Charles Cobb Blackmon...son of Myron and Ellen...has one younger sister, Katie...He and his wife Ashley, their daughter, Josie, and son, Wyatt, reside in Atlanta, Ga. in the offseason...Born in Dallas, Texas, but was raised in Suwanee, Ga...He and his father participated together in the 2016 Rockies Fantasy Camp at Salt River Fields...Enjoys the outdoors and fishing in his free time...Attended North Gwinnett High School, where he played baseball, basketball and football...three-time Academic Player of the Year...A Dean’s List student at Young Harris College, where he pitched and helped lead the Mountain Lions to back-to-back GJCAA titles...Transferred to Georgia Tech, where he made the full-time transition from pitcher to outfielder...Earned his bachelor’ degree in business administration with a concentration in finance from Georgia Tech in the fall of 2011 (while on the disabled list with a broken foot).
2023
Played in his 1,500th career game in the final game of the season Oct. 1 vs. Minnesota, the 71st player in MLB history to log 1,500+ games, 300+ doubles, 200+ home runs and 60+ triples in a career…18th to do so with one team, the first since Derek Jeter (Yankees, 1995-2014) and the first in the NL since Billy Williams (Cubs, 1959-74)...Made his 10th career Opening Day start for the Rockies, the second-most in franchise history behind Todd Helton’s 16... Recorded 39 walks and 55 strikeouts, a 0.71 BB/SO ratio that led the team and ranked ninth in the National League (min. 400 PA)…13.3% strikeout rate the eighth-lowest in the NL (min. 400 PA)…9.4% walk rate the highest of his career... Hit two leadoff home runs: April 25 at Cleveland and Sept. 28 vs. Los Angeles-NL…his 41 career leadoff home runs are the 10th-most in Major League history...Season-long 10-game hitting streak May 19-June 1, his 21st career hitting streak of at least 10 games, the second-most in franchise history behind Todd Helton (25)...Had a 22-game on-base streak Aug. 14-Sept. 9 after being reinstated from the IL… slashed .333/.448/.487 through this stretch, the fourth-longest on-base streak of his career and his longest since 2019...Tied with Brenton Doyle for the team lead with five triples…63 career triples the most among active players...Hit by a team-leading 11 pitches…his 104 career hit-by-pitches were the sixth-most among active players in 2023 and the most in Rockies franchise history...On the injured list June 11-Aug.14 with a fractured fifth metacarpal (right hand) following a hit-by-pitch on June 3 at Kansas City…due to the injury, limited to 96 games, his fewest in a full season since 2013...On Sept. 29, signed a one-year extension with the Rockies covering the 2024 season.
2022
Named a finalist for the National League Silver Slugger Award at designated hitter...led the club with 79 starts as the DH, slashing .267/.315/.429...his 47 RBI as the DH ranked fifth in the NL, ninth in the Majors...Finished the season ranked among franchise leaders in triples (58, first), games (1,404, second), hits (1,590, second), total bases (2,613, second), runs (880, third), doubles (286, third), walks (403, fifth) home runs (207, sixth) and RBI (709, seventh)...passed Carlos González for third-most doubles on July 2...passed Larry Walker for second in total bases on July 1...passed Dante Bichette for sixth in home runs on June 18...54th career triple on June 17 passed Dexter Fowler for the most in franchise history...passed Troy Tulowitzki for seventh in RBI on June 7...Reached 10 years of service time on June 15, joining Todd Helton as the only players to reach the mark playing solely for the Rockies...Hit his 200th career home run on June 7 at San Francisco on the 11th anniversary of his MLB debut, a pinch-hit, go-ahead home run in the sixth inning...recorded his 1,500th career hit June 8 at San Francisco, the second Rockie all-time to surpass the milestone (Todd Helton, 2,519 hits)...Did not hit a home run from July 27 through the end of his season, a 46-game homerless streak that is the longest of his career...Slashed .277/.326/.476 with 14 home runs in 83 games prior to the All-Star Break...in 52 games following the Break, slashed .242/.294/.232 with two home runs...Appeared in a 135 games, his fewest since 2013 (82 games), while batting .264, his lowest mark through a full season of his career...His .336 (44-for-131) batting average with runners in scoring position ranked seventh in the NL, 12th in the Majors....323 career batting average with RISP ranks sixth in franchise history (min. 500 PA)...Recorded the 13th multi-home run game of his career April 24 at Philadelphia (last: June 13, 2019 vs. San Diego), his ninth and 10th career home runs at Citizens Bank Ballpark...joined Larry Walker (10 HR at old Busch Stadium) as the only players in franchise history with 10-plus home runs at a non-NL West ballpark...Connected on the 39th leadoff home run of his career on July 27 vs. Chicago-AL (third of the season, also: May 18 vs. San Francisco and May 29 at Washington), the ninth-most in ML history, second-most among active players behind George Springer (53, tied for third all-time)...Season-long 11-game hitting streak July 9-24, his 20th career hitting streak of at least 10 games, the second-most in franchise history (Todd Helton, 25)...Placed on the 10-day injured list on Sept. 28 with a torn meniscus in his left knee and missed the remainder of the season...underwent surgery on Oct. 3.
