1996 Colorado Rockies season

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1996  Colorado Rockies
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Coors Field
City Denver, Colorado
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Jerry McMorris
General managers Bob Gebhard
Managers Don Baylor
Television KWGN-TV
(Dave Campbell, Dave Armstrong)
Radio KOA (AM)
(Wayne Hagin, Jeff Kingery)
KCUV
(Francisco Gamez, Carlos Bido)
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The Colorado Rockies' 1996 season was the fourth for the Rockies. Managed by Don Baylor, they played home games at Coors Field and finished with a record of 83-79, third in the National League West.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Diego Padres 91710.562—45–3646–35
Los Angeles Dodgers 90720.556147–3443–38
Colorado Rockies 83790.512855–2628–53
San Francisco Giants 68940.4202338–4430–50

Record vs. opponents

1996 National League record

Sources:
TeamATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTL
Atlanta —7–57–55–76–76–65–710–37–69–49–39–47–59–4
Chicago 5–7—5–85–76–65–88–56–67–57–64–96–67–55–8
Cincinnati 5–78–5—7–63–97–64–83–96–610–25–89–39–45–8
Colorado 7–57–56–7—5–88–56–73–97–56–67–58–55–88–4
Florida 7–66–69–38–5—7–56–75–87–66–75–73–95–76–6
Houston 6–68–56–75–85–7—6–64–98–410–28–56–68–42–11
Los Angeles 7–55–88–47–67–66–6—9–38–47–66–65–87–68–4
Montreal 3–106–69–39–38–59–43–9—7–66–77–54–89–48–4
New York 6–75–76–65–76–74–84–86–7—7–68–53–106–65–7
Philadelphia 4-96–72–106–67–62–106–77–66–7—7–54–86–64–8
Pittsburgh 3–99–48–55–77–55–86–65–75–85–7—4–98–43–10
San Diego 4–96–63–95–89–36–68–58–410–38–49–4—11–24–8
San Francisco 5–75–74–98–57–54–86–74–96–66–64–82–11—7–6
St. Louis 4–98–58–54–86–611-24–84–87–58–410–38–46–7—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 83–79 (Home: 55–26; Away: 28–53)
April: 11–14 (Home: 5–8; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2@ Phillies 5–3Ritz (1–0)Fernandez—36,7511–0
2April 3@ Phillies 1–3GraceFreeman (0–1)Bottalico15,6481–1
3April 4@ Phillies 4–7MulhollandRekar (0–1)Bottalico16,2201–2
4April 5@ Expos 4–6DyerMunoz (0–1)Rojas45,0421–3
5April 6@ Expos 5–4Thompson (1–0)RueterLeskanic (1)27,0402–3
6April 7@ Expos 1–9FasseroPainter (0–1)—11,2122–4
7April 8 Cubs 6–9AdamsRitz (1–1)Jones50,1852–5
8April 10 Cubs 10–9Leskanic (1–0)Jones—50,0833–5
9April 11 Mets 7–3Reynoso (1–0)Mlicki—48,0104–5
10April 12 Mets 6–5Freeman (1–1)ClarkLeskanic (2)50,0455–5
11April 14 Mets 4–10HarnischRitz (1–2)Henry48,0515–6
12April 15 Padres 11–9Ruffin (1–0)BlairLeskanic (3)48,0276–6
13April 16 Padres 6–10AshbyReynoso (1–1)—48,0316–7
14April 17 Padres 6–11FlorieFreeman (1–2)—48,0116–8
15April 19@ Mets 5–3Ritz (2–2)HarnischLeskanic (4)16,2257–8
16April 20@ Mets 3–4 (10)FrancoHabyan (0–1)—20,8477–9
17April 21@ Mets 6–4Leskanic (2–0)Franco—22,7378–9
18April 22@ Cubs 4–2Freeman (2–2)NavarroLeskanic (5)21,2279–9
