Major Leagues:

2007:

Garrett firmly established himself as one of the premier hitters in major league baseball, batting .301 with 25 home runs and 111 RBI (eighth in NL).  Garrett fueled the Rockies ’ surge in the second half of the season by batting .349 with 12 home runs and 58 RBI after the all-star break.  He helped lead the Rockies to 14 wins in their last 15 regular season games which propelled them into the playoffs.  During that 15-game stretch, Garrett batted .414.

 

Garrett excelled under pressure, batting .307 with seven home runs and 80 RBI with runners in scoring position. After the all-star break, he batted .384 with runners in scoring position, including a .403 mark in August and September.

2006:

Garrett began the 2006 season with a bang, becoming the first NL Player of the Week after batting .462 with five doubles, a home run and seven RBI the first week of the year. He finished the 2006 season in the same fashion, becoming the last NL Player of the Week, after batting .522 (12-23) with two home runs, a double, six RBI, eight walks and five multi-hit games. He hit a home run in his last at bat of the season.

In between the Player of the week honors, Garrett enjoyed an incredible season. He was one of the game's best hitters with runners in scoring position, batting .341 with 62 hits (2nd in majors) and 93 RBI (T-2nd in majors). Garrett's enjoyed success both at home (.346,15 HR) and on the road (.313, 14 HR). After the all-star break, Garrett batted .354 (3rd in majors), with 102 hits (T-1st in majors), with 18 home runs, 62 RBI (5th in majors), a .437 on base percentage (2nd in majors), a .625 slugging percentage (4th in majors), and a 1.062 OPS (3rd in majors). Garrett finished the 2006 season with a .329 batting average, 29 home runs and 120 RBI.

Garrett received consideration for the NL MVP award, finishing with 10 points. He was ranked by CBS Sportsline.com as the second best third baseman in the majors, finishing one hundredth of a point behind Miguel Cabrera, 6.8 points ahead of Aramis Ramirez, 9.72 points ahead of David Wright, and 12.45 points ahead of Alex Rodriguez. (MLB Baseball Player Rankings - CBS SportsLine.com)

2005:

While Garrett started the 2005 season on the disabled list with a strained hamstring, he quickly established himself as one of the top rookies in major league baseball.  Garrett batted .287 with 13 home runs, 31 doubles and 89 RBI.  His 89 RBI were the fifth highest total by a NL --Rookie in the last 26 years.  Garrett excelled with runners in scoring position, batting .309 with 74 RBI (home: .306, 39 RBI/road: .313, 35 RBI). Garrett earned NL Rookie of the Month honors in June after batting .364 with three home runs, nine doubles and 26 RBI.  On June 29, he hit a grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning that gave the Rockies a 6-5 victory over the Houston Astros.  Garrett finished fourth in NL Rookie of the Year voting.  He was a unanimous selection at third base on the Topps All-Star Rookie Team.  

Aside from excelling with the bat in his rookie season, Garrett excelled with the glove.  Indeed, Garrett led NL third basemen in zone rating (range).  Garrett committed only one error over his final 40 games. 

Minor Leagues :  

Garrett's success came as no surprise because in 2004, he led all of minor league baseball in batting average (.366).  It was actually the third highest in all of professional baseball behind Barry Bonds and Ichiro Suzuki.  In addition to leading the Pacific Coast League in batting average, Garrett won the doubles crown (43) and on base title (.434).  Garrett tallied an eye-catching 1.012 OBS.  But perhaps the most impressive stat of his 2004 campaign was that he walked 12 more times than he struck out (56 to 44).  Following his record-setting season with the Skysox, Garrett batted .357 for the Colorado Rockies.  Batting in the third spot against Randy Johnson on September 15, Garrett was 2-3 and ended Johnson's perfect game with a single in the fifth inning.  Garrett hit his first major league home run on September 11 against the Padres.  Garrett played perfect defense at third base, first base and left field with the Rockies and his sensational play on September 10 at third base which took a hit away from Khalil Greene was a ESPN webgem. 
 

 
In 2003, Garrett batted .319 with 13 homes runs and 67 RBI for the Colorado Springs SkySox (AAA). He nearly broke camp with the big league camp after batting an eye-catching .525 with eight doubles and 12 RBI in spring training. 

In 2002, Garrett batted .271 with 12 home runs and 61 RBI for the Carolina Mudcats (AA.) This followed an incredible 2001 campaign which saw Garrett named as the 2001 Colorado Rockies Minor League Player of the Year.  Garrett batted .354 in the Arizona Fall League in 2002.  Garrett's .354 batting average was fourth in the league and his 41 hits were tied for second.    

Garrett, after being named by Baseball America as the top hitter for average in the Rockies' minor league system before the start of the 2001 season, finished second in the Carolina League in batting average in 2001, losing the batting title on the final day of the year. Garrett' .325 average was the best mark in Salem Avalanche history. Garrett also set a Salem Avalanche record in hits with 151. Additionally, Garrett set a Salem Avalanche record with 43 doubles, which was the best mark in the Carolina League (Garrett had eight more doubles than anyone else in the Carolina League). Not only did Garrett lead the Carolina League in doubles with 43, but he led the league in on base percentage with a .421 mark and in OBS (on base percentage plus slugging percentage) with a .892 mark.

Garrett was the starting first baseman for the Carolina League All-Star Game and homered in the contest. Garrett compiled a 20-game hitting streak which came to an end on July 21, 2001. He was named as the Colorado Rockies Minor League Player of the Month in April 2001, and as the Carolina League Player of the Month in August 2001. In October, the Colorado Rockies named Garrett as the 2001 Colorado Rockies Minor League Player of the Year. Following the 2001 season, Garrett was listed as the Rockies' No. 3 prospect behind two pitchers.  

Garrett wasted no time adjusting to pro ball. He was named as the 2000 Northwest League Co-MVP after batting .303 with seven homers. He was selected as the Colorado Rockies' Minor League Player of the Month in August 2000 when he batted .349, drawing a walk in 13 consecutive games from August 2-August 14.

Even before his stellar season in 2001, he was labeled by two publications (Denver Post and TeamOne Baseball) as the Rockies' No. 1 first base prospect. The Professional Baseball Scouts of Southern California honored Garrett as Southern California's First Year Minor League Player of the Year at a banquet held at Edison Field in January of 2001.  

College :

While playing at UCLA from 1998 to 2000, Garrett established himself as one of the best baseball players in school history.  Just a freshman in 1998, Garrett set a school record with a 33-game hitting streak.  He would go on to become the first UCLA baseball player to ever become a three-time All-American, finishing his career with a .369 batting average, 40 home runs, 56 doubles and 167 RBI.   

Not only did Garrett have a stellar playing career at UCLA, he also was a standout in the prestiguous Cape Cod League during the summers.  Indeed, he was the Cape Cod League Playoff MVP and All-Star West Squad MVP in 1999. The previous season, he finished lost out on the batting title on the last day of the season by percentage points but still finished with an eye-catching.383 batting average, the third highets batting average in the Cape Cod League in the 1990s.  Baseball analyst Peter Gammons who saw Garrett play in the Cape, projected Garrett as a first rounder and compared him to 2000 American League MVP Jason Giambi. 

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