1995 Colorado Rockies season

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1995  Colorado Rockies
National League Wild Card Winners
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Coors Field
City Denver, Colorado
Record77–67 (.535)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Jerry McMorris
General managers Bob Gebhard
Managers Don Baylor
Television KWGN-TV
(Dave Campbell, Charlie Jones)
Radio KOA (AM)
(Wayne Hagin, Jeff Kingery)
KCUV
(Francisco Gamez, Carlos Bido)
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The 1995 Colorado Rockies season was their 3rd in Major League Baseball and their 1st season at Coors Field. Don Baylor was the manager.

Contents

The team competed in the National League West, finishing with a record of 77−67, second in the division. The Rockies simultaneously won the first-ever National League wild card berth in the first season of the revised postseason format and first postseason appearance in franchise history. They faced the eventual World Series champion Atlanta Braves in the National League Division Series (NLDS), who won this first round series in four games, with the Rockies taking game three.

Offseason

Regular season

The start to the 1995 MLB regular season was delayed over three weeks by the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike that ended on April 2. As a result, the season only lasted 144 games (instead of the typical 162 game season) and "official" opening day for Coors Field was changed to April 26. The Colorado Rockies played two exhibition games on April 2 and 3 against the New York Yankees as the first baseball to be played at Coors Field.

In his Rockies debut and inaugural game of Coors Field on April 26 versus the New York Mets, Larry Walker doubled three times, including one that tied the score with two outs in the ninth inning. [8] Dante Bichette hit a walk-off home run in the fourteenth inning for an 11−9 win. On May 7, 1995, Walker hit his 100th career home run versus Hideo Nomo of Los Angeles. [8]

The Rockies led the NL in hits (1,406), runs scored (785), triples (43, also the most in the majors), home runs (200), runs batted in (749), batting average (.282) and slugging percentage (.471). Conversely, they also allowed the most hits (1,443), runs (783), earned runs (711) and produced the fewest shutouts (1). [9]

A quartet of Rockies hitters who became known as "The Blake Street Bombers", consisting of Dante Bichette, Vinny Castilla, Andrés Galarraga (Walker's former Expos teammate), and Larry Walker, each contributed at least 30 home runs in 1995. The Rockies simultaneously won the first-ever National League wild card berth under the revised postseason format and first playoff appearance in franchise history in just their third season of play.

On October 1 for the final regular season game, the Rockies needed a win at Coors Field versus the San Francisco Giants to avoid playing a tie-breaker game with the Houston Astros for the National League Wild Card post-season berth. [10] [11] Using seven pitchers during the nine inning game, Curt Leskanic earned his 10th save and threw the final pitch of the game in a 10–9 victory for the Rockies. During a post-season interview, Leskanic recalled the pitching mound shaking like a mild earthquake with the vibrations from fans in the stadium anticipating their first ever appearance in the MLB post-season.

During the playoffs, Larry Walker collected three hits in 14 at bats in the National League Division Series (NLDS) versus the Atlanta Braves. He hit his first career postseason home run off Tom Glavine in the sixth inning of a 7−4 Game 2 loss. The Braves defeated the Rockies in four games. [12]

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 7866.542—39‍–‍3339‍–‍33
Colorado Rockies 7767.535144‍–‍2833‍–‍39
San Diego Padres 7074.486840‍–‍3230‍–‍42
San Francisco Giants 6777.4651137‍–‍3530‍–‍42

Wild Card standings

Team W L Pct. GB
Colorado Rockies7767.535—
Houston Astros 7668.5281
Chicago Cubs 7371.5074
San Diego Padres 7074.4867
New York Mets 6975.4798
Philadelphia Phillies 6975.4798

