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In spite of missing significant time in 2015 and 2016, Holliday contributed 24.1 WAR during the life of his 2010−16 contract with St. Louis, worth $168.6 million in total contributions according to Fangraphs. After the 2022 season, Holliday rejoined the Cardinals as their bench coach. Sadly, it also comes with weird call reversals on players who leave the bag at second for 1/16th of a second, but that’s a story for another day and writer because I don’t feel like covering that, I can’t do everything, you know. In what was very possibly his last at-bat in St. Louis, he gave fans one final memory, maybe the unlikeliest of all. Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday went 2 for 4 with a three-run home run in his team's 10-9 win over the Dodgers Friday in Game 1 of the National League Division Series. But all of that ignores the Atkins home run in the seventh inning, an equally iffy call just as likely to have been overturned with instant replay with arguably as much of an impact on the final score.
He played 72 games on the season after undergoing elbow surgery in July ended his season. The contract to which Holliday and the Cardinals agreed before the 2010 season was widely viewed as a great success. Over its first five seasons, he averaged 147 games per season, .295 batting average, .383 OBP and .496 SLG for a 141 OPS+; his counting stats average included 24 home runs, 93 RBI, and 92 runs scored. Since being acquired from Oakland, Holliday ranked fifth in MLB in RBI, doubles, and runs scored, ninth in extra-base hits, and 14th in OPS. After returning from the DL, Holliday's first home run was a grand slam on July 21 against Carlos Rodon of the Chicago White Sox in an 8–5 win, his sixth career grand slam. He reinjured the right quadriceps on July 30, prompting the club to retract him to the DL.
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You might even be able to point at that game as the reason both replay and wild-card play-in games now exist in MLB. The Cardinals finished first in the NL Central division to enter the postseason for the fifth time and faced the Dodgers in an NLDS for the second time in six seasons since acquiring Holliday. After finding themselves down 6–1 in Game 1, Holliday provided a three-run home run off reliever Pedro Báez that was the difference in a 10–9 victory. The Cardinals faced the Giants in an NLCS rematch but were defeated in five games. For the National League MVP voting, he placed 14th, marking the eighth time he received votes.
After the season, Holliday was named to both Baseball America's All-Rookie Team and Topps' Major League Rookie All-Star Team, and finished fifth in the Rookie of the Year balloting. The Rockies promoted Holliday to the Carolina Mudcats of the AA Southern League in 2002, where he was named a mid-season All-Star. He was named the league's Hitter of the Week on June 27, after collecting nine hits in 24 at bats with one home run and eight RBI. He won the same award on July 18, after scoring seven runs and driving in 10, and a career-best six RBI against Birmingham on July 14. Holliday ended the season with 128 hits in 463 at bats, 10 home runs, and 64 RBI, batting .276 with 79 runs scored and 16 stolen bases.
Moonshots Episode 9: Dodger Stadium
Just one memorable moonshot in a cavalcade of others in September 2006 for Matt Holliday that meant much more to the fans and teammates at Dodger Stadium. Matt Holliday delivered his first Rockies home run since 2008 in nostalgic and dramatic fashion. After all, Holliday was the author of several memorable moments in Rockies history, especially during their remarkable run to the World Series in 2007. August 23, 2018 Colorado Rockies selected the contract of LF Matt Holliday from Albuquerque Isotopes.
Thus, the Rockies entered the playoffs for the first time in Holliday's career. In spite of the inspired play after acquiring Holliday, the Cardinals did not fare well in the postseason, where they battled the Dodgers in the NLDS. Following a Game 1 defeat, Holliday hit a go-ahead home run off starter Clayton Kershaw in Game 2. With the Cardinals maintaining a 2–1 advantage and two outs in the ninth inning, Holliday dropped a line drive off James Loney's bat.
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The Rockies erupted thereafter, scoring eight runs in the eighth inning. "Cardinals Hall of Famer Matt Holliday returning to team as Oliver Marmol's bench coach". Holliday is a Christian and is part of a Bible study group with fellow Christian teammates.
