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1998 Colorado Rockies Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999)
77-85, Finished 4th in NL West
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Scored 826 runs, Allowed 855 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84
Manager: Don Baylor (77-85)
Ballpark: Coors Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 3,792,683 (1st of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 121, Pitching - 122;   one-year: Batting - 125, Pitching - 126
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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
Kurt Abbott 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Jun 2, 1969 6 42 15 42 25 0 0 0 7 3 7 4 0 5 9 1 19 1
Pedro Astacio 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 28, 1969 7 35 33 34 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,350,000.00
Jeff Barry 28 B R 6' 1" 190 Sep 22, 1969 2 15 6 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 5 10 0 6 0
Jason Bates 27 B R 5' 11" 170 Jan 5, 1971 4 53 9 53 21 0 0 0 17 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 38 1 $325,000.00
Dante Bichette 34 R R 6' 3" 225 Nov 18, 1963 11 161 157 161 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 29 156 1 4 0 $5,291,667.00 All-Star
Mark Brownson 23 L R 6' 2" 185 Jun 17, 1975 1st 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ellis Burks 33 R R 6' 2" 205 Sep 11, 1964 12 100 93 100 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 78 0 98 0 3 0 $4,900,000.00
Vinny Castilla 30 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 4, 1967 8 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 162 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,025,000.00 All-Star
Edgard Clemente 22 R R 5' 11" 188 Dec 15, 1975 1st 11 4 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 7 0 2 3
Greg Colbrunn 28 R R 6' 0" 200 Jul 26, 1969 7 62 28 62 32 0 1 27 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 32 0 $735,000.00
Mike DeJean 27 R R 6' 2" 205 Sep 28, 1970 2 59 1 56 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $215,000.00
Jerry Dipoto 30 R R 6' 2" 200 May 24, 1968 6 68 0 66 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,800,000.00
Angel Echevarria 27 R R 6' 4" 215 May 25, 1971 3 19 6 19 8 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 0 11 0 $175,000.00
Derrick Gibson 23 R R 6' 2" 244 Feb 5, 1975 1st 7 6 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 0
Lariel Gonzalez 22 R R May 25, 1976 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Curtis Goodwin 25 L L 5' 11" 180 Sep 30, 1972 4 119 33 119 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 74 7 91 0 24 24 $208,000.00
Darryl Hamilton 33 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 3, 1964 10 51 46 51 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 48 0 4 0
Todd Helton 24 L L 6' 2" 195 Aug 20, 1973 2 152 134 152 146 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 $190,000.00
Bobby Jones 26 R L 6' 0" 185 Apr 11, 1972 2 35 19 34 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
Darryl Kile 29 R R 6' 5" 185 Dec 2, 1968 8 39 33 37 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 $5,492,981.00
Mike Lansing 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Apr 3, 1968 6 153 148 153 153 0 0 0 153 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 $3,950,000.00
Curt Leskanic 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Apr 2, 1968 6 66 0 64 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $730,000.00
Nelson Liriano 34 B R 5' 10" 172 Jun 3, 1964 11 12 2 12 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Kirt Manwaring 32 R R 5' 11" 190 Jul 15, 1965 12 110 95 110 108 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 $2,150,000.00
Chuck McElroy 30 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 1, 1967 10 78 0 75 78 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $817,000.00
Mike Munoz 32 L L 6' 2" 200 Jul 12, 1965 10 40 0 38 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $585,000.00
Neifi Perez 25 B R 6' 0" 175 Jun 2, 1973 3 162 156 162 162 0 1 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $210,000.00
Fred Rath 25 R R Jan 5, 1973 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Reed 35 L R 6' 2" 190 Nov 12, 1962 15 113 66 113 99 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 $1,500,000.00
Kevin Ritz 33 R R 6' 4" 220 Jun 8, 1965 9 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,500,000.00
Mike Saipe 24 R R Sep 10, 1973 1st 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Shumpert 31 R R 5' 11" 185 Aug 16, 1966 9 23 1 23 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 $210,000.00
Jim Stoops 26 R R Jun 30, 1972 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Strittmatter 29 R R Apr 4, 1969 1st 4 1 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mark Thompson 27 R R 6' 2" 205 Apr 7, 1971 5 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $300,000.00
John Thomson 24 R R 6' 3" 175 Oct 1, 1973 2 26 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $210,000.00
John Vander Wal 32 L L 6' 2" 197 Apr 29, 1966 8 89 15 89 27 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 22 25 2 67 0 $560,000.00
Dave Veres 31 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 19, 1966 5 63 0 61 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $1,050,000.00
Dave Wainhouse 30 L R 6' 2" 190 Nov 7, 1967 5 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Walker 31 L R 6' 3" 215 Dec 1, 1966 10 130 119 130 123 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 123 123 1 8 0 $6,050,000.00 All-Star
Derrick White 28 R R 6' 1" 220 Oct 12, 1969 3 9 0 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 7 0
Jamey Wright 23 R R 6' 6" 205 Dec 24, 1974 3 34 33 33 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $240,000.00
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.

1997 / 1999 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played