1996 Colorado Rockies season

1996 Colorado Rockies
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1993)
Western Division (since 1993)
Location
Coors Field (since 1995)
Denver, Colorado (since 1993)
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

November 20, 1995: Joe Girardi was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the New York Yankees for Mike DeJean.^[1]
December 18, 1995: Jeff Reed was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[2]

Regular season

The only no-hitter at Coors Field was thrown by Hideo Nomo of the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 17, 1996.^[3]
On May 11, 1996, Al Leiter threw the first no hitter in Florida Marlins history. The Marlins beat the Rockies by a score of 11-0.^[4]

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	—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 83–79 (Home: 55–26; Away: 28–53)

April: 11–14 (Home: 5–8; Away: 6–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 2	@ Phillies	5–3	Ritz (1–0)	Fernandez	—	36,751	1–0
2	April 3	@ Phillies	1–3	Grace	Freeman (0–1)	Bottalico	15,648	1–1
3	April 4	@ Phillies	4–7	Mulholland	Rekar (0–1)	Bottalico	16,220	1–2
4	April 5	@ Expos	4–6	Dyer	Munoz (0–1)	Rojas	45,042	1–3
5	April 6	@ Expos	5–4	Thompson (1–0)	Rueter	Leskanic (1)	27,040	2–3
6	April 7	@ Expos	1–9	Fassero	Painter (0–1)	—	11,212	2–4
7	April 8	Cubs	6–9	Adams	Ritz (1–1)	Jones	50,185	2–5
8	April 10	Cubs	10–9	Leskanic (1–0)	Jones	—	50,083	3–5
9	April 11	Mets	7–3	Reynoso (1–0)	Mlicki	—	48,010	4–5
10	April 12	Mets	6–5	Freeman (1–1)	Clark	Leskanic (2)	50,045	5–5
11	April 14	Mets	4–10	Harnisch	Ritz (1–2)	Henry	48,051	5–6
12	April 15	Padres	11–9	Ruffin (1–0)	Blair	Leskanic (3)	48,027	6–6
13	April 16	Padres	6–10	Ashby	Reynoso (1–1)	—	48,031	6–7
14	April 17	Padres	6–11	Florie	Freeman (1–2)	—	48,011	6–8
15	April 19	@ Mets	5–3	Ritz (2–2)	Harnisch	Leskanic (4)	16,225	7–8
16	April 20	@ Mets	3–4 (10)	Franco	Habyan (0–1)	—	20,847	7–9
17	April 21	@ Mets	6–4	Leskanic (2–0)	Franco	—	22,737	8–9
18	April 22	@ Cubs	4–2	Freeman (2–2)	Navarro	Leskanic (5)	21,227	9–9
19	April 23	@ Cubs	4–3	Rekar (1–1)	Castillo	Leskanic (6)	14,325	10–9
20	April 24	Phillies	8–10	Borland	Reed (0–1)	Bottalico	48,047	10–10
21	April 25	Phillies	1–7	Fernandez	Thompson (1–1)	Ryan	48,033	10–11
22	April 26	Expos	2–6	Alvarez	Reynoso (1–2)	—	48,024	10–12
23	April 27	Expos	6–5 (13)	Painter (1–1)	Daal	—	48,013	11–12
24	April 28	Expos	9–21	Rueter	Rekar (1–2)	—	48,006	11–13
25	April 30	@ Dodgers	4–7	Nomo	Ritz (2–3)	Worrell	31,037	11–14

