# 1997 Colorado Rockies season

The Colorado Rockies' 1997 season was the fifth for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Denver, Colorado, their fifth in the National League (NL), and third at Coors Field. The team competed in the National League West, finishing in third place with a record of 83–79. Right fielder Larry Walker won the NL Most Valuable Player Award (MVP), becoming the first Rockies player and Canadian-born player to do so in MLB.
In a season of contrasting dynamics, the Rockies led the NL in attendance, runs scored, batting average, on-base percentage (OBP), and slugging percentage. However, the club was last in earned run average (ERA), as only Roger Bailey and John Thomson pitched enough innings to qualify for the ERA title and both produced ERAs under 5.00. Walker, Vinny Castilla, and Andrés Galarraga each hit at least 40 home runs. Walker led the NL in home runs with 49 and OBP (.452), and the major leagues in on-base plus slugging (1.172), while Galarraga led the NL in runs batted in (140).

## Offseason

* November 28, 1996: Armando Reynoso was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the New York Mets for Jerry DiPoto.
* December 9, 1996: Kirt Manwaring was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.
* January 15, 1997: Juan Uribe was signed as an amateur free agent by the Colorado Rockies.
* January 24, 1997: Darnell Coles was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.
* March 26, 1997: Steve Decker was released by the Colorado Rockies.

## Regular season

The Rockies commenced the 1997 season on the road. Larry Walker hit two home runs in the season-opening series against the Reds in Cincinnati, and, on April 5, hit three more versus the Montreal Expos in Montreal for his first career three home run game. His first week accomplishments included a .440 batting average with six home runs in 25 at bats and the Player of the Week Award for the second time in his career on April 6. Walker concluded the month of April batting .456 with 41 hits, 29 runs scored, 11 home runs, 29 runs batted in (RBI), seven stolen bases, .538 on-base percentage (OBP), .911 slugging percentage (SLG), and 1.449 on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS). His 29 runs scored set a major league record for the month of April, until surpassed by Bryce Harper in 2017. Walker was named NL Player of the Month for the first time. The Rockies concluded the month of April with a 17–7 record for a .708 winning percentage, their most successful month of 1997.
Perhaps the most famous home run first baseman Andrés Galarraga hit was a mammoth grand slam off Kevin Brown on May 31, which landed 20 rows deep into the upper deck at Florida Marlins' Pro Player Stadium. It may also be his most debated home run with a distance initially measured at 573 feet (175 m) and then 529 feet (161 m). At the time, it set a record for both the Rockies and the stadium. In 2011, ESPN's Home Run Tracker recalculated the distance to 468 feet (143 m).
In the June 20 contest versus the San Diego Padres, Walker collected his 108th hit of the season and the 1,000th of his career while batting against Andy Ashby.
Walker continued to hit near or above .400 in July, when he was selected to play in the All-Star Game. His remarkable season continued: as late as July 17, he was hitting .402. The Rockies struggled in the month of July, losing 19 of 27 games for a .296 winning percentage.
Third baseman Vinny Castilla replicated the exact totals in batting average (.304), home runs (40), and RBI (113) as he had produced in 1996, with one fewer game played (159) and one point less in slugging percentage (.547).
The Rockies led the NL in attendance at more than 3.88 million. They also led the league in runs scored (923), home runs (239), batting (.288), OBP (.357), and SLG (.478). They were last in ERA at 5.25.
The career season for Walker was 1997, when he hit .366 with 49 home runs, 130 RBI, 33 stolen bases, and 409 total bases, en route to becoming the first Canadian-born and Colorado Rockies player to win the MVP Award in MLB. Combined with 12 outfield assists, the season remains one of the finest all around performances in recent baseball history. Even more impressively, Walker's breakout season came just one year after various injuries limited him to 83 games and 272 at-bats, although the NL Comeback Player of the Year award went to Darren Daulton.

