1995 Colorado Rockies | ||
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National League Wild Card Winners | ||
League | National League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Coors Field | |
City | Denver, Colorado | |
Record | 77–67 (.535) | |
Divisional place | 2nd | |
Owners | Jerry McMorris | |
General managers | Bob Gebhard | |
Managers | Don Baylor | |
Television | KWGN-TV (Dave Campbell, Charlie Jones) | |
Radio | KOA (AM) (Wayne Hagin, Jeff Kingery) KCUV (Francisco Gamez, Carlos Bido) | |
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The 1995 season was the third in the history of the Colorado Rockies, a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Denver, Colorado. It was also their third season in the National League, and first at Coors Field. The team competed in the National League West, finishing with a record of 77−67, second in the division. The Rockies simultaneously won the first-ever National League wild card berth in the first season of the revised postseason format and first postseason appearance in franchise history. They faced the eventual World Series champion Atlanta Braves in the National League Division Series (NLDS), who won this first round series in four games, with the Rockies taking game three.
Offseason
- December 5, 1994: Drafted Bobby Jones from the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1994 Rule 5 draft.[1]
- December 15, 1994: Joe Grahe was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.[2]
- April 8, 1995: Signed free agent starting pitcher Bill Swift and right fielder Larry Walker.[3][4][5][6]
- April 10, 1995: Marcus Moore was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Cincinnati Reds for Chris Sexton.[7]
Regular season
The start to the 1995 MLB regular season was delayed over three weeks by the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike that ended on April 2. As a result, the season only lasted 144 games (instead of the typical 162 game season) and "official" opening day for Coors Field was changed to April 26. The Colorado Rockies played two exhibition games on April 2 and 3 against the New York Yankees as the first baseball to be played at Coors Field.
In his Rockies debut and inaugural game of Coors Field on April 26 versus the New York Mets, Larry Walker doubled three times, including one that tied the score with two outs in the ninth inning.[8] Dante Bichette hit a walk-off home run in the fourteenth inning for an 11−9 win. On May 7, 1995, Walker hit his 100th career home run versus Hideo Nomo of Los Angeles.[8]
The Rockies led the NL in hits (1,406), runs scored (785), triples (43, also the most in the majors), home runs (200), runs batted in (749), batting average (.282) and slugging percentage (.471). Conversely, they also allowed the most hits (1,443), runs (783), earned runs (711) and produced the fewest shutouts (1).[9]
A quartet of Rockies hitters who became known as "The Blake Street Bombers", consisting of Dante Bichette, Vinny Castilla, Andrés Galarraga (Walker's former Expos teammate), and Larry Walker, each contributed at least 30 home runs in 1995. The Rockies simultaneously won the first-ever National League wild card berth under the revised postseason format and first playoff appearance in franchise history in just their third season of play.
On October 1 for the final regular season game, the Rockies needed a win at Coors Field versus the San Francisco Giants to avoid playing a tie-breaker game with the Houston Astros for the National League Wild Card post-season berth.[10][11] Using seven pitchers during the nine inning game, Curt Leskanic earned his 10th save and threw the final pitch of the game in a 10–9 victory for the Rockies. During a post-season interview, Leskanic recalled the pitching mound shaking like a mild earthquake with the vibrations from fans in the stadium anticipating their first ever appearance in the MLB post-season.
During the playoffs, Larry Walker collected three hits in 14 at bats in the National League Division Series (NLDS) versus the Atlanta Braves. He hit his first career postseason home run off Tom Glavine in the sixth inning of a 7−4 Game 2 loss. The Braves defeated the Rockies in four games.[12]
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 78 | 66 | .542 | — | 39–33 | 39–33 |
Colorado Rockies | 77 | 67 | .535 | 1 | 44–28 | 33–39 |
San Diego Padres | 70 | 74 | .486 | 8 | 40–32 | 30–42 |
San Francisco Giants | 67 | 77 | .465 | 11 | 37–35 | 30–42 |
Wild Card standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Colorado Rockies | 77 | 67 | .535 | — |
Houston Astros | 76 | 68 | .528 | 1 |
Chicago Cubs | 73 | 71 | .507 | 4 |
San Diego Padres | 70 | 74 | .486 | 7 |
New York Mets | 69 | 75 | .479 | 8 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 69 | 75 | .479 | 8 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||
Atlanta | — | 8–4 | 8–5 | 9–4 | 10–3 | 6–6 | 5–4 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 7–1 | 7–5 | |||
Chicago | 4–8 | — | 3–7 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 3–5 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 9–4 | |||
Cincinnati | 5–8 | 7–3 | — | 5–7 | 6–6 | 12–1 | 4–3 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 3–6 | 3–3 | 8–5 | |||
Colorado | 4–9 | 7–6 | 7–5 | — | 5–7 | 4–4 | 4–9 | 7–1 | 5–4 | 4–2 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 5–7 | |||
Florida | 3–10 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 8–4 | 3–7 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 3–2 | 5–3 | 4–3 | |||
Houston | 6–6 | 8–5 | 1–12 | 4–4 | 4–8 | — | 3–2 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 7–4 | 5–3 | 9–4 | |||
Los Angeles | 4–5 | 5–7 | 3–4 | 9–4 | 7–3 | 2–3 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 7–5 | |||
Montreal | 4–9 | 5–3 | 4–8 | 1–7 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 5–7 | — | 7–6 | 8–5 | 4–4 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–3 | |||
New York | 8–5 | 3–4 | 5–7 | 4–5 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–7 | — | 7–6 | 4–3 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 3–4 | |||
