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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2001 / 2003)
73-89, Finished 4th in NL West
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Scored 778 runs, Allowed 898 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-92
Manager: Buddy Bell (6-16) and Clint Hurdle (67-73)
Ballpark: Coors Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,737,838 (6th of 16)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 116, Pitching - 116; one-year: Batting - 117, Pitching - 118
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2001 / 2003 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 8, 2001
Kimera Bartee granted Free Agency.
Brooks Kieschnick granted Free Agency.
October 15, 2001
Mike Bell granted Free Agency.
Joe Davenport granted Free Agency.
Craig Dingman granted Free Agency.
Horacio Estrada granted Free Agency.
Jose Flores granted Free Agency.
Walt McKeel granted Free Agency.
Willie Morales granted Free Agency.
J.R. Phillips granted Free Agency.
Scott Randall granted Free Agency.
October 17, 2001
Bobby Chouinard granted Free Agency.
Adam Melhuse granted Free Agency.
October 19, 2001
Released Chris Nichting.
November 5, 2001
Brian Bohanon granted Free Agency.
Dan Miceli granted Free Agency.
Jay Powell granted Free Agency.
November 30, 2001
Released Jacob Cruz.
December 1, 2001
Signed Walt McKeel as a free agent.
December 16, 2001
Traded Jeff Cirillo to the Seattle Mariners. Received Brian Fuentes, Jose Paniagua and Dennis Stark.
December 18, 2001
Traded Luke Hudson and Gabe White to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Pokey Reese and Dennys Reyes.
December 19, 2001
Traded Pokey Reese to the Boston Red Sox. Received Scott Hatteberg.
December 21, 2001
Cliff Brumbaugh granted Free Agency.
Sal Fasano granted Free Agency.
Scott Hatteberg granted Free Agency.
December 27, 2001
Traded a player to be named later to the New York Mets. Received Gary Bennett. The Colorado Rockies sent Ender Chavez (minors) (December 27, 2001) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.
January 4, 2002
Signed Chris Nichting as a free agent.
January 7, 2002
Traded Mike Myers to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received J.D. Closser and Jack Cust.
January 10, 2002
Signed Rick White as a free agent.
January 11, 2002
Signed Todd Jones as a free agent.
January 15, 2002
Signed Cliff Brumbaugh as a free agent.
Signed Chris Holt as a free agent.
January 16, 2002
Signed Matt Whiteside as a free agent.
January 20, 2002
Signed Carlos Almanzar as a free agent.
Signed Mike Bell as a free agent.
January 21, 2002
As part of a 3-team trade, traded Ross Gload and Craig House to the New York Mets and Alex Ochoa to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Benny Agbayani, Todd Zeile and cash from the New York Mets. In addition, the New York Mets sent Lenny Harris and Glendon Rusch to the Milwaukee Brewers; and the Milwaukee Brewers sent Jeromy Burnitz, Lou Collier, Jeff D'Amico, Mark Sweeney and cash to the New York Mets.
January 25, 2002
Signed Pedro Strop as an amateur free agent.
January 26, 2002
Purchased Ross Gload from the New York Mets.
January 29, 2002
Signed Mike James as a free agent.
February 7, 2002
Signed Kent Mercker as a free agent.
February 12, 2002
Signed Bobby Chouinard as a free agent.
February 21, 2002
Traded Kane Davis to the New York Mets. Received Corey Brittan (minors).
March 25, 2002
Purchased Chuck Smith from the Florida Marlins.
Traded Jose Paniagua to the Detroit Tigers. Received Ronnie Merrill (minors) and Victor Santos.
March 30, 2002
Carlos Almanzar selected by the Cincinnati Reds off waivers.
March 31, 2002
Signed Bobby Estalella as a free agent.
April 4, 2002 (Standings)
Mario Encarnacion selected by the Chicago Cubs off waivers.
April 6, 2002 (Standings)
Signed Jonathan Herrera as an amateur free agent.
May 3, 2002 (Standings)
Purchased Jorge Piedra from the Chicago Cubs.
May 7, 2002 (Standings)
Released Kevin Nicholson.
May 17, 2002 (Standings)
Traded Eduardo Villacis to the Kansas City Royals. Received Bryan Rekar.
June 4, 2002 (Standings)
Drafted Jeff Francis in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2002.
Drafted Micah Owings in the 2nd round of the 2002 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Jeff Baker in the 4th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed September 27, 2002.
