# 1998 Colorado Rockies season

The Colorado Rockies' 1998 season was the sixth for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Don Baylor was their manager, although he was fired after the season. They played home games and hosted the 1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 77-85, fourth in the division.

## Offseason

* November 18, 1997: Harvey Pulliam was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Chuck McElroy.
* November 18, 1997: Mike Lansing was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Colorado Rockies for Jake Westbrook, John Nicholson (minors), and Mark Hamlin (minors).
* November 18, 1997: Quinton McCracken and Bryan Rekar were drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from the Colorado Rockies as the 4th and 38th picks in the 1997 expansion draft.
* December 4, 1997: Darryl Kile was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.
* December 10, 1997: Mark Hutton was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Cincinnati Reds for Curtis Goodwin.
* December 10, 1997: Dave Veres was traded by the Montreal Expos with Mark Hamlin (minors) to the Colorado Rockies for Terry Jones and a player to be named later. The Colorado Rockies sent Mark Mangum (minors) (June 5, 1998) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

## Regular season
### Opening Day starters

| 3 | Mike Lansing | 2B |
| 26 | Ellis Burks | CF |
| 33 | Larry Walker | RF |
| 10 | Dante Bichette | LF |
| 14 | Vinny Castilla | 3B |
| 17 | Todd Helton | 1B |
| 5 | Neifi Perez | SS |
| 8 | Kirt Manwaring | C |
| 57 | Darryl Kile | P |

### Season standings

vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| San Diego Padres | 98 | 64 | .605 | — | 54‍–‍27 | 44‍–‍37 |
| San Francisco Giants | 89 | 74 | .546 | 9½ | 49‍–‍32 | 40‍–‍42 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 83 | 79 | .512 | 15 | 48‍–‍33 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Colorado Rockies | 77 | 85 | .475 | 21 | 42‍–‍39 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 65 | 97 | .401 | 33 | 34‍–‍47 | 31‍–‍50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1998 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | MIL | MTL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | AL |
| Arizona | — | 1–8 | 5–7 | 4–5 | 6–6 | 6–2 | 4–5 | 4–8 | 6–3 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 6–3 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 2–7 | 5–8 |
| Atlanta | 8–1 | — | 3–6 | 7–2 | 5–3 | 7–5 | 4–5 | 8–1 | 7–2 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 7–2 | 5–4 | 7–2 | 6–3 | 9–7 |
| Chicago | 7–5 | 6–3 | — | 6–5 | 7–2 | 7–2 | 4–7 | 4–5 | 6–6 | 7–2 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 8–3 | 5–4 | 7–3 | 4–7 | 5–8 |
| Cincinnati | 5–4 | 2–7 | 5–6 | — | 4–5 | 9–0 | 3–8 | 5–4 | 6–5 | 8–1 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 5–7 | 1–11 | 2–7 | 8–3 | 7-6 |
| Colorado | 6–6 | 3–5 | 2–7 | 5–4 | — | 6–3 | 6–5 | 6–6 | 4–7 | 7–2 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 3–6 | 4–8 |
| Florida | 2–6 | 5–7 | 2–7 | 0–9 | 3–6 | — | 3–6 | 4–5 | 0–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 0–9 | 4–5 | 8–8 |
| Houston | 5–4 | 5–4 | 7–4 | 8–3 | 5–6 | 6-3 | — | 3–6 | 9–2 | 7–2 | 5–4 | 7–2 | 9–2 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 5–7 | 10–4 |
| Los Angeles | 8–4 | 1–8 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 6–6 | 5–4 | 6–3 | — | 5–4 | 5–4 | 3–5 | 5–4 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 4–5 | 8–5 |
| Milwaukee | 3–6 | 2–7 | 6–6 | 5–6 | 7–4 | 9–0 | 2–9 | 4–5 | — | 6–3 | 1–8 | 4–5 | 6–5 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 3–8 | 8–6 |
| Montreal | 7–2 | 6–6 | 2–7 | 1–8 | 2–7 | 7–5 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 3–6 | — | 8–4 | 5–7 | 2–7 | 4–4 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 6–10 |
| New York | 5–4 | 3–9 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 7–5 | 4–5 | 5–3 | 8–1 | 4–8 | — | 8–4 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 6–3 | 9–7 |
| Philadelphia | 7-2 | 4–8 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 6–6 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 7–5 | 4–8 | — | 8–1 | 1–8 | 2–6 | 3–6 | 7–9 |
| Pittsburgh | 3–6 | 2–7 | 3–8 | 7–5 | 4–5 | 6–3 | 2–9 | 5–7 | 5–6 | 7–2 | 5–4 | 1–8 | — | 5–4 | 2–7 | 6–5 | 6–7 |
| San Diego | 9–3 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 11–1 | 7–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 7–5 | 6–3 | 4–4 | 5–4 | 8–1 | 4–5 | — | 8–4 | 6–3 | 6–7 |
| San Francisco | 7–5 | 2–7 | 3–7 | 7–2 | 5–7 | 9–0 | 3–6 | 6–6 | 4–5 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 6–2 | 7–2 | 4–8 | — | 7–5 | 8–5 |
| St. Louis | 7–2 | 3–6 | 7–4 | 3–8 | 6–3 | 5-4 | 7–5 | 5–4 | 8–3 | 6–3 | 3–6 | 6–3 | 5–6 | 3–6 | 5–7 | — | 4–9 |