Record vs. opponents

1995 National League record

Sources:
TeamATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTL
Atlanta —8–48–59–410–36–65–49–45–87–64–25–27–17–5
Chicago 4–8—3–76–78–45–87–53–54–36–18–55–75–79–4
Cincinnati 5–87–3—5–76–612–14–38–47–59–38–53–63–38–5
Colorado 4–97–67–5—5–74–44–97–15–44–28–49–48–55–7
Florida 3–104–86–67–5—8–43–76–77–66–75–83–25–34–3
Houston 6–68–51–124–44–8—3–29–36–65–79–47–45–39–4
Los Angeles 4–55–73–49–47–32–3—7–56–64–99–47–68–57–5
Montreal 4–95–34–81–77–63–95–7—7–68–54–47–57–64–3
New York 8–53–45–74–56–76–66–66–7—7–64–36–75–83–4
Philadelphia 6-71–63–92–47–67–59–45–86–7—6–36–66–65–4
Pittsburgh 2–45–85–84–88–54–94–94–43–43–6—4–86–66–7
San Diego 2–57–56–34–92–34–76–75–77–66–68–4—6–77–5
San Francisco 1–77–53–35–83–53–55–86–78–56–66–67–6—7–6
St. Louis 5–74–95–87–53–44-95–73–44–34–57–65–76–7—

