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'''Matthew Thomas Holliday''' (born January 15, 1980) is a [[professional baseball]] [[left fielder]] for the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB). The [[Colorado Rockies]] selected him in the seventh round of the [[1998 Major League Baseball Draft]] out of [[Stillwater High School (Oklahoma)|Stillwater High School]] in [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Irv Moss |url=http://www.denverpost.com/rockies/ci_8234971 |title=Rockies banked on steal of 1998 draft |publisher=''[[The Denver Post]]'' |date= |accessdate=December 10, 2012}}</ref> Holliday made his major league debut with the Rockies in 2004, where played until being traded to the [[Oakland Athletics]] after the 2008 season. He played part of the 2009 season for Oakland and was traded to the Cardinals that year. He
Holliday is a six-time [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] selection and a four-time [[Silver Slugger Award]] winner. He was the runner-up in the [[National League]] [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|MVP]] voting for the [[2007 Major League Baseball season]] after leading the [[National League]] (NL) in [[batting average]], [[Run batted in|runs batted in]] (RBI), [[Double (baseball)|doubles]] and [[Hit (baseball)|hits]].<ref name=2007NLMVPVoting>{{cite web|url=http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071120&content_id=2304708&vkey=news_col&fext=.jsp&c_id=col |title=The Official Site of The Colorado Rockies: News: Colorado Rockies News |publisher=Colorado.rockies.mlb.com |date= |accessdate=December 10, 2012}}</ref> He won the [[2007 National League Championship Series|2007 National League Championship Series MVP]] as he helped guide the Rockies to their first-ever [[List of National League pennant winners|National League pennant]] and [[2007 World Series|World Series]] appearance.<ref name=2007NLCSMVP>{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2007/news/story?id=3065615 |title=ESPN - Rockies receive many contributions, but Holliday tops - MLB |publisher=Sports.espn.go.com |date=2007-10-16 |accessdate=December 10, 2012}}</ref>
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