Last week, I wrote about the milestone of a Rockies pitcher, Huston Street, earning a place on the Baseball Writers’ Association of America Hall of Fame ballot. With Todd Helton trending in the right direction to become the second Rockie in Cooperstown (he has 75% of the four public ballots submitted so far), there are several Rockies who will be appearing on the ballot over the next few years.
While the biggest splashes on the 2023 Contemporary Era ballot, which is voted on by the Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee unlike the BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot, are stars from the Steroid Era like Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Curt Shilling, there is one former Rockie in the list: Dale Murphy.