2021
Set career-low marks in batting average (.270) and slugging percentage (.411) while setting a career-high with a 9.3 percent walk rate... Recorded three walk-off hits, including two walk-off home runs on May 4 vs San Francisco and July 18 vs. Los Angeles-NL … became the second player to record three walk-off hits in a single season along with Dante Bichette (joined later in 2021 by Elias Díaz) … his five career walk-off home runs tied with Bichette for the second-most in franchise history, trailing Todd Helton (seven)... Batted .285 (125-for-438) from May 1 through the end of the season after hitting .184 (14-for-76) in April … hit .310 in May, .289 in June, .310 in July, .235 in August and .286 in September... Hit nine home runs after the All-Star break after hitting four in the first half... Hit 11 of his 13 home runs at Coors Field … first road home run came July 23 at Dodger Stadium... Posted a 12.3 strikeout percentage through Aug. 28, the third-lowest mark in the NL … struck out 34 times in his last 119 plate appearances (29 games), a 28.6 percent strikeout rate … 15.6 rate on the season finished as the 11th-lowest in the NL... Recorded a career-high 14 outfield assists, tied for the third-most in the Majors and the most in the NL … also tied for the third-most in a single season in franchise history.
2020
Ranked among National League leaders in multi-hit games (21, T-3rd), RBI (42, T-5th) and hits (67-6th)...Named a finalist for the Rawlings Gold Glove in right field for the first time in his career...Batted .375 vs. left-handed pitching, tied for the sixth-highest average in MLB, tied for the third-highest in the NL and the highest average by a left-handed batter against left-handed pitching... Batted .500 (34-for-68) in the first 17 games of the season through Aug. 11, the fifth player in the last 50 years to bat .500 or better through his first 17 games…joined Barry Bonds (2004, San Francisco), Rod Carew (1983, California), Tony Perez (1970, Cincinnati) and Larry Walker (1997, Colorado)…was the first player since Walker in 1997 (.507, 34-for-67) to hit .500 or better through his first 66 (or more) at-bats of the season... Was 0-for-8 over his first two games of the season before a 15-game hitting streak from July 26-Aug. 11…batted .567 (34-for-60) over the streak, the highest average across a streak of at least 15 games since Lance Berkman hit .586 in May 2008…recorded 31 hits over a 13-game span, July 29-Aug. 11, the second player in franchise history to record at least 30 hits over a 13-game span (also: Andres Galarraga, May 31-June 15, 1993)...The hitting streak was his 18th career streak of at least 10 games, passing Larry Walker for the second-most such streaks in franchise history, trailing Todd Helton’s 25 hitting streaks of at least 10 games...Hit a walk-off grand slam on Sept. 11 vs. Los Angeles-AL, the second walk-off grand slam in franchise history (also: Ryan Spilborghs, Aug. 24, 2009 vs. San Francisco)…was his third career walk-off home run (last: April 19, 2019 vs. Philadelphia) … recorded a career-high-tying five RBI in the game (third time, last: May 31, 2016 vs. Cincinnati)...Hit two grand slams (also: Aug. 26 at Arizona), the second and third of his career…first Rockies player since Carlos González in 2016 to have multiple grand slams in a single season...The grand slam on Sept. 11 was also his 100th career home run at Coors Field, the eighth player in franchise history to reach the mark...Batted .216 (33-for-153) from Aug. 12 through the end of the season.
2019
An All-Star for the fourth time (third consecutive), and became the eighth player in Rockies history to be named an All-Star three years in a row ... Converted to right field, where he played 135 games ... ranked first in the NL, second in MLB, batting .385 (42-for-109) with runners in scoring position ... Finished among NL leaders in extra-base hits (81-T3), doubles (42-4th, career high), hits (185-4th), triples (7-T4), runs (112-5th), batting average (.314-6th), slugging percentage (.576-7th) and OPS (.940-8th) ... Tied for second in the Majors in 4+-hit games (five) and led in 3+-hit contests (21) ... Hit a go-ahead three-run home run in the 16th inning on Sept. 24 at San Francisco, tied for the latest home run by inning in franchise history (also: Nolan Arenado, Sept. 15, 2015 at Los Angeles-NL) ... Slashed .379/.435/.739 in 66 home games, reaching base safely in 58 ... His six leadoff home runs tied for third in the NL ... his 36 career leadoff home runs rank ninth in MLB history (fourth among active players), third in the NL behind Jimmy Rollins (46) and Craig Biggio (53) ... Became the sixth player in Rockies history with four or more consecutive seasons of 25 or more home runs, joining Arenado, Dante Bichette, Vinny Castilla, Andres Galarraga and Todd Helton ... Had at least three hits in six straight home games June 13-28, the longest home hitting streak of its kind in Major League history ... NL PLayer of the Month for June, his second career Player of the Month honor ... ranked first in the NL in batting average (.412), first in slugging percentage (.835) and first in runs scored (30) ... ranked second in home runs (10), tied for second in hits (40) and fifth in RBI (25) ... Named NL Player of the Week for the week ending June 16, his sixth career Player of the Week honor ... his six Player of the Week Awards are tied with Arenado, Bichette and Helton for the most in franchise history ... batted .568 (21-for-37) with 12 runs scored, four doubles, one triple, six home runs and 15 RBI over the week ... according to Elias, he became the fourth player since 1900 to log at least 20 hits and five home runs over a seven-game span, joining Tim Salmon (1994), Bill Terry (1932) and Al Simmons (1932) ... Reached base in his first 32 home games (April 5-July 3) ... hit safely in 28 straight home games, (April 18-July 3), the third-longest home hitting streak in club history.
2018
Was an All-Star for the second consecutive season (third time overall) … signed a six-year contract with the Rockies, including two player options, on April 4 ... Started in center field in all four postseason games … went 2-for-15 (.133) with one run, one RBI and one walk ... Led the NL with 119 runs scored, his second straight season leading the National League in runs … tied for fourth in the league with a team-high 182 hits, and finished tied for seventh with 51 multi-hit games ... Recorded his third straight season with at least 100 runs scored and 25 home runs … joined Willie Mays and Duke Snider as the only NL center fielder with three consecutive 100/25 seasons ... Hit for his first career cycle, the ninth cycle in Rockies history, in the 162nd game of the season, the first cycle in the 162nd game of the season in Major League history ... His 17-game hitting streak Sept. 8-25 tied for the longest hitting streak in the National League in 2018, and was the longest by a Rockies player since Carlos González's 19-game streak in 2016 ... Finished the season with 14 career hitting streaks of 10 or more games, including three in 2018, the third-most such streaks in club history behind Todd Helton (25) and Larry Walker (17) … his 13 double-digit hitting streaks since 2015 are the most in MLB ... Hit his first career walk-off home run on July 25 vs. Houston in the 3-2 Rockies win … it was his second career walk-off RBI (also: Sept. 1, 2014 vs. San Francisco) ... Recorded his 1,000th career hit Aug. 7 vs. Pittsburgh, the seventh player in franchise history to reach that mark with the Rockies ... Played in his 900th career game on Sept. 10, the seventh player in franchise history to reach that mark, the third player drafted by the Rockies to do so (also: Todd Helton, Troy Tulowitzki) … his 1,038 hits through 900 games were the fourth-most through 900 games in franchise history, trailing Dante Bichette (1,136), Larry Walker (1,088) and Helton (1,072).
