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All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. On April 26th, his second game, he hit his first career homer, a tape-measure blast off Homer Bailey that traveled 416 feet into the second deck at Great American Ballpark.

Note: This page is for 1990s minor league outfielder Ron Acuña; for his son Ronald Acuña, click here. His assist total fell all the way to 7. The following day, he also led off the game with a homer and became the youngest player in history to hit homers in five consecutive games. Find out more. He added an RBI double in the 8th and scored another run as the Braves prevailed again, 7-4. On April 2, 2019, he signed a contract extension with the Braves, covering 8 years and guaranteeing him $100 million. The 21-year-old Acuña was apologetic afterwards. At the end of the following inning, Braves manager Brian Snitker replaced Acuña in left field with Adam Duvall. Ron played 8 games for the 2007 Long Island Ducks to end his US playing career. Steve Gardner: "Why the Braves sent top prospect Ronald Acuna to the minors". Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Are you a Stathead, too? Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

He was named to play in the 2017 Futures Game, then after the season was distinguished by USA Today and Baseball America as the minor league player of the year. Between fans clamoring he be given a starting outfield spot immediately, reporters who were saying he was the chosen one who would turn around the team's fortunes, and observers who made comparisons to all-time greats like Hank Aaron or contemporary superstars like Mike Trout, it was a lot for a 20-year-old to digest. The son of minor league player Ron Acuña, he was signed by the Atlanta Braves before the 2015 season as a 17-year-old by scout Rolando Petit, who had first spotted him before he had turned 15. In his major league debut on April 25, 2018, Acuña went 1 for 5 starting in left field against the Cincinnati Reds. Mike Petriello: "Albies and Acuna could be on path to history: Only 4 teams have had two above-average hitters 21 or younger". Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. He did not miss any additional time and ironically, the hit by pitch was part of a streak of 9 consecutive games in which he reached base as the game's leadoff hitter.

When he did play, he continued to shine, with a batting line of .312/.392/.429. In 1999, Ron came stateside, playing for the GCL Mets (5 for 20), Kingsport Mets (.284/.369/.374, 15 SB in 20 attempts in 38 G) and the Pittsfield Mets (.225/.309/.268).

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Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. In 2016, he played two games in the Gulf Coast League and 40 with the Rome Braves of the South Atlantic League, his season being shortened by an injury. Mark Bowman: "Aaron, Trout, Harper ... Acuna? Find out more. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? He batted.284 for Guacara 2 in the 1997 Venezuelan Summer League, then.325 in … All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. William Boor: "Acuna feeds off family, flourishes in Fall League". He was named the NL Rookie of the Month for August on the strength of a .336 average, 11 homers and 21 RBI. With the Braves trailing the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 in the bottom of the third inning, Acuña launched a fly ball to deep center field that hit off the wall. Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports.

Mark Bowman: "If Acuna excels, Braves could accelerate path: All eyes will be on Atlanta's top prospect at Spring Training". In 2006, he was with the Huntsville Stars, batting .268/.318/.335; his speed going, he only stole 3 bases in 9 tries. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

In 2002, Ron batted .298/.365/.375 with 36 stolen bases (in 48 attempts) for St. Lucie and .208/.250/.438 in 10 games for the Binghamton Mets.

Some defensive statistics Copyright © Baseball Info Solutions, 2010-2020. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. With Gwinnett, he hit a home run in his second at-bat and finished at .344 in 54 games, his batting average having improved at every level. Promoted to the AA Mississippi Braves, he hit .326 in 57 games, then finished the year in AAA with the Gwinnett Braves after being promoted on July 13th.

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Join our linker program. © 2020 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. He made the All-Star team for the first time that year and was a regular feature on highlight shows for his spectacular outfield catches, routinely robbing opposite batters of homers or extra-base hits. Many thanks to him. We present them here for purely educational purposes. As a further honor stemming from his outstanding rookie season, he was selected to be card #1 of the 2019 Topps baseball card set. I just kind of took it and said 'Of course.' Do you have a blog?

On May 28th, he stumbled while running down the first base line in a game against the Boston Red Sox and was taken out of the game with an apparent knee injury. Ron joined the New Hampshire Fisher Cats in 2005 and fell to .245/.296/.330. Ron Acuña played for 12 years in the minor leagues and has been with the Venezuelan national team. He started off slowly in AAA, hitting .232 with 1 homer and 2 RBI in 17 games for the renamed Gwinnett Stripers.

Atlanta Braves phenom Ronald Acuña Jr. can sometimes make hitting home runs look effortless. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. 4 de abril de 2016: CF Ronald Acuna asignado a Rome Braves de Danville Braves.

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He made his MLB debut in 2018, and won the National League Rookie of the Year Award.

Many thanks to him. But he seemed unfazed, as he went on a 14-for-25 tear in Grapefruit League games, making it hard for the Braves to send him down, even though from a business point of view, it was in the Braves' interest to delay his debut by at least a few weeks to push back his eligibility for salary arbitration. He made his debut splitting his first season between the GCL Braves and Danville Braves, hitting a combined .269/.380/.438 in 55 games.

His son, also named Ronald Acuna, made his major league debut in 2018.

Are you a Stathead, too? To make matters worse, Acuña was then thrown out trying to steal second. Subscribe to our Free Newsletter, This Week in Sports ReferenceFind out when we add a feature or make a change. Acuña had to leave the game in the 2nd inning with a bad bruise but escaped serious damage, while commentators were outraged at the pitcher's stupid behavior - with one notable exception being Keith Hernandez (who claimed it was normal to go after such a hot hitter). The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

He is back with Venezuela for the 2009 Baseball World Cup.

He stole 24 bases but was also thrown out running 12 times. On September 25th, he hit a blast measured at 495 feet at Truist Park against Chris Mazza of the Boston Red Sox, the longest hit in the majors that season. The Valencia native hit .304/.350/.388 for the 2003 Binghamton squad and scored 70 runs.

The Braves initially feared the worst, but an MRI only detected a mild sprain, and while Acuña was placed on the disabled list, his stay was expected to be short. Ron Acuña played for 12 years in the minor leagues and has been with the Venezuelan national team.

In 2000, he hit .307/.334/.366 for Kingsport with 31 steals in 41 tries and was briefly with the Capital City Bombers (.179/.200/.231 in 13 G).

This page was last edited on 3 July 2018, at 18:14. He finished the season at .,293 in 111 games, with 26 homers, 76 runs scored and 64 RBI as the Braves won the National League East. He was 4th in the league in average, tied for the triple lead (3) and led in RBI 938). Acuña debuted in 1996 with the DSL Mets, hitting.239. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account.

Debut: April 25, 2018 (Age 20-128d, 19,226th in MLB history) vs. CIN 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB He was .001 from making the EL's top 10 in average that year. https://bpv.baseball-reference.com/bpv/index.php?title=Ron_Acuña&oldid=1055819. As expected, shortly after the period to delay his arbitration by a year had passed in late April, he was called up and was expected to start regularly from that point forward. For good measure, he added another long ball in the 8th in a 10-6 Braves win over the Marlins.

His first hit was a single in the 8th inning, and he later came around to score the winning run in a 5-4 victory. "There's no excuse for it. Outfielder Ronald Acuñawas the winner of the the 2018 National LeagueRookie of the Yearaward. He made five double plays, tying for the lead among New York-Penn League outfielders and his 14 assists were two off the pace. Do you have a sports website?

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