Marcus Giles
| Marcus Giles | |||
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Giles with the San Diego Padres
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| Second baseman | |||
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Born: May 18, 1978 San Diego, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 17, 2001, for the Atlanta Braves | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 28, 2007, for the San Diego Padres | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .277 | ||
| Home runs | 76 | ||
| Runs batted in | 333 | ||
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Marcus William Giles (born May 18, 1978) is a former Major League Baseball player. He played second base and batted right-handed. His older brother, Brian Giles, was an outfielder who also played in the Major Leagues.
Giles was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 53rd round of the 1996 Major League Baseball draft and made his major league debut in 2001. He hit a Grand Slam for his 1st career home run off Mike Hampton of the Colorado Rockies. Despite usually having success during his opportunities in majors, he spent the next two years shuttling between Atlanta and their Triple-A affiliate in Richmond. In 2002, his year was marred by a severe ankle sprain in May, and the death of his premature daughter, Lundyn Mae. Giles lost his second base starting job to the injury and, shortly after returning, was demoted to Richmond. He did not play in Atlanta again until August.
In 2003, Giles was given the starting job for good, and proceeded to put up such impressive numbers that he was selected to play in the 2003 All-Star Game. Unfortunately, he suffered a concussion the week prior to the game when Chicago Cubs pitcher Mark Prior collided with him on the basepaths. After missing about a week with the injury, Giles returned to the lineup in top form. He finished the 2003 season with 49 doubles, breaking the Braves record for doubles in a season. Giles had the best range factor among NL second baseman and was third among all NL position players in wins above replacement (as calculated by Baseball Reference).
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