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1997 Colorado Rockies Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998)
83-79, Finished 3rd in NL West
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Scored 923 runs, Allowed 908 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-80
Manager: Don Baylor (83-79)
Ballpark: Coors Field (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Pedro Astacio 27 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 28, 1969 6 7 6 6 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Bailey 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 3, 1970 3 30 28 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $200,000.00
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 $195,000.00
Robbie Beckett 24 R L 6' 5" 235 Jul 16, 1972 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dante Bichette 33 R R 6' 3" 225 Nov 18, 1963 10 151 142 151 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 16 139 5 7 0 $5,166,667.00
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 $151,500.00
Ellis Burks 32 R R 6' 2" 205 Sep 11, 1964 11 119 106 119 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 89 0 112 0 9 1 $4,000,000.00
Vinny Castilla 29 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 4, 1967 7 159 155 159 157 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $2,225,000.00
Frank Castillo 28 R R 6' 1" 190 Apr 1, 1969 7 14 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 $200,000.00
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 $150,000.00
Jerry Dipoto 29 R R 6' 2" 200 May 24, 1968 5 74 0 70 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $550,000.00
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
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 $4,950,000.00 All-Star
Rene Gonzales 36 R R 6' 3" 201 Sep 3, 1960 13 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Todd Helton 23 L L 6' 2" 195 Aug 20, 1973 1st 35 21 35 23 0 0 8 0 0 0 13 0 2 15 0 13 0 $150,000.00
Darren Holmes 31 R R 6' 0" 199 Apr 25, 1966 8 42 5 41 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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
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 $516,667.00
Kirt Manwaring 31 R R 5' 11" 190 Jul 15, 1965 11 104 95 104 100 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 $1,675,000.00
Quinton McCracken 27 B R 5' 8" 170 Mar 16, 1970 3 146 71 146 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 132 0 16 16 $198,000.00
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 $175,000.00
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
Mike Munoz 31 L L 6' 2" 200 Jul 12, 1965 9 64 0 63 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $350,000.00
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 $150,000.00
Harvey Pulliam 29 R R 6' 0" 205 Oct 20, 1967 6 59 7 59 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 1 10 33 0 29 2 $150,000.00
Brian Raabe 29 R R 5' 9" 177 Nov 5, 1967 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
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 $650,000.00
Steve Reed 32 R R 6' 2" 202 Mar 11, 1965 6 63 0 62 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,200,000.00
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
Kevin Ritz 32 R R 6' 4" 220 Jun 8, 1965 8 18 16 16 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,500,000.00
Bruce Ruffin 33 B L 6' 2" 209 Oct 4, 1963 12 23 0 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Scott 30 R R 6' 2" 205 Nov 16, 1966 7 3 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Swift 35 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 27, 1961 12 16 13 16 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 $4,608,333.00
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 $252,000.00
John Thomson 23 R R 6' 3" 175 Oct 1, 1973 1st 27 25 25 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
John Vander Wal 31 L L 6' 2" 197 Apr 29, 1966 7 76 9 76 14 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 7 9 2 60 1 $500,000.00
Larry Walker 30 L R 6' 3" 215 Dec 1, 1966 9 153 148 153 153 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 150 151 1 1 1 $6,325,000.00 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 $2,700,000.00
Jamey Wright 22 R R 6' 6" 205 Dec 24, 1974 2 26 25 25 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $169,500.00
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 $3,200,000.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1996 / 1998 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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