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4 unusual facts about Dan Uggla


Dan Uggla

With 80 hits in 443 plate appearances, Uggla tied Rob Deer for the lowest season batting average for a player qualifying for the batting title.

On September 28, 2008, Uggla hit the last home run ever at Shea Stadium.

Uggla began the 2006 season with the Marlins and had his first major league hit just three days later when he singled off Houston Astros pitcher Andy Pettitte.

Freddie Freeman

In August, Freeman and Dan Uggla became the first members of the Braves to have concurrent twenty game hitting streaks in the modern era.


Reggie Abercrombie

In 2006, he joined a rookie cast that included Hanley Ramírez, Dan Uggla, Jeremy Hermida, Josh Johnson, Josh Willingham, Eric Reed, Mike Jacobs, and Scott Olsen, a group that overperformed considering the meager expectations, which were placed on them due to the frugal nature of Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria.


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