1977 Colorado Rockies
Record: 99-61
Finish: 1st in NL West Division
Runs Scored: 812
Runs Allowed: 630
Exp W-L: 98-62
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 2,043,913
Manager: Chris Kelsey

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 5th in the National League
AA: 82-55, 2nd in the National League
A: 56-81, 12th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 3-4 to Kansas City Royals
Won NL League Series 4-3 over Montreal Expos
Won Divisional Series 4-0 over Pittsburgh Pirates
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF  Richie Zisk 28 153 601 86 183 24 3 22 109 1 0 46 72 .304 .355 .464 .819 90.7 21.0 0.9
SS  Joe Ferguson 30 156 520 80 132 25 0 17 65 2 3 100 108 .254 .370 .400 .770 84.3 18.3 5.0
CF #Jimmy Rosario 32 150 527 70 147 11 2 3 70 26 7 84 68 .279 .380 .324 .704 70.8 14.3 3.3
C  Johnny Bench 29 147 557 91 153 31 5 33 108 0 0 51 83 .275 .334 .526 .860 88.7 20.5 6.9
C  Brian Downing 26 141 503 92 146 26 4 17 74 0 1 71 59 .290 .378 .459 .837 85.0 20.0 4.3
2B *Rick Manning 22 135 440 55 130 17 0 2 48 13 7 35 34 .295 .347 .348 .694 49.6 9.3 5.2
SS  Dave Concepcion 29 128 392 50 112 22 1 3 43 11 4 28 36 .286 .333 .370 .702 45.7 9.0 4.1
CF *Johnny Grubb 28 129 369 47 93 25 2 4 55 0 0 46 30 .252 .336 .363 .699 41.3 6.3 3.9
RF  Jerry Morales 28 117 350 42 88 18 0 0 33 0 1 36 20 .251 .320 .303 .622 30.7 3.1 1.9
3B  Eric Soderholm 28 116 293 36 70 15 3 5 32 0 2 54 49 .239 .356 .362 .718 40.9 7.5 2.7
2B #Jim Lefebvre 35 86 258 38 71 15 1 6 34 0 0 20 37 .275 .326 .411 .737 32.8 6.4 2.4
2B  Davey Lopes 32 73 242 39 68 9 1 6 33 28 16 33 39 .281 .366 .401 .767 34.0 6.4 2.5
SS  Enzo Hernandez 28 96 238 38 59 9 0 0 31 19 12 30 13 .248 .333 .286 .619 23.6 2.6 2.4
1B *Rusty Staub 33 47 160 26 43 8 2 7 29 1 0 13 8 .269 .326 .475 .801 23.0 4.9 0.6
C  Andy Etchebarren 34 27 84 8 17 0 0 0 11 0 1 6 17 .202 .264 .202 .466 3.7 0.0 0.9
3B  Bob Bailor 25 20 15 7 5 1 1 0 3 4 2 2 0 .333 .412 .533 .945 2.4 0.6 0.2
P  Hal Kurtz 33 16 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.3 0.0 0.0
C *Hal King 33 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.6 1739 5551 812 1517 256 25 125 778 107 56 655 674 .273 .350 .396 .746 747.4 150.0 47.3
  Rank among 12 NL teams 6 2 3 6 10 6 2 5 9 2 3 3 3 4 4 4  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Gary Nolan 29 22 9 .710 35 35 0 280.0 262 97 23 27 199 3.12 22.5
 J.R. Richard 27 23 9 .719 36 36 0 269.3 204 85 4 127 235 2.84 24.1
*Dave Laroche 29 17 9 .654 32 32 0 231.0 193 96 26 79 187 3.74 14.1
 Bo McLaughlin 23 12 11 .522 27 27 0 200.0 183 94 9 73 113 4.23 9.3
*Frank Bertaina 33 6 8 .429 35 19 5 148.0 132 67 14 87 88 4.07 7.4
 Stan Thomas 27 1 0 1.000 30 0 2 57.3 49 13 1 25 17 2.04 5.3
 Dave Heaverlo 26 3 3 .500 30 0 4 54.3 60 23 5 18 30 3.81 3.3
 Frank Lacorte 25 3 1 .750 13 6 1 52.7 46 23 2 34 42 3.93 2.7
 John Miller 36 4 4 .500 29 2 4 51.0 53 20 2 20 20 3.53 4.3
 Hal Kurtz 33 3 0 1.000 27 0 4 48.0 52 26 0 23 11 4.88 1.9
