This is an article about the baseball team. For the National Hockey League Rockies team (1976-1982), see Colorado Rockies

The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. They are in the Western Division of the National League. The team is named after the Rocky Mountains which pass through Colorado.

Founded: 1991

Began play: 1993 (National League expansion)

Home ballpark: Coors Field, Denver

Uniform colors: Black, Silver, Purple, and White

Logo design: Purple mountain with baseball

Wild Card titles won (1): 1995

Division titles won (0): none

National League pennants won (0): none

World Series championships won (0): none

Contents

1 Franchise history 2 Players of note 2.1 Baseball Hall of Famers 2.2 Current 25-man roster (updated on April 19, 2005) 2.3 Not to be forgotten 2.4 All-Time team career leaders 2.5 All-Time team season records 2.6 Retired numbers 3 External link

Franchise history

The Colorado Rockies joined the National League as an expansion franchise in 1993, along with the Florida Marlins. The team has been to the baseball post-season once. The team set attendance records in its days back at Mile High Stadium, and was the first team in the history of Major League Baseball to record over 4,000,000 fans in annual attendance.

Interestingly, the Rockies, since their inception, have always tended to have a strong hitting squad and home record, which are offset by a weak bullpen and road record. This can be attributed to the conditions of Coors Field, whose thin air makes hitting much easier.

Players of note

Baseball Hall of Famers

• none

Current 25-man roster (updated on April 19, 2005)

Pitchers 30 Jose Acevado 62 Marcos Carvajal 34 Shawn Chacon 47 Scott Dohmann 26 Jeff Francis 40 Brian Fuentes 32 Jason Jennings 37 Joe Kennedy 49 Byung-Hyun Kim 23 Ryan Speier 71 Chin-hui Tsao 16 Jamey Wright Catchers   7 J.D. Closser 20 Todd Greene

Infielders 10 Jeff Baker 12 Clint Barmes   4 Luis A. González 17 Todd Helton   6 Aaron Miles   8 Desi Relaford Outfielders 11 Brad Hawpe   5 Matt Holiday 25 Michael Restovich 31 Cory Sullivan 44 Preston Wilson Disabled List 27 Garrett Atkins (3B, 15-day) 28 Aaron Cook (P, 15-day) 60 Matthew Merricks (P, 15-day) 22 Dustan Mohr (RF, 15-day) 46 Bobby Seay (P, 15-day)

Manager

• 13 Clint Hurdle

Not to be forgotten

• Andrés Galarraga
• Dante Bichette
• Larry Walker
• Dave Nied
• Darryl Kile
• Pedro Astacio

All-Time team career leaders

• Batting: Todd Helton, .337
• Home runs: Larry Walker, 252
• RBI: Larry Walker, 828
• Stolen bases: Eric Young , 180
• Wins: Pedro Astacio , 53
• Strikeouts: Pedro Astacio , 749
• ERA: Armando Reynoso , 4.65
• Saves: José Jiménez , 102

All-Time team season records

• Batting: Larry Walker, .379 (1999)
• Home runs: Todd Helton, 49 (2001) - Larry Walker 49 (1997)
• RBI: Andrés Galarraga, 150 (1996)
• Stolen bases: Eric Young , 53 (1996)
• Wins: Pedro Astacio , 19 (1999)
• Strikeouts: Pedro Astacio , 210 (1999)
• ERA: Armando Reynoso , 4.00 (1993)
• Saves: José Jiménez , 41 (2002)

Retired numbers

• 42 Jackie Robinson (retired throughout baseball)

External link

• Colorado Rockies official web site