Marcell's cousin, Pablo Ozuna, played for four different clubs as an infielder over his seven-year Major League career...Pablo was a member of the 2005 World Series champion Chicago White Sox.
2024
Awards: National League All-Star...Placed fourth in NL MVP voting...Home Run Derby Participant...National League Hank Aaron Award Nominee...MLB Ranks: Games played (T-1st, 162), home runs (T-5th, 39), batting average (7th, .302), total bases (7th, 331), times on base (7th, 260), on-base percentage (8th, .378), slugging percentage (8th, .546), AB/HR (8th, 15.5), OPS (9th, .924), multi-hit games (9th, 51), RBI (T-10th, 104)...NL Ranks: Extra-base hits (6th, 70) hard-hit percentage (6th, 53.5), runs (8th, 96), walks (T-10th, 74)…Listed No. 83 on MLB Network’s “Top 100 Players Right Now” list…Was unranked, entering 2023...34-year-old Marcell Ozuna completed his 12th Major League season (fifth with Atlanta), posting a slash line of .302/.378/.546 (183-for-606) in 162 games...He hit 39 home runs and 31 doubles, while recording 104 RBI and 96 runs...Went 1-for-1 in stolen base attempts...Established his career-highs in games played (162), multi-hit games (51), plate appearances (688), runs (96), doubles (31), walks (74), on-base percentage (.378) and OPS (.925) - both excl. 2020...Matched his career high in extra-base hits (70)…Notched the longest hitting streak (17) of his career...Made his 11th career Opening Day roster (2014-24) and fifth with the Braves...He's started in his club’s season opener in each of the last 11 seasons; 2014-17 with Miami (CF-CF-CF-LF), 2018-19 with St. Louis (LF) and 2020-24 with Atlanta (LF-LF-LF-DH)...Started each of the club's regular season games as its designated hitter...Marked the first of his 12 big league seasons that he did not appear in the field...Prior to the 2024 season, he appeared in at least 150 games twice over his MLB career (159, 2017) and (153, 2014) – both as a member of the Marlins...Since the A.L. implemented the DH rule in 1973 (N.L. ‘22), he’s the third player to start 162 games at the position, joining Rusty Staub (Detroit, 1978) and Willie Horton (Seattle, 1979)...Along with Matt Olson, became the fifth set of teammates in the franchise’s Modern Era (since 1900) to appear in all of the club’s games (excl. shortened seasons), joining Whitey Wietelmann and Chuck Workman (1943, 153), Joe Adcock and Hall-of-Famer Eddie Mathews (1953, 157), Freddie Freeman and Nick Markakis (2018, 162) and Olson and Dansby Swanson (2022, 162)…New York’s (NL) Pete Alonso and Philadelphia’s Nicholas Castellanos were the only other player to appear in each of their club’s games during the 2024 season...Reached base safely in 139 contests; tied for second-most in the Majors, along with Kansas City’s Bobby Witt Jr., while trailing New York’s (AL) Aaron Judge (140)…Started as the club’s designated hitter in Games 1 and 2 of the Wild Card Series at San Diego...Hit safely in both games (2-for-7, .286), with one RBI...Nominated as one of 10 finalists for the 2024 N.L. Hank Aaron Award, presented annually to the best overall offensive performer in each league...The award was introduced in 1999 to mark the 25th anniversary of Hank Aaron breaking Babe Ruth’s all-time home run record...Across the Majors, he was one of two players to lead their club during the 2024 season in batting average, home runs, RBI and walks, also: Los Angeles’ (NL) Shohei Ohtani...Notched the third 100-RBI campaign over his 12-year MLB career (2017, ‘23-24)…He’s one of three players with at least 100 RBI in each of the last two seasons, along with Philadelphia’s Kyle Schwarber and New York’s (NL) Juan Soto...Since RBI became official in 1920, he’s the 12th Brave, 16th instance, with consecutive 100-RBI seasons and the first right-handed hitter since Jeff Francoeur (2006-07)...Since the A.L. implemented the DH rule in 1973 (N.L. ‘22), he’s the ninth primary designated hitter, 12th instance, with consecutive 100-RBI seasons...Philadelphia’s Kyle Schwarber has also accomplished the feat in each of the last two seasons as a primary DH...Of his 104 RBI, a career-high 47 (45.2%) came with two outs; third-most in the Majors, behind Los Angeles’ (NL) Shohei Ohtani (49) and Milwaukee’s Willy Adames (48)…His 17 two-out home runs, also a career-high, ranked second to Baltimore’s Anthony Santander...Matched his career-high (2023) with 70 extra-base hits...His 31 doubles established his career-high, surpassing his previous high of 30 (2017)…Of his 39 home runs, 19 (48.7%) either tied the game or gave Atlanta the lead...New York’s Aaron Judge (24), Baltimore’s Anthony Santander (23), Los Angeles’ (NL) Shohei Ohtani (21) and Baltimore’s Gunnar Henderson (20) were the only players with more...Notched four multi-homer games – April 2 at Chicago (AL), May 8 vs. Boston, July 12 at San Diego and July 20 (G2) vs. St. Louis, bringing his career total to 22...It marked his third season with four multi-homer efforts, also: 2017 as a member of the Marlins and 2023 with Atlanta...Homered in consecutive games on five occasions, including a three-game homer streak, Aug. 8-10 vs. Milwaukee (one) and at Colorado (two)...Led Atlanta in all three triple crown categories (batting average, home runs, RBI)...Became the first Brave to do so over a full season since Austin Riley (2021)…Led the club with eight first-inning home runs, tied for ninth-most in the Majors...Matched his career-high (2019) in that regard...Recorded a career-best 51 multi-hit games, ninth-most in the Majors – 10 of which were three-hit efforts...From July 1 through the end of the season, his 28 multi-hit outings were bested only by Los Angeles’ (NL) Shohei Othani and Houston’s Yainer Díaz, each with 30...Hit .319 (45-for-141) against left-handed pitching during the 2024 season, fifth-highest among N.L. qualifiers...Entered the season with a .283/.343/.498 (299-for-1,084) career slashline against southpaws...Slugged .546 against fastballs during the 2024 season, 10th highest among Major League qualifiers...Los Angeles’ (NL) Shohei Ohtani (.646) and Arizona’s Ketel Marte (.560) were the only National Leaguers with a higher mark...He was one of four Statcast qualifiers to rank 95th percentile or better