Garrett Atkins

Full Name: Garrett Bernard Atkins	Current Team: Baltimore Orioles
Height/Weight: 6'3"/215	Uniform Number:
Birthdate: December 12, 1979	Entry Draft: 5th round (137th) in 2000
Birthplace: Orange, California	Drafted By: Colorado Rockies
Primary Position: 3B	College: University of California, Los Angeles

Biography[]

Garrett Bernard Atkins was born 12/12/1979 in Orange, California, and grew up in nearby Irvine. He attended University High School, where he played baseball for the Trojans and graduated in 1997. He was drafted by the New York Mets out of high school, but elected to attend college instead. After being recruited by Oklahoma State, USC, Pepperdine, Cal State Fullerton, and UCLA, Atkins chose UCLA and became the first three-time All-American in Bruins history. He majored in sociology and played both first base and third. He was again drafted in 2000, this time by the Colorado Rockies, and moved into the process of reaching the majors, making his debut in August 2003.

Atkins' parents are Ron and Diana, and he has a younger sister, Kristan. He is single and resides in Denver, Colorado during the offseason.

Most people believe that Garrett Atkins's best season was 2006, when he slugged 29 home runs, hit for a .329 average and knocked in 120 runs.

Scouting Report[]

Statistics[]

Batting Stats[]

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SB	IBB	GDP
2003	COL	N	25	69	6	11	0	4	.159	.205	.188	2	0	3	14	1	0	0	1
2004	COL	N	15	28	3	10	1	8	.357	.424	.536	2	0	4	3	0	0	0	0
2005	COL	N	138	519	62	149	13	89	.287	.347	.426	31	1	45	72	5	0	1	18
2006	COL	N	157	602	117	198	29	120	.329	.409	.556	48	1	79	76	7	4	6	24
2007	COL	N	157	605	83	182	25	111	.301	.367	.486	35	1	67	96	2	3	3	16
2008	COL	N	155	611	86	175	21	99	.286	.328	.452	32	3	40	100	3	1	0	20
2009	COL	N	126	354	37	80	9	48	.226	.308	.342	12	1	41	58	2	0	2	8
Total			773	2788	394	805	98	479	.289	.354	.457	162	7	279	419	20	8	12	87

Fielding Stats[]

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
2003	COL	N	3B	19	16	134	9	25	6	0	.850
2004	COL	N	3B	4	3	27	2	4	0	1	1.000
2004	COL	N	OF	3	2	14	5	0	0	0	1.000
2004	COL	N	LF	3	2	14	5	0	0	0	1.000
2004	COL	N	1B	3	2	17	22	1	0	6	1.000
2005	COL	N	3B	136	136	1161.2	78	262	18	23	.950
2006	COL	N	1B	3	0	5	5	0	0	1	1.000
2006	COL	N	3B	157	157	1381.1	98	286	19	36	.953
2007	COL	N	3B	154	153	1319	84	252	13	34	.963
2007	COL	N	1B	10	2	32.1	31	3	1	3	.971
2008	COL	N	3B	94	92	797	47	197	9	21	.964
2008	COL	N	1B	61	60	527.2	551	23	6	55	.990
2008	COL	N	2B	1	0	8.1	3	5	0	2	1.000
2009	COL	N	3B	78	75	577	37	137	8	13	.956
2009	COL	N	1B	28	11	126.1	124	5	1	8	.992
2009	COL	N	DH	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			3B	642	632	5397	355	1163	73	128	.954
Total			1B	16	4	54.1	58	4	1	10	.984
Total			LF	3	2	14	5	0	0	0	1.000
Total			DH	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			LF	3	2	14	5	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	1	0	8.1	3	5	0	2	1.000

Transactions[]

Selected by New York Mets in the 10th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 3, 1997).
Selected by Colorado Rockies in the 5th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 2000 - signed June 22, 2000).
Granted Free Agency (December 12, 2009).
Signed by Baltimore Orioles (December 22, 2009).

Trivia[]

Atkins shares the longest hitting streak by any Major League rookie and any Rockie in 2005 (16 games).
When they were both with the Rockies, Atkins lived with teammate Matt Holliday and family during spring training, even serving as babysitter to Holliday's two young sons.
Atkins was also college roommates with Chase Utley of the Philadelphia Phillies and they still remain close friends.
One of Atkins' main interests is golf.