1988 Colorado Rockies
Record: 95-65
Finish: 1st in NL West Division
Runs Scored: 789
Runs Allowed: 689
Exp W-L: 90-70
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 2,397,858
Manager: Chris Kelsey

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-74, 10th in the National League
AA: 60-77, 9th in the National League
A: 69-68, 9th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-4 to Montreal Expos
 
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
CF *Brett Butler 31 152 619 115 185 26 8 11 75 46 24 73 78 .299 .373 .420 .793 98.3 23.7 4.7
RF *Tony Gwynn 28 154 616 77 209 51 6 4 106 18 4 49 15 .339 .387 .461 .848 98.1 26.2 3.0
2B #Tom Herr 32 153 602 92 182 47 5 2 77 9 1 52 72 .302 .358 .407 .765 85.2 20.5 6.1
1B *Willie Upshaw 31 156 569 94 165 45 3 17 118 6 0 64 75 .290 .361 .469 .831 93.5 23.6 3.2
1B  David Green 27 152 591 62 177 30 2 11 62 2 11 25 105 .299 .329 .413 .742 69.6 14.3 0.4
3B *Greg Walker 28 150 530 74 165 36 2 9 84 1 0 42 85 .311 .362 .438 .799 76.5 18.7 3.1
C  Bruce Benedict 32 130 425 58 100 19 5 2 40 2 2 41 41 .235 .301 .318 .619 39.2 4.0 10.0
3B  Carney Lansford 31 103 386 40 113 28 2 6 55 2 2 20 52 .293 .330 .422 .752 47.1 9.7 2.1
SS *Von Hayes 29 124 358 52 72 7 5 8 36 24 5 39 62 .201 .279 .316 .595 36.5 4.2 2.6
SS *Larry Whisenton 31 105 305 35 76 21 3 1 41 2 0 33 40 .249 .320 .348 .667 32.1 4.7 1.9
RF  Darryl Motley 28 60 199 20 39 8 0 3 22 1 0 3 30 .196 .207 .281 .488 8.4 0.0 1.5
C  Terry Harper 32 60 133 20 26 10 1 0 16 0 0 15 16 .195 .275 .286 .561 9.0 0.0 2.7
RF *Luis Polonia 24 80 126 22 32 8 0 1 12 0 3 10 13 .254 .307 .341 .648 12.0 1.5 0.5
3B  Luis Salazar 32 60 119 15 31 4 0 3 14 0 0 6 20 .261 .296 .370 .666 12.2 1.8 0.7
LF *Randy Johnson 29 45 86 11 16 1 0 2 7 1 0 14 21 .186 .297 .267 .564 7.5 0.2 0.3
C *Bruce Fields 27 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -0.2 0.0 0.0
SS  Reid Nichols 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 1689 5671 787 1588 341 42 80 765 114 52 487 727 .280 .337 .397 .734 724.8 152.9 43.0
  Rank among 12 NL teams 1 3 1 3 3 11 3 6 10 7 1 1 4 6 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
 Nino Espinosa 34 9 12 .429 32 32 0 222.0 223 90 19 41 178 3.65 12.1
 Oil Can Boyd 28 16 6 .727 31 31 0 204.0 194 71 18 41 95 3.13 15.3
*Dan Plesac 26 15 10 .600 32 32 0 189.0 162 78 18 52 196 3.71 11.1
*Dennis Powell 24 7 13 .350 31 31 0 181.7 186 97 11 69 108 4.81 4.3
 Dave Ford 31 8 4 .667 49 12 3 142.3 164 61 11 21 59 3.86 8.7
 Luis Deleon 29 9 6 .600 49 11 2 112.3 107 54 9 30 84 4.33 5.1
*Joe Price 31 11 4 .733 53 11 27 104.0 82 33 13 33 85 2.86 15.6
 Steve Ontiveros 27 7 1 .875 39 0 2 88.3 99 37 7 32 50 3.77 5.4
*Kevin Saucier 31 6 3 .667 38 0 3 82.3 72 29 6 34 50 3.17 6.6
*Brad Havens 28 5 3 .625 55 0 16 59.7 64 29 3 33 54 4.37 4.2
 Tom Brennan 35 0 0 .000 13 0 0 27.7 45 28 8 11 13 9.11 0.0
 Joe Boever 27 2 3 .400 14 0 0 23.0 30 13 3 5 12 5.09 0.6
Team Totals 29.3 95 65 .594 436 160 53 1436.3 1428 620 126 402 984 3.88 89.1
Rank among 12 NL teams 2 2 1 2 5 8 10 6 2 6 6  
* - 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 .991 31.1
B.Benedict 1119.3 127 130 790 71 4 0 .995 46.9
T.Harper 317.0 33 46 227 10 0 0 1.000 16.7
Team Total 1436.3 160 176 1017 81 4 0 .996 42.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.41
W.Upshaw 1323.3 148 154 1590 123 9 117 .995 11.65
V.Hayes 38.0 5 6 55 5 0 9 1.000 14.21
R.Johnson 30.0 3 6 35 4 1 2 .975 11.70
L.Whisenton 27.0 2 4 27 6 1 3 .971 11.00
T.Harper 8.0 1 3 11 0 0 0 1.000 12.38
D.Motley 6.0 1 1 7 0 0 2 1.000 10.50
G.Walker 3.0 0 3 4 1 1 0 .833 15.00
D.Green 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1436.3 160 178 1730 139 12 133 .994 11.71
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 5.54
T.Herr 1283.0 146 150 268 553 16 106 .981 5.76
V.Hayes 68.7 6 17 10 17 1 2 .964 3.54
L.Whisenton 43.0 5 7 10 15 0 1 1.000 5.23
L.Salazar 35.7 3 10 7 18 1 4 .962 6.31
B.Fields 6.0 0 2 1 4 1 0 .833 7.50
Team Total 1436.3 160 186 296 607 19 113 .979 5.66
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.71
C.Lansford 860.3 100 103 47 215 18 14 .936 2.74
D.Green 158.3 19 23 4 46 3 3 .943 2.84
V.Hayes 127.3 14 20 10 40 2 4 .962 3.53
L.Whisenton 123.3 13 18 4 28 1 1 .970 2.34
D.Motley 87.0 10 12 6 24 0 3 1.000 3.10
G.Walker 26.3 2 7 0 11 0 1 1.000 3.76
