2002 Colorado Rockies season

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2002  Colorado Rockies
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Coors Field
City Denver, Colorado
Record73–89 (.451)
Divisional place4th
Owners Jerry McMorris
General managers Dan O'Dowd
Managers Buddy Bell and Clint Hurdle
Television KWGN-TV
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
(George Frazier, Drew Goodman, Jack Corrigan)
Radio KOA (AM)
(Jack Corrigan, Jeff Kingery, Wayne Hagin)
KCUV
(Antonio Guevara)
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The Colorado Rockies' 2002 season was the tenth for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Buddy Bell and Clint Hurdle were the managers, the latter replacing the former after the former was fired 22 games into the season. Hurdle won 67 out of 140 games and was kept on as manager for the following season. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 73–89, fourth in the NL West.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League West

NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Arizona Diamondbacks 98640.605—55–2643–38
San Francisco Giants 95660.5902½50–3145–35
Los Angeles Dodgers 92700.568646–3546–35
Colorado Rockies 73890.4512547–3426–55
San Diego Padres 66960.4073241–4025–56

Record vs. opponents

2002 National League record

Source:
TeamARIATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILMTLNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
Arizona —3–34–26–014–55–13–39–104–24–25–24–34–212–78–112–411–7
Atlanta 3–3—4–24–24–311–83–32–45–113–612–711–73–33–33–35–115–3
Chicago 2–42–4—5–124–24–28–112–47–103–31–52–410–92–43–36–126–6
Cincinnati 0–62–412–5—3–35–16–114–213–61–52–42–411–75–12–48–112–10
Colorado 5–143–42–43–3—5–23–37–123–34–23–33–34–211–88–122–47–11
Florida 1–58–112–41–52–5—3–33–34–210–98–1110–94–25–14–34–210–8
Houston 3–33–311–811–63–33–3—3–310–83–34–23–311–64–21–56–135–7
Los Angeles 10–94–24–22–412–73–33–3—5–15–24–24–34–210–98–112–412–6
Milwaukee 2–41–510–76–133–32–48–101–5—2–41–51–54–155–11–57–102–10
Montreal 2–46–133–35–12–49–103–32–54–2—11–811–83–33–44–23–312–6
New York 2–57–125–14–23–311–82–42–45–18–11—9–101–43–40–63–310–8
Philadelphia 3–47–114–24–23–39–103–33–45–18–1110–9—2–42–43–34–210–8
Pittsburgh 2–43–39–107–112–42–46–112–415–43–34–14–2—2–42–46–113–9
San Diego 7–123–34–21–58–111–52–49–101–54–34–34–24–2—5–141–58–10
San Francisco 11–83–33–34–211–83–45–111–85–12–46–03–34–214–5—2–48–10
St. Louis 4–21–512–611–84–22–413–64–210–73–33–32–411–65–14–2—8–4