in xwOBA, xSLG, barrel percentage and hard-hit percentage, along with New York's (AL) Aaron Judge, Los Angeles' (NL) Shohei Ohtani and New York's (AL) Juan Soto...Hit a go-ahead, three-run home run with Atlanta down to its final strike on April 14 at Miami...Marked the third such home run (trailing, down to final strike) by a Brave since pitch tracking began in 1988, following Hall-of-Famer Fred McGriff (Aug. 24, 1996 vs. Chicago-NL) and Brian Jordan (Sept. 29, 2001 vs. New York-NL)...Became the second player in franchise history with at least seven home runs through the club’s first 14 games in a season...Drove in at least one run in four consecutive games, totaling nine RBI, April 12-15 at Miami (three) and Houston (one)...Matched the longest run of his Braves tenure, done six times previously, including three times during the 2023 season (Aug. 21-25, Aug. 27-30, Sept. 19-22)...After going 0-for-5 in the club’s season opener, March 29 at Philadelphia, he hit safely in a career-best 17 consecutive games, spanning March 30-April 19...He slashed .377/.434/.768 (26-for-69), with eight home runs, three doubles, 24 RBI and 14 runs during the stretch...Also, logged a 15-game hitting streak from May 5-22...Was the only player in the Majors with multiple hitting streaks of at least 15 games during the 2024 season and the first Brave with multiple such streaks within a single season since Ender Inciarte (2016)...Ozzie Albies was the only other Brave with a streak of 15 games (April 7-May 3)...Across the Majors, he’s the 11th player in the LiveBall Era (since 1920) with at least nine home runs and 27 RBI through their club’s first 20 games in a season...He's the fourth to do so since 2000, following Albert Pujols (2006), Álex Rodríguez (2007) and Milwaukee’s Christian Yelich (2019)...Became the third player in franchise history to tally at least eight home runs and 28 RBI within the month of April, following Dale Murphy (1985) and Hall-of-Famer Chipper Jones (1998)...Tallied 31 RBI before the start of play on May 1, most by a Brave, within a single season since RBI became official in 1920...Over that span, 16 players have recorded at least 31 RBI through March/April...His nine home runs prior to May 1 are bested by Justin Upton (12, 2013), Ryan Klesko (10, 1996) and Andrés Galarraga, twice (10, 1998 and 2000)…Collected his 40th RBI in the club’s 37th game of the season on May 12 at New York (NL)…Since RBI became official in 1920, Hall-of-Famer Henry Aaron is the only Brave to reach the 40-RBI mark within a single season, having done so in 34 games (twice, 1959, ’70)…Since 2000, he’s the 13th player, 15th instance, to record 40 RBI within their club’s first 37 games in a season and the fourth National Leaguer to do so, joining Todd Helton, twice (2000-01), Albert Pujols, twice (2001, ‘06) and former Marlins teammate Giancarlo Stanton (2014)…Homered in both ends of a doubleheader (both solo) on May 20 vs. San Diego, bringing his season total to 14...His shot in the nightcap, off RHP Randy Vásquez, was the 250th of his 12-year MLB career...Freddie Freeman was the last player to hit their 250th career home run as a Brave on May 15, 2021 at Milwaukee...Became the third player, fourth instance, in the franchise’s Modern Era (since 1900) to enter Memorial Day with at least 15 home runs and an OPS north of 1.000, joining Hall-of-Famer Henry Aaron, twice (1970-71) and Andrés Galarraga (1998)…Led the National League with 49 RBI in 55 games through May 31...Since RBI became official in 1920, it’s the third-most by Brave before the start of play on June 1, behind Andruw Jones (51, 2006) and Andrés Galarraga (50, 1998)...Ran a 27-game on-base streak from May 5 through June 4, the second-longest streak over his 12-year MLB career, behind a 36-game run, spanning April 21-May 29, 2016, as a member of the Marlins...Slashed .330/.407/.639 (32-for-97), with eight home runs, six doubles, 21 RBI, 15 runs and 13 walks during the stretch...Also had on-base streaks of 24 games (March 30-April 27) and 23 games (Aug. 7-30)...Since RBI became official in 1920, he’s one of five Braves with as many home runs (18) and RBI (55), within the club’s first 60 games of a season – having done so twice, also: 2020...Wally Berger (1930), Hall-of-Famers Eddie Mathews (1953), Henry Aaron (1970) and Andrés Galarraga (1998) have also accomplished the feat...In the franchise’s Modern Era (since 1900), it’s the 17th instance of a player with as many plate appearances (252) through the club’s first 60 games posting an OPS of 1.000-or-higher...He’s one of four Braves to have multiple such seasons, also: 2020, joining Aaron, three times (1957, ‘59, ‘63), Dale Murphy, three times (1982-83, ‘87) and Mathews (1953, ‘60)…Across the Majors, he’s recorded each of the last two instances of a player having at least 18 home runs and 55 RBI, with an OPS of 1.000-or-better, through 60 team games, also: 2020...In the Live-Ball Era (since 1920), he’s the 10th player with multiple such seasons, joining eight Hall-of-Famers: Babe Ruth, six times (1920-21, ‘26, ‘28, ‘30, ‘32), Lou Gehrig, three times (1927, ‘30, ‘34), Mel Ott, three times (1929, ‘34, ‘38), Jimmie Foxx, three times (1932, ‘36, ‘38), Jeff Bagwell, three times (1996-96, ‘99), Chuck Klein (1930-31), Roy Campanella (1953, ‘55) and Ken Griff ey Jr. (1997, ‘99)...Also, Álex Rodríguez (2002, ‘07)...Hit a three-run home run in the first inning on June 14 vs. Tampa Bay; his 19th of the season...Became the third player across the Majors to eclipse the 60-RBI mark during the 2024 season, following New York’s (AL) Aaron Judge and Cleveland’s José Ramírez...Since RBI became official in 1920, it’s the seventh instance of a Brave tallying 60-or-more RBI, through the club’s first 67 games in a season, following Wally Berger, twice (1930, ‘35), Tommy Holmes (1945), Hall-of-Famer Henry Aaron, twice (1959, ‘70), Hall-of-Famer Fred McGriff (1996) and Andrés Galarraga (1998)...Of that group, Galarraga (25), Aaron (22, 1970) and Berger (22, 1930) hit more home runs through the same number of games...Hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning on June 15 vs. Tampa Bay, his 20th of the season and second in as many games...Became the