### Notable transactions

* June 2, 1998: Matt Holliday was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 7th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed July 24, 1998.
* June 2, 1998: Juan Pierre was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 13th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1998.
* June 9, 1998: Kurt Abbott was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Colorado Rockies for a player to be named later. The Colorado Rockies sent Ara Petrosian (minors) (June 18, 1998) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.
* July 31, 1998: Ellis Burks was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the San Francisco Giants for Darryl Hamilton, Jim Stoops, and a player to be named later. The San Francisco Giants sent Jason Brester (minors) (August 18, 1998) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.

### Major League debuts

* Batters:
** Mark Strittmatter (Sep 3)
** Derrick Gibson (Sep 8)
** Edgard Clemente (Sep 10)
* Pitchers:
** Mike Saipe (Jun 25)
** Mark Brownson (Jul 21)
** Fred Rath, Jr. (Jul 29)
** Jim Stoops (Sep 9)
** Lariel González (Sep 22)

### Roster
## 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 | SB |
| C | Kirt Manwaring | 110 | 291 | 72 | .247 | 2 | 26 | 1 |
| 1B | Todd Helton | 152 | 530 | 167 | .315 | 25 | 97 | 3 |
| 2B | Mike Lansing | 153 | 584 | 161 | .276 | 12 | 66 | 10 |
| SS | Neifi Pérez | 162 | 647 | 177 | .274 | 9 | 59 | 5 |
| 3B | Vinny Castilla | 162 | 645 | 206 | .319 | 46 | 144 | 5 |
| LF | Dante Bichette | 161 | 662 | 219 | .331 | 22 | 122 | 14 |
| CF | Ellis Burks | 100 | 357 | 102 | .286 | 16 | 54 | 3 |
| RF | Larry Walker | 130 | 454 | 165 | .363 | 23 | 67 | 14 |

