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The Weiss effect?

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The Weiss effect?

On April 7, Braves manager Walt Weiss form-tackled Jorge Soler to break up a brawl with the Angels. Did it spark the team's run of success? Atlanta went 6-5 in the 11 games before April 7 and 10-3 since. I split the season at that date and used the MLB Stats API to compare each hitter's average, on-base percentage, slugging, OPS and BABIP from March 20 to April 6 with April 7 to April 30. Before an 11-4 loss in Washington, the Braves' average run differential since the tackle was +3.25 per game, more than a full run better than before. Ronald Acuna Jr.'s slugging percentage went from .200 to .471, and Michael Harris II's OPS more than doubled to 1.123, with his BABIP spiking to .417.