1996 Colorado Rockies season

1996 Colorado Rockies
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Jerry McMorris
General manager(s) Bob Gebhard
Manager(s) Don Baylor
Local television KWGN-TV
(Dave Campbell, Dave Armstrong)
Local radio KOA (AM)
(Wayne Hagin, Jeff Kingery)
KCUV
(Francisco Gamez, Carlos Bido)
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The Colorado Rockies' 1996 season was the 4th 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 NL West.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Diego Padres 91 71 0.562 — 45–36 46–35
Los Angeles Dodgers 90 72 0.556 1 47–34 43–38
Colorado Rockies 83 79 0.512 8 55–26 28–53
San Francisco Giants 68 94 0.420 23 38–44 30–50

Record vs. opponents

1996 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 7–5 7–5 5–7 6–7 6–6 5–7 10–3 7–6 9–4 9–3 9–4 7–5 9–4
Chicago 5–7 — 5–8 5–7 6–6 5–8 8–5 6–6 7–5 7–6 4–9 6–6 7–5 5–8
Cincinnati 5–7 8–5 — 7–6 3–9 7–6 4–8 3–9 6–6 10–2 5–8 9–3 9–4 5–8
Colorado 7–5 7–5 6–7 — 5–8 8–5 6–7 3–9 7–5 6–6 7–5 8–5 5–8 8–4
Florida 7–6 6–6 9–3 8–5 — 7–5 6–7 5–8 7–6 6–7 5–7 3–9 5–7 6–6
Houston 6–6 8–5 6–7 5–8 5–7 — 6–6 4–9 8–4 10–2 8–5 6–6 8–4 2–11
Los Angeles 7–5 5–8 8–4 7–6 7–6 6–6 — 9–3 8–4 7–6 6–6 5–8 7–6 8–4
Montreal 3–10 6–6 9–3 9–3 8–5 9–4 3–9 — 7–6 6–7 7–5 4–8 9–4 8–4
New York 6–7 5–7 6–6 5–7 6–7 4–8 4–8 6–7 — 7–6 8–5 3–10 6–6 5–7
Philadelphia 4-9 6–7 2–10 6–6 7–6 2–10 6–7 7–6 6–7 — 7–5 4–8 6–6 4–8
Pittsburgh 3–9 9–4 8–5 5–7 7–5 5–8 6–6 5–7 5–8 5–7 — 4–9 8–4 3–10
San Diego 4–9 6–6 3–9 5–8 9–3 6–6 8–5 8–4 10–3 8–4 9–4 — 11–2 4–8
San Francisco 5–7 5–7 4–9 8–5 7–5 4–8 6–7 4–9 6–6 6–6 4–8 2–11 — 7–6
St. Louis 4–9 8–5 8–5 4–8 6–6 11-2 4–8 4–8 7–5 8–4 10–3 8–4 6–7 —

Notable transactions

Major League debuts

Roster

1996 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

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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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Jeff Reed 116 341 97 .284 8 37
1B Andrés Galarraga 159 626 190 .304 47 150
2B Eric Young 141 568 184 .324 8 74
SS Walt Weiss 155 517 146 .282 8 48
3B Vinny Castilla 160 629 191 .304 40 113
LF Ellis Burks 156 613 211 .344 40 128
CF Quinton McCracken 124 283 82 .290 3 40
RF Dante Bichette 159 633 198 .313 31 141

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Walker, LarryLarry Walker 83 272 75 .276 18 58
Owens, JayhawkJayhawk Owens 73 180 43 .239 4 17
Bates, JasonJason Bates 88 160 33 .206 1 9
Vander Wal, JohnJohn Vander Wal 104 151 38 .252 5 31
Anthony, EricEric Anthony 32 62 15 .242 4 9
Decker, SteveSteve Decker 10 25 8 .320 1 8

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ritz, KevinKevin Ritz 35 213.0 17 11 5.28 105
Thompson, MarkMark Thompson 34 169.2 9 11 5.30 99
Reynoso, ArmandoArmando Reynoso 30 168.2 8 9 4.96 88
Freeman, MarvinMarvin Freeman 26 129.2 7 9 6.04 71
Wright, JameyJamey Wright 16 91.1 4 4 4.93 45
Rekar, BryanBryan Rekar 14 58.1 2 4 8.95 25

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bailey, RogerRoger Bailey 24 83.2 2 3 6.24 45
Painter, LanceLance Painter 34 50.2 4 2 5.86 48
Farmer, MikeMike Farmer 7 28.0 0 1 7.71 16
Habyan, JohnJohn Habyan 19 24.0 1 1 7.13 25

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ruffin, BruceBruce Ruffin 71 7 5 24 4.00 74
Leskanic, CurtisCurtis Leskanic 70 7 5 6 6.23 76
Reed, SteveSteve Reed 70 4 3 0 3.96 51
Holmes, DarrenDarren Holmes 62 5 4 1 3.97 73
Munoz, MikeMike Munoz 54 2 2 0 6.65 45

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
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. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/girarjo01.shtml
  2. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reedje02.shtml
  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. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chacosh01.shtml
  6. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/anthoer01.shtml
  7. ↑ Steve Decker Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/freemma02.shtml
  9. ↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/debut.php?y=1996&l=NL
  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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