2007:

Players With 3 Or More And Less Than 4 Years Of  Service Time. Who Had .300+, 25+ HR and 110+ RBI Seasons In Two Preceding Years (1978-2007):

MLB Third Basemen with 300+ RBI Over Past Three Seasons (2005-2007):

2006:

MLB Leaders In Runs Produced (2006):

Major League Hitters Who Batted .320+ With 20+ HR, 100+ RBI and 100+ Runs Scored (2006):

Awards:

• Voted as Colorado Rockies' MVP by the Colorado Chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

• Named as Southern California's co-major league player of the year (with Chase Utley) by the Southern California Scout Association.

• Two-time NL Player of the Week winner (4/3-4/8 and 9/26-10/1).
• Received votes for NL MVP.
  
  Stats:
  
• Led MLB in runs produced with 208.
• Led MLB in batting average from three-hole (.353).
• Finished fourth in the NL and 8th in MLB in batting average (.329).
• Finished fifth in NL in home batting average (.346) and ninth in NL in road batting average (.313).
• Finished fifth in the NL and tied for ninth in MLB in RBI (120).
• Excelled with runners in scoring position, batting .341 with 62 hits (second in MLB and 93 RBI (second in MLB).
• Only NL player in top 10 in batting average, hits, RBI, runs scored,on base percentage, and slugging percentage.
• One of four MLB players who batted .320+ with 20+ home runs, 100+ RBI, and 100+ runs scored.
• One of five MLB players who hit 25+ home runs and more walks than strikeouts.
• Led Rockies in batting average and RBI.
• Among top five in MLB in most post-all star offensive categories, including batting average (.354, third), hits (102, tied for first), RBI (62, fifth), on base percentage (.437, second), slugging percentage (.625, fourth), and OPS (1.062, third).
  
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  2005:
  
  NL Rookie RBI Leaders (1981-2005):
  

  Player	RBI	Games	Year
  Albert Pujols	130	161	2001
  Mike Piazza	112	149	1993
  Todd Helton	97	152	1998
  Scott Rolen	92	156	1997
  Garrett Atkins	89	138	2005

  
  
• Finished 4th in NL in Rookie of the Year balloting.
• Unanimous selection at third base on the Topps All-Star Rookie Team.
• Excelled with runners in scoring position, batting .309 with 74 RBI (home: .306, 39 RBI/road: .313, 35 RBI).
• Led the Rockies and all Major League Rookies with 89 RBI, the fifth highest total by a NL Rookie in the last 26 years.
• Became the first Rockies' Rookie to lead the club in RBI.
• Led NL Rookies in total bases with 221.
• Led NL Rookies in doubles with 31.
• Led NL Rookies in extra base hits with 45.
• Led NL Rookies in walks with 45.
• Longest hitting streak by any Major League Rookie and any Rockie in 2005 (16 games), tying the Rockies' rookie record.
• Tied for second in NL and tied Rockies’ all-time record with two grand slams.
• Led Rockies and finished 8th in the NL by putting ball in play on 54.5% of his swings.
• One of the toughest 20 hitters to strike out in the NL.
• Tied a Rockies' record with two grand slams, including a game-winner on June 29
• Five of his 13 home runs tied the game or gave the Rockies the lead.
• Led NL third basemen in zone rating (range) and finished sixth in fielding percentage.
• Committed only one error in his last 40 games and none in his final 25 games.
• NL Rookie of the Month in June (.364, three home runs, nine doubles, 26 RBI).
• Batted .314 with 10 doubles, a triple, four home runs and 30 RBI in September/October.
• Finished tied for third in NL in RBI in June with 26.
• Finished second in NL and third in majors in RBI in September with 29, tying a Rockies’ franchise record for most RBI in a month by a rookie.
• Hit safely in 32 of his last 36 games, batting .315 with 13 doubles, four home runs and 32 RBI during this stretch.

  
  2004:

  Highest Batting Averages In Minor League Baseball (2004):

  Player	Batting Average
  Garrett Atkins	.366
  Chad Allen	.358
  Brandon Moss	.353
  Jason Kubel	.352
  Napoleon Calzado	.350

   
• Led all of Minor League Baseball in batting averages (.366).
• Led the Pacific Coast League and the Rockies' organization in doubles (43) and on base percentage (.434).
• Compiled a 23-game hitting streak from June 13-July 10, batting .446 (41-92) with 12 doubles, seven home runs and 32 RBI during the streak.
• 2004 All Pacific Coast League Third Baseman.
• Batted .357 (10-28) with two doubles, a home run and eight RBI with no errors at the big league level for the Rockies in 2004.
• Hit .500 (4-8) with runners in scoring position at the big league level.
• Finished 2-3 against Randy Johnson and ended his perfect game with a fifth inning single on September 15.
  