Transactions

Major League debuts

Roster

1995 Colorado Rockies
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Game log

1995 Game Log
April (4–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 26 Mets 11–9 (14) Thompson (1–0) Remlinger (0–1)47,2281–0
2April 27 Mets 8–7 Reed (1–0) Lomon (0–1)38,0872–0
3April 28@ Astros 2–1 Leskanic (1–0) Kile (0–1) Ruffin (1)30,4053–0
4April 29@ Astros 2–1 Olivares (1–0) Hampton (0–1) Ruffin (2)19,0744–0
5April 30@ Astros 3–1 Brocail (1–0) Leskanic (1–1) Hudek (1)14,4554–1
May (13–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
6May 1 Padres 8–3 Holmes (1–0) Mauser (0–1)40,1175–1
7May 2 Padres 6–5 (11) Bailey (1–0) Williams (0–1)38,3876–1
8May 3 Padres 12–7 Bailey (2–0) Hamilton (0–1) Ruffin (3)37,1937–1
9May 5 Dodgers 6–4 Martínez (2–1) Olivares (1–1) Seánez (3)46,3957–2
10May 6 Dodgers 17–11 Williams (1–0) Acevedo (0–1)48,3947–3
11May 7 Dodgers 12–10 Daal (2–0) Reed (1–1) Valdez (1)48,1177–4
12May 9 Giants 10–6 Ritz (1–0) Wilson (2–1)41,3078–4
13May 10 Giants 8–5 Holmes (2–0) Bautista (0–1)43,6909–4
14May 11 Giants 10–4 Acevedo (1–1) Mulholland (2–2) Reed (1)45,60910–4
15May 12@ Marlins 10–6 Swift (1–0) Gardner (0–4) Ruffin (4)22,26711–4
16May 13@ Marlins 8–2 Witt (1–2) Freeman (0–1)33,62611–5
17May 14@ Marlins 6–3 Ritz (2–0) Rapp (0–3) Ruffin (5)20,49012–5
18May 15@ Braves 4–0 Mercker (1–1) Olivares (1–2)27,00912–6
19May 16@ Braves 15–3 Smoltz (2–2) Acevedo (1–2)25,51612–7
20May 17@ Braves 6–5 Holmes (3–0) Maddux (2–1) Ruffin (6)27,07013–7
21May 18@ Braves 3–2 McMichael (3–0) Munoz (0–1) Borbón (2)26,20513–8
22May 19@ Reds 2–0 Schourek (1–2) Ritz (2–1) Brantley (2)25,68813–9
23May 20@ Reds 10–9 (10) Smith (1–1) Bailey (2–1)29,40113–10
24May 21@ Reds 5–2 Acevedo (2–2) Jarvis (1–2) Holmes (1)23,62914–10
25May 22 Cubs 9–8 Munoz (1–1) Myers (0–1)47,32515–10
26May 23 Cubs 7–6 Foster (3–2) Freeman (0–2) Myers (9)43,22615–11
27May 24 Cubs 5–3 Castillo (3–1) Bailey (2–2) Myers (10)45,36715–12
28May 26@ Pirates 4–2 Wagner (1–5) Acevedo (2–3) Miceli (6)11,18315–13
29May 27@ Pirates 9–4 Neagle (4–1) Swift (1–1)16,08215–14
30May 28@ Pirates 6–3 Freeman (1–2) White (0–1) Ruffin (7)15,01616–14
31May 29@ Cardinals 6–5 (11) Habyan (1–1) Bailey (2–3)26,88916–15
32May 30@ Cardinals 8–5 Hill (4–0) Grahe (0–1) Henke (10)15,25116–16
33May 31@ Cardinals 5–3 Acevedo (3–3) Petkovsek (0–1) Holmes (2)19,29717–16
June (15–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
34June 2 Pirates 7–4 Holmes (4–0) McCurry (0–1)45,82818–16
35June 3 Pirates 7–6 Ritz (3–1) Lieber (1–5) Holmes (3)48,14419–16
36June 4 Pirates 4–1 Grahe (1–1) Wagner (1–7) Leskanic (1)48,06120–16
37June 5 Cardinals 9–5 Petkovsek (1–1) Acevedo (3–4)46,64920–17
38June 6 Cardinals 5–4 Leskanic (2–1) Parrett (2–2)46,62121–17
39June 7 Cardinals 7–3 Freeman (2–2) Jackson (0–7)46,70422–17
40June 8@ Cubs 5–3 Ritz (4–1) Foster (4–3) Reed (2)24,75723–17
41June 9@ Cubs 2–1 (10) Holmes (5–0) Pérez (0–4) Munoz (1)21,90524–17
42June 10@ Cubs 3–0 Morgan (2–1) Acevedo (3–5) Myers (14)32,46024–18
43June 11@ Cubs 5–1 Thompson (2–0) Trachsel (2–4) Leskanic (2)27,24525–18
44June 12 Reds 11–6 Jarvis (3–3) Freeman (2–3)47,70825–19
45June 13 Reds 6–4 Ritz (5–1) Pugh (4–1) Leskanic (3)48,19826–19
46June 14 Reds 10–4 Grahe (2–1) Schourek (4–3)48,25527–19
47June 16 Braves 2–0 Glavine (5–3) Swift (1–2)48,16327–20
48June 17 Braves 7–1 Avery (2–4) Acevedo (3–6)50,03527–21
