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FREDDIE FREEMAN
• It was the longest postseason hitting • Has won the Louisville Slugger Silver
streak by a Braves player since Rafael Slugger each of the past two seasons… FRONT OFFICE
Furcal and Andruw Jones each had nine- Is the only Braves first baseman to win
game streaks that lasted into the 2005 multiple Silver Sluggers…Fred McGriff is
postseason…Freeman went 0-for-3 in the only other player at that position in
Game 7 of the NLCS to snap the streak. franchise history to win the award, doing
• Had the game-winning RBI in three of Atlanta’s so in 1993.
eight postseason wins, including two in the NLCS • Won Wilson’s Defensive Player of the
against Los Angeles…Only the Dodgers’ Corey Year award in 2018 and 2019…The award MANAGER & STAFF
Seager had more (6)…Houston’s George Springer recognizes the top defensive player at
and Carlos Correa also had three. each position across the majors and is
• Since his first full season in 2011, his 111 Major League Baseball’s official defensive
game-winning RBI between the regular achievement award…Freeman is the
season and postseason are tied for second Atlanta player to win the award
second most in baseball…Albert Pujols in consecutive seasons…SS Andrelton
has 129 such RBI in that time, while the Simmons did so in three straight seasons
Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo also has 111. from 2013-15. FREDDIE FREEMAN
major league notes • Franchise Ranks (since 1900): doubles (342, 3rd),
on-base percentage (.383, 5th), runs (849, 6th),
• Awards: BBWAA N.L. MVP (2020), N.L. All-Star home runs (240, 6th), RBI (858, 6th), extra-base
(4x, 2013, '14, '18, '19), Louisville Slugger Silver hits (605, 6th), total bases (2,632, 6th), games
Slugger (2x, 2018, '19; 1B), Rawlings Gold Glove played (1,406, 7th), hits (1,524, 7th), slugging
(2018; 1B), Wilson Defensive Player of the Year percentage (.509, 8th) and batting average (.295,
(2x, 2018, '19; 1B), All-MLB First Team (2020; 1B), 11th). SEASON IN REVIEW
All-MLB Second Team (2019; 1B), Hank Aaron • Is one of six players in Braves franchise
Award (2020; N.L.), Players Choice Player of the history with 300 doubles and 200 home
Year (2020), Players Choice N.L. Outstanding runs, reaching both milestones in 2019…
Player (2020), Baseball Digest MLB Player of the The other five to reach those marks are
Year (2020), Baseball America MLB Player of the Hank Aaron (600 2B, 733 HR), Andruw
Year (2020), Baseball America All-Rookie Team Jones (330 2B, 368 HR), Chipper Jones
(2011), N.L. Player of the Month (2x, 9/16, 9/20), (549 2B, 468 HR), Eddie Mathews (338
N.L. Rookie of the Month (7/11), N.L. Player of 2B, 493 HR) and Dale Murphy (306 2B, PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
the Week (5x, 4/23/12, 5/7/12, 6/19/16, 9/4/16, 371 HR).
9/25/16). • The Braves are just the third franchise in
• In addition to becoming the seventh the majors with at least six players at 300
Braves player to win the N.L. MVP in 2020, doubles and 200 home runs…The Yankees
has finished in the top eight of voting four have 11, while Boston has six.
other times, including in the top five on • Collected his 1,000th hit on 7/6/17 at
two other occasions (5th in 2013 and 4th Washington, in his 949th career game...
in 2018). Became the eighth quickest Braves player, BRAVES HISTORY
• Has earned four All-Star selections, by games played, in modern-era franchise
including drawing starts in 2018 and history (since 1900) to get their first
2019…Garnered 4,039,219 votes in 2018 1,000 career hits in a Braves uniform…He
to lead the N.L, the first Atlanta player reached that milestone two months shy of
to lead the league in fan voting since his 28th birthday…He is the fifth player in
Dale Murphy in 1985…1B Fred McGriff franchise history to get 1,000 hits prior to
(1995-96) and Hall-of-Fame 3B Chipper turning 28, joining Hank Aaron (25 years OPPONENTS
Jones (2000-01) are the only other Braves old), Andruw Jones (26), Eddie Mathews
infielders to win consecutive fan-elected (26) and Joe Torre (27).
starts…His first All-Star honor came • Hit career home run No. 100 on 7/31/15
in 2013 when he won the Final Vote at Philadelphia…At 25 years, 322 days,
contest…Drew 19.7 million votes, an all- became the third-youngest Atlanta Braves
time Final Vote record. player to reach the 100-homer mark
behind Andruw Jones and Bob Horner. MISCELLANEOUS

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