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1997 Colorado Rockies

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998

83-79, Finished 3rd in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Don Baylor (83-79)
Scored 923 runs, Allowed 908 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-80

Ballparks: Coors Field · Attendance: 3,888,453 (1st of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 122, Pitching - 123 · one-year: Batting - 113, Pitching - 113

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1996 / 1998 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Pedro Astacio 28 R R 6' 2" 174 Nov 28, 1968 6 7 7 6 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Roger Bailey 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 3, 1970 3 30 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.5 $200,000
Jason Bates 26 B R 5' 11" 170 Jan 5, 1971 3 62 25 62 42 0 0 0 22 6 16 0 0 0 0 0 25 1 -0.4 $195,000
Robbie Beckett 24 R L 6' 5" 240 Jul 16, 1972 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Dante Bichette 33 R R 6' 3" 215 Nov 18, 1963 10 151 142 151 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 16 144 5 7 0 0.0 $5,166,667
John Burke 27 B R 6' 4" 220 Feb 9, 1970 2 18 9 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $151,500
Ellis Burks 32 R R 6' 2" 175 Sep 11, 1964 11 119 106 119 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 89 0 155 0 9 1 1.5 $4,000,000
Vinny Castilla 29 R R 6' 1" 175 Jul 4, 1967 7 159 155 159 157 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.5 $2,225,000
Frank Castillo 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Apr 1, 1969 7 14 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Darnell Coles 35 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 2, 1962 14 21 1 21 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 16 0 0.1 $200,000
Craig Counsell 26 L R 6' 0" 180 Aug 21, 1970 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $
Mike DeJean 26 R R 6' 2" 205 Sep 28, 1970 1st 55 0 51 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $150,000
Jerry DiPoto 29 R R 6' 2" 203 May 24, 1968 5 74 0 70 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $550,000
Angel Echevarria 26 R R 6' 4" 215 May 25, 1971 2 15 2 15 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 7 0 8 0 0.0 $
Andres Galarraga 36 R R 6' 3" 235 Jun 18, 1961 13 154 150 154 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.9 $4,950,000 All-Star
Rene Gonzales 36 R R 6' 3" 180 Sep 3, 1960 13 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 $
Todd Helton 23 L L 6' 2" 215 Aug 20, 1973 1st 35 21 35 23 0 0 8 0 0 0 13 0 2 15 0 13 0 -0.2 $150,000
Darren Holmes 31 R R 6' 0" 199 Apr 25, 1966 8 42 6 41 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Mark Hutton 27 R R 6' 6" 240 Feb 6, 1970 4 8 1 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Bobby Jones 25 R L 6' 0" 185 Apr 11, 1972 1st 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Curt Leskanic 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Apr 2, 1968 5 55 0 53 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $516,667
Kirt Manwaring 31 R R 5' 11" 185 Jul 15, 1965 11 104 95 104 100 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2.1 $1,675,000
Quinton McCracken 26 B R 5' 7" 170 Aug 16, 1970 3 146 71 146 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 132 0 16 16 0.1 $198,000
Jeff McCurry 27 R R 6' 7" 210 Jan 21, 1970 3 33 0 31 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $175,000
Nate Minchey 27 R R 6' 8" 225 Aug 31, 1969 4 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Mike Munoz 31 L L 6' 2" 190 Jul 12, 1965 9 64 0 63 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $350,000
Neifi Perez 24 B R 6' 0" 175 Jun 2, 1973 2 83 79 83 82 0 0 0 41 2 45 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.9 $150,000
Harvey Pulliam 29 R R 6' 0" 210 Oct 20, 1967 6 59 7 59 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 1 10 35 0 29 2 0.0 $150,000
Brian Raabe 29 R R 5' 9" 170 Nov 5, 1967 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 $
Jeff Reed 34 L R 6' 2" 190 Nov 12, 1962 14 90 67 90 78 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 1.8 $650,000
Steve Reed 32 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 11, 1965 6 63 0 62 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $1,200,000
Bryan Rekar 25 R R 6' 3" 205 Jun 3, 1972 3 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Kevin Ritz 32 R R 6' 4" 195 Jun 8, 1965 8 18 18 16 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $2,500,000
Bruce Ruffin 33 B L 6' 2" 205 Oct 4, 1963 12 23 0 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Tim Scott 30 R R 6' 2" 185 Nov 16, 1966 7 3 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Bill Swift 35 R R 6' 0" 170 Oct 27, 1961 12 16 13 16 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.8 $4,608,333
Mark Thompson 26 R R 6' 2" 205 Apr 7, 1971 4 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $252,000
John Thomson 23 R R 6' 3" 175 Oct 1, 1973 1st 27 27 25 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $150,000
John Vander Wal 31 L L 6' 1" 180 Apr 29, 1966 7 76 9 76 14 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 7 9 2 60 1 -0.7 $500,000
Larry Walker 30 L R 6' 2" 185 Dec 1, 1966 9 153 148 153 153 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 150 152 1 1 1 9.0 $6,325,000 All-Star
Walt Weiss 33 B R 6' 0" 175 Nov 28, 1963 11 121 112 121 119 0 0 0 0 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1.7 $2,700,000
Jamey Wright 22 R R 6' 6" 230 Dec 24, 1974 2 26 26 25 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $169,500
Eric Young 30 R R 5' 9" 180 May 18, 1967 6 118 114 118 117 0 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.4 $3,200,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Quinton McCracken
Neifi Perez
Jason Bates
Craig Counsell
Kirt Manwaring
Vinny Castilla
Dante Bichette
Angel Echevarria

Brian Raabe
Andres Galarraga
Jeff Reed
Curt Leskanic
Todd Helton
Bruce Ruffin
Jamey Wright
Bill Swift

Eric Young
Walt Weiss
Bryan Rekar
Harvey Pulliam
Ellis Burks
Darnell Coles
Rene Gonzales
Kevin Ritz
Roger Bailey

Mark Thompson
Larry Walker
Pedro Astacio
John Vander Wal
Bobby Jones
John Burke
Jeff McCurry
Steve Reed

Darren Holmes
Robbie Beckett
Mike Munoz
Mike DeJean
Jerry DiPoto
Nate Minchey
Frank Castillo
Pedro Astacio

John Thomson
Mark Hutton
Tim Scott

1996 / 1998 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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