Todd Helton | |
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![]() Helton with the Colorado Rockies in 2013 | |
First baseman | |
Born: Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. | August 20, 1973|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
August 2, 1997, for the Colorado Rockies | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 29, 2013, for the Colorado Rockies | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .316 |
Hits | 2,519 |
Home runs | 369 |
Runs batted in | 1,406 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Member of the National | |
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Induction | 2024 |
Vote | 79.7% (sixth ballot) |
Todd Lynn Helton (born August 20, 1973) is an American former professional baseball first baseman who played his entire 17-year career for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). A five-time All-Star, four-time Silver Slugger, and three-time Gold Glove Award winner, Helton holds the Rockies' club records for hits (2,519), home runs (369), doubles (592), walks (1,335), runs scored (1,401), runs batted in (RBIs, with 1,406), games played (2,247), and total bases (4,292), among others.[1]
Each season from 1999 to 2004, Helton met or exceeded all of the following totals: .320 batting average, 39 doubles, 30 home runs, 107 runs scored, 96 RBI, .577 slugging percentage and .981 on-base plus slugging. In 2000, he won the batting title with a .372 average, and also led MLB with a .698 slugging percentage, 59 doubles, and 147 RBI and the National League with 216 hits. Helton collected his 2,000th career hit against the Atlanta Braves on May 19, 2009, and his 2,500th against the Cincinnati Reds on September 1, 2013. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2024.