2007 Colorado Rockies season

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2007  Colorado Rockies
National League champions
National League Wild Card winners
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Coors Field
City Denver, Colorado
Record90–73 (.552)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Charles & Dick Monfort
General managers Dan O'Dowd
Managers Clint Hurdle
Television FSN Rocky Mountain
KTVD (My20)
Drew Goodman, Jeff Huson, George Frazier
Radio KOA AM
Jeff Kingery, Jack Corrigan
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The Colorado Rockies' 2007 season started off with the team trying to improve on their 2006 record (76-86). They finished second in the National League West with a franchise record of 90 wins in 163 games and earned a playoff berth as the National League Wild Card team. The team would go on to lose the World Series to the Boston Red Sox, four games to none.

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The team's stretch run was among the greatest ever for a Major League Baseball team. Having a record of 76–72 at the start of play on September 16, the Rockies proceeded to win 14 of their final 15 regular season games to win the wild card. [1] The stretch culminated with a 9–8, 13-inning victory over the San Diego Padres in a one-game playoff for the wild card berth, a game that is considered to be part of the regular season. The Rockies then swept their first seven playoff games to win the National League pennant — the franchise's first-ever pennant. Thus, at the start of the World Series, the Rockies had won a total of 21 out of 22 games. Fans and media nicknamed the Rockies' improbable run in October Rocktober. [2]

The streak then ended, as the Rockies were swept in the World Series by the Boston Red Sox. The Rockies drew 2,376,250 fans for the season, their highest total since 2002. The average home attendance was 28,978.

As of today, this is the only season the Rockies have ever made the World Series.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Arizona Diamondbacks 9072.556—50‍–‍3140‍–‍41
Colorado Rockies 9073.552½51‍–‍3139‍–‍42
San Diego Padres 8974.5461½47‍–‍3442‍–‍40
Los Angeles Dodgers 8280.506843‍–‍3839‍–‍42
San Francisco Giants 7191.4381939‍–‍4232‍–‍49

Wild Card standings

Team W L Pct. GB
Colorado Rockies9073.552—
San Diego Padres 8974.546—
New York Mets 8874.543½
Atlanta Braves 8478.5184½
Milwaukee Brewers 8379.5125½
Los Angeles Dodgers 8280.5066½
St. Louis Cardinals 7884.48110½

Wild card tie-breaker

The Rockies ended the 162-game regular season with 89 wins and 73 losses. They were tied with the San Diego Padres for second place in the NL West and first in the NL Wild Card. A tie-breaker game was played on October 1, 2007, at Coors Field in Denver to determine which team would continue on to post-season play. The game lasted 13 innings, spanning four hours and 40 minutes. The Rockies won the game with a controversial play at home plate where Matt Holliday appeared to not touch home plate but was called safe resulting in a final score of 9–8, sending them to only their second post-season in franchise history. The tie-breaker game counts toward all team and player statistics in the regular season; so, the Rockies' official 2007 win–loss record stands at 90-73.

Record vs. opponents

2007 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2007

TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLWASAL
Arizona —4–24–22–48–106–15–28–102–53–45–15–410–810–84–36–18–7
Atlanta 2–4—5–41–64–210–83–34–35–29–99–95–15–24–33–411–74–11
Chicago 2–44–5—9–95–20–68–72–59–62–53–48–73–55–211–56–18–4
Cincinnati 4–26–19–9—2–44–34–112–48–72–52–49–72–44–36–91–67-11
Colorado 10–82–42–54–2—3–33–412–64–24–24–34–311–810–83–44–310–8
Florida 1–68–106–03–43–3—2–34–32–57–119–93–43–41–62–48–109–9
Houston 2–53–37–811–44–33-2—4–35–132–53–35–104–32–47–92–59–9
Los Angeles 10–83–45–24–26–123–43–4—3–35–54–25–28–1010–83–35–15–10
Milwaukee 5–22–56–97–82–45–213–53–3—2–43–410–62–54–57–84–28–7
New York 4–39–95–25–22–411–75–25–54–2—6–124–22–44–25–29–98–7
Philadelphia 1-59–94–34–23–49–93–32–44–312–6—4–24–34–46–312–68–7
Pittsburgh 4–51–57–87–93–44–310–52–56–102–42–4—1–64–26–124–25–10
San Diego 8–102–55–34–28–114–33–410–85–24–23–46–1—14–43–44–26–9
San Francisco 8–103–42–53–48–106–14–28–105–42–44–42–44–14—4–13–45–10
St. Louis 3–44–35–119–64–34-29–73–38–72–53–612–64–31–4—1–56–9
Washington 1–67–111–66–13–410-85–21–52–49–96–122–42–44–35–1—9–9

Transactions

Major League debuts

Game log

2007 Game Log
April (10–16) (.385)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2 D-backs 8–6 Cruz (1–0) Hawkins (0–1) Valverde (1)48,1690–1
2April 3 D-backs 4–3 (11) Kim (1–0) Valverde (0–1)20,5471–1
3April 4 D-backs 11–4 López (1–0) Davis (0–1)19,3522–1
4April 6@ Padres 4–3 Hirsh (1–0) Maddux (0–1) Fuentes (1)44,2673–1
5April 7@ Padres 3–2 Hoffman (1–0) Corpas (0–1)40,5043–2
6April 8@ Padres 2–1 (10) Linebrink (1–0) Hawkins (0–2)27,0863–3
7April 9@ Dodgers 6–3 Francis (1–0) Schmidt (1–1)56,0004–3
8April 10@ Dodgers 2–1 Beimel (1–0) Kim (1–1) Saito (4)40,5604–4
9April 11@ Dodgers 3–0 Penny (2–0) Hirsh (1–1) Saito (5)35,8524–5
10April 13@ D-backs 6–3 Affeldt (1–0) Webb (1–1) Fuentes (2)20,2195–5
11April 14@ D-backs 5–4 Lyon (2–0) Hawkins (0–3) Valverde (5)27,7215–6
12April 15@ D-backs 6–4 Davis (1–1) Kim (1–2) Valverde (6)21,9045–7
13April 16 Giants 8–0 Zito (1–2) Francis (1–1)18,2225–8
14April 17 Giants 5–3 Ramírez (1–0) Correia (0–1) Fuentes (3)18,2076–8
15April 18 Dodgers 7–2 Buchholz (1–0) Lowe (2–2)20,3667–8
16April 19 Dodgers 8–1 Hendrickson (1–0) Cook (0–1)19,1357–9
17April 20 Padres 11–1 Young (2–1) Fogg (0–1)22,3387–10
18April 21 Padres 7–3 Hensley (1–3) Francis (1–2)22,7957–11
19April 22 Padres 4–2 Hirsh (2–1) Maddux (1–2) Fuentes (4)25,7468–11
20April 23@ Mets 6–1 Maine (3–0) Buchholz (1–1)32,1548–12
21April 24@ Mets 2–1 (12) Smith (1–0) Speier (0–1)38,5008–13
22April 25@ Mets 11–5 Fogg (1–1) Pelfrey (0–2)33,5229–13
23April 27 Braves 9–7 James (3–2) Francis (1–3) Moylan (1)25,0799–14
24April 28 Braves 6–2 Smoltz (3–1) Hirsh (2–2)28,1789–15
25April 29 Braves 9–7 (11) Bautista (1–0) Colyer (0–1)31,44510–15
26April 30@ Giants 9–5 Lowry (3–2) Fogg (1–2)34,56910–16
May (15–13) (.536)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 1@ Giants 9–7 Árias (1–0) Ortiz (2–2) Fuentes (5)33,21011–16
28May 2@ Giants 5–3 Hennessey (1–1) Francis (1–4)32,55711–17
29May 4@ Reds 6–5 (11) Bautista (2–0) Stanton (1–2) Fuentes (6)23,92012–17
30May 5@ Reds 9–7 Cook (1–1) Harang (4–1) Fuentes (7)26,66313–17
31May 6@ Reds 9–3 Arroyo (2–2) Fogg (1–3) Weathers (6)27,91513–18
32May 7@ Cardinals 3–2 McClellan (1–0) Falkenborg (0–1) Fuentes (8)42,28514–18
33May 8@ Cardinals 4–1 Jiménez (1–0) Bautista (2–1) Isringhausen (9)42,76314–19
34May 9@ Cardinals 9–2 Wainwright (3–2) Hirsh (2–3)43,00114–20
35May 10 Giants 5–3 Cook (2–1) Lowry (4–3) Fuentes (9)20,12015–20
36May 11 Giants 8–3 Lincecum (1–0) Fogg (1–4)26,16215–21
37May 12 Giants 6–2 Francis (2–4) Zito (3–4)33,56916–21
38May 13 Giants 15–2 Cain (2–3) Buchholz (1–2)24,24316–22
39May 15 D-backs 3–0 Johnson (1–2) Hirsh (2–4) Valverde (13)20,17816–23
40May 16 D-backs 5–3 Cook (3–1) Webb (3–3) Fuentes (10)20,02317–23
41May 17 D-backs 3–1 Hernández (4–2) Fogg (1–5) Valverde (14)23,61017–24
42May 18 Royals 5–2 Duckworth (1–3) Corpas (0–2) Soria (9)22,39917–25
