2015 Colorado Rockies season

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2015  Colorado Rockies
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Coors Field
City Denver, Colorado
Record68–94 (.420)
Divisional place5th
Owners Charles & Dick Monfort
General managers Jeff Bridich
Managers Walt Weiss, Tom Runnells (interim)
Television Root Sports Rocky Mountain
(Drew Goodman, George Frazier, Jeff Huson, Marc Stout)
Radio KOA (English)
Colorado Rockies Radio Network
(Jack Corrigan, Jerry Schemmel)
KNRV (Spanish)
(Tony Guevara)
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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.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

The Rockies played eight extra-inning games during the season, the fewest of any MLB team in 2015. [8]

Season standings

National League West

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9270.56855263744
San Francisco Giants 8478.519847343744
Arizona Diamondbacks 7983.4881339424041
San Diego Padres 7488.4571839423546
Colorado Rockies 6894.4202436453249

National League Wild Card

Division Leaders
Team W L Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals 10062.617
Los Angeles Dodgers 9270.568
New York Mets 9072.556
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Pittsburgh Pirates 9864.605+1
Chicago Cubs 9765.599
San Francisco Giants 8478.51913
Washington Nationals 8379.51214
Arizona Diamondbacks 7983.48818
San Diego Padres 7488.45723
Miami Marlins 7191.43826
Milwaukee Brewers 6894.42029
Colorado Rockies 6894.42029
Atlanta Braves 6795.41430
Cincinnati Reds 6498.39533
Philadelphia Phillies 6399.38934

Record vs. opponents


Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2015
TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLLADMIAMILNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLWSHAL
Arizona 3–32–46–113–66–135–25–22–52–41–59–1011–80–73–411–9
Atlanta 3–31–63–41–63–310–95–28–1111–82–42–53–44–25–146–14
Chicago 4–26–113–64–23–43–314–57–02–511–83–35–28–114–310–10
Cincinnati 1–64–36–132–41–63–49–100–74–211–82–42–57–125–17–13
Colorado 6–136–12–44–28–112–55–10–75–21–67–1211–83–43–35–15
Los Angeles 13–63–34–36–111–84–24–33–45–21–514–58–112–54–210–10
Miami 2–59–103–34–35–22–44–28–119–101–62–55–21–59–107–13
Milwaukee 2–52–55–1410–91–53–42–43–37–010–95–21–56–133–48–12
New York 5–211–80–77–07–04–311–83–314–50–62–43–33–411–89–11
Philadelphia 4–28–115–22–42–52–510–90–75–142–55–11–52–57–128–12
Pittsburgh 5–14–28–118–116–15–16–19–106–05–25–26–19–103–413–7
San Diego 10–95–23–34–212–75–145–22–54–21–52–58–114–32–57–13
San Francisco 8–114–32–55–28–1111–82–55–13–35–11–611–82–44–313–7
St. Louis 7–02–411–812–74–35–25–113–64–35–210–93–44–24–211–9
Washington 4–314–53–41–53–32–410–94–38–1112–74–35–23–42–48–12

