BIOGRAPHY
Marcell Ozuna was born on November 12, 1990, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He is a left fielder in the MLB.
Ozuna was signed by the Marlins as an amateur free agent in 2008. He is a two-time MLB All-Star (2016, 2017), and won both a Gold Glove and a Silver Slugger Award in 2017, his breakout season. That year, he finished fourth in the National League (NL) in batting average (.312), and third in home runs (37) and runs batted in (124). Following the 2017 season, the Marlins traded Ozuna to the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2020 he led the NL in both home runs and RBIs.
On January 21, 2020, Ozuna signed a one-year contract worth $18 million with the Atlanta Braves.
On July 24, Ozuna was the starting left fielder, making his Braves debut on Opening Day. On September 1, he became the first National League player to hit three home runs in one game at Fenway Park, and also reached 1,000 MLB career hits. When Adam Duvall hit three home runs in the next game, also against the Boston Red Sox, Ozuna and Duvall became the first teammates in Major League Baseball history to have hit three home runs each in consecutive games.
In 2020 he batted .338/.431/.636 (each 3rd in the NL) with an NL-leading 18 home runs, 56 RBIs, and 145 total bases during the shortened 60-game season. Ozuna won his second Silver Slugger Award after the 2020 season; it was the first-ever Silver Slugger for designated hitter in the National League as a result of the universal DH rule implemented league-wide during the COVID-19 pandemic-shortened 2020 season.
On February 5, 2021, Ozuna re-signed with the Braves with a four-year, $64 million deal. The Braves finished with an 88-73 record, clinching the NL East, and eventually won the 2021 World Series, their first title since 1995.
In the 2022 season, he played 124 games and hit 23 home runs while striking out 122 times to bat .226/.274/.413 in 470 at bats. Ozuna hit two home runs in the 2023 regular season finale to finish with a career-high 40 home runs. Ozuna's two October 1 homers also helped the 2023 Atlanta Braves tie the 2019 Minnesota Twins for most home runs hit in a season.
