Retired Numbers - Colorado Rockies
Another of the relatively young franchises in baseball, the Rockies have recently been realizing the greatness of their earliest stars. Todd Helton and Larry Walker, stars of their first decade, have been enshrined in the Hall of Fame. And while we wait for the first great forever-Rockies pitcher to emerge, the franchise isn't shying away from a couple of greats who took advantage of playing in the thin mountain air. #17 - Todd Helton The tragedy for me when it come to Todd Helton is all of his elite years happened in the OG Showdown era, and thus there are official cards for most of his seasons of 5 all stars, 3 Gold Gloves and 4 Silver Sluggers. Most of those years he garnered MVP consideration as well, but 2009 was one more year of top tier numbers. He is the greatest offensive player in Rockies history, with his 369 Home Runs, 1,401 RBI, 2,519 Hits and 1,401 Runs among other stats all being the top all time for Colorado. In 2007, he lead the Rockies to their only World Series....