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Portrait of Marcus Giles

Marcus Giles 2BBraves

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
11 3340 .277 .353 .429 104 17.5
Birth Date5-18-1978
Height5' 8"
Weight175 lbs
Age45 years, 11 months, 5 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
2001 ATL 23 68 273 64 10 2 9 28 37 0 2 5 .262 .338 .430 102 2.0 -2.4 3.7 1.1
2002 ATL 24 68 242 49 10 1 8 25 41 2 1 1 .230 .315 .399 98 0.4 0.2 4.7 1.2
2003 ATL 25 145 635 174 49 2 21 59 80 11 14 4 .316 .390 .526 128 24.8 0.9 20.5 6.2
2004 ATL 26 102 434 118 22 2 8 36 70 9 17 4 .311 .378 .443 106 4.1 -0.8 7.6 2.3
2005 ATL 27 152 654 168 45 4 15 64 108 5 16 3 .291 .365 .461 111 9.0 7.2 6.2 4.1
2006 ATL 28 141 626 144 32 2 11 62 105 6 10 5 .262 .341 .387 93 -3.0 3.4 -2.3 1.6
2007 SDN 29 116 476 96 19 3 4 44 82 3 10 3 .229 .304 .317 77 -11.9 5.7 4.1 1.1
Career79233408131871676318523367025.277.353.42910425.514.244.617.5

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1997 DNV Rk APL 0 242 .000 .000 .000 .421 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 MCN A SAL 0 600 .000 .000 .000 .353 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 MYR A+ CRL 0 555 .000 .000 .000 .377 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 GRN AA SOU 0 532 .000 .000 .000 .314 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 ATL MLB NL 68 273 .261 .328 .425 .278 99 -1.4 8.1 -0.4 102 10 3.7 -2.4 2.0 1.1
2001 RIC AAA INT 67 279 .000 .000 .000 .394 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 ATL MLB NL 68 242 .259 .329 .416 .248 98 -2.6 7.0 -0.2 98 9 4.7 0.2 0.4 1.2
2002 RIC AAA INT 31 130 .000 .000 .000 .351 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 ATL MLB NL 145 635 .266 .332 .425 .337 99 37.2 16.7 -0.9 128 9 20.5 0.9 24.8 6.2
2004 ATL MLB NL 102 434 .261 .330 .424 .357 93 15.8 12.9 -0.6 106 9 7.6 -0.8 4.1 2.3
2004 ROM A SAL 1 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 MYR A+ CRL 4 15 .000 .000 .000 .111 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 ATL MLB NL 152 654 .263 .328 .419 .334 99 13 18.8 -0.8 111 11 6.2 7.2 9.0 4.1
2006 ATL MLB NL 141 626 .269 .336 .440 .304 94 -2.2 18.9 -0.9 93 9 -2.3 3.4 -3.0 1.6
2007 SDN MLB NL 116 476 .270 .334 .427 .273 88 -16 14.1 -0.6 77 10 4.1 5.7 -11.9 1.1

Statistics For All Levels

Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1997 DNV Rk APL 242 207 53 72 13 3 8 115 45 32 47 5 2 .348 .442 .556 .208 0 0
1998 MCN A SAL 600 505 111 166 38 3 37 321 108 85 103 12 5 .329 .435 .636 .307 0 0
1999 MYR A+ CRL 555 497 80 162 40 7 13 255 73 54 89 9 6 .326 .396 .513 .187 0 0
2000 GRN AA SOU 532 458 73 133 28 2 17 216 62 72 71 25 5 .290 .389 .472 .181 0 0
2001 RIC AAA INT 279 252 48 84 19 1 6 123 44 22 48 13 5 .333 .391 .488 .155 0 0
2001 ATL MLB NL 273 244 36 64 10 2 9 105 31 28 37 2 5 .262 .338 .430 .168 0 1
2002 RIC AAA INT 130 115 25 37 6 0 3 52 16 13 15 3 0 .322 .391 .452 .130 0 0
2002 ATL MLB NL 242 213 27 49 10 1 8 85 23 25 41 1 1 .230 .315 .399 .169 1 1
2003 ATL MLB NL 635 551 101 174 49 2 21 290 69 59 80 14 4 .316 .390 .526 .211 4 10
2004 MYR A+ CRL 15 13 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 .077 .143 .154 .077 0 0
2004 ROM A SAL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .000 0 0
2004 ATL MLB NL 434 379 61 118 22 2 8 168 48 36 70 17 4 .311 .378 .443 .132 7 3
2005 ATL MLB NL 654 577 104 168 45 4 15 266 63 64 108 16 3 .291 .365 .461 .170 4 4
2006 ATL MLB NL 626 550 87 144 32 2 11 213 60 62 105 10 5 .262 .341 .387 .125 3 5
2007 SDN MLB NL 476 420 52 96 19 3 4 133 39 44 82 10 3 .229 .304 .317 .088 3 6

