Ozzie Albies is off to one of the greatest starts ever for a second baseman

Ozzie Albies has been one of the cornerstone pieces to the Atlanta Braves rebuild and back-to-back National League East titles. Albies has put up historic numbers, across all statistical platforms, for a second baseman and has already established himself as one of the most elite second basemen in the MLB, at the age of 22.

Throughout his first few seasons, Albies has accumulated a 10.3 bWAR, which is the second-most in MLB history for a second baseman, prior to turning 23, only trailing Hall of Famer, Roberto Alomar.

Albies is tied for the most hits (187) in the National League this season, which is the fourth-most hits by second baseman in Braves franchise history and the most since Rogers Hornsby had 188 hits for the Boston Braves in 1928. He also leads the NL in doubles (43), which is the third-most doubles for a second baseman in Braves franchise history.

Albies is the second second baseman in MLB history to have multiple seasons with at least 100 runs, 40 doubles, 20 home runs and five triples. No other second baseman has ever reached those totals before turning 25... at the age of 22, Albies has now reached those totals twice. Rogers Hornsby is the only other second baseman to ever record multiple seasons with those totals.

Career rankings on stats through seasons, younger than 23, while playing at least 75% of games at second base (according to Baseball Reference):

• 10.3 bWAR (2nd)
• .281 AVG (14th) *min. 500 at-bats*
• .334 OBP (16th) *min. 500 at-bats*
• .476 SLG (1st) *min. 500 at-bats*
• .810 OPS (1st) *min. 500 at-bats*
• 241 runs (4th)
• 416 hits (4th)
• 92 doubles (2nd)
• 18 triples (10th)
• 54 home runs (2nd)
• 186 runs batted in (5th)
• 111 bases on balls (8th)
• 37 stolen bases (15th)