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harris II

OUTFIELDER
Full Name: Michael Machion Harris II
MANAGER & STAFF Height: 6-0 Weight: 195
Throws: Left
Bats: Left
DOB: March 7, 2001
Opening Day Age: 20
Born: Dekalb, GA
MLB Service Time: 0.000
MLB Debut: None Resides: Ellenwood, GA
Acquired: Braves’ third-round (98th overall) pick in 2019
MICHAEL HARRIS II 2020 amateur
Contract Status: Signed through 2021
NON-ROSTER INVITEE

• Added to Atlanta's 60-man player pool on
approximately 40 miles southeast of Truist Park.
7/15...Spent the rest of the season at the club's • Graduated from Stockbridge (GA) High School,
alternate training site. • Was a two-way player…On the mound,
SEASON IN REVIEW • Ended the season ranked by MLB.com as batters he faced (36.7%), while posting
the left-hander struck out 172 of the 469
• Appeared in two exhibition games during
summer camp in July…Went 1-for-4 (.250) with
a 1.87 ERA in his senior season...At the
one RBI and two strikeouts.
plate, the switch-hitter had a career .442
batting average in 74 games.
Atlanta’s No. 12 prospect.
2019 Transactions
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT rookie-level GCL and Single-A Rome, batting overall) of the 2019 First-Year Player Draft…
• Selected by the Braves in the third round (98th
• Split his first professional season between
Signed by Kirk Fredriksson.
.277 (53-for-191) with two home runs, 27 RBI,
eight stolen bases and 26 runs scored in 53
games.
• Named by the organization as the GCL Braves’
Player of the Year…Led the team in batting
average (.349), on-base percentage (.403),
BRAVES HISTORY • Also tabbed as the club’s Player of the
slugging percentage (.514) and OPS (.917).
Month for July…Batted .379/.423/.561 in
19 games that month.

Complete Record

OPPONENTS Year Club AVG G AB R 38 6 3 2 16 0 0 1 9 20 5-2 .403 .514 E 3
H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB-CS OBP SLG
.349 31 109 15
2019 GCL Braves
1 9 22
2019 Rome
1
1
8-2 .344 .393
0
.277 53 191 26
2 27
53
Minor Totals .183 22 82 11 15 2 4 0 11 0 1 2 18 42 3-0 .269 .232 0 3
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