On July 24, 2009, the A's traded Holliday to the St. Louis Cardinals for prospects Brett Wallace, Clayton Mortensen, Shane Peterson and $1.5 million. He hit in the fourth slot in the lineup behind All-Star first baseman Albert Pujols. Because Pujols already wore jersey number 5, the number Holliday previously wore with Colorado and Oakland, St. Louis issued him the number 15. Holliday was selected as the Rockies' Player of the Year for the second time and The Sporting News named him to their All-Star team.
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As a senior, he earned All-American honors in football and baseball and also earned his region's Gatorade Player of the Year award in both sports. In his next-to-last football game for Stillwater, he helped bring the Pioneers back from a 42–21 deficit against Tulsa Union by throwing three touchdowns in the final six minutes of the game for a 43–42 score. With easy athletic skill, he showed marked talent in baseball, football and basketball as a youth.
He has trained with teammates, such as Freese, and pitcher Trevor Rosenthal, in activities such as "sled pushing, tire flipping and some fireman carries", and each player taking turns carrying each other for about 20 metres. Scott Boras has represented Holliday as his agent since he turned professional. Fangraphs' Wins Above Replacement formula rated Holliday's production equivalent to nearly $110 million in value while actually being paid just $84 million. In that span, he ranked 11th in all MLB, and fifth among outfielders, with 23.8 WAR.
For the 2000 season, he totaled 510 plate appearances, successfully collected 126 hits, 28 doubles, two triples, seven home runs, drove in 72 runs, and batted .274 with a .335 on-base percentage and .389 slugging percentage. He spent 112 games at third base, was charged with 32 errors in 300 total chances for a fielding percentage of .893, and turned 13 double plays. He was named the Carolina League Player of the Month for June, batting .324 with seven multi-hit games, three doubles, seven home runs, and 22 RBI.
During the NLCS against the Giants in Game 2, he slid into second baseman Marco Scutaro during a routine ground ball double play and ended up on top of him. Controversy arose and persisted as to whether Holliday intentionally attempted to injure him. The Giants trailed 1–0 at that point, but scored seven runs to win, 7–1.
Holliday drew a career-high five walks on April 9, tying a Yankees franchise record. On April 28, Holliday hit a walk-off three-run home run off Jayson Aquino, which capped a comeback after trailing 1−9, and helped a 14−11 win over the Orioles. In addition to his presence as a leader on the field, Holliday is active in charity work and assisting his teammates off the field. Thus, the St. Louis chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America has awarded him the Darryl Kile Good Guy Award. From 2012 to 2016, Holliday co-sponsored a pledge drive for Greater St. Louis hospitals called "Homers for Health," which raised more than $3.7 million.
The Missouri Athletic Club named Holliday their Sports Personality of the Year for 2012. He finished 16th in the NL MVP voting – including a fourth-place vote – despite playing nearly 100 games in the American League. Both trades involving Holliday were later panned as failures for the A's, as two of the players they dealt away became multiple All-Stars. One was González, who won the 2010 batting title, Silver Slugger and Gold Glove Awards with the Rockies. Jesse Spector of Sporting News augured that the second deal was a "landslide win" for the Cardinals, even if they had never resigned Holliday in his free agency. Full name is Matthew Thomas Holliday…he and his wife, Leslee, have three sons, Jackson, Ethan and Reed, and one daughter, Gracyn.
Colorado then advanced to the National League Championship Series to face the Diamondbacks and swept them in four games. Holliday batted .333 with two home runs and four RBI on his way to being named the NLCS MVP. Now having won 21 of 22 games, the Rockies earned their first-ever trip to the World Series where they opposed the Boston Red Sox. Holliday collected four hits in Game 2, but, after his fourth hit in the eighth inning with the Red Sox leading 2–1, closer Jonathan Papelbon immediately picked him off first base for the third out, and the Red Sox won by that same score. Boston eventually won the title by sweeping the Rockies, thus ending their season on a four-game losing streak.
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