2015 Colorado Rockies season

The 2015 Colorado Rockies season was the franchise's 23rd in Major League Baseball. Walt Weiss returned for his third consecutive season as the Manager. It was the 21st season the Rockies played their home games at Coors Field.

2015 Colorado Rockies
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record68–94 (.420)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Charles & Dick Monfort
General manager(s)Jeff Bridich
Manager(s)Walt Weiss, Tom Runnells (interim)
Local televisionRoot Sports Rocky Mountain
(Drew Goodman, George Frazier, Jeff Huson)
Local radioKOA (English)
Colorado Rockies Radio Network
(Jack Corrigan, Jerry Schemmel)
KNRV (Spanish)
(Tony Guevara)
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Offseason
  • November 24, 2014: Juan Nicasio was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Noel Cuevas (minors) (December 16, 2014) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.[1]
  • December 11, 2014: Josh Rutledge was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for Jairo Diaz.[2]
  • December 16, 2014: Daniel Descalso was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[3]
  • January 5, 2015: Nick Hundley was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[4]
  • January 30, 2015: David Hale was traded by the Atlanta Braves with Gus Schlosser to the Colorado Rockies for Jose Briceno (minors) and Chris O'Dowd (minors).[5]
  • February 4, 2015: Kyle Kendrick was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[6]
  • March 22, 2015: Jhoulys Chacín was released by the Colorado Rockies.[7]

Regular season

The Rockies played eight extra-inning games during the season, the fewest of any MLB team in 2015.[8]

Season standings

National League West
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9270 0.568 — 55–26 37–44
San Francisco Giants 8478 0.519 8 47–34 37–44
Arizona Diamondbacks 7983 0.488 13 39–42 40–41
San Diego Padres 7488 0.457 18 39–42 35–46
Colorado Rockies 6894 0.420 24 36–45 32–49

National League Wild Card
Division Leaders W L Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals 10062 0.617
Los Angeles Dodgers 9270 0.568
New York Mets 9072 0.556


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)		 W L Pct. GB
Pittsburgh Pirates 9864 0.605 +1
Chicago Cubs 9765 0.599 —
San Francisco Giants 8478 0.519 13
Washington Nationals 8379 0.512 14
Arizona Diamondbacks 7983 0.488 18
San Diego Padres 7488 0.457 23
Miami Marlins 7191 0.438 26
Milwaukee Brewers 6894 0.420 29
Colorado Rockies 6894 0.420 29
Atlanta Braves 6795 0.414 30
Cincinnati Reds 6498 0.395 33
Philadelphia Phillies 6399 0.389 34

Record vs. opponents
2015 National League Records

Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL LAD MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona —3–32–46–113–66–135–25–22–52–41–59–1011–80–73–411–9
Atlanta 3–3—1–63–41–63–310–95–28–1111–82–42–53–44–25–146–14
Chicago 4–26–1—13–64–23–43–314–57–02–511–83–35–28–114–310–10
Cincinnati 1–64–36–13—2–41–63–49–100–74–211–82–42–57–125–17–13
Colorado 6–136–12–44–2—8–112–55–10–75–21–67–1211–83–43–35–15
Los Angeles 13–63–34–36–111–8—4–24–33–45–21–514–58–112–54–210–10
Miami 2–59–103–34–35–22–4—4–28–119–101–62–55–21–59–107–13
Milwaukee 2–52–55–1410–91–53–42–4—3–37–010–95–21–56–133–48–12
New York 5–211–80–77–07–04–311–83–3—14–50–62–43–33–411–89–11
Philadelphia 4–28–115–22–42–52–510–90–75–14—2–55–11–52–57–128–12
Pittsburgh 5–14–28–118–116–15–16–19–106–05–2—5–26–19–103–413–7
San Diego 10–95–23–34–212–75–145–22–54–21–52–5—8–114–32–57–13
San Francisco 8–114–32–55–28–1111–82–55–13–35–11–611–8—2–44–313–7
St. Louis 7–02–411–812–74–35–25–113–64–35–210–93–44–2—4–211–9
Washington 4–314–53–41–53–32–410–94–38–1112–74–35–23–42–4—8–12

Transactions
  • July 28, 2015: Troy Tulowitzki was traded with LaTroy Hawkins to the Toronto Blue Jays for José Reyes, Miguel Castro, Jeff Hoffman, and Jesus Tinoco (minors).[9]
  • August 20, 2015: Drew Stubbs was released by the Colorado Rockies.[10]
  • August 27, 2015: Rafael Betancourt was released by the Colorado Rockies.[11]

Major League Debuts
  • Batters
    • Dustin Garneau (Aug 20)
    • Tom Murphy (Sep 12)
  • Pitchers
    • Scott Oberg (Apr 14)
    • Ken Roberts (May 3)
    • Jon Gray (Aug 4)
    • Jason Gurka (Aug 29)

Roster
2015 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

Game log
Legend
 Rockies win
 Rockies loss
 Postponement
BoldRockies team member
2015 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 Nick Hundley 103 366 110 .301 10 43
1B Ben Paulsen 116 325 90 .277 11 49
2B DJ LeMahieu 150 564 170 .301 6 61
SS Troy Tulowitzki 87 323 97 .300 12 53
3B Nolan Arenado 157 616 177 .287 42 130
LF Brandon Barnes 106 255 64 .251 2 17
CF Charlie Blackmon 157 614 176 .287 17 58
RF Carlos González 153 554 150 .271 40 97

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
Wilin Rosario8723162.268629
Corey Dickerson6522468.3041031
José Reyes4719350.259319
Daniel Descalso10118538.205522
Justin Morneau4916852.310315
Michael McKenry5812726.205417
Rafael Ynoa7212733.26009

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
Jorge De La Rosa26149.0974.17134
Kyle Kendrick27142.17136.3280
Chris Rusin24131.26105.3386
Chad Bettis20115.0864.2398
Eddie Butler1679.13105.9044
David Hale1778.1556.0961

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
Christian Bergman3068.1314.7437
Yohan Flande1968.1334.7443
Jordan Lyles1049.0255.1430
Jon Gray940.2025.5340
Tommy Kahnle3633.1014.8639
Justin Miller3433.1334.0538

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
Christian Friedrich680405.2545
Scott Oberg643415.0944
John Axford6045254.2062
Boone Logan600304.3344
Rafael Betancourt452416.1840


Awards and accomplishments

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Albuquerque Isotopes Pacific Coast League Glenallen Hill
AA New Britain Rock Cats Eastern League Darin Everson
A Modesto Nuts California League Fred Ocasio
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Warren Schaeffer
A-Short Season Boise Hawks Northwest League Frank Gonzales
Rookie Grand Junction Rockies Pioneer League Anthony Sanders

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References
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nicasju01.shtml
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/diazja01.shtml
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/descada01.shtml
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hundlni01.shtml
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/haleda02.shtml
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kendrky01.shtml
  7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chacijh01.shtml
  8. "Team Batting Game Finder: For 2015, Only extra-inning games". Baseball Reference. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tulowtr01.shtml
  10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stubbdr01.shtml
  11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/betanra01.shtml
  12. "Rockies Franchise Four". MLB.com. July 14, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  13. https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/affiliate.cgi?id=COL
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