third player across the majors to eclipse 20 home runs during the 2024 season, following New York’s (AL) Aaron Judge and Baltimore’s Gunnar Henderson...Became the seventh player, 13th instance, in franchise history to hit 20 home runs through the club’s first 68 games in a season, and the first since Andrés Galarraga in 1998...It’s also the fewest number of games he’s needed to reach 20 home runs, within a single season, over his 12-year MLB career...Through 70 team games (June 17), he led the National League in home runs (20), RBI (62), slugging percentage (.611) and OPS (1.003)…Over the same number of games, it’s the most/highest by a Brave in each category since...Home runs - Andruw Jones (20, 2005)...RBI - Andrés Galarraga (66, 1998)...Slugging percentage (min. 275 plate app.) - Chipper Jones (.645, 2008)...OPS (min. 275 plate app.) - Freddie Freeman (1.000, 2019)...Since RBI became official in 1920, he’s the sixth Brave, 11th instance, with at least 20 home runs and 60 RBI within the club’s first 75 games of a season, following Hall-of-Famer Henry Aaron, six times (1957, ‘59, ‘60-61, ‘66, ‘70), Wally Berger (1930), Hall-of-Famer Eddie Mathews (1953), Andrés Galarraga (1998) and Gary Sheffield (2003)...Hit a three-run home run in the eighth inning on July 5 vs. Philadelphia, his 22nd of the season...Marked his 40th extra-base hit; the fastest, by games played (86), that he’s reached 40 extra-base hits, within a single season...Recorded five consecutive multi-hit games July 9-13 at Arizona (two) and San Diego (three); tied for the longest such streak of his career, also: May 23-27, 2016, as a member of the Marlins...Since the inception of the All-Star Game in 1933, his 77 RBI were the most by a Brave prior to the break...Since the implementation of the designated hitter in 1973 (N.L., 2022), he’s the third primary DH with as many home runs (26) and RBI (77) prior to the break, joining Hall-of-Famer David Ortiz (2006) and J.D. Martinez (2018)...Named a reserve on N.L. All-Star team; his third career selection and first since making consecutive All-Star teams in 2016-17 as a member of the Marlins...Entered as a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning and grounded out to shortstop off Kansas City’s RHP Seth Lugo...Became the 11th Brave to participate in the T-Mobile Home Run Derby...Hit 16 home runs in the first round, placing sixth...Recorded his 80th RBI of the season on a fielder’s choice in the first inning on July 24 vs. Cincinnati...Since RBI became official in 1920, he’s the eighth Brave, 14th instance, to drive in 80 runs within the club’s first 100 games in a season...In the Atlanta-era (since 1966), he’s the fifth to accomplish the feat, following Hall-of-Famers Henry Aaron (1970) and Chipper Jones (1998), Andruw Jones (2006) and Matt Olson (2023)...Batted .306 (114-for-372), with 28 home runs and 80 RBI through Atlanta’s first 100 games of the season...Over the last 20 seasons, he’s the fourth National Leaguer with a batting average of .300-or-better, at least 25 home runs and 75 RBI, following Derek Lee (2005), Albert Pujols (2005) and Philadelphia’s Bryce Harper (2017)...Hit a solo home run in the fourth inning on July 27 at New York (NL), off RHP Tylor Megill; his 30th of the season...Marked his third career 30-homer campaign and second in as many years, also: 2017 (126 games) and ‘23 (115 games)...Became the sixth player, ninth instance, in franchise history to eclipse 30 homers within the club’s first 103 games in a season, joining Hall-of-Famers Henry Aaron, three times (1957, ‘60, ‘66) and Eddie Mathews, twice (1953, ‘59), Andrés Galarraga (1998), Andruw Jones (2005) and Matt Olson (2023)...Homered in four consecutive games (five total home runs) against Milwaukee, spanning July 28, 2023-July 29, 2024...Joined Freddie Freeman (2019) as the only Braves to homer in four straight games against Milwaukee since the club moved to the N.L. in 1998...Hit 10 home runs in the month of July, tied for third-most in the Majors, behind Colorado’s Brenton Doyle and Oakland’s Brent Rooker, each with 11...Marked the third 10-homer month of his 12-year MLB career, also: April 2019 and Sept. 2020...Batted .301 (120-for-399), with 31 home runs and 84 RBI in 107 games prior to Aug. 1...Since RBI became official in 1920, he’s the third Brave, fourth instance, to amass those totals through play on July 31, joining Hall-of-Famer Henry Aaron, twice (1957, ‘63) and Andrés Galarraga (1998)...Across the Majors, New York’s (AL) Aaron Judge (.316, 39, 99) was the only other player to do so this season...Batted .800 (8-for-10) with three walks during the club’s three-game series, Aug. 16-18 at Los Angeles (AL)...His eight hits are tied (5x) for his most over any non-overlapping three-game span over his 12-year MLB career...Became the fifth player, sixth instance, in the franchise’s Modern Era (since 1900) to bat .800-or-higher within a single-series (min. 13 plate app.), joining Hall-of-Famer Henry Aaron, twice (1958 vs. Los Angeles-NL and 1966 vs. Chicago-NL), Del Crandall (1960 at Philadelphia), Rico Carty (1970 at Philadelphia) and Justin Upton (2014 vs. Washington)...Over a 12-game stretch from Aug. 7-18, he batted .417 (20-for-48)...It’s the second-highest batting average over any non-overlapping 12-game span of his career (min. 54 plate app.), behind a run earlier in the 2024 season, spanning April 2-16 (.438)...Singled in each of his first three trips to the plate, Sept. 13 vs. Los Angeles (NL)...His fourth inning single off RHP Michael Grove marked the 1,500th hit of his 12-year MLB career...He’s one of 25 active players to reach the milestone...Became the 39th Dominican-born player in MLB history to do so...Matched his career-high (8x) with three extra-base hits (solo home run, two doubles), Sept. 18 at Cincinnati...Marked his fourth career home run in a 3-0 count and first since Sept. 27, 2023 vs. Chicago (NL)...His RBI double in the eighth inning plated his 100th RBI of the season...Received one second-place, six third-place, six fourth-place, one fifth-place, two sixth-place, two seventh-place, two eighth-place, one ninth-place and three 10th-place votes in the National League MVP voting, finishing fourth.