Transactions

Major League Debuts

Roster

2015 Colorado Rockies
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Legend
 Rockies win
 Rockies loss
 Postponement
BoldRockies team member
2015 Game Log
April (1110)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 6@ Brewers 100 Kendrick (10) Lohse (01)46,03210
2April 7@ Brewers 52 Lyles (10) Garza (01) Hawkins (1)30,22220
3April 8@ Brewers 54 (10) Hawkins (10) Rodríguez (01) Axford (1)28,72030
4April 10 Cubs 51 Bergman (10) Wood (01)49,30340
5April 11 Cubs 95 Hammel (10) Kendrick (11)43,81241
6April 12 Cubs 65 Ramirez (10) Hawkins (11) Rondón (2)41,36342
7April 13@ Giants 20 Butler (10) Heston (11) Betancourt (1)42,01952
8April 14@ Giants 41 Oberg (10) Hudson (01) Ottavino (1)41,05162
9April 15@ Giants 42 Matzek (10) Lincecum (01) Ottavino (2)41,18872
10April 17@ Dodgers 73 Kershaw (11) Kendrick (12)48,95073
11April 18@ Dodgers 63 Greinke (20) Lyles (11) Peralta (3)45,91274
12April 19@ Dodgers 70 McCarthy (20) Butler (11)44,66675
13April 20 Padres 143 Despaigne (20) de la Rosa (01)22,58676
14April 21 Padres 76 Maurer (10) Logan (01) Kimbrel (5)22,60077
15April 22 Padres 54 Ottavino (10) Kelley (02)22,70587
16April 23 Padres 21 Lyles (21) Ross (11) Axford (2)31,67297
17April 24 Giants 64 Butler (21) Heston (22) Ottavino (3)31,453107
18April 25 Giants 54 (11) Machi (10) Brown (01)36,474108
April 26 Giants Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for May 23
19April 27@ Diamondbacks 54 Matzek (20) Anderson (01) Axford (3)17,444118
20April 28@ Diamondbacks 125 Chafin (10) Kendrick (13)18,792119
21April 29@ Diamondbacks 91 Collmenter (23) Lyles (22)19,6331110
May (1116)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
22May 1@ Padres 143 Kennedy (11) Butler (22)30,1861111
23May 2@ Padres 42 Morrow (20) de la Rosa (02) Kimbrel (7)28,0581112
24May 3@ Padres 86 Shields (30) Kendrick (14) Kimbrel (8)34,1971113
May 4 Diamondbacks Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 1
May 5 Diamondbacks Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for May 6
25May 6 Diamondbacks 137 Collmenter (33) Matzek (21)22,6211114
26May 6 Diamondbacks 51 Ray (10) Lyles (23)22,6211115
27May 8 Dodgers 21 (5) Anderson (21) Butler (23)32,9741116
May 9 Dodgers Postponed (rain/snow)Rescheduled for June 2
28May 10 Dodgers 95 Báez (10) Oberg (11)30,7101117
29May 12@ Angels 52 Wilson (22) Betancourt (01) Street (11)28,1501118
30May 13@ Angels 21 (11) Ramos (20) Friedrich (01)30,1291119
31May 14@ Dodgers 54 Betancourt (11) García (21) Axford (4)42,6501219
32May 15@ Dodgers 64 Kershaw (22) Butler (24) Nicasio (1)46,6621220
33May 16@ Dodgers 71 de la Rosa (12) Greinke (51)48,3781320
34May 17@ Dodgers 10 Bolsinger (20) Kendrick (15) Jansen (1)44,9901321
35May 18 Phillies 43 Hamels (43) Lyles (24) Papelbon (10)24,0611322
36May 19 Phillies 65 Oberg (21) De Fratus (01) Axford (5)21,2491422
37May 20 Phillies 42 González (21) Butler (25) Papelbon (11)21,7141423
38May 21 Phillies 73 Bergman (20) Williams (34)25,4181523
39May 22 Giants 118 Vogelsong (32) Kendrick (16) Casilla (11)31,2261524
40May 23 Giants 108 Heston (43) Lyles (25) Casilla (12)32,9561525
41May 23 Giants 53 Hale (10) Petit (11) Axford (6)30,1801625
42May 24 Giants 112 Bettis (10) Hudson (24)34,4041725
43May 25@ Reds 54 Betancourt (21) Chapman (23) Axford (7)20,5161825
44May 26@ Reds 21 Chapman (33) Brown (02)22,5231826
45May 27@ Reds 64 Kendrick (26) Leake (24) Axford (8)23,9171926
46May 29@ Phillies 41 Bettis (20) Hamels (54)22,2272026
47May 30@ Phillies 52 Butler (35) Harang (45) Axford (9)23,5102126
48May 31@ Phillies 41 Rusin (10) Williams (35) Oberg (1)22,1662226
June (1217)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
49June 1 Dodgers 114 Kershaw (43) Kendrick (27)25,5642227
50June 2 Dodgers 63 de la Rosa (22) Thomas (01) Axford (10)28,1482327