43May 19 Royals 6–4 Buchholz (2–2) Meche (3–2) Fuentes (11)24,01718–25
44May 20 Royals 10–5 (12) Peralta (1–2) Ramírez (1–1)25,82918–26
45May 21@ D-backs 6–5 Slaten (2–0) Affeldt (1–1) Valverde (17)19,78218–27
46May 22@ D-backs 3–1 Corpas (1–2) Lyon (3–2) Fuentes (11)23,05819–27
47May 23@ D-backs 2–0 Francis (3–4) Davis (2–6) Fuentes (13)18,37320–27
48May 25@ Giants 5–3 Affeldt (2–1) Benítez (0–2) Fuentes (14)41,27421–27
49May 26@ Giants 6–1 Cook (4–1) Morris (5–2)38,21222–27
50May 27@ Giants 6–4 (10) Ramírez (2–1) Kline (0–1) Fuentes (15)41,70823–27
51May 28 Cardinals 6–2 Francis (4–4) Wells (2–9)31,57524–27
52May 29 Cardinals 8–3 López (2–0) Looper (6–4)18,21325–27
53May 30 Cardinals 8–4 Wellemeyer (1–0) Hirsh (2–5)19,06225–28
54May 31 Cardinals 7–3 Thompson (4–1) Cook (4–2)19,09725–29
June (14–13) (.519)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1 Reds 4–2 Livingston (1–0) Buchholz (2–3) Weathers (12)22,26525–30
56June 2 Reds 4–1 Francis (5–4) Lohse (2–7) Fuentes (16)30,07626–30
57June 3 Reds 10–9 (10) Corpas (2–2) Santos (1–1)26,07127–30
58June 5 Astros 4–1 Rodríguez (3–5) Hirsh (2–6) Wheeler (10)27,10127–31
59June 6 Astros 8–7 Buchholz (3–3) Williams (2–8) Fuentes (17)22,47128–31
60June 7 Astros 7–6 Affeldt (3–1) Wheeler (0–3)22,10329–31
61June 8@ Orioles 4–2 Trachsel (5–4) Francis (5–5) Ray (13)22,37529–32
62June 9@ Orioles 3–2 (10) Affeldt (4–1) Williams (0–1) Fuentes (18)27,32030–32
63June 10@ Orioles 6–1 Hirsh (3–6) Bédard (4–4)34,78431–32
64June 12@ Red Sox 2–1 Wakefield (6–7) Cook (4–3) Papelbon (15)37,00831–33
65June 13@ Red Sox 12–2 Fogg (2–5) Schilling (6–3)36,80832–33
66June 14@ Red Sox 7–1 Francis (6–5) Beckett (9–1)36,93633–33
67June 15 Devil Rays 12–2 López (3–0) Shields (6–1)25,76234–33
68June 16 Devil Rays 10–5 Buchholz (4–3) Sonnanstine (1–1)30,10135–33
69June 17 Devil Rays 7–4 Kazmir (5–3) Cook (4–4) Reyes (16)31,19035–34
70June 19 Yankees 3–1 Fogg (3–5) Mussina (3–4) Fuentes (19)48,07736–34
71June 20 Yankees 6–1 Francis (7–5) Pettitte (4–5)48,44037–34
72June 21 Yankees 4–3 López (4–0) Clemens (1–2) Fuentes (20)48,61138–34
73June 22@ Blue Jays 9–8 (10) Wolfe (1–0) Fuentes (0–1)27,36938–35
74June 23@ Blue Jays 11–6 Wolfe (2–0) Cook (4–5)32,48238–36
75June 24@ Blue Jays 5–0 McGowan (4–3) Fogg (3–6)33,91038–37
76June 25@ Cubs 10–9 Howry (4–4) Fuentes (0–2)40,26938–38
77June 26@ Cubs 8–5 Lilly (6–4) López (4–1) Ohman (1)40,12138–39
78June 27@ Cubs 6–4 Zambrano (9–6) Hirsh (3–7) Mármol (1)39,97238–40
79June 28@ Astros 8–5 (11) Moehler (1–2) Fuentes (0–3)42,53738–41
80June 29@ Astros 9–8 Borkowski (2–3) Fuentes (0–4)42,86138–42
81June 30@ Astros 5–0 Francis (8–5) Jennings (1–3)43,07139–42
July (15–9) (.625)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1@ Astros 12–0 Rodríguez (4–7) López (4–2)35,26039–43
83July 2 Mets 6–2 Hirsh (4–7) Glavine (7–6)27,25240–43
84July 3 Mets 11–3 Cook (5–5) Vargas (0–1)48,04041–43