49June 18 Braves 9–4 Mercker (4–3) Freeman (2–4)48,30227–22
50June 19 Marlins 7–2 Hammond (4–1) Ritz (5–2)48,14527–23
51June 20 Marlins 7–2 Mathews (2–0) Grahe (2–2)48,14327–24
52June 21 Marlins 6–3 Swift (2–2) Rapp (2–4) Reed (3)48,11728–24
53June 22@ Padres 3–2 Reynoso (1–0) Dishman (0–1) Ruffin (8)11,65329–24
54June 23@ Padres 3–2 Ashby (4–4) Freeman (2–5) Hoffman (10)15,41829–25
55June 24@ Padres 2–0 Hamilton (3–2) Ritz (5–3)36,13729–26
56June 25@ Padres 11–3 Grahe (3–2) Sanders (5–4)20,77630–26
57June 27@ Giants 5–1 Swift (3–2) Bautista (2–4)14,76931–26
58June 28@ Giants 2–1 (11) Barton (1–0) Munoz (1–2)15,13631–27
59June 29@ Dodgers 3–0 Nomo (6–1) Freeman (2–6)46,29531–28
60June 30@ Dodgers 2–1 Ritz (6–3) Candiotti (4–6) Munoz (2)34,25332–28
July (17–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
61July 1@ Dodgers 5–4 Worrell (2–0) Bailey (2–4)54,00632–29
62July 2@ Dodgers 10–1 Swift (4–2) Martínez (7–6)37,35433–29
63July 3 Astros 15–10 Bailey (3–4) Dougherty (3–1) Holmes (4)50,02834–29
64July 4 Astros 16–8 Hampton (3–3) Olivares (1–3)50,12734–30
65July 5 Astros 4–2 Ritz (7–3) Kile (3–8) Holmes (5)48,09135–30
66July 6 Expos 9–6 Grahe (4–2) Fassero (8–6) Holmes (6)48,07336–30
67July 7 Expos 12–7 Acevedo (4–6) Heredia (3–5)50,11137–30
68July 8 Expos 8–3 Reynoso (2–0) Henry (3–7) Leskanic (4)48,19038–30
69July 9 Expos 4–1 Freeman (3–6) Martínez (6–5)48,11439–30
70July 13@ Mets 4–2 Jones (5–6) Ritz (7–4) Franco (10)15,27639–31
71July 14@ Mets 13–4 Pulsipher (2–4) Reynoso (2–1)15,37739–32
72July 15@ Mets 5–4 Swift (5–2) Saberhagen (5–5) Holmes (7)17,12040–32
73July 16@ Mets 2–1 (10) Franco (4–1) Thompson (2–1)25,99440–33
74July 17 Phillies 8–5 Munoz (2–2) Bottalico (3–2) Holmes (8)48,07041–33
75July 18 Phillies 7–5 Schilling (7–5) Ritz (7–5) Slocumb (22)48,01141–34
76July 19 Phillies 5–3 Rekar (1–0) Green (8–6) Holmes (9)48,08742–34
77July 20 Phillies 7–3 Swift (6–2) Quantrill (7–6)48,03743–34
78July 21 Mets 12–1 Harnisch (2–7) Reynoso (2–2)48,05943–35
79July 22 Mets 5–4 Leskanic (3–1) Henry (1–4) Holmes (10)48,04244–35
80July 23 Mets 8–5 Ritz (8–5) Jones (6–7) Holmes (11)48,12945–35
81July 24@ Phillies 11–3 Rekar (2–0) Green (8–7)25,42446–35
82July 25@ Phillies 7–6 (10) Slocumb (2–0) Munoz (2–3)25,83746–36
83July 26@ Astros 4–3 Kile (4–10) Reynoso (2–3) Jones (9)19,20946–37
84July 27@ Astros 5–4 (12) Jones (6–1) Munoz (2–4)21,73446–38
85July 28@ Expos 8–3 Ritz (9–5) Urbina (2–2)19,22147–38
86July 29@ Expos 5–3 Rekar (3–0) Fassero (10–8) Holmes (12)23,59548–38
87July 30@ Expos 11–4 Martínez (9–6) Freeman (3–7)27,17248–39
88July 31@ Expos 3–2 Reynoso (3–3) Henry (6–8) Holmes (13)14,97849–39
August (11–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
89August 1 Dodgers 9–6 Valdez (8–6) Thompson (2–2) Worrell (19)48,07149–40
90August 2 Dodgers 10–7 Tapani (7–11) Ritz (9–6)48,06349–41
91August 3 Dodgers 9–4 Saberhagen (6–5) Martínez (11–7)48,02450–41
92August 4 Padres 14–12 Reed (2–1) Berumen (2–3) Holmes (14)48,12551–41
93August 5 Padres 7–3 Reynoso (4–3) Ashby (7–6)48,04352–41
94August 6 Padres 16–8 Dishman (3–4) Thompson (2–3)48,15752–42
95August 8@ Marlins 5–4 (13) Groom (2–3) Bailey (3–5)31,22052–43
96August 9@ Marlins 2–1 Burkett (10–10) Ritz (9–7) Nen (13)31,80552–44
97August 10@ Marlins 3–2 Peña (3–1) Reed (2–2)28,00952–45
98August 11@ Braves 5–3 Avery (5–8) Reynoso (4–4) Wohlers (16)47,40852–46
