Rodney Woodward sends B.J. Upton’s 2013 card this way. By the way, his actual name is Melvin and that’s how he’s listed in Baseball Reference. It threw me for a loop. I guess “B.J.” sounds cooler than Melvin, right?
Anyway, in his first year with the Braves, B.J. Upton hit .184/.268/.289 in which is probably bad enough but Upton maintained this kind of average over 126 games and 391 at-bats.
He did hit for some power (nine homers) and ran the bases a little (12 steals) but you can’t get around the “not hitting the ball” part. Upton struck out an amazing 151 times.
| Split | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Totals | 126 | 446 | 391 | 30 | 72 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 26 | 12 | 44 | 151 | .184 | .268 | .289 |
The 2013 Upton card does get two zeros with 12 second column 1s. He is Fast with an 15-11 and an OF-3. So he does have redeeming qualities. Putting the bat on the ball is not one of them.
He only gets two 8s so he relegated to a 25-22.
Maybe it’s me but I’m thinking this card should have more 13s. It has ten. My guess is that maybe it should a couple more even with pitchers’ strikeout ratings and other strikeouts on the boards.
Ugly numbers: 25-22, 44-9, 51-14
Upton didn’t improve much in 2014 either, hitting .208/.287/.333 in a full season.
thanks Rodney!
Doesn’t matter what his name is…he can’t hit with either one!