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OZZIE ALBIES
• Collected another four-hit game on 8/9 at • Homered in his first career Opening Day
Miami, his third in a four-game span...He appearance, on 3/29/18 vs. Philadelphia… FRONT OFFICE
is one of just three Braves players over the At 21 years, 82 days, was the third-
previous 112 seasons to record three four- youngest infielder to homer on Opening
hit games in a period of four games. Day in the previous 110 years…The other
• Had his fourth four-hit game of the two are in the Hall of Fame: Robin Yount
month on 8/30 vs. Chicago-AL…Finished (19 years, 204 days), who homered as a
August with 36 hits, tied for the 10th most shortstop for Milwaukee to open 1975
in the N.L. and Orlando Cepeda, who homered at MANAGER & STAFF
• In total, has 128 career multi-hit games, 20 years, 210 days as San Francisco’s first
the fourth most in Braves history prior to baseman to start 1958.
turning 24…Hank Aaron had a record 200 • Has hit .345/.376/.573 (144-for-417) off left-
of these games, while Andruw Jones (183) handers in his career…His .345 batting average
and Eddie Mathews (156) also had more. off lefties is the fourth best in the majors since
• Has 40 career three-hit games, all before turning the start of the 2017 season (min. 400 ABs)….Only
24…Only two other Braves had more such games DJ LeMahieu (.358), Nolan Arenado (.356) and
prior to their 24th birthday…Hank Aaron had 54 J.D. Martinez (.352) have been posted a higher OZZIE ALBIES
of these games, while Andruw Jones had 43. mark.
• Has 60 career homers…Reached that milestone • Batted .389 (58-for-149) off southpaws in
in his 399th career game, on 9/22/20 vs. Miami… 2019, the best among qualified National
Only 13 other middle infielders in modern Leaguers.
baseball history have reached that milestone • Has 50 career extra-base hits against
in their first 400 career games…Five are active lefties (26 2B, 3 3B, 21 HR)…Has done so in
players and three are in the National Baseball Hall just 417 at-bats, an average of one every SEASON IN REVIEW
of Fame. 8.34 at-bats…Conversely, has 125 such
• Four of his home runs have been grand hits (71 2B, 15 3B, 39 HR) in 1,197 at-bats
slams…He hit two each in 2018 and 2019, off right-handers.
all before turning 23…Is one of five players • Has been the Braves’ starting second baseman
in major-league history to hit four grand in all 21 of Atlanta’s postseason games since his
slams before his 23rd birthday, joining debut…Has hit .256/.300/.390 with five extra-
three Hall-of-Famers – Ken Griffey Jr., base hits (2 2B, 3 HR), seven RBI and 12 runs
Eddie Mathews and Ted Williams – and scored. PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
four-time All-Star Giancarlo Stanton. • Has hits in 16 of those games, including
• When he hit his two grand slams in 2018, four multi-hit contests.
did so as a 21-year-old…Only seven other • Hit his first career postseason home run
players since the end of World War II in Game 4 of the 2019 NLDS at St. Louis,
hit multiple grand slams in a season at a go-ahead, two-run shot in the fifth
21 or younger (Mickey Mantle and Faye inning…The Cardinals would go on to win
Throneberry in 1952, Eddie Mathews in the game, 5-4 in 10 innings. BRAVES HISTORY
1953, Tony Conigliaro in 1965, Ken Griffey • Has two career game-ending hits…Both came in
Jr. in 1991, Alex Rodríguez in 1996 and the 11th inning…Hit a solo homer on 6/25/18 off
Adrián Beltré in 2000). Cincinnati’s Dylan Floro…Nearly one year later,
• In his first career multi-homer game, on 6/12/19, hit a double off Pittsburgh’s Michael
on 7/11/18 vs. Toronto, hit one homer Feliz.
from each side of the plate…Became the • Had at least 20 homers and 40 doubles in each
fifth player since World War II to homer of his first two full seasons (40 2B, 24 HR in
from both sides of the plate in a game 2018 and 43 2B and 24 HR in 2019)…Became OPPONENTS
before his 22nd birthday...The previous the 11th player in baseball history to accomplish
occurrence was by the Mets’ José Reyes that…Others on the list include Ted Williams,
on 8/28/03 against the Braves. Chuck Klein, Alex Rodríguez, and Albert Pujols...
Washington’s Ryan Zimmerman was the last to
do so (2006-07).

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