#### 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 | SB |
| Kurt Abbott | 42 | 71 | 18 | .254 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Jeff Barry | 15 | 34 | 6 | .176 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jason Bates | 53 | 74 | 14 | .189 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Edgard Clemente | 11 | 17 | 6 | .353 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Greg Colbrunn | 62 | 122 | 38 | .311 | 2 | 13 | 3 |
| Angel Echevarria | 19 | 29 | 11 | .379 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Curtis Goodwin | 119 | 159 | 39 | .245 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Darryl Hamilton | 51 | 194 | 65 | .335 | 5 | 25 | 4 |
| Nelson Liriano | 12 | 17 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Reed | 113 | 259 | 75 | .290 | 9 | 39 | 0 |
| Terry Shumpert | 23 | 26 | 6 | .231 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Mark Strittmatter | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Vander Wal | 89 | 104 | 30 | .288 | 5 | 20 | 0 |
| Derrick White | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 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 |
| Darryl Kile | 36 | 230.1 | 13 | 17 | 5.20 | 158 |
| Pedro Astacio | 35 | 209.1 | 13 | 14 | 6.23 | 170 |
| Jamey Wright | 34 | 206.1 | 9 | 14 | 5.67 | 86 |
| John Thomson | 26 | 161.0 | 8 | 11 | 4.81 | 106 |
| Mark Thompson | 6 | 23.1 | 1 | 2 | 7.71 | 14 |
| Mark Brownson | 2 | 13.1 | 1 | 0 | 4.73 | 8 |
| Mike Saipe | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 10.80 | 2 |
| Kevin Ritz | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 11.00 | 3 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO | SV |
| Bobby Jones | 35 | 141.1 | 7 | 8 | 5.22 | 109 | 0 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO | SV |
| Jerry DiPoto | 68 | 71.1 | 3 | 4 | 3.53 | 49 | 19 |
| Chuck McElroy | 78 | 68.1 | 6 | 4 | 2.90 | 61 | 2 |
| Curtis Leskanic | 66 | 75.2 | 6 | 4 | 4.40 | 55 | 2 |
| Dave Veres | 63 | 76.1 | 3 | 1 | 2.83 | 74 | 8 |
| Mike DeJean | 59 | 74.1 | 3 | 1 | 3.03 | 27 | 2 |
| Mike Munoz | 40 | 41.1 | 2 | 2 | 5.66 | 24 | 3 |
| Dave Wainhouse | 10 | 11.0 | 1 | 0 | 4.91 | 3 | 0 |
| Fred Rath | 2 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 1.69 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Stoops | 3 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Lariel Gonzalez | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |

## Game log

1998 Game Log :
March (1-0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31@ Diamondbacks9–2Kile (1–0)Benes (0–1)47,4841–0 :
April (11-16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
2April 1@ Diamondbacks6–0Thomson (1–0)Blair (0–1)43,7582–0
3April 2@ Diamondbacks6–4Astacio (1–0)Anderson (0–1)DiPoto (1)42,8763–0
4April 3@ Astros15–2Lima (1–0)Wright (0–1)26,0263–1
5April 4@ Astros5–3Thompson (1–0)Bergman (0–1)DiPoto (2)21,3254–1
6April 5@ Astros6–2Reynolds (1–0)Kile (1–1)21,0374–2
7April 6@ Astros13–4Hampton (1–0)Thomson (1–1)13,5534–3
8April 7Cardinals12–11Politte (1–0)Astacio (1–1)Bottenfield (2)48,0164–4
9April 8Cardinals13–9Aybar (1–1)Wright (0–2)48,0204–5
10April 9Cardinals7–5Busby (1–0)Leskanic (0–1)Brantley (1)46,5794–6
11April 10Reds18–7Jordan (1–0)Kile (1–2)Sullivan (1)48,0134–7
12April 11Reds12–5Remlinger (1–2)Thomson (1–2)Belinda (1)48,0534–8
13April 12Reds10–4Harnisch (1–0)Astacio (1–2)46,9214–9
14April 13Reds8–4Leskanic (1–1)Belinda (0–1)44,4885–9
15April 14Dodgers6–3DeJean (1–0)Valdez (1–2)DiPoto (3)44,3376–9
16April 16Dodgers4–3 (10)Radinsky (1–0)DiPoto (0–1)Bruske (1)38,4296–10
17April 18Braves11–4Neagle (2–1)Astacio (1–3)48,0586–11
18April 19Braves5–3Millwood (3–0)Thompson (1–1)Wohlers (5)48,0386–12
19April 19Braves10–7Wright (1–2)Martínez (1–2)DiPoto (4)43,9777–12
20April 20Braves7–5Maddux (2–1)Kile (1–3)Ligtenberg (1)43,5947–13
21April 22@ Marlins3–2Powell (1–2)Leskanic (1–2)16,4057–14
22April 23@ Marlins4–3DiPoto (1–1)Stanifer (0–1)15,0988–14
23April 24@ Marlins5–1Meadows (3–2)Thompson (1–2)21,7088–15
24April 25@ Braves11–7Kile (2–3)Millwood (3–1)49,1619–15
25April 26@ Braves7–6Wright (2–2)Maddux (2–2)DiPoto (5)42,40010–15
26April 27Marlins5–4 (10)Powell (2–2)Leskanic (1–3)Alfonseca (1)48,04810–16
27April 28Marlins8–7Astacio (2–3)Larkin (1–1)Leskanic (1)47,34611–16
28April 30@ Mets4–0Kile (3–3)Jones (1–3)12,59912–16 :
May (12-16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
29May 2@ Mets7–3Leskanic (2–3)Cook (2–1)19,96813–16
30May 3@ Mets5–2Reed (2–2)Astacio (2–4)19,49313–17
31May 4@ Phillies11–2Thomson (2–2)Stephenson (0–2)11,40314–17
32May 5@ Phillies6–1Kile (4–3)Grace (1–4)13,67215–17
33May 6@ Phillies7–6 (10)Leiter (2–0)McElroy (0–1)19,53815–18
34May 7@ Expos2–1Pérez (1–3)Wright (2–3)Urbina (7)7,07515–19
35May 8@ Expos7–5Astacio (3–4)Hermanson (3–3)DiPoto (6)11,72516–19
36May 9@ Expos4–0Moore (2–4)Thomson (2–3)Urbina (8)12,01416–20
37May 10@ Expos5–3Kile (5–3)Kline (1–2)DiPoto (7)10,04117–20
38May 11@ Pirates5–2Schmidt (5–1)Ritz (0–1)9,49817–21
39May 12@ Pirates6–0Loaiza (2–1)Wright (2–4)12,95417–22
40May 13Cubs9–3Trachsel (4–1)Astacio (3–5)48,03817–23
41May 14Cubs9–7Tapani (5–2)Thomson (2–4)Beck (12)48,07717–24
42May 15Brewers8–5Woodard (3–1)Kile (5–4)Myers (1)48,03517–25
43May 16Brewers7–5Karl (5–1)Ritz (0–2)Jones (11)48,06317–26
44May 17Brewers2–1Wright (3–4)Woodall (0–1)DiPoto (8)48,04118–26
45May 18Brewers8–5Astacio (4–5)Juden (5–2)DiPoto (9)48,02619–26
46May 20@ Braves5–1Millwood (6–1)Thomson (2–5)33,53119–27
47May 21@ Braves2–0Neagle (6–1)Kile (5–5)Ligtenberg (6)34,61119–28
48May 22@ Reds3–2Wright (4–4)Weathers (2–4)DiPoto (10)21,41020–28
49May 23@ Reds4–1 (7)Winchester (3–2)Astacio (4–6)20,03420–29
50May 24@ Reds3–1Jones (1–0)Tomko (5–3)DiPoto (11)21,29821–29
51May 25@ Cardinals6–1Thomson (3–5)Busby (5–1)42,03822–29
52May 27@ Cardinals2–1Stottlemyre (6–4)Kile (5–6)Brantley (8)34,21122–30
53May 28@ Cardinals4–1Mercker (4–3)Wright (4–5)King (2)37,98922–31
54May 29Astros7–6Hampton (7–2)Astacio (4–7)Wagner (14)48,32522–32
55May 30Astros6–3Thomson (4–5)Schourek (2–3)DiPoto (12)48,03623–32