### Season standings

vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| San Francisco Giants | 90 | 72 | .556 | — | 48‍–‍33 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 88 | 74 | .543 | 2 | 47‍–‍34 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Colorado Rockies | 83 | 79 | .512 | 7 | 47‍–‍34 | 36‍–‍45 |
| San Diego Padres | 76 | 86 | .469 | 14 | 39‍–‍42 | 37‍–‍44 |

### Record vs. opponents

1997 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | MTL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | AL |
| Atlanta | — | 9–2 | 9–2 | 5–6 | 4–8 | 7–4 | 6–5 | 10–2 | 5–7 | 10–2 | 5–6 | 8–3 | 7–4 | 8–3 | 7–5 |
| Chicago | 2–9 | — | 7–5 | 2–9 | 2–9 | 3–9 | 5–6 | 4–7 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 7–5 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 4–8 | 9–6 |
| Cincinnati | 2–9 | 5–7 | — | 5–6 | 5–6 | 5–7 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 2–9 | 8–3 | 8–4 | 5–6 | 4–7 | 6–6 | 9–6 |
| Colorado | 6–5 | 9–2 | 6–5 | — | 7–4 | 5–6 | 5–7 | 7–4 | 6–5 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 7–4 | 9–7 |
| Florida | 8–4 | 9–2 | 6–5 | 4–7 | — | 7–4 | 7–4 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 7–4 | 5–6 | 5–6 | 5–6 | 12–3 |
| Houston | 4–7 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 6–5 | 4–7 | — | 7–4 | 8–3 | 7–4 | 4–7 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 3–8 | 9–3 | 4–11 |
| Los Angeles | 5–6 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 7–5 | 4–7 | 4–7 | — | 7–4 | 6–5 | 10–1 | 9–2 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–6 | 9–7 |
| Montreal | 2–10 | 7–4 | 5–6 | 4–7 | 5–7 | 3–8 | 4–7 | — | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–6 | 8–3 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 12–3 |
| New York | 7–5 | 5–6 | 9–2 | 5–6 | 8–4 | 4–7 | 5–6 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 7–4 | 5–6 | 3–8 | 9–2 | 7–8 |
| Philadelphia | 2-10 | 5–6 | 3–8 | 7–4 | 6–6 | 7–4 | 1–10 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — | 5–6 | 7–4 | 3–8 | 6–5 | 5–10 |
| Pittsburgh | 6–5 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 7–4 | 4–7 | 6–6 | 2–9 | 6–5 | 4–7 | 6–5 | — | 5–6 | 8–3 | 9–3 | 7–8 |
| San Diego | 3–8 | 5–6 | 6–5 | 8–4 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 7–5 | 3–8 | 6–5 | 4–7 | 6–5 | — | 4–8 | 5–6 | 8–8 |
| San Francisco | 4–7 | 6–5 | 7–4 | 8–4 | 6–5 | 8–3 | 6–6 | 5–6 | 8–3 | 8–3 | 3–8 | 8–4 | — | 3–8 | 10–6 |
| St. Louis | 3–8 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 4–7 | 6–5 | 3-9 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 2–9 | 5–6 | 3–9 | 6–5 | 8–3 | — | 8–7 |

### Transactions

* May 23, 1997: Darnell Coles was purchased by the Hanshin Tigers (Japan Central) from the Colorado Rockies.
* June 3, 1997: Aaron Cook was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 2nd round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed July 13, 1997.
* June 3, 1997: Chone Figgins was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 4th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1997.
* July 27, 1997: Craig Counsell was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Florida Marlins for Mark Hutton.
* August 19, 1997: Eric Young was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Pedro Astacio.
* August 20, 1997: Bill Swift was released by the Colorado Rockies.

### Major League debuts

* Batters:
** Todd Helton (Aug 2)
* Pitchers:
** Mike DeJean (May 2)
** John Thomson (May 11)
** Bobby Jones (May 18)

