#6 - Dante Bichette

 

My Two Cents - Dante was the original "Coors Field hitter" with some huge splits between his power numbers in Denver and road ballparks. Players like Andres Galarraga and Larry Walker also had some big home/road splits during their time with the Rockies, but nothing like Dante Bichette. In 1995, Bichette hit a career high and National League leading total of 40 home runs. Of those 40 home runs, 31 of them took place at Coors Field. To his credit, he hit .588 with a .941 slugging percentage against the Braves in the playoffs that season. As for this card, 1999 was Dante's final season with the Rockies. He managed to slug 34 home runs and drive in 133 runs as the starting left fielder. For his career, Bichette has a 130 point gap between his slugging percentage and home and on the road.    

The Card Back- The loves to face and hates to face section should be about his home road splits. Moving on. According to Baseball Reference, Bichette is still in the Top 10 on many of the Rockies all-time offensive leaderboards, but has fallen behind the likes of Todd Helton, Charlie Blackmon, Larry Walker, Matt Holliday, and Nolan Arenado. Not bad company.  

Video Highlight of Dante Bichette-