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Todd Helton
Todd Lynn Helton

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.
School University of Tennessee

Debut August 2, 1997

Born August 20, 1973 in Knoxville, TN

Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed July 1, 1995. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1997 23 COL NL  35   93   13   26   2  1   5   11   0  1   8  11  .280  .337  .484   96   45   0   0   0   0   1
 1998 24 COL NL 152  530   78  167  37  1  25   97   3  3  53  54  .315  .380  .530  119  281   1   5   5   6  15 RoY-2
 1999 25 COL NL 159  578  114  185  39  5  35  113   7  6  68  77  .320  .395  .587  122  339   0   4   6   6  14
 2000 26 COL NL 160  580  138  216  59  2  42  147   5  3 103  61  .372  .463  .698  163  405   0  10  22   4  12 SS,MVP-5,AS
 2001 27 COL NL 159  587  132  197  54  2  49  146   7  5  98 104  .336  .432  .685  160  402   1   5  15   5  14 SS,MVP-9,AS
 2002 28 COL NL 156  553  107  182  39  4  30  109   5  1  99  91  .329  .429  .577  147  319   0  10  21   5  10 SS,MVP-19,AS
 2003 29 COL NL 160  583  135  209  49  5  33  117   0  4 111  72  .358  .458  .630  165  367   0   7  21   2  19 SS,MVP-7,AS
 2004 30 COL NL 154  547  115  190  49  2  32   96   3  0 127  72  .347  .469  .620  165  339   0   6  19   3  12 MVP-16,AS
 2005 31 COL NL 144  509   92  163  45  2  20   79   3  0 106  80  .320  .445  .534  144  272   1   1  22   9  14
 2006 32 COL NL 145  546   94  165  40  5  15   81   3  2  91  64  .302  .404  .476  117  260   0   6  15   6  10
 2007 33 COL NL 154  557   86  178  42  2  17   91   0  1 116  74  .320  .434  .494  133  275   0   7  16   2  15
 2008 34 COL NL  83  299   39   79  16  0   7   29   0  0  61  50  .264  .391  .388  100  116   0   0   8   1   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons         5962      1957     31     1116     26     810  .328  .428  .574  141        3  61 170  49 145
               1661      1143      471    310       36   1041                            3420
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        581  111  191  46  3  30  109   4  3 102  79  .328  .428  .574  141  334   0   6  17   5  14
 Career High    160  587  138  216  59  5  49  147   7  6 127 104  .372  .469  .698  165  405   1  10  22   9  19
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1997 23 COL NL  101   69   15   5.8   126| .280  .295| .337  .370| .484  .463| .821  .833|  96  .581  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1998 24 COL NL  595  387  105   7.3   124| .315  .292| .380  .366| .530  .461| .910  .827| 119  .677  15.6   1.5  50%
 1999 25 COL NL  656  417  132   8.5   138| .320  .306| .395  .385| .587  .492| .982  .877| 122  .702  19.9   1.8  53%
 2000 26 COL NL  697  389  192  13.2   137| .372  .301| .463  .382| .698  .492|1.161  .874| 163  .840  66.5   6.0  62%
 2001 27 COL NL  696  415  174  11.2   130| .336  .293| .432  .367| .685  .480|1.117  .847| 160  .813  60.0   5.5  58%
 2002 28 COL NL  667  392  144   9.8   120| .329  .284| .429  .360| .577  .451|1.006  .812| 147  .788  44.3   4.2  83%
 2003 29 COL NL  703  404  168  11.1   122| .358  .285| .458  .360| .630  .458|1.088  .818| 165  .816  64.6   6.0   0%
 2004 30 COL NL  683  375  168  12.0   122| .347  .284| .469  .358| .620  .461|1.089  .819| 165  .831  64.0   5.9 100%
 2005 31 COL NL  626  362  126   9.3   118| .320  .282| .445  .354| .534  .449| .979  .804| 144  .768  40.8   3.9 100%
 2006 32 COL NL  649  399  110   7.4   121| .302  .283| .404  .355| .476  .459| .880  .814| 117  .663  18.5   1.7  60%
 2007 33 COL NL  682  402  125   8.4   118| .320  .282| .434  .353| .494  .451| .928  .804| 133  .713  34.8   3.2   0%
 2008 34 COL NL  361  229   48   5.6   115| .264  .277| .391  .350| .388  .441| .779  .791| 100  .562   2.0   0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     7116 4240 1507   9.5   125| .328  .289| .428  .363| .574  .465|1.002  .828| 141  .763 429.7  39.8  58%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1997 23 COL NL OF 15 16 2 0 0 1.000 .978 1.20 1.77 1.48 2.13 14 109.7 LF 13 14 2 0 0 1.000 .982 1.23 1.48 1.54 1.95 12 93.7 1B 8 68 10 0 7 1.000 .994 9.75 8.16 12.32 9.52 7 57.0 RF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.65 1.12 2.02 2 16.0 1998 24 COL NL 1B 146 1164 146 7 156 .995 .993 8.97 6.85 9.76 7.45 134 1208.0 1999 25 COL NL 1B 156 1243 103 9 152 .993 .993 8.63 6.41 9.25 6.87 148 1310.0 2000 26 COL NL 1B 160 1326 149 7 142 .995 .992 9.22 6.25 9.84 6.67 156 1349.0 AS 2001 27 COL NL 1B 157 1306 119 2 139 .999 .993 9.08 6.37 9.36 6.57 157 1370.0 GG,AS 2002 28 COL NL 1B 156 1358 112 7 138 .995 .992 9.42 6.41 9.86 6.71 155 1342.0 GG,AS 2003 29 COL NL 1B 159 1418 156 11 149 .993 .993 9.90 6.29 10.35 6.57 159 1369.0 AS 2004 30 COL NL 1B 153 1356 144 4 130 .997 .993 9.80 6.54 10.22 6.81 151 1320.7 GG,AS 2005 31 COL NL 1B 144 1236 118 5 136 .996 .993 9.40 6.94 9.91 7.32 142 1229.7 2006 32 COL NL 1B 145 1365 86 4 156 .997 .994 10.01 6.90 10.26 7.07 145 1272.3 2007 33 COL NL 1B 153 1448 95 2 153 .999 .993 10.08 6.54 10.39 6.73 152 1337.0 DH 1 2008 34 COL NL 1B 81 830 57 3 79 .997 .992 10.95 8.23 11.16 9.34 81 715.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1997 23 COL NL 1B 8 68 10 0 7 1.000 .994 9.75 8.16 12.32 9.52 7 57.0 1998 24 COL NL 1B 146 1164 146 7 156 .995 .993 8.97 6.85 9.76 7.45 134 1208.0 1999 25 COL NL 1B 156 1243 103 9 152 .993 .993 8.63 6.41 9.25 6.87 148 1310.0 2000 26 COL NL 1B 160 1326 149 7 142 .995 .992 9.22 6.25 9.84 6.67 156 1349.0 2001 27 COL NL 1B 157 1306 119 2 139 .999 .993 9.08 6.37 9.36 6.57 157 1370.0 2002 28 COL NL 1B 156 1358 112 7 138 .995 .992 9.42 6.41 9.86 6.71 155 1342.0 2003 29 COL NL 1B 159 1418 156 11 149 .993 .993 9.90 6.29 10.35 6.57 159 1369.0 2004 30 COL NL 1B 153 1356 144 4 130 .997 .993 9.80 6.54 10.22 6.81 151 1320.7 2005 31 COL NL 1B 144 1236 118 5 136 .996 .993 9.40 6.94 9.91 7.32 142 1229.7 2006 32 COL NL 1B 145 1365 86 4 156 .997 .994 10.01 6.90 10.26 7.07 145 1272.3 2007 33 COL NL 1B 153 1448 95 2 153 .999 .993 10.08 6.54 10.39 6.73 152 1337.0 2008 34 COL NL 1B 81 830 57 3 79 .997 .992 10.95 8.23 11.16 9.34 81 715.3 2007 33 COL NL DH 1 1997 23 COL NL LF 13 14 2 0 0 1.000 .982 1.23 1.48 1.54 1.95 12 93.7 1997 23 COL NL OF 15 16 2 0 0 1.000 .978 1.20 1.77 1.48 2.13 14 109.7 1997 23 COL NL RF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.65 1.12 2.02 2 16.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B*1618 14118 1295 61 1537 .996 .993 9.53 6.63 9.99 7.00 1587 13880.0 OF* 15 16 2 0 0 1.000 .978 1.20 1.77 1.48 2.13 14 109.7 13 0 2# LF* 13 14 2 0 0 1.000 .982 1.23 1.48 1.54 1.95 12 93.7 RF* 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.65 1.12 2.02 2 16.0 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1633 14134 1297 61 1537 .996 .993 9.45 6.59 9.93 6.97 1601 13990
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2007   NLDS  COL PHI     W   3  12   1   1  0  1  0   0   1   2  .083  .154  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  COL ARI     W   4  14   3   3  0  0  0   1   2   4  .214  .294  .214   0  0   0   1   0 
        WS    COL BOS     L   4  15   2   5  2  0  0   1   2   3  .333  .412  .467   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Series   2-1  11  41   6   9  2  1  0   2   5   9  .220  .298  .317   0  0   0   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2000   COL NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 2001   COL NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 2002   COL NL   *   2   1   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 2003   COL NL   *   2   1   1  0  0  1   2   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 2004   COL NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 5/5      3   9   2   2  0  0  1   3   0   2   0  0   0   0   0  .222  .222  .556 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2000 *
2001 (1B)
2002 (1B)
2003 (1B)
2004 *

