Marcus Giles
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 18, 1978 in San Diego, CA
High School: Granite Hills (El Cajon, CA)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 53rd round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed May 26, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 2001
Final Game: September 28, 2007
Relatives: Brother of Brian Giles
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2001 23 ATL NL 68 273 244 36 64 10 2 9 31 2 5 28 37 .262 .338 .430 .769 95 105 8 0 1 0 0 4
2002 24 ATL NL 68 242 213 27 49 10 1 8 23 1 1 25 41 .230 .315 .399 .714 86 85 5 2 1 1 3 4/5
2003 25 ATL NL 145 635 551 101 174 49 2 21 69 14 4 59 80 .316 .390 .526 .917 136 290 7 11 10 4 2 *4 AS,MVP-18
2004 26 ATL NL 102 434 379 61 118 22 2 8 48 17 4 36 70 .311 .378 .443 .821 111 168 6 9 3 7 0 4
2005 27 ATL NL 152 654 577 104 168 45 4 15 63 16 3 64 108 .291 .365 .461 .826 114 266 14 5 4 4 1 *4/5 MVP-26
2006 28 ATL NL 141 626 550 87 144 32 2 11 60 10 5 62 105 .262 .341 .387 .729 87 213 12 6 5 3 0 *4
2007 29 SDP NL 116 476 420 52 96 19 3 4 39 10 3 44 82 .229 .304 .317 .621 69 133 10 3 6 3 0 *4
7 Seasons 792 3340 2934 468 813 187 16 76 333 70 25 318 523 .277 .353 .429 .782 103 1260 62 36 30 22 6
162 Game Avg. 162 683 600 96 166 38 3 16 68 14 5 65 107 .277 .353 .429 .782 103 258 13 7 6 5 1
ATL (6 yrs) 676 2864 2514 416 717 168 13 72 294 60 22 274 441 .285 .361 .448 .809 108 1127 52 33 24 19 6
SDP (1 yr) 116 476 420 52 96 19 3 4 39 10 3 44 82 .229 .304 .317 .621 69 133 10 3 6 3 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2001 23 ATL NL 273 194 33 4.5 114 .278 .262 .272 .338 .344 .430 .446 .769 .789 95 .454 -2.6 -0.2 .674 .270 .168 3.3
2002 24 ATL NL 242 172 27 4.2 109 .248 .230 .268 .315 .342 .399 .427 .714 .769 86 .439 -5.0 -0.5 .659 .286 .169 1.8
2003 25 ATL NL 635 402 118 7.9 110 .337 .316 .270 .390 .342 .526 .433 .917 .775 136 .701 31.3 3.0 .954 .336 .211 16.8
2004 26 ATL NL 434 281 68 6.5 112 .357 .311 .271 .378 .343 .443 .439 .821 .782 111 .614 8.3 0.8 .834 .261 .132 10.9
2005 27 ATL NL 654 434 100 6.1 109 .334 .291 .270 .365 .340 .461 .430 .826 .770 114 .609 13.7 1.3 .817 .303 .170 15.5
2006 28 ATL NL 626 431 75 4.7 113 .304 .262 .272 .341 .343 .387 .442 .729 .785 87 .459 -9.7 -0.9 .676 .247 .125 10.5
2007 29 SDP NL 476 346 42 3.3 102 .273 .229 .260 .304 .328 .317 .416 .621 .744 69 .308 -17.2 -1.6 .555 .210 .088 5.7
7 Seasons 3340 2260 463 5.5 110 .313 .277 .269 .353 .340 .429 .433 .782 .773 103 .545 18.8 1.8 .751 .276 .152 72.9
162 Game Avg. 683 462 95 5.5 110 .313 .277 .269 .353 .340 .429 .433 .782 .773 103 .545 4 0 .751 .276 .152 15
ATL (6 yrs) 2864 1914 421 5.9 111 .319 .285 .270 .361 .342 .448 .436 .809 .778 108 .578 36.0 3.4 .787 .287 .163 65.5
SDP (1 yr) 476 346 42 3.3 102 .273 .229 .260 .304 .328 .317 .416 .621 .744 69 .308 -17.2 -1.6 .555 .210 .088 5.7