2023
MLB Ranks: Home runs (sixth, 40), slugging percentage (seventh, .558), OPS (ninth, .904)...33-year-old Marcell Ozuna completed his 11th Major League season (fourth with Atlanta), posting a slash line of .274/.346/.558 (145-for- 530) in 144 games...He hit 40 home runs, 29 doubles and one triple, while recording 100 RBI and 84 runs...Established career-highs in home runs and slugging percentage (excl. 2020)...Also recorded his best marks in several seasons, across other statistical categories...Scored 84 runs; most since 2017 (93)...Collected 145 hits; most since 2018 (163) ..Hit 29 doubles; most since 2017 (30)...Tallied 100 RBI; most since 2017 (124)...Drew 57 walks; most since 2019 (62)...Batted .274; highest, over a full season, since 2018 (.280)...Reached base at a .346 clip; highest, over a full season, since 2017 (.376)...Posted a .905 OPS; highest over a full season, since 2017 (.924)...Notched 296 total bases; highest since 2017 (336)...Made his 10th career Opening Day roster (fourth with Atlanta)...Has started the outfield in his club's season opener in each of the last 10 seasons: 2014-16 in centerfield with Miami, 2017 in left field with Miami, 2018- 19 in left field with St. Louis and 2020-23 in left field with Atlanta...Started 142 of Atlanta's games during the regular season, making 140 starts as the club's designated hitter and two in left field...Logged 14.0 total defensive innings...Appeared twice as a pinch-hitter (0-for-2)...Became the fourth player, fifth instance, to amass 40 home runs and 100 RBI from the designated hitter position, within a single-season - joined Hall-of-Famer David Ortiz, twice (2005-06), Khris Davis (2018) and Nelson Cruz (2019)...Of his 40 longballs, 38 were hit since play began on May 1...Since that date, he was tied for second in the majors in RBI (98); ranked third in home runs; sixth in slugging percentage (.603); seventh in OPS (.969), while placing seventh in the National League in batting average (.297)...Hit nine opposite field home runs this season; his most, within a single-season, since Statcast began tracking in 2015... The only right-handed hitter with more opposite field home runs during the 2023 season was Seattle's Julio Rodriguez (12)...Totaled nine home runs in both May and August; his most within a calendar month since hitting 10 in September 2020. Since the designated hitter was implemented in both leagues prior to the 2022 season, the only player with more home runs as a DH than Ozuna's 51 is Los Angeles' (NL) Shohei Ohtani (78).. Ozuna's 131 RBI as a DH ranks third, trailing Ohtani (190) and J.D. Martinez (164)...Along with Matt Olson (54), Ronald Acuna Jr. (41) and Austin Riley (37), became the first team in MLB history with four 35-homer players...With 100 RBI, was one of five Braves with at least 95 RBI, alongside Olson (139), Ozzie Albies (109), Acuna Jr. (106) and Riley (97)...Since RBI became official in 1920, matched the record for most players on a team with at least 95 RBI...The 2023 Braves were the eighth team to do so and the first National League club to accomplish the feat...The four players with 100 RBI the second time four Braves have done so in the same season, the other(s): Gary Sheffield (132), Andruw Jones (116), Javy Lopez (109) and Hall of Famer Chipper Jones (106) in 2003...Along with Acuna Jr. (41/106) and Olson (54/139), formed the third trio of teammates to have such a season (40 HR/100 RBI) in the same year...Colorado did so in back-to-back years, with Ellis Burks, Vinny Castilla and Andres Galarraga accomplishing the feat in 1996 and Castilla, Galarraga and Hall-of-Famer Larry Walker in 1997...Entering 2024, his 236 career home runs are the most among players on the Braves current roster...Matt Olson owns 230...Hit a pair of home runs (grand-slam, solo), May 3 at Miami - both off LHP Braxton Garrett...The second longball marked the 200th off his 11-year big league career...His four multi-homer games in 2023 were tied for his most, within a single-season, also: 2017 with Miami...Other multi-homer games in 2023: July 29 vs. Milwaukee, Aug. 21 vs. New York (NL) and Oct. 1 vs. Washington...Celebrated 10 years of MLB service time on May 17...Homered in three straight games, on three separate occasions: May 24 vs. Los Angels (NL) - May 26 vs. Philadelphia, July 28-30 vs. Milwaukee and Aug. 21-23 vs. New York (NL)...Had one such streak over the previous three seasons combined: May 17-18, 2022 at Milwaukee - May 20 at Miami...Was ejected by home plate umpire, Ryan Blakney, following a called third strike, Aug. 5 at Chicago (NL)...Marked the first ejection of his 11-year MLB career...was the only Braves player to be ejected during the 2023 season...Hit his 24th home run of the season, a three run shot off RHP Luis Severino, Aug. 15 vs. New York (AL)...Surpassed his 2022 total in 103 games...Hit 23 home runs in 124 games in 2022...Hit safely in 16 straight games, spanning August 4-19; matching the longest hitting streak of his career, and first since April 30-May 16, 2016 with Miami...Became the fifth Brave to reach 25 home runs during the 2023 season, Aug. 21 vs. New York (NL) off LHP David Peterson (solo); establishing the single-season franchise record...The club had four players eclipse 25 home runs in 1998, '03, '06 and '21...Collected three hits in consecutive games, homering in both contests (solo, two-run), Aug. 22-23 vs. New York (NL) . Marked the third time in his career that he's recorded back-to-back three-hit games and first instance since 2017 with Miami...Hit game-tying, solo home run in the ninth inning, Sept. 27 vs. Chicago (NL), off RHP Mark Leiter Jr.; his 37th of the season - matching his career-high, set with Miami in 2017...Marked his sixth career game-tying or go-ahead home run in the ninth-inning or later...Went deep twice in the regular season finale (three-run, solo), Oct. 1 vs. Washington...His two home runs and five RBI on the afternoon put him at exactly 40 home runs and 100 RBI on the season...From Aug. 21 through season's end, he reached base safely in 36 of 37 contests, while recording at least one hit in 30 games...Produced two 18-game on-base streaks over that stretch: Aug. 21-Sept. 9 and Sept. 11 (G1)-season's end...ln total, slashed .340/.410/778 with 16 home runs, 13 doubles and one triple, while recording 40 RBI...Led all qualifiers in home runs, extra-base hits (30), RBI, slugging percentage and OPS (1.188); ranked fourth in doubles; fifth in batting average...Totaled six home runs, six doubles and one triple over his final 13 regular season games, spanning Sept. 17-Oct. 1...Hit .365 (19-for-52), with a 1.296 OPS over that span...Received one ninth-place vote in the National League MVP voting; finishing 19th.
2022
32-year-old Marcell Ozuna played in his 10th Major League season in 2022...He hit .226 (106- for-470) with 23 home runs, 56 RBI and 56 runs scored...Participated in a back-to-back home run sequence five times, leading the National League and tying for fourth in MLB...Since 2018, his 11 back-to-back home run participations are tied for fourth in the National League...From May 13-25, carried a 12-game hitting streak...Was his longest of the season and his best since hitting in 12 straight from April 1-13, 2018 with St. Louis...Was the third-longest hit streak by a Brave in 2022, trailing Austin Riley’s 18-gamer (7/5-26) and Michael Harris II’s 15-gamer (8/22-9/9).
2021
Appeared in 48 games for Atlanta in 2021 – his ninth year in Major League Baseball...In total, he hit .213 (40-for-188) with six doubles, seven home runs and 26 RBI...Recorded a .645 OPS...Despite being a career .326 hitter against four-seam fastballs, hit .164 against that pitch as of his last game of the season (9-for-55)...Hit .492 off four-seamers in 2020, the best in MLB.
