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'''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 [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]], four-time [[Silver Slugger Award|Silver Slugger]], and three-time [[Rawlings Gold Glove Award|Gold Glove Award]] winner, Helton holds the Rockies' club records for [[Hit (baseball)|hits]] (2,519), [[home run]]s (369), [[Double (baseball)|doubles]] (592), [[Base on balls|walks]] (1,335), [[Run (baseball)|runs]] scored (1,401), [[run batted in|runs batted in]] (RBIs, with 1,406), games played (2,247), and total bases (4,292), among others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colorado Rockies Top 10 Batting Leaders |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/COL/leaders_bat.shtml |access-date=July 1, 2008 |publisher=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref> He is widely considered to be the best player in [[Colorado Rockies|Rockies]] history. |
'''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 [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]], four-time [[Silver Slugger Award|Silver Slugger]], and three-time [[Rawlings Gold Glove Award|Gold Glove Award]] winner, Helton holds the Rockies' club records for [[Hit (baseball)|hits]] (2,519), [[home run]]s (369), [[Double (baseball)|doubles]] (592), [[Base on balls|walks]] (1,335), [[Run (baseball)|runs]] scored (1,401), [[run batted in|runs batted in]] (RBIs, with 1,406), games played (2,247), and total bases (4,292), among others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colorado Rockies Top 10 Batting Leaders |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/COL/leaders_bat.shtml |access-date=July 1, 2008 |publisher=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref> |
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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 (baseball)|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. In {{bhofy|2024}}, Helton was inducted into the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]]. |
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 (baseball)|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. In {{bhofy|2024}}, Helton was inducted into the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]]. |
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