### Game log

1997 Game Log :
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Reds11–4Smiley (1–0)Ritz (0–1)Jarvis (1)54,8200–1
2April 2@ Reds5–3Burba (1–0)Swift (0–1)Shaw (1)20,2100–2
3April 3@ Reds7–1Thompson (1–0)Schourek (0–1)22,6601–2
4April 4@ Expos5–4Wright (1–0)Valdes (0–1)Ruffin (1)19,8902–2
5April 5@ Expos15–3Bailey (1–0)Cormier (0–1)30,9193–2
6April 6@ Expos6–2Ritz (1–1)Bullinger (0–1)15,6904–2
7April 7Reds13–2Swift (1–1)Burba (1–1)Holmes (1)48,0145–2
8April 9Reds13–4Thompson (2–0)Bones (0–1)50,0956–2
9April 12Expos12–8Wright (2–0)Bullinger (0–2)DiPoto (1)50,0107–2
10April 13Expos8–3Pérez (2–0)Ritz (1–2)Daal (1)50,0297–3
11April 14Expos10–8DiPoto (1–0)Stull (0–1)Ruffin (2)48,0118–3
12April 15@ Cubs10–7Thompson (3–0)Foster (0–1)15,4969–3
13April 16@ Cubs4–0Bailey (2–0)Castillo (0–3)13,89010–3
14April 18Braves14–0Glavine (3–0)Wright (2–1)48,07010–4
15April 19Braves8–7Neagle (2–0)Ritz (1–3)Bielecki (1)48,06510–5
16April 20Braves9–2Holmes (1–0)Smoltz (2–3)48,15511–5
17April 22Marlins13–4Bailey (3–0)Rapp (2–1)48,03412–5
18April 23Marlins7–3Wright (3–1)Brown (2–1)Ruffin (3)50,01713–5
19April 25@ Cardinals5–4Ritz (2–3)Benes (2–2)Ruffin (4)29,67514–5
20April 26@ Cardinals4–2Swift (2–1)Morris (0–1)Ruffin (5)45,68115–5
21April 27@ Cardinals6–2Osborne (1–2)Thompson (3–1)30,61515–6
22April 28@ Astros7–6 (10)McCurry (1–0)Wagner (2–1)Ruffin (6)13,51016–6
23April 29@ Astros3–1Wall (1–0)Bailey (3–1)Hudek (4)13,56716–7
24April 30Cubs11–5Ritz (3–3)Foster (2–2)48,01717–7 :
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1Cubs5–4Swift (3–1)Castillo (1–4)Reed (1)48,05218–7
26May 2Phillies7–4Muñoz (1–4)Thompson (3–2)Bottalico (6)48,03118–8
27May 3Phillies7–3Wright (4–1)Portugal (0–2)48,05019–8
28May 4Phillies9–0Bailey (4–1)Maduro (2–3)48,10720–8
29May 5Mets6–1Jones (5–2)Ritz (3–4)48,03620–9
30May 6Mets12–11Swift (4–1)Borland (0–1)Reed (2)48,02021–9
31May 7Pirates14–3Wilkins (2–0)Thompson (3–3)48,05621–10
32May 8Pirates10–8Loaiza (4–0)Wright (4–2)Loiselle (2)48,05021–11
33May 9@ Phillies3–1Maduro (3–3)Bailey (4–2)Bottalico (7)13,56421–12
34May 10@ Phillies5–4 (10)Bottalico (1–1)Reed (0–1)17,62921–13
35May 11@ Phillies3–1Schilling (5–3)Thomson (0–1)21,28221–14
36May 12@ Phillies9–2DeJean (1–0)Muñoz (1–5)12,60322–14
37May 14@ Pirates15–10Wilkins (3–0)Reed (0–2)11,84122–15
38May 15@ Pirates4–3Córdova (3–3)Bailey (4–3)Rincón (3)8,54822–16
39May 16@ Mets2–1Munoz (1–0)McMichael (3–4)Ruffin (7)15,26123–16
40May 17@ Mets3–1Jones (7–2)Thomson (0–2)Franco (12)23,98723–17
41May 18@ Mets10–4Kashiwada (1–0)Ruffin (0–1)22,84523–18
42May 19@ Mets4–3Lidle (2–0)McCurry (1–1)14,24823–19