51June 2 Dodgers 98 Ravin (10) Betancourt (22) Jansen (5)24,9722328
52June 3 Dodgers 76 Axford (10) García (22)24,5752428
53June 5 Marlins 62 Koehler (43) Butler (36) Ramos (6)32,0912429
54June 6 Marlins 105 Rusin (20) Phelps (23)30,3732529
55June 7 Marlins 32 (10) Dyson (32) Logan (02) Ramos (7)35,1392530
56June 8 Cardinals 113 Hale (20) Lackey (44)32,0432630
57June 9 Cardinals 43 de la Rosa (32) Wacha (82) Axford (11)33,7312730
58June 10 Cardinals 42 Martínez (72) Bettis (21) Rosenthal (20)30,6982731
59June 11@ Marlins 60 Phelps (33) Rusin (21)18,0032732
60June 12@ Marlins 51 Ureña (12) Kendrick (28)20,3552733
61June 13@ Marlins 41 Latos (24) Hale (21) Ramos (8)26,6472734
62June 14@ Marlins 41 de la Rosa (42) Haren (63) Axford (12)20,8792834
63June 15@ Astros 63 Keuchel (82) Bettis (22) Gregerson (16)21,8202835
64June 16@ Astros 85 Harris (30) Rusin (22) Gregerson (17)22,2452836
65June 17 Astros 84 Oberholtzer (21) Kendrick (29)33,0412837
66June 18 Astros 84 McHugh (73) Hale (22)30,7702838
67June 19 Brewers 95 Jungmann (21) de la Rosa (43)35,8412839
68June 20 Brewers 51 Bettis (32) Lohse (39)35,1802939
69June 21 Brewers 104 Rusin (32) Garza (49)41,4873039
70June 23 Diamondbacks 105 Kendrick (39) Anderson (32)30,0793139
71June 24 Diamondbacks 87 Hudson (22) Axford (11) Ziegler (11)30,3673140
72June 25 Diamondbacks 64 Miller (10) Hudson (23) Axford (13)30,5683240
73June 26@ Giants 86 Bettis (42) Hudson (57)41,8873340
74June 27@ Giants 75 Kontos (20) Betancourt (23) Casilla (20)41,7463341
75June 28@ Giants 63 Bumgarner (84) Kendrick (310) Casilla (21)41,7953342
76June 29@ Athletics 71 Graveman (54) Hale (23)12,1253343
77June 30@ Athletics 21 de la Rosa (53) Bassitt (01) Hawkins (2)19,2063443
July (915)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 1@ Athletics 41 Hahn (66) Bettis (43) Clippard (14)17,6553444
79July 2@ Diamondbacks 81 Hellickson (65) Rusin (33)16,8613445
80July 3@ Diamondbacks 43 (10) Chafin (50) Flande (01)22,4493446
81July 4@ Diamondbacks 73 Corbin (10) Hale (24)42,1133447
82July 5@ Diamondbacks 64 de la Rosa (63) De La Rosa (64) Axford (14)22,9963547
83July 7 Angels 102 Heaney (20) Bettis (44)26,2323548
84July 8 Angels 32 Smith (32) Axford (12) Street (24)24,6603549
85July 9 Braves 53 Hale (34) Brigham (01) Axford (15)30,3343649
86July 10 Braves 53 Laffey (10) Miller (55) Axford (16)48,2543749
87July 11 Braves 32 Hawkins (21) Grilli (34)40,6203849
88July 12 Braves 113 Bettis (54) Wood (66)37,0473949
89July 17@ Padres 42 Shields (83) de la Rosa (64) Kimbrel (24)31,0253950
90July 18@ Padres 54 Maurer (62) Friedrich (02) Kimbrel (25)32,2453951
July 19@ Padres Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 10
91July 20 Rangers 87 Axford (22) Scheppers (31)35,0274051
92July 21 Rangers 90 Harrison (11) Kendrick (311)43,0124052
93July 22 Rangers 108 Scheppers (41) Axford (23) Tolleson (15)33,3484053
94July 24 Reds 65 Axford (33) Mattheus (12)37,1844153
95July 25 Reds 52 Cueto (76) Rusin (34) Chapman (20)41,9984154
96July 26 Reds 177 Kendrick (411) Lorenzen (35)46,8284254
97July 27@ Cubs 98 Soriano (10) Axford (34)35,0704255
98July 28@ Cubs 72 Flande (11) Beeler (11)36,7474355
99July 29@ Cubs 32 Lester (68) Butler (37) Rondón (13)38,8744356
100July 30@ Cardinals 98 Villanueva (43) Axford (35)43,5184357
101July 31@ Cardinals 70 Wacha (124) Kendrick (412)42,5684358
August (1018)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
102August 1@ Cardinals 62 de la Rosa (74) Lynn (86)45,2164458
103August 2@ Cardinals 32 Rosenthal (22) Oberg (22)44,7434459
104August 3 Mariners 87 Hernández (136) Butler (38) Smith (10)33,1074460
105August 4 Mariners 104 Rasmussen (10) Friedrich (03)34,3764461
106August 5 Mariners 75 (11) Flande (20) Guaipe (03)30,1964561
107August 7@ Nationals 54 Oberg (32) Storen (21) Kahnle (1)33,6224661
108August 8@ Nationals 61 Strasburg (65) Butler (39)37,1154662