 Bill Zepp 30 4 5 .444 30 0 14 36.0 39 15 1 10 13 3.75 4.7
 Bob Apodaca 27 1 2 .333 3 3 0 14.0 18 16 0 10 10 10.29 0.0
Team Totals 28.8 99 61 .619 327 160 34 1441.7 1291 575 87 533 965 3.59 99.7
Rank among 12 NL teams 2 2 2 2 9 1 2 2 8 2 2  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 35.3
J.Bench 1208.0 133 142 861 59 8 2 .991 36.0
A.Etchebarren 181.7 21 23 108 9 0 1 1.000 36.4
B.Downing 51.0 6 6 39 5 0 0 1.000 50.0
H.King 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1441.7 160 172 1010 73 8 3 .993 37.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.01
J.Rosario 895.0 106 107 1038 78 5 89 .996 11.22
R.Staub 336.1 37 43 366 23 2 30 .995 10.42
J.Lefebvre 96.3 10 16 108 4 2 14 .982 10.46
E.Soderholm 48.0 3 12 59 3 0 2 1.000 11.63
B.Downing 48.0 4 10 51 3 0 9 1.000 10.13
Team Total 1423.4 160 188 1622 111 9 144 .995 10.96
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 6.23
D.Concepcion 690.7 85 86 146 277 6 54 .986 5.51
D.Lopes 589.2 70 73 130 245 6 57 .984 5.73
J.Morales 68.0 3 20 16 22 0 2 1.000 5.03
E.Hernandez 40.0 2 12 6 20 0 5 1.000 5.85
B.Bailor 14.0 1 4 5 6 0 1 1.000 7.07
R.Manning 13.0 0 6 4 3 0 2 1.000 4.85
J.Lefebvre 8.0 0 4 2 4 0 0 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1422.9 161 205 309 577 12 121 .987 5.60
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.92
E.Soderholm 633.7 68 91 40 159 15 14 .930 2.83
J.Lefebvre 423.0 50 57 26 106 6 8 .957 2.81
D.Concepcion 233.0 27 31 11 65 2 6 .974 2.94
E.Hernandez 148.0 15 27 10 26 0 0 1.000 2.19
B.Bailor 4.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1441.7 160 207 87 358 23 28 .951 2.78
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.58
R.Manning 1027.0 113 128 148 438 14 76 .977 5.14
E.Hernandez 355.7 42 46 47 139 4 27 .979 4.71
D.Concepcion 44.0 5 12 3 9 0 2 1.000 2.45
B.Bailor 9.0 0 5 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
J.Ferguson 3.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
J.Grubb 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Lefebvre 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1441.7 160 195 200 590 18 106 .978 4.93
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.84
B.Downing 973.0 112 116 194 11 0 1 1.000 1.90
R.Zisk 219.7 23 30 48 3 2 1 .962 2.09
J.Ferguson 142.7 15 19 29 1 0 0 1.000 1.89
J.Morales 54.0 5 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
J.Grubb 49.0 5 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.65
J.Rosario 3.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.7 160 184 289 15 2 2 .993 1.90
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.49
J.Grubb 772.3 82 104 182 8 2 3 .990 2.21
J.Morales 338.3 39 42 78 1 1 1 .988 2.10
J.Rosario 313.0 38 38 82 2 0 1 1.000 2.42
R.Manning 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
B.Bailor 7.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
E.Hernandez 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1441.7 160 191 348 11 3 5 .992 2.24
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.02