2020
Awards: All-MLB First Team (DH), Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger (DH), Edgar Martinez Outstanding Designated Hitter of the Year, Baseball America All-MLB Second Team (OF)... N.L. Ranks: home runs (18, 1st), RBI (56, 1st), total bases (145, 1st), hits (77, 2nd), extra-base hits (32, T2nd), batting average (.338, 3rd), on-base % (.431, 3rd), slugging % (.636, 3rd), OPS (1.067, 3rd), AB/HR (12.67, 6th), walks (38, T6th) and fWAR (2.5, T10th)...He posted single-season career bests in each of the three slash line categories – batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage...He was one of 15 players and three Braves to appear in at least 60 games in 2020… Starling Marte played in a majors-most 61 games after beginning the season with Arizona and finishing the campaign with Miami…Freddie Freeman and Dansby Swanson also played in 60 games...Ozuna led the N.L. with 15 home runs and 56 RBI, becoming the first Braves player to lead the league in either home runs or RBI since 2005, when Andruw Jones also paced the circuit in both...Jones hit a franchise-record 51 HR and had 128 RBI...He was the first N.L. player to lead the league in both of those since Miami's Giancarlo Stanton in 2017 (59 HR, 132 RBI)...Extrapolated over a full 162-game season, Ozuna's totals paced to 49 home runs and 154 RBI...Ozuna also finished third in the N.L. in batting average, 13 points off the lead of the Nationals’ Juan Soto (.351)…He narrowly missed winning the batting triple crown, a feat that has not been accomplished by an N.L. player since St. Louis’ Joe Medwick in 1937 (.374, 31 HR, 154 RBI)...His 18 home runs traveled an average of a projected 429 feet, the farthest in the majors...The Braves hit 10 home runs over 450 feet in 2020, and Ozuna was responsible for four of them...His longest was a 469-foot home run off the Yankees' Gerrit Cole in Game 1 of a doubleheader on 8/26...That was the second longest homer of his career...He hit a single-game career-best three home runs on 9/1 at Boston, driving in six…He hit a two-run homer in the first inning, a solo shot in the seventh, and a three-run homer in the eighth...It was the 24th three-homer game by a Braves player in the franchise’s modern era (since 1900), and the first since Matt Kemp on 4/29/17 at Milwaukee... Teammate Adam Duvall would record a three-homer effort in the Braves' next game, 9/2...Ozuna was the 15th player from a visiting team with a three-homer game at Fenway Park, and the first to ever do so from a National League club...His six RBI were the most by a Braves player in a single game since 2008, when Jeff Francoeur drove in seven on 4/12 at Washington (3-for-5, 2 HR)...His second homer was the 1,000th hit of his career...Ozuna became the 60th Dominican-born player to reach that milestone, and one of 75 active major leaguers to have done so...His first home run with the Braves tied the game in the ninth inning on 7/25, driving a two-out, full-count pitch out to right-center field off the Mets’ Edwin Díaz…Atlanta would go on to win the game, 5-3, in 10 innings...Ozuna became the first Braves player to hit a go-ahead or game-tying homer with the team down to its final strike since 9/7/13, when Andrelton Simmons drove a 2-2, ninth-inning pitch from Jonathan Papelbon out to left field with a runner aboard to tie the game at 5...The Braves eventually lost that game, 6-5...The last player whose first home run for the Braves came with the team behind and either tied the game or put Atlanta ahead in the ninth inning or later was Brian R. Hunter, who hit a two-run, game-tying home run in the 11th inning against Philadelphia on 6/5/91...The following day, 7/26, Ozuna would hit his 150th career home run, off New York’s Corey Oswalt...His 56 RBI were the most by an Atlanta-era player (since 1966) in the first 60 games of a season, surpassing Andres Galarraga, who had 55 RBI in that period in 1998. The franchise's modern-era record is 57 by Wally Berger in 1935...Twenty-five of his RBI came with two outs, the most such RBI in the National League...Only New York-AL's Luke Voit had more (26)...Chicago-AL's Eloy Jiménez also had 25. Ozuna hit .333/.440/.619 (28-for-56) with two outs...Ozuna was a two-time National League Player of the Week...Received his first honor for the period of 8/31-9/6... Batted .464/.531/1.143 over seven games, going 13-for-28...His five homers tied for most in the majors, and his 13 RBI paced the league outright...Also won the award for the season-ending period of 9/21-27...Hit .500/.606/.923 (13-for-26) in seven games with three home runs, eight RBI and more walks (7) than strikeouts (4)...His .606 on-base percentage was the best in the N.L...San Diego's Manny Machado was the only other N.L. player to win multiple Player of the Week awards this season...Ozuna previously won three of these awards...Twice in 2017 with Miami, and once in 2018 with St. Louis...Ozuna hit a N.L.-best .394 (41-for-104) in September...His .488 on-base percentage (3rd) and .750 slugging percentage (3rd) in 26 games in the month both placed among N.L. leaders...Thirty-three of his RBI came in September, tying the Atlanta-era record for a calendar month...Freddie Freeman also had 33 last June...Freeman was second in the majors in RBI in September (32)...Only three other Braves have reached the 30 RBI mark in a month since the franchise relocated to Atlanta in 1966 (Bob Horner, 32 in July ‘80; Mark Teixeira, 32 in August ‘07 and Dale Murphy, 30 in August ‘86)...Ten of Ozuna's home runs came in the month...Only three other National Leaguers (Pete Alonso, Adam Duvall and AJ Pollock) reached double-figures in home runs in September...He had the best average exit velocity (93.0), hard-hit rate (54.4%), barrel rate (16.0%) and walk rate (14.2%) of his career...His hard-hit rate (batted balls with an exit velocity over 95 mph) was ninth best in the majors, while his average exit velocity tied for 10th best...Hit a 115.6 mph double off the Phillies' Zack Wheeler on August 28, the hardest hit by a Braves player this season...It was the fourth hardest by an Atlanta player in the Statcast era (since ‘15)...Ozuna recorded his first career five-hit game on 9/11 at Washington...Went 5-for-6 with one walk, one run and four RBI...It was the Braves' first five-hit game since OF Nick Markakis on 4/4/19 against the Cubs...Markakis went 5-for-5 with three doubles, five RBI and three runs scored...There were five other five-hit games in the major leagues in 2020.
POSTSEASON
In 12 postseason games, batted .255/.283/.490 (13-for-51) with three doubles, three home runs, 11 RBI and eight runs scored...His 11 RBI were the most on the team, and the third-most by a Braves player in a single postseason…Fred McGriff had 16 RBI in the 1996 postseason, while Brian Jordan had 13 in 1999...Ozuna’s 13 hits, six extra-base hits, 25 total bases and three home runs were each tied for the team lead...He was the Braves’ starting DH in each of their 12 postseason games...In Game 5 of the NLCS against Los Angeles, went 4-for-5 with one double, two home runs, four RBI and three runs scored...His 11 total bases were a franchise single-game postseason record...He also became the first player in Braves’ history to have at least four hits and four RBI in a postseason game...The last major leaguer to collect at least four hits and four RBI in a playoff game was Boston’s Brock Holt in Game 3 of the 2018 ALDS against the Yankees…Holt hit for the cycle, going 4-for-6 with five RBI...Ozuna’s two home runs marked the eighth time a Braves player hit multiple home runs in a postseason game... Chipper Jones was the last to do so, with a pair of two-run home runs in Game 4 of the 2003 NLDS against the Cubs, a 6-4 Atlanta victory...David Justice was the only other player to have one of these games in the NLCS (Game 6 in ’92 against Pittsburgh)...Began the postseason by going hitless in his first eight at-bats with five strikeouts…That streak was snapped when he hit a two-run homer off Cincinnati’s Raisel Iglesias in the eighth inning of Game 2 of the Wild Card Series...He had multi-hit games in three of the next four games.
