# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/b-j-upton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:10:17.630Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/b-j-upton"
name: "B. J. Upton"
slug: "b-j-upton"
description: "Melvin Emanuel \"B. J.\" Upton Jr. is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays / Rays, Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, and Toronto Blue Jays."
tagline: "American baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/B._J._Upton_on_April_7%2C_2013.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1984-08-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.18
  momentum:             15
  historical:           9.264697333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/MelvinUptonJr"
    handle:    "MelvinUptonJr"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C2%B7J%C2%B7%E5%8E%84%E6%99%AE%E9%A0%93"
    title: "B·J·厄普頓"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A._%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بي. جاي أبتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%89._%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بى. جاى ابتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._J._Upton"
    title: "B. J. Upton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Upton_Jr."
    title: "Melvin Upton Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Upton"
    title: "Melvin Upton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.J.%E3%82%A2%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3"
    title: "B.J.アップトン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A9%9C%EB%B9%88_%EC%97%85%ED%84%B4_%EC%A3%BC%EB%8B%88%EC%96%B4"
    title: "멜빈 업턴 주니어"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.J._Upton"
    title: "B.J. Upton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Upton_Jr"
    title: "Melvin Upton Jr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2876661"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump