2008 Colorado Rockies season

2008 Colorado Rockies
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkCoors Field
CityDenver, Colorado
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersCharles & Dick Monfort
General managersDan O'Dowd
ManagersClint Hurdle
TelevisionFSN Rocky Mountain
KTVD (My20)
RadioKOA
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The Colorado Rockies' 2008 season was the team's 16th season overall. The Rockies attempted to repeat their previous season's success after making it to the World Series; however, they ended up finishing third place in the National League West with a record of 74-88. The Rockies drew 2,650,218 fans for the season, their highest total since 2002. The average home attendance was 33,127 fans.

Likely the most memorable game of the year was against the San Diego Padres on April 17, as it went 22 innings before Troy Tulowitzki drove in the winning run. It is the longest Rockies game in franchise history and (as of 2024) the longest game of the 21st century.[1]

Offseason

  • December 7, 2007: Jamey Carroll was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later. The Cleveland Indians sent Sean Smith (minors) (April 24, 2008) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.[2]
  • December 13, 2007: Kip Wells and Luis Vizcaíno were signed as free agents by the Colorado Rockies.[3][4]
  • February 17, 2008: Scott Podsednik was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.[5]
  • March 26, 2008: Ramón Ramírez was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named later. The Kansas City Royals sent Jorge de la Rosa (April 30, 2008) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.[6]

Regular season

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 84 78 .519 — 48‍–‍33 36‍–‍45
Arizona Diamondbacks 82 80 .506 2 48‍–‍33 34‍–‍47
Colorado Rockies 74 88 .457 10 43‍–‍38 31‍–‍50
San Francisco Giants 72 90 .444 12 37‍–‍44 35‍–‍46
San Diego Padres 63 99 .389 21 35‍–‍46 28‍–‍53


Record vs. opponents

2008 National League record

Source: [1]
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona – 3–5 2–4 2–4 15–3 2–7 4–2 8–10 2–5 3–3 3–4 4–3 10–8 11–7 3–4 4–2 6–9
Atlanta 5–3 – 0–6 3–3 4–3 10–8 3–3 4–2 3–6 11–7 4–14 2–5 5–1 2–5 2–5 6–12 8–7
Chicago 4–2 6–0 – 8–7 5–1 4–3 8–9 5–2 9–7 4–2 3–4 14–4 5–2 4–3 9–6 3–3 6–9
Cincinnati 4–2 3–3 7–8 – 1–5 6–2 3–12 1–7 10–8 3–4 3–5 6–9 4–3 5–1 5–10 4–3 9–6
Colorado 3–15 3–4 1–5 5–1 – 5–3 3–3 8–10 4–3 3–6 0–5 5–2 9–9 11–7 3–4 4–3 7–8
Florida 7–2 8–10 3–4 2–6 3–5 – 4–2 3–4 5–1 8–10 10–8 3–2 4–2 3–3 2–5 14–3 5–10
Houston 2–4 3–3 9–8 12–3 3–3 2–4 – 4–3 7–8 5–2 3–4 8–8 3–3 7–1 7–8 4–2 7–11
Los Angeles 10–8 2–4 2–5 7–1 10–8 4–3 3–4 – 4–2 3–4 4–4 5–2 11–7 9–9 2–4 3–3 5–10
Milwaukee 5–2 6–3 7–9 8–10 3–4 1–5 8–7 2–4 – 2–4 1–5 14–1 4–3 6–0 10–5 6–2 7–8
New York 3–3 7–11 2–4 4–3 6–3 10–8 2–5 4–3 4–2 – 11–7 4–3 2–5 5–1 4–3 12–6 9–6
Philadelphia 4–3 14–4 4–3 5–3 5–0 8–10 4–3 4–4 5–1 7–11 – 4–2 4–2 3–3 5–4 12–6 4–11
Pittsburgh 3–4 5–2 4–14 9–6 2–5 2–3 8–8 2–5 1–14 3–4 2–4 – 3–4 4–2 10–7 3–4 6–9
San Diego 8–10 1–5 2–5 3–4 9–9 2–4 3–3 7–11 3–4 5–2 2–4 4–3 – 5–13 1–6 5–1 3–15
San Francisco 7–11 5–2 3–4 1–5 7–11 3–3 1–7 9–9 0–6 1–5 3–3 2–4 13–5 – 4–3 7–0 6–12
St. Louis 4–3 5–2 6–9 10–5 4–3 5–2 8–7 4–2 5–10 3–4 4–5 7–10 6–1 3–4 – 5–1 7–8
Washington 2–4 12–6 3–3 3–4 3–4 3–14 2–4 3–3 2–6 6–12 6–12 4–3 1–5 0–7 1–5 – 8–10


