Rick Short vs Todd Helton

Rick ShortTodd Helton

Rick Short and Todd Helton compared on their MLB careers: Rick Short played 1 season, 2005 to 2005, Todd Helton 17 seasons, 1997 to 2013. Rick Short has .400 batting average to Todd Helton's .316.

Who has the better career numbers?

Rick Short and Todd Helton career totals
11GP2,247
15AB7,962
4R1,401
6H2,519
2HR369
4RBI1,406
0SB37
0.4AVG0.3
0.5OBP0.4
0.9SLG0.5
1.4OPS1.0

Where each stands all time

Rick Short and Todd Helton all-time places
—Home runs89th (369)
—Hits97th (2,519)
—RBI66th (1,406)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Rick Short: 0 championships; none on file
  • Todd Helton: 0 championships; Hank Aaron Award, NL Silver Slugger ×4, NL Gold Glove ×3

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Rick Short and Todd Helton season by season
AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
1st2005.400241997.280511
2nd————1998.3152597
3rd————1999.32035113
4th————2000.37242147
5th————2001.33649146
6th————2002.32930109
7th————2003.35833117
8th————2004.3473296
9th————2005.3202079
10th————2006.3021581
11th————2007.3201791
12th————2008.264729
13th————2009.3251586
14th————2010.256837
15th————2011.3021469
16th————2012.238737
17th————2013.2491561

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI