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MARCELL OZUNA
• His hard-hit rate (batted balls with an exit • David Justice was the only other player
velocity over 95 mph) was ninth best in to have one of these games in the NLCS FRONT OFFICE
the majors, while his average exit velocity (Game 6 in ’92 against Pittsburgh).
tied for 10th best. • Began the postseason by going hitless in his first
• Hit a 115.6 mph double off the Phillies' eight at-bats with five strikeouts…That streak
Zack Wheeler on August 28, the hardest was snapped when he hit a two-run homer off
hit by a Braves player this season...It was Cincinnati’s Raisel Iglesias in the eighth inning of
the fourth hardest by an Atlanta player in Game 2 of the Wild Card Series.
the Statcast era (since ‘15). • He had multi-hit games in three of the MANAGER & STAFF
• Ozuna recorded his first career five-hit game on next four games.
9/11 at Washington...Went 5-for-6 with one walk,
one run and four RBI. major league notes
• It was the Braves' first five-hit game since • Awards: N.L. All-Star (2x, 2016, '17), Louisville
OF Nick Markakis on 4/4/19 against the Slugger Silver Slugger (2x, 2017 – OF, 2020 –
Cubs...Markakis went 5-for-5 with three DH), Rawlings Gold Glove (2017; LF), All-MLB First
doubles, five RBI and three runs scored. Team (2020; DH), Edgar Martinez Outstanding
• There were five other five-hit games in Designated Hitter of the Year (2020), Baseball MARCELL OZUNA
the major leagues in 2020. America All-MLB Second Team (2020; OF).
• His first N.L. All-Star selection came in
2020 Postseason 2016, when he started in center field for
• In 12 postseason games, batted .255/.283/.490 the N.L…Went 1-for-2 with a RBI single…
(13-for-51) with three doubles, three home runs, Was the N.L.’s starting left fielder the
11 RBI and eight runs scored. following season, 2017, playing in his
• His 11 RBI were the most on the team, home stadium of Marlins Park…He had 70 SEASON IN REVIEW
and the third-most by a Braves player in RBI before the break that season, tied for
a single postseason…Fred McGriff had 16 the most in MLB.
RBI in the 1996 postseason, while Brian • When he won his first career Silver
Jordan had 13 in 1999. Slugger in 2017, had a career-high 124
• Ozuna’s 13 hits, six extra-base hits, 25 RBI, the third-most in baseball…It was the
total bases and three home runs were second-most RBI by a Marlins player in a
each tied for the team lead. single-season, trailing Giancarlo Stanton’s
132, also in 2017…Ozuna also had career- PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
• He was the Braves’ starting DH in each of best totals that season in games played
their 12 postseason games.
(159), home runs (37), doubles (30), walks
• In Game 5 of the NLCS against Los Angeles, went (64) and runs scored (93).
4-for-5 with one double, two home runs, four
RBI and three runs scored. • He also earned a Rawlings Gold Glove
in 2017…Was the N.L. recipient for left
• His 11 total bases were a franchise single- fielders…Led all players at his position in
game postseason record. putouts (305) and fielding percentage
• He also became the first player in Braves’ (.984), while ranking second in outfield BRAVES HISTORY
history to have at least four hits and four assists (10).
RBI in a postseason game.
• He has played 991 games in his eight-year major-
• The last major leaguer to collect at least league career, hitting .276/.335/.466 (1,040-for-
four hits and four RBI in a playoff game 3,764) with 176 doubles, 20 triples, 166 home
was Boston’s Brock Holt in Game 3 of the runs and 594 RBI.
2018 ALDS against the Yankees…Holt hit • He has played for three teams…Spent his
for the cycle, going 4-for-6 with five RBI. OPPONENTS
first five full major-league seasons with
• Ozuna’s two home runs marked the Miami, the organization he came up with
eighth time a Braves player hit multiple after signing as a non-drafted free agent
home runs in a postseason game... in 2008…Got traded to St. Louis following
Chipper Jones was the last to do so, with the 2017 season and played two seasons
a pair of two-run home runs in Game 4 with the Cardinals before signing with
of the 2003 NLDS against the Cubs, a 6-4 Atlanta prior to 2020.
Atlanta victory.
• Over each of the last four non-truncated MISCELLANEOUS
seasons, has at least 20 home runs and 75 RBI.
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