109August 9@ Nationals 64 Axford (45) Storen (22) Kahnle (2)33,1574762
110August 10@ Mets 42 Niese (79) Miller (11) Familia (31)27,1944763
111August 11@ Mets 40 Harvey (117) Rusin (35)25,6114764
112August 12@ Mets 30 deGrom (116) de la Rosa (75) Familia (32)37,1754765
113August 13@ Mets 123 Syndergaard (76) Butler (310)36,5734766
114August 14 Padres 95 Norris (39) Roberts (01)33,6974767
115August 15 Padres 75 Quackenbush (22) Kahnle (01) Kimbrel (33)37,5544768
116August 16 Padres 50 Rusin (45) Kennedy (711)28,9274868
117August 18 Nationals 156 Zimmermann (98) Miller (12)24,3204869
118August 19 Nationals 41 Strasburg (76) Betancourt (24) Papelbon (20)24,8634870
119August 20 Nationals 32 Flande (31) Scherzer (1110) Axford (17)25,2114970
120August 21 Mets 149 Gilmartin (21) Friedrich (04)31,0794971
121August 22 Mets 149 Niese (89) Rusin (46)46,1704972
122August 23 Mets 51 Verrett (11) Hale (35)33,2004973
123August 24@ Braves 53 Teherán (96) de la Rosa (76) Vizcaíno (4)13,9204974
124August 25@ Braves 51 Bettis (64) Foltynewicz (46)13,8635074
125August 26@ Braves 63 S. Castro (10) Miller (511) Axford (18)18,3285174
126August 28@ Pirates 53 Watson (31) Oberg (33) Melancon (42)32,6075175
127August 29@ Pirates 43 Happ (77) Rusin (47) Melancon (43)35,8385176
128August 30@ Pirates 50 de la Rosa (86) Morton (86)36,2715276
129August 31 Diamondbacks 54 S. Castro (20) Ziegler (03)21,3865376
September (1316)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
130September 1 Diamondbacks 64 Corbin (43) M. Castro (03) Hudson (3)21,5505377
131September 1 Diamondbacks 53 De La Rosa (126) Oberg (34) Collmenter (1)20,4115378
132September 2 Diamondbacks 94 Brown (12) Delgado (54) Miller (1)20.5745478
133September 3 Giants 113 Rusin (57) Vogelsong (911)25,8635578
134September 4 Giants 21 de la Rosa (96) Heston (119) Axford (19)29,1965678
135September 5 Giants 73 Peavy (56) Bettis (65)37,6725679
136September 6 Giants 74 Bumgarner (177) Flande (32) Casilla (32)36,6495680
137September 7@ Padres 64 Kendrick (512) Kennedy (813) Axford (20)24,5855780
138September 8@ Padres 21 Kimbrel (22) Logan (03)19,1125781
139September 9@ Padres 114 Shields (116) Rusin (58)22,7645782
140September 10@ Padres 43 Miller (22) Benoit (65) Axford (21)21,9225882
141September 11@ Mariners 42 Bettis (75) Iwakuma (74) Axford (22)19,8765982
142September 12@ Mariners 72 Elías (58) Flande (33)24,7435983
143September 13@ Mariners 32 Kendrick (612) Paxton (34) Axford (23)21,8406083
144September 14@ Dodgers 41 Kershaw (146) Gray (01) Hatcher (3)43,7316084
145September 15@ Dodgers 54 (16) Hale (45) Latos (410) Germen (1)45,3116184
146September 16@ Dodgers 20 Wood (1110) de la Rosa (97) Jansen (32)45,9066185
147September 18 Padres 74 Bettis (85) Kennedy (815) Axford (24)27,3036285
148September 19 Padres 102 Bergman (30) Erlin (01)30,8756385
149September 20 Padres 104 Shields (136) Kendrick (613)26,9276386
150September 21 Pirates 93 Burnett (95) Gray (02)23,1876387
151September 22 Pirates 63 Happ (108) Rusin (59) Melancon (49)23,4336388
152September 23 Pirates 137 Blanton (62) Bergman (31)23,5266389
153September 24 Pirates 54 Blanton (72) Díaz (01) Melancon (50)25,1646390
154September 25 Dodgers 74 Hale (55) Bolsinger (65) Axford (25)38,4856490
155September 26 Dodgers 86 Miller (32) García (34)40,3226590
156September 27 Dodgers 125 Rusin (69) Wood (1112)32,8706690
157September 29@ Diamondbacks 43 (11) Delgado (74) Brown (13)21,5266691
158September 30@ Diamondbacks 31 Delgado (84) Bettis (86) Hudson (4)18,5296692
October (22)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
159October 1@ Diamondbacks 86 Burgos (22) Miller (33) Bracho (1)20,8266693
160October 2@ Giants 93 Kendrick (713) Heston (1211)41,5056793
161October 3@ Giants 32 Peavy (86) Rusin (610) Casilla (38)41,3986794
162October 4@ Giants 73 Brothers (10) Kontos (44)41,3996894