43May 20@ Giants6–3Van Landingham (2–2)Bailey (4–4)Beck (15)12,43123–20
44May 21@ Giants10–7Ritz (4–4)Rueter (2–1)Reed (3)12,26824–20
45May 22@ Giants7–2Gardner (6–1)Thomson (0–3)10,81124–21
46May 23Astros8–7Jones (1–0)Wall (1–2)Reed (4)48,12725–21
47May 24Astros7–0Kile (5–2)Burke (0–1)48,12925–22
48May 25Astros8–5Bailey (5–4)García (2–3)Munoz (1)48,22226–22
49May 26Cardinals9–7DeJean (2–0)Petkovsek (2–4)Reed (5)48,04327–22
50May 27Cardinals8–6Benes (4–4)Thomson (0–4)Eckersley (9)50,01027–23
51May 29@ Marlins6–5Holmes (2–0)Nen (4–2)Reed (6)19,14528–23
52May 30@ Marlins4–3 (12)Hutton (3–1)DiPoto (1–1)35,73128–24
53May 31@ Marlins8–4Ritz (5–4)Brown (5–3)DeJean (1)35,03229–24 :
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1@ Marlins9–2Thomson (1–4)Helling (1–4)41,81630–24
55June 2@ Cardinals11–7Burke (1–1)Jackson (1–1)22,65331–24
56June 3@ Cardinals15–4Morris (3–3)Jones (1–1)34,03831–25
57June 4Padres7–5Cunnane (4–1)Bailey (5–5)Bochtler (2)48,04931–26
58June 5Padres9–7 (11)Reed (1–2)Burrows (0–1)48,01832–26
59June 7Marlins7–5Heredia (3–0)Holmes (2–1)Nen (16)48,05232–27
60June 8Marlins7–2Burke (2–1)Leiter (5–4)DiPoto (2)48,05533–27
61June 8Marlins9–1 (7)Fernandez (6–6)Wright (4–3)48,03333–28
62June 9Braves8–3Bailey (6–5)Glavine (6–4)48,04734–28
63June 10Braves8–3Neagle (9–1)Ritz (5–5)48,10334–29
64June 11Braves9–6Thomson (2–4)Clontz (2–1)48,63335–29
65June 12@ Mariners12–11Wells (2–0)Munoz (1–1)Ayala (4)37,94835–30
66June 13@ Mariners6–1Johnson (10–1)Wright (4–4)55,98035–31
67June 14@ Athletics7–1Bailey (7–5)Wengert (3–4)25,13936–31
68June 15@ Athletics5–2Prieto (5–4)Ritz (5–6)Taylor (13)24,33336–32
69June 17Rangers10–8 (11)Patterson (5–3)Reed (1–3)48,24336–33
70June 18Rangers10–9Leskanic (1–0)Wetteland (4–1)43,43237–33
71June 19@ Padres8–4Bailey (8–5)Jackson (1–4)19,14638–33
72June 20@ Padres5–2Ashby (3–3)Munoz (1–2)Hoffman (11)20,60238–34
73June 21@ Padres9–4Rekar (1–0)Bergman (1–2)43,04439–34
74June 22@ Padres4–2Worrell (3–6)Ruffin (0–2)Hoffman (12)28,89339–35
75June 23@ Dodgers5–3Nomo (7–6)Ritz (5–7)Hall (1)31,07639–36
76June 24@ Dodgers6–2Holmes (3–1)Astacio (3–7)45,19440–36
77June 25@ Dodgers2–0Valdez (4–8)Burke (2–2)Hall (2)30,96340–37
78June 26Giants7–6DeJean (3–0)Foulke (1–2)Leskanic (1)48,30141–37
79June 27Giants6–3Rueter (5–2)Thomson (2–5)Beck (26)48,22541–38
80June 28Giants9–2Ritz (6–7)Gardner (8–4)48,27342–38
81June 29Giants7–4Estes (11–2)Bailey (8–6)48,38442–39
82June 30Angels11–7DiPoto (2–1)Gross (1–1)48,35943–39 :
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
83July 1Angels4–1Finley (4–6)Burke (2–3)Percival (10)48,23543–40