56May 31Astros7–5McElroy (1–1)Henry (3–2)48,09724–32 :
June (13-15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
57June 1Diamondbacks6–4Benes (4–5)Kile (5–7)Olson (7)48,02024–33
58June 2Diamondbacks9–3Anderson (3–6)Wright (4–6)47,90524–34
59June 3Diamondbacks3–2McElroy (2–1)Olson (1–3)46,27925–24
60June 4Diamondbacks5–2Thomson (5–5)Daal (1–4)46,29526–34
61June 5@ Angels5–0Dickson (5–4)Jones (1–1)39,62126–35
62June 6@ Angels2–1Olivares (3–2)Kile (5–8)Percival (17)38,67126–36
63June 7@ Angels6–5Cadaret (1–0)DiPoto (1–2)42,49326–37
64June 8Rangers3–1Sele (9–3)Astacio (4–8)Wetteland (17)48,07026–38
65June 9Rangers5–2Helling (8–3)Thomson (5–6)Wetteland (18)48,06826–39
66June 10Rangers9–8 (10)DiPoto (2–2)Gunderson (0–1)48,06127–39
67June 12@ Dodgers2–1Mlicki (2–4)Kile (5–9)McMichael (1)39,16327–40
68June 13@ Dodgers4–2Wright (5–6)Dreifort (4–6)DiPoto (13)38,41728–40
69June 14@ Dodgers3–2 (12)DeJean (2–0)Radinsky (2–3)McElroy (1)41,96429–40
70June 15@ Giants4–3 (12)Leskanic (3–3)Johnstone (2–3)DiPoto (14)16,89130–40
71June 16@ Giants5–3Tavárez (3–3)Jones (1–2)Nen (20)12,58530–41
72June 17@ Giants6–3Rueter (8–3)Kile (5–10)Nen (21)19,12530–42
73June 18Dodgers5–0Mlicki (3–4)Wright (5–7)48,09230–43
74June 19Dodgers4–3 (10)Osuna (3–0)DiPoto (2–3)48,12030–44
75June 20Dodgers7–6Munoz (1–0)Reyes (0–3)Veres (1)48,23131–44
76June 21Dodgers11–6Jones (2–2)Park (5–5)48,18632–44
77June 22@ Brewers3–2Reyes (3–0)McElroy (2–2)Wickman (7)22,55632–45
78June 23@ Brewers7–5Patrick (3–0)Wright (5–8)Wickman (8)20,75932–46
79June 24Astros8–6Astacio (5–8)Bergman (6–4)Veres (2)48,15033–46
80June 25Astros6–5 (12)Leskanic (4–3)Magnante (3–2)48,04634–46
81June 26Athletics12–6Munoz (2–0)Oquist (4–5)48,06935–46
82June 27Athletics8–6Mathews (4–4)DiPoto (2–4)Taylor (16)48,04935–47
83June 28Athletics11–10DeJean (3–0)Fetters (0–2)Veres (3)48,01336–47
84June 30@ Mariners6–4Astacio (6–8)Johnson (7–7)Munoz (1)28,82137–47 :
July (11-14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
85July 1@ Mariners9–5Cloude (4–7)Saipe (0–1)25,55137–48
86July 2@ Mariners10–3Swift (8–4)Kile (5–11)32,52337–49
87July 3@ Padres4–2Hamilton (6–9)DeJean (3–1)Hoffman (25)40,58837–50
88July 4@ Padres9–1Langston (3–1)Jones (2–3)61,14837–51
89July 5@ Padres7–2Ashby (11–5)Astacio (6–9)32,64937–52
90July 10Giants11–2Kile (6–11)Estes (7–8)48,17438–52
91July 11Giants5–4McElroy (3–2)Hershiser (7–7)Munoz (2)48,26239–52
92July 12Giants5–3Astacio (7–9)Rueter (10–4)Munoz (3)48,33440–52
93July 13Padres9–5Jones (3–3)Hitchcock (4–3)48,09841–52
94July 14Padres8–7Sanders (1–2)Kile (6–12)Hoffman (28)48,11441–53
95July 15Padres6–2Brown (11–3)Wright (5–9)48,36941–54
96July 17@ Diamondbacks9–6Blair (4–13)Astacio (7–10)Olson (13)46,32241–55
97July 18@ Diamondbacks4–2Anderson (7–8)Jones (3–4)Olson (14)48,52741–56
98July 19@ Diamondbacks6–4Small (2–1)Munoz (2–1)Embree (1)45,65041–57
99July 20@ Astros10–9Henry (6–2)Veres (0–1)25,49141–58
100July 21@ Astros5–0Brownson (1–0)Hampton (8–5)28,71842–58
101July 23Reds6–4Astacio (8–10)Remlinger (6–11)Veres (4)42,58643–58
102July 23Reds6–4Jones (4–4)Harnisch (7–5)Leskanic (2)45,70544–58
103July 24Cardinals12–3Kile (7–12)Stottlemyre (9–9)48,30345–58
104July 25Cardinals5–2McElroy (4–2)Morris (1–1)DeJean (1)48,32346–58
105July 26Cardinals3–1Mercker (6–8)Thomson (5–7)Croushore (7)48,28846–59
106July 27Pirates8–7 (13)Leskanic (5–3)McCurry (0–1)46,02447–59
107July 28Pirates12–6Astacio (9–10)Lieber (8–11)46,85648–59
108July 29Pirates12–1Peters (5–8)Kile (7–13)47,41148–60
109July 31@ Cubs9–1Wood (11–5)Wright (5–10)Mulholland (3)40,49048–61 :