2019
Played in 130 games with St. Louis and hit .241 (117-for-485) with a .800 OPS, the secondhighest mark of his seven-year career…Registered a .924 OPS in 2017... Hit 29 home runs, the second-most in a single season of his career…Had 37 home runs in 2017... Ten of his home runs came in the month of April, tied for the most in the National League in that month with Los Angeles' Cody Bellinger and Milwaukee's Christian Yelich…Ozuna's 10 home runs were the most he has hit in any calendar month of his career... Hit seven three-run home runs, tied for the fourth most in the majors…The Mets' Pete Alonso had the most such homers with nine... His 89 RBI were also the second most of his career, behind the 124 he drove in in 2017…Had 29 two-out RBI and 25 games with multiple RBI, leading the team in both categories…Also had 14 game-winning RBI, tied for the eighth most in the National League with current teammate Ronald Acuña Jr... Also had 88 RBI in 2018…Is one of 16 major leaguers with 80 or more RBI in each of the last three seasons... In his two years with St. Louis, had 177 RBI, fourth most among National League outfielders, behind Bryce Harper (209), Christian Yelich (204) and Juan Soto (178)... Recorded his 500th career RBI on 6/1 against Chicago-NL, scoring RH Jack Flaherty on a third-inning single... Had a hard-hit percentage of 49.2%, the 15th highest among all qualifying major leaguers, according to Statcast...Also had an average exit velocity of 92.4 MPH, the highest among qualifying Cardinals players... Had 12 stolen bases, nearly matching his total from the first six years of his career (14)…Previous single-season career best in that category was five, during his rookie season in 2013. Missed 28 games, from 6/29-8/3, with fractured fingers on his right hand…Suffered the injury was sliding back into first base on a pick-off attempt by San Diego's Eric Lauer on 6/28. 2019 Postseason: Playing in his first career postseason, was St. Louis' starting left fielder in all nine of their playoff games…Hit .324/.359/.595 (12-for-37) with six extra-base hits (4 2B, 2 HR) and five RBI... In the five-game Division Series against Atlanta, batted .429 (9-for-21) with a 1.335 OPS…Had three doubles, two home runs, five RBI and six runs scored... Had multiple hits in each of the first four games of the series, including hitting two home runs in Game 4…Was the first Cardinals player to begin his postseason career with four consecutive multi-hit games since Jim Edmonds in 2000 (3 in the NLDS and 1 in the NLCS)... His nine hits in the DS were tied for the most hits by a St. Louis player in a Division Series…Paul Goldschmidt also had nine hits in the series, while Fernando Vina accomplished the feat in 2002... Became the seventh Cardinals player to hit multiple home runs in a postseason game, and the first since Carlos Beltran in Game 2 of the 2012 NLDS against Washington…At age 28, was the second youngest to do so…Willie McGee hit two home runs in Game 3 of the 1982 World Series as a 23-year-old rookie... Went 3-for-16 (.188) with no walks and eight strikeouts in the four-game League Championship Series against Washington…Two of his hits came in Game 3.
2018
Played in 148 games for the Cardinals in his first season with the club, starting 146 in left field...Led all Major League left fielders with 1,283.1 innings played at the position...Named National League Player of the Week (June 11-17), his third career selection for the league award...Led the Cardinals in RBI (88), multi-hit games (46), multiRBI games (22) and tied for the team lead in hits (163) and triples (2)...Recorded an RBI in a team-high seven straight games (6/916), T-3rd longest in MLB with teammate Matt Carpenter...Tied for the National League lead with 31 go-ahead RBI (Rizzo, CHI) and ranked 5th in game-winning RBI (13)...Collected 122 singles, ranking 6th in the NL and T-10th among Cardinals since 2000...Had two multi-home run games (6th & 7th career), both during the same week (at WSH 9/4 & at DET 9/7)...Tied Matt Carpenter hitting 13 home runs at Busch Stadium in 2018, T-9th most by a Cardinal in a single season...Ranked among September leaders in home runs (7, T-7th) and RBI (19, T-8th)...Rapped out a season-high 4 hits at WSH (9/5), sandwiched between 2 multi-HR games (9/4 & 9/7)...Ranks 2nd in the NL in RBI (212) and 5th in hits (354) over the past two seasons...Missed eight games on the disabled list due to right shoulder inflammation (8/22-31)...Hit safely in 16-of-20 games in the month of August...Tallied 64 hits with 2 outs, ranking T-3rd in the National League...Hit his first career walk-off HR vs. COL (7/30) off Jake McGee; was his 5th career walk-off RBI and 2nd extra inning home run...Homered in 3 straight games twice (6/13-16 & 7/28-30), one shy of his career-high...Hit his 5th career grand slam and 2nd of the season vs. CHI (7/28)...Hit safely in 22-of-27 June games (34-102, .333) with an RBI in 14...Among N.L. June leaders, ranked 7th in batting (.333), T-7th in RBI (21), T-3rd in hits (34), 8th in total bases (59) and T-2nd in go-ahead RBI (7)...Hit 4th career grand slam vs. PIT (6/3) off Nick Kingham, becoming only the 7th Cardinal fourth place hitter to hit a slam in game's opening inning (Last: Albert Pujols on 8/10/2002 vs. NYM)...Hit 100th career HR vs. PIT (6/2) off Chad Kuhl, also marking his 1st home run as Cardinal at Busch Stadium III...Had six outfield assists ranking T-5th among left fielders and T-16th among National League outfielders...Posted a 12-game hitting streak (4/1-13).
