Sameul Beauman Hilliard...Resides in Westworth Village, Texas in the offseason...His father, Jim, played football at the University of Texas...His mother, Tamra, was Miss Texas 1984 and runner-up to Miss America...Attended Navarro College (Texas) and Crowder College (Mo.) before finishing at Wichita State in 2015...Was a two-way player for the Shockers, appearing in 59 games as a batter and slashing .335/.395/.546 while going 1-4 with one save and a 6.15 ERA in 15 pitching appearances...Hilliard and his family support the ALS Therapy Development institute (ALSTDI) and help raise awareness for ALS...Father passed away in 2021 after a long battle with ALS.
2024
His 33 hits, 10 home runs and 27 RBI all his most since the 2021 season (46 H, 14 HR, 34 RBI) with 16 of his 33 hits falling for extra bases (5 2B, 1 3B, 10 HR)...Had his contract selected by Colorado from Triple-A Albuquerque on June 21 and remained on the active roster through the end of the season...Rejoined the Rockies on Feb. 28, 2024 as a waiver claim from Baltimore after spending the first eight years of his career in Colorado’s organization...Two home runs on July 10 at Cincinnati, his first multi-homer game since April 24, 2023 vs. Miami (as a member of the Braves) and third overall of his career...His first multi-homer game as a Rockie since Sept. 18, 2019 vs. New York-NL (1,757 days)...It was the second-largest gap by days between multi-homer games for the Rockies in franchise history, just short of Vinny Castilla who had a 1,795-day gap between June 27,1999-May 26,2004...Was his first home run for the Rockies overall since May 14, 2022 vs. Kansas City...On Sept. 14 vs. Chicago-NL, tied the game with a pinch-hit two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning, the fifth pinch-hit home run of his career (last: July 27, 2021 at Los Angeles-AL)...His three career pinch-hit home runs to tie the game or take the lead in the ninth inning or later (last: Sept. 23, 2021 at Los Angeles-NL) are tied with Jason Giambi for the most in franchise history...All three of Hilliard’s have come with two outs, the most in franchise history...Set a new career-high with five RBI on Aug. 10 vs. Atlanta (3-4, 2 R, 2 2B, HR, 5 RBI), his first three-hit game since July 13, 2022 vs. San Diego...On May 1, connected on his 67th career homer with Albuquerque to become the Isotopes’ all-time home run leader...Has logged 76 total home runs across 281 career games with the Isotopes.
2023
Appeared in 40 games for the Atlanta Braves, slashing .236/.295/.431 with three home runs, six RBI and four stolen bases...Made the Braves’ Opening Day roster and appeared in 40 games through July 18, his last game of the season...Placed on the 15-day injured list with a right heel contusion on July 19 … played in four rehab games with Triple-A Gwinnett Aug. 1-6 before being transferred to the 60-day IL on Sept. 1...Homered twice on April 24 vs. Miami, his second career multi-home run game (also: Sept. 18, 2019 vs. New York-NL)...Acquired by Baltimore off of waivers from Atlanta on Nov. 1.
2022
Made his third consecutive Opening Day roster with Colorado...Appeared in 70 games for Colorado and played all three outfield positions...Made just one error in 470.0 innings in the field...Was caught stealing for the first time in his career on April 18, 2022...Had stolen his first 10 career bases without getting caught...Became the second Rockie in history to start his career with 10 or more swiped bags and no caught stealings, joining Josh Rutledge (2012-13, 19 SB)...Tied his career high with four RBI on May 14 vs. Kansas City.
2021
Set career highs in games (81), runs (32), RBI (34), home runs (14), walks (23), strikeouts (87) doubles (seven) and stolen bases (five)... Made the Rockies' Opening Day roster for the second-consecutive season before being optioned April 29 … served two more stints with the Rockies: May 3-5 and July 16 through the end of the season... Hit .157 (11-for-70) in 34 games April 2-July 31 … batted .243 (35-for-144) in 47 games from Aug. 1 through the end of the season … wrapped the 2021 campaign with a five-game hitting streak (5-for-17, 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI).,, Swiped five bases without getting caught … has 10 career stolen bases without getting caught, becoming the second Rockie in history to start his career with 10 or more swiped bags and no caught stealings, joining Josh Rutledge (2012-13, 19 SB)... Hit four home runs through six games Aug. 1-8, 2021 … also homered in consecutive games for the third and fourth times of his career, Aug. 1-3 and Oct. 1-2... Hit a go-ahead pinch-hit home run in the ninth inning July 23 at Dodger Stadium, his first career go-ahead pinch-hit homer… career-high six pinch hits in 2021 with one triple and two home runs (6-for-20; .300)... Recorded a career-high four RBI on Aug. 3 against Chicago-NL.
