So how much money will free agent-in-
waiting Matt Holliday receive now that he’s no longer part of the landscape in LoDo? That figures to be one of the more interesting questions of baseball’s offseason. Holliday’s struggles in Oakland before being traded to St. Louis confirmed what many had been saying all along: Holliday’s numbers during his days with the Rockies benefited big time by playing half his games at Coors Field. Here are Holliday’s road statistics from 2004-08, pro-rated over 162 games, compared with the stats he compiled with the A’s before heading to the Cardinals:
2004-08 2009 with A’s
Average .280 .286
On-base pct. .348 .378
Slug pct. .455 .454
HRs 21 19
RBIs 84 94
