Garrett Bernard Atkins...he is single and moved to Denver following the 2006 season... was one of 30 players who were invited to try out for the 2003 United States Olympic Qualifying team...played baseball at University High School in Irvine, Calif., where he graduated in 1997...hobbies include golf...signed by Bo Hughes.

Finished with a .286 (175-for-611) average, 32 doubles, 21 home runs and 99 RBI in 155 games...led all Rockies players in several offensive categories including games, at-bats, plate appearances (664) and RBI...it marked the third time in the last four years Atkins has led the club in RBI (also 2005- 06)...finished 6th in the NL in multi-hit games (52), T-10th in AB's, 13th in hits and T-15th in RBI...fell just 1 RBI shy of his logging his third straight 20-HR, 100-RBI season (2006-07)...batted .357 (50-140) vs. lefty pitchers, the 6th-highest mark in the NL; led the league in that category during parts of the '08 season... batted .342 (102-298) at Coors Field, the 4th-best mark at home in the NL; had a 19-game home hitstreak from 7/6-8/24...finished the season with 725 career hits, which ranks 8th all-time on the Rockies hits list...posted the lowest on-base pct. of his career (.328) and his lowest slugging pct. (.452) since 2005...led the club with 119 singles and his 276 total bases were his fewest since '05...drew career-low 40 walks and recorded career-high 100 strikeouts...a career .294 hitter with runners in scoring position, he hit .225 (42- for-187) in that situation in 2008; had the 2nd-most AB's w/RISP in the NL behind New York's David Wright (189 AB)...normally a slow starter, he had the highest first half hit (112) and home run totals (14) of his career...ranked T-6th in the NL with 116 hits at the All-Star break while posting a .304 average through the first half...played 94 games (92 starts) at third base before playing his final 60 games as 1B; did not play 3B after 7/18 vs. PIT...his .964 fielding pct. at 3B was the best single season mark of his career...he logged a .990 fielding pct. at 1B, a position he played only 16 times in the Majors (4 starts) prior to this season... Atkins' 61 games at 1B were the most for any Rockies player other than Todd Helton since Andres Galarraga (154 games) in 1997...was on the Opening Day roster for the 3rd straight season and made his 3rd Opening Day start; went 0-for-3 and is now 0-for-12 all-time on Opening Day...walked for the 200th time in his career 4/19 at HOU...homered in 3 straight games and 4 of 5 contests from 4/18-22; 3-game streak with HR tied Atkins' longest career game-home run streak (3 games), also accomplished from June 14-16, 2007...had at least one hit in 41 of his first 47 games to start season as his average peaked at .344 on 5/19...established April career highs in hits (38), homers (6) and RBI (21); his 38 hits in April are T-4th-most by a Rockie during the first month of the season...played 8.1 inn. at 2B 4/29 at SF (first prof. game at 2B)...had 3 putouts, 5 assists and was involved in 2 double plays with no errors...did not start 5/15 (last Rox player on Opening Day roster to do so), but did pinch hit...was late scratch from lineup due to stiff neck 5/25 vs. NYM; marked first time in '08 that he did not appear in a game, as he played in first 48 games...returned to the lineup 5/26 after missing 3 games with a stiff neck and back spasms...following the injury, had an 0- for-18 stretch...finished May with a .305 (29-95) avg. with 2 HR's and 9 RBI; still led Rox in RBI (30) through the end of May...hitless on road trip to Chicago vs. White Sox (0-for-11)...hit back-to-back homers with Brad Hawpe 6/21; was his team-leading 10th home run in the Rockies' 75th game as he became the first Rockie to reach double figures in homers; Rox had no players with 10 homers through the club's first 74 games and according to the Elias Sports Bureau, it marked the latest into a season that the Rockies had no player reach the 10-home run plateau...had only 1 extra-base hit (double) in 10 Interleague games in '08 (37 AB)...finished a triple shy of cycle and had 3-run HR on 7/2 (his first 4-RBI game since 8/29/07 at SF)...set career high with 5 hits 7/4 vs. FLA, the first 5-hit game by a Rockie since Kaz Matsui (5-for-5; 7/3/07 vs. NYM)...had 4th career 2-HR game 7/9; 1st HR gave Rox lead...finished with 26 RBI in July, T- 2nd in NL (had 21 RBI in all of May/June combined)...recorded 400th career RBI with RBI-single in the 5th inn. 7/30 at PIT becoming just the 7th Rockie to reach 400-RBI plateau...hit safely in all 7 games of 7/17- 23 homestand (8-for-29)...went 4-for-8 during 8/7 doubleheader vs. WAS to break out of 5-for-35 (.143) slump...did not play 8/12 due to flu-like symptoms (missed 2 games)...had started the previous 22 games at 1B...3rd-inning single 8/25 vs. SF was his 700th hit...provided winning margin of victory for Rox 8/29 at SD by hitting two home runs with 5 RBI in the Rox 9-4 victory; ended 10-for-51 slump (.196 avg) over his previous 12 games with no home runs and 5 RBI (first long ball in 60 at bats)...hit game-tying solo HR in 9th inn. off Mike Gonzalez to force extra-innings 9/9 at ATL (marked Gonzalez' first blown save since 6/25/04, a streak of 39 consecutive save conversions - was longest active streak in MLB)...recorded 92nd RBI with a sacrifice fly 9/20 vs. ARI; was the 10th and final sac fly by Atkins in 2008, as he finished T-3rd in the NL in that category...his 10 sac flies were 2 shy of the Rockies single season high in franchise history and also marked his 2nd straight season with 10 SF's...hit 3-R HR 9/21 vs. ARI to give him 3 straight 20-plus HR seasons (since '06)...hit .256 (21-82) with 3 HR's in the final month of the season; marked his lowest hit total for any month in '08...batted just .253 (47-186) during the final 2 months of the season (since 8/1)...went 0- for-2 w/RISP in his final 2 games of the year as he fell one RBI shy of reach the century mark...went 4-forlast- 27 (.148) w/RISP from 8/30-end of the season.