2010 Colorado Rockies season

The Colorado Rockies' 2010 season, the franchise's 18th in Major League Baseball, was a season in American baseball. It featured the club's attempt to make the postseason in consecutive seasons for the first time in the history of the franchise. The club finished 3rd overall in the NL West with a record of 83-79.

2010 Colorado Rockies
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Charles & Dick Monfort
General manager(s)Jeff Bridich
Manager(s)Jim Tracy
Local televisionFSN Rocky Mountain
Drew Goodman, George Frazier, Jeff Huson
Local radioKOA (English)
Jack Corrigan, Jerry Schemmel
KMXA (Spanish)
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Offseason
  • January 4, 2010: Miguel Olivo was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[1]
  • January 31, 2010: Melvin Mora was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[2]

Ubaldo Jiménez no-hitter

On April 17, 2010, in a game against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field in Atlanta, Rockies right-hander Ubaldo Jiménez threw the first no-hitter in the 18-year history of the franchise. The Rockies won the game 4-0.[3] While Jiménez walked six Braves batters, he struck out seven.[4] Jiménez also contributed offensively, driving in one run.

Regular season

Season standings

National League West
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 9270 0.568 — 49–32 43–38
San Diego Padres 9072 0.556 2 45–36 45–36
Colorado Rockies 8379 0.512 9 52–29 31–50
Los Angeles Dodgers 8082 0.494 12 45–36 35–46
Arizona Diamondbacks 6597 0.401 27 40–41 25–56

Record vs. opponents
2010 National League Records

Source: [5]
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona–3–41–62–59–93–34–35–133–45–12–42–48–105–134–53–46–9
Atlanta4–3–4–23–22–411–75–15–35–211–78–106–34–24–32–68–109–6
Chicago6–12–4–4–122–34–27–113–49–63–44–25–103–52–59–64–28–10
Cincinnati5–22–312–4–2–55–210–55–411–34–22–510–62–43–46–124–38–7
Colorado9–94–23–25–2–3–42–47–115–43–31–63–412–69–93–45–39–6
Florida3–37–112–42–54–3–3–34–24–412–65–136–23–62–53–213–57–8
Houston3–41–511–75–104–23–3–2–48–73–44–311–42–52–710–54–43–12
Los Angeles13–53–54–34–511–72–44–2–4–23–42–44–38–108–103–43–34–11
Milwaukee4–32–56–93–114–54–47–82–4–5–21–513–53–42–58–74–29–6
New York1–57–114–32–43–36–124–34–32–5–9–96–13–33–43–39–913–5
Philadelphia4–210–82–45–26–113–53–44–25–19–9–2–45–23–34–412–610–8
Pittsburgh4–23–610–56–104–32–64–113–45–131–64–2–0–62–46–91–52–13
San Diego10–82–45–34–26–126–35–210–84–33–32–56–0–12–63–43–39–6
San Francisco13–53–45–24–39–95–27–210–85–24–33–34–26–12–3–34–27–8
St. Louis5–46–26–912–64–32–35–104–37–83–34–49–64–33–3–3–39–6
Washington4–310–82–43–43–55–134–43–32–49–96–125–13–32–43–3–5–13

Transactions
  • August 26, 2010: Brad Hawpe was released by the Colorado Rockies.[6]
  • August 31, 2010: Manny Delcarmen was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Colorado Rockies for Chris Balcom-Miller (minors).[7]
  • September 9, 2010: Taylor Buchholz was selected off waivers by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Colorado Rockies.[8]
  • September 18, 2010: Octavio Dotel was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Colorado Rockies for a player to be named later. The Colorado Rockies sent Anthony Jackson (minors) (November 15, 2010) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.[9]

Major League debuts
  • Batters:
    • Chris Nelson (Jun 19)
    • Michael McKenry (Sep 8)
  • Pitchers:
    • Matt Reynolds (Aug 19)
    • Samuel Deduno (Aug 27)
    • Edgmer Escalona (Sep 10) [10]

Roster
2010 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

Game log
Legend
Rockies Win Rockies Loss Game Postponed
2010 Game Log

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 Miguel Olivo 112 394 106 .269 14 58
1B Todd Helton 118 398 102 .256 8 37
2B Clint Barmes 133 387 91 .235 8 50
SS Troy Tulowitzki 122 470 148 .315 27 95
3B Ian Stewart 121 386 99 .256 18 61
LF Seth Smith 133 358 88 .246 17 52
CF Dexter Fowler 132 439 114 .260 6 36
RF Brad Hawpe 88 259 66 .255 7 37

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
Carlos González145587197.33634117
Ryan Spilborghs13434195.2791039
Melvin Mora11331690.285745
Jonathan Herrera7622263.284121
Chris Iannetta6118837.197927
Jason Giambi8717643.244635
Eric Young, Jr.5117242.24408

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
Ubaldo Jiménez33221.21982.88214
Jason Hammel30177.21094.81141
Jhoulys Chacín28137.19113.28138
Aaron Cook23127.2685.0862
Jorge De la Rosa20121.2874.22113
Jeff Francis20104.1465.0067

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
Esmil Rogers2872.0236.1366
Greg Smith839.0126.2331
Franklin Morales3528.2046.2827
Randy Flores4727.1202.9618
Matt Daley2823.1014.2418

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
Matt Belisle767512.9391
Rafael Betancourt725113.6189
Joe Beimel711203.4021
Manuel Corpas5635104.6247
Huston Street4444203.6145

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Stu Cole
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Ron Gideon
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/o/olivomi01.shtml
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/morame01.shtml
  3. Jimenez throws first no-hitter in Rox history | MLB.com: News
  4. Boxscore: Colorado vs. Atlanta - April 17, 2010 | MLB.com: News
  5. BASEBALL-REFERENCE.com Head-to-Head Records
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hawpebr01.shtml
  7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/delcama01.shtml
  8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/buchhta01.shtml
  9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/doteloc01.shtml
  10. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/debut.php?y=2010&l=NL
  11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/affiliate.cgi?id=COL
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