May: 14–11 (Home: 10–2; Away: 4–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
26	May 1	@ Dodgers	4–1	Thompson (2–1)	Astacio	Ruffin (1)	30,377	12–14
27	May 3	Marlins	9–5	Reynoso (2–2)	Burkett	—	48,129	13–14
28	May 4	Marlins	17–5	Freeman (3–2)	Hammond	—	48,101	14–14
29	May 5	Marlins	5–4	Ritz (3–3)	Perez	—	48,134	15–14
30	May 6	@ Braves	1–4	Avery	Thompson (2–2)	—	28,725	15–15
31	May 7	@ Braves	5–6 (10)	Clontz	Leskanic (2–1)	—	29,976	15–16
32	May 8	@ Braves	1–5	Glavine	Reynoso (2–3)	—	29,363	15–17
33	May 9	@ Marlins	2–6	Miller	Freeman (3–3)	—	21,008	15–18
34	May 10	@ Marlins	2–4	Rapp	Ritz (3–4)	Nen	27,309	15–19
35	May 11	@ Marlins	0–11	Leiter	Thompson (2–3)	—	31,549	15–20
36	May 12	@ Marlins	5–7	Nen	Leskanic (2–2)	—	21,058	15–21
37	May 14	@ Reds	5–3	Reed (1–1)	Schourek	Ruffin (2)	20,535	16–21
38	May 17	Cardinals	12–11	Leskanic (3–2)	Bailey	Ruffin (3)	48,074	17–21
39	May 18	Cardinals	9–8	Habyan (1–1)	Eckersley	—	48,103	18–21
40	May 19	Cardinals	10–3	Thompson (3–3)	Benes	—	48,075	19–21
41	May 20	Pirates	10–7	Reynoso (3–3)	Neagle	—	48,042	20–21
42	May 21	Pirates	12–10	Holmes (1–0)	Christiansen	Ruffin (4)	48,037	21–21
43	May 22	Pirates	6–3	Ritz (4–4)	Smith	Ruffin (5)	48,044	22–21
44	May 23	Reds	5–7	Carrasco	Ruffin (1–1)	Brantley	48,040	22–22
45	May 24	Reds	9–11	Ruffin	Thompson (3–4)	—	48,019	22–23
46	May 25	Reds	7–5	Leskanic (4–2)	Moore	—	48,012	23–23
47	May 27	@ Cardinals	5–2	Ritz (5–4)	Stottlemyre	Ruffin (6)	38,804	24–23
48	May 28	@ Cardinals	6–5	Painter (2–1)	Mathews	Holmes (1)	26,913	25–23
49	May 29	@ Cardinals	5–6	Petkovsek	Leskanic (4–3)	Benes	27,856	25–24
50	May 31	@ Pirates	4–8	Neagle	Reynoso (3–4)	Cordova	26,640	25–25

June: 15–14 (Home: 12–5; Away: 3–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
51	June 1	@ Pirates	2–0	Ritz (6–4)	Wagner	Ruffin (7)	15,633	26–25
52	June 2	@ Pirates	2–5	Smith	Holmes (1–1)	Cordova	26,745	26–26
53	June 3	@ Pirates	2–7	Ruebel	Farmer (0–1)	—	8,120	26–27
54	June 4	@ Astros	8–16	Hampton	Thompson (3–5)	—	18,418	26–28
55	June 5	@ Astros	1–4	Wall	Reynoso (3–5)	—	14,954	26–29
56	June 6	@ Astros	14–7	Ritz (7–4)	Drabek	—	22,112	27–29
57	June 7	Braves	19–8	Painter (3–1)	Bielecki	—	48,027	28–29
58	June 8	Braves	13–12	Holmes (2–1)	McMichael	Ruffin (8)	48,015	29–29
59	June 9	Braves	3–8	Smoltz	Thompson (3–6)	—	48,036	29–30
60	June 10	Astros	9–10	Wall	Reynoso (3–6)	—	48,007	29–31
61	June 11	Astros	7–5	Alston (1–0)	Young	Ruffin (9)	48,014	30–31
62	June 12	Astros	8–0	Freeman (4–3)	Reynolds	—	48,024	31–31
63	June 13	Phillies	4–1	Rekar (2–2)	Schilling	Ruffin (10)	48,018	32–31
64	June 14	Phillies	10–6	Painter (4–1)	Springer	—	48,006	33–31
65	June 15	Phillies	4–2	Reynoso (4–6)	Mulholland	Ruffin (11)	48,023	34–31
66	June 16	Phillies	11–3	Ritz (8–4)	Munoz	—	48,041	35–31
67	June 17	Expos	3–5	Urbina	Freeman (4–4)	Rojas	48,021	35–32
68	June 18	Expos	8–12	Dyer	Holmes (2–2)	—	50,025	35–33
69	June 19	Expos	7–6 (10)	Ruffin (2–1)	Scott	—	48,007	36–33
70	June 21	@ Phillies	3–4 (10)	Borland	Ruffin (2–2)	—	25,085	36–34
71	June 22	@ Phillies	4–5	Blazier	Hawblitzel (0–1)	Bottalico	28,604	36–35
72	June 23	@ Phillies	7–4	Freeman (5–4)	Fernandez	Ruffin (12)	33,385	37–35
73	June 24	@ Mets	1–2	Isringhausen	Holmes (2–3)	Franco	16,988	37–36
74	June 25	@ Mets	2–3	Jones	Thompson (3–7)	Franco	18,251	37–37
75	June 26	@ Mets	5–9	Mlicki	Reed (1–2)	—	20,675	37–38
76	June 27	Dodgers	13–1	Ritz (9–4)	Astacio	—	48,043	38–38
77	June 28	Dodgers	13–4	Freeman (6–4)	Martinez	—	48,025	39–38
78	June 29	Dodgers	10–13	Valdez	Rekar (2–3)	—	48,009	39–39
79	June 30	Dodgers	16–15	Ruffin (3–2)	Worrell	—	48,103	40–39

