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Todd Helton
Todd Helton time National League Player of the Month, and three-
time Gold Glove winner.
As of the end of the 2011 season, among all active
players, Helton was first in on-base percentage (.421),
tied for second in doubles (554), third in intentional
walks (183), and eighth in slugging percentage (.550).[1]
Helton holds the Colorado Rockies club records for
hits (2,363), home runs (347), doubles (554), walks (1,256),
runs scored (1,329), RBIs (1,308), on-base percentage
(.421), games played (2,054), total bases (4,028) and other
categories.[2] Helton hit his 2,000th career hit against the
Atlanta Braves on May 19, 2009.
As of the 2011 season, Helton was the fifth-most se-
nior active MLB player to have spent his entire career
Helton with the Rockies. with one club, behind Chipper Jones, Derek Jeter, Jorge
Colorado Rockies — No. 17 Posada and Mariano Rivera.
First baseman
Born: August 20, 1973 (1973-08-20)
Before turning pro
Knoxville, Tennessee
High school years
Bats: Left Throws: Left
Helton attended Central High School in Knoxville, Ten-
MLB debut nessee and was a letterman in football and baseball.[3] In
August 2, 1997 for the Colorado Rockies
football, he posted 2,772 total yards as quarterback.
In baseball, as a senior, Helton posted a .655 batting
Career statistics average and 12 home runs and was named the Regional
(through 2011 season)
Player of the Year. Baseball America also bestowed him
Batting average .323 with All-American honors for his senior season.[3]
Home runs 347
University of Tennessee
Runs batted in 1,308 Helton received an athletic scholarship from the Univer-
Hits 2,363 sity of Tennessee to play both football and baseball. He
was named a Gatorade Player of the Year for football
Doubles 554
and baseball at Tennessee.[3] As a freshman and sopho-
On-base percentage .421 more, he backed up Heath Shuler at quarterback. Enter-
ing his junior season in 1994, he was the back-up to Jer-
Teams
ry Colquitt and ahead of Peyton Manning. After Colquitt
• Colorado Rockies (1997–present) tore knee ligaments in the season opener at UCLA, Helton
Career highlights and awards
took over as the starter. Three weeks later against Mis-
sissippi State, he suffered a knee injury himself and was
• 5× All-Star selection (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) replaced by Manning. Manning went on to break several
• NL batting champion (2000)
records and eventually be drafted first overall by the In-
• 4× Silver Slugger (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
• 3× National League Gold Glove winner (2001, 2002, 2004) dianapolis Colts.[4] He did, however, win the Dick Howser
• World Series Appearance (2007) Trophy as National Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year
• Only player to hit 35 doubles in first 10 seasons following his junior baseball season. He is also a member
of the Phi Gamma Delta "FIJI" Fraternity.
Todd Lynn Helton (born August 20, 1973) is a Major
League Baseball first baseman for the Colorado Rockies.
He is a five-time All-Star, four-time Silver Slugger, four-
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MLB career (.463). Helton hit a league-leading home batting average
of .391 and placed third in the National League in road
batting average (.353).[12] Helton’s MLB-leading 103 extra
Draft and debut base hits tied for the fourth most in MLB history and the
Helton was drafted in the first round, eighth overall, in second most in NL history.[12] His National League-lead-
the 1995 Major League Baseball Draft by the Colorado ing numbers in on-base percentage, slugging percent-
Rockies.[5] He was signed on August 1, 1995.[5] Helton age and batting average gave him the "percentage triple
spent the next couple of years playing for the class-A crown."[12] Helton became the second Rockies player
Asheville Tourists, AA New Haven Ravens and AAA (Larry Walker in 1999) to accomplish that feat.[12] Helton
Colorado Springs Sky Sox before getting a crack at the and Walker made the Rockies the first team in MLB histo-
major leagues. He made his major-league debut on Au- ry to record percentage triple crowns in consecutive sea-
gust 1, 1997, in a 6–5 road loss against the Pittsburgh Pi- sons with different players.[12] Helton became only the
rates.[6][7] Helton started in left field and flied out in his fourth player in National League history to lead the NL
first at-bat.[6] He recorded his first hit, a single, in his sec- in both batting average and RBI.[12] He became the first
ond at-bat off Francisco Cordova.[6] Helton also hit his player in National League history and the fifth player in
first home run, a solo shot, that day off Marc Wilkins.[6] MLB history (Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx and
Hank Greenberg are the others) to have at least 200 hits,
1997–1999: Early career 40 home runs, 100 RBI, 100 runs, 100 extra base hits and
During the 1997 season, Helton hit .280/.337/.484 (bat- 100 walks in one season.[12]
ting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage), Helton was invited to his first career Major League
with five home runs, in 35 games played. When Rockies Baseball All-Star Game in 2000.[12] He also received Na-
first baseman Andrés Galarraga went to the Atlanta tional League Player of the Month honors for May and
Braves in 1998, Helton became the full-time starter at August. He finished fifth in voting for the MVP award.