19April 23@ Cubs 4–3Rekar (1–1)CastilloLeskanic (6)14,32510–9
20April 24 Phillies 8–10BorlandReed (0–1)Bottalico48,04710–10
21April 25 Phillies 1–7FernandezThompson (1–1)Ryan48,03310–11
22April 26 Expos 2–6AlvarezReynoso (1–2)—48,02410–12
23April 27 Expos 6–5 (13)Painter (1–1)Daal—48,01311–12
24April 28 Expos 9–21RueterRekar (1–2)—48,00611–13
25April 30@ Dodgers 4–7NomoRitz (2–3)Worrell31,03711–14
May: 14–11 (Home: 10–2; Away: 4–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1@ Dodgers 4–1Thompson (2–1)AstacioRuffin (1)30,37712–14
27May 3 Marlins 9–5Reynoso (2–2)Burkett—48,12913–14
28May 4 Marlins 17–5Freeman (3–2)Hammond—48,10114–14
29May 5 Marlins 5–4Ritz (3–3)Perez—48,13415–14
30May 6@ Braves 1–4AveryThompson (2–2)—28,72515–15
31May 7@ Braves 5–6 (10)ClontzLeskanic (2–1)—29,97615–16
32May 8@ Braves 1–5GlavineReynoso (2–3)—29,36315–17
33May 9@ Marlins 2–6MillerFreeman (3–3)—21,00815–18
34May 10@ Marlins 2–4RappRitz (3–4)Nen27,30915–19
35May 11@ Marlins 0–11LeiterThompson (2–3)—31,54915–20
36May 12@ Marlins 5–7NenLeskanic (2–2)—21,05815–21
37May 14@ Reds 5–3Reed (1–1)SchourekRuffin (2)20,53516–21
38May 17 Cardinals 12–11Leskanic (3–2)BaileyRuffin (3)48,07417–21
39May 18 Cardinals 9–8Habyan (1–1)Eckersley—48,10318–21
40May 19 Cardinals 10–3Thompson (3–3)Benes—48,07519–21
41May 20 Pirates 10–7Reynoso (3–3)Neagle—48,04220–21
42May 21 Pirates 12–10Holmes (1–0)ChristiansenRuffin (4)48,03721–21
43May 22 Pirates 6–3Ritz (4–4)SmithRuffin (5)48,04422–21
44May 23 Reds 5–7CarrascoRuffin (1–1)Brantley48,04022–22
45May 24 Reds 9–11RuffinThompson (3–4)—48,01922–23
46May 25 Reds 7–5Leskanic (4–2)Moore—48,01223–23
47May 27@ Cardinals 5–2Ritz (5–4)StottlemyreRuffin (6)38,80424–23
48May 28@ Cardinals 6–5Painter (2–1)MathewsHolmes (1)26,91325–23
49May 29@ Cardinals 5–6PetkovsekLeskanic (4–3)Benes27,85625–24
50May 31@ Pirates 4–8NeagleReynoso (3–4)Cordova26,64025–25
June: 15–14 (Home: 12–5; Away: 3–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
51June 1@ Pirates 2–0Ritz (6–4)WagnerRuffin (7)15,63326–25
52June 2@ Pirates 2–5SmithHolmes (1–1)Cordova26,74526–26
53June 3@ Pirates 2–7RuebelFarmer (0–1)—8,12026–27
54June 4@ Astros 8–16HamptonThompson (3–5)—18,41826–28
55June 5@ Astros 1–4WallReynoso (3–5)—14,95426–29
56June 6@ Astros 14–7Ritz (7–4)Drabek—22,11227–29
57June 7 Braves 19–8Painter (3–1)Bielecki—48,02728–29
58June 8 Braves 13–12Holmes (2–1)McMichaelRuffin (8)48,01529–29
59June 9 Braves 3–8SmoltzThompson (3–6)—48,03629–30
60June 10 Astros 9–10WallReynoso (3–6)—48,00729–31
61June 11 Astros 7–5Alston (1–0)YoungRuffin (9)48,01430–31
62June 12 Astros 8–0Freeman (4–3)Reynolds—48,02431–31
63June 13 Phillies 4–1Rekar (2–2)SchillingRuffin (10)48,01832–31
64June 14 Phillies 10–6Painter (4–1)Springer—48,00633–31
65June 15 Phillies 4–2Reynoso (4–6)MulhollandRuffin (11)48,02334–31
66June 16 Phillies 11–3Ritz (8–4)Munoz—48,04135–31
67June 17 Expos 3–5UrbinaFreeman (4–4)Rojas48,02135–32
68June 18 Expos 8–12DyerHolmes (2–2)—50,02535–33
69June 19 Expos 7–6 (10)Ruffin (2–1)Scott—48,00736–33
70June 21@ Phillies 3–4 (10)BorlandRuffin (2–2)—25,08536–34
71June 22@ Phillies 4–5BlazierHawblitzel (0–1)Bottalico28,60436–35
72June 23@ Phillies 7–4Freeman (5–4)FernandezRuffin (12)33,38537–35
73June 24@ Mets 1–2IsringhausenHolmes (2–3)Franco16,98837–36
74June 25@ Mets 2–3JonesThompson (3–7)Franco18,25137–37
75June 26@ Mets 5–9MlickiReed (1–2)—20,67537–38
76June 27 Dodgers 13–1Ritz (9–4)Astacio—48,04338–38
77June 28 Dodgers 13–4Freeman (6–4)Martinez—48,02539–38
78June 29 Dodgers 10–13ValdezRekar (2–3)—48,00939–39
79June 30 Dodgers 16–15Ruffin (3–2)Worrell—48,10340–39
July: 14–14 (Home: 11–3; Away: 3–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1@ Giants 6–9JudenPainter (4–2)Beck16,14240–40
81July 2@ Giants 1–5GardnerRitz (9–5)—13,57140–41
82July 3@ Giants 3–2Leskanic (5–3)BeckRuffin (13)44,35641–41
83July 4@ Dodgers 4–9ValdezFreeman (6–5)—54,33141–42
84July 5@ Dodgers 1–8NomoBailey (0–1)—43,41541–43
85July 6@ Dodgers 2–3OsunaRuffin (3–3)Worrell35,56241–44
86July 7@ Dodgers 3–0Ritz (10–5)Astacio—38,26942–44
87July 11 Padres 8–5 (10)Ruffin (4–3)Hoffman—45,70343–44
88July 12 Padres 13–12Holmes (3–3)Blair—48,05344–44
89July 13 Padres 11–6Ritz (11–5)Sanders—48,00945–44
90July 14 Padres 8–4Reynoso (5–6)Valenzuela—48,06546–44
91July 15 Giants 7–3Bailey (1–1)Bourgeois—48,03247–44
92July 16 Giants 5–3Freeman (7–5)LeiterRuffin (14)49,03548–44
93July 17 Giants 4–3Wright (1–0)FernandezRuffin (15)48,45349–44
94July 18@ Padres 2–9SandersRitz (11–6)—24,21249–45
95July 19@ Padres 3–4ValenzuelaReynoso (5–7)Hoffman26,55949–46
96July 20@ Padres 5–4Leskanic (6–3)BochtlerRuffin (16)55,04650–46
97July 21@ Padres 0–2TewksburyFreeman (7–6)Hoffman36,68650–47
98July 23 Mets 10–7Ruffin (5–3)Henry—48,01651–47
99July 23 Mets 11–10Reed (2–2)Henry—48,05852–47
100July 24 Mets 7–6 (10)Leskanic (7–3)Byrd—48,06153–47
101July 25 Cubs 8–10BottenfieldRuffin (5–4)Patterson48,08753–48
102July 26 Cubs 4–17NavarroFreeman (7–7)Adams48,06253–49
103July 27 Cubs 10–6Thompson (4–7)Telemaco—48,09654–49
104July 28 Cubs 5–7BullingerRitz (11–7)Bottenfield48,07354–50
105July 29@ Expos 1–4CormierWright (1–1)Rojas19,11554–51
106July 30@ Expos 1–3UrbinaReynoso (5–8)Rojas17,07154–52
107July 31@ Expos 2–6FasseroBailey (1–2)—23,66354–53
August: 16–14 (Home: 9–4; Away: 7–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1@ Cubs 1–4NavarroThompson (4–8)Patterson25,56454–54
109August 2@ Cubs 7–2Ritz (12–7)Telemaco—34,18655–54
110August 3@ Cubs 8–2Wright (2–1)Bullinger—40,46056–54
111August 4@ Cubs 6–1Reynoso (6–8)Castillo—38,73857–54
112August 5 Marlins 9–16HuttonFreeman (7–8)—48,31357–55
113August 6 Marlins 11–0Thompson (5–8)Burkett—48,33958–55
114August 7 Marlins 12–5Ritz (13–7)Leiter—48,62259–55
115August 9@ Braves 6–4Wright (3–1)GlavineRuffin (17)41,27560–55
116August 10@ Braves 9–7 (10)Reed (3–2)WohlersRuffin (18)46,06461–55