Transactions

  • April 30, 2008: Jason Grilli was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Colorado Rockies for Zach Simons (minors).[7]
  • May 16, 2008: Glendon Rusch was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.[8]
  • August 6, 2008: Liván Hernández was selected off waivers by the Colorado Rockies from the Minnesota Twins.[9]
  • August 14, 2008: Kip Wells was released by the Colorado Rockies.[3]

Major League debuts

Game log

2008 Game Log
March
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
– March 31 @ Cardinals Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for April 1
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 1 @ Cardinals 2–1 Buchholz (1–0) Franklin (0–1) Corpas (1) 45,996 1–0
2 April 2 @ Cardinals 8–3 Wellemeyer (1–0) Cook (0–1) 39,915 1–1
3 April 3 @ Cardinals 3–0 Thompson (1–0) Jiménez (0–1) Isringhausen (1) 33,748 1–2
4 April 4 Diamondbacks 8–1 Owings (1–0) Redman (0–1) 49,233 1–3
5 April 5 Diamondbacks 7–2 Webb (2–0) Francis (0–1) 43,124 1–4
6 April 6 Diamondbacks 5–2 (10) Lyon (1–1) Bowie (0–1) Qualls (1) 42,865 1–5
7 April 7 Braves 2–1 Herges (1–0) Boyer (0–2) Corpas (2) 24,304 2–5
8 April 8 Braves 4–3 Jiménez (1–1) Jurrjens (1–1) Corpas (3) 24,640 3–5
9 April 9 Braves 12–6 Redman (1–1) James (0–1) 23,210 4–5
– April 10 Braves Postponed (snow) Rescheduled for June 16
10 April 11 @ Diamondbacks 8–2 Webb (3–0) Francis (0–2) 31,732 4–6
11 April 12 @ Diamondbacks 10–3 Haren (2–0) Morales (0–1) 29,256 4–7
12 April 13 @ Diamondbacks 13–5 Cook (1–1) González (0–1) 31,321 5–7
13 April 15 @ Padres 6–0 Wolf (1–0) Jiménez (1–2) 24,439 5–8
14 April 16 @ Padres 10–2 Redman (2–1) Germano (0–1) 21,730 6–8
15 April 17 @ Padres 2–1 (22) Wells (1–0) Rusch (0–1) 25,984 7–8
16 April 18 @ Astros 11–5 Morales (1–1) Sampson (0–2) 34,272 8–8
17 April 19 @ Astros 3–2 Cook (2–1) Villarreal (0–3) Corpas (4) 34,540 9–8
18 April 20 @ Astros 6–4 Wright (2–0) Fuentes (0–1) Valverde (2) 35,286 9–9
19 April 21 Phillies 9–5 Seánez (2–1) Buchholz (1–1) 24,886 9–10
20 April 22 Phillies 8–6 Madson (1–0) Corpas (0–1) Lidge (4) 26,665 9–11
21 April 23 Cubs 7–6 (10) Wood (2–0) Wells (1–1) Mármol (2) 36,864 9–12
22 April 24 Cubs 4–2 Cook (3–1) Hart (2–1) Fuentes (1) 32,791 10–12
23 April 25 @ Dodgers 8–7 (13) Park (1–0) Buchholz (1–2) 53,205 10–13
24 April 26 @ Dodgers 11–3 Penny (4–2) Redman (2–2) 50,469 10–14
25 April 27 @ Dodgers 3–2 (10) Beimel (1–0) Corpas (0–2) 50,670 10–15
26 April 28 @ Giants 4–0 Cain (1–2) Morales (1–2) 30,153 10–16
