Todd Helton is a retired American professional baseball player, with a net worth of $75 million. Todd Helton spent his entire 17-year MLB career with the Colorado Rockies, from 1997 to 2013. He was a prodigious batter who won four consecutive Silver Slugger Awards and the National League Batting Championship in 2000.
Helton also won three Gold Glove Awards and set other Rockies franchise records, including hits, home runs, and RBI. As we’ll see in the next section, Todd famously earned millions of dollars in retirement thanks to a deal he signed near the conclusion of his career that included Bobby Bonilla-style contract deferments.
Who is Todd Helton?
Todd Helton was born on August 20, 1973, in Knoxville, Tennessee. He attended Central High School, where he lettered in baseball and football. As a senior on the baseball team, Helton batted 655 with 12 home runs and was voted Regional Player of the Year. Despite being picked out of high school by the San Diego Padres in the 1992 MLB draft, he decided to attend college instead.
Helton attended the University of Tennessee on an athletic scholarship to play baseball and football. In 12 games as a quarterback for the Volunteers, he threw for 484 yards, four touchdowns, and three interceptions.
Meanwhile, Helton concluded his undergraduate baseball career with a.370 batting average with 38 home runs and 238 RBI, both school records. He also pitched 193 innings, with a 2.24 ERA. Helton was named the top collegiate baseball player in the country during his junior season in 1995, earning the Dick Howser Trophy.
How old is Todd Helton?
He is currently 50 years old.
What is Todd Helton’s net worth?
He is estimated to be worth $75 Million.
What is Todd Helton’s career?
The Colorado Rockies selected Helton as the eighth overall pick in the first round of the 1995 MLB draft. He spent the next two seasons in the minors, playing for the Asheville Tourists, New Haven Ravens, and Colorado Springs Sky Sox.
Helton got called up to the majors in 1997. He made his Major League Baseball debut with the Rockies in an early August road loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Helton concluded the season with a.280 batting average and five home runs in 35 games.
For the 1998 season, he was both the Rockies’ full-time starter and club representative. Helton batted 315 that season, with 25 home runs and 97 RBI in 152 games. He was even better in 1999, batting 320 with 35 home runs and 113 RBI, and hitting for the cycle in a June victory over the Florida Marlins.
Helton had probably his best career season in 2000 when he led the majors in several categories, including batting average (.372) and RBI (147). Throughout the season, he won the NL hitting title, the Hank Aaron Award, and his first Silver Slugger Award.
From 2001 to 2004, Helton continued his amazing success, winning three consecutive Silver Sluggers and three Gold Glove Awards. In 2001, he hit a career-high 49 home runs, and in 2002, he became the first Rockies player to score 100 runs in four straight seasons. Helton finished second in the NL hitting titles in both 2003 and 2004, trailing only Albert Pujols and Barry Bonds.
After several years of success, Helton experienced his first bad season in 2005 due to a calf injury. He ended the season with a.320 batting average, 20 home runs, and 79 RBI. In 2006, Helton was again troubled by injury, finishing the season with a.302 batting average, 15 home runs, and 81 RBI.
In 2007, Helton had his seventh consecutive season with a batting average above 300. He also hit 17 home runs and drove in 91 runs, becoming the Rockies’ first player to reach 300 home runs. The team went on to win the NL wild card in extra innings over the Padres, advancing Helton to the playoffs for the first time in his career.
The Colorado Rockies swept the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS and the Arizona Diamondbacks in the NLCS. As a result, the Rockies qualified for their first World Series in franchise history. During the competition, the Boston Red Sox swept the team.
The next season, Helton was diagnosed with a degenerative back issue, casting doubt on his ability to continue playing. He persevered, recording his 500th career double in 2009.
Helton agreed to a two-year contract extension with the Rockies in 2010. That year, however, his back problem sent him to the disabled list, and he concluded the season with a.256 batting average, eight home runs, and 37 RBI. Although rumors of his retirement circulated, Helton returned in 2011 and played his 2,000th career game.
After undergoing season-ending hip surgery in 2012, he recovered in time for the 2013 season, when he hit 15 home runs and drove in 61 runs in 124 games. Helton retired at the end of the season, with a home run and three RBIs in his final game at Coors Field. Throughout his 17-year career with the Rockies, he set multiple franchise records, including for hits (2,519), home runs (369), RBI (1,406), and games played (2,247).