2017
Became the first center fielder to win the National League Batting Title since Willie McGee with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1990...Won his second consecutive Silver Slugger Award after leading the Major Leagues in hits (213), runs (137), triples (14) and total bases (386)...Set career highs in batting average (.331), games (159), runs (137), hits (213), triples (14), home runs (37), total bases (387), RBI (104), walks (65), on-base percentage (.399) and slugging percentage (.601)...His 213 hits were the fourth-most in franchise history, the most for a Rockies player and in the National League since Matt Holliday had 216 in 2007...Set a Major League record with 103 RBI from the leadoff position, surpassing Darin Erstad's previous mark of 100 set with the Angels in 2000...His 383 total bases from the leadoff position were also the most all-time … 37 home runs were the thirdmost all-time by a leadoff hitter, trailing Alfonso Soriano's 38 in 2002 with the Yankees and 39 in 2006 with the Nationals...Recorded 86 extra-base hits, the third-most by a leadoff hitter in Major League history and the most by a NL leadoff hitter...His 68 multi-hit games were a franchise record and the most in the National League since 2004 (Mark Loretta, Juan Pierre)...Became one of seven players (eight times) in MLB history to record at least 135 runs, 210 hits, 35 doubles, 14 triples, 35 home runs and 100 RBI in a single season … joins Stan Musial (1948), Joe DiMaggio (1937), Chuck Klein (1932), Al Simmons (1930), Lou Gehrig (1930, 1927) and Rogers Hornsby (1922)...Named the National League Player of the Month in May after batting .359 with 24 runs, six doubles, five triples, six home runs and 22 RBI … led the National League in hits, batting average and triples, tied for the lead in extra-base hits and finished fifth in RBI … his 42 hits tied the club record for hits in the month of May … the NL Player of the Week for May 22-28, after hitting .400 (12-for-30) with three home runs, 12 RBI, six runs scored, a double, a triple, and a stolen base over seven games...Selected by the MLB Players Alumni Association as the Rockies' 2017 Heart and Hustle Award Winner...Voted by the fans as the starting center fielder for the NL in the All-Star game, his second career All-Star selection and first career start … participated in the Home Run Derby and hit 14 home runs.
2016
Set career highs in runs (111), hits (187), doubles (35), home runs (29), RBI (82), batting average (.324), on-base percentage (.381) and slugging percentage (.552) … won Silver Slugger for the first time...Finished fourth in the National League in batting average, third in runs, fourth in hits, fifth in slugging percentage and fifth in total bases (319)...Led NL outfielders in batting average, slugging, hits and runs … his 29 home runs were tied for fifth...His 29 home runs as a leadoff hitter were the most in Major League Baseball and the most in the National League since Alfonso Soriano and Hanley Ramirez hit 29 and 32 home runs, respectively, in 2008 … the 29 home runs are tied for the seventh-most by a leadoff hitter in NL history...His 82 RBI from the leadoff spot were tied for the fourth-most in National League history, the most since Jimmy Rollins recorded 82 RBI in 2006...Led MLB with 10 leadoff home runs … became the fifth player in Major League history to record double-digit leadoff home runs in a season, the third in National League history (Alfonso Soriano, 12, 2007; Bobby Bonds, 11, 1973)...Batted .335 (93-for-278) with 12 home runs at home, .313 (94-for-300) with 17 home runs on the road … batting average on the road was the 10th-highest in the NL and the seventh-highest for a single season in franchise history, the highest since Todd Helton batted .326 (88-for-270) on the road in 2004...Missed much of April, playing in 10 games … on 15-day disabled list due to left foot injury (turf toe) from April 14-29 … played two games for High-A Modesto on a rehabilitation assignment...Hit .331 (58-for-175) vs. left-handed pitchers, the sixth-highest average vs. lefties in the National League and the best among left-handed batters...Had five hitting streaks of 10 or more games, tied for the most such streaks in Rockies history (Larry Walker, 2002; Eric Young, 1996) … the five streaks of at least 10 games were the second-most in baseball behind Dustin Pedroia's six streaks...Had five multi-home run games, including a three-homer game Aug. 12 at Philadelphia … became the 11th Rockies player to hit three home runs in a game (15th time)...Five home