  2003:
  
• Made his major league debut on August 3, 2003 in Pittsburgh and doubled in his first major league at bat against Pirates' starter Jeff D'Amico.
• Batted .525 (21-40) with 12 RBIs in his first Major League Spring Training.
• Finished seventh in the Pacific Coast League in batting average (.319).
• Selected as the best hitting prospect in the Pacific Coast League by Baseball America.
• One of 30 players invited to try out for the 2003 United States Qualifying Team.
  
  2002:
  
• Led the Mesa Solar Sox and finished fourth in the Arizona Fall League in batting average (.353) and tied for second in hits (41).
• Selected to the Arizona Fall League All-Prospect Team.
• Batted .378 with five home runs from July 17 to August 8.
• Named as the Southern League Player of the Week for the week for August 2-8 after batting .385 with three home runs and six RBI.
  
  
  2001:
  
• Colorado Rockies Minor League Player of the Year.
• Selected as the Rockies' No. 3 overall prospect (Baseball America, December 2001).
• Top Hitter for Average in Rockies' Minor League System (Baseball America
  Carolina League All-Star.
• Started at first base in the Carolina-California League All-Star Game and homered in the game.
• Carolina League Player of the Month (April).
• Set Salem Avalanche franchise records in hits (151), batting average (.325) and doubles (43).
• Led all Rockies' minor leaguers and finished second in the Carolina League in batting average (.325).
• Led the Carolina League in doubles (43), on base percentage (.421) and intentional walks (10).
• Collected 25 RBI in 28 games during month of August.
• Notched his first professional five-hit game on June 13.
  
  
  2000:
  
• Co-Northwest League MVP.
• Named as Rockies' No. 1 first base prospect (Denver Post; TeamOne Baseball) and as the No. 5 hitting prospect in the organization (Inside Pitch). Honored by the Professional Baseball Scouts of Southern California as the First Year Minor League Player of the Year for Southern California.
• Selected as a Northwest League Top10 Professional Prospect (Baseball America).
• Best Hitter; Best Pro Debut (Baseball America's Report Card on Rockies' 2000 draft class).
• Chosen as MVP of Portland Rockies and honored at Coors Field.
• Colorado Rockies' Minor League Player of the Month (August).
• Topps Class A Short-Season/Rookie League All-Star Team selection.
• Top 10 Short-Season A Prospect (SPORTSTALK.com).
• Homered in his professional debut, going 2-5 with two RBI, on June 25, 2000.

  
  
  UCLA (1998-2000):

• First three-time All-American in UCLA history and second three-time All-Pac-10 first-team selection in school history.
• Collected more hits (276) than any other three-year player in UCLA history, breaking current Toronto Blue Jay Troy Glaus's record, and is second among all players, trailing current Arizona Diamondback Eric Byrnes, who played at UCLA for four years.
• Compiled a .369 career batting average, the second highest in school history.
• Set a UCLA record with a 33-game hitting streak and also set school freshman records in hits (83), batting average (.383), doubles (22), league batting average (.405) and hits in league play (51).
• A two-time Summer All-American selection by Baseball America.
• Batted .383 in the Cape Cod League in 1998, compiling the third highest batting average in the 1990s.
• Led the Cotuit Kettleers to the Cape Cod League Championship in 1999, earning Playoff MVP honors.
• Named as the Cape Cod League West Squad All-Star MVP in 1999.
• Batted .431 in UCLA's final 28 games in 1999 and .500 in the postseason at the NCAA Regional in Stillwater, OK, earning All-Tournament honors.
• Tied a UCLA record with two homers in one inning in a must-win game against Stanford, propelling UCLA into the postseason in 1999.
• Took a 22-game hitting streak into the Super Regionals in 2000 and hit for the cycle in the team's opening postseason game against Delaware.
• Earned 2000 NCAA Regional (Oklahoma City, OK) All-Tournament honors.