Drafted Sean Barker in the 6th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 2002.
Drafted Ryan Spilborghs in the 7th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2002.
Drafted Jeff Salazar in the 8th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2002.
Drafted Ryan Shealy in the 11th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2002.
Drafted Mike Esposito in the 12th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed August 29, 2002.
June 12, 2002 (Standings)
Signed Doug Bernier as an amateur free agent.
July 18, 2002 (Standings)
Selected Randy Flores off waivers from the Texas Rangers.
Signed Adam Melhuse as a free agent.
Released Chuck Smith.
July 26, 2002 (Standings)
Selected Mark Watson off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.
July 29, 2002 (Standings)
Signed Jose Guillen as a free agent.
Traded Enemencio Pacheco (minors) to the Chicago White Sox. Received Sandy Alomar.
July 31, 2002 (Standings)
Traded Todd Hollandsworth and Dennys Reyes to the Texas Rangers. Received Gabe Kapler, Jason Romano and cash.
Traded Mark Little and John Thomson to the New York Mets. Received Robert Stratton (minors), Mark Corey and Jay Payton.
August 1, 2002 (Standings)
Released Jose Guillen.
August 4, 2002 (Standings)
Purchased Bryan Ward from Torreon (Mexican).
August 5, 2002 (Standings)
Signed Jake Robbins as a free agent.
August 12, 2002 (Standings)
Selected Brian Fitzgerald off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.
Released Rick White.
August 26, 2002 (Standings)
Benny Agbayani selected by the Boston Red Sox off waivers.
September 12, 2002 (Standings)
Signed Sean Lowe as a free agent.
October 3, 2002 (Standings)
Released Walt McKeel.
October 9, 2002 (Standings)
Released Victor Santos.
October 15, 2002 (Standings)
John Barnes granted Free Agency.
Mike Bell granted Free Agency.
Bobby Chouinard granted Free Agency.
Tim Christman granted Free Agency.
Mark Corey granted Free Agency.
Adam Melhuse granted Free Agency.
Jake Robbins granted Free Agency.
Bryan Ward granted Free Agency.
Mark Watson granted Free Agency.
Matt Whiteside granted Free Agency.
October 28, 2002
Terry Shumpert granted Free Agency.
Todd Zeile granted Free Agency.
October 31, 2002
Sandy Alomar granted Free Agency.
November 1, 2002
Kent Mercker granted Free Agency.
November 11, 2002
Signed Kit Pellow as a free agent.
Signed Mandy Romero as a free agent.
November 13, 2002
Signed Franklin Morales as an amateur free agent.
November 16, 2002
Traded Mike Hampton, Juan Pierre and cash to the Florida Marlins. Received Vic Darensbourg, Charles Johnson, Pablo Ozuna and Preston Wilson.
November 19, 2002
Signed Chris Michalak as a free agent.
November 20, 2002
Released Sean Lowe.
Signed Matt Miller as a free agent.
December 16, 2002
Traded Victor Hall (minors) to the Houston Astros. Received Nelson Cruz.
Matt Roney drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2002 rule 5 draft.
December 19, 2002
Signed Dan Miceli as a free agent.
December 21, 2002
Gary Bennett granted Free Agency.
Scott Elarton granted Free Agency.
December 26, 2002
Signed Bryan Ward as a free agent.
December 27, 2002
Signed Luis Lopez as a free agent.
December 31, 2002
Signed Brad Clontz as a free agent.
January 8, 2003
Signed Scott Elarton as a free agent.
Signed Chris Stynes as a free agent.
January 22, 2003
Signed Rich Garces as a free agent.
January 23, 2003
Signed Steve Reed as a free agent.
January 24, 2003
Signed Jose Hernandez as a free agent.
Signed Mark Sweeney as a free agent.
January 27, 2003
Traded Jason Romano to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Luke Allen.
February 3, 2003
Signed Darren Oliver as a free agent.
February 28, 2003
Signed Ron Belliard as a free agent.
March, 2003
Released Rich Garces. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
March 18, 2003
Traded a player to be named later to the Boston Red Sox. Received Javier Lopez. The Colorado Rockies sent Ryan Cameron (minors) (March 29, 2003) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.
March 21, 2003
Traded Jack Cust to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Chris Richard.
March 23, 2003
Released Jermaine Van Buren.
March 27, 2003
Traded Ross Gload to the Chicago White Sox. Received Wade Parrish (minors).