runs in the three-game series at Philadelphia Aug. 12-14, the most in a three-game series in franchise history and tied for the most in any series in franchise history (Todd Helton, 1999 vs. Montreal, five games)...Hit .360 (40-for-111) in August with a NL-leading 11 home runs and 30 runs scored...Named the NL Player of the Week twice, June 20-26 and Aug. 8-14...Career-long 14-game hitting streak from July 5-22, batting .317 (19-for-60) … career-long 32-game on-base streak May 3-June 6 … batted .331 (43-for-130) with a .390 on-base percentage over that span...Recorded his 101st career stolen base on Sept. 23, tying him with Willy Taveras for fifth on the Rockies' alltime stolen base list.
2015
His 43 steals were third in the Majors behind Miami's Dee Gordon (58) and Cincinnati's Billy Hamilton (57). Overall, set career highs in games (157), runs (93), hits (176), doubles (31), triples (nine), walks (46), stolen bases, extra-base hits (57) and on-base percentage (.347). His 43 stolen bases ranked third in the NL, fifth-most in a single season in club history … fourth player in Rockies history to steal 40 or more bases in a season (sixth time overall) … first Rockie to steal 40 or more bases since Willy Taveras stole 68 in 2008. Tied for the team lead in games (157), while leading the Rockies in triples (nine) and on-base percentage. Finished seventh in the NL with 175 hits … second in league with nine triples … tied for sixth in NL with 13 hit by pitch. Hit six leadoff home runs, four in the top of the frst inning, two in the bottom of the frst … 12 career leadoff home runs is a club record, as is six homers to lead off a game. Career-high 48 multi-hit games led team, tied for ninth in the NL … 15 three-hit games tied for eighth in the league. Eight assists in center feld tied for most among NL center felders. Career-high tying 12-game hitting streak (.354; 17-for-48) from Aug. 14-Aug. 26. Hit .307 in June (35-for-114), hitting safely in 25 of 29 games … an 11-game hit streak ended June 28 (.364; 16-for-44) … batted .337 (32-for-95) in July with 11 multi-hit games. Season-high four RBI June 21 vs. Milwaukee … second multi-home run game of his career May 3 at San Diego. Best month was July, hitting .337 (32-for-95) with 10 RBI … stole 11 bases and had 15 RBI in June, hitting .307 (35-for-114) with 20 runs scored … hit five home runs in May
2014
Had career-year in 2014, earning his first selection to the NL All-Star team...was voted to the team via the player vote...went 0-for-2 in the game and played center field as a reserve...Was a member of the Rockies Opening Day roster for the first time in his career and started in center field on Opening Day...played a team-high 154 games...Set career-highs in virtually every category in '14, including: games, at-bats (593), runs (82), hits (171), doubles (27), triples (3), home runs (19), RBI (72), walks (31) and stolen bases (28)...Finished among the top-20 in the NL in hits (11th), runs (17th), average (.288, 15th), total bases (261) and stolen bases (T-8th)...led the Rockies in hits, runs and steals and finished third in RBI and home runs...Played the majority of the season as the Rockies leadoff hitter...led all NL players from the leadoff spot in RBI (69) and was second in home runs (19)...his five leadoff home runs established a new Rockies franchise record...Had one of the single greatest games in Rockies history during the Rockies Home Opener on April 4 vs. Arizona...went 6-for-6 with three doubles, one home run, five RBI and four runs...six hits tied a Rockies record originally set by Andres Galarraga (6-for-6, July 3, 1995 vs. Houston)... Blackmon became the 10th player since 1920, when RBI became an official statistic, to go 6-for-6 or better with that many RBI and runs scored in a game...Had three games in 2014 of 5-for-5 or better...went 5-for-5 July 12 vs. Minnesota and 5-for-5 Sept. 17 vs. Los Angeles-NL...Elias: is the fifth player since 1900 to record at least three games of 5-for-5 or better, joining Hall-of-Famers Ty Cobb (1922), Tris Speaker (1923), Stan Musial (1948) and Tony Gwynn (1993), plus Ichiro Suzuki in 2004...Had his first career multi-home run game on April 21 vs. San Francisco, first going deep off Ryan Vogelsong and later off Juan Gutierrez...was one of six multi-HR games for a Rockie in 2014...Was one of the Rockies most clutch hitters in '14 and batted .320 (41-for-128) with 53 RBI with runners in scoring position...also fared well against the division, batting .305 (83-for-272) with 13 doubles, 11 home runs and 36 RBI vs. NL West.
