Chris Magruder #24

Married to Rachael...he and his wife, had their first child, son Robert Joseph, on June 17, 2005...graduated from West Valley High School (WA) in 1995, lettering in baseball...attended the University of Washington...third team all-American at Washington in 1998...first cousin is Cincinnati Bengals QB Jon Kitna.

2005

Hit .245 (13-53) as a pinch hitter in 2005...made at least one start at all three outfield positions...started 20 games (LF-1, CF-6, RF-13)...owned an average of .256 (10-39) against lefthanded pitchers with three doubles and two runs batted in...hit .350 (7-20) in May, including a multi-hit game (2-4) on May 21 at Minnesota...that was his first multi-hit game of the season and first multi hit game since October 3, 2004 at St. Louis when he had two hits for the Brewers.