117August 11@ Braves 1–4SmoltzFreeman (7–9)Wohlers32,96161–56
118August 13@ Marlins 0–5LeiterRitz (13–8)—26,25661–57
119August 14@ Marlins 1–2BrownLeskanic (7–4)Nen26,58961–58
120August 15@ Marlins 6–7PowellRuffin (5–5)Nen21,72361–59
121August 16@ Reds 8–4Reynoso (7–8)Salkeld—28,87862–59
122August 17@ Reds 3–5SmileyMunoz (0–2)Brantley—62–60
123August 17@ Reds 5–9ShawReed (3–3)—34,22562–61
124August 18@ Reds 4–9JarvisRitz (13–9)Shaw24,88362–62
125August 19@ Reds 6–3Thompson (6–8)Portugal—22,67063–62
126August 20 Cardinals 5–4 (13)Munoz (1–2)Mathews—48,12664–62
127August 21 Cardinals 10–2Reynoso (8–8)Benes—48,04565–62
128August 22 Cardinals 10–5Bailey (2–2)Morgan—48,08666–62
129August 23 Pirates 3–5LieberRitz (13–10)Cordova48,03866–63
130August 24 Pirates 9–3Thompson (7–8)Peters—48,01467–63
131August 25 Pirates 13–9Munoz (2–2)Wilkins—48,13968–63
132August 26 Reds 9–5 (7)Swift (1–0)JarvisBailey (1)48,09369–63
133August 27 Reds 3–4SmileyReynoso (8–9)Brantley50,04669–64
134August 28 Reds 10–9Ruffin (6–5)Shaw—48,05770–64
135August 29 Reds 7–18BurbaThompson (7–9)—48,02970–65
136August 30@ Cardinals 4–7BenesWright (3–2)Eckersley25,53070–66
137August 31@ Cardinals 1–2BenesBailey (2–3)Eckersley35,80470–67
September: 13–12 (Home: 8–4; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
138September 1@ Cardinals 6–15PetkovsekRekar (2–4)—28,55270–68
139September 2@ Pirates 8–3Ritz (14–10)Loaiza—9,51371–68
140September 4@ Pirates 2–5LieberThompson (7–10)Plesac10,08171–69
141September 6@ Astros 1–2HernandezLeskanic (7–5)—20,93271–70
142September 7@ Astros 4–5KileHolmes (3–4)Hudek37,21371–71
143September 8@ Astros 5–2Reed (4–3)ReynoldsRuffin (19)31,31672–71
144September 9@ Astros 4–2Ritz (15–10)WallRuffin (20)13,83373–71
145September 10 Braves 9–8Holmes (4–4)ClontzRuffin (21)48,05174–71
146September 11 Braves 6–5Wright (4–2)NeagleSwift (1)48,09175–71
147September 12 Braves 16–8Burke (1–0)Smoltz—48,05276–71
148September 13 Astros 6–3Holmes (5–4)HernandezRuffin (22)48,04977–71
149September 14 Astros 7–3Ritz (16–10)Wall—48,13278–71
150September 15 Astros 11–4Thompson (8–10)Drabek—48,03879–71
151September 16 Dodgers 4–6ValdezWright (4–3)—48,01379–72
152September 17 Dodgers 0–9NomoSwift (1–1)—50,06679–73
153September 18 Dodgers 6–4Burke (2–0)AstacioRuffin (23)50,05380–73
154September 19@ Giants 4–11VanLandinghamRitz (16–11)—10,99480–74
155September 20@ Giants 2–6GardnerThompson (8–11)—15,73480–75
156September 21@ Giants 2–6RueterWright (4–4)—30,00280–76
157September 22@ Giants 3–7SoderstromNied (0–1)—30,82680–77
158September 24@ Padres 5–4 (11)Ruffin (7–5)HoffmanSwift (2)23,55681–77
159September 25@ Padres 5–3Thompson (9–11)HamiltonRuffin (24)32,70682–77
160September 27 Giants 3–9SoderstromNied (0–2)—48,00982–78
161September 28 Giants 5–8CarlsonBurke (2–1)Beck48,04282–79
162September 29 Giants 12–3Ritz (17–11)Watson—48,16283–79
Legend:       = Win       = Loss
Bold = Rockies team member