Notable transactions

Major League debuts

Roster

2002 Colorado Rockies
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Game log

2002 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Cardinals 10–2 Morris (1–0) Hampton (0–1)48,3970–1
2April 3@ Cardinals 6–3 Neagle (1–0) Stephenson (0–1) Jiménez (1)26,5571–1
3April 4@ Cardinals 6–1 Thomson (1–0) Benes (0–1)27,6912–1
4April 5@ Dodgers 9–0 Ashby (1–0) Chacón (0–1)25,0912–2
5April 6@ Dodgers 9–2 Ishii (1–0) Jennings (0–1)38,6932–3
6April 7@ Dodgers 6–4 Brown (1–1) Hampton (0–2) Gagné (1)28,4522–4
7April 8 Astros 8–4 Oswalt (2–0) Neagle (1–1)50,3922–5
8April 9 Astros 10–5 Thomson (2–0) Reynolds (1–1)30,1533–5
9April 10 Astros 4–1 Chacón (1–1) Mlicki (0–2) Jiménez (2)29,5524–5
10April 11 Diamondbacks 8–4 Johnson (3–0) Reyes (0–1)31,7144–6
11April 12 Diamondbacks 8–3 Schilling (3–0) Hampton (0–3)40,8324–7
12April 13 Diamondbacks 7–5 (10) Myers (1–1) Jiménez (0–1)42,5964–8
13April 14 Diamondbacks 6–3 Batista (1–0) Thomson (2–1) Kim (2)42,2984–9
14April 15 Dodgers 5–2 Pérez (1–1) Chacón (1–2)29,7634–10
15April 16 Dodgers 6–4 Jennings (1–1) Ashby (1–1) Jiménez (3)30,3545–10
16April 17 Dodgers 6–3 Ishii (3–0) White (0–1) Gagné (5)32,8785–11
17April 19@ Diamondbacks 8–6 Neagle (2–1) Anderson (0–2) Jiménez (4)37,4436–11
18April 20@ Diamondbacks 9–8 Helling (2–2) Thomson (2–2) Myers (2)47,6276–12
19April 21@ Diamondbacks 7–1 Johnson (5–0) Chacón (1–3)43,8916–13
20April 23@ Reds 3–2 Haynes (2–2) Jennings (1–2) Graves (7)14,5186–14
21April 24@ Reds 4–3 Williamson (1–0) Jiménez (0–2)13,0046–15
22April 25@ Reds 4–3 Sullivan (2–0) White (0–2) Graves (8)14,4166–16
23April 26 Phillies 4–1 Thomson (3–2) Adams (0–3) Jiménez (5)37,5517–16
24April 27 Phillies 8–6 Chacón (2–3) Duckworth (1–2) Jiménez (6)38,0648–16
25April 28 Phillies 4–2 Jennings (2–2) Wolf (1–1) Jiménez (7)40,3579–16
26April 30 Pirates 10–0 Hampton (1–3) Williams (2–3)30,75910–16
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 1 Pirates 6–0 Neagle (3–1) Fogg (3–1)29,52911–16
28May 2 Pirates 7–2 Thomson (4–2) Villone (2–4)30,13412–16
29May 3@ Phillies 3–2 Duckworth (2–2) Chacón (2–4) Mesa (7)15,25712–17
30May 4@ Phillies 6–5 Mercado (1–0) White (0–3) Mesa (8)16,20512–18
31May 5@ Phillies 7–4 Padilla (4–2) Hampton (1–4) Mesa (9)32,41112–19
32May 7@ Expos 5–3 Thomson (5–2) Armas (4–3) Jiménez (8)3,78013–19
33May 8@ Expos 5–0 Chacón (3–4) Pavano (2–4)5,22014–19
34May 9@ Expos 6–5 (12) Lloyd (1–2) White (0–4)3,18314–20
35May 10@ Mets 9–5 Jennings (3–2) D'Amico (2–3)37,48415–20
36May 11@ Mets 4–3 Leiter (4–2) Hampton (1–5) Strickland (1)41,60515–21
37May 12@ Mets 4–3 (13) White (1–4) Davis (1–1) Jiménez (9)33,57816–21
38May 13 Marlins 7–3 Stark (1–0) Penny (3–2)29,97117–21
39May 14 Marlins 6–2 Beckett (1–2) Neagle (3–2) Núñez (8)28,65117–22
40May 15 Marlins 7–2 Jennings (4–2) Burnett (5–3)27,89818–22
