second base | throws: right | bats: right | height: 5-8 | weight: 175 | born: 05.18.78 | career stats
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| Marcus Giles plays second base. |
2007 salary: $3.75 million. He can earn another $1 million in performance bonuses based on plate appearances.
Contract status: Giles is a free agent after the 2007 season. The Padres have a $4 million option for 2008, with a $500,000 buyout.
In the show: Atlanta (2001-06), Padres (present).
How he was acquired: The Padres signed Giles to a one-year, $3.75 million contract, with a one-year team option, on Dec. 20, 2006.
Player most similar to: Brian Roberts
Career year, 2003: 21 home runs, 69 RBIs, .316 batting average, .390 on-base percentage, .526
slugging percentage, 101 runs, 49 doubles.
2007 projections (Bill James Handbook): 15 home runs, 66 RBIs, .281 batting average, .361 on-base
percentage, .436 slugging percentage.
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