This week the Colorado Rockies became the 20th team in baseball to be officially taken out of 2010 playoff contention. The Rockies currently have a winning record of 83-75 (.525).
The Rockies are historically an average team. Since starting in 1993, the franchise has a losing record of 1,364 wins and 1,486 losses. The Rockies have been to the playoffs 3 times and won the National League pennant in 2007 (after which they were swept in the World Series by the Boston Red Sox). The Rockies did make it to the post-season last year.
Facts about this year:
First game of season: Defeated the Brewers 5-3 in Milwaukee (April 5)
First home game of season: Defeated the San Diego Padres 7-0 (April 9)
Worst Losses of season: Beaten by the Padres 3-13 in San Diego (June 30)
& Beaten by the San Francisco Giants 0-10 in Colorado (August 3)
Best Victory of season: Defeated the Chicago Cubs 17-2 in Colorado (July 30)
TRADE:
The Rockies traded a player to be named to the Los Angeles Dodgers for RP Octavio Dotel (3.74 ERA)
SEASON STATS:
The Rockies won 9 and lost 9 against the Arizona Diamondbacks
The Rockies won 7 and lost 11 against the Los Angeles Dodgers
The Rockies won 12 and lost 6 against the San Diego Padres
The Rockies won 9 and lost 9 against the San Francisco Giants
Best Rockies batting average: LF Carlos Gonzales (.338 average, 2nd best in MLB)
Most Rockies home runs: LF Carlos Gonzales (34 home runs, 4th most in NL)
Most Rockies RBI: LF Carlos Gonzales (117 RBI, tied for most in NL)
Most Rockies wins: SP Ubaldo Jimenez (19 wins & 8 losses, 3rd most wins in NL)
Best Rockies ERA: SP Ubaldo Jimenez (2.99 ERA)
Most Rockies saves: RP Octavio Dotel (22 saves)*
* Most of Dotel’s saves came with the Pirates & the Dodgers. RP Houston Street got 20 saves this year working with only the Rockies
Colorado Rockies team batting average = .265
Colorado Rockies team ERA: 4.16
Colorado Rockies team fielding percentage = .984
What are your thoughts on the Colorado Rockies? What do you have to say about the season, the players, the management, next year, etc?
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/COL/
http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/schedule/sortable.jsp?c_id=col
http://espn.go.com/mlb/statistics