Like yesterdays post we are again going to talk about a player who has been in Hall of Fame debates for years. His name is Todd Helton he was a career Colorado Rockie and was primarily a first basemen. He hit .316/.414/.539 for his career with 369 homers, 1406 RBI’s, 2519 hits, and 1401 runs scored. He was walked 1335 times in his career while only striking out 1175 times.

He was a good fielder at first earning 3 gold gloves for his efforts and was a 5 time all star. He like Larry Walker had a stretch of his career where he was unstoppable. From 2000-2004 he hit .349/.450/.643 averaging 129 runs, 204 hits, 52 doubles, 4 triples, 39 home runs, and 127 RBI’s per 162. In 2000 however he had one of the best seasons of the era. He hit 59 doubles, and 42 homers hitting .372/.463/.698, numbers that seem of the back of Babe Ruth’s baseball card.

However Coors Field definitely had an effect on his numbers. He hit a Ted Williams esque .391/.484/.758 with 27 homers and 88 RBI’s at home while hitting .353/.441/.633 with 15 homers and 59 RBI’s on the road. Those road numbers were very good as well, and still definitely would have got him MVP votes as well. But after 2005 Helton never hit more than 20 homers in a season again and his numbers seemed a bit pedestrian if he was playing 81 at Coors. Todd Helton was a great player but just missed the mark for me on any real candidacy for the Hall of Fame. Thanks for reading.