Marcus Giles

Full Name: Marcus William Giles	Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 5' 8"/180	First Game: April 17, 2001
Birthdate: May 18, 1978	MLB Experience: 7 years
Birthplace: San Diego, California	College: Grossmont (CA) JC
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Scouting Report
3 Statistics
- 3.1 Batting Stats
- 3.2 Fielding Stats
4 Awards
5 Transactions
6 Trivia
7 Video Gallery
8 Picture Gallery
9 See Also
- 9.1 Recent Marcus Giles ArmchairGM Stories
10 Categories

[edit] Biography

Marcus Giles (Marcus William Giles) was born on May 18, 1978 in San Diego, California. He made his Major League debut on April 17, 2001 for the Atlanta Braves. In 2001, his rookie year, he hit .262 with 9 home runs and 31 RBI. Giles played for the Atlanta Braves for his entire 7year career.

Most people believe that Marcus Giles's best season was 2003, when he slugged 21 home runs, hit for a .316 average and knocked in 69 runs.

[edit] Scouting Report

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2001	ATL	68	244	36	64	10	2	9	31	28	37	2	5	.262	.338	.430	.769
2002	ATL	68	213	27	49	10	1	8	23	25	41	1	1	.230	.315	.399	.714
2003	ATL	145	551	101	174	49	2	21	69	59	80	14	4	.316	.390	.526	.917
2004	ATL	102	379	61	118	22	2	8	48	36	70	17	4	.311	.378	.443	.821
2005	ATL	152	577	104	168	45	4	15	63	64	108	16	3	.291	.365	.461	.826
2006	ATL	141	550	87	144	32	2	11	60	62	105	10	5	.262	.341	.387	.729
2007	SD	116	420	52	96	19	3	4	39	44	82	10	3	.229	.304	.317	.621
Career		792	2934	468	813	187	16	76	333	318	523	70	25	.277	.353	.429	.782

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team	POS	G	GS	INN	PO	TC	A	E	DP	FPCT
2001	ATL	2B	62	59	518	104	276	166	6	31	.978
2002	ATL	3B	8	6	62	6	21	13	2	2	.905
2002	ATL	2B	52	47	424	118	263	139	6	35	.977
2003	ATL	2B	139	136	1213	278	763	471	14	85	.982
2004	ATL	2B	97	94	789	186	487	289	12	69	.975
2005	ATL	3B	1	0	6	0	6	6	0	0	1.000
2005	ATL	2B	149	147	1276	266	747	469	12	97	.984
2006	ATL	2B	134	132	1149	259	638	368	11	81	.983
2007	SD	2B	112	106	947	203	542	332	7	75	.987
Total			775	748	6577	1475	3867	2319	73	496	.981

[edit] Awards

NL All-Star (2003)

[edit] Transactions

Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 53rd round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1996 - signed May 26, 1997).
Granted free agency (December 12, 2006).
Signed by the San Diego Padres (December 20, 2006).
Waived by the San Diego Padres (October 26, 2007).
Signed by the Colorado Rockies (January 9, 2008).