85July 4 Mets 17–7 Fogg (4–6) Hernández (4–4)48,12342–43
86July 6 Phillies 7–6 (11) Corpas (3–2) Durbin (0–2)29,23943–43
87July 7 Phillies 6–3 López (5–2) Moyer (7–7) Corpas (1)35,19644–43
88July 8 Phillies 8–4 Eaton (8–5) Cook (5–6) Madson (1)25,11944–44
89July 13@ Brewers 10–6 Francis (9–5) Villanueva (6–1)37,69045–44
90July 14@ Brewers 2–1 (10) Turnbow (2–3) Hawkins (0–4)42,55945–45
91July 15@ Brewers 4–3 Wise (3–1) Affeldt (4–2) Cordero (28)42,75445–46
92July 16@ Pirates 10–8 Hawkins (1–4) Van Benschoten (0–4) Corpas (2)16,42346–46
93July 17@ Pirates 6–2 Fogg (5–6) Youman (2–1)21,60447–46
94July 18@ Pirates 5–3 Francis (10–5) Snell (7–7) Corpas (3)19,28548–46
95July 19@ Nationals 5–4 (10) Rauch (4–2) Hawkins (1–5)20,57348–47
96July 20@ Nationals 3–1 Cook (6–6) Traber (2–1) Corpas (4)27,58149–47
97July 21@ Nationals 3–0 Bacsik (3–6) López (5–3) Cordero (18)31,67449–48
98July 22@ Nationals 3–0 Rauch (5–2) Julio (0–3) Cordero (19)21,79349–49
99July 23 Padres 7–5 Buchholz (5–3) Linebrink (3–3) Corpas (5)31,04750–49
100July 24 Padres 5–3 Bell (4–2) Ramírez (2–2) Hoffman (28)37,12750–50
101July 25 Padres 10–2 Cook (7–6) Germano (6–5)28,16251–50
102July 26 Dodgers 5–4 Penny (13–1) López (5–4) Saito (26)49,12451–51
--July 27 Dodgers Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 1851–51
103July 28 Dodgers 6–2 Francis (11–5) Tomko (2–8)46,03952–51
104July 29 Dodgers 9–6 Jiménez (1–0) Billingsley (7–1) Corpas (6)38,16753–51
105July 31@ Marlins 6–3 Cook (8–6) Olsen (8–9) Corpas (7)11,53454–51
August (15–14) (.517)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1@ Marlins 4–3 Kim (6–5) Fogg (5–7) Gregg (22)11,55654–52
107August 2@ Marlins 4–3 Hawkins (2–5) Benítez (2–7) Corpas (8)11,92755–52
108August 3@ Braves 9–2 Francis (12–5) Smoltz (10–6)37,48156–52
109August 4@ Braves 6–4 Hudson (12–5) Jiménez (1–1) Wickman (18)50,64756–53
110August 5@ Braves 6–5 (10) Villarreal (2–1) Buchholz (5–4)37,08956–54
111August 6 Brewers 6–2 Fogg (6–7) Vargas (9–4)29,55557–54
112August 7 Brewers 11–4 Hirsh (5–7) Capuano (5–9)30,28058–54
113August 8 Brewers 19–4 Francis (13–5) Gallardo (4–2)26,61359–54
114August 9 Cubs 10–2 Lilly (13–5) Jiménez (1–2)40,73859–55
115August 10 Cubs 6–2 Marquis (9–7) Cook (8–7)41,28259–56
116August 11 Cubs 15–2 Fogg (7–7) Hill (6–7)48,09560–56
117August 12 Cubs 6–3 Herges (1–0) Wood (0–1) Corpas (9)39,17661–56
118August 14@ Padres 8–0 Maddux (8–9) Francis (13–6)32,04961–57
119August 15@ Padres 3–0 Jiménez (2–2) Meredith (4–6) Corpas (10)36,86462–57
120August 16@ Padres 11–9 Hensley (2–3) Affeldt (4–3) Hoffman (30)28,19862–58
121August 17@ Dodgers 6–4 Stults (1–1) Fogg (7–8) Saito (32)48,07262–59
122August 18@ Dodgers 7–4 (14) Herges (2–0) Hernández (3–3) Corpas (11)52,50863–59
123August 19@ Dodgers 4–3 Proctor (4–5) Julio (0–4) Saito (33)48,73263–60
124August 20 Pirates 4–2 Marte (2–0) Fuentes (0–5) Capps (12)22,68263–61