July: 14–14 (Home: 11–3; Away: 3–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
80	July 1	@ Giants	6–9	Juden	Painter (4–2)	Beck	16,142	40–40
81	July 2	@ Giants	1–5	Gardner	Ritz (9–5)	—	13,571	40–41
82	July 3	@ Giants	3–2	Leskanic (5–3)	Beck	Ruffin (13)	44,356	41–41
83	July 4	@ Dodgers	4–9	Valdez	Freeman (6–5)	—	54,331	41–42
84	July 5	@ Dodgers	1–8	Nomo	Bailey (0–1)	—	43,415	41–43
85	July 6	@ Dodgers	2–3	Osuna	Ruffin (3–3)	Worrell	35,562	41–44
86	July 7	@ Dodgers	3–0	Ritz (10–5)	Astacio	—	38,269	42–44
87	July 11	Padres	8–5 (10)	Ruffin (4–3)	Hoffman	—	45,703	43–44
88	July 12	Padres	13–12	Holmes (3–3)	Blair	—	48,053	44–44
89	July 13	Padres	11–6	Ritz (11–5)	Sanders	—	48,009	45–44
90	July 14	Padres	8–4	Reynoso (5–6)	Valenzuela	—	48,065	46–44
91	July 15	Giants	7–3	Bailey (1–1)	Bourgeois	—	48,032	47–44
92	July 16	Giants	5–3	Freeman (7–5)	Leiter	Ruffin (14)	49,035	48–44
93	July 17	Giants	4–3	Wright (1–0)	Fernandez	Ruffin (15)	48,453	49–44
94	July 18	@ Padres	2–9	Sanders	Ritz (11–6)	—	24,212	49–45
95	July 19	@ Padres	3–4	Valenzuela	Reynoso (5–7)	Hoffman	26,559	49–46
96	July 20	@ Padres	5–4	Leskanic (6–3)	Bochtler	Ruffin (16)	55,046	50–46
97	July 21	@ Padres	0–2	Tewksbury	Freeman (7–6)	Hoffman	36,686	50–47
98	July 23	Mets	10–7	Ruffin (5–3)	Henry	—	48,016	51–47
99	July 23	Mets	11–10	Reed (2–2)	Henry	—	48,058	52–47
100	July 24	Mets	7–6 (10)	Leskanic (7–3)	Byrd	—	48,061	53–47
101	July 25	Cubs	8–10	Bottenfield	Ruffin (5–4)	Patterson	48,087	53–48
102	July 26	Cubs	4–17	Navarro	Freeman (7–7)	Adams	48,062	53–49
103	July 27	Cubs	10–6	Thompson (4–7)	Telemaco	—	48,096	54–49
104	July 28	Cubs	5–7	Bullinger	Ritz (11–7)	Bottenfield	48,073	54–50
105	July 29	@ Expos	1–4	Cormier	Wright (1–1)	Rojas	19,115	54–51
106	July 30	@ Expos	1–3	Urbina	Reynoso (5–8)	Rojas	17,071	54–52
107	July 31	@ Expos	2–6	Fassero	Bailey (1–2)	—	23,663	54–53