41May 16 Marlins 10–3 Hampton (2–5) Tavárez (1–3)28,19719–22
42May 17 Braves 4–2 Glavine (6–2) Thomson (5–3) Smoltz (12)40,35719–23
43May 18 Braves 7–3 Stark (2–0) Millwood (2–5)42,78020–23
44May 19 Braves 2–1 Remlinger (2–0) Nichting (0–1) Smoltz (13)43,15120–24
45May 21 Padres 7–6 Speier (1–0) Embree (3–2) Jiménez (10)30,61621–24
46May 22 Padres 5–3 Mercker (1–0) Fikac (3–3) Jiménez (11)29,20422–24
47May 23 Padres 16–3 Thomson (6–3) Tomko (3–4)30,70123–24
48May 24 Giants 8–5 Stark (3–0) Ortiz (4–3) Jiménez (12)37,62724–24
49May 25 Giants 6–3 Nichting (1–1) Rueter (6–2) Jiménez (13)41,95725–24
50May 26 Giants 10–6 Jennings (5–2) Jensen (4–4)48,07326–24
51May 27@ Padres 8–5 Lawrence (5–3) Hampton (2–6) Hoffman (14)15,66626–25
52May 28@ Padres 3–2 (12) Jiménez (1–2) Fikac (3–4) Speier (1)13,99827–25
53May 29@ Padres 11–3 Middlebrook (1–1) Stark (3–1)13,42127–26
54May 30@ Padres 4–2 Neagle (4–2) Jones (3–3) Jiménez (14)18,75528–26
55May 31@ Giants 6–2 Jennings (6–2) Jensen (4–5) Jones (1)38,33729–26
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
56June 1@ Giants 5–4 Hampton (3–6) Hernández (5–5) Jiménez (15)40,89330–26
57June 2@ Giants 9–2 Schmidt (1–1) Thomson (6–4)40,65130–27
58June 3 Dodgers 11–5 Mota (1–0) Jiménez (1–3)30,15030–28
59June 4 Dodgers 10–4 Orosco (1–1) Jones (0–1)30,19530–29
60June 5 Dodgers 8–6 Jennings (7–2) Daal (4–2) Jiménez (16)31,79331–29
61June 7@ Blue Jays 8–0 Halladay (7–2) Hampton (3–7)20,03231–30
62June 8@ Blue Jays 3–1 Walker (2–0) Thomson (6–5) Escobar (12)21,29831–31
63June 9@ Blue Jays 3–2 Escobar (3–2) Jiménez (1–4)20,32831–32
64June 10@ Red Sox 7–3 Lowe (10–2) Neagle (4–3) Wakefield (3)33,50831–33
65June 11@ Red Sox 3–1 Jennings (8–2) Fossum (2–1) Jiménez (17)32,34032–33
66June 12@ Red Sox 7–5 Castillo (5–6) Hampton (3–8) Urbina (19)31,58332–34
67June 14 Indians 5–3 Drese (7–4) Thomson (6–6) Wickman (15)40,15632–35
68June 15 Indians 7–4 Jones (1–1) Paronto (0–2) Jiménez (18)41,87033–35
69June 16 Indians 5–4 Colón (9–4) Neagle (4–4) Wickman (16)40,79233–36
70June 18 Yankees 10–5 Mussina (10–3) Jennings (8–3) Stanton (1)48,73833–37
71June 19 Yankees 20–10 Mendoza (4–2) White (1–5)48,82133–38
72June 20 Yankees 14–11 (10) Stark (4–1) Karsay (3–3)48,91634–38
73June 21 Devil Rays 8–7 (10) Speier (2–0) Yan (3–3)30,28435–38
74June 22 Devil Rays 6–5 (11) Jiménez (2–4) Kent (0–2)31,19036–38
75June 23 Devil Rays 6–5 White (2–5) Kennedy (5–6) Jiménez (19)31,04337–38
76June 24@ Dodgers 4–1 Hampton (4–8) Ishii (11–3) Jiménez (20)34,64138–38
77June 25@ Dodgers 4–0 Pérez (9–3) Thomson (6–7)23,63538–39
78June 26@ Dodgers 5–3 Nomo (8–5) Chacón (3–5) Gagné (28)25,08338–40
79June 27@ Dodgers 7–1 Daal (6–3) Neagle (4–5)41,27938–41
80June 28@ Mariners 6–2 Piñeiro (8–3) Jennings (8–4)45,11838–42
81June 29@ Mariners 8–1 García (11–5) Hampton (4–9)45,79038–43
82June 30@ Mariners 4–3 Speier (3–0) Sasaki (2–2) Jiménez (21)45,92839–43
