Justin Irvin Upton was born on 25th of August in the year 1987, in Norfolk of Virginia, United States. He is 1.9 m in height and is presently playing for Detroit Tigers. Baseball is his game and he is an excellent outfielder in the same. Many people actually don’t know what an outfielder does. Out of three positions of defense, the one who does the farthest fielding is known as an outfielder. He is a right fielder but later switched to left fielding. He bats with his right hand and throws right.
Professionally he made his MLB debut on 2nd of August 2007 for the team Arizona diamondbacks. Stats show his batting average to be .269 in 2016. He has played for the team Arizona diamondbacks from 2007 to 2012, for the team Atlanta Braves from the year 2013 to 2014, then for San Diego Padres in 2015 and now for Detroit Tigers.
Justin Upton and Melvin Upton are the only two brothers who play together in MLB (Major league baseball) and made a record, on 8th of August 2014, the fifth time they homered the game. Melvin is three years older to him. The two brothers were interested in sports since their childhood. They used to play basketball and many other sports together. Yvonne Upton and Melvin Upton are their parents and the father kept his son’s name on his own, thus his son is popularly known as Junior Melvin Upton. In high school Justin received an award for player of the year. And after finishing his school his career touched the skies.
Justin’s biography tell us that his married life was initially not healthy, he first got married to Susi Cahn , later the couple split up as there were many fights between them and their relationship wasn’t going smooth and presently the legend has Ashley Borror as his wife who was his long term girlfriend as well. They together have a baby Pictures on social media indicate that the couple is now happy and the two together lead a healthy and a wealthy life. While his ex-wife Susi also tied matrimonial bonds Mario Batali and they also have two kids together and are happy in their own respective lives, thus all is well that ends well.
In the year 2016, Justin Upton signed a contract to the team Detroit Tigers whose net worth is $132.72 million. Upton was also given the title of ‘American League Player’ for the week. He has excelled in his field and won many awards for his achievements and his accomplishments. He won an award for the minor league player of the year, NL Silver Slugger award twice in the year 2011 and 2014, All-star award in the years 2009, 2011, 2015 and many more.
The great player has his own twitter account and regularly updates it. He has a strong fan following and his fangraphs never show a downfall and are always at peaks. Reports claim his 2016 salary to be 22.12 million US dollar.
| Birth Date: | 25 Aug, 1987 |
| Age: | 32 yrs |
| Occupations: | Baseball player |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Norfolk |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American baseball player |
| Net Worth 2021: | 40 million |