August: 16–14 (Home: 9–4; Away: 7–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
108	August 1	@ Cubs	1–4	Navarro	Thompson (4–8)	Patterson	25,564	54–54
109	August 2	@ Cubs	7–2	Ritz (12–7)	Telemaco	—	34,186	55–54
110	August 3	@ Cubs	8–2	Wright (2–1)	Bullinger	—	40,460	56–54
111	August 4	@ Cubs	6–1	Reynoso (6–8)	Castillo	—	38,738	57–54
112	August 5	Marlins	9–16	Hutton	Freeman (7–8)	—	48,313	57–55
113	August 6	Marlins	11–0	Thompson (5–8)	Burkett	—	48,339	58–55
114	August 7	Marlins	12–5	Ritz (13–7)	Leiter	—	48,622	59–55
115	August 9	@ Braves	6–4	Wright (3–1)	Glavine	Ruffin (17)	41,275	60–55
116	August 10	@ Braves	9–7 (10)	Reed (3–2)	Wohlers	Ruffin (18)	46,064	61–55
117	August 11	@ Braves	1–4	Smoltz	Freeman (7–9)	Wohlers	32,961	61–56
118	August 13	@ Marlins	0–5	Leiter	Ritz (13–8)	—	26,256	61–57
119	August 14	@ Marlins	1–2	Brown	Leskanic (7–4)	Nen	26,589	61–58
120	August 15	@ Marlins	6–7	Powell	Ruffin (5–5)	Nen	21,723	61–59
121	August 16	@ Reds	8–4	Reynoso (7–8)	Salkeld	—	28,878	62–59
122	August 17	@ Reds	3–5	Smiley	Munoz (0–2)	Brantley	—	62–60
123	August 17	@ Reds	5–9	Shaw	Reed (3–3)	—	34,225	62–61
124	August 18	@ Reds	4–9	Jarvis	Ritz (13–9)	Shaw	24,883	62–62
125	August 19	@ Reds	6–3	Thompson (6–8)	Portugal	—	22,670	63–62
126	August 20	Cardinals	5–4 (13)	Munoz (1–2)	Mathews	—	48,126	64–62
127	August 21	Cardinals	10–2	Reynoso (8–8)	Benes	—	48,045	65–62
128	August 22	Cardinals	10–5	Bailey (2–2)	Morgan	—	48,086	66–62
129	August 23	Pirates	3–5	Lieber	Ritz (13–10)	Cordova	48,038	66–63
130	August 24	Pirates	9–3	Thompson (7–8)	Peters	—	48,014	67–63
131	August 25	Pirates	13–9	Munoz (2–2)	Wilkins	—	48,139	68–63
132	August 26	Reds	9–5 (7)	Swift (1–0)	Jarvis	Bailey (1)	48,093	69–63
133	August 27	Reds	3–4	Smiley	Reynoso (8–9)	Brantley	50,046	69–64
134	August 28	Reds	10–9	Ruffin (6–5)	Shaw	—	48,057	70–64
135	August 29	Reds	7–18	Burba	Thompson (7–9)	—	48,029	70–65
136	August 30	@ Cardinals	4–7	Benes	Wright (3–2)	Eckersley	25,530	70–66
137	August 31	@ Cardinals	1–2	Benes	Bailey (2–3)	Eckersley	35,804	70–67

September: 13–12 (Home: 8–4; Away: 5–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
138	September 1	@ Cardinals	6–15	Petkovsek	Rekar (2–4)	—	28,552	70–68
139	September 2	@ Pirates	8–3	Ritz (14–10)	Loaiza	—	9,513	71–68
140	September 4	@ Pirates	2–5	Lieber	Thompson (7–10)	Plesac	10,081	71–69
141	September 6	@ Astros	1–2	Hernandez	Leskanic (7–5)	—	20,932	71–70
142	September 7	@ Astros	4–5	Kile	Holmes (3–4)	Hudek	37,213	71–71
143	September 8	@ Astros	5–2	Reed (4–3)	Reynolds	Ruffin (19)	31,316	72–71
144	September 9	@ Astros	4–2	Ritz (15–10)	Wall	Ruffin (20)	13,833	73–71
145	September 10	Braves	9–8	Holmes (4–4)	Clontz	Ruffin (21)	48,051	74–71
146	September 11	Braves	6–5	Wright (4–2)	Neagle	Swift (1)	48,091	75–71
147	September 12	Braves	16–8	Burke (1–0)	Smoltz	—	48,052	76–71
148	September 13	Astros	6–3	Holmes (5–4)	Hernandez	Ruffin (22)	48,049	77–71
149	September 14	Astros	7–3	Ritz (16–10)	Wall	—	48,132	78–71
150	September 15	Astros	11–4	Thompson (8–10)	Drabek	—	48,038	79–71
151	September 16	Dodgers	4–6	Valdez	Wright (4–3)	—	48,013	79–72
152	September 17	Dodgers	0–9	Nomo	Swift (1–1)	—	50,066	79–73
153	September 18	Dodgers	6–4	Burke (2–0)	Astacio	Ruffin (23)	50,053	80–73
154	September 19	@ Giants	4–11	VanLandingham	Ritz (16–11)	—	10,994	80–74
155	September 20	@ Giants	2–6	Gardner	Thompson (8–11)	—	15,734	80–75
156	September 21	@ Giants	2–6	Rueter	Wright (4–4)	—	30,002	80–76
157	September 22	@ Giants	3–7	Soderstrom	Nied (0–1)	—	30,826	80–77
158	September 24	@ Padres	5–4 (11)	Ruffin (7–5)	Hoffman	Swift (2)	23,556	81–77
159	September 25	@ Padres	5–3	Thompson (9–11)	Hamilton	Ruffin (24)	32,706	82–77
160	September 27	Giants	3–9	Soderstrom	Nied (0–2)	—	48,009	82–78
161	September 28	Giants	5–8	Carlson	Burke (2–1)	Beck	48,042	82–79
162	September 29	Giants	12–3	Ritz (17–11)	Watson	—	48,162	83–79