125August 21 Pirates 9–2 Buchholz (6–4) Armas (2–4)21,13664–61
126August 22 Pirates 11–2 Gorzelanny (12–7) Fogg (7–9)20,62964–62
127August 23 Pirates 5–1 Maholm (10–14) Morales (0–1)20,38064–63
128August 24 Nationals 6–5 Fuentes (1–5) Cordero (2–3)25,23265–63
129August 25 Nationals 5–1 Jiménez (3–2) Redding (3–4)27,17966–63
130August 26 Nationals 10–5 Dessens (2–1) Hanrahan (3–2)24,08667–63
131August 27@ Giants 4–1 Wilson (1–0) Julio (0–5) Hennessey (15)35,72667–64
132August 28@ Giants 3–1 Cain (7–13) Morales (0–2) Hennessey (16)37,84467–65
133August 29@ Giants 8–0 Francis (14–6) Lowry (14–8)38,39768–65
134August 31@ D-backs 7–3 Herges (3–0) Peña (5–3)26,12769–65
September (20–8) (.714)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1@ D-backs 13–7 González (7–2) Dessens (2–2)29,11969–66
136September 2@ D-backs 4–3 Fogg (8–9) Webb (14–10) Corpas (12)26,77670–66
137September 3 Giants 7–4 Francis (15–6) Cain (7–14) Corpas (13)30,16871–66
138September 4 Giants 6–5 Corpas (4–2) Hennessey (2–4)20,55372–66
139September 5 Giants 5–3 Correia (4–6) Jiménez (3–3) Hennessey (18)22,15772–67
140September 7 Padres 10–4 Herges (4–0) Germano (7–9)27,24773–67
141September 8 Padres 3–1 Maddux (12–9) Francis (15–7) Hoffman (37)30,42973–68
142September 9 Padres 4–2 Fogg (9–9) Young (9–7) Corpas (14)20,26074–68
143September 10@ Phillies 6–5 (10) Myers (4–6) Buchholz (6–5)25,04674–69
144September 11@ Phillies 8–2 Morales (1–2) Eaton (9–9)25,26375–69
145September 12@ Phillies 12–0 Redman (1–4) Kendrick (8–4)31,54176–69
146September 13@ Phillies 12–4 Geary (2–2) Francis (15–8)42,62376–70
147September 14 Marlins 7–6 Willis (9–15) Herges (4–1) Gregg (30)22,40076–71
148September 15 Marlins 10–2 Kensing (1–0) Jiménez (3–4)26,07976–72
149September 16 Marlins 13–0 Morales (2–2) Olsen (9–14)19,16177–72
150September 18 Dodgers 3–1 Francis (16–8) Billingsley (11–5) Corpas (15)23,28278–72
151September 18 Dodgers 9–8 Speier (1–1) Saito (1–1)23,27179–72
152September 19 Dodgers 6–5 Fuentes (2–5) Broxton (4–4) Corpas (16)26,18480–72
153September 20 Dodgers 9–4 Jiménez (4–4) Lowe (12–13)23,14781–72
154September 21@ Padres 2–1 (14) Herges (5–1) Thatcher (0–1)31,28882–72
155September 22@ Padres 6–2 Speier (2–1) Cassel (1–1)35,02083–72
156September 23@ Padres 7–3 Francis (17–8) Maddux (13–11)37,98484–72
157September 25@ Dodgers 9–7 Speier (3–1) Hendrickson (4–8) Corpas (17)44,66085–72
158September 26@ Dodgers 2–0 Fogg (10–9) Lowe (12–14) Corpas (18)45,03686–72
159September 27@ Dodgers 10–4 Morales (3–2) Loaiza (2–4)51,99987–72
160September 28 D-backs 4–2 Webb (18–10) Francis (17–9) Valverde (47)48,19087–73
161September 29 D-backs 11–1 Redman (2–4) González (8–4)47,36888–73
162September 30 D-backs 4–3 Fuentes (3–5) Nippert (1–1) Corpas (19)46,37589–73
October (1–0) (1.000)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
163 October 1 Padres 9–8 (13) Ortiz (5–4) Hoffman (4–5)48,40490–73