2017
Earned the Rawlings National League Gold Glove Award from left field ... Earned his first career Silver Slugger Award ... Finished 15th in the National League All-Star Voting ... Led National League left fielders in put outs (305), fielding percentage (.984) and ranked 2nd in outfield assists (10) ... Has 41 career outfield assists since 2013, ranking T5th in the N.L. His 1,469 total chances rank 3rd and .988 fielding percentage rank 3rd ... Led all National League No. 4 position hitters with a .548 slugging percentage and .924 on-base + slugging percentage ... Earned second career All-Star Game selection and started in left field as voted by fans. Posted a .316 average (107- 339) with 16 doubles, 23 home runs and 70 RBI in first half to earn the nod. Went 0-for-2 in the game in his home stadium batting 8th in the lineup ... His 70 RBI prior to the All-Star break were tied for the MLB-lead ... On the year, set new career highs in games (159), runs (93), hits (191), doubles (30), home runs (37), RBI (124), walks (64) and average (.312) ... His 124 RBI ranked 3rd in MLB and he ranked 4th in National League in hits (191) and tied for third in home runs (37) ... His 124 RBI joined up with teammate Giancarlo Stanton (132) to form the first pair of National League teammates to finish in the Top 3 in RBI in the same season since George Foster (121) and Joe Morgan (111) with the 1976 Cincinnati Reds ... Homered in the same game as Giancarlo Stanton 12 times, the most by any two teammates in MLB in 2017 and set the Marlins record surpassing the 11 by Miguel Cabrera and Alex Gonzalez in 2004 ... Owned a .344 average (98-285) at home, which ranked 4th in the National League, and his 22 home runs at home were 3rd-most in NL ... Ranked among MLB outfielders: 2nd in RBI (122); 3rd in hits (189); T4th in home runs (37); 5th in average (.315); 7th in on-base percentage (.380); 8th in slugging (.555); 9th in on-base + slugging (.935) ... His career-high 60 multi-hit games ranked second in MLB (prev., 39 in 2016), and were tied with Juan Pierre (60 in 2003) for 4th-most in a single season in Marlins history ... His 124 RBI were second most by a Marlins player in a single season, behind Stanton (132) ... Homered in each game of doubleheader at PHI (8/22) becoming the first player in Marlins history to do so since Giancarlo Stanton (9/6/10 at PHI) ... Recorded four multi-home run games (4/11 vs. ATL, 5/8 vs. STL, 7/2 at MIL & 9/22 at ARI); had just one multi-home run game prior to 2017 ... Finished July with 27 RBI, good for 2nd in National League (3rd in MLB); marked new career high for any month and a new Miami team record for July ... Had a streak of seven straight home games with a multi-hit game snapped vs. WSH (6/21). It tied Dee Gordon (4/26- 5/15/2015) for longest multi-hit games streak at home in Marlins history ... Posted 4th career walk-off RBI (third walk-off hit), a single off Enny Romero to score Dee Gordon in an 8-7 Marlins win vs. WSH (6/19) ... Went 2-for-2 with two homers and six RBIs in the Marlins' 8-4 win vs. ATL (4/11). There have been over 2,000 instances of a player producing at least six RBI in a game since RBI became an official statistic in 1920, but Ozuna was only the ninth player to knock in at least six runs with two-or-fewer official at-bats in a game, and the first to do that in nearly 17 years, since the Padres Bret Boone went 2-for-2 with six RBI against the Astros (6/10/2000).
2016
Batted .307 with 12 doubles, five triples, 17 home runs, and 47 RBI in the first half to earn first career All-Star Game selection...Chosen as reserve, but started in center field due to injuries (1x2, RBI, so)...Reached base in 36 straight games from April 21-May 29, fourth-longest streak in MLB for the season; tied Hanley Ramirez for fifth-longest on-base streak in Club history...Hit .399 (55x138) with eight doubles, four triples, nine home runs, and 23 RBI during streak...Final 28 games of on-base streak including hitting streaks of 16 and 11 games...The 16-game streak (tied for career-long) ran from April 30- May 16, and 11-game streak from May 18-29...According to STATS LLC, was just fifth player in Club history with back-to-back 10-game hitting streaks (one game played between end of first and start of second)...Others were Cliff Floyd in 2001 (10, 18), Juan Pierre in 2003...(11, 14), Alex Gonzalez in 2005 (17, 11), and Hanley Ramirez in 2010-11 (14, 10)...In May, led National League in slugging (.705), was second in average (.411), behind Daniel Murphy (.416), and was fifth in on-base percentage (.450)...Recorded 400th career hit on May 25 at Tampa Bay, in 391st career game...According to STATS LLC, among players who began career with Marlins, was sixth-fastest to 400, behind Edgar Renteria (340 games), Miguel Cabrera (349), Christian Yelich (350), Luis Castillo (367), and Dan Uggla (380). (Hanley Ramirez had his first 400 career hits with Marlins, in 317 career games, but his first two career games were with Boston at end of 2005, going 0x2)...Had first career multi-homer game on June 20 vs. Colorado (two solo)...Hit 23rd home run September 14 at Atlanta, matching career high (2014)...Hit sixth triple of season on Sept. 19 vs. Washington, setting new career high.
2015
Split season between Marlins (123 games) and Triple-A New Orleans (33 games)... Opened season with Miami and was batting season-high .321 through May 2 (22 games), with just seven extra-base hits (all doubles) and five RBI...First home run of season came on May 7 at San Francisco; was first of three homers on a 10-game road trip to West Coast...After May 3, batted .223 (48x215) over next 56 games, including 0x14 in July, and was optioned to NOLA on July 5...Had a hit in 23 of 33 games with NOLA, including .379 (11x29) stretch over first seven games with Zephyrs... Average dipped to .296 before going 6x12 over final four games in NOLA and being recalled on August 15...Hit .237 in 16 games with Marlins in August, but rebounded to hit .299 in September (24 games) and .313 in October (four games)...Hit .278 (45x162) in 44 games after recall, with 20 runs, 13 doubles, six home runs, and 18 RBI...Hit .360 (18x50) over final 13 games, with seven multi-hit games...Posted .341 (29x85) average vs. left-handers, with seven doubles, two home runs, and eight RBI... His .996 fielding percentage ranked sixth among NL outfielders.
