Marcell Ozuna Idelfonso is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball for the Miami Marlins, St. Louis Cardinals, and Atlanta Braves. He is a two-time MLB All-Star, and won both a Gold Glove and a Silver Slugger Award in 2017.
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Marcell Ozuna Idelfonso is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball for the Miami Marlins, St. Louis Cardinals, and Atlanta Braves. Ozuna was signed by the Marlins as an amateur free agent in 2008. He is a two-time MLB All-Star, and won both a Gold Glove and a Silver Slugger Award in 2017, his breakout season. In 2020, he led the NL in both home runs and RBIs. His father is a former painter, and his mother is a housekeeper. He is the cousin of former MLB player Pablo Ozuna. He was named a starter in the 2017 MLB AllStar Game for the NL, and was one of eight players to hit at least 35 home runs, while striking out less than 22 percent of the time. He established a career high in home runs in September 2014, when he hit four in a row for the first time in his MLB career.
He hit his first career home run in his fifth game, a solo home run, off Cole Hamels of the Philadelphia Phillies. He made his MLB debut on April 30, 2013, and recorded his first hit, a single off Jeremy Hefner of the New York Mets. He underwent season-ending thumb surgery on July 26, 2013. In 2014, Ozuna played a total of 153 games for the Marlins, batting. 269 with 23 home runs. On September 11, 2014, he tied a franchise record with home Runs in four consecutive games. On July 5, 2015, he was sent down to AAA after going hitless in nine of ten games, dipping his average to. 249 on the season. After the 2017 season, the Marlins traded Ozuna to the St. Louis Cardinals.
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