Awards
2000-NL-Hank Aaron Award

Gold Gloves
2001-NL--1B
2002-NL--1B
2004-NL--1B
All Multiple Winners

Silver Sluggers
2000-NL--1B
2001-NL--1B
2002-NL--1B
2003-NL--1B
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2000-NL-5-0.44
2001-NL-9-0.20
2002-NL-19-0.01
2003-NL-7-0.17
2004-NL-16-0.02
Car-278-0.84 shares

Batting Average
1999 NL-.320-9
2000 NL-.372-1
2001 NL-.336-2
2002 NL-.329-4
2003 NL-.358-2
2004 NL-.347-2
2005 NL-.320-4
2007 NL-.320-9
Act-.328-3
Car-.328-35

On-base %
2000 NL-.463-1
2001 NL-.432-4
2002 NL-.429-4
2003 NL-.458-2
2004 NL-.469-2
2005 NL-.445-1
2006 NL-.404-8
2007 NL-.434-2
Act-.428-2
Car-.428-10

Slugging %
1999 NL-.587-8
2000 NL-.698-1
2001 NL-.685-4
2002 NL-.577-7
2003 NL-.630-4
2004 NL-.620-5
Act-.574-6
Car-.574-14

OPS
1999 NL-.981-8
2000 NL-1.162-1
2001 NL-1.116-4
2002 NL-1.006-5
2003 NL-1.088-3
2004 NL-1.088-2
2005 NL-.979-4
Act-1.002-4
Car-1.002-10

Games
2000 NL-160-7
2001 NL-159-10
2003 NL-160-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
2000 NL-697-7
2001 NL-696-8
2003 NL-703-5

Runs
1999 NL-114-8
2000 NL-138-2
2001 NL-132-2
2002 NL-107-5
2003 NL-135-2
2004 NL-115-6
Act-1143-21