first base for Colorado during the 1998 season. The Rock- However, the Associated Press, The Sporting News, USA
ies named Helton their club representative in 1998, the Baseball Alumni and Baseball Digest all named Helton the
first time the team ever gave a rookie that role.[3] He MLB Player of the Year.[12] Buck O’Neil and the Negro
hit .315/.380/.530, with 25 home runs and 97 RBI, in 152 Leagues Baseball Museum presented Helton with the
games played. Helton led all major-league rookies in av- Walter Fenner "Buck" Leonard Legacy Award.[12] Helton
erage (.315), homers (25), RBI (97), multi-hit games (49), was also given the team-honored version of the Roberto
total bases (281), slugging percentage (.530) and extra Clemente Man of Year Award, for his community con-
base hits (63).[8] He also led all National League rookies in tributions to Eastern Tennessee.[12] Furthermore, he was
runs (78), hits (167) and on-base percentage (.380). At the the National League winner of the second annual Hank
time, only Mike Piazza (35), David Justice (28) and Dar- Aaron Award.[12] For all of his success, the Colorado
ryl Strawberry (26) had hit more homers as an NL rook- Rockies rewarded Helton with a nine-year, $141.5 million
ie since 1972, and only Piazza had more RBI (112).[8] Hel- dollar contract in April 2001 that took effect in 2003.[14]
ton finished second to Kerry Wood of the Chicago Cubs The following season, Helton posted a career-high
in the voting for National League Rookie of the Year.[8] 49 home runs (22 of them occurred away from Coors
The Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame named Helton its 1998 Field).[15] The 49 home runs tied teammate Larry Walker
Professional Athlete of the Year.[3] for the most home runs ever by a Colorado Rockies player
In 1999, Helton had a .320 batting average, .395 on- in a single season.[15] Additionally, Helton averaged a
base percentage and .587 slugging percentage.[9] He also .336 batting average, .432 on-base percentage and .685
hit 35 home runs and 113 RBI, while drawing 68 walks. On slugging percentage.[15] He also had 105 extra base hits,
June 19, 1999, in a 10–2 Rockies home win over the Flori- making him the first player in MLB history to have at
da Marlins, Helton hit for the cycle.[10][11] He fell short of least 100 total extra base hits in back-to-back seasons.[15]
hitting a second cycle on four different occasions during Furthermore, Helton attained 402 total bases, making
the 1999 season, which would have made him only the him only the fourth player in MLB history to do so in con-
second player since 1900 (Babe Herman was the first to secutive seasons (Chuck Klein, Gehrig and Foxx are the
do so in 1931) to hit two cycles in one season.[10] others).[15]
Helton appeared in his second consecutive All-Star
2000–2006: Mid-career game in 2001 – his first as a starter.[15] He won his first
Gold Glove at first base and was once again a top candi-
Helton enjoyed arguably his best season in 2000, leading
date for MVP, but was overshadowed by Sammy Sosa and
the major leagues in batting average (.372), RBI (147),
Barry Bonds.
doubles (59), total bases (405), extra base hits (103), slug-
In 2002, Helton had a .329 batting average, 30 home
ging percentage (.698) and OPS (1.162).[12][13] He led the
runs, 109 RBI, 98 walks, 107 runs, .577 slg % and 319 total
National League in hits (216) and on-base percentage
bases.[16] He became the first player in Rockies history to
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score at least 100 runs in four consecutive seasons.[16] He
was named Player of the Month for May, as he hit .347
with six doubles, one triple, 10 homers and 28 RBI during
the month.[16] Helton was named to his third consecutive
All-Star game – second straight as a starter.[16] He also re-
ceived his second consecutive Gold Glove.[16]
2003 saw Helton involved in the closest NL batting
race in history, as he hit .35849, while St. Louis Cardinals
first baseman Albert Pujols finished first with a .35871
batting average.[17] During the season, Helton also had 33
home runs, 117 RBI, 135 runs, 49 doubles and five triples.