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
83July 1 Giants 8–6 Rodríguez (3–4) Jiménez (2–5) Nen (22)31,11539–44
84July 2 Giants 18–5 Jensen (8–6) Neagle (4–6)30,83839–45
85July 3 Giants 14–4 Jennings (9–4) Hernández (6–10)48,50440–45
86July 5 Padres 9–6 Hampton (5–9) Tomko (4–6) Jiménez (22)48,54041–45
87July 6 Padres 3–2 Thomson (7–7) Peavy (0–3) Jiménez (23)36,86642–45
88July 7 Padres 7–1 Pérez (3–1) Chacón (3–6)30,70742–46
89July 11@ Giants 3–2 Worrell (6–0) Jiménez (2–6)39,64442–47
90July 12@ Giants 9–0 Hernández (7–10) Hampton (5–10)40,96342–48
91July 13@ Giants 6–1 Schmidt (5–3) Thomson (7–8)41,43442–49
92July 14@ Giants 5–3 Chacón (4–6) Rueter (7–6)41,98043–49
93July 15@ Padres 5–0 Stark (5–1) Pérez (3–2)37,82744–49
94July 16@ Padres 5–1 Peavy (1–3) Jennings (9–5) Reed (1)22,15044–50
95July 17 Diamondbacks 12–3 Schilling (16–3) Hampton (5–11)39,02344–51
96July 18 Diamondbacks 6–4 Speier (4–0) Swindell (0–1) Jiménez (24)35,79945–51
97July 19 Brewers 9–5 Chacón (5–6) Quevedo (5–7)34,34746–51
98July 20 Brewers 6–5 Stark (6–1) Cabrera (4–7) Jiménez (25)37,00947–51
99July 21 Brewers 6–4 Jennings (10–5) Sheets (4–12) Jiménez (26)31,59748–51
100July 22@ Diamondbacks 5–1 Schilling (17–3) Hampton (5–12)34,51648–52
101July 23@ Diamondbacks 8–5 Kim (4–1) Jones (1–2)37,83748–53
102July 24@ Diamondbacks 7–1 Batista (5–7) Chacón (5–7)34,74348–54
103July 26@ Brewers 10–3 Sheets (5–12) Stark (6–2) Vizcaíno (3)29,27048–55
104July 27@ Brewers 6–5 (10) DeJean (1–4) Jiménez (2–7)33,49748–56
105July 28@ Brewers 5–3 Wright (3–10) Hampton (5–13) DeJean (17)26,53548–57
106July 30@ Pirates 4–1 Benson (4–5) Neagle (4–7) Williams (31)23,74948–58
107July 31@ Pirates 7–6 Boehringer (3–3) White (2–6) Williams (32)18,10648–59
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1@ Pirates 3–0 Jennings (11–5) Meadows (0–1) Jiménez (27)19,07549–59
109August 2@ Cubs 6–4 (12) Borowski (3–4) Santos (0–1)38,49349–60
110August 3@ Cubs 2–1 Neagle (5–7) Clement (8–8) Jiménez (28)39,38550–60
111August 4@ Cubs 4–1 Prior (5–3) Chacón (5–8)38,47450–61
112August 6 Reds 7–6 Stark (7–2) Moehler (2–3) Jiménez (29)32,78051–61
113August 7 Reds 7–2 Jennings (12–5) Hamilton (3–7)32,48352–61
114August 8 Reds 10–3 Hampton (6–13) Haynes (12–7)30,21853–61
115August 9 Cubs 2–0 Neagle (6–7) Zambrano (2–3) Jiménez (30)41,13154–61
116August 10 Cubs 15–1 Prior (6–3) Chacón (5–9)45,47454–62
117August 11 Cubs 12–9 Smyth (1–0) Stark (7–3)37,01654–63
118August 12@ Marlins 1–0 Jennings (13–5) Burnett (11–9) Jiménez (31)5,09055–63
119August 13@ Marlins 5–4 Hampton (7–13) Núñez (5–5) Jiménez (32)4,72956–63
120August 14@ Marlins 1–0 Lloyd (3–3) Santos (0–2)4,74656–64
121August 16@ Braves 4–1 Millwood (12–6) Chacón (5–10) Smoltz (43)30,50456–65
122August 17@ Braves 10–3 Stark (8–3) Marquis (8–7)46,10457–65
123August 18@ Braves 6–3 Jennings (14–5) Maddux (11–5) Jiménez (33)30,39958–65