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2001 23 ATL NL NLDS HOU W 3 12 12 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .333 .583 4 0 0 0 0 0
2001 23 ATL NL NLCS ARI L 5 23 20 4 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 .200 .304 .400 .704 8 1 0 0 0 0
2002 24 ATL NL NLDS SFG L 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2003 25 ATL NL NLDS CHC L 5 17 14 3 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 2 .357 .412 .571 .983 8 0 0 0 1 0
2004 26 ATL NL NLDS HOU L 5 24 24 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 .125 .125 .125 .250 3 0 0 0 0 0
2005 27 ATL NL NLDS HOU L 4 23 20 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .200 .304 .250 .554 5 0 1 0 0 0
5 Seasons (6 Series) 25 101 92 15 20 3 0 2 6 1 0 7 20 .217 .277 .315 .592 29 1 1 0 1 0
5 NLDS 20 78 72 11 16 2 0 1 5 1 0 4 16 .222 .269 .292 .561 21 0 1 0 1 0
1 NLCS 5 23 20 4 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 .200 .304 .400 .704 8 1 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 ATL NL 25 DNP

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2001 23 ATL NL 273 3.3% 13.6% 10.3% 7.7% 33% 1.32 6.6 27.1 7.9 1.15 1.56 73% 20% 10.6% 7%
2002 24 ATL NL 242 3.3% 16.9% 10.3% 7.9% 39% 1.64 5.2 26.6 9.3 0.80 1.03 68% 20% 10.3% 14%
2003 25 ATL NL 635 3.3% 12.6% 9.3% 11.3% 41% 1.36 6.9 26.2 8.0 0.74 1.07 72% 18% 8.2% 7%
2004 26 ATL NL 434 1.8% 16.1% 8.3% 7.4% 27% 1.94 5.4 47.4 7.9 0.82 1.11 71% 19% 4.8% 4%
2005 27 ATL NL 654 2.3% 16.5% 9.8% 9.8% 38% 1.69 5.3 38.5 9.2 0.71 1.02 70% 16% 5.8% 5%
2006 28 ATL NL 626 1.8% 16.8% 9.9% 7.2% 31% 1.69 5.2 50.0 9.2 0.77 1.02 70% 19% 4.6% 5%
2007 29 SDP NL 476 0.8% 17.2% 9.2% 5.5% 27% 1.86 5.1 105.0 10.8 0.76 1.15 71% 22% 2.2% 7%
7 Seasons 3340 2.3% 15.7% 9.5% 8.4% 34% 1.64 5.6 38.6 8.8 0.78 1.10 71% 19% 6.0% 6%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2001 23 ATL NL 1 0 33% 114 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 4 47% 13 8 4 2 0 2 4 1 3
2002 24 ATL NL 3 0 28% 95 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 60% 10 6 4 0 0 0 10 2 8
2003 25 ATL NL 6 0 36% 264 14 4 78% 13 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 27 54% 37 22 15 8 3 5 29 9 20
2004 26 ATL NL 4 0 34% 179 17 4 81% 16 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 13 32% 33 23 8 7 6 1 10 3 7
2005 27 ATL NL 2 0 40% 256 16 3 84% 10 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 4 20 50% 28 15 12 14 9 5 20 6 14
2006 28 ATL NL 6 0 38% 275 10 5 67% 9 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 23 43% 38 27 10 14 7 7 20 4 14
2007 29 SDP NL 6 0 35% 194 10 3 77% 9 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 15 60% 25 11 14 7 3 4 15 5 10
7 Seasons 28 0 36% 1377 70 25 74% 60 22 10 2 0 1 6 3 27 105 49% 184 112 67 52 28 24 108 30 76
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2001 23 ATL NL 273 21% 64 8 0 6 1 0 0 0.58 9 1 7 7 2 5 4 0 1 1 100% 34 8 24% 11 6 55% 130 23 18% 5 5 100% 13 8 62% 0
2002 24 ATL NL 242 17% 49 5 0 7 3 1 1 0.80 8 0 7 7 1 4 4 0 1 1 100% 36 5 14% 30 6 20% 146 19 13% 16 4 25% 18 5 28% 0
2003 25 ATL NL 635 23% 174 13 0 5 2 0 2 1.80 21 1 10 13 8 9 12 0 11 10 91% 120 7 6% 57 24 42% 353 50 14% 24 12 50% 42 20 48% 0
2004 26 ATL NL 434 26% 118 11 2 5 1 1 2 2.17 8 0 7 3 5 6 2 0 6 3 50% 71 6 8% 41 19 46% 246 43 17% 22 14 64% 39 15 38% 0
2005 27 ATL NL 654 24% 168 13 1 3 1 0 0 0.77 15 0 12 11 4 11 4 0 9 4 44% 104 14 13% 67 20 30% 375 51 14% 28 10 36% 62 31 50% 0
2006 28 ATL NL 626 26% 144 10 3 8 3 1 1 1.36 11 0 7 8 3 7 4 0 8 5 63% 81 12 15% 38 13 34% 285 51 18% 20 9 45% 35 20 57% 0
2007 29 SDP NL 476 32% 96 5 0 3 1 0 1 1.02 4 0 8 3 1 2 2 0 7 6 86% 63 10 16% 44 15 34% 233 36 15% 18 9 50% 26 11 42% 0
7 Seasons 3340 25% 813 65 6 37 12 3 7 1.22 76 2 58 52 24 44 32 0 43 30 70% 509 62 12% 288 103 36% 1768 273 15% 133 63 47% 235 110 47% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2001 23 ATL NL 273 1056 3.87 662 63% 25% 12% 32% 31% 75% 0% 47% 84% 34% 4% 12 1 15% 41 17 11% 29 15 32% 0 0 0
2002 24 ATL NL 242 893 3.69 553 62% 20% 15% 33% 31% 80% 2% 50% 81% 43% 6% 15 1 14% 34 17 7% 18 5 24% 0 0 0
2003 25 ATL NL 635 2213 3.49 1359 61% 22% 14% 28% 36% 78% 1% 48% 81% 36% 5% 29 1 16% 103 55 8% 51 28 19% 0 0 0
2004 26 ATL NL 434 1553 3.58 987 64% 18% 16% 34% 32% 82% 0% 52% 81% 39% 4% 17 0 13% 55 31 7% 29 19 19% 0 0 0
2005 27 ATL NL 654 2427 3.71 1494 62% 19% 15% 34% 32% 81% 0% 50% 81% 41% 2% 14 1 12% 79 49 7% 48 33 32% 0 0 0
2006 28 ATL NL 626 2425 3.87 1484 61% 22% 16% 31% 31% 78% 0% 47% 79% 38% 4% 24 0 14% 88 43 8% 53 31 30% 0 0 0
2007 29 SDP NL 476 1676 3.52 1039 62% 21% 17% 28% 33% 79% 0% 49% 78% 41% 5% 24 0 13% 63 23 10% 46 24 27% 0 0 0
7 Seasons 3340 12243 3.67 7578 62% 21% 15% 31% 33% 79% 0% 49% 81% 39% 4% 135 4 14% 463 235 8% 274 155 27% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2001 23 68 273 244 36 64 10 2 9 31 2 5 28 37 .262 .338 .430 .769 95 105 8 0 1 0 0
2002 24 136 515 457 63 113 20 3 17 54 3 6 53 78 .247 .327 .416 .743 91 190 13 2 2 1 3
2003 25 281 1150 1008 164 287 69 5 38 123 17 10 112 158 .285 .362 .476 .838 115 480 20 13 12 5 5
2004 26 383 1584 1387 225 405 91 7 46 171 34 14 148 228 .292 .366 .467 .834 114 648 26 22 15 12 5
2005 27 535 2238 1964 329 573 136 11 61 234 50 17 212 336 .292 .366 .465 .831 114 914 40 27 19 16 6
2006 28 676 2864 2514 416 717 168 13 72 294 60 22 274 441 .285 .361 .448 .809 108 1127 52 33 24 19 6
2007 29 792 3340 2934 468 813 187 16 76 333 70 25 318 523 .277 .353 .429 .782 103 1260 62 36 30 22 6