Philadelphia | 6-7 | 1–6 | 3–9 | 2–4 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 6–7 | — | 6–3 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–4 | |||
Pittsburgh | 2–4 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 4–9 | 4–9 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 3–6 | — | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–7 | |||
San Diego | 2–5 | 7–5 | 6–3 | 4–9 | 2–3 | 4–7 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 8–4 | — | 6–7 | 7–5 | |||
San Francisco | 1–7 | 7–5 | 3–3 | 5–8 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 5–8 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | — | 7–6 | |||
St. Louis | 5–7 | 4–9 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 3–4 | 4-9 | 5–7 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 4–5 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 6–7 | — |
Transactions
- June 1, 1995: Todd Helton was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed July 1, 1995.[13]
- June 1, 1995: Ben Petrick was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 2nd round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed August 9, 1995.[14]
- July 31, 1995: Bret Saberhagen was traded by the New York Mets with a player to be named later to the Colorado Rockies for Juan Acevedo and Arnold Gooch (minors). The New York Mets sent David Swanson (minors) (August 4, 1995) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.[15]
Major League debuts
- Batters:
- Jason Bates (Apr 26)
- Jorge Brito (Apr 30)
- Craig Counsell (Sep 17)
- Quinton McCracken (Sep 17)
- Pitchers:
- Roger Bailey (Apr 27)
- Juan Acevedo (Apr 30)
- Bryan Rekar (Jul 19) [16]
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Player stats
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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 |
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C | Joe Girardi | 125 | 462 | 121 | .262 | 8 | 55 |
1B | Andrés Galarraga | 143 | 554 | 155 | .280 | 31 | 106 |
2B | Eric Young | 120 | 366 | 116 | .317 | 6 | 36 |
SS | Walt Weiss | 137 | 427 | 111 | .260 | 1 | 25 |
3B | Vinny Castilla | 139 | 527 | 163 | .309 | 32 | 90 |
LF | Dante Bichette | 139 | 579 | 197 | .340 | 40 | 128 |
CF | Mike Kingery | 119 | 350 | 94 | .269 | 8 | 37 |
RF | Larry Walker | 131 | 494 | 151 | .306 | 36 | 101 |
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 |
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Jason Bates | 116 | 322 | 86 | .267 | 8 | 46 |
Ellis Burks | 103 | 278 | 74 | .266 | 14 | 49 |
John Vander Wal | 105 | 101 | 35 | .347 | 5 | 21 |
Trent Hubbard | 24 | 58 | 18 | .310 | 3 | 9 |
Roberto Mejia | 23 | 52 | 8 | .154 | 1 | 4 |
Jorge Brito | 18 | 51 | 11 | .216 | 0 | 7 |
Jayhawk Owens | 18 | 45 | 11 | .244 | 4 | 12 |
Jim Tatum | 34 | 34 | 8 | .235 | 0 | 4 |
Matt Nokes | 10 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
Pedro Castellano | 4 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Harvey Pulliam | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 1 | 3 |
Craig Counsell | 3 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Quinton McCracken | 3 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Kevin Ritz | 31 | 173.1 | 11 | 11 | 4.21 | 120 |
Bill Swift | 19 | 105.2 | 9 | 3 | 4.94 | 68 |
Marvin Freeman | 22 | 94.2 | 3 | 7 | 5.89 | 61 |
Armando Reynoso | 20 | 93.0 | 7 | 7 | 5.32 | 40 |
Bryan Rekar | 15 | 85.0 | 4 | 6 | 4.98 | 60 |
Juan Acevedo | 17 | 65.2 | 4 | 6 | 6.44 | 40 |
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 |
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Roger Bailey | 39 | 81.1 | 7 | 6 | 4.98 | 33 |
Joe Grahe | 17 | 56.2 | 4 | 3 | 5.08 | 27 |
Mark Thompson | 21 | 51.0 | 2 | 3 | 6.53 | 30 |
Bret Saberhagen | 9 | 43.0 | 2 | 1 | 6.28 | 29 |
Omar Olivares | 11 | 31.2 | 1 | 3 | 7.39 | 15 |
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 |
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Darren Holmes | 68 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 3.24 | 61 |
Curtis Leskanic | 76 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 3.40 | 107 |
Steve Reed | 71 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2.14 | 79 |
Mike Munoz | 64 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7.42 | 37 |
Bruce Ruffin | 37 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2.12 | 23 |
Lance Painter | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4.37 | 36 |
Bryan Hickerson | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.88 | 12 |
A.J. Sager | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 10 |
David Nied | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.77 | 3 |
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Colorado Springs[17]
References
- ^ "Bobby Jones Stats".
- ^ "Joe Grahe Stats".
- ^ "Bill Swift Stats".
- ^ "Larry Walker statistics & history". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
- ^ Blum, Ronald (April 12, 1995). "The biggest contract since the end of strike, Larry Walker's 4". Associated Press. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- ^ Chass, Murray (April 9, 1995). "Rockies open their wallet for two stars". The New York Times. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
- ^ "Marcus Moore Stats".
- ^ a b "Larry Walker stats, fantasy & news (Career biography)". MLB.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
- ^ "1995 National League Season Summary".
- ^ "San Francisco Giants at Colorado Rockies Box Score, October 1, 1995".
- ^ "Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs Box Score, October 1, 1995".
- ^ Cohen, Alan (December 21, 2015). "Larry Walker". Society of American Baseball Research. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ Todd Helton Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ "Ben Petrick Stats".
- ^ Bret Saberhagen Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ "1995 National League Baseball Debuts / Rookies by Baseball Almanac".
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007