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Matt Holliday
Matthew Thomas Holliday

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 235 lb.

Debut April 16, 2004

Born January 15, 1980 in Stillwater, OK

Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 7th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed July 24, 1998. (All Transactions)

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        What a season he had in 2007 (robbed of the MVP Award) Led the Rockies to their first NL Pennant, Matt is a major threat to pitchers for years to come.

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2004 24 COL NL 121  400   65  116  31  3  14   57   3  3  31  86  .290  .349  .488  103  195   1   1   0   6   9 RoY-5
 2005 25 COL NL 125  479   68  147  24  7  19   87  14  3  36  79  .307  .361  .505  114  242   0   4   1   7  11
 2006 26 COL NL 155  602  119  196  45  5  34  114  10  5  47 110  .326  .387  .586  137  353   0   3   3  15  22 SS,MVP-15,AS
 2007 27 COL NL 158  636  120  216  50  6  36  137  11  4  63 126  .340  .405  .607  150  386   0   4   7  10  23 SS,MVP-2,AS
 2008 28 COL NL 139  539  107  173  38  2  25   88  28  2  74 104  .321  .409  .538  139  290   0   2   6   8   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      698 2656  479  848 188 23 128  483  66 17 251 505  .319  .386  .552  131 1466   1  14  17  46  74
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        616  111  197  44  5  30  112  15  4  58 117  .319  .386  .552  131  340   0   3   4  11  17
 Career High    158  636  120  216  50  7  36  137  28  5  74 126  .340  .409  .607  150  386   1   4   7  15  23
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2004 24 COL NL  439  298   67   6.0   122| .290  .284| .349  .358| .488  .461| .837  .819| 103  .582   1.2   0.1  50%
 2005 25 COL NL  526  350   88   6.7   118| .307  .282| .361  .354| .505  .449| .866  .804| 114  .646   8.9   0.9  82%
 2006 26 COL NL  667  436  130   8.0   121| .326  .283| .387  .355| .586  .459| .973  .814| 137  .695  33.3   3.1  66%
 2007 27 COL NL  713  451  151   9.0   118| .340  .282| .405  .353| .607  .451|1.012  .804| 150  .740  48.1   4.5  73%
 2008 28 COL NL  623  379  127   9.0   115| .321  .277| .409  .350| .538  .441| .947  .791| 139  .752  33.5   3.2  93%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      2968 1914  563   7.9   119| .319  .281| .386  .354| .552  .452| .938  .806| 131  .698 125.1  11.8  79%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2004 24 COL NL LF 115 177 4 7 1 .963 .980 1.57 1.48 1.78 1.85 109 917.0 2005 25 COL NL LF 123 236 5 7 2 .972 .984 1.96 1.52 2.07 1.94 121 1049.7 2006 26 COL NL LF 153 277 8 6 1 .979 .982 1.86 1.54 1.92 1.97 153 1334.3 AS DH 1 AS 2007 27 COL NL LF 157 296 7 3 0 .990 .984 1.93 1.55 1.97 2.00 157 1383.7 AS DH 1 AS 2008 28 COL NL LF 139 240 9 3 3 .988 .983 1.79 1.47 1.82 1.90 139 1229.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2006 26 COL NL DH 1 2007 27 COL NL DH 1 2004 24 COL NL LF 115 177 4 7 1 .963 .980 1.57 1.48 1.78 1.85 109 917.0 2005 25 COL NL LF 123 236 5 7 2 .972 .984 1.96 1.52 2.07 1.94 121 1049.7 2006 26 COL NL LF 153 277 8 6 1 .979 .982 1.86 1.54 1.92 1.97 153 1334.3 2007 27 COL NL LF 157 296 7 3 0 .990 .984 1.93 1.55 1.97 2.00 157 1383.7 2008 28 COL NL LF 139 240 9 3 3 .988 .983 1.79 1.47 1.82 1.90 139 1229.3 2004 24 COL NL OF 115 177 4 7 1 .963 .982 1.57 1.85 1.78 2.16 109 917.0 2005 25 COL NL OF 123 236 5 7 2 .972 .984 1.96 1.86 2.07 2.19 121 1049.7 2006 26 COL NL OF 153 277 8 6 2 .979 .984 1.86 1.88 1.92 2.22 153 1334.3 2007 27 COL NL OF 157 296 7 3 0 .990 .984 1.93 1.94 1.97 2.30 157 1383.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total LF* 687 1226 33 26 7 .980 .983 1.83 1.51 1.92 1.94 679 5914.0 DH 2 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 548 986 24 23 5 .978 .984 1.84 1.89 1.94 2.22 540 4685
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2007   NLDS  COL PHI     W   3  13   2   3  0  0  2   3   0   3  .231  .231  .692   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  COL ARI     W   4  15   3   5  0  0  2   4   1   6  .333  .412  .733   0  0   0   0   1 
        WS    COL BOS     L   4  17   1   5  0  0  1   3   0   3  .294  .294  .471   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Series   2-1  11  45   6  13  0  0  5  10   1  12  .289  .319  .622   0  0   0   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2006   COL NL       3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 2007   COL NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   5   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2006 *
2007 *

Awards
2007-NLCS MVP

Silver Sluggers
2006-NL--OF
2007-NL--OF
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2006-NL-15-0.02
2007-NL-2-0.75
Car-295-0.77 shares

Batting Average
2005 NL-.307-8
2006 NL-.326-5
2007 NL-.340-1
2008 NL-.321-3

On-base %
2007 NL-.405-7
2008 NL-.409-4

Slugging %
2006 NL-.586-5
2007 NL-.607-3
2008 NL-.538-9

OPS
2006 NL-.973-7
2007 NL-1.012-3
2008 NL-.947-5

At Bats
2007 NL-636-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
2007 NL-713-7

Runs
2006 NL-119-5
2007 NL-120-3
2008 NL-107-8

Hits
2006 NL-196-5
2007 NL-216-1

Total Bases
2006 NL-353-4
2007 NL-386-1

Doubles
2006 NL-45-9
2007 NL-50-1

Triples
2005 NL-7-7

Home Runs
2007 NL-36-4

RBI
2006 NL-114-9
2007 NL-137-1

Stolen Bases
2008 NL-28-9

Singles
2007 NL-124-7

Adjusted OPS+
2006 NL-137-8
2007 NL-150-6
2008 NL-139-7

Runs Created
2006 NL-130-7
2007 NL-151-1
2008 NL-127-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
2007 NL-48-5
2008 NL-34-8

Batting Wins
2007 NL-4.5-5
2008 NL-3.2-7

Extra-Base Hits
2006 NL-84-2
2007 NL-92-1

Times on Base
2007 NL-289-4
2008 NL-255-10

Offensive Win%
2006 NL-.695-8
2007 NL-.740-5
2008 NL-.752-4

Hit By Pitch
2006 NL-15-4

Grounded into Double Plays
2006 NL-22-3
2007 NL-23-5

Power/Speed Number
2008 NL-26.4-2

 

Black Ink: Batting - 13 (178) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 60 (407) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 31.0 (248) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 74.0 (239) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 7th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed July 24, 1998.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2005Colorado Rockies$366,000
2006Colorado Rockies$500,000
2007Colorado Rockies$4,400,000
Career (may be incomplete)$5,266,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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