84July 2@ Rangers9–1Burkett (6–7)Thomson (2–6)38,56943–41
85July 3@ Rangers8–3Oliver (5–9)Ritz (6–8)38,90743–42
86July 4@ Giants4–0Estes (12–2)Wright (4–5)Beck (28)41,56643–43
87July 5@ Giants2–1Tavárez (2–2)Munoz (1–3)Beck (29)34,14843–44
88July 6@ Giants7–0Gardner (9–4)Burke (2–4)28,25243–45
89July 10Padres11–5Ashby (5–5)Burke (2–5)45,83343–46
90July 11Padres6–5 (11)DiPoto (3–1)Hoffman (3–4)48,05344–46
91July 12Padres11–7Hamilton (7–3)Swift (4–2)Hoffman (17)48,17944–47
92July 13Padres13–11Batchelor (3–1)McCurry (1–2)Hoffman (18)48,05344–48
93July 14Dodgers14–12 (10)Radinsky (4–1)Reed (1–4)Worrell (22)48,36044–49
94July 15Dodgers6–5Park (7–5)Bailey (8–7)Worrell (23)48,62144–50
95July 16@ Braves2–1Glavine (10–5)DiPoto (3–2)Wohlers (23)48,40044–51
96July 17@ Braves8–2Maddux (13–3)Swift (4–3)48,02444–52
97July 19@ Cubs7–0Trachsel (5–7)Wright (4–6)44–53
98July 19@ Cubs6–5Wendell (3–5)McCurry (1–3)Rojas (11)40,75144–54
99July 20@ Cubs9–5Leskanic (2–0)Adams (1–5)Holmes (2)36,86145–54
100July 21@ Expos8–4Urbina (3–6)Holmes (3–2)20,54045–55
101July 22@ Expos11–9 (12)Reed (2–4)Veres (2–3)22,51846–55
102July 24Cubs7–1Wright (5–6)Trachsel (5–8)48,29447–55
103July 25Cubs9–3Castillo (7–9)Foster (10–6)48,27948–55
104July 26Cubs6–3Bailey (9–7)Mulholland (6–10)Holmes (3)48,10849–55
105July 27Cubs4–0Thomson (3–6)González (7–4)48,37850–55
106July 28Expos3–2Pérez (10–6)Swift (4–4)Urbina (18)48,06650–56
107July 29Expos3–0Martínez (12–5)Wright (5–7)48,11750–57
108July 30Expos12–6Castillo (8–9)Juden (11–5)48,40551–57
109July 31@ Pirates4–1Schmidt (6–6)Bailey (9–8)Loiselle (16)16,65451–58 :
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
110August 1@ Pirates7–6Reed (3–4)Rincón (4–5)DiPoto (3)22,65752–58
111August 2@ Pirates6–5Córdova (8–6)Swift (4–5)Loiselle (17)32,38852–59
112August 3@ Pirates8–4Ruebel (3–2)Reed (3–5)24,98952–60
113August 4@ Phillies7–3Green (2–1)Castillo (8–10)15,23052–61
114August 5@ Phillies4–2Holmes (4–2)Bottalico (2–4)DiPoto (4)16,42853–61
115August 6@ Mets4–0Thomson (4–6)Mlicki (5–8)26,63354–61
116August 7@ Mets12–4Clark (8–7)Swift (4–6)29,53654–62
117August 8Pirates5–3Wright (6–7)Lieber (6–12)DiPoto (5)48,26255–62
118August 9Pirates8–7Munoz (2–3)Rincón (4–6)48,32356–62
119August 10Pirates8–7Leskanic (3–0)Wilkins (7–3)DiPoto (6)48,01857–62
120August 12Phillies5–0Beech (1–7)Thomson (4–7)48,22857–63
121August 13Phillies12–8Leiter (8–12)Wright (6–8)48,49157–64
122August 15Mets6–2Castillo (9–10)Reed (10–6)48,30858–64
123August 16Mets7–5Holmes (5–2)McMichael (7–10)DiPoto (7)48,31159–64
124August 17Mets6–4Thomson (5–7)Mlicki (5–10)DiPoto (8)48,44060–64