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2007-08-25 2007-09-09 15-DL 15 14 Left Knee Sprain MCL -
2004-05-16 2004-07-15 60-DL 60 52 Right Shoulder Fracture Clavicle -
2004-05-16 2004-05-16 On-Alr 0 0 - Head Concussion Player Collision While Fielding -
2002-05-29 2002-07-16 15-DL 48 41 Right Ankle Sprain -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2007 SDN $3,250,000
2006 ATL $3,850,000
2005 ATL $2,350,000
2004 ATL $430,000
2003 ATL $316,500
2002 ATL $210,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$10,406,500
6 yrTotal$10,406,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
6 y 92 dJoe Bick

Details
  • released 3/30/09 signed as a free agent from COL 1/7/09 (minor-league contract)
  • released 3/26/08 signed as a free agent from SD 1/8/08 (minor-league contract)
  • released 10/26/07 signed as a free agent from ATL 12/06, 1 year/$3.25M (07)+$4M 08 club option
  • $1M bonuses 07
  • non-tendered 12/06
  • avoided arbitration 1/06, 1 year/$3.85M (06)
  • re-signed 1/05 (avoided arbitration), 1 year/$2.35M (05)+$50K bonuses ($25K each 550, 600 plate appearances)
  • 1 year/$0.43M (04)
  • 1 year/$0.3165M (03)
  • recalled 8/02 optioned to Triple-A 7/02 recalled 7/01

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2013-08-12 14:00:00 (link to chat)Mark Prior was always said to have perfect mechanics. Would you agree?
(Joe from Oregon)		I don't think that "perfect mechanics" have ever existed, but Prior's were elite. He would receive a straight "A" on his mechanics report card.

It is crazy that his mechanics take so much blame for his injuries, when virtually every other variable in the injury equation is lighting up the screen. He endured some of the heaviest workloads in the game while at a very young age (within the confines of the injury nexus), and he did so during seasons in which he incurred injury. His 2 biggest injuries had nothing to do with throwing a baseball - it was a 105-mph line drive off the bat of Brad Hawpe that caused a compression fracture in his elbow (he missed 3 wks, came back, and was top 3 in PAP that year); and it was a collision with Marcus Giles on the base paths that tore up his shoulder, with an injury to the teres minor as well as a tear in the AC joint that went undiscovered for a couple years - and yet he still came back weeks later and was among the top PAP pitchers once again.

Given all that, to blame his mechanics seems egregious. (Doug Thorburn)
2012-10-23 13:00:00 (link to chat)People reference Mark Prior's pitch counts, however he was hit in the elbow by a line drive, flipped up in the air on the base path by Marcus Giles and landed on his shoulder, and one injury dealt with his Achilles. I think it was mostly bad luck.
(kbs from key largo)		Yeah, too many factors at play to throw blame on one specific villan. (Jason Parks)
2008-03-05 13:00:00 (link to chat)Thin air going to revive Marcus Giles at all, or is he done? Iannetta starting in COL by end of season?
(jlebeck66 from WI)		Petco wasn't Giles only problem last year, so I'm not sure that playing in Colorado is going to fix much of anything for him outside of some home games. I think Iannetta starting has a lot to do with how the Rockies record looks later in the year. If they aren't in the race again (or look like they did pre-winning streak) then maybe we see them give him some more playing time. (Marc Normandin)


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