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ozuna FRONT OFFICE

OUTFIELDER
Full Name: Marcell Ozuna
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Height: 6-1 Weight: 225 MANAGER & STAFF
DOB: November 12, 1990 Opening Day Age: 30
Born: Santo Domingo, DR Resides: Santo Domingo, DR
MLB Debut: April 30, 2013 MLB Service Time: 7.124
Acquired: Signed as a free agent, February 5, 2021
Contract Status: Signed through 2024

2020 CAREER HIGHS MARCELL OZUNA
• Awards: All-MLB First Team (DH), Louisville
Slugger Silver Slugger (DH), Edgar Martinez
Outstanding Designated Hitter of the Year, Most Runs
Baseball America All-MLB Second Team (OF). 4, 7/26/17, MIA at TEX
• N.L. Ranks: home runs (18, 1st), RBI (56, 1st), total Most Hits
bases (145, 1st), hits (77, 2nd), extra-base hits (32, 5, 9/11/20, ATL at WSH SEASON IN REVIEW
T2nd), batting average (.338, 3rd), on-base %
(.431, 3rd), slugging % (.636, 3rd), OPS (1.067, 3rd), Most Doubles
AB/HR (12.67, 6th), walks (38, T6th) and fWAR 3, 5/1/15, MIA vs. PHI
(2.5, T10th).
Most Triples
• He posted single-season career bests in
each of the three slash line categories 1, 20x, 8/25/19, STL vs. COL
– batting average, on-base percentage, Most Home Runs
slugging percentage. 3, 9/1/20, ATL at BOS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
• He was one of 15 players and three Braves
to appear in at least 60 games in 2020… Most RBI
Starling Marte played in a majors-most 61 6, 2x, last: 9/1/20, ATL at BOS
games after beginning the season with
Arizona and finishing the campaign with Most Walks
Miami…Freddie Freeman and Dansby 3, 4x, last: 7/30/20, ATL vs. TB
Swanson also played in 60 games. BRAVES HISTORY
Most Stolen Bases
• Ozuna led the N.L. with 15 home runs and 56 1, 26x, last: 8/15/19, STL at CIN
RBI, becoming the first Braves player to lead the
league in either home runs or RBI since 2005, Longest Hitting Streak
when Andruw Jones also paced the circuit in 16 games, 2x, last: 4/30-5/16/16
both...Jones hit a franchise-record 51 HR and
had 128 RBI.
• He was the first N.L. player to lead the • Ozuna also finished third in the N.L. in batting OPPONENTS
league in both of those since Miami's average, 13 points off the lead of the Nationals’
Giancarlo Stanton in 2017 (59 HR, 132 Juan Soto (.351)…He narrowly missed winning
RBI).
the batting triple crown, a feat that has not been
• Extrapolated over a full 162-game season, accomplished by an N.L. player since St. Louis’
Ozuna's totals paced to 49 home runs and Joe Medwick in 1937 (.374, 31 HR, 154 RBI).
154 RBI.
• His 18 home runs traveled an average of a
projected 429 feet, the farthest in the majors. MISCELLANEOUS

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