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WILLIAM CONTRERAS
    FRONT OFFICE  minor league notes         •  In 2017, earned Appalachian League Post-Season
                                               All-Star honors with Rookie-Advanced Danville…
        •  Named a Florida State League Mid-Season
                                               Was also named by the Braves as the club’s
          All-Star in 2019 with High-A Florida…Hit .263
          (50-for-190) with three homers and 22 RBI in   Player of the Year.
          50 games to open the season…Was promoted   •  Hit .290/.378/.432 (49-for-169) in 45
                                                    games…His .379 on-base percentage
          to Double-A in June and spent the rest of the   was third highest among Atlanta minor
    MANAGER & STAFF  •  Was a South Atlantic League Post-Season All-Star   PERSONAL
          season with Mississippi.
                                                    leaguers (min. 150 ABs).
             •  Has never appeared at the Triple-A level.
          in 2018 with Single-A Rome…Finished the season
          with High-A Florida…Ended the campaign ranked
                                               Willson Contreras.
          in the top 10 among Braves farmhands (min. 200   •  Is the younger brother of Cubs’ two-time All-Star
          PAs) in doubles (24, T5th), runs (57, T7th), batting   Transactions
   WILLIAM CONTRERAS  and home runs (11, T9).   free agent on February 1, 2015…Signed by
          average (.285, 8th), OPS (.783, 8th), hits ( 111, 9th)
                                             •  Signed by the Atlanta Braves as a non-drafted
             •  Named by the organization as Rome’s
                                               Rolando Petit.
               Player of the Month for July…Hit .306 (30-
               for-98) in 24 games.
          Complete Record
    SEASON IN REVIEW  Year  Club   AVG   30  AB   R   54   9   4   0  32   1   0 1   2 1  15  21   2-2   .346  .375  E 6 2
                                     H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SH  SF  HP  BB  SO  SB-CS  OBP  SLG
                          G
        2015  DSL Braves
                      .314  49  172  21
                                                                      .370  .413
                                        5
                                           0
                              72
                                 8
                                    19
                                              1
                                                            7
                                                               15
                                                                  0-1
        2016
                                                 8
                                                    1
                      .264
            GCL Braves
                                                                      .379  .432
        2017  Danville
                                                          4  29  73
        2018  Rome    .290  45  169  29   49  10   1   4  25   0  3   2  24  30   1-0   .360  .463  12 6
                                           1  11  39
                                                                   1-1
                                                    0  2
                      .293  82  307  54
                                    90  17
                                                       1
            Florida   .253  23  83  3  21  7  0 0   0 3  22   0 0  0   0 3  14  44   0-0  .300  .337  4 7
                                                               16
                                                10
                                                            6
    PLAYER DEVELOPMENT    2020  Mississippi   .400  4 4  10  0 0  47   9   0   3   17   0   0 0 1   2  15  40   0-0  .306  .340  10 0 0
        2019  Florida
                                    50  11
                                                                  0-0  .324  .368
                      .263  50  190  26
                      .246  60  191  24
                                                 1
                                                          0
                                                            0
            Atlanta
                                                    0
                                                               4
                      .400
                                              0
                                        1
                                           0
                                                                      .400
                                                                  0-0
                                     4
                                                                          .500
        Minor Totals
                                           6  22  153
                      .279  339 1184  165  330  68
                                                                  4-4  .345  .402  47
                                                    2  8  14 110  239
                                                            0
                                                                          .500
                                                                  0-0
                                                                      .400
                                                               4
                                                 1
                                                    0
                              10
        Major Totals
                                              0
                                     4
                                                          0
                                           0
                                        1
        Major League Fielding Record
        Position       1.000   G 2  PO    A 1  E 0  TC   DP 0
                        PCT
        Catcher
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