Todd Helton
Todd Lynn Helton (The Toddfather)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 20, 1973 in Knoxville, TN
High School: Knox Central (Knoxville, TN)
School: University of Tennessee
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed July 1, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 1997
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1997 COL NL 23 OF 15 14 109.2 18 16 2 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -10.9 -1.0 0.8 -1.8 0 1.48 1.20 .978 2.13 1.77
1997 COL NL 23 LF 13 12 93.2 16 14 2 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -7.7 -0.6 1.2 -1.8 0 1.54 1.23 .981 1.95 1.48
1997 COL NL 23 1B 8 7 57.0 78 68 10 0 7 1.000 -1.0 -21.1 -1.0 -0.7 -0.3 0 12.32 9.75 .994 9.52 8.16
1997 COL NL 23 RF 2 2 16.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -30.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.02 1.65
1998 COL NL 24 1B 146 134 1208.0 1317 1164 146 7 156 .995 8.7 8.6 6.7 1.2 5.5 2 9.76 8.97 .993 7.45 6.85 RoY-2
1999 COL NL 25 1B 156 148 1310.0 1355 1243 103 9 152 .993 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 5.3 -5.6 0 9.25 8.63 .993 6.87 6.41
2000 COL NL 26 1B 160 156 1349.0 1482 1326 149 7 142 .995 18.4 16.4 18.4 10.9 7.5 0 9.84 9.22 .992 6.67 6.25 AS,MVP-5,SS
2001 COL NL 27 1B 157 157 1370.0 1427 1306 119 2 139 .999 7.3 6.4 6.3 1.2 5.1 1 9.36 9.08 .993 6.57 6.37 AS,MVP-9,GG,SS
2002 COL NL 28 1B 156 155 1342.0 1477 1358 112 7 138 .995 11.3 10.1 11.3 -0.6 11.8 0 9.86 9.42 .992 6.71 6.41 AS,MVP-19,GG,SS
2003 COL NL 29 1B 159 159 1369.0 1585 1418 156 11 149 .993 6.9 6.0 6.9 0.4 6.5 0 10.35 9.90 .993 6.57 6.29 AS,MVP-7,SS
2004 COL NL 30 1B 153 151 1320.2 1504 1356 144 4 130 .997 10.4 9.4 10.4 5.4 5.0 0 10.22 9.80 .993 6.81 6.54 AS,MVP-16,GG
2005 COL NL 31 1B 144 142 1229.2 1359 1236 118 5 136 .996 1.2 1.2 1.2 3.2 -2.0 0 9.91 9.40 .993 7.32 6.94
2006 COL NL 32 1B 145 145 1272.1 1455 1365 86 4 156 .997 -4.7 -4.4 -4.7 -3.5 -1.2 0 10.26 10.01 .994 7.07 6.90
2007 COL NL 33 1B 153 152 1337.0 1545 1448 95 2 153 .999 13.0 11.7 14.0 4.6 9.4 -1 10.39 10.08 .993 6.73 6.54
2007 COL NL 33 DH 1
2008 COL NL 34 1B 81 81 715.1 890 830 57 3 79 .997 5.3 8.9 4.3 1.4 2.9 1 11.16 10.95 .992 9.34 8.23
2009 COL NL 35 1B 149 147 1275.0 1448 1349 96 3 115 .998 10.1 9.5 10.1 5.0 5.1 0 10.20 9.70 .993 7.06 6.71 MVP-13
13 Seasons 1B 1767 1734 15155.0 16922 15467 1391 64 1652 .996 86.6 6.9 83.6 33.8 49.7 3 10.01 9.54 .993 7.01 6.64
1 Season OF 15 14 109.2 18 16 2 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -10.9 -1.0 0.8 -1.8 0 1.48 1.20 .978 2.13 1.77
1 Season LF 13 12 93.2 16 14 2 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -7.7 -0.6 1.2 -1.8 0 1.54 1.23 .981 1.95 1.48
1 Season RF 2 2 16.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -30.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.02 1.65
1 Season DH 1
13 Seasons TOT 1782 1748 15264.2 16940 15483 1393 64 1652 .996 85.6 6.7 82.6 34.6 47.9 0 3 9.95 9.47 .989 6.97 6.60
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1997 COL NL 23 35 21 35 23 0 0 8 0 0 0 13 0 2 15 0 13 0
1998 COL NL 24 152 134 152 146 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1999 COL NL 25 159 148 159 156 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
