[87] Holliday's August totals included 11 stolen bases and 30 runs scored in 28 games, six home runs, nine doubles and a .392 on-base percentage. Joshs Oklahoma State team was on TV. On Tuesday, Holliday and his wife, Leslee, were visiting patients on the 4th floor of SSM Cardinal Glennon Childrens Medical Center when they were told about Alex Wangerins birthday. [113] With the Cardinals maintaining a 21 advantage and two outs in the ninth inning, Holliday dropped a line drive off James Loney's bat. You can short-circuit a little bit, Kathy says. [152] Safely hitting four times in five at bats on August 26 against Cincinnati, he also had four RBI and missed hitting for the cycle by a home run. [100] The first such comeback had occurred with the Rockies the previous year, on July 4, against the Marlins. [34] An All-Star selection to the game at PNC Park in Pittsburgh for the first time in his career, Holliday was hitting .339 with 16 home runs and 56 RBI at the time of his selection. [192] He reinjured the right quadriceps on July 30, prompting the club to retract him to the DL. [177], Former Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire described Holliday as "a very good on-base guy. He could start with Team Japan. Kathy was at her sons home when the hospital called to confirm what surgeon Steven Hunt had suggested: The cancer had been removed and she would not require chemotherapy or radiation. Infielder Garrett Hampson was optioned to Albuquerque to make room on the 25-man roster & in the process Hampson's uniform number 7 was given to Holliday, Hampson would wear #1 upon his return to the club in September. 2 grand slam and additional home run in team's record-breaking comeback victory for runs deficit: 3 longest home run of season at Busch Stadium, MLB longest home run average true distance of season, 417.9 feet (127.4m), vs. Marlins: 1817 win after 9-run deficit (Rockies record), vs. I kind of had my own false sense of security.". [105], In his Cardinals debut, Holliday augmented four hits with an RBI and a stolen base in an 81 win, for his 15th career four-hit game. [200] Presented with the option to either allow the thumb to heal naturally or with surgery, Holliday elected surgery as that would have potentially allowed him to return before season's end. In each of the first 11 seasons of his career, including his rookie year, he played at least 121 games. [28], In September, Holliday led the NL with 32 RBI, setting a Rockies record for that month. The American professional baseball left fielder who stands as the outfielding and hitting coach at Oklahoma State University, played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2004 to 2018 for the Colorado Rockies, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals, and New York Yankees. [18] 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. "I'm not the one in the family that is typically out there talking to reporters and being on the front line," Kathy said. On Tuesday, Holliday and his wife, Leslee, were visiting patients on the 4th floor of SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center when they were told about Alex Wangerin's birthday. Activities included eating out, hitting, working out and attending a St. Louis Blues game. He earned the NL Player of the Week award for the period ending April 13 as the Rockies won four of six. I always exercised. [121] Street was the other All-Star. Holliday contributed two home runs and six RBI, including a seventh-inning grand slam that tied the score at 13. They met on a blind date in 1999 in Stillwater during the baseball offseason when Matt had returned home from his first professional season following his selection by the Rockies in the MLB draft and Leslee was an undergraduate at OSUStillwater. [223] He had the slowest baserunning sprint speed of all major league left fielders, at 25.1 feet/second. However, the focus of this article is Jrues wife, Lauren Holiday and her battle with a brain tumor that began in 2017. Physical Stats of Leslee Holliday Leslee Holliday is indeed a natural beauty. Scutaro left the game to have x-rays taken. "[245], Scott Boras has represented Holliday as his agent since he turned professional. [212] Holliday drew a career-high five walks on April 9, tying a Yankees franchise record. He is a co-editor The kids judged the results, and Matt and Leslee won. Put one foot in front of the other and take it a day at a time.. The Cardinals were in Washington, their attention transfixed on advancing past the 98-win Nationals and on to the National League Championship Series, when Matt Holliday got the phone call. The circular table fit neatly into their eat-in kitchen and snugly between the four members of the Holliday family. [176] He finished the season with a .272 average, 20 home runs, 90 RBI (eighth in the NL), 37 doubles, 83 runs scored, 74 BB (eighth), 247 times on base (sixth), .370 on-base percentage (10th) and .443 slugging percentage. [140][143] In 124 games, Holliday batted .296 with 22 home runs, 75 RBI, 36 doubles, .388 on-base percentage, .525 slugging percentage, .912 OPS, and 151 OPS+, placing sixth in the NL in on-base percentage, seventh in OPS and OPS+ and ninth in doubles. She admits that she's most comfortable "operating in the background.". [101] An offensive surge that boosted his trade value significantly by hitting .390 with a .422 on-base percentage and a .756 slugging percentage in his final two weeks in Oakland. Keep up with the latest Cardinals coverage from our award-winning team of reporters and columnists. