Tyler Colvin
Tyler Eugene Colvin is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies, and San Francisco Giants. Colvin played college baseball at Clemson University.
Professional career
Chicago Cubs
Colvin was drafted by the Chicago Cubs 13th overall in the 2006 Major League Baseball draft.He played in the Florida State League for the Class A-Advanced Daytona Cubs in 2007 and 2009.
Colvin was called up to the majors for the first time on September 21,. He started the game and went 1 for 3 with a single and a sacrifice fly.
After a strong spring in 2010, Colvin made the Cubs Opening Day roster. On April 8, 2010, against the Atlanta Braves, Colvin hit his first major league home run. Three nights later Colvin hit his first triple of his major league career against the Washington Nationals. After compiling 20 home runs for the Cubs during the season, on September 19, 2010, in a game against the Florida Marlins, Colvin was hit in the chest with a shard from a broken bat when scoring on a double by Welington Castillo. The piece of bat punctured Colvin's lung. Colvin was brought to the hospital and remained in stable condition. He missed the remainder of the 2010 season due to the incident.
Colorado Rockies
On December 8, 2011, Colvin was traded along with DJ LeMahieu to the Colorado Rockies for Casey Weathers and Ian Stewart. On July 6, 2012, he became the first player to hit two home runs in the same game against pitcher Stephen Strasburg during a 5-1 win over the Washington Nationals. Colvin hit 18 home runs for the Rockies in 2012.Colvin was outrighted off the Rockies' roster on September 4, 2013, becoming a free agent on October 1.