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Bryce

Ball 82 FRONT OFFICE

INFIELDER
Full Name: Brycelin Steven Ball
Bats: Left Throws: Right
Height: 6-6 Weight: 240 MANAGER & STAFF
DOB: July 8, 1998 Opening Day Age: 22
Born: Mason City, IA Resides: Mason City, IA
MLB Debut: None MLB Service Time: 0.000
Acquired: Braves’ 24th-round pick in 2019
Contract Status: Signed through 2021
NON-ROSTER INVITEE
2020 • Was an Appalachian League Post-Season All- BRYCE BALL
• Received a non-roster invitation to Atlanta’s Star...Along with finishing second in the circuit in
home runs, ranked eighth with 38 RBI
Spring Training, less than one year after getting
drafted by the Braves…Played in 10 games and • Was also the Appy League Player of the
Week for the period of 6/18-23, his first
went 3-for-16 (.188) with one home run, one RBI,
three walks and three runs scored. week in professional baseball...Hit .526
with two home runs and seven RBI,
• Added to the Club Player Pool on 7/7 and spent posting a 1.473 OPS. SEASON IN REVIEW
the rest of the season at the alternate training • Selected by Baseball America as an Appalachian
site.
League Rookie All-Star...Also tabbed by the
• Ended the season ranked by MLB.com as the publication as the best “Power Hitter” in the
Braves’ 19th-best prospect.
Braves organization.
2019 Amateur
• Split his first professional season between • In his only season at Dallas Baptist University, PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
Single-A Danville and Rome, combining to hit was a First Team All-Missouri Valley Conference
.329 (76-for-231) with 17 home runs and 52 RBI.
selection after leading the conference in home
• Was named by the organization as Danville’s runs (18), RBI (54) and walks (51).
(Rookie-Advanced) Player of the Year.
• His 18 home runs were the fifth most in a
• Led Danville and finished second in the single season in DBU’s Division I era.
league with 13 home runs despite playing • Spent the first two years of his collegiate career
in only 41 games.
at North Iowa Area CC. BRAVES HISTORY
• Was also tabbed as Danville’s Player of the • Was a four-year letterman at Newman Catholic
Month in both June and July.
(IA) High School...Named a Rawlings-Perfect
Game Honorable Mention All-American
following his senior season.
Transactions

• Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 24th round
of the 2019 First-Year Player Draft. OPPONENTS

Complete Record

Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB-CS OBP SLG E
2019 Danville .324 41 145 37 47 12 0 13 38 0 4 2 22 30 0-0 .410 .676 2
Rome .337 21 86 14 29 6 0 4 14 0 0 0 4 20 0-0 .367 .547 1 MISCELLANEOUS
Minor Totals .329 62 231 51 76 18 0 17 52 0 4 2 26 50 0-0 .395 .628 3

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