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. This was where we brought our day and explained our night, says Tom Holliday, the associate head baseball coach at North Carolina State and father to sons Matt and Josh, the Cardinals All-Star outfielder and Oklahoma States head baseball coach, respectively. [186] Dating back to the end of 2014, Holliday's continuity of reaching base spanned 47 games. [219] For the 2017 season, he batted .231/.316/.432. On Thursday, the St. Louis Cardinals announced that Matt Holliday had resigned as the team's bench coach. [27] He earned his first NL Player of the Week award for July 25 to 31, after batting .444 with three home runs, eight RBI, an .852 slugging percentage and a league-leading 12 hits and 23 total bases. The stronger ones do survive, and the stronger ones you see throughout their career, the numbers are always there. [78] He hit the game-tying home run against New York Mets closer Billy Wagner in the bottom of the ninth inning on May 23, then the game-winning single off Aaron Heilman in the bottom of the 13th to drive in Jonathan Herrera. [161] During the final road trip of the season, he collected 13 hits in 26 at bats. [87], In 139 total games, he batted .321 with 173 hits, 25 home runs, 88 RBI, 107 runs, and 290 total bases. Daniel has found the perfect blend of vocation and passion in the sports content His approach would fit at the family table. Other career accomplishments include 300 home runs, more than 2,000 hits, and batting over .300 eight times. [198] The next day, also against the Brewers, he collected his 1,000th career hit with the Cardinals. [162] The Cardinals set an all-time MLB team record by batting .330 with runners in scoring position, and Holliday was fourth in MLB in those situations that year at .390. [234][235][236][237] 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. I didnt have a lot of time to get into the what-ifs, Kathy says. 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She would tell them, The game is not as easy as you make it look. [26] After 119 at bats into the season, Holliday hit his first home run against Noah Lowry of the San Francisco Giants on May 17. Holliday led the NL with a .480 batting average and 10 RBI, while homering twice with an .880 slugging percentage and .519 on-base percentage. [164], The Cardinals clinched the best record in the NL at 9765, granting Holliday his fifth career postseason entrance, and fourth with the Cardinals. 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[5], He spent much of his free time with his father, Tom Holliday, and brother, Josh, at the Oklahoma State University (OSU) baseball field and training complex, where his father was a coach. [124], On January 21, 2010, the Cardinals signed Holliday to a seven-year, $120 million deal ($149.1 million today), and he switched his uniform number to 7 in honor of fellow Oklahoman Mickey Mantle. His 35 TD passes as a junior set a then-11 man state record. [62][63][64][65] Colorado then advanced to the National League Championship Series (NLCS) to face the Diamondbacks and swept them in four games. [126][127] It was the richest contract in team history[106] and the largest of the 200910 offseason. That table was where we met as a family., Adds Matt: I just remember being there was important.. Holliday held the position for roughly two months before getting cold feet. The staff at Cardinal Glennon was shocked when the Cardinals slugger returned to the hospital at 11 p.m. Tuesday to deliver the autographed home run ball to Alex. [110] The Cardinals segued into improved play with a 206 record in August to stretch a National League Central division lead from one-half game on August 1 to ten on September 1[111] In the third inning against the Milwaukee Brewers on September 3, he collected his 1,000th MLB hit. He became just the 19th player ever to meet or exceed 195 hits, 30 home runs, 45 doubles, 115 runs and 110 RBI in one season. His career passing totals included 6,211 yards and 68 TD. No one injured. Though shell be at the ballpark to see her son play, its not baseball that brings her here. He also participated in the Home Run Derby. Holliday batted .333 with two home runs and four RBI on his way to being named the NLCS MVP. [102], On July 24, 2009, the A's traded Holliday to the St. Louis Cardinals for prospects Brett Wallace, Clayton Mortensen, Shane Peterson[103] and $1.5 million. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Scores. In 2006, he became the 19th player ever to reach 195 hits, 30 home runs, 45 doubles, 115 runs and 110 runs batted in (RBI) in one season. Campus Box 8109, 660 S. Euclid Ave. [20] He played for the Mesa Solar Sox of the off-season Arizona Fall League (AFL) in 2002 and 2003, batting .316 with four home runs, 21 RBI and 10 stolen bases in 35 total AFL games. Matt Holliday's wife Leslee Holliday grew up in Chickasha, OK, and the two now spend their retirement time in OK. Matt grew up in Oklahoma, and the two met at Oklahoma State University together. The 63 walks were a new career-high[59] at the time. She gave birth to Jackson Holliday, her first son, on December 4, 2003. In spite of the extensive time spent around the sport of baseball, Tom Holliday abstained from attempting to influence his sons on which sport or sports to concentrate.