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 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 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)

May: 14–11 (Home: 10–2; Away: 4–9)

June: 15–14 (Home: 12–5; Away: 3–9)

July: 14–14 (Home: 11–3; Away: 3–11)

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)

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
Larry Walker	83	272	75	.276	18	58
Jayhawk Owens	73	180	43	.239	4	17
Jason Bates	88	160	33	.206	1	9
John Vander Wal	104	151	38	.252	5	31
Eric Anthony	32	62	15	.242	4	9
Steve 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
Kevin Ritz	35	213.0	17	11	5.28	105
Mark Thompson	34	169.2	9	11	5.30	99
Armando Reynoso	30	168.2	8	9	4.96	88
Marvin Freeman	26	129.2	7	9	6.04	71
Jamey Wright	16	91.1	4	4	4.93	45
Bryan 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
Roger Bailey	24	83.2	2	3	6.24	45
Lance Painter	34	50.2	4	2	5.86	48
Mike Farmer	7	28.0	0	1	7.71	16
John 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
Bruce Ruffin	71	7	5	24	4.00	74
Curtis Leskanic	70	7	5	6	6.23	76
Steve Reed	70	4	3	0	3.96	51
Darren Holmes	62	5	4	1	3.97	73
Mike 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

[10]

References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/girarjo01.shtml
https://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
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chacosh01.shtml
https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/anthoer01.shtml
Steve Decker Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
https://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

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[2] ttps://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] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chacosh01.shtml

[6] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/a/anthoer01.shtml

[7] Steve Decker Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[8] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/f/freemma02.shtml

[9] ttp://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