August (15-14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
110August 1@ Cubs3–2Trachsel (11–5)Thomson (5–8)Beck (32)40,19848–62
111August 2@ Cubs6–3Astacio (10–10)Clark (6–11)McElroy (2)39,42749–62
112August 3@ Pirates7–2Jones (5–4)Lieber (8–12)11,20450–62
113August 4@ Pirates13–5Christiansen (2–2)Kile (7–14)15,78450–63
114August 5@ Pirates6–2Wright (6–10)Córdova (9–10)12,86251–63
115August 6@ Pirates5–1Thomson (6–8)Schmidt (8–9)14,06052–63
116August 7Mets8–7Reed (13–7)Astacio (10–11)Franco (22)48,36552–64
117August 8Mets4–3Reynoso (3–0)Jones (5–5)Franco (23)48,31252–65
118August 9Mets11–4Kile (8–14)Nomo (5–9)48,01453–65
119August 10Expos6–2Wright (7–10)Telford (3–5)44,76854–65
120August 11Expos15–6Thomson (7–8)Powell (1–2)45,40355–65
121August 12Expos3–2Astacio (11–11)Vázquez (3–12)DiPoto (15)46,87256–65
122August 14Phillies6–2Loewer (6–4)Jones (5–6)47,39556–66
123August 15Phillies7–3Kile (9–14)Gomes (9–4)48,32957–66
124August 16Phillies8–7Portugal (7–3)Wright (7–11)Leiter (22)48,02457–67
125August 18@ Mets6–2Leiter (12–4)Astacio (11–12)57–68
126August 18@ Mets6–3Rojas (5–2)McElroy (4–3)Franco (26)21,61157–69
127August 19@ Mets2–1Yoshii (5–6)Jones (5–7)Franco (27)19,39557–70
128August 20@ Expos6–3Kile (10–14)Thurman (2–2)DeJean (2)11,68058–70
129August 21@ Expos3–2Veres (1–1)Urbina (4–3)11,62659–70
130August 22@ Phillies6–1Byrd (2–0)Astacio (11–13)23,43559–71
131August 23@ Phillies5–2Thomson (8–8)Grace (4–7)DiPoto (16)26,36460–71
132August 24@ Phillies3–1Jones (6–7)Loewer (6–5)Veres (5)15,66561–71
133August 25Brewers11–6Veres (2–1)Weathers (4–5)44,57362–71
134August 26Brewers6–5Pulsipher (2–1)Wright (7–12)42,39562–72
135August 27Cubs11–10 (10)Mulholland (4–5)Munoz (2–2)Beck (38)50,09362–73
136August 28Cubs10–5Trachsel (14–7)Thomson (8–9)48,22362–74
137August 29Cubs7–3Jones (7–7)Clark (7–13)48,26963–74
138August 30Cubs4–3Tapani (16–7)Kile (10–15)Beck (39)48,25563–75 :
September (14-10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
139September 1@ Brewers12–3Wright (8–12)Pulsipher (2–2)13,34764–75
140September 2@ Brewers8–4Roque (3–1)Astacio (11–14)10,58464–76
141September 3@ Brewers7–3Woodall (7–8)Thomson (8–10)12,32764–77
142September 4Padres11–5Veres (3–1)Sanders (2–3)44,59665–77
143September 5Padres4–2Brown (18–5)Kile (10–16)Hoffman (46)42,93065–78
144September 6Padres12–2Wright (9–12)Hamilton (12–12)46,24066–78
145September 7Marlins15–10Leskanic (6–3)Ludwick (1–4)41,09467–78
146September 8Marlins11–10McElroy (5–3)Mantei (3–4)40,04768–78
147September 9Marlins9–8McElroy (6–3)Speier (0–3)40,50069–78
148September 10Marlins3–1Kile (11–16)Medina (1–4)44,90670–78
149September 11@ Giants7–6Stoops (1–0)Morman (0–2)DiPoto (17)34,69871–78
150September 12@ Giants1–0Astacio (12–14)Nen (7–6)DiPoto (18)30,42272–78
151September 13@ Giants4–3Johnstone (4–5)McElroy (6–4)Nen (36)30,27872–79
152September 14@ Dodgers4–1Pérez (10–13)Jones (7–8)26,12272–80
153September 15@ Dodgers5–4Kile (12–16)Park (13–9)DiPoto (19)29,70273–80
154September 16@ Dodgers2–0Bohanon (7–10)Wright (9–13)Shaw (44)27,90673–81
155September 18@ Padres4–1Astacio (13–14)Ashby (16–9)Veres (6)28,15874–81
156September 19@ Padres4–1Clement (1–0)Thomson (8–11)Hoffman (51)54,04274–82
157September 20@ Padres1–0 (11)Kile (13–16)Myers (4–6)Veres (7)37,93975–82
158September 22Diamondbacks8–6Daal (8–12)Wright (9–14)Olson (29)42,85975–83
159September 23Diamondbacks14–11Wainhouse (1–0)Banks (2–3)Veres (8)44,02176–83
160September 25Giants8–6Johnstone (6–5)Leskanic (6–4)Nen (40)48,14776–84
161September 26Giants8–4Hershiser (11–10)Kile (13–17)47,46276–85
162September 27Giants9–8DiPoto (3–4)Nen (7–7)48,02877–85 :