99August 12@ Braves 16–4 Leskanic (4–1) Mercker (6–7)48,77753–46
100August 13@ Braves 3–2 Wohlers (6–3) Holmes (5–1)43,27953–47
101August 14@ Reds 4–0 Burba (7–2) Ritz (9–8)23,94553–48
102August 15@ Reds 11–3 Portugal (6–8) Rekar (3–1)24,50653–49
103August 16@ Reds 6–4 Reynoso (5–4) Smiley (11–2) Painter (1)25,02454–49
104August 17 Cubs 12–5 Bailey (4–5) Navarro (10–5)48,07155–49
105August 18 Cubs 26–7 Young (2–4) Saberhagen (6–6)48,08255–50
106August 19 Cubs 6–5 Castillo (8–6) Ritz (9–9) Myers (28)48,020t55–51
107August 20 Cubs 4–2 Leskanic (5–1) Wendell (2–1)50,08756–51
108August 22 Pirates 10–1 Loaiza (8–5) Reynoso (5–5)48,08356–52
109August 23 Pirates 9–5 Bailey (5–5) Neagle (11–6)48,02757–52
110August 24 Pirates 8–6 Painter (1–0) Wagner (2–12) Leskanic (5)48,04158–52
111August 25 Cardinals 8–3 Morgan (5–7) Rekar (3–2) Mathews (1)48,01258–53
112August 26 Cardinals 5–4 Fossas (3–0) Ruffin (0–1) Henke (28)48,12758–54
113August 27 Cardinals 10–5 Barber (2–0) Reynoso (5–6)48,04358–55
114August 28@ Pirates 6–3 Bailey (6–5) Powell (0–2) Leskanic (6)8,24259–55
115August 29@ Pirates 4–0 Wagner (3–13) Ritz (9–10)7,63459–56
116August 30@ Pirates 6–0 Rekar (4–2) Ericks (3–7)8,12060–56
September (16–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
117September 1@ Cardinals 5–4 DeLucia (7–6) Leskanic (5–2) Henke (30)21,16460–57
118September 2@ Cardinals 6–1 Bailey (7–5) Watson (5–7)26,79661–57
119September 3@ Cardinals 5–4 (11) Holmes (6–1) Parrett (3–5) Ruffin (9)22,18862–57
120September 4@ Cubs 2–0 Castillo (9–8) Rekar (4–3)31,60162–58
121September 6@ Cubs 10–4 Reynoso (6–6) Bullinger (11–6)23,03463–58
122September 8 Reds 10–5 Leskanic (6–2) Carrasco (2–6)48,02664–58
123September 9 Reds 6–2 Swift (7–2) Wells (14–6) Ritz (1)48,08565–58
124September 10 Reds 5–4 Reed (3–2) Carrasco (2–7) Leskanic (7)48,07466–58
125September 11 Braves 5–4 (12) Hickerson (3–3) Woodall (1–1)48,05667–58
126September 12 Braves 12–2 Painter (2–0) Avery (6–13) Ritz (2)48,01368–58
127September 13 Braves 9–7 Schmidt (2–0) Bailey (7–6)48,01168–59
128September 15 Marlins 6–3 Reed (4–2) Burkett (13–12) Leskanic (8)48,01069–59
129September 16 Marlins 8–7 Reed (5–2) Mathews (4–4) Ruffin (10)48,03770–59
130September 17 Marlins 17–0 Rapp (12–7) Rekar (4–4)48,03570–60
131September 18@ Padres 5–1 Ritz (10–10) Hamilton (6–9) Ruffin (11)10,59671–60
132September 19@ Padres 15–4 Blair (7–4) Reynoso (6–7)10,32171–61
133September 20@ Padres 10–2 Swift (8–2) Dishman (4–8)10,09572–61
134September 21@ Giants 5–3 Valdez (4–4) Grahe (4–3) Beck (31)12,96872–62
135September 22@ Giants 6–1 Ritz (11–10) Estes (0–2)17,72373–62
136September 23@ Giants 2–0 Brewington (5–4) Rekar (4–5) Beck (32)28,53873–63
137September 24@ Giants 3–1 Reynoso (7–7) Leiter (10–11) Leskanic (9)34,47274–63
138September 25@ Dodgers 4–3 Martínez (17–7) Swift (8–3) Worrell (31)41,98474–64
139September 26@ Dodgers 7–3 Saberhagen (7–6) Candiotti (7–14)44,41575–64
140September 27@ Dodgers 7–4 Tapani (10–13) Ritz (11–11) Worrell (32)53,85675–65
141September 28 Giants 12–4 Brewington (6–4) Rekar (4–6)48,02375–66
142September 29 Giants 10–7 Service (3–1) Leskanic (6–3) Beck (33)48,01775–67
143September 30 Giants 9–3 Swift (9–3) Mulholland (5–13)48,02376–67
October (1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
144October 1 Giants 10–9 Painter (3–0) Leiter (10–12) Leskanic (10)48,03977–67

