Todd Helton, an all-time Rockies great who spent each of his 17 major league seasons manning first base for Colorado, is on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time.
But if recent history is any indication, Helton likely faces an uphill climb to become the first Colorado player inducted into Cooperstown because of the bias that BBWAA voters tend to hold against hitters who spent their careers playing home games at elevation.
Helton hit .316 over his career from 1997-2013 with 369 home runs, and his JAWS score (which measure a player’s Hall of Fame worthiness) is 53.