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FRONT OFFICE cj

INFIELDER
Full Name: Charles Joseph Wesley Alexander
MANAGER & STAFF Height: 6-5 Weight: 215
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
DOB: July 17, 1996
Opening Day Age: 24
Born: Merryville, IN
MLB Service Time: 0.000
MLB Debut: None Resides: Fort Wayne, IN
Acquired: Braves’ 20th-round pick in 2018
Contract Status: Signed through 2021
CJ ALEXANDER 2020 • Played just three months after being drafted, and
NON-ROSTER INVITEE

• Appeared in two spring training games…Took two in each month, won a Player of the Month award
from the organization – one at each level.
at-bats and went hitless with a strikeout.
• Ended the season ranked by MLB.com as • Was the GCL Braves recipient for June,
the Danville Braves recipient for July and
SEASON IN REVIEW 2019 Amateur
Atlanta’s No. 18 prospect.
the Florida Fire Frogs recipient for August.
• In his first full professional season, limited to
• Played three seasons collegiately between Ball
43 games because of two separate injuries…Hit
.117 (15-for-128) with two doubles, two home State University in Muncie, Ind., 2016-17, and the
State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota, 2018.
runs and eight RBI between High-A Florida and • Was the Suncoast Conference Player of
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT • Sidelined three months with right elbow Manatees….Hit .405 (83-for-205) with 19
Double-A Mississippi.
the Year in 2018, his only season with the
inflammation, from 4/18-7/5, and missed
doubles, seven triples, 15 home runs and
time with a fractured right thumb, 8-18-
64 RBI.
end of the season.
• Hit his only two homers in the same game, on 8/7
High before moving to Florida…Finished his high
at Jacksonville, his first career multi-homer game. • Played high school baseball at Crown Point (IN)
school career at Bishop Verot High in Fort Myers.
2018
personal
BRAVES HISTORY • Split his debut season between three levels of the • His brother, Blaze, was an 11th-round pick of the
Atlanta system, combining to bat .352/.429/.495
Arizona Diamondbacks in 2018.
in 52 games between the GCL Braves, rookie-
• His father, Chuck, pitched professionally for five
level Danville and High-A Florida.
seasons in Cleveland’s system.
• Ranked in the Top 10 among Atlanta’s farmhands
(min. 200 PA) in batting average (1st, .352), on- Transactions
base percentage (2nd, .429), OPS (2nd, .924) and • Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 24th round
OPPONENTS Complete Record of the 2019 First-Year Player Draft.
slugging percentage (4th, .495).
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB-CS OBP SLG E
2018 GCL Braves .412 9 34 6 14 0 2 1 8 0 0 0 6 4 0-0 .500 .618 2
82 10
Danville .354 22 80 5 29 3 4 0 12 0 2 0 1 13 21 3-1 .439 .488 6 2
1-1
1
.386
17
7
.450
0
0
8
26
21
Florida
5
.325
1
MISCELLANEOUS 2019 Mississippi 2021 ATLANTA BRAVES MEDIA GUIDE 0 0 7 2 0 4 35 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 49 85 0-0 .195 .206 4 7
1
68
25
.103
8
24
1
7
7
6
14
.150
3-1
18
Florida
.297
4
1
1
8
60
0
.133
19
84 10
Minor Totals
7-3 .355 .370 21
.259 95 324 31
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