Roster

2007 Colorado Rockies
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Infielders

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Coaches

Player stats

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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 Yorvit Torrealba 113396101.255847
1B Todd Helton 154557178.3201791
2B Kazuo Matsui 104410118.288437
SS Troy Tulowitzki 155609177.2912499
3B Garrett Atkins 157605182.30125111
LF Matt Holliday 158636216.34036137
CF Willy Taveras 97372119.320224
RF Brad Hawpe 152516150.29129116

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Ryan Spilborghs 9726479.2991151
Jamey Carroll 10822751.225222
Chris Iannetta 6719743.218427
Jeff Baker 8514432.222412
Cory Sullivan 7214040.286214
Steve Finley 439417.18112
Omar Quintanilla 277016.22905
Ian Stewart 35439.20919
Clint Barmes 27378.21601
John Mabry 28344.11815
Gerónimo Gil 5141.07100
Joe Koshansky 17121.08302
Seth Smith 785.62500
Sean Barker 320.00000
Edwin Bellorín 320.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jeff Francis 34215.11794.22165
Aaron Cook 25166.0874.1261
Josh Fogg 30165.21094.9494
Jason Hirsh 19112.1574.8175
Ubaldo Jiménez 1582.0444.2868
Rodrigo López 1479.1544.4243
Franklin Morales 839.1323.4326
Elmer Dessens 519.0117.5810
Tim Harikkala 13.1008.102

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Taylor Buchholz 4193.2654.2361
Mark Redman 519.2203.2014
Byung-Hyun Kim 36.01210.502

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Brian Fuentes 6435203.0856
Manuel Corpas 7842192.0858
Jeremy Affeldt 754303.5146
LaTroy Hawkins 622503.4229
Jorge Julio 580303.9350
Matt Herges 355102.9630
Tom Martin 260004.9110
Ramón Ramírez 222208.3115
Ryan Speier 203104.0013
Zach McClellan 121005.7913
Ramón Ortiz 101007.627
Denny Bautista 921012.468
Alberto Árias 61004.913
Bobby Keppel 400011.251
Juan Morillo 40009.823
Dan Serafini 300054.000
Josh Newman 20004.503
Darren Clarke 20000.001