He won his fourth Player of the Month honor during the
month of April, as he hit .337 with six home runs, 27 RBI,
28 runs, 11 doubles and 24 walks.[17] He also appeared in
his fourth consecutive All-Star game.
During the 2004 season, Helton again finished second
in the NL batting race, as he hit .347, while San Francisco
Giants left fielder Barry Bonds hit .362. Helton also had
Helton swinging at a pitch during a game against the Seattle
32 homers and 96 RBI on the season. He became the first Mariners.
player in MLB history to hit at least .315 with 25 HR and
95 RBI in each of his first seven full seasons in the ma-
he managed 17 home runs and 91 RBI. Despite these num-
jors.[18] He became only the third player in MLB history
bers being below his career averages, Helton has so far
to accomplish that feat during any seven-year stretch in
kept up his string of seven consecutive seasons with an
a career (Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth are the others).[18]
on-base percentage higher than .400, nine consecutive
He set a franchise record by hitting at least 30 home runs
seasons with a batting average above .300, and has also
in six consecutive seasons.[18] Helton was named to his
been walked more times than he has struck out (a feat he
team-record fifth consecutive All-Star game and won his
has accomplished in seven of his first ten full seasons). [9]
third Gold Glove during the season.[18]
Helton recorded his 1,000th career hit at Coors Field
In 2005, Helton spent time on the disabled list (July 26
on June 20, 2007, in a 6–1 home win over the New York
– August 9) for the first time in his career with a strained
Yankees, becoming only the fifth active player to have
left calf muscle.[19] He hit .320 with 20 home runs, 79 RBI,
1,000 career hits in one ballpark.[22]
92 runs and 45 doubles for the season. He was under 1.000
On September 9, 2007, in 4–2 home victory over the
in OPS (finished with .979 OPS) for the first time since
San Diego Padres, Helton hit his 35th double of the sea-
1999.[9] Helton also wasn’t named to the National League
son. This made him the first and only player in MLB his-
All-Star team for the first time since 1999. However, he
tory to have hit 35 or more doubles in at least 10 consec-
did end up joining Gehrig and Bill Terry as the only first
utive seasons (1998–2007).[23][24]
basemen in MLB history to have at least a .315 batting av-
Helton hit his 300th career home run on September
erage in eight consecutive seasons.[19]
16, 2007, in a 13–0 home win over the Florida Mar-
The following season, Helton had to spend time on
lins.[25][26] He became the first player to hit 300 home
the disabled list again, this time from April 20 – May 4,
runs for the Colorado Rockies.
as he was diagnosed with acute terminal ileitis.[20] He hit
Helton made what was arguably the most pivotal play
.302 with 15 home runs, 81 RBI, 40 doubles, 91 walks and
of the Rockies’ 2007 season in the second game of a dou-
a .404 on-base percentage for the season.[20] He ended
bleheader against the Los Angeles Dodgers on September
the season below .900 in OPS (he had .880 OPS) for the
18, 2007. In the bottom of the ninth inning, with two outs
first time since entering the league in 1997 when he on-
and two strikes, Helton hit an emotional two-run walk-
ly played 35 games that year.[9] Helton finished third on
off home run off Dodgers closer Takashi Saito.[27] The
the Rockies roster in 2006 in runs (94), hits (165), doubles
home run kept the Rockies alive in the bid to win the wild
(40), total bases (260) and multi-hit games (42).[20]
card or National League West title. The Rockies eventual-
Also in 2005, St. Louis Cardinals radio broadcaster
ly clinched the National League wild card, in a 9–8 extra
Wayne Hagin claimed manager Don Baylor said that Hel-
innings victory over the San Diego Padres in a wild card
ton used creatine in the 1990s.[21]
tiebreaker game, allowing Helton to appear in the play-
offs for the first time in his career.[28] Colorado went on
2007–present
to sweep the Philadelphia Phillies in three games of the
Helton’s power and RBI production stayed relatively lev- National League Division Series. Helton hit a triple in the
el to his previous year’s stats during the 2007 season, as first pitch of his first career playoff at-bat in the opening
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game against the Phillies at Philadelphia.[29] The Rock- • Dick Howser Trophy (Best National College Baseball
ies also swept the Arizona Diamondbacks in four games Player, 1995)
of the National League Championship Series, sending the • The Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award (1998)
Rockies on their first trip to the World Series in franchise • Topps All-Star Rookie Team (1998)
