Cole Garner #41

Full name is Robert Cole Garner...was a La Quinta (CA) High School teammate of Ian Stewart, whom the Rockies took in the first round of the same 2003 draft in which they chose Garner...was originally selected by Colorado in the 26th round of the 2003 First-year Player Draft.

2011

Saw his first Major League action over two stints with the Rockies (7/4-5 and 7/8-15)...made his Major League debut in 7/4 loss at Atlanta as a pinch hitter...made his first ML start on 7/8 at Washington, going 1-for-3 as the RF and singling off Ryan Mattheus for his first hit...also appeared in 46 games with Triple-A Colorado Springs (.330, 61-for-185) with 8HR and 35RBI.

2010

In what was his first experience at the Triple-A level, Garner hit .304 (126-for-415) with 31 doubles, 10 triples, 13 home runs, 61 RBI and 81 runs in 111 games for the Sky Sox...Garner posted career highs in on-base percentage (.374), slugging percentage (.520) and OPS (.894)...Also had a career-high 39 walks, to go along with the 8 times he was hit by a pitch, which contributed to his career-high on-base percentage...Received extended playing time at all three outfield positions for the second consecutive season...played 73 games in left, 24 in center and 13 in right...Hit well vs. both right-handed (.301) and left-handed pitchers (.310)...Finished the season by batting .370 (10-for-27) in 6 games in September..hit .318 (63-for-198) post-ASG...Rated as the 22nd-best prospect in the Rockies system following the season by Baseball America

2009

Spent the entire season with Tulsa as one of the club's regular outfielders...split the majority of his time between left field and center field...hit .288 (114-for-396) with 16 home runs and 64 RBI in 112 games...batted .330 (38-for-115) vs. left-handed pitchers, and .270 (76-for-281) against right-handers...hit 10 of his 16 home runs in 174 at bats following the All-Star break, this after hitting just 6 home runs in 222 at bats prior to the break.

2008

Played in just 50 games for Modesto due to injury but posted the highest team batting average of any player to play 50 games or more (.318)...mostly played as the club's left-fielder and received 54 at bats as the DH...hit .391 (25-for-64) vs. lefties and .281 (36-for-128) vs. righties...missed all of June and August due to injury.

2007

In his first season with Modesto hit .213 while splitting time in the outfield, primarily in left...had a pair of 2-home run games, August 7 at Lancaster and August 22 at Stockton...slumped in June hitting .093 (5-for-54), but hit .264 (33-for-125) the rest of the season.

2006

Put together perhaps one of the best all around seasons of any Rockies farmhand in '06...among the SAL leaders, ranked first in runs scored, second in doubles and extra base hits (61), tied for third in RBI, fourth in home runs and slugging percentage and fifth in batting average...hit safely in 86 of 120 games, including 41 multi-hit contests...batted just .231 (42-for-182) in 47 games through June 7, his lowest clip of the season after his first 11 contests...however, hit .348 (98-for-282) over his final 72 games to rise to .302...posted a 17-game hitting streak, (tied for the 4th-longest in the league) from July 7- 25...hit .417 (30-for-72) during that stretch...was named the South Atlantic League Player of the Week on two occasions: June 26-July 2 (.519, 14-for-27, 2 HR, 11 RBI) and August 14-20 (.533, 8-for-15, one HR, 9 RBI)...drove in 6 RBI, including hitting a grand slam on April 15 at Savannah in a 9-5 win...collected season- highs in both hits (5) and RBI (7) on July 1 vs. Hickory in a 21-9 rout...was named the Organizational Player of the Month for August after batting .333 (34-for-102) with 6 home runs and 28 RBI...played for the Waikiki Beach Boys of the Hawaiian Winter League following the season...batted .163 (13-for-80) with 4 home runs and 11 RBI in 27 games.

2005

Spent first professional season at Casper...ranked among league leaders in strikeouts (105, 1st), doubles (4th) and extra base hits (32, 4th)...paced Casper in both doubles and RBI while ranking second in hits and home runs...hit safely in first 15 of 19 games at .316 (24-for-76).