2020
Made his first career Opening Day roster and started in left field...Played in 36 games across two stints on the active roster, batting .210 (22-for-105)…10 of his 22 hits were for extra bases (two doubles, two triples, six home runs)...Three of his six home runs in 2020 and five of his 13 career home runs have come at Dodger Stadium…per the Elias Sports Bureau, he is the first visiting player to ever hit five or more home runs at Dodger Stadium as a rookie...Recorded a career-high-tying three RBI on Sept. 2 vs. San Francisco (second time, last: Sept. 22, 2019 at Los Angeles-NL)...Had a career-high four hits Aug. 20 vs. Houston, including his first triple of 2020.
2019
Made his Major League debut on Aug. 27 and went on to appear in 27 games, batting .273 (21-for-77) with 13 runs, four doubles, two triples, seven home runs, 13 RBI and two stolen bases ... Hit a home run for his first Major League hit on Aug. 27 vs. Boston, a two-run home run off Josh Smith ... became the eighth player in Rockies history to hit a home run in his debut and the ninth to hit a homer as his first Major League hit ... catcher Dom Nuñez also accomplished both feats on Aug. 13, 2019 vs. Arizona ... HIt his second career home run on Aug. 29 vs. Pittsburgh in his second start ... became the fourth player in franchise history to homer in each of his first two starts, joining Jason Bates (1994), Todd Helton (1997) and Trevor Story (2016) ... Batted .395 (15-for-38) with three doubles, one triple and five home runs over his final 11 games of the season, hitting safely in 10 of them ... Recorded his first career multi-home run game on Sept. 18 vs. New York-NL, the only player in MLB to hit two home runs off of Noah Syndergaard in the same game ... joined Trevor Story, Jeff Baker, Aaron Miles, Ben Petrick and Derrick Gibson as the only Rockies to record a multi-homer game within their first 20 Major League games ... His two pinch-hit home runs, Sept. 20 at Los Angeles-NL off Dylan Floro and Sept. 28 vs. Milwaukee ... homer vs. Milwaukee a game-tying home run off Josh Hader with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning ... the first Rockies player with a game-tying or go-ahead pinch-hit home run in the ninth inning or later since Willin Rosario on April 8, 2015 at Milwaukee ... Recorded a season and career-high three hits, including his sixth home run, Sept. 22 at Los Angeles-NL ... Named to the All-Pacific Coast League Team after batting .262 with 29 doubles, seven triples, 35 home runs and 101 RBI with Triple-A Albuquerque ... his 109 runs scored and 71 extra-base hits were the most in Isotopes history, while his 35 home runs were tied for second.
2018
Named a Mid-Season All-Star in the Eastern League in his first season with Double-A Hartford ... Appeared in 121 games, the second-most on the club … batted .262 (114-for-435) with 22 doubles, three triples, nine home runs, 40 RBI and 23 stolen bases … ranked sixth in the league stolen bases ... Appeared in 16 games with the Salt River Rafters in the Arizona Fall League, batted .328 with two doubles, two triples, two home runs, 14 RBI and two stolen bases … was named to the AFL All-Prospect Team ... Was added to the Rockies 40-man roster, November 20.
2017
Spent the entire season with High-A Lancaster where he was named a California League MidSeason All-Star ... Ranked second in the California League in home runs (21) and games played (133), second in RBI (92) and third in stolen bases (37) ... Was one of five players in the Minor Leagues with at least 20 home runs and 30 stolen bases ... Led Lancaster with two multi-home run games … recorded his second multi-home run game in the final game of the season, Sept. 4 vs. Inland Empire ... Named the California League Player of the Week for May 1-7 after batting .417 (10-for-24) with two home runs and 10 RBI ... Batted .336 (95-for-283) with 16 home runs at home, .261 (66-for-253) with five home runs on the road ... Started 85 games in right field, 29 games in left field and four games in center field … also started four games at first base, his first professional experience at the position ... Batted .400 (12-for-30) with one home run, five RBI and four stolen bases in seven postseason games.
2016
Named a Low-A South Atlantic League Mid-Season All-Star ... Tied for the league-lead in RBI and finished in the top 10 in the league in games played, runs, home runs, stolen bases, total bases (207) and slugging percentage ... Started 60 games in left field, 54 games in right field and six games in center field.
2015
Spent his first professional season with Rookie Level Grand Junction as the club's starting right fielder ... Led the club in triples, RBI, slugging percentage and walks … ranked third in the Pioneer League in triples and sixth in the league in slugging percentage.
