Jackson Holliday’s dad is professional American baseball left fielder Matt Holliday
American left fielder Matthew Thomas Holliday, born January 15, 1980, is a professional baseball player.
He is Oklahoma State University’s outfielding and hitting coach. From 2004 through 2018, he participated in Major League Baseball as a player with the New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals, and Colorado Rockies.
Holliday, a World Series champion in 2011 with the Cardinals, has contributed significantly to seven postseasons through his prolific hitting, including the Rockies’ historic run to the World Series in 2007 and the Cardinals’ postseason triumphs in the 2010s.
His accomplishments include winning the batting title in the National League (NL), the NLCS MVP in 2007, seven All-Star selections, and four Silver Slugger Awards.
300 home runs, more over 2,000 hits, and eight occasions of batting over.300 are among his other professional achievements.
Holliday, who also excelled as a highly regarded quarterback prospect in high school in Oklahoma, was chosen by the Colorado Rockies in the seventh round of the 1998 MLB draft.