Notes

Playoffs

2007 post-season (7–4) Home: 3–2; Away: 4–2)
National League Division Series
GameDateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 3@ Phillies 4–2 Francis (1-0) Hamels (0-1) Corpas (1)45,6551-0
2October 4@ Phillies 10–5 Fogg (1-0) Kendrick (0-1) Corpas (2)45,9912-0
3October 6 Phillies 2–1 Fuentes (1-0) Romero (0-1) Corpas (3)50,7243-0
National League Championship Series
GameDateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 11@ Diamondbacks 5–1 Francis (2-0) Webb (1-1)48,1421-0 (4-0)
2October 12@ Diamondbacks 3–2 (11) Corpas (1-0) Valverde (0-1) Speier (1)48,2192-0 (5-0)
3October 14 Diamondbacks 4–1 Fogg (2-0) Hernández (1-1) Corpas (4)50,1373-0 (6-0)
4October 15 Diamondbacks 6–4 Herges (1-0) Owings (0-1) Corpas (5)50,2134-0 (7-0)
World Series
GameDateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 24@ Red Sox 13–1 Beckett (1-0) Francis (0-1)36,7330-1 (7-1)
2October 25@ Red Sox 2–1 Schilling (1-0) Jiménez (0-1) Papelbon (1)36,7300-2 (7-2)
3October 27 Red Sox 10–5 Matsuzaka (1-0) Fogg (0-1) Papelbon (2)49,9830-3 (7-3)
4October 28 Red Sox 4–3 Lester (1-0) Cook (0-1) Papelbon (3)50,0410-4 (7-4)

National League Division Series: vs. Philadelphia Phillies

Colorado started the series with the Philadelphia Phillies on October 3, 2007, at Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies had a potent offense with NL MVP candidates Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley. The Rockies swept the series in three games with scores of 4-2 in Game 1 and 10-5 in Game 2 in Philadelphia. In Game 3, with the score tied in the bottom of the 8th and two outs, Jeff Baker singled to bring in the go-ahead run. Manny Corpas then pitched a perfect ninth inning to seal the Rockies' first postseason series victory.

National League Championship Series: vs. Arizona Diamondbacks

Colorado started the series with the Arizona Diamondbacks on October 11, 2007, at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. The Diamondbacks came into the game having swept the Chicago Cubs in the NLDS in three games. Colorado took the first two games, including a 3-2 extra-inning victory in Game 2.

On Sunday, October 14, the Rockies would play in a cold, wet Coors Field in Denver. There, they would find a way to hit the ball over the wall even in the harsh weather. The Rockies hit two homers that night, one in the 1st inning from Matt Holliday and the other in the 6th inning from Yorvit Torrealba. Colorado won the game 4-1. This win gave the Rockies a 20-1 record over their last 21 games. This made them only the third team in the last half-century, and the first in the National League since the 1936, to have a 20-1 stretch at any point of a season. [23]

Colorado won its first NL Pennant on Monday, October 15, at home, with the deciding blow, a 3-run HR by Matt Holliday, to sweep the AZ Diamondbacks (6-4) in the midst of a historic 21-1 sprint with only one loss (September 28) since September 15.

Matt Holliday was the 2007 NLCS MVP Award winner. The Rockies became the first team to win their first 7 playoff games in 31 years. It should also be noted that they also became the first team to do it since MLB added the division series to the playoffs. The 2014 Kansas City Royals passed the record with winning their first 8 playoff games in the wild card game, the ALDS, and the ALCS.

World Series vs. Boston Red Sox

The Rockies lost the first two games at Fenway Park, by a score of 13-1 in Game One and a score of 2-1 in Game Two. The 13 runs are the most ever scored by a team in the first game of a World Series. Returning to Coors Field for the final two games, the Rockies lost Game Three by a score of 10-5 and Game Four by a score of 4-3.

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Tom Runnells
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Stu Cole
A Modesto Nuts California League Jerry Weinstein
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Joe Mikulik
A-Short Season Tri-City Dust Devils Northwest League Fred Ocasio
Rookie Grand Junction Rockies Pioneer League Anthony Sanders

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