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Colorado Rockies outfielder, Charlie Blackmon, signed baseball with holder
Charles Cobb Blackmon (born July 1, 1986), nicknamed "Chuck Nazty", is an American professional baseball center fielder for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut on June 7, 2011, as a member of the Rockies. Blackmon throws and bats left-handed. Blackmon is a three-time MLB All-Star and a Silver Slugger Award winner.
For May 2017, Blackmon won his first NL Player of the Month Award. He led the NL in hits (42) and triples (five), was second in batting average (.359), fourth in runs scored (24), tied for fifth in RBI (22), and tied for seventh with a 1.037 on-base plus slugging (OPS). He was selected to play in the 2017 MLB All-Star Game, starting in center field and batting leadoff. Blackmon set an MLB record for the most RBIs by a leadoff hitter when he homered versus Hyun-Jin Ryu of the Dodgers on September 29 to reach 102 RBI, surpassing Darin Erstad's record set in 2000.
In 159 games played during 2017, Blackmon lead the NL with a .331 batting average for the batting title. He became the first player in history to lead the major leagues in hits (213), runs scored (137), triples (14), and total bases (383) in the same season. He also hit 35 doubles, .399 OBP, .601 SLG, 1.000 OPS and stole 14 bases. The Rockies finished the year with an 87-75 record, clinching an NL Wild Card spot. Blackmon was fifth in 2017 NL MVP voting.
On April 4, 2018, Blackmon signed a six-year contract extension worth $108 million. Batting .276 with 17 home runs and 40 RBIs, he was named to the 2018 MLB All-Star Game. On September 30, he hit for the cycle against the Washington Nationals. In 2018 he batted .291/.358/.502.
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