history.[30] • Baseball Digest All-Star Rookie Team (1998)
In August 2008, Helton was diagnosed with a degen- • Hit for the cycle (June 19, 1999)
erative back condition, putting his health and ability to • Walter Fenner "Buck" Leonard Legacy Award (2000)
continue play in question. On May 19, 2009, Helton got • National League Hank Aaron Award (2000)
his 2,000th hit, a single, as part of a 8–1 road loss to the • Percentage triple crown (2000)
Atlanta Braves.[31] On July 22, 2009, Helton hit his 500th • The Associated Press Major League Baseball All-Star
career double in a 4–3 home victory over the Arizona Di- Team (2000)
amondbacks.[32] He became the 50th player in MLB his- • The Associated Press Major League Baseball Player of
tory to hit 500 career doubles and the fastest to do since the Year (2000)
1954.[33] Helton also joined Babe Ruth, Stan Musial, Lou • Baseball Digest Major League Baseball Player of the
Gehrig and Ted Williams as the only players in MLB his- Year (2000)
tory to have at least 500 doubles, 320 home runs and a • USA Baseball Alumni Player of the Year (2000)
.325 batting average for a career.[32] On March 11, 2010, • The Sporting News National League Player of the
Helton signed a two-year contract extension through the Year (2000)
2013 season. The extension for 2012 and 2013 will be • No. 10 in Major League Baseball history in On-base
worth a total of $9.9 million.[34] percentage (.430)
As noted above Helton has a degenerative back con- • Helton is the only player in MLB history to have
dition and for much of July, 2010 has been on disabled 100-plus extra base hits in consecutive seasons: 103
list due to problem with his low back.[35] Helton returned in 2000, and 105 in 2001.[15] The only others to do it
from the DL in August and hit .256, with 8 HR, and 37 twice in their careers, but not consecutively, were
RBI for the season. After the 2010 season Helton said he Lou Gehrig [1927 (117), 1930 (100)] and Chuck Klein
would return to the Rockies in 2011 following rumors of a [1930 (107), 1932 (103)].
possible retirement.[36] On February 15, 2011 Helton said • Helton is one of only four players in MLB history
that he wants to play baseball for three more years and (Klein in 1929 and 1930, Jimmie Foxx in 1932 and
he would prefer to stay on the Rockies. On June 30 he 1933, along with Gehrig in 1930 and 1931) to have
played his 2000th career game with the Rockies against reached 400 total bases in consecutive seasons (405
the Chicago White Sox, the Rockies lost that game 6–4 in in 2000, 402 in 2001).[15] Gehrig reached 400 total
10 innings. bases in four seasons (1927, 1930, 1931, 1934), and
Klein did so once more (1932). The other players to
Accomplishments reach 400 total bases twice in a career, but not
• 5-time All-Star (2000–2004) consecutively, were Babe Ruth (1921, 1927), Rogers
• 4-time Silver Slugger (2000–2003, most out of all MLB Hornsby (1922, 1929) and Sammy Sosa (1998, 2001).
first basemen) • Helton is one of only five players in MLB history (the
• 4-time National League Player of the Month (May first ever in the National League) to have at least 200
2000, August 2000, May 2002, April 2003) hits, 40 home runs, 100 RBI, 100 runs, 100 extra-base
• 3-time National League Gold Glove winner (2001, hits and 100 walks in one season (2000).[12] The
2002, 2004) others to do so were Babe Ruth (1921), Lou Gehrig
• 2-time Colorado Rockies-honored Roberto Clemente (1927, 1930), Jimmie Foxx (1932) and Hank Greenberg
Man of the Year Award (2000, 2002) (1937).
• National League Batting Champion (2000) • Helton is one of only three first baseman in MLB
• National League Slugging Percentage leader (2000) history (Gehrig and Bill Terry are the others) to have
• National League RBI leader (2000) at least a .315 batting average in eight consecutive
• National League Doubles leader (2000, Helton hit 59 seasons (1998–2005).[19]
doubles during the season, which tied Chuck Klein • Helton is one of only five players in MLB history
for the third-highest single-season doubles total in (Stan Musial, Ted Williams, Ruth and Gehrig are the
NL history.) others) to have at least 500 doubles, 320 home runs
• National League Hits leader (2000) and a .325 batting average for a career.[32]
• National League On-Base Percentage leader (2000, • Among active players with at least 4,000 at bats,
2005, 2007) Helton is currently: third in batting average (.328) to
• National League Total Bases leader (2000) Albert Pujols (.333), and Ichiro Suzuki (.333), first
• National League Extra Base Hits leader (2000) (10th all-time) in on-base percentage (.428), fourth
(13th all-time) in slugging percentage [(.571), behind
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