125August 19@ Reds6–5Morgan (5–10)Wright (6–9)Shaw (25)31,72260–65
126August 20@ Reds5–3Castillo (10–10)White (1–1)DiPoto (9)21,96861–65
127August 21@ Astros10–4Holt (8–9)Bailey (9–9)22,96261–66
128August 22@ Astros9–1Kile (17–3)Thomson (5–8)33,06161–67
129August 23@ Astros6–3Reed (4–5)Hudek (0–2)DiPoto (10)32,37462–67
130August 24@ Astros3–1Hampton (11–8)Wright (6–10)28,91862–68
131August 25Reds7–6Martínez (1–0)Castillo (10–11)Shaw (26)48,14362–69
132August 25Reds6–4White (2–1)Hutton (3–2)Shaw (27)48,08162–70
133August 26Reds9–5DeJean (4–0)Martínez (1–1)48,06363–70
134August 27Reds7–5Thomson (6–8)Remlinger (6–6)DiPoto (11)48,03264–70
135August 28Mariners9–5Astacio (8–9)Olivares (6–9)48,42265–70
136August 29Mariners6–5DiPoto (4–2)Timlin (3–3)48,17866–70
137August 30Athletics4–3DiPoto (5–2)Mohler (1–10)48,30867–70
138August 31Athletics10–4Holmes (6–2)Oquist (2–5)48,04168–70 :
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
139September 1@ Angels4–1Thomson (7–8)Watson (11–9)DiPoto (12)19,61469–70
140September 2@ Angels7–2Astacio (9–9)Dickson (13–7)Munoz (2)18,26670–70
141September 5Cardinals11–4Castillo (11–11)Osborne (3–7)48,05171–70
142September 6Cardinals10–7 (13)Eckersley (1–4)McCurry (1–4)Petkovsek (2)48,01771–71
143September 6Cardinals7–6Holmes (7–2)King (3–1)44,28872–71
144September 7Cardinals7–4Astacio (10–9)Petkovsek (4–6)48,01173–71
145September 9Astros7–4Hampton (13–9)Wright (6–11)Springer (3)48,03973–72
146September 10Astros9–7Leskanic (4–0)Magnante (3–1)DiPoto (13)42,32174–72
147September 12@ Braves3–1Munoz (3–3)Wohlers (5–6)DiPoto (14)47,77275–72
148September 13@ Braves10–6Holmes (8–2)Cather (0–4)DeJean (2)49,09776–72
149September 14@ Braves4–0Astacio (11–9)Smoltz (14–12)46,24577–72
150September 15@ Marlins7–1Wright (7–11)Fernandez (17–11)19,14878–72
151September 16@ Marlins9–6Powell (7–2)DiPoto (5–3)21,99078–73
152September 17@ Padres5–4Ashby (9–11)Thomson (7–9)Hoffman (35)15,76878–74
153September 18@ Padres7–6Menhart (2–2)Bailey (9–10)Hoffman (36)15,06778–75
154September 19@ Dodgers6–4Astacio (12–9)Nomo (13–12)DiPoto (15)53,40879–75
155September 20@ Dodgers2–1Wright (8–11)Osuna (3–4)DiPoto (16)45,78080–75
156September 21@ Dodgers10–5Castillo (12–11)Martínez (9–5)53,90381–75
157September 23Giants7–6Holmes (9–2)Darwin (5–11)Leskanic (2)48,02682–75
158September 24Giants4–3Hernández (10–3)Reed (4–6)48,03582–76
159September 25Dodgers9–5Nomo (14–12)Astacio (12–10)48,02082–77
160September 26Dodgers10–4Valdez (10–11)Wright (8–12)48,01682–78
161September 27Dodgers6–1Martínez (10–5)Castillo (12–12)48,12582–79
162September 28Dodgers13–9DeJean (5–0)Reyes (2–3)48,19783–79 :