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 Nick Hundley 103366110.3011043
1B Ben Paulsen 11632590.2771149
2B DJ LeMahieu 150564170.301661
SS Troy Tulowitzki 8732397.3001253
3B Nolan Arenado 157616177.28742130
LF Brandon Barnes 10625564.251217
CF Charlie Blackmon 157614176.2871758
RF Carlos González 153554150.2714097

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Wilin Rosario 8723162.268629
Corey Dickerson 6522468.3041031
José Reyes 4719350.259319
Daniel Descalso 10118538.205522
Justin Morneau 4916852.310315
Michael McKenry 5812726.205417
Rafael Ynoa 7212733.26009
Kyle Parker 4610619.179311
Drew Stubbs 5110222.216510
Dustin Garneau 227011.15728
Cristhian Adames 265313.24503
Matt McBride 20427.16700
Tom Murphy 11359.25739

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jorge De La Rosa 26149.0974.17134
Kyle Kendrick 27142.17136.3280
Chris Rusin 24131.26105.3386
Chad Bettis 20115.0864.2398
Eddie Butler 1679.13105.9044
David Hale 1778.1556.0961
Jordan Lyles 1049.0255.1430
Jon Gray 940.2025.5340
Tyler Matzek 522.0214.0915

Note: There is no ERA leader (qualifier) for team because no pitcher pitched 1 inning per scheduled game (162 innings).

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Christian Bergman 3068.1314.7437
Yohan Flande 1968.1334.7443

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
John Axford 6045254.2062
Christian Friedrich 680405.2545
Scott Oberg 643415.0944
Boone Logan 600304.3344
Rafael Betancourt 452416.1840
Tommy Kahnle 360124.8639
Brooks Brown 361304.9120
Justin Miller 343314.0538
Gonzalez Germen 290013.8625
LaTroy Hawkins 242123.6320
Jairo Diaz 210102.3718
Rex Brothers 171001.745
Simón Castro 112006.109
Adam Ottavino 101030.0013
Ken Roberts 90105.795
Jason Gurka 90009.397
Miguel Castro 501010.136
Aaron Laffey 31003.683
Jorge Rondón 200090.001

Awards and accomplishments

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Albuquerque Isotopes Pacific Coast League Glenallen Hill
AA New Britain Rock Cats Eastern League Darin Everson
A Modesto Nuts California League Fred Ocasio
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Warren Schaeffer
A-Short Season Boise Hawks Northwest League Frank Gonzales
Rookie Grand Junction Rockies Pioneer League Anthony Sanders

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  4. "Nick Hundley Stats".
  5. "David Hale Stats".
  6. "Kyle Kendrick Stats".
  7. "Jhoulys Chacin Stats".
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  10. "Drew Stubbs Stats".
  11. "Rafael Betancourt Stats".
  12. "Rockies Franchise Four". MLB.com. July 14, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
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