2013
Split the season almost evenly between Triple-A Colorado Springs, where he began the campaign, and in the Majors with the Rockies... Blackmon played in a career-high 82 games in the Majors and set career-highs in nearly every offensive category, including: at bats (246), runs (35), hits (76), doubles (17), home runs (6), RBI (22), OBP (.336), SLG (.467) and OPS (.803)... Was first recalled from Triple-A on 5/12 and spent 17 days on the active roster before being optioned back to Triple-A on 5/29...was recalled for the remainder of the season on 7/8...hit .288 (74-for-257) with 15 2B, 6 3B, 3 HR, 40 RBI, 56 runs in 68 games at Triple-A... Played 52 of his 82 total games in August and Spetember and combined to hit .332 (61-for-184) with 14 doubles, 1 triple, 5 home runs, 18 RBI over the season's final two months... Blackmon's 9 doubles in September were tied for the 5th-most in the NL with teammate Todd Helton (Matt Carpenter led with 12 2B in September)... Split his time between the three outfield spots, playing 17 games in left, 25 games in center and 34 in right... The left-hander hit .296 (21-for-71) vs. LHP in 2013 and is now a .325 (37-for-114) career hitter vs. LHP in the Majors... Was productive with men on base, as he batted .304 (24-for-79) with 6 doubles, 1 home run and 17 RBI with runners on base and .304 (14-for-46) with 5 doubles, 1 home run and 15 RBI with runners in scoring position.
2012
Began the 2012 season on the 15-day disabled list with turf toe in his left big toe, then spent the first four and a half
months in the Minors prior to his recall from Triple-A on 8/18. 2012 marked his second-straight year seeing time in the Majors with the Rockies...hit .146 (6-for-41) in his first 13
games, all in August...then hit .361 (26-for-72) over his final 29 games...had 5 doubles, 2 home runs and 8 RBI from
9/1 through the end of the season. Batted .289 (83-for-287) with 23 doubles, 4 triples, 6 home runs and 37 RBI in 76 Minor League games between Short
Season-A Tri-City and Triple-A Colorado Springs. Tied his career-high with 4 hits twice in 2012, and now has three four-hit games in his MLB career...had 4 hits, including a double, on 9/6 at ATL...then had 4 hits again on 10/1 at ARI...had 8 multi-hit games in 2013. Saw time at all three outfield positions, though split his time nearly evenly between left field (114.2 innings) and right
field (107.1 innings).