## Player statistics

* = Indicates team leader

### Batting

| | Key to symbols and categories |
| Names | * – left-handed batter or pitcher # – switch hitter Bold: active and on both 25-man roster and 40-man roster ''₤ – on 40-man roster but not 25-man roster Italics: on 10-day disabled list (DL) or 60-day DL (§) |
| Starting lineup / rotation | Table half above first double line: Appeared in most games at that position or top five pitchers in starts Below double line: Ranked by AB regardless of position for position players / Role, then IP for pitchers |
| Statistics | : Team leader Bold: Major League Baseball (MLB) leader or tied for lead Bold (non-italicized): American (AL) or National League (NL) leader or tied for lead $^†$ – top-ten in AL or NL |
| Pos | Player | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| C | Kirt Manwaring | 104 | 375 | 337 | 22 | 76 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 30 | 78 | 1 | 5 | 93 | .226 | .291 | .276 | .567 |
| 1B | Andrés Galarraga | 154 | 674 | 600$^†$ | 120$^†$ | 191$^†$ | 31 | 3 | 41$^†$ | 140 | 54 | 141$^†$ | 15 | 8 | 351$^†$ | .318$^†$ | .389 | .585$^†$ | .974$^†$ |
| 2B | Eric Young | 118 | 543 | 468 | 78 | 132 | 29 | 6$^†$ | 6 | 45 | 57 | 37 | 32$^†$ | 12$^†$ | 191 | .282 | .363 | .408 | .771 |
| SS | Walt Weiss $^#$ | 121 | 469 | 393 | 52 | 106 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 66 | 56 | 5 | 2 | 151 | .270 | .377 | .384 | .761 |
| 3B | Vinny Castilla | 159$^†$ | 668 | 612$^†$ | 94 | 186$^†$ | 25 | 2 | 40$^†$ | 113$^†$ | 44 | 108 | 2 | 4 | 335$^†$ | .304 | .356 | .547$^†$ | .904$^†$ |
| LF | Dante Bichette | 151 | 602 | 561 | 81 | 173 | 31 | 2 | 26 | 118$^†$ | 30 | 90 | 6 | 5 | 286 | .308 | .343 | .510 | .853 |
| CF | Quinton McCracken $^#$ | 147 | 375 | 325 | 69 | 95 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 42 | 62 | 28 | 11 | 117 | .292 | .374 | .360 | .734 |
| RF | Larry Walker * | 153 | 664 | 568 | 143$^†$ | 208$^†$ | 46$^†$ | 4 | 49 | 130$^†$ | 78 | 90 | 33$^†$ | 8 | 409 | .366$^†$ | .452 | .720 | 1.172 |
| OF | Ellis Burks | 119 | 478 | 424 | 91 | 123 | 19 | 2 | 32 | 82 | 47 | 75 | 7 | 2 | 242 | .290 | .363 | .571 | .934 |
| MI | Neifi Pérez $^#$ | 83 | 344 | 313 | 46 | 91 | 13 | 10$^†$ | 5 | 31 | 21 | 43 | 4 | 3 | 139 | .291 | .333 | .444 | .777 |
| C | Jeff Reed * | 90 | 298 | 256 | 43 | 76 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 47 | 35 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 137 | .297 | .386 | .535 | .921 |
| IF | Jason Bates $^#$ | 62 | 139 | 121 | 17 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 48 | .240 | .338 | .397 | .735 |
| UT | John Vander Wal * | 76 | 102 | 92 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 21 | .174 | .255 | .228 | .455 |
| UT | Todd Helton * | 35 | 101 | 93 | 13 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 45 | .280 | .337 | .484 | .821 |
| OF | Harvey Pulliam | 59 | 72 | 67 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 31 | .284 | .333 | .463 | .796 |
| UT | Darnell Coles | 21 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .318 | .348 | .500 | .848 |
| OF | Angel Echevarria | 15 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .250 | .318 | .350 | .668 |
| 2B | Brian Raabe | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
| 3B | Rene Gonzales | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
| PR | Craig Counsell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| — | Pitcher Totals | 162 | 383 | 326 | 27 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 127 | 1 | 0 | 61 | .153 | .199 | .187 | .386 |
| Team totals | Team totals | 162 | 6338 | 5603 | 923 | 1611 | 269 | 40 | 239 | 869 | 562 | 1060 | 137 | 65 | 2677 | .288 | .357 | .478 | .835 |
| NL rank of 14 teams | NL rank of 14 teams | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pos | Player | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| References: |

