Atlanta Braves
Ozzie Albies
#1Second Base · Atlanta Braves
Baseball- Nationality
- Curacao
- Born
- 1997-01-07
- Height
- 5' 8"
- Weight
- 165
- Position
- Second Base
- Number
- #1
Ozhaino Jurdy Jiandro "Ozzie" Albies (born January 7, 1997) is a Curaçaoan professional baseball second baseman for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). Albies started playing baseball at the age of six, and began switch hitting in 2013. Discovered by the Curaçao-based scout Dargello Lodowica, Albies was signed by the Atlanta Braves for $350,000 as an international free agent on July 2, 2013. On July 8, 2018, while owning a .281 batting average with 18 home runs and 50 RBIs, Albies was named an All-Star after winning a spot from the player vote in his first full year in the maj…