2014
Season ended early due to injury for second straight year when he suffered high right ankle sprain on September 21 vs. Washington...At time of injury, led Majors in HR (15) and RBI (40) in 7th inning or later; ?nished sea-son tied with Lucas Duda for lead in home runs, and was still leader in RBI...HR total in 7th inning or later tied Derrek Lee (2000) for most in Club history...Was tied for 12th in National League in home runs (23), and was 10th in RBI (85) when injured; ?nished season tied for 14th in HR and tied for 11th in RBI...Among NL out?elders, was tied for ?fth in HR (22) and was fourth in RBI (84) when injured; finished season tied for seventh in HR and ?fth in RBI...Homered in four straight games from Sept. 8-11; tied six others for Club record...Had only career pinch-hit home run, a solo shot, on June 29 vs. Oakland...Was second among NL center ?elders in RBI (82), behind Andrew McCutchen (83), and trailed only McCutchen (25) and Carlos Gomez (23) in home runs (21)...Hit first career grand slam and set career high with ?ve RBI on May 21 vs. Philadelphia...Hit second career grand slam on August 22 at Colorado, and matched career high with ?ve RBI...Had first career walk-off hit (second career walk-off RBI) on Aug. 14 vs. Arizona...Other walk-off RBI was ninth-inning sac ?y vs. Mets on May 7, in a 1-0 win...All six of his AB on May 3 vs. the Dodgers were with RISP; just second player in Club history to have six AB with RISP in a game (Alfredo Amezaga, 9/2/08 vs. ATL)...On June 20 vs. Mets, had ?rst career game with two OF assists, both at home plate...Threw out David Wright for second out of eighth inning, preserving 3-2 lead. Second assist ended game with same score, throwing out Kirk Nieuwenhuis attempting to score from third on Chris Young fly out...According to Elias, just third Marlin OF to have two assists at plate in a game (Joe Orsulak, Emilio Bonifacio), and only second (with Orsulak) to do so without a relay on both throws. Also, ?rst Marlin OF ever to throw out runner at home to end regular-season game...Additionally, was just third MLB out?elder in last ?ve seasons to earn two assists on OF-to-C putouts in same game, joining Shin-Soo Choo and Yoenis Cespedes, and ?rst since David DeJesus in 1999 to cut down tying or go-ahead run twice in eighth inning or later...On July 8 at Arizona, hit two-run HR on 2-2 pitch with two outs in top of ninth to give Miami eventual 2-1 win...According to Elias, was ?rst Marlin since Mike Lowell on June 28, 2003 at Fenway Park to drive in game-tying and game-winning runs with two outs and two strikes in the ninth inning. In addition, became ?rst Marlin ever to hit a home run to give team a lead after being one out away from a shutout loss...Had 15-game hitting streak from June 24 to July 9, batting .368 (21x57) with ?ve doubles, three home runs and eight RBI...Fell one game short of career-long streak, established from May 15-31, 2013.
2013
Season debut was delayed until April 16 by broken fourth metacarpal in left hand... Suffered injury crashing into fence in a Minor League Spring Training game... Was recalled from four-game rehab stint at Single-A Jupiter on April 20 and assigned to Double-A Jacksonville. Appeared in 10 games for Suns, belting five home runs over final six contests, before being recalled to Miami on April 30... Made Major League debut that night vs. New York Mets (1x3). Recorded first career hit off of Jeremy Hefner in second at-bat... Had a hit in first six games, tying Scott Pose (1993) for second-longest hitting streak to open a career in Club history, behind Alejandro De Aza (8 in 2007). - STATS LLC.. Set Club record for most hits in first six career games (11). - STATS LLC... Had four-hit game on May 5 at Philadelphia, his sixth career game, at the time becoming second-fastest player in Club history to achieve that feat. Ed Lucas later set Club record, on June 2 vs. the Mets, in his third career game, moving ahead of Ozuna and Hanley Ramirez (four games). - STATS LLC... Had a 16-game hitting streak from May 15-31, marking second-longest hitting streak by rookie in Club history, behind Edgar Renteria (22 in 1996). - STATS LLC... Batted .356 (21x59) during streak... Was second-longest streak of season by a rookie (Jose Iglesias, 18), and tied with several others for sixth-longest streak for any player... Had eight game-winning RBI, tied for third among rookies, behind Evan Gattis (11) and Nolan Arenado (9). Tied Alex Gonzalez (1999) for fourth-most by rookie in Club history, behind Mike Jacobs (11 in 2006), Miguel Cabrera (10 in 2003) and Kevin Millar (9 in 1999)... Reached season-high average of .336 (42x125) on June 4, through 33 games... Had eight OF assists, sixth-most by rookie in Club history, behind Mark Kotsay (20 in 1998), Jeff Conine (11 in 1993), Giancarlo Stanton (10 in 2010), Preston Wilson (10 in 1999), and Todd Dunwoody (9 in 1998)... Suffered torn left thumb ligament on July 22 at Colorado and missed remainder of season following surgery... Named Southern League Hitter of the Week for April 22-28, the week prior to his call-up. Went 11x30 (.367), with a double, a triple, five home runs and 11 RBI.
2012
Was Florida State League All-Star for Single-A Jupiter, and earned Marlins' Minor League Player of the Month honors for August...Batted .365 (38-for-104) over that stretch, with 24 runs scored, eight doubles, eight home runs, 32 RBIs and a .421 on-base percentage...Finished first in FSL in runs, home runs, RBIs and total bases (233), fourth in slugging, seventh in hits, tied for ninth in doubles and 10th in OPS (.805)...Won Rawlings © Minor League Gold Glove Award for right field...Posted .988 fielding percentage in right field (three errors in 257 total chances), while recording nine of his 10 outfield assists at the position...Also played 14 games in center field (one assist)and one game in left field...Batted .500 (10-for-20) with bases loaded, with a walk, sac fly, five doubles, two home runs and 28 RBIs...Batted .299 (43-for-144) with RISP, with 11 walks, 11 doubles, 10 home runs and 74 RBIs...Recorded 35 multihit games, including 12 three-hit games...On June 10-11 at Bradenton, went 6-for-9 with five home runs and 12 RBIs over two-game stretch...Was 3-for-4 with three home runs and six RBIs on June 10, and 3-for-5 with two home runs and six RBIs on June 11...Had season-high seven-game hitting streak from July 31-August 7...Batted .346 (9-for-26) during streak, with six runs scored, two home runs and five RBIs.
2011
In 2011 for Single-A Greensboro, was second in South Atlantic League in runs, third in total bases (239) and fourth in home runs...Had 10-game hitting streak from April 16-27, batting .436 (17-for-39) with seven home runs and 13 RBIs...Surpassed that with 11-game streak from Aug. 15-26; batted .319 (15-for-47), with four home runs and five RBIs...Batted .218 (52-for-238) in first half, with eight home runs, 33 RBIs and a .285 on-base percentage...Rebounded in second half, batting .310 (80-for-258) with 15 home runs, 38 RBIs and a .371 on-base percentage.
2010
Began 2010 season with Grasshoppers, playing in six games from April 8-13 before missing more than two months with a left forearm fracture...Returned June 18 for Short Season A Jamestown...Opened stint with eight-game hitting streak, batting .353 (12-for-34) with two home runs and five RBIs...Homered in three straight games twice: from July 10-12 (three homer, six RBIs) and Aug. 12-14 (three homers, 10 RBIs)...Closed out campaign on seven-game hitting streak, batting .323 (10-for-31) with two home runs and eight RBIs.
2009
Spent 2009 with Gulf Coast League Marlins...After batting .185 (5-for-27) in six games in June, hit .396 (38-for-96) in 24 games in July before finishing campaign with .264 average (24-for-91) in 25 games in August...Had 17 multihit games, including one four-hit game and five three-hit games...Had just four multihit games after July 22.