124August 19@ Braves 7–6 Smoltz (3–2) Jiménez (2–8)24,56858–66
125August 20 Expos 8–6 Neagle (7–7) Vázquez (8–10) Jiménez (34)28,27859–66
126August 21 Expos 13–5 Yoshii (4–5) Chacón (5–11)27,91659–67
127August 22 Expos 14–6 Stark (9–3) Armas (8–11)27,23160–67
128August 23 Mets 10–4 Jennings (15–5) Astacio (11–7)29,11061–67
129August 24 Mets 5–2 Weathers (5–3) Jiménez (2–9) Benítez (28)35,17861–68
130August 25 Mets 7–4 Leiter (11–10) Neagle (7–8) Benítez (29)27,38661–69
131August 26 Giants 4–3 Rodríguez (4–6) Jones (1–3) Nen (32)26,87761–70
132August 27 Giants 7–4 Rodríguez (5–6) Jones (1–4) Nen (33)26,59261–71
133August 28 Giants 9–1 Ortiz (9–10) Jennings (15–6)27,08061–72
134August 29 Giants 10–6 Hernández (9–14) Hampton (7–14)26,33061–73
135August 30@ Padres 2–0 Tomko (8–8) Neagle (7–9) Hoffman (33)15,98761–74
136August 31@ Padres 3–0 Condrey (1–0) Cook (0–1) Hoffman (34)31,04361–75
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1@ Padres 9–5 Nickle (1–0) Santos (0–3) Hoffman (35)21,19061–76
138September 2@ Padres 5–2 Jennings (16–6) Jones (7–8) Jiménez (35)31,83762–76
139September 3@ Giants 4–2 Ortiz (10–10) Hampton (7–15) Nen (35)33,48362–77
140September 4@ Giants 2–1 Neagle (8–9) Hernández (9–15) Jiménez (36)34,34263–77
141September 6 Padres 7–3 Cook (1–1) Eaton (0–1)26,24364–77
142September 7 Padres 5–3 Mercker (2–0) Holtz (2–2) Jiménez (37)26,44465–77
143September 8 Padres 9–4 Lawrence (12–10) Jennings (16–7) Hoffman (36)25,70665–78
144September 9@ Astros 6–5 (10) Lidge (1–0) Flores (0–1)28,33065–79
145September 10@ Astros 11–4 Miller (13–3) Neagle (8–10)24,81265–80
146September 11@ Astros 8–6 Cook (2–1) Saarloos (6–5) Jiménez (38)29,18566–80
147September 12 Dodgers 7–1 Stark (10–3) Daal (11–8)25,59367–80
148September 13 Dodgers 5–4 Mercker (3–0) Mota (1–3) Jiménez (39)26,44168–80
149September 14 Dodgers 16–3 Pérez (14–9) Santos (0–4)28,11868–81
150September 15 Dodgers 5–4 Speier (5–0) Ashby (9–12) Jiménez (40)26,01169–81
151September 17 Cardinals 11–4 Fassero (8–6) Mercker (3–1)25,83369–82
152September 18 Cardinals 8–5 White (4–6) Speier (5–1) Kline (6)25,33069–83
153September 19 Cardinals 12–6 Simontacchi (11–5) Jennings (16–8)25,56769–84
154September 20 Diamondbacks 9–4 Lowe (5–2) Schilling (23–6)37,84270–84
155September 21 Diamondbacks 15–8 Fuentes (1–0) Fetters (3–2)29,48471–84
156September 22 Diamondbacks 11–7 Fuentes (2–0) Swindell (0–2)26,52072–84
157September 24@ Dodgers 1–0 Stark (11–3) Pérez (15–10) Jiménez (41)30,33273–84
158September 25@ Dodgers 3–2 Gagné (3–1) Jiménez (2–10)28,18973–85
159September 26@ Diamondbacks 4–2 Johnson (24–5) Flores (0–2)33,60573–86
160September 27@ Diamondbacks 8–6 Batista (8–9) Neagle (8–11) Kim (35)39,69373–87
161September 28@ Diamondbacks 17–8 Helling (10–12) Lowe (5–3)45,05273–88
162September 29@ Diamondbacks 11–8 Patterson (2–0) Stark (11–4) Kim (36)45,55373–89