Playoffs

1995 Post-Season
National League Division Series
GameDateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 3 Braves 4–5 Peña (1–0) Leskanic (0–1) Wohlers (1)50,0400–1
2October 4 Braves 4–7 Peña (2–0) Munoz (0–1) Wohlers (2)50,0630–2
3October 6@ Braves 7–5 (10) Holmes (1–0) Wohlers (0–1) Thompson (1)51,3001–2
4October 7@ Braves 4–10 Maddux (1–0) Saberhagen (0–1)50,0271–3

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 Joe Girardi 125462121.262855
1B Andrés Galarraga 143554155.28031106
2B Eric Young 120366116.317636
SS Walt Weiss 137427111.260125
3B Vinny Castilla 139527163.3093290
LF Dante Bichette 139579197.34040128
CF Mike Kingery 11935094.269837
RF Larry Walker 131494151.30636101

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jason Bates 11632286.267846
Ellis Burks 10327874.2661449
John Vander Wal 10510135.347521
Trent Hubbard 245818.31039
Roberto Mejia 23528.15414
Jorge Brito 185111.21607
Jayhawk Owens 184511.244412
Jim Tatum 34348.23504
Matt Nokes 10112.18200
Pedro Castellano 450.00000
Harvey Pulliam 552.40013
Craig Counsell 310.00000
Quinton McCracken 310.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Kevin Ritz 31173.111114.21120
Bill Swift 19105.2934.9468
Marvin Freeman 2294.2375.8961
Armando Reynoso 2093.0775.3240
Bryan Rekar 1585.0464.9860
Juan Acevedo 1765.2466.4440

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Roger Bailey 3981.1764.9833
Joe Grahe 1756.2435.0827
Mark Thompson 2151.0236.5330
Bret Saberhagen 943.0216.2829
Omar Olivares 1131.2137.3915

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Darren Holmes 6861143.2461
Curtis Leskanic 7663103.40107
Steve Reed 715232.1479
Mike Munoz 642427.4237
Bruce Ruffin 3701112.1223
Lance Painter 333014.3736
Bryan Hickerson 1810011.8812
A.J. Sager 100007.3610
David Nied 200020.773

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Brad Mills
AA New Haven Ravens Eastern League Paul Zuvella
A Salem Avalanche Carolina League Bill Hayes
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Bill McGuire
A-Short Season Portland Rockies Northwest League P. J. Carey
Rookie AZL Rockies Arizona League Jack Maloof

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The St. Louis Cardinals 2004 season was the team's 123rd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 113th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 105–57 during the season, the most wins of any team in baseball that year, the most wins by any Cardinals team since 1944, and the first Cardinal team to win 100 or more games since 1985, and won the National League Central by 13 games over the NL Wild-Card Champion Houston Astros. In the playoffs the Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 3 games to 1 in the NLDS and the Astros 4 games to 3 in the NLCS to reach their first World Series since 1987. In the World Series the Cardinals faced the Boston Red Sox and were swept 4 games to 0. It was the final World Series played at Busch Memorial Stadium. Because the American League had home-field advantage as a result of winning the All-Star Game, Busch Memorial Stadium was where the Curse of the Bambino died.

The Colorado Rockies' 1993 season was the first for the Rockies. They played in the National League West. Don Baylor was their manager. Playing their home games in Mile High Stadium, better known as the home of the Denver Broncos, the Rockies sold 4,483,350 tickets to their home games, setting the Major League record for attendance, which still stands as of the 2023 season. Colorado finished 37 games behind the NL West Champion Atlanta Braves with a record of 67–95, sixth in the division, only ahead of the San Diego Padres.

The Colorado Rockies' 1994 season was the second for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Don Baylor was their manager. They played home games at Mile High Stadium. They finished with a record of 53–64, third in the division, six and a half games back. The season was cut short by a player strike.

