Shawn Chacon


‧ Position: Pitcher.

‧ Height: 6-feet-3.

‧ Weight: 212 pounds.

‧ Bats: Right.

‧ Throws: Right.

‧ Age: 26.

‧ Acquired: Signed as a third-round draft pick out of Greeley Central High
             School in 1996.

‧ Status: Making the conversion to closer.

‧ Career highlights: Chacon's 8-1 record against National League West teams
                      was the best winning percentage of any pitcher against
                      his own division last season . . . His 11 wins before
                      the All-Star break was a Rockies record . . . Selected
                      to National League All-Star team in 2003, joining Mike
                      Hampton (2001) as only Rockies pitchers to be picked ..
                      Has 14-12 record and 5.28 lifetime earned-run average
                      at Coors Field.

‧ Personal: Chacon was the first player ever drafted by the Rockies directly
             out of a Colorado high school . . . Still lives in Greeley, and
             has two sons, Andre and Taten . . . Turned down scholarship to
             Arizona State to sign with Rockies . . . Jersey was retired at
             Greeley Central in January of 2002, only the second athlete to
             be honored at the school in its 123-year history.

‧ Who had the biggest impact on your career?
             "My parents. They were there for me from day one. They were the
              ones who adopted me and gave me a home. They supported me for
              everything I wanted to do. They were there in good times and
              bad times."