Braxton Fulford #37

Braxton Albert Fulford...son of Jai and Tammy Fulford...has a brother, Hagen, and a sister, Candra...Played four seasons with Texas Tech, slashing .261/.379/.441 with 19 home runs and 94 RBI over his 169-game collegiate career...was teammates with Josh and Jace Jung, Caleb Kilian, Davis Martin and Cal Conley...Earned a bachelor of business administration degree in finance from Texas Tech...Cousin, Paxton Lynch, was drafted by the Denver Broncos in 2016 and appeared in four games for the team...Three-year letter-winner at Monterey High School (Lubbock, Texas) where he recorded the highest batting average in school history (.571)...Has a dog named Ranger...Also played soccer, football and basketball growing up.

2025

Four stints on the active roster in his first Major League season: April 14-25, April 26-27, June 6-July 1 and Aug. 3-end of season … made his Major League debut on April 16 after having his contract selected on April 14...Made 28 starts at catcher and four as the designated hitter...Logged his first Major League hit and home run on April 20 vs. Washington (G1) … first Rockies player to homer for their first Major League hit since Greg Jones on June 17, 2024 vs. Los Angeles-NL … the 433-foot home run is the sixth-longest first career Major League home run by a Rockie during the Statcast era behind Sam Hilliard (455’), Stephen Cardullo (445’), Connor Joe (441’), Blaine Crim (439’) and Hunter Goodman (437’)...Logged a career-high five RBI on June 15 at Atlanta, going 2-for-2 with his first career triple … most RBI in a game by a Rockies rookie since Hunter Goodman’s five RBI game on Sept. 13, 2024 vs. Chicago-NL … tied for the fifth-most RBI in a single game by a rookie...Established a career-high three hits and two doubles on June 27 at Milwaukee … also recorded three hits on Aug. 10 at Arizona...Recorded his fourth career multi-hit game and second career game with multiple extra-base hits on Aug. 31 vs. Chicago-NL … first Rockies catcher to double and triple in the same game since Elias Díaz on June 13, 2023 at Boston...Slashed .354/.433/.714 with 10 doubles, two triples, 13 home runs, 37 RBI and three stolen bases in 43 games with Triple-A Albuquerque … hit .444 with seven home runs and 16 RBI in 13 games with the Isotopes during his final stint with the team, July 2-Aug. 1.

2024

Spent the entire season with Double-A Hartford, slashing .242/.341/.412 across 92 games with 21 doubles, two triples, 10 home runs and 46 RBI...Played 87 games at catcher and five games as the designated hitter...caught 38 of 110 attempted base stealers (34.5 CS%)...Had a streak of five games with an extra-base hit May 8-15 (five 2B, one HR), tied for the fifth-longest such streak in the Eastern League in 2024...His .305 batting average (18-for-59) in July ranked 10th in the Eastern League...Also had a streak of five straight games with a caught stealing April 16-23, tied for the second-longest such streak in Double-A for the season.

2023

On the injured list July 22-Aug. 24 with a left hamstring strain...Began the season with High-A Spokane, slashing .307/.398/.511 with six home runs, 21 RBI and four stolen bases through 27 games...Named the Northwest League Player of the Week for the week of April 11-16 after going 9-for-17 (.529) with two home runs and four RBI...Promoted to Double-A Harford on May 30…hit .219 (23-for-105) through 35 games...Appeared in three games for Triple-A Albuquerque at the end of the season, going 4-for-for-8 with two doubles, one home run and four RBI.

2022

Spent the entire season with Single-A Fresno, appearing in 104 games … his 15 home runs were the second-most among California League catchers...Started 86 games at catcher and 14 as the designated hitter...Recorded a .997 fielding percentage as a catcher, committing three errors on the year in 750.2 innings while catching 36% of base stealers (32 CS, 58 SB)...Stole 13 bases in 15 attempts (86.7% success rate)...Hit .391 (25-for-64) in 16 games in April for the Grizzlies...Appeared in 15 games for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, slashing .162/.262/.216 with two doubles and three RBI.

2021

Appeared in 14 games for the ACL Rockies, starting 12 games at catcher and one as the designated hitter...Slashed .353/.577/.471 with two doubles and two RBI with seven stolen bases against right-handed pitchers...Hit .313/.500/.438 in nine games in August.