Superlative Braves performances, so far, hitters edition

There have been many great things to the Braves’ season so far, but the nexus around which those things swirl is that the games matter. While various players wearing the tomahawk-adorned uniform in the past few years have put up superlative performances in some respect (look at you, Frederick Charles Freeman), those had more or less been in vain, as far as end-of-season outcomes went. Suddenly, and if only for right now, that’s not the case. This state of affairs prompted me to take a look at various places where Braves players have bested their peers in specific ways. Much of this is idiosyncratic, but I don’t believe that’s the point. Rather, the point is that just like the season itself, these little statistical odds and ends are fun. And fun is what it’s all about.

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