Hits
1999 NL-185-10
2000 NL-216-1
2001 NL-197-4
2002 NL-182-7
2003 NL-209-2
2004 NL-190-7
Act-1957-27

Total Bases
1999 NL-339-5
2000 NL-405-1
2001 NL-402-4
2002 NL-319-8
2003 NL-367-2
2004 NL-339-3
Act-3420-23

Doubles
2000 NL-59-1
2001 NL-54-2
2002 NL-39-10
2003 NL-49-2
2004 NL-49-3
2005 NL-45-2
Act-471-10
Car-471-70

Home Runs
2000 NL-42-7
2001 NL-49-4
Act-310-21

RBI
2000 NL-147-1
2001 NL-146-2
2002 NL-109-8
2003 NL-117-6
Act-1116-21

Bases on Balls
2000 NL-103-4
2001 NL-98-6
2002 NL-99-9
2003 NL-111-2
2004 NL-127-2
2005 NL-106-4
2007 NL-116-2
Act-1041-13
Car-1041-94

Singles
2003 NL-122-9

Adjusted OPS+
2000 NL-163-3
2001 NL-160-6
2003 NL-165-3
2004 NL-165-4
2005 NL-144-7
Act-141-13
Car-141-68

Runs Created
1999 NL-132-9
2000 NL-192-1
2001 NL-174-4
2002 NL-144-4
2003 NL-168-2
2004 NL-168-2
2005 NL-126-5
2007 NL-125-10
Act-1507-12
Car-1507-76

Adjusted Batting Runs
2000 NL-67-2
2001 NL-60-4
2003 NL-65-3
2004 NL-64-3
2005 NL-41-7
Act-430-13
Car-430-64

Batting Wins
2000 NL-6.0-2
2001 NL-5.5-4
2002 NL-4.2-9
2003 NL-6.0-3
2004 NL-5.9-3
2005 NL-3.9-7
Act-39.8-13
Car-39.8-69

Extra-Base Hits
1999 NL-79-5
2000 NL-103-1
2001 NL-105-2
2002 NL-73-10
2003 NL-87-2
2004 NL-83-2
Act-812-16
Car-812-88

Times on Base
2000 NL-323-1
2001 NL-300-4
2002 NL-286-5
2003 NL-322-1
2004 NL-320-2
2005 NL-278-6
2007 NL-296-1
Act-3047-21

Offensive Win%
1999 NL-.702-8
2000 NL-.840-1
2001 NL-.813-5
2002 NL-.788-4
2003 NL-.816-3
2004 NL-.831-2
2005 NL-.768-3
2007 NL-.713-7
Act-.763-3
Car-.763-18

Sac. Flies
2000 NL-10-7
2002 NL-10-3
2003 NL-7-7

Intentional Walks
2000 NL-22-2
2001 NL-15-9
2002 NL-21-6
2003 NL-21-3
2004 NL-19-3
2005 NL-22-3
2006 NL-15-7
2007 NL-16-6
Act-170-6
Car-170-26

Grounded into Double Plays
2003 NL-19-10

At Bats per Strikeout
1998 NL-9.8-7
2000 NL-9.5-7

At Bats per Home Run
2001 NL-12.0-4
Car-19.2-93

Salary
2006 NL-$16,600,000-3
2007 NL-$16,600,000-1

       

Black Ink: Batting - 16 (140) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 139 (112) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 50.0 (74) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 154.0 (77) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 1, 1992: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 1992 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed July 1, 1995.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1997Colorado Rockies$150,000
1998Colorado Rockies$190,000
1999Colorado Rockies$750,000
2000Colorado Rockies$1,300,000
2001Colorado Rockies$4,950,000
2002Colorado Rockies$5,000,000
2003Colorado Rockies$10,600,000
2004Colorado Rockies$11,600,000
2005Colorado Rockies$12,600,000
2006Colorado Rockies$16,600,000
2007Colorado Rockies$16,600,000
Career (may be incomplete)$80,340,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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