27 April 29 @ Giants 3–2 Cook (4–1) Lincecum (4–1) Fuentes (2) 32,176 11–16
28 April 30 @ Giants 3–2 Valdéz (1–0) Speier (0–1) Wilson (9) 30,509 11–17
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
29 May 2 Dodgers 11–6 Penny (5–2) Francis (0–3) 30,291 11–18
30 May 3 Dodgers 12–7 Kuo (1–1) de la Rosa (0–1) 38,597 11–19
31 May 4 Dodgers 7–2 Cook (5–1) Lowe (2–2) Buchholz (1) 43,726 12–19
32 May 5 Cardinals 6–5 Flores (1–0) Fuentes (0–2) Isringhausen (11) 28,183 12–20
33 May 6 Cardinals 6–5 Looper (5–1) Redman (2–3) Franklin (1) 25,460 12–21
34 May 7 Cardinals 4–3 Speier (1–1) Isringhausen (1–3) Fuentes (3) 25,432 13–21
35 May 8 Cardinals 9–3 de la Rosa (1–1) Lohse (3–2) 25,376 14–21
36 May 9 @ Padres 4–2 Cook (6–1) Peavy (4–2) Fuentes (4) 31,057 15–21
37 May 10 @ Padres 3–2 Maddux (3–3) Jiménez (1–3) Hoffman (6) 34,117 15–22
38 May 11 @ Padres 6–1 Young (3–3) Reynolds (0–1) 28,624 15–23
39 May 13 @ Diamondbacks 8–4 Johnson (3–1) Francis (0–4) 27,292 15–24
40 May 14 @ Diamondbacks 4–3 Owings (5–1) de la Rosa (1–2) Lyon (11) 23,127 15–25
41 May 15 @ Diamondbacks 8–5 Webb (9–0) Cook (6–2) Lyon (12) 21,447 15–26
42 May 16 Twins 4–2 Blackburn (4–2) Jiménez (1–4) Nathan (13) 35,336 15–27
43 May 17 Twins 3–2 Herges (2–0) Hernández (6–2) Fuentes (5) 43,149 16–27
44 May 18 Twins 6–2 Francis (1–4) Slowey (0–4) 40,326 17–27
45 May 19 Giants 4–3 Grilli (1–0) Chulk (0–3) Fuentes (6) 28,362 18–27
46 May 20 Giants 6–5 Lincecum (6–1) Cook (6–3) Wilson (13) 28,361 18–28
47 May 21 Giants 3–2 (10) Walker (2–2) Herges (2–1) Wilson (14) 27,081 18–29
48 May 23 Mets 6–5 (13) Buchholz (2–2) Heilman (0–1) 33,341 19–29
49 May 24 Mets 9–2 Vargas (1–2) Francis (1–5) 38,142 19–30
50 May 25 Mets 4–1 Cook (7–3) Maine (5–4) 42,123 20–30
51 May 26 @ Phillies 20–5 Moyer (5–3) de la Rosa (1–3) 44,764 20–31
52 May 27 @ Phillies 7–4 Kendrick (4–2) Jiménez (1–5) 34,716 20–32
53 May 28 @ Phillies 6–1 Eaton (1–3) Reynolds (0–2) 39,845 20–33
54 May 29 @ Cubs 8–4 Wuertz (1–1) Herges (2–2) 39,851 20–34
55 May 30 @ Cubs 10–9 Eyre (2–0) Corpas (0–3) Wood (13) 39,686 20–35
56 May 31 @ Cubs 5–4 Dempster (7–2) Rusch (1–3) Mármol (3) 41,529 20–36
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
57 June 1 @ Cubs 5–3 Gallagher (3–1) Jiménez (1–6) Wood (14) 41,730 20–37
58 June 2 @ Dodgers 8–2 Lowe (3–5) Reynolds (0–3) 39,098 20–38
59 June 3 @ Dodgers 3–0 Francis (2–5) Penny (5–7) Fuentes (7) 38,548 21–38
60 June 4 @ Dodgers 2–1 Cook (8–3) Kershaw (0–1) Fuentes (8) 36,393 22–38
61 June 6 Brewers 6–4 Corpas (1–3) Mota (2–4) Fuentes (9) 30,558 23–38