J.Ferguson 1144.0 131 133 262 4 0 1 1.000 2.09
J.Morales 96.0 10 16 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
J.Lefebvre 77.0 10 11 13 1 0 1 1.000 1.64
J.Grubb 65.0 6 12 24 1 0 0 1.000 3.46
B.Downing 49.7 3 9 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.54
R.Staub 8.4 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.07
J.Rosario 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
R.Zisk 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1448.1 161 186 334 6 0 2 1.000 2.11
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.03
G.Nolan 280.0 35 35 16 41 1 1 .983 1.83
J.Richard 269.3 36 36 24 33 0 3 1.000 1.90
D.Laroche 231.0 32 32 10 38 2 2 .960 1.87
B.McLaughlin 200.0 27 27 10 21 0 1 1.000 1.40
F.Bertaina 148.0 19 35 11 16 1 0 .964 1.64
S.Thomas 57.3 0 30 5 11 2 0 .889 2.51
D.Heaverlo 54.3 0 30 4 11 0 0 1.000 2.48
F.Lacorte 52.7 6 13 1 10 1 1 .917 1.88
J.Miller 51.0 2 29 5 8 0 0 1.000 2.29
H.Kurtz 48.0 0 27 2 9 1 0 .917 2.06
B.Zepp 36.0 0 30 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.25
B.Apodaca 14.0 3 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.93
Team Total 1441.7 160 327 90 204 8 8 .974 1.84
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Zisk .304
On-Base Pct Rosario .380
Slugging Pct Bench .526
OPS Bench .860
XR Zisk 90.7
Games Ferguson 156
At-Bats Zisk 601
Runs Downing 92
Hits Zisk 183
Total Bases Bench 293
Singles Zisk 134
Doubles Bench 31
Triples Bench 5
Homeruns Bench 33
RBIs Zisk 109
Stolen Bases Lopes 28
Caught Stealing Lopes 16
Walks Ferguson 100
Strikeouts Ferguson 108
ERA Richard 2.84
Wins Richard 23
Losses McLaughlin 11
Winning Pct Richard .719
Saves Zepp 14
Games Pitched Richard 36
Games Started Richard 36
Complete Games Nolan 14
Shutouts Nolan 5
Innings Pitched Nolan 280.0
Hits Allowed Nolan 262
Homeruns Allowed Laroche 26
Strikeouts Richard 235
Walks Allowed Richard 127
Walks per 9IP Nolan 0.9
Hits per 9IP Richard 6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Richard 7.9
WHiP Nolan 1.03
OAVG Richard .210
OOBP Nolan .270
OSLG Richard .305
OOPS Richard .606
Team All-Stars
Johnny Bench
Gary Nolan
Stan Thomas
Richie Zisk
Player Salaries
Gary Nolan $ 7,300,000
Johnny Bench $ 6,400,000
J.R. Richard $ 6,000,000
Rusty Staub $ 5,500,000
Bob Apodaca $ 4,700,000
Joe Ferguson $ 4,200,000
Richie Zisk $ 3,700,000
Eric Soderholm $ 3,400,000
Jim Lefebvre $ 3,300,000
Dave Laroche $ 3,200,000
Johnny Grubb $ 2,900,000
Enzo Hernandez $ 2,700,000
Brian Downing $ 2,528,571
Frank Bertaina $ 1,200,000
Jerry Morales $ 1,092,938
Bill Zepp $ 950,000
Dave Concepcion $ 850,000
Hal Kurtz $ 834,978
Andy Etchebarren $ 528,376
Hal King $ 350,000
John Miller $ 350,000
Dave Heaverlo $ 300,000
Rick Manning $ 300,000
Bo McLaughlin $ 300,000
Jimmy Rosario $ 300,000
Stan Thomas $ 300,000
Bob Bailor $ 300,000
Frank Lacorte $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Jim Lefebvre
7/1 Traded Davey Lopes Seattle Bob Davis
7/31 Traded Greg Goossen
Steve Mccatty
New York (A) Rusty Staub