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OUTFIELDER
Full Name: Ender David Inciarte
Bats: Left Throws: Left
Height: 5-11 Weight: 190 MANAGER & STAFF
DOB: October 29, 1990 Opening Day Age: 30
Born: Maracaibo, Venezuela Resides: Tampa, FL
MLB Debut: May 2, 2014 MLB Service Time: 6.157
Acquired: Trade with Arizona, December 8, 2015
Contract Status: Signed through 2021, with an option for 2022

2020 ENDER INCIARTE

• In his seventh major-league season, played in CAREER HIGHS
46 games and hit a career-worst .190/.262/.250
(22-for-116) with one home run, 10 RBI and 17 Most Runs
runs scored. 3, 6x, last: 9/22/18, ATL vs. PHI
• Started 30 games, but only eight in
September. Most Hits
5, 3x, last: 8/30/17, ATL at PHI SEASON IN REVIEW
• Played all 308.1 of his defensive innings in
center field…Committed just one error in Most Doubles
72 chances (.986). 2, 6x, last: 9/14/18, ATL vs. WSH
• Hit .276/.488/.448 (8-for-29) when he was ahead
in the count, prducing a .936 OPS…Had 12 walks Most Triples
and three strikeouts in these situations. 1, 28x, last: 9/7/20, ATL vs. MIA
• When he was behind in counts, had a .232 Most Home Runs
OPS (5-for-47) with 12 strikeouts. PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
2, 3x, last: 8/17/17, ATL at COL
• Batted .200 (11-for-55) in 23 games at Truist Park
with nine walks and 16 strikeouts…Conversely, Most RBI
went 11-for-61 (.180) with three walks and nine 5, 6/4/17, ATL at CIN
strikeouts in 23 road games.
Most Walks
• Struck out just 25 times…His 19.1% strikeout rate 3, 2x, last: 5/26/18, ATL at BOS
was better than the league average (21.6)…He
also drew 12 walks, and his 9.1% walk rate was Most Stolen Bases BRAVES HISTORY
nearly league average (9.7). 2, 15x, last: 6/12/18, ATL vs. NYM
• His only home run of the season came on 8/28
at Philadelphia, off LH Adam Morgan…It was his Longest Hitting Streak
40th career home run and his 850th hit…At the 19 games, 7/19-8/8/16
time, only 91 other active players had that many
hits.
off a southpaw, and his first since 8/23/18 Major league notes OPPONENTS
• That was only his fourth career home run
off the Marlins’ Jarlin García. • Awards: N.L. All-Star (2017), Rawlings Gold Glove
• Had an average exit velocity of 78.2 and a hard- (3x, 2016, '17, '18; CF).
hit rate (batted balls with an exit velocity of 95+ • Won three consecutive Gold Glove
mph) of 6.4%, both the lowest in the majors. awards in center field, from 2016-18, his
first three seasons with Atlanta…Became
• Posted a 40 wRC+, the sixth lowest
among all major leaguers with at least 100 the first Braves player to win three straight
plate appearances. Gold Gloves since CF Andruw Jones won MISCELLANEOUS
10 in a row from 1998-07.
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