Todd Helton, first baseman for the Colorado Rockies announced his retirement this weekend. He says that this season, his 17th, is his final season. He has been with the Rockies since the drafted him in 1995, he was called up during the 1997 season. In his first full season, 1998, he came in second in the Rookie of the year voting. Five time All-Star, four Silver Sluggers and three Golden Gloves. He hit a game winning home run in 2007 that sent the Rockies, eventually, to the World Series. They would lose, though, to the Rod Sox. (Ironically, he had accepted a trade to Boston that year but the deal fell through) I've seen the Rockies play four times, twice in Baltimore, twice in Denver.
Career (as of yesterday) 2505 hits, 367 home runs, .317 batting average and a .415 on base percentage.
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