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MARCELL OZUNA
FRONT OFFICE • This stretch began with a 23-homer • Hit two home runs in Game 4 of the 2019
season in 2016, a total he matched in
NLDS, the seventh Cardinals player to
2018…Hit a career-best 37 homers in 2017
hit multiple home runs in a postseason
and added 29 in 2019.
in Game 2 of the 2012 NLDS against
• Ten of his homers in 2019 came in April, game, and the first since Carlos Beltran
the most he has hit in any calendar month Washington.
of his career…That total was tied with Los • Has five career game-ending hits, the most
MANAGER & STAFF Christian Yelich for the most in the N.L. Hit a solo shot off Colorado LH Jake McGee in
recent of which was his only walk-off home run…
Angeles’ Cody Bellinger and Milwaukee’s
that month.
the 10th inning on 7/30/18…St. Louis won, 5-4.
• Hit his first career homer on 5/4/13 at
Philadelphia, off former teammate Cole • Two of his other game-ending hits were
doubles (8/4/14 vs. Arizona, 10th inning
Hamels. and 5/1/15 vs. Philadelphia, 9th inning).
• Since making his major-league debut in April • Also has a walk-off single on 6/19/17, off
MARCELL OZUNA among primary outfielders…Bryce Harper has • He was Miami’s nominee for the 2016 MLBPAA
2013, his 594 RBI are second most in the N.L.
Washington’s Enny Romero, and a game-
ending sacrifice fly on 5/7/14, off New
609 in that time…Only four other major league
York-NL’s Kyle Farnsworth.
outfielders have more: Nelson Cruz (739), Mike
Trout (699), J.D. Martinez (648) and Justin Upton
(596). Heart and Hustle Award…The award honors
active players who demonstrate a passion for the
• His first of two career six-RBI games came game of baseball and best embody the values,
on 4/11/17 against Atlanta…Went 2-for-2
spirit and traditions of the game…The award is
SEASON IN REVIEW with two home runs… Since RBI became • Has been on the injured list three times in his
voted on by former players…Chicago-AL’s Todd
Frazier was the winner.
an official statistic, became only the ninth
player to drive in at least six runs with
two-or-fewer official at-bats in a game,
major-league career…Most recently, missed 28
and the first to do since San Diego’s Bret
Boone, who also went 2-for-2 with six games in 2019 with fractured fingers on his right
hand…Suffered the injury sliding back into first
RBI, against Houston on 6/10/2000.
base on a pick-off attempt by San Diego’s Eric
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT • In 21 career postseason games, has hit Lauer on 6/28.
• Recorded his 500th career RBI on 6/1/19
against Chicago-NL, scoring RH Jack
• Also missed a week and a half in 2018
Flaherty on a third-inning single.
with shoulder inflammation, and the final
two months of his 2013 rookie season
with a torn left thumb.
.284/.315/.534 (25-for-88) with seven doubles,
five home runs and 16 RBI. minor league notes
• His only other postseason experience • Named a Florida State League Mid- and Post-
aside from 2020 with Atlanta, came in
BRAVES HISTORY • In that season, was the Cardinals’ starting Season All-Star with Single-A Jupiter in 2012
2019 with St. Louis.
after leading the league in home runs (89) and
RBI (95).
left fielder in all nine of their playoff
games...In the five-game Division Series
against the Braves, went 9-for-21 (.429) • Also earned a Rawlings Minor League
Gold Glove award for right field that
with a 1.335 OPS…His nine hits were season…Had a .988 fielding percentage (3
tied for the most by a St. Louis player • Helped Single-A Greensboro win the 2011 South
errors/257 total chances).
in a Division Series…Paul Goldschmidt
OPPONENTS also had nine hits in that series, while Atlantic League Championship…Batted .353 with
Fernando Vina first set the mark in 2002.
three home runs, 10 RBI and eight runs scored in
• Had multiple hits in each of the first
four games of that DS vs. the Braves, seven playoff games…Led all playoff participants
in home runs, RBI and runs.
becoming the first Cardinals player to • Tabbed a New York-Penn League Mid-Season
begin his postseason career with four All-Star with short-season Jamestown in 2010…
consecutive multi-hit games since Jim
Paced that circuit in home runs (21) and RBI (60).
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