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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2001 ATL NL 23 2B 62 59 518.0 276 104 166 6 31 .978 2.7 6.3 3.7 3.3 0.3 -1 4.69 4.35 .983 4.86 4.19
2002 ATL NL 24 2B 52 47 424.2 263 118 139 6 35 .977 1.3 3.7 2.3 -0.4 2.7 -1 5.45 4.94 .982 4.96 4.28
2002 ATL NL 24 3B 8 6 62.1 21 6 13 2 2 .905 -0.7 -13.5 -0.7 -0.8 0.1 0 2.74 2.38 .957 2.71 2.29
2003 ATL NL 25 2B 139 137 1213.2 763 278 471 14 85 .982 21.9 21.7 22.9 9.7 13.2 -1 5.55 5.39 .983 5.12 4.39 AS,MVP-18
2004 ATL NL 26 2B 97 94 789.0 487 186 289 12 69 .975 6.3 9.6 6.3 2.7 3.6 0 5.42 4.90 .982 5.01 4.31
2005 ATL NL 27 2B 149 147 1276.0 746 266 468 12 96 .984 -2.1 -2.0 -1.1 -2.4 1.3 -1 5.18 4.93 .981 4.98 4.30 MVP-26
2005 ATL NL 27 3B 1 0 6.0 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.5 300.0 1.5 0.0 1.5 0 9.00 6.00 .950 2.70 2.40 MVP-26
2006 ATL NL 28 2B 134 132 1149.2 638 259 368 11 81 .983 -8.0 -8.4 -7.0 -8.0 1.0 -1 4.91 4.68 .982 5.05 4.37
2007 SDP NL 29 2B 112 106 947.2 542 203 332 7 75 .987 3.1 3.9 4.1 3.6 0.5 -1 5.08 4.78 .984 4.86 4.23
7 Seasons 2B 745 722 6318.2 3715 1414 2233 68 472 .982 25.2 4.8 31.2 8.5 22.6 -6 5.19 4.90 .982 4.99 4.31
2 Seasons 3B 9 6 68.1 27 6 19 2 2 .926 0.8 14.0 0.8 -0.8 1.6 0 3.29 2.78 .956 2.71 2.30
7 Seasons TOT 754 728 6387.0 3742 1420 2252 70 474 .981 26.0 4.9 32.0 7.7 24.2 -6 5.17 4.87 .963 4.97 4.29

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2001 ATL NL 23 68 59 68 62 0 0 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
2002 ATL NL 24 68 53 68 60 0 0 0 52 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2
2003 ATL NL 25 145 137 145 140 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2004 ATL NL 26 102 94 102 97 0 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
2005 ATL NL 27 152 147 152 150 0 0 0 149 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2006 ATL NL 28 141 132 141 134 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2007 SDP NL 29 116 106 116 112 0 0 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
7 Seasons 792 728 792 755 0 0 0 746 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 5
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2001 ATL NL 23 2245 57% 75% 30% 193 96% 0 104 43 40 21 166 144 18 0 4 6 0 2 4 3 31 13 3 8 0 27 8 18 3 2 1
2002 ATL NL 24 1847 63% 75% 31% 155 96% 2 101 32 50 19 139 109 24 1 3 6 0 5 1 5 35 12 4 10 3 32 13 17 1 1 0
2003 ATL NL 25 5348 61% 76% 35% 553 93% 1 279 103 127 50 470 419 44 0 5 14 4 8 2 8 85 31 21 19 5 79 25 53 5 1 2
2004 ATL NL 26 3474 56% 75% 33% 315 92% 2 186 50 99 37 289 246 36 2 6 12 2 5 5 5 69 26 13 20 3 66 23 42 2 0 0
2005 ATL NL 27 5628 52% 77% 34% 549 91% 2 266 95 112 59 469 397 63 1 6 12 1 6 5 10 97 35 15 32 1 91 34 53 4 2 2
2006 ATL NL 28 5230 54% 74% 31% 455 91% 2 258 95 114 49 368 321 40 0 7 11 0 4 7 6 81 24 21 23 6 79 32 46 2 2 0
2007 SDP NL 29 4111 52% 76% 33% 394 92% 4 203 79 76 48 332 282 43 1 4 7 0 5 2 5 75 24 13 20 4 68 24 41 6 4 1
7 Seasons 27883 56% 75% 33% 2614 92% 13 1397 497 618 283 2233 1918 268 5 35 68 7 35 26 42 473 165 90 132 22 442 159 270 23 12 6
MLB Averages 56% 75% 30% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2002 ATL NL 24 278 72% 71% 25% 19 89% 0 6 4 2 0 13 9 4 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
2005 ATL NL 27 28 39% 82% 46% 6 100% 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 306 69% 72% 27% 25 92% 0 6 4 2 0 19 13 6 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 30% 89% 63%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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