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2001 23 68 263 238 33 58 9 2 8 28 2 25 37 .244 .316 .399 .715 30 68
2002 24 68 241 213 26 49 10 1 8 22 1 25 41 .230 .315 .399 .714 26 68
2003 25 145 626 552 96 175 49 2 21 65 14 59 80 .317 .391 .527 .919 112 145
2004 26 102 434 381 57 120 22 2 8 45 17 37 70 .315 .382 .446 .829 64 102
2005 27 152 653 579 102 170 46 4 15 62 16 65 108 .294 .368 .465 .832 98 152
2006 28 141 617 547 80 141 31 2 11 55 10 61 105 .258 .337 .382 .719 69 141
2007 29 116 477 425 54 101 20 3 4 41 11 46 82 .238 .314 .327 .642 44 116
7 Seasons 792 3311 2935 448 814 187 16 75 318 71 318 523 .277 .353 .429 .781 443 792
162 Game Avg. 162 677 600 92 167 38 3 15 65 15 65 107 .277 .353 .429 .781 91 792

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2003

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2003 NL (18, 2%)
2005 NL (26, 1%)
0.03 Career Shares (1233rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
2003 NL  .316 (8th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2005 NL  104 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
2003 NL  49 (2nd)
2005 NL  45 (2nd)

Runs Created s c a p y
2003 NL  118 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2003 NL  11 (9th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 11 (1315), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 21 (752), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1679), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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