2000 COL NL 26 160 156 160 160 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2001 COL NL 27 159 157 159 157 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2002 COL NL 28 156 155 156 156 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 COL NL 29 160 159 160 159 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2004 COL NL 30 154 151 154 153 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2005 COL NL 31 144 142 144 144 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 COL NL 32 145 145 145 145 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 COL NL 33 154 153 154 153 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2008 COL NL 34 83 81 83 81 0 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2009 COL NL 35 151 147 151 149 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
13 Seasons 1812 1749 1812 1782 0 0 1767 0 0 0 13 0 2 15 1 47 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1997 COL NL 23 269 49% 77% 41% 16 94% 0 68 2 65 1 7 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 7 1 0 0 0 4 100%
1998 COL NL 24 5480 54% 76% 32% 358 90% 3 1167 77 1072 17 116 143 95 34 2 4 7 1 6 0 5 156 4 12 3 138 20 17 5 12 38 100%
1999 COL NL 25 6304 60% 73% 30% 310 92% 1 1241 77 1139 24 117 103 71 23 2 5 9 1 6 2 7 152 2 5 1 144 8 6 1 5 29 79%
2000 COL NL 26 6191 57% 75% 29% 346 97% 0 1332 78 1230 24 132 144 97 32 3 11 7 0 5 2 6 143 1 7 2 127 13 16 7 9 24 88%
2001 COL NL 27 6227 62% 73% 27% 279 97% 5 1303 78 1203 21 90 120 77 24 4 5 2 0 0 2 0 139 2 6 4 129 14 8 4 4 25 80%
2002 COL NL 28 6127 60% 76% 29% 320 98% 1 1442 91 1346 6 187 43 11 23 1 7 7 0 6 1 5 138 2 3 2 129 8 9 2 7 14 93%
2003 COL NL 29 6319 55% 77% 33% 393 94% 1 1421 90 1316 14 142 156 96 35 4 4 11 0 7 4 9 149 3 6 2 134 12 14 3 11 35 83%
2004 COL NL 30 6236 58% 75% 31% 323 97% 1 1356 78 1250 29 121 144 90 25 2 12 4 1 0 3 2 130 2 5 3 119 12 11 4 6 34 97%
2005 COL NL 31 5750 57% 75% 31% 305 96% 1 1238 75 1136 27 120 119 75 25 2 10 5 2 1 2 3 136 2 2 2 121 9 14 7 7 23 91%
2006 COL NL 32 5702 55% 76% 33% 281 96% 3 1367 69 1283 14 125 87 55 18 3 4 4 1 0 3 1 156 3 1 0 146 6 10 0 10 18 78%
2007 COL NL 33 5866 57% 76% 34% 315 97% 1 1448 81 1350 17 137 95 69 16 1 4 2 0 1 1 2 153 3 0 1 140 6 13 6 7 19 100%
2008 COL NL 34 3225 58% 76% 35% 170 97% 1 830 40 769 21 73 57 37 15 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 79 3 2 2 72 7 7 3 4 10 80%
2009 COL NL 35 5611 53% 73% 33% 270 96% 3 1349 57 1257 35 116 96 74 11 2 4 3 0 1 2 2 114 1 3 0 106 3 8 4 4 19 95%
13 Seasons 69307 57% 75% 31% 3686 95% 21 15562 893 14416 250 1483 1315 852 283 27 72 64 8 33 23 43 1652 28 52 23 1512 119 133 46 86 292 89%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93% 83%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1997 COL NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 5 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 0 15 7 46.7% 6 2 13.3% 0 427 61% 75% 34% 46 35%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 5 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 0 15 7 46.7% 6 2 13.3% 0 427 61% 75% 34% 46 35%
MLB Averages 62.0% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1997 COL NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 73 62% 77% 34% 6 33%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 73 62% 77% 34% 6 33%
MLB Averages 47.8% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 50%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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