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Gary Bennett 9029177.265426
1B Todd Helton 156553182.32930109
2B Brent Butler 11334489.259942
SS Juan Uribe 155566136.240649
3B Todd Zeile 144506138.2731887
LF Todd Hollandsworth 9529888.2951148
CF Juan Pierre 152592170.287135
RF Larry Walker 136477161.33826104

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Terry Shumpert 10623455.235621
José Ortiz 6519248.250112
Jay Payton 4717057.335828
Greg Norton 11316837.220737
Gabe Kapler 4011937.311217
Benny Agbayani 4811724.205419
Sandy Alomar Jr. 3811631.267012
Bobby Estalella 3811223.205825
Mark Little 6110521.20005
Ben Petrick 389520.211511
Jack Cust 356511.16918
Jason Romano 183712.32401
Ross Gload 26318.25814
Walt McKeel 5134.30800

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jason Jennings 32185.11684.52127
Mike Hampton 30178.27156.1574
Denny Neagle 35164.18115.26111
John Thomson 21127.1784.8876
Shawn Chacón 21119.15115.7367

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Denny Stark 32128.11144.0064
Aaron Cook 935.2214.5414
Randy Flores 817.0029.537
Cory Vance 24.0006.751

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
José Jiménez 74210413.5647
Todd Jones 791414.7073
Justin Speier 635114.3347
Kent Mercker 583106.1437
Dennys Reyes 430104.2430
Rick White 412606.2027
Brian Fuentes 312004.7338
Chris Nichting 291104.4625
Víctor Santos 2404010.3825
Mark Corey 1400012.0012
Mike James 130005.5610
Sean Lowe 81108.717
Todd Zeile 10000.001

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Chris Cron
AA Carolina Mudcats Southern League P. J. Carey
A Salem Avalanche Carolina League Stu Cole
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Joe Mikulik
A-Short Season Tri-City Dust Devils Northwest League Ron Gideon
Rookie Casper Rockies Pioneer League Darron Cox

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Notes

  1. ↑ Brian Fuentes page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ JD Closser page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Todd Jones page at Baseball Reference Archived 2011-04-12 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Todd Zeile page at Baseball Reference Archived April 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Ross Gload page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Kent Mercker page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Bobby Estalella page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Jeff Francis page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Sandy Alomar, Jr. page at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Gabe Kapler page at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Jay Payton page at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ "2002 National League Baseball Debuts / Rookies by Baseball Almanac".
  13. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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The Colorado Rockies' 2004 season was the 12th for the Rockies, attempting to win the National League West. Clint Hurdle was the manager. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 68–94, fourth in the NL West.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1993 St. Louis Cardinals season</span>

The St. Louis Cardinals 1993 season was the team's 112th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 102nd season in the National League. Under their manager Joe Torre, the Cardinals went 87–75 during the season and finished third in the National League East, ten games behind the NL Champion Philadelphia Phillies. This was the final season in the NL East for the Cardinals, before their move to the NL Central for the following season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1990 St. Louis Cardinals season</span>

The 1990 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 109th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 99th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 70–92 during the season and finished in sixth place of the National League East division, 25 games behind the NL East champion Pittsburgh Pirates. It was the first time the Cardinals had finished in last place since 1918. This was the most recent season the Cardinals finished in last place until 2023.

The 2002 New York Mets season was the 41st regular season for the Mets. They went 75–86 and finished fifth in the National League East. They were managed by Bobby Valentine. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2001 New York Mets season</span>

The 2001 New York Mets season was the 40th regular season for the Mets. The 2001 Mets entered the season as defending National League champions, aiming to win the National League East from the Braves and return to a second consecutive World Series and win it. They went 82–80 and finished third in the National League East. They were managed by Bobby Valentine. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

The 1974 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses. This was the Angels' first last place divisional finish in franchise history.

The Texas Rangers2002 season involved the Rangers finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2001 Cincinnati Reds season</span>

The 2001 Cincinnati Reds season was the 132nd season for the franchise in Major League Baseball. It consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League Central. The Reds were managed by Bob Boone.

The 2002 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing sixth in the National League Central with a record of 56 wins and 106 losses, their only 100 loss season to date.

The 1991 San Diego Padres season was the 23rd season in franchise history.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2000 Chicago Cubs season</span>

The 2000 Chicago Cubs season was the 129th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 125th in the National League and the 85th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished sixth and last in the National League Central with a record of 65–97.

The 1996 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 114th season in Major League Baseball, their 39th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 37th at 3Com Park at Candlestick Point. The team finished in fourth place in the National League West with a 68–94 record, 23 games behind the San Diego Padres.

The 2000 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 118th season in the history of the franchise.

The 2013 Colorado Rockies season was the franchise's 21st in Major League Baseball. The season marked the Rockies' 18th season of playing their home games at Coors Field. It was Todd Helton's 17th and final season with the Rockies and Walt Weiss' first season as manager.

The 2015 Colorado Rockies season was the franchise's 23rd in Major League Baseball. Walt Weiss returned for his third consecutive season as manager. It was the 21st season the Rockies played their home games at Coors Field.

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