1	127	44	13	3	1	15	.303	.392	.490	.187	.882	.365
2006	21	AAA	106	470	398	72	107	18	4	8	41	65	4	0	89	46	17	3	0	8	.269	.374	.394	.125	.768	.326
2007	22	A+	7	24	17	4	4	0	0	1	3	5	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	.235	.375	.412	.177	.787	.188
2007	22	AAA	2	7	7	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.857	.428	1.286	.400
2009	24	A+	3	14	9	1	4	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	2	4	3	0	0	0	.444	.643	.444	.000	1.087	.571
2012	27	A+	4	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.091	.167	.091	.000	.258	.100
2012	27	AA	3	11	10	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.200	.000	.473	.222
2013	28	AAA	3	12	12	3	4	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.583	.250	.916	.500
2015	30	AAA	13	55	50	10	14	2	0	1	6	4	0	0	12	4	0	0	0	1	.280	.333	.380	.100	.713	.351
2017	32	AAA	12	49	45	4	11	1	0	1	4	4	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	1	.244	.306	.333	.089	.639	.333

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