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Geoff Jenkins
Philadelphia Phillies – No. 10
Outfielder
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
debut
April 24, 1998, for the Milwaukee Brewers
Career statistics
(through 2008 season)
Batting average.275
Home runs221
Runs batted in733
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Geoff Jenkins (born July 21, 1974 in Olympia, Washington) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies. He previously played for the Milwaukee Brewers from 1998 until 2007. Jenkins is 2nd on the Brewers all-time career home run list trailing only Hall-of-Famer Robin Yount. Jenkins bears a striking resemblance and is occasionally mistaken for Brett Favre and has had fans pay for his dinner thinking he was the former Packers star.

Amateur Career

High school

Jenkins attended Cordova High School in Rancho Cordova, California, where he played football, basketball, and baseball. He was selected for the all-state baseball team as a junior and senior before graduating in 1992. Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page)..

Milwaukee Brewers

On April 24, 1998, he hit a home run off Orel Hershiser, in his first career plate appearance against the San Francisco Giants. He is the second player in Milwaukee baseball history (Chuck Tanner, 1955 Milwaukee Braves) to accomplish the feat. Jenkins would go on to bat over .300 in his 2nd and 3rd seasons, driving in 90 or more runs three times for one of the perennially weaker teams in the league.

In 2000, he was the Brewers' team MVP. He led the Brewers in batting average (.303) and home runs (34). His 2002 season was cut short when on June 17 in a game against the Houston Astros he suffered a horrific-looking dislocated ankle when sliding into third base feet first during a game. He was safe on the play. He was selected to the National League's All-Star team in 2003 via the MLB's All-Star Final Vote contest where a player is selected from both leagues by fans to join their respective team after the initial roster is announced.

On June 8, 2004, he became the 8th player in major league history to strikeout six times in a single game. After playing in left field for virtually his entire career, he moved to right field for the 2005 and 2006 seasons when Milwaukee acquired Carlos Lee.

In 2006, Jenkins experienced a prolonged offensive slump, struggling in particular against left-handed pitching. In August 2006, the Brewers benched Jenkins, one of their highest-paid players at the time, in favor of the younger Corey Hart.

In 2007, Jenkins returned to left field to platoon with Kevin Mench. On October 30, 2007, the Brewers officially declined their $9 million option on Jenkins' contract, making him a free agent for the 2008 season.[1]

Philadelphia Phillies

On December 20, 2007, he signed a two-year, $13 million deal with a vesting option for 2010 with the Philadelphia Phillies[2]. Jenkins returned to Miller Park in a Phillies uniform on April 23, 2008, to a crowd of just over 30,000. He was welcomed back with a tribute video, highlighting his ten-year career with the Brewers, and the standing ovation that followed. He received a second ovation while leading off the second inning. Philadelphia would go on to lose the game, 5-4. He went 0 for 3, with a walk and a stolen base. In the postseason, his only hit came on a leadoff double in the bottom of the 6th in Game 5 of the World Series. His hit set the tone for the finale of the World Series as the Phillies won the World Series and earned Jenkins his first ring of his 10 year career.

Career stats

Year Age Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB SH SF IBB HBP GDP
1998 23 Milwaukee NL 84 262 33 60 12 1 9 28 1 3 20 61 .229 .288 .385 .??? 101 0 1 4 2 7
1999 24 Milwaukee NL 135 447 70 140 43 3 21 82 5 1 35 87 .313 .371 .564 .??? 252 3 1 7 7 10
2000 25 Milwaukee NL 135 512 100 155 36 4 34 94 11 1 33 135 .303 .360 .588 .??? 301 0 4 6 15 9
2001 26 Milwaukee NL 105 397 60 105 21 1 20 63 4 2 36 120 .264 .334 .474 .??? 188 0 5 7 8 11
2002 27 Milwaukee NL 67 243 35 59 17 1 10 29 1 2 22 60 .243 .320 .444 .??? 108 0 1 1 6 8
2003 28 Milwaukee NL 124 487 81 144 30 2 28 95 0 0 58 120 .296 .375 .538 .??? 262 0 3 10 6 12
2004 29 Milwaukee NL 157 617 88 163 36 6 27 93 3 1 46 152 .264 .325 .473 .??? 292 0 6 10 12 19
2005 30 Milwaukee NL 148 538 87 157 42 1 25 86 0 0 56 138 .292 .375 .513 .??? 276 0 5 9 19 13
2006 31 Milwaukee NL 147 484 62 131 26 1 17 70 4 1 56 129 .271 .357 .434 .??? 210 0 4 8 11 9
2007 32 Milwaukee NL 132 420 45 107 24 2 21 64 2 2 32 116 .255 .319 .471 .??? 198 0 3 10 9 9
2008 33 Philadelphia NL 115 293 27 72 16 0 9 29 1 1 24 64 .246 .301 .392 .??? 115 0 4 5 1 6
Totals: 1,349 4,700 688 1,293 303 22 221 733 32 14 418 1,186 .275 .344 .490 .??? 2,303 3 37 77 96 113

{{small|Roll over stat abbreviations for definitions. Stats through 2008 Major League Baseball season.[3].


See also

References

  1. ^ ESPN - Brewers decline Jenkins' $9M option for 2008 - MLB
  2. ^ "Former Brewers outfielder Jenkins agrees with Phils". Retrieved 2008-04-09.
  3. ^ "Geoff Jenkins Statistics". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
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