2008 Colorado Rockies season

The Colorado Rockies' 2008 season was the team's 16th season overall. The Rockies attempted to repeat their previous season's success after making it to the World Series; however, they ended up finishing third place in the National League West with a record of 74-88. The Rockies drew 2,650,218 fans for the season, their highest total since 2002. The average home attendance was 33,127 fans.

2008 Colorado Rockies
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Charles & Dick Monfort
General manager(s)Dan O'Dowd
Manager(s)Clint Hurdle
Local televisionFSN Rocky Mountain
KTVD (My20)
Local radioKOA
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Offseason
  • December 7, 2007: Jamey Carroll was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later. The Cleveland Indians sent Sean Smith (minors) (April 24, 2008) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.[1]
  • December 13, 2007: Kip Wells and Luis Vizcaíno were signed as free agents by the Colorado Rockies.[2][3]
  • February 17, 2008: Scott Podsednik was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[4]
  • March 26, 2008: Ramón Ramírez was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named later. The Kansas City Royals sent Jorge de la Rosa (April 30, 2008) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.[5]

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 8478 0.519 — 48–33 36–45
Arizona Diamondbacks 8280 0.506 2 48–33 34–47
Colorado Rockies 7488 0.457 10 43–38 31–50
San Francisco Giants 7290 0.444 12 37–44 35–46
San Diego Padres 6399 0.389 21 35–46 28–53

Record vs. opponents
2008 National League Records

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona–3–52–42–415–32–74–28–102–53–33–44–310–811–73–44–26–9
Atlanta5–3–0–63–34–310–83–34–23–611–74–142–55–12–52–56–128–7
Chicago4–26–0–8–75–14–38–95–29–74–23–414–45–24–39–63–36–9
Cincinnati4–23–37–8–1–56–23–121–710–83–43–56–94–35–15–104–39–6
Colorado3–153–41–55–1–5–33–38–104–33–60–55–29–911–73–44–37–8
Florida7–28–103–42–63–5–4–23–45–18–1010–83–24–23–32–514–35–10
Houston2–43–39–812–33–32–4–4–37–85–23–48–83–37–17–84–27–11
Los Angeles10–82–42–57–110–84–33–4–4–23–44–45–211–79–92–43–35–10
Milwaukee5–26–37–98–103–41–58–72–4–2–41–514–14–36–010–56–27–8
New York3–37–112–44–36–310–82–54–34–2–11–74–32–55–14–312–69–6
Philadelphia4–314–44–35–35–08–104–34–45–17–11–4–24–23–35–412–64–11
Pittsburgh3–45–24–149–62–52–38–82–51–143–42–4–3–44–210–73–46–9
San Diego8–101–52–53–49–92–43–37–113–45–22–44–3–5–131–65–13–15
San Francisco7–115–23–41–57–113–31–79–90–61–53–32–413–5–4–37–06–12
St. Louis4–35–26–910–54–35–28–74–25–103–44–57–106–13–4–5–17–8
Washington2–412–63–33–43–43–142–43–32–66–126–124–31–50–71–5–8–10

Transactions
  • April 30, 2008: Jason Grilli was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Colorado Rockies for Zach Simons (minors).[6]
  • May 16, 2008: Glendon Rusch was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[7]
  • August 6, 2008: Liván Hernández was selected off waivers by the Colorado Rockies from the Minnesota Twins.[8]
  • August 14, 2008: Kip Wells was released by the Colorado Rockies.[2]

Major League debuts
  • Batters:
    • Jayson Nix (Apr 1)
    • Jonathan Herrera (Apr 30)
    • Doug Bernier (Jun 17)
    • Dexter Fowler (Sep 2)
  • Pitchers:
    • Greg Reynolds (May 11)
    • Cedrick Bowers (Jul 2)
    • Steven Register (Aug 4) [9]

Game log
2008 Game Log

Roster
2008 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Chris Iannetta 104 333 88 .264 18 65
1B Todd Helton 83 299 79 .264 7 29
2B Clint Barmes 107 393 114 .290 11 44
SS Troy Tulowitzki 101 377 99 .263 8 46
3B Garrett Atkins 155 611 175 .286 21 99
LF Matt Holliday 139 539 173 .321 25 88
CF Willy Taveras 133 479 120 .251 1 26
RF Brad Hawpe 138 488 138 .283 25 85

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
Jeff Baker10429980.2681248
Ian Stewart8126669.2591041
Yorvit Torrealba7023658.246631
Ryan Spilborghs8923373.313636
Omar Quintanilla8121050.238215
Scott Podsednik9316241.253115
Seth Smith6710828.259415

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
Aaron Cook32211.11693.9696
Ubaldo Jiménez34198.212123.99172
Jeff Francis24143.24105.0194
Jorge De La Rosa28130.01084.92128
Greg Reynolds1462.0288.1322

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
Glendon Rusch2364.0434.7843
Ryan Speier4351.0214.0633
Luis Vizcaíno4346.0125.2849
Mark Redman1045.1257.5420
Liván Hernández840.1338.0313

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
Manuel Corpas763444.5250
Brian Fuentes6715302.7382
Taylor Buchholz636612.1756
Matt Herges583405.0446
Jason Grilli513212.9359

Notes
  • On April 17, 2008, Colorado beat the San Diego Padres, 2-1, in a 22-inning road game that spanned 6 hours and 16 minutes.[10][11] It was the longest game in Rockies history, in terms of both total innings and total length of time.[10] 659 total pitches were thrown in the game by 15 different pitchers (eight Rockies pitchers and seven Padres pitchers).[11] The 22-inning affair was the longest since August 31, 1993, when the Minnesota Twins, at home, defeated the Cleveland Indians, 5-4, in 22 innings.[10][12]
  • On July 1, 2008, the Rockies defeated the San Diego Padres, 4-0, in the shortest nine-inning game in Coors Field history – one hour and 58 minutes.[13]
  • On July 4, 2008, Colorado defeated the Florida Marlins, 18-17, after at one point being down, 13-4. The nine-run deficit that the Rockies overcame made it the largest comeback win in team history.[14]
  • On September 14, 2008, the Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers played a game that went scoreless into the bottom of the 10th inning at Coors Field. It was the longest scoreless stretch in Coors Field history.[15] The Rockies eventually won the game, 1-0, as they scored the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning.

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Tom Runnells
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Stu Cole
A Modesto Nuts California League Jerry Weinstein
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Joe Mikulik
A-Short Season Tri-City Dust Devils Northwest League Fred Ocasio
Rookie Casper Ghosts Pioneer League Tony Diaz

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References
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carroja01.shtml
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wellski01.shtml
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vizcalu01.shtml
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/podsesc01.shtml
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rosajo01.shtml
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grillja01.shtml
  7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ruschgl01.shtml
  8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hernali01.shtml
  9. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/debut.php?y=2008&l=NL
  10. ESPN – Rockies vs. Padres – Recap – April 17, 2008
  11. ESPN – Weary Rockies hang on vs. Padres in 22nd inning for historic win – MLB
  12. August 31, 1993 Cleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins Box Score and Play by Play – Baseball-Reference.com
  13. ESPN – Padres vs. Rockies – Recap – July 01, 2008
  14. ESPN – Marlins vs. Rockies – Recap – July 04, 2008
  15. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=280914127
  16. https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/affiliate.cgi?id=COL
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