Garrett Atkins
| Garrett Atkins | |||
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Atkins with the Colorado Rockies
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| Third baseman | |||
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Born: December 12, 1979 Orange, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 3, 2003, for the Colorado Rockies | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| June 25, 2010, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .285 | ||
| Home runs | 99 | ||
| Runs batted in | 488 | ||
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Garrett Bernard Atkins (born December 12, 1979) is a former American Major League Baseball third baseman. In 2005, his 89 runs batted in led not only the Rockies, but all major league rookies as well. In 2006, Atkins ranked in the top ten of nearly all batting categories in the National League, posting a .329 batting average with 120 runs batted in and 117 runs scored.
Atkins attended University High School in Irvine, California. As a senior, he was named the Irvine World News All-City MVP, after posting a .557 batting average, along with a school single-season record 13 home runs.
After being drafted by the New York Mets in 1997 out of high school, Atkins elected to attend college. He was recruited by Pepperdine, USC, Oklahoma State, Cal State Fullerton and UCLA, choosing the Bruins. At UCLA, Atkins majored in sociology and became the first three-time All-American. He began as a first baseman before converting to third base, where he made 51 starts in 1998. However, in 1999, his sophomore campaign, Atkins played first base again and led the team in hits. He was a teammate and roommate of Philadelphia Phillies' second baseman Chase Utley, and along with him, was one of only two Bruins to start every game. Atkins was drafted in 2000 by the Colorado Rockies in the fifth round (137th overall). This time, he signed.
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