Purple Row After Dark: Hunter Goodman joins list of big names as a multiple-time Rockies All-Star

The 96th Midsummer Classic has officially come and gone with the second half of the 2026 MLB season resuming in full swing tomorrow. With all the pomp and circumstance of the star-spangled festivities in Philadelphia, it felt like the Colorado Rockies’ sole representative was swept into the background. In fact, if you only followed the national coverage, you’d be forgiven if you didn’t know he was there at all.

Hunter Goodman was mentioned just once on the Fox broadcast with John Smoltz and Joe Davis. In the bottom of the eighth inning he was introduced by last name only as he laced a sharp broken-bat line drive to shortstop (after they called him by someone else’s name first). However, Hunter Goodman had entered behind the plate in the top of the seventh inning to catch for Dodgers pitcher Justin Wrobleski.

Donning his catcher’s gear, he officially cemented himself as the Rockies’ All-Star while also joining a very exclusive list that features many of a Rockies fans’ favorite names: the multiple-time All-Star.

The 34-season history of the Rockies is strewn with single-season All-Star representatives. All-Star MVP Elias Díaz in 2023. Jeffrey Hammonds and Jeff Cirillo in 2000. Ellis Burks in 1996. (A whole different story is that somehow the oft-forgotten Blake Street Bomber was only a two-time All-Star despite putting up nearly 50 wins above replacement in his career).

Goodman–with his back-to-back All-Star seasons–completes a full infield of players who represented the Rockies twice in the All-Star game.

• 1B Andrés Galarraga: 1993, 1997
• 2B DJ LeMahieu: 2015, 2017
• SS Trevor Story: 2018, 2019
• 3B Vinny Castilla: 1995, 1998

Interestingly, exactly three Rockies players have been to the All-Star game three times in Rockies purple: outfielders Matt Holliday (2006-2008) and Carlos González (2012, 2013, 2016), and closer Brian Fuentes (2005-2007).

Above them all is the four-or-more-time All-Star club. This group is a veritable who’s who of Rockies history made up of the heads on the team’s Mount Rushmore, members of the Blake Street Bombers, two Hall of Famers, and another who is likely destined to join Cooperstown.

• OF Charlie Blackmon: 2014, 2017-2019 (4x)
• OF Dante Bichette: 1994-1996, 1998 (4x)
• OF Larry Walker 1997-1999, 2001 (4x)
• SS Troy Tulowitzki: 2010, 2011, 2013-2015 (5x)
• 3B Nolan Arenado: 2015-2019 (5x)
• 1B Todd Helton: 2000-2004 (5x)

If the Rockies retain the services of Hunter Goodman–and he continues to perform like he has over his first two seasons as a starter–how far up the ladder do you think he will climb? What other Rockies, current or future, do you think have what it takes to be multiple-time All-Stars? Let us know in the comments!

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