Atlanta Braves: 2019 Statistical Leaders on Offense

Best Leadoff hitter – Of the four players that received 25 or more plate appearances in the leadoff spot, none did more with the opportunity than Ronald Acuna Jr. According to Fangraphs, Acuna was 29 points above average in runs created from the leadoff spot. The next closest on the team? Ozzie Albies with a 111. Dansby Swanson finished with a slightly above average score of 103 and Ender Inciarte finished with a score of 42 in 42 plate appearances.

HR vs. LHP –Ozzie Albies hit 11 homers against left-handed pitching in 2019. That’s a Herculean at-bats per homer ratio of 13.5.

Acuna finished second with ten homers against southpaws.

OPS vs. LHP – Albies led the way in OPS against lefties with a 1.099.

AVG vs. LHP – .389 average was tops amongst the Bravos and it belonged to Mr. Albies.

OBP vs. LHP – Okay, now this is getting boring. Albies had a .414 OBP against lefties. If the Braves are facing left-handed pitching then you need Ozzie Albies in your daily fantasy sports lineups.

Line-drive Percentage – Freddie Freeman has been a line-drive machine in his career but last season he finished second on the team in line-drive percentage for players with over 50 plate appearances. Matt Joyce finished with a whopping 29.2% of his total balls in play being line-drives.

Hard-Hit Percentage – Of players with more than 50 PAs, Adeiny Hechavarria led the way again. His small sample size might be a misleading, so of the regulars, Josh Donaldson brought the rain by leading the club with 47.5% of his balls in play qualifying as “hard-hits.”

Just for comparison’s sake, Marcell Ozuna finished with what would have been a club-leading 48.1% hard-hit rate in 2019.

There are some interesting takeaways to be had here. What did you notice?