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Rockies team member

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
NL East
Atlanta Braves	7	5	0.583	89	79
Florida Marlins	5	8	0.385	79	77
Montreal Expos	3	9	0.250	49	87
New York Mets	7	5	0.583	67	66
Philadelphia Phillies	6	6	0.500	62	55
Total	28	33	0.459	346	364
NL Central
Chicago Cubs	7	5	0.583	73	72
Cincinnati Reds	6	7	0.462	81	92
Houston Astros	8	5	0.615	85	63
Pittsburgh Pirates	7	5	0.583	73	65
St. Louis Cardinals	8	4	0.667	83	70
Total	36	26	0.581	395	362
NL West
Colorado Rockies
Los Angeles Dodgers	6	7	0.462	80	80
San Diego Padres	8	5	0.615	83	83
San Francisco Giants	5	8	0.385	57	75
Total	19	20	0.487	220	238
Season Total	83	79	0.512	961	964

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	25	11	14	0.440	128	170
May	25	14	11	0.560	156	147
June	29	15	14	0.517	209	177
July	28	14	14	0.500	145	167
August	30	16	14	0.533	187	162
September	25	13	12	0.520	136	141
Total	162	83	79	0.512	961	964

Total	162	83	79	0.512	961	964
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	55	26	0.679	658	559
Away	81	28	53	0.346	303	405

Notable transactions

June 4, 1996: Shawn Chacón was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 3rd round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1996.^[5]
July 30, 1996: Eric Anthony was purchased by the Colorado Rockies from the Cincinnati Reds.^[6]
August 21, 1996: Steve Decker was purchased by the Colorado Rockies from the San Francisco Giants.^[7]
August 31, 1996: Marvin Freeman was selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Colorado Rockies.^[8]

Major League debuts

Batters:
- Angel Echevarria (Jul 15)
- Neifi Pérez (Aug 31)
- Alan Cockrell (Sep 7)
- Terry Jones (Sep 9)
Pitchers:
- Mike Farmer (May 4)
- Garvin Alston (Jun 6)
- Ryan Hawblitzel (Jun 9)
- Jamey Wright (Jul 3)
- John Burke (Aug 13)
- Robbie Beckett (Sep 12) ^[9]

Roster

1996 Colorado Rockies

Roster

Pitchers

50 Garvin Alston

38 Roger Bailey

41 Robbie Beckett

37 John Burke

36 Mike Farmer

44 Marvin Freeman

48 John Habyan

13 Ryan Hawblitzel

40 Darren Holmes

16 Curtis Leskanic

43 Mike Munoz

17 David Nied

28 Lance Painter

39 Steve Reed

23 Bryan Rekar

42 Armando Reynoso

30 Kevin Ritz

18 Bruce Ruffin

20 Bill Swift

32 Mark Thompson

19 Jamey Wright

Catchers

27 Jorge Brito

27 Steve Decker

34 Jayhawk Owens

15 Jeff Reed

Infielders

6 Jason Bates

12 Pedro Castellano

9 Vinny Castilla

14 Andrés Galarraga

5 Neifi Pérez

22 Walt Weiss

21 Eric Young

Outfielders

29 Eric Anthony

10 Dante Bichette

26 Ellis Burks

44 Alan Cockrell

11 Angel Echevarria

1 Trent Hubbard

1 Terry Jones

3 Quinton McCracken

29 Harvey Pulliam

27 Milt Thompson

35 John Vander Wal

33 Larry Walker

Manager

25 Don Baylor

Coaches

45 Frank Funk (pitching)

2 Gene Glynn (third base)

24 Ken Griffey (hitting/first base)

47 Jackie Moore (bench)

46 Paul Zuvella (bullpen)

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

References

↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/girarjo01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reedje02.shtml
↑ Coors Field
↑ 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
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chacosh01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/anthoer01.shtml
↑ Steve Decker Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/freemma02.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/debut.php?y=1996&l=NL
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

1996 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Detroit New York Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Milwaukee Minnesota

AL West	California Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Colorado Rockies

Based in Denver, Colorado

Franchise

Ballparks

Mile High Stadium
Coors Field

Spring training: Hi Corbett Field; Salt River Fields at Talking Stick

Culture

Key personnel

Owners: Charlie Monfort and Dick Monfort
President: vacant
General Manager: Jeff Bridich
Manager: Bud Black

National League pennants (1)

2007

National League wild cards (3)

Minor league affiliates

Seasons (25)

1990s	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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