2011
After spending the first two months of the 2011 season at Triple-A Colorado Springs, was recalled on 6/7 and spent the
next month, until 7/7, on the active roster...finished the season on the 60-day disabled list with a right foot fracture suffered 7/7 at ATL while rounding second base...Hit .255 (25-for-98) with 1 double, 1 home run, 8 RBI, 9 runs and 5 steals in his 27 games with the Rockies...played
mostly left field, though he also saw action in center field as well...Collected his first Major League hit in his second game, 6/8 at SD off Dustin Moseley, with a single going 1-for-4 in the
game....first MLB multi-hit game, RBI and outfield assist all came 6/11 vs. LAD...Had a career-high four hits 6/17 vs. DET...also drove in two runs, setting his career-high for RBI in a game as well...Slugged his first career home run on 7/1 vs. KC off Soria...was a pinch-hit home run and also came on his 25th birthday...in his 15 games at Coors Field, Blackmon hit .382 (21-for-55) with a home run and 7 RBI...Had 5-straight games with a stolen base from 6/11-15...since 1946 (when game-by-game data began), he was the first
player to steal a bag in 5-straight games within his first nine career games (Stats LLC.)...Hit .337 (82-for-243) with 10 home runs, 19 doubles, 4 triples and 49 RBI while stealing 12 bases in 58 games for the
Sky Sox...he led all Sky Sox in doubles, homers, stolen bases, RBI and batting average prior to his recall...collected
five multi-hit games and hit .370 (13-for-42) in his final 10 games with the Sky Sox.
2010
Spent the entire season at Double-A Tulsa as the club's regular center fielder...hit .297 (100-for-337) with
22 doubles, 4 triples, 11 home runs and 55 RBI in 86 games for the Drillers...his .484 slugging percentage
was a career high, and his .834 OPS was a personal best for a full season club...The left-handed batter was equally as effective against left-handed pitchers (.303 average) as he was
vs. right-handers (.293)...Blackmon had 13 extra-base hits in 122 at-bats against lefties in 2010...Finished his season strong by batting .348 (40-for-115) with 10 doubles, 3 triples and 3 home runs in 28
games during the month of August...his .565 slugging percentage and .961 OPS were by far his best of
any of the three full months he played in 2010...Missed nearly all of the first two months of the season due to injury, and did not make his 2010 debut
until 5/31 at Frisco...Regularly batted either first or second in the Drillers lineup in 2010, though he was still able to average
one RBI every 6.1 at-bats...in fact, he finished 2nd on the club with his 55 RBI despite missing two
months, and playing the majority of his games as the first or second hitter in the lineup...Was at his best with men on base, as he hit .309 with runners on, compared to .286 with none on...his
batting average splits with runners on base for 2010 were: scoring position-.313, runners on with 2 outs-
.328, runners in scoring position with 2 outs-.315 and bases loaded-.417...Played in the Arizona Fall League as a regular outfielder for Scottsdale...hit .264 (19-for-72) with 2 doubles,
3 home runs and 11 RBI...had 13 walks compared to just 6 strikeouts during the AFL...Named the Rockies 11th-best prospect by Baseball America following the season.
2009
Played his entire second professional season with High-A Modesto in the California League...led
the Nuts in hitting (.307, 169-for-550), RBI (69), stolen bases (30) and runs scored (30)...led the club in RBI
despite being the primary lead-off hitter...his 34 doubles were the second-most on the club...hit .305 (65-for-
213) vs. left-handers and .309 (104-for-337) vs. right-handers...was the club's primary center fielder, and committed
just 3 errors on the season...batted .316 (89-for-282) after the All-Star break, compared to .299 (80-for-
268) prior to the break...hit .357 (46-for-129) with runners in scoring position...named the club's 13th-best
prospect by Baseball America following the season.
2008
In his first professional season led Tri-City with a .338 (98-for-290) average while playing most of
the season as the club's regular center fielder...named the Rockies Organizational Co-Player of the Month
for the month of July along with Wilin Rosario...hit .344 (42-for-122) with 11 extra-base hits and 14 RBI during
the month, his first full month in professional baseball...was named to the Northwest League
Postseason All-Star team...was named the Northwest League Player-of-the-week for the week of 7/13
when he hit .565 (13-for-23) with 4 doubles, 5 RBI and 6 runs scored...named the 10th-best prospect in the
Northwest League after the season by Baseball America...also tabbed by the same publication as the
Rockies 10th-best prospect.
