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ENDER INCIARTE
FRONT OFFICE • Earned his first career All-Star honor in • In his first season with Atlanta, had a career-best
19-game hitting streak (7/19-8/8), along with an
2017, selected as a reserve for the N.L.
18-game streak (8/19-9/7)...Is the only player
squad…He went 0-for-2 as Atlanta’s lone
representative.
hitting streaks of at least 18 games in a single
• Since his first full season in 2015, has 61 in Atlanta history (since 1966) to have multiple
Defensive Runs Saved (DRS), fifth among major- season…Both came after the All-Star break.
league outfielders…Only Kevin Kiermaier (121), • Over those stretches, produced a career-
MANAGER & STAFF Heyward (69) have more. 7/19-8/17…Reached base at a .390 clip in
Mookie Betts (116), Lorenzo Cain (72) and Jason
best 27-game on-base streak, from
that stretch, and had a hit in all but one
• His 40 outfield assists in that time are 10th
contest.
most.
• Is a career .314/.364/.436 (445-for-1,419) hitter • Began his career with the Diamondbacks…Was
after the All-Star break…Since his first full season traded to Atlanta as part of a five-player deal
in 2015, has a .316 batting average after the involving Braves SS Dansby Swanson on 12/8/15.
ENDER INCIARTE Votto (.330), Jose Altuve (.328) and Christian signed a five-year contract extension
break, fourth best in the majors, trailing Joey
• After his first season with the Braves,
with a club option that could keep him in
Yelich (.318).
Atlanta through the 2022 season.
• Is a lifetime .254/.310/.340 (412-for-1,619)
batter prior to the All-Star break.
Arizona, at San Diego…Started in center field and
• Has three game-ending RBI in his career, two • Made his major league debut on 5/2/14 with
singles and a walk…His last such RBI came on went 1-for-4 with a single off Dale Thayer.
SEASON IN REVIEW • His only career postseason experience came in balloting after hitting .278 (116-for-418)
• Finished fifth in the N.L. Rookie of the Year
4/21/18 off the Mets’ Jeurys Familia, a ninth-
inning single to break a 3-3 tie.
with 18 doubles, four home runs and 27
RBI in 118 games.
the 2018 NLDS vs. Los Angeles…Started in center
field all four games, and went 3-for-13 (.231) with
rookies (Billy Hamilton, 141)…Recorded
four strikeouts. • His 116 hits were second among N.L.
• Recorded a single-season career-most 201 hits four hits on three occasions, becoming
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Marquis Grissom had 207 in 1996…Only two • Established a club rookie record 18-game
the first Arizona rookie with three or more
in 2017, the most by a Braves player since OF
four-hit games in a single season.
other Braves have produced 200-hit seasons
hitting streak, from 7/31-8/19…Hit .316
since the franchise relocated to Atlanta in 1966…
OF Ralph Garr had three (1971, 1973-74) of these
(25-for-79) in that stretch.
seasons and Felipe Alou had two (1966, 1968).
86.4 success rate was second in the N.L.
• His 201 hits were the sixth most in a single • Stole 19 bases, going 19-for-22...His
behind Drew Stubbs (87.0).
season of Atlanta history. • Had 10 outfield assists, tied for second
BRAVES HISTORY for the second most hits at home in a • Has been on the injured list five times in his
• Finished with 110 hits at Truist Park, tied
among N.L. rookies.
single season in Atlanta franchise history…
Ralph Garr had 121 in 1971 and 110 in
major-league career, including twice in 2019.
1974.
• Had three five-hit games...The five-hit • Missed two months with a lumbar strain…
Also suffered a right hamstring strain on
efforts tied the Braves single-season 8/17 that ended his season…The 65 games
franchise record for most five-hit games... he played in 2019 were his fewest in a
Kenny Lofton first set the mark in 1997.
OPPONENTS • In one of those five-hit games, 6/4 at • Has also missed time with a concussion
162-game season.
Cincinnati, drove in five runs …At the
(2014) and left hamstring strain (2016).
time, he became the first Braves player
with a five-hit, five-RBI game since Willie Minor league notes
Harris on 7/21/07 vs. St. Louis…Harris went • Began the 2014 season with Triple-A Reno before
6-for-6 with six RBI hitting leadoff. making his major-league debut in May…Entered
MISCELLANEOUS 136 2021 ATLANTA BRAVES MEDIA GUIDE Arizona’s “Fastest Baserunner” and as having the
that campaign tabbed by Baseball America as
“Best Outfield Arm.”