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OZZIE ALBIES
FRONT OFFICE • Slugged .476 between those seasons, • In the Triple-A All-Star Game, started
at second base and led off for the
including a career-best .500 in 2019…Is
only the third qualified second baseman
International League…Went 2-for-5 with
in the Atlanta-era of team history to slug
one double and one run scored.
.500 or better in a season, joining Davey • Opened the season ranked by MLB.com
Johnson in 1973 (.546) and Marcus Giles as the sport’s No. 9 prospect, including
in 2003 (.526). the second-best Braves farmhand.
MANAGER & STAFF season…His 75 total extra-base hits in • In 2016, at age 19, played in a combined 138
• Also had a career-best eight triples that
games between Double-A Mississippi and
2019 were the most by a middle infielder
Triple-A Gwinnett…After playing the first month
in franchise history.
• Made his major-league debut on 8/1/17 vs. Los of the season with the M-Braves, he was
transferred to the Stripers at the end of April…
Angeles-NL at the age of 20 years, 206 days… Played two months at Triple-A before returning
Became the youngest player to play for the to Double-A, where he finished the season…
Braves since RH Julio Teheran in 2011…Teheran Upon returning to Mississippi, predominately
OZZIE ALBIES also debuted as a 20-year-old. played second base in an effort to play alongside
Dansby Swanson.
• His first major-league hit was a three-
run homer, on 8/3 off the Dodgers’ Tony
after hitting .321 (106-for-330) in 82
Cingrani…It came in his eighth career • Won the Southern League batting title
at-bat…At 20 years, 208 days, was the games with Mississippi.
youngest Braves player to homer since • In the playoffs, suffered a fractured
fellow Curacao native Andruw Jones in
olecranon in his right elbow…Underwent
SEASON IN REVIEW • Hit five triples in 57 games that season… • Began the campaign tabbed by Baseball
1997.
a surgical procedure to repair the fracture
on 9/20…It was performed by Dr. James
Andrews in Gulf Breeze, Fla.
They all came in his first 33 games…The
last major-leaguer to produce five triples
in their first 33 career games was Kansas
America as having the “Best Infield Arm” in
City’s Butch Davis, who had six through • Earned South Atlantic League Mid- and Post-
Atlanta’s organization.
that period in 1983.
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT • Has been on the injured list once in his major- Season All-Star honors with Single-A Rome in
• Debuted as MLB.com’s second-best
second base prospect.
2015…Also named by the Braves as the club’s
Player of the Year...Hit .310 (122-for-394), fourth
best in the circuit and best on the team.
league career…Missed 30 games in 2020 with a
bone contusion on his right wrist.
Game at Great American Ballpark in
• In his first two full major-league seasons, • Played in the Sirius XM All-Star Futures
appeared in all but six of Atlanta’s 324 Cincinnati…Was the World Team’s starting
shortstop…Went 1-for-2.
games.
BRAVES HISTORY • On 4/11/19, signed a seven-year, $35 million • Entered the season again rated by
Baseball America as having the system’s
contract extension that keeps him under control
“Best Infield Arm.”
through the 2025 season…The deal also contains
club options for 2026 and 2027.
minor league notes • In his first professional season, 2014, led all
Braves minor leaguers in batting average (.364),
on-base percentage (.446) and OPS (.890)…Split
• His most recent minor-league season, 2017, he the campaign between the Gulf Coast Braves and
was named an International League Mid- and
Rookie-Advanced Danville.
OPPONENTS Post-Season All-Star with Triple-A Gwinnett… • Recognized by the organization as
Played in 97 games with the Stripers before
Danville’s Player of the Year, and tabbed
making his major-league debut in August.
in the Appalachian League…Played in 38
• Also was tabbed by the Braves as by Baseball America as the top prospect
Gwinnett’s Player of the Year…Led the games with the D-Braves.
club in batting average (.285, 117-for-411),
hits (117), multi-hit games (30), triples (8)
MISCELLANEOUS 76 and stolen bases (21).
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