Detailed records

Notable transactions

Major League debuts

Roster

1996 Colorado Rockies
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

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 Jeff Reed 11634197.284837
1B Andrés Galarraga 159626190.30447150
2B Eric Young 141568184.324874
SS Walt Weiss 155517146.282848
3B Vinny Castilla 160629191.30440113
LF Ellis Burks 156613211.34440128
CF Quinton McCracken 12428382.290340
RF Dante Bichette 159633198.31331141

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Larry Walker 8327275.2761858
Jayhawk Owens 7318043.239417
Jason Bates 8816033.20619
John Vander Wal 10415138.252531
Eric Anthony 326215.24249
Trent Hubbard 456013.217112
Neifi Pérez 17457.15603
Steve Decker 10258.32018
Angel Echevarria 26216.28606
Pedro Castellano 13172.11802
Harvey Pulliam 10152.13300
Milt Thompson 14151.06702
Jorge Brito 8141.07100
Terry Jones 12103.30001
Alan Cockrell 982.25002

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Kevin Ritz 35213.017115.28105
Mark Thompson 34169.29115.3099
Armando Reynoso 30168.2894.9688
Marvin Freeman 26129.2796.0471
Jamey Wright 1691.1444.9345
Bryan Rekar 1458.1248.9525

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Roger Bailey 2483.2236.2445
Mike Farmer 728.0017.7116
Bill Swift 718.1115.405

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Bruce Ruffin 7175244.0074
Curtis Leskanic 707566.2376
Steve Reed 704303.9651
Darren Holmes 625413.9773
Mike Munoz 542206.6545
Lance Painter 344205.8648
John Habyan 191107.1325
John Burke 112107.4719
Ryan Hawblitzel 80106.007
Garvin Alston 61009.005
David Nied 602013.504
Robbie Beckett 500013.506

Farm system

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

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References

  1. ↑ "Joe Girardi Stats".
  2. ↑ "Jeff Reed Stats".
  3. ↑ Coors Field
  4. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.143, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
  5. ↑ "Shawn Chacon Stats".
  6. ↑ "Eric Anthony Stats".
  7. ↑ Steve Decker Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ↑ "Marvin Freeman Stats".
  9. ↑ "1996 National League Baseball Debuts / Rookies by Baseball Almanac".
  10. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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