62 June 7 Brewers 7–2 Reynolds (1–3) Bush (2–6) 37,283 24–38
63 June 8 Brewers 3–2 Suppan (4–4) Francis (2–6) Torres (7) 32,256 24–39
64 June 10 Giants 10–5 Cook (9–3) Misch (0–3) 28,359 25–39
65 June 11 Giants 1–0 Fuentes (1–2) Yabu (2–3) 26,235 26–39
66 June 12 Giants 10–7 Sánchez (6–3) Reynolds (1–4) Wilson (19) 30,376 26–40
67 June 13 @ White Sox 5–4 Thornton (3–1) Herges (2–3) Jenks (16) 30,143 26–41
68 June 14 @ White Sox 2–0 Grilli (2–0) Dotel (3–4) Fuentes (10) 35,663 27–41
69 June 15 @ White Sox 5–3 Cook (10–3) Contreras (6–5) Fuentes (11) 32,004 28–41
70 June 16 Braves 7–1 Jurrjens (7–3) Jiménez (1–7) 25,120 28–42
71 June 17 Indians 10–2 Reynolds (2–4) Byrd (3–7) 28,146 29–42
72 June 18 Indians 4–2 Francis (3–6) Laffey (4–4) Fuentes (12) 28,339 30–42
73 June 19 Indians 6–3 de la Rosa (2–3) Sowers (0–2) Fuentes (13) 33,174 31–42
74 June 20 Mets 7–2 Maine (7–5) Cook (10–4) 30,411 31–43
75 June 21 Mets 7–1 Jiménez (2–7) Martínez (2–1) 35,637 32–43
76 June 22 Mets 3–1 Pelfrey (4–6) Reynolds (2–5) Wagner (17) 45,019 32–44
77 June 23 @ Royals 8–4 Bannister (7–6) Francis (3–7) 12,260 32–45
78 June 24 @ Royals 7–3 Greinke (7–4) de la Rosa (2–4) 19,169 32–46
79 June 25 @ Royals 4–2 Hochevar (5–5) Cook (10–5) Soria (21) 16,615 32–47
80 June 27 @ Tigers 7–1 Bonine (2–0) Jiménez (2–8) 40,842 32–48
81 June 28 @ Tigers 7–6 Dolsi (1–2) Fuentes (1–3) 42,729 32–49
82 June 29 @ Tigers 4–3 Rogers (6–5) Reynolds (2–6) Jones (15) 41,305 32–50
83 June 30 Padres 15–8 Bell (6–3) Fuentes (1–4) 43,248 32–51
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
84 July 1 Padres 4–0 Cook (11–5) Banks (2–3) 26,221 33–51
85 July 2 Padres 8–1 Jiménez (3–8) Wolf (5–8) 28,377 34–51
86 July 3 Marlins 6–5 (11) Herges (3–3) Gregg (6–3) 48,084 35–51
87 July 4 Marlins 18–17 Buchholz (3–2) Gregg (6–4) 48,691 36–51
88 July 5 Marlins 12–6 de la Rosa (3–4) Tucker (2–3) 35,137 37–51
89 July 6 Marlins 10–5 Volstad (1–0) Cook (11–6) 27,168 37–52
90 July 7 @ Brewers 4–3 Jiménez (4–8) McClung (5–4) Fuentes (14) 35,161 38–52
91 July 8 @ Brewers 7–3 Sabathia (7–8) Redman (2–4) 42,533 38–53
92 July 9 @ Brewers 8–3 Rusch (2–3) Sheets (10–3) 37,092 39–53
93 July 10 @ Brewers 11–1 Bush (5–8) de la Rosa (3–5) 43,389 39–54
94 July 11 @ Mets 2–1 Feliciano (2–2) Buchholz (3–3) Wagner (21) 49,016 39–55
95 July 12 @ Mets 3–0 Muñiz (1–1) Jiménez (4–9) Wagner (22) 54,137 39–56
96 July 13 @ Mets 7–0 Pelfrey (8–6) Redman (2–5) 51,293 39–57
97 July 17 Pirates 5–3 Jiménez (5–9) Maholm (6–6) Fuentes (15) 30,584 40–57
98 July 18 Pirates 5–2 Rusch (3–3) Snell (3–8) Fuentes (16) 37,114 41–57
99 July 19 Pirates 7–1 de la Rosa (4–5) Herrera (0–1) 44,565 42–57
100 July 20 Pirates 11–3 Cook (12–6) Duke (4–7) 30,488 43–57
101 July 21 Dodgers 16–10 Falkenborg (2–2) Wells (1–2) 38,291 43–58
102 July 22 Dodgers 10–1 Jiménez (6–9) Kershaw (0–3) 41,567 44–58
103 July 23 Dodgers 5–3 Rusch (4–3) Kuroda (5–7) Fuentes (17) 36,305 45–58
104 July 25 @ Reds 7–2 Cook (13–6) Vólquez (12–4) 27,501 46–58
105 July 26 @ Reds 5–1 de la Rosa (5–5) Bailey (0–4) 33,981 47–58
106 July 27 @ Reds 11–0 Jiménez (7–9) Fogg (2–3) 28,246 48–58
107 July 28 @ Pirates 8–4 Snell (4–8) Grilli (2–1) 15,303 48–59
108 July 29 @ Pirates 6–4 Davis (1–0) Herges (3–4) Yates (1) 17,507 48–60
109 July 30 @ Pirates 7–4 Cook (14–6) Duke (4–9) Fuentes (18) 16,587 49–60
110 July 31 @ Marlins 12–2 Sánchez (1–0) de la Rosa (5–6) 13,634 49–61
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
111 August 1 @ Marlins 5–2 Jiménez (8–9) Volstad (2–2) Fuentes (19) 16,555 50–61
112 August 2 @ Marlins 5–3 Nolasco (11–6) De Los Santos (0–1) Gregg (24) 22,324 50–62
113 August 3 @ Marlins 3–2 Buchholz (4–3) Nelson (2–1) Fuentes (20) 14,310 51–62
114 August 4 Nationals 9–4 Redding (8–6) Cook (14–7) 33,143 51–63
115 August 5 Nationals 8–2 Corpas (2–3) Ayala (1–7) 27,483 52–63
– August 6 Nationals Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 7
116 August 7 Nationals 6–3 Bergmann (2–8) Francis (3–8) Hanrahan (2) 52–64
117 August 7 Nationals 6–3 Pérez (5–8) Jiménez (8–10) Hanrahan (3) 30,448 52–65
118 August 8 Padres 6–3 Rusch (5–3) Peavy (8–8) Fuentes (21) 33,147 53–65
119 August 9 Padres 8–3 Maddux (6–8) Cook (14–8) Hoffman (25) 41,640 53–66
120 August 10 Padres 16–7 Hampson (1–1) Hernández (10–9) 45,660 53–67
121 August 12 Diamondbacks 4–2 Johnson (10–8) Jiménez (8–11) Lyon (25) 31,218 53–68
122 August 13 Diamondbacks 6–5 Buchholz (5–3) Rauch (4–3) Fuentes (22) 30,247 54–68
123 August 14 Diamondbacks 6–2 Haren (13–6) Rusch (5–4) 27,575 54–69
124 August 15 @ Nationals 4–3 de la Rosa (6–6) Redding (8–8) Fuentes (23) 27,965 55–69
125 August 16 @ Nationals 13–6 Hernández (11–9) Lannan (6–12) 28,909 56–69
126 August 17 @ Nationals 7–2 Cook (15–8) Pérez (5–9) 31,467 57–69
127 August 19 @ Dodgers 8–3 Jiménez (9–11) Kuroda (7–9) 46,687 58–69
128 August 20 @ Dodgers 4–3 Buchholz (6–3) Broxton (3–5) Fuentes (24) 48,183 59–69
129 August 21 @ Dodgers 3–1 Lowe (10–10) de la Rosa (6–7) Broxton (10) 44,885 59–70
130 August 22 Reds 8–5 Harang (4–13) Hernández (11–10) Cordero (25) 30,337 59–71
131 August 23 Reds 7–6 Vizcaíno (1–0) Lincoln (1–4) Fuentes (25) 42,282 60–71
132 August 24 Reds 4–3 (12) Speier (2–1) Lincoln (1–5) 31,173 61–71
133 August 25 @ Giants 4–2 Francis (4–8) Cain (8–10) Fuentes (26) 31,132 62–71
134 August 26 @ Giants 7–2 de la Rosa (7–7) Palmer (0–2) Grilli (1) 32,695 63–71
135 August 27 @ Giants 4–1 Lincecum (15–3) Hernández (11–11) Wilson (36) 31,627 63–72
136 August 29 @ Padres 9–4 Cook (16–8) Hayhurst (0–1) 25,274 64–72
137 August 30 @ Padres 9–4 Geer (1–0) Jiménez (9–12) 30,240 64–73
138 August 31 @ Padres 2–1 Hoffman (3–6) Buchholz (6–4) 26,395 64–74
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
139 September 1 Giants 4–0 de la Rosa (8–7) Sánchez (8–10) 31,388 65–74
140 September 2 Giants 6–5 (12) Grilli (3–1) Yabu (3–6) 23,710 66–74
141 September 3 Giants 9–2 Zito (9–16) Cook (16–9) 23,481 66–75
142 September 5 Astros 5–3 Jiménez (10–12) Moehler (10–6) Fuentes (27) 26,163 67–75
143 September 6 Astros 2–0 Oswalt (14–9) Francis (4–9) 32,352 67–76
144 September 7 Astros 7–5 Brocail (7–5) Buchholz (6–5) Valverde (40) 30,509 67–77
145 September 9 @ Braves 5–4 (10) Tavárez (1–2) Buchholz (6–6) 21,821 67–78
146 September 10 @ Braves 9–5 Bennett (3–6) Vizcaíno (1–1) 19,693 67–79
147 September 11 @ Braves 8–4 Jurrjens (13–9) Rusch (5–5) 20,039 67–80
148 September 12 Dodgers 7–2 Billingsley (15–10) Francis (4–10) 30,147 67–81
149 September 13 Dodgers 5–1 Kershaw (4–5) de la Rosa (8–8) 40,291 67–82
150 September 14 Dodgers 1–0 (10) Corpas (3–3) Kuo (5–3) 28,910 68–82
151 September 15 Padres 11–5 LeBlanc (1–1) Reynolds (2–7) 25,296 68–83
152 September 16 Padres 10–3 Jiménez (11–12) Estes (2–3) 25,507 69–83
153 September 17 Padres 1–0 Hernández (12–11) Geer (2–1) Fuentes (28) 25,155 70–83
154 September 19 Diamondbacks 3–2 de la Rosa (9–8) Scherzer (0–3) Fuentes (29) 43,137 71–83
155 September 20 Diamondbacks 5–3 Peña (3–2) Fuentes (1–5) Qualls (6) 38,283 71–84
156 September 21 Diamondbacks 13–4 Haren (16–8) Reynolds (2–8) 32,915 71–85
157 September 23 @ Giants 9–4 Jiménez (12–12) Lincecum (17–5) 33,922 72–85
158 September 24 @ Giants 15–6 Hernández (13–11) Sánchez (9–12) 31,942 73–85
159 September 25 @ Giants 3–1 de la Rosa (10–8) Zito (10–17) Fuentes (30) 31,857 74–85
160 September 26 @ Diamondbacks 6–4 Cruz (4–0) Grilli (3–2) Qualls (8) 34,590 74–86
161 September 27 @ Diamondbacks 6–4 Lyon (3–5) Corpas (3–4) Qualls (9) 33,234 74–87
162 September 28 @ Diamondbacks 2–1 Johnson (11–10) Vizcaíno (1–2) 35,908 74–88

Roster

2008 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Chris Iannetta 104 333 88 .264 18 65
1B Todd Helton 83 299 79 .264 7 29
2B Clint Barmes 107 393 114 .290 11 44
SS Troy Tulowitzki 101 377 99 .263 8 46
3B Garrett Atkins 155 611 175 .286 21 99
LF Matt Holliday 139 539 173 .321 25 88
CF Willy Taveras 133 479 120 .251 1 26
RF Brad Hawpe 138 488 138 .283 25 85

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
Jeff Baker 104 299 80 .268 12 48
Ian Stewart 81 266 69 .259 10 41
Yorvit Torrealba 70 236 58 .246 6 31
Ryan Spilborghs 89 233 73 .313 6 36
Omar Quintanilla 81 210 50 .238 2 15
Scott Podsednik 93 162 41 .253 1 15
Seth Smith 67 108 28 .259 4 15
Jonathan Herrera 28 61 14 .230 0 3
Jayson Nix 22 56 7 .125 0 2
Joe Koshansky 18 38 8 .211 3 8
Dexter Fowler 13 26 4 .154 0 0
Cory Sullivan 18 23 5 .217 0 4
Adam Melhuse 7 10 1 .100 0 1
Doug Bernier 2 4 0 .000 0 0
Edwin Bellorin 3 3 1 .333 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
Aaron Cook 32 211.1 16 9 3.96 96
Ubaldo Jiménez 34 198.2 12 12 3.99 172
Jeff Francis 24 143.2 4 10 5.01 94
Jorge De La Rosa 28 130.0 10 8 4.92 128
Greg Reynolds 14 62.0 2 8 8.13 22
Mark Redman 10 45.1 2 5 7.54 20
Liván Hernández 8 40.1 3 3 8.03 13
Franklin Morales 5 25.1 1 2 6.39 9
Valerio De Los Santos 2 8.0 0 1 5.63 10

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
Glendon Rusch 23 64.0 4 3 4.78 43
Jason Hirsh 4 8.2 0 0 8.31 6

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
Brian Fuentes 67 1 5 30 2.73 82
Manuel Corpas 76 3 4 4 4.52 50
Taylor Buchholz 63 6 6 1 2.17 56
Matt Herges 58 3 4 0 5.04 46
Jason Grilli 51 3 2 1 2.93 59
Ryan Speier 43 2 1 0 4.06 33
Luis Vizcaíno 43 1 2 0 5.28 49
Kip Wells 15 1 2 0 5.27 22
Alberto Arias 12 0 0 0 2.63 5
Steven Register 10 0 0 0 9.00 8
Micah Bowie 10 0 1 0 9.00 5
Josh Newman 8 0 0 0 9.35 6
Cedrick Bowers 5 0 0 0 13.50 5
José Capellán 1 0 0 0 4.50 2
Juan Morillo 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Notes

  • On April 17, 2008, Colorado beat the San Diego Padres, 2-1, in a 22-inning road game that spanned 6 hours and 16 minutes.[11][12] It was the longest game in Rockies history, in terms of both total innings and total length of time.[11] 659 total pitches were thrown in the game by 15 different pitchers (eight Rockies pitchers and seven Padres pitchers).[12] The 22-inning affair was the longest since August 31, 1993, when the Minnesota Twins, at home, defeated the Cleveland Indians, 5-4, in 22 innings.[11][13]
  • On July 1, 2008, the Rockies defeated the San Diego Padres, 4-0, in the shortest nine-inning game in Coors Field history – one hour and 58 minutes.[14]
  • On July 4, 2008, Colorado defeated the Florida Marlins, 18-17, after at one point being down, 13-4. The nine-run deficit that the Rockies overcame made it the largest comeback win in team history.[15]
  • On September 14, 2008, the Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers played a game that went scoreless into the bottom of the 10th inning at Coors Field. It was the longest scoreless stretch in Coors Field history.[16] The Rockies eventually won the game, 1-0, as they scored the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning.

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Tom Runnells
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Stu Cole
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. ^ "The longest games in MLB history". MLB.com.
  2. ^ "Jamey Carroll Stats".
  3. ^ a b "Kip Wells Stats".
  4. ^ "Luis Vizcaino Stats".
  5. ^ "Scott Podsednik Stats".
  6. ^ "Jorge de la Rosa Stats".
  7. ^ "Jason Grilli Stats".
  8. ^ "Glendon Rusch Stats".
  9. ^ "Liván Hernández Stats".
  10. ^ "2008 National League Baseball Debuts / Rookies by Baseball Almanac".
  11. ^ a b c ESPN – Rockies vs. Padres – Recap – April 17, 2008
  12. ^ a b ESPN – Weary Rockies hang on vs. Padres in 22nd inning for historic win – MLB
  13. ^ August 31, 1993 Cleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins Box Score and Play by Play – Baseball-Reference.com
  14. ^ ESPN – Padres vs. Rockies – Recap – July 01, 2008
  15. ^ ESPN – Marlins vs. Rockies – Recap – July 04, 2008
  16. ^ "Dodgers vs. Rockies - Game Recap - September 14, 2008 - ESPN". Archived from the original on September 18, 2008.
  17. ^ "Colorado Rockies Minor League Affiliates".