The Colorado Rockies' 1997 season was the fifth for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Denver, Colorado, their fifth in the National League (NL), and third at Coors Field. The team competed in the National League West, finishing in third place with a record of 83–79. Right fielder Larry Walker won the NL Most Valuable Player Award (MVP), becoming the first Rockies player and Canadian-born player to do so in MLB.

The Colorado Rockies' 1998 season was the sixth for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Don Baylor was their manager, although he was fired after the season. They played home games and hosted the 1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 77-85, fourth in the division.

The Colorado Rockies' 1999 season was the seventh for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Denver, Colorado, their seventh in the National League (NL), and fifth at Coors Field. The team competed in the National League West, finishing in fifth and last place with a record of 72–90. Jim Leyland, a longtime manager in MLB, debuted as the Rockies' new manager, and resigned following the season.

The Colorado Rockies' 2000 season was the eighth for the Rockies. They competed in the National League West. Buddy Bell was their manager. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 82–80, fourth in the NL West. Despite the team finishing fourth in their division and finishing with a mediocre record, the team batted excellently; the 2000 Rockies combined for a team batting average of .294, which was the integration era's highest mark since the 1950 Boston Red Sox batted .302. They led the league in hits; finished 2nd in on-base percentage and runs scored; and third in stolen bases.

The 2003 Colorado Rockies season was their 11th in Major League Baseball and 9th season at Coors Field. Clint Hurdle was the manager. They finished with a record of 74–88, fourth in the National League West, and missing the postseason for the 8th consecutive season.

The 2004 Colorado Rockies season was their 12th in Major League Baseball and 10th season at Coors Field. Clint Hurdle was the manager. They finished with a record of 68–94, fourth in the National League West, and missing the postseason for the 9th consecutive season.

The Colorado Rockies' 2005 season was the 13th 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 67–95, last in the NL West. The team have their lowest home attendance with below 2 million fans in total largely due to poor play.

The Colorado Rockies' 2006 season was the 14th for the Rockies. They competed in the National League West finishing with a record of 76–86 and tied for fourth place in the division. Clint Hurdle was the manager. They played home games at Coors Field.

The Colorado Rockies' 2008 season was the team's 16th season overall. The Rockies attempted to repeat their previous season's success after making it to the World Series; however, they ended up finishing third place in the National League West with a record of 74-88. The Rockies drew 2,650,218 fans for the season, their highest total since 2002. The average home attendance was 33,127 fans.

The History of the Colorado Rockies began in 1991 when a Major League Baseball (MLB) expansion franchise for Denver, Colorado was granted to an ownership group headed by John Antonucci. In 1993, the Colorado Rockies started play in the National League (NL) West division. Since that date, the Rockies have reached the MLB postseason four times, each time as the National League wild card team. Twice they were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. In 2007, the Rockies advanced all the way to the World Series, only to be swept by the Boston Red Sox.

The 2014 Colorado Rockies season was the franchise's 22nd in Major League Baseball. Beset by injuries to key players, the team finished with a 66–96 regular season record despite a strong start to the season,fourth place in the National League West. Walt Weiss returned for his second season as the Rockies' manager for the 2014 season.

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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The 2016 Colorado Rockies season was the franchise's 24th in Major League Baseball. It was the 22nd season the Rockies played their home games at Coors Field. After doing reasonably well most of the season and even posting a 54-53 (.505) record as late as August 3, they collapsed through the months of August and September, going an MLB-worst 21-34 in that span to finish 75-87, third place in the National League West, and missing the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season. At the end of the season Walt Weiss resigned his position as manager after 4 seasons at the helm.

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The 2018 Colorado Rockies season was the franchise's 26th in Major League Baseball and the 24th season the Rockies played their home games at Coors Field. Bud Black returned for his second consecutive season as manager. They won 91 games during the regular season, which was the second-highest mark in franchise history and just one win behind the franchise record set in 2009. They finished the season with a record of 91–71 after losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West tie-breaker and subsequently opened the postseason by defeating the Chicago Cubs in the NLWC Game. Their season ended when they were swept by the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLDS.

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  2. ↑ "Joe Grahe Stats".
  3. ↑ "Bill Swift Stats".
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  11. ↑ "Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs Box Score, October 1, 1995".
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  15. ↑ Bret Saberhagen Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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