Todd Helton


‧ Position: First baseman

‧ Height: 6-feet-2

‧ Weight: 220 pounds

‧ Bats: Left

‧ Throws: Left

‧ Age: 30.

‧ Acquired: Signed as first- round draft pick out of University of Tennessee
             in 1995.

‧ Status: Starting first baseman and No. 3 hitter.

‧ Career highlights: Helton and Joe DiMaggio are only players to have hit at
                      least .315 with 25 home runs and 95 RBI in each of their
                      first six big-league seasons . . . Won National League
                      batting title with .372 average in 2000, and has highest
                      career average (.337) of any active player . . . In
                      2000-01 became the first player to have consecutive
                      seasons of 100 extra-base hits.

‧ Personal: He was the starting quarterback at Tennessee who replaced Heath
             Schuler and was replaced by Peyton Manning . . . Father was a
             catcher in the Minnesota Twins farm system . . . Todd and his
             wife, Christy, have a daughter and live year-round in Thornton.-

‧ Who had the biggest impact on your career?
             "Has to be my dad No. 1 and my high school coach, Bud Bales, No.2.
              My dad worked with me from when I was real young on my hitting.
              Coach Bales worked with me on everything else as far as learning
              how to carry myself and conduct myself on and off the field."