Rockies legend Todd Helton inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
Jul 22, 2024, 6:49 AM | Updated: 9:14 am
Todd Helton became the second member of the Colorado Rockies to be inducted in Cooperstown. Todd’s claim to fame could have been that he was the quarterback at the University of Tennessee between future first-round draft picks Heath Schuler and Peyton Manning, but he was destined for bigger things on the baseball diamond.
After a knee injury in 1994 paved the way for Manning to become Tennessee’s quarterback, Todd shifted all his focus to baseball. He was named player of the year by Baseball America.
He was selected by the Colorado Rockies with the No. 8 overall pick in the 1995 amateur draft and never left the Mile High City. After becoming the starting first baseman in 1995, Todd finished second in the NL Rookie of the year voting and posted a .315 batting average with 25 home runs and 97 RBIs.
As a I said Todd became the second Colorado Rocky to make the Baseball Hall of Fame…do you know who the first one was??
LARRY WALKER
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