The former Colorado Rockies’ utility man is still in the Denver area, with a very special athlete for a son who may eclipse his father’s ability in baseball.
Colorado Rockies fans ought to remember Terry Shumpert. The utility infielder/pinch-hitter played with the Colorado Rockies from 1998 through 2002, amassing a .282/.349/.463 slash line with 30 home runs and 46 doubles in 450 games. The University of Kentucky product enjoyed a 14-year big league career, earning 2,214 plate appearances, more than half of which (1,165) were for the Rockies.
The best single season of his big league career also came with the Rockies in 1999, when he slashed .