## Awards, league leaders, and accomplishments
### National League leaders

* Batting champion: Larry Walker (.363) $^†$
* Games played: Vinny Castilla (162)
* Hits: Dante Bichette (219) $^†$
* Sacrifice hits: Neifi Pérez (22) $^†$
* Notes: $^†$ – led MLB. References:

### Awards

* Colorado Rockies Player of the Year: Vinny Castilla
* ESPY Award for Best Major League Player: Larry Walker
* Lionel Conacher Award: Larry Walker
* Lou Marsh Trophy: Larry Walker
* Rawlings Gold Glove Award at outfield: Larry Walker
* Silver Slugger at third base: Vinny Castilla
* Sporting News National League Rookie of the Year: Todd Helton
* Tip O'Neill Award: Larry Walker
* Topps All-Star Rookie team: Todd Helton

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Colorado Springs Sky Sox | Pacific Coast League | Paul Zuvella |
| AA | New Haven Ravens | Eastern League | Tim Blackwell |
| A | Salem Avalanche | Carolina League | Jay Loviglio |
| A | Asheville Tourists | South Atlantic League | Ron Gideon |
| A-Short Season | Portland Rockies | Northwest League | Jim Eppard |
| Rookie | AZL Rockies | Arizona League | P. J. Carey |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Rockies