### 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 |
| Roger Bailey | 29 | 191.0 | 9 | 10 | 4.29 | 84 |
| John Thomson | 27 | 166.1 | 7 | 9 | 4.71 | 106 |
| Jamey Wright | 26 | 149.2 | 8 | 12 | 6.25 | 59 |
| Kevin Ritz | 18 | 107.1 | 6 | 8 | 5.87 | 56 |
| Frank Castillo | 14 | 86.1 | 6 | 3 | 5.42 | 59 |
| Bill Swift | 14 | 65.1 | 4 | 6 | 6.34 | 29 |
| Pedro Astacio | 7 | 48.2 | 5 | 1 | 4.25 | 51 |
| Mark Thompson | 6 | 29.2 | 3 | 3 | 7.89 | 9 |
| Bobby Jones | 4 | 19.1 | 1 | 1 | 8.38 | 5 |
| Bryan Rekar | 2 | 9.1 | 1 | 0 | 5.79 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Darren Holmes | 42 | 89.1 | 9 | 2 | 5.34 | 70 |
| John Burke | 17 | 59.0 | 2 | 5 | 6.56 | 39 |
| Jeff McCurry | 33 | 40.2 | 1 | 4 | 4.43 | 19 |
| Mark Hutton | 8 | 12.2 | 0 | 1 | 7.11 | 10 |

#### 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 |
| Jerry DiPoto | 74 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 4.70 | 74 |
| Mike Munoz | 64 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4.53 | 26 |
| Steve Reed | 63 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4.04 | 43 |
| Mike DeJean | 55 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3.99 | 38 |
| Curtis Leskanic | 55 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5.55 | 53 |
| Bruce Ruffin | 23 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5.32 | 31 |
| Tim Scott | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 2 |
| Nate Minchey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |
| Robbie Beckett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 |

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

* At bats per home run: Larry Walker (11.6)
* Extra base hits: Larry Walker (99) $^†$
* Home runs: Larry Walker (49)
* Offensive win %: Larry Walker (.857) $^†$
* On-base percentage: Larry Walker (.452)
* On-base plus slugging percentage: Larry Walker (1.172) $^†$
* Power–speed number: Larry Walker (39.4)
* Runs batted in: Andrés Galarraga (140)
* Slugging percentage: Larry Walker (.720) $^†$
* Total bases: Larry Walker (409) $^†$
* Wins Above Replacement: Larry Walker (9.8) $^†$
* Notes: $^†$ – led MLB. References:

#### Defensive statistics

* Assists at third base: Vinny Castilla (323)
* Double plays turned:
** at first base: Andrés Galarraga (176)
** at third base: Vinny Castilla (41)
** all outfielders and at right field: Larry Walker (4)
** at center field: Quinton McCracken (3)
* Fielding percentage:
** at left field: Dante Bichette (.991)
** at right field: Larry Walker (.992)
** at pitcher: Roger Bailey (1.000)
* Putouts for all fielders and at first base: Andrés Galarraga (1,458)
* Range factor per game:
** at first base: Andrés Galarraga (10.23)
** at shortstop: Walt Weiss (4.73)
* Range factor per nine innings:
** at first base: Andrés Galarraga (10.69)
** at shortstop: Walt Weiss (5.22)
** at pitcher: Roger Bailey (3.06)
* References:

### Awards

* All-Star Game selectees:
** Andrés Galarraga
** Larry Walker (starter at right field)
* Baseball Digest Player of the Year: Larry Walker
* Colorado Rockies Player of the Year: Larry Walker
* National League Most Valuable Player (MVP): Larry Walker
* National League Player of the Month: Larry Walker (April)
* National League Players of the Week:
** 2× Larry Walker (April 6 & September 21)
** Vinny Castilla (April 13)
** Ellis Burks (May 25)
** Dante Bichette (July 27)
* Rawlings Gold Glove at outfield: Larry Walker
* Silver Slugger
** at third base: Vinny Castilla
** at outfield: Larry Walker
* Tip O'Neill Award: Larry Walker

## Farm system

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