Ozhaino Jurdy Jiandro "Ozzie" Albies was born on January 7,1997 and is a Curacaoan professional baseball second baseman for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball.
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18 Facts About Ozzie Albies
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Ozzie Albies won the National League Silver Slugger Award for second basemen twice, in 2019 and 2021.
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Ozzie Albies was born in Willemstad, Curacao, to parents Osgarry and Judari.
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Ozzie Albies started playing baseball at the age of six, and began switch hitting in 2013.
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Ozzie Albies was the only Braves prospect to appear in the game that year, as well as the youngest player on the field.
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Ozzie Albies was invited to spring training in 2016, and opened the season with the Double A Mississippi Braves.
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Mississippi made the Southern League playoffs, but Ozzie Albies injured his right elbow in the first postseason game and sat out the remainder of the season.
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Ozzie Albies was again invited to spring training at the start of the 2017 season.
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Ozzie Albies was part of the Braves' Opening Day starting lineup to open the 2018 season.
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Ozzie Albies became the youngest player ever to have two grand slams.
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On June 25,2018, Ozzie Albies hit his first career walk-off home run against the Cincinnati Reds.
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On June 3,2021, Ozzie Albies recorded his 500th career hit, an RBI double off of Washington Nationals reliever Sam Clay.
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Ozzie Albies was selected as a reserve for the 2021 All-Star Game.
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When Ozzie Albies hit his twenty-fifth home run of the season on September 4, the 2021 Atlanta Braves became the second team in Major League Baseball history to have its starting infielders hit twenty-five home runs each.
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Ozzie Albies became the first second baseman in Braves franchise history to have hit thirty home runs and driven in one hundred runs in the same season.
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Ozzie Albies swung at a higher percentage of pitches in the strike zone than any other major leaguer, at 83.
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Ozzie Albies was placed on the 60-day injured list and underwent a surgical procedure, performed by Robert Anderson.
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