T.Harper 25.0 1 6 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.80
L.Salazar 24.0 1 10 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.Fields 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Johnson 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Nichols 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.3 160 202 75 369 24 26 .949 2.78
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.09
V.Hayes 458.0 50 63 64 188 5 32 .981 4.95
L.Whisenton 383.3 41 55 54 154 5 31 .977 4.88
D.Motley 370.0 43 46 59 150 3 26 .986 5.08
L.Salazar 223.0 26 34 30 76 5 12 .955 4.28
L.Polonia 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Johnson 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1436.3 160 200 208 568 18 101 .977 4.86
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.78
G.Walker 1161.7 131 136 213 7 1 1 .995 1.70
L.Polonia 137.0 14 21 28 1 0 0 1.000 1.91
V.Hayes 44.7 6 10 7 1 0 1 1.000 1.61
R.Johnson 39.0 4 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.62
L.Whisenton 37.0 4 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
L.Salazar 10.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Upshaw 3.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Harper 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Motley 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.3 160 185 262 9 1 2 .996 1.70
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.35
B.Butler 1306.3 147 151 322 8 3 2 .991 2.27
V.Hayes 69.0 8 8 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.35
L.Whisenton 23.0 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57
L.Polonia 21.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
R.Johnson 17.0 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18
Team Total 1436.3 160 173 354 8 3 2 .992 2.27
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.92
T.Gwynn 1322.0 148 153 243 2 6 1 .976 1.67
L.Whisenton 46.3 5 6 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.55
V.Hayes 33.0 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
L.Polonia 16.0 1 6 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.69
R.Johnson 15.0 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
T.Harper 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Motley 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Fields 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.3 160 174 264 4 6 1 .978 1.68
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.04
N.Espinosa 222.0 32 32 13 41 1 4 .982 2.19
O.Boyd 204.0 31 31 21 33 0 1 1.000 2.38
D.Plesac 189.0 32 32 10 30 0 1 1.000 1.90
D.Powell 181.7 31 31 13 36 0 2 1.000 2.43
D.Ford 142.3 12 49 11 34 0 2 1.000 2.85
L.Deleon 112.3 11 49 5 24 1 1 .967 2.32
J.Price 104.0 11 53 6 14 2 2 .909 1.73
S.Ontiveros 88.3 0 39 6 14 3 2 .870 2.04
K.Saucier 82.3 0 38 7 8 0 0 1.000 1.64
B.Havens 59.7 0 55 3 6 0 1 1.000 1.36
T.Brennan 27.7 0 13 2 8 0 1 1.000 3.25
J.Boever 23.0 0 14 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.17
Team Total 1436.3 160 436 98 250 7 17 .980 2.18
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Gwynn .339
On-Base Pct Gwynn .387
Slugging Pct Upshaw .469
OPS Gwynn .848
XR Butler 98.3
Games Upshaw 156
At-Bats Butler 619
Runs Butler 115
Hits Gwynn 209
Total Bases Gwynn 284
Singles Gwynn 148
Doubles Gwynn 51
Triples Butler 8
Homeruns Upshaw 17
RBIs Upshaw 118
Stolen Bases Butler 46
Caught Stealing Butler 24
Walks Butler 73
Strikeouts Green 105
ERA Boyd 3.13
Wins Boyd 16
Losses Powell 13
Winning Pct Boyd .727
Saves Price 27
Games Pitched Havens 55
Games Started Espinosa, Plesac 32
Complete Games Boyd 6
Shutouts Boyd 5
Innings Pitched Espinosa 222.0
Hits Allowed Espinosa 223
Homeruns Allowed Espinosa 19
Strikeouts Plesac 196
Walks Allowed Powell 69
Walks per 9IP Espinosa 1.7
Hits per 9IP Plesac 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Plesac 9.3
WHiP Plesac 1.13
OAVG Plesac .228
OOBP Plesac .282
OSLG Boyd .384
OOPS Boyd .672
Team All-Stars
Oil Can Boyd
Tony Gwynn
Tom Herr
Willie Upshaw
Player Salaries
Nino Espinosa $ 7,720,000
Luis Deleon $ 7,370,000
Tom Herr $ 7,000,000
Brett Butler $ 6,390,000
Carney Lansford $ 5,600,000
Tony Gwynn $ 4,400,000
Oil Can Boyd $ 3,814,286
Dave Ford $ 3,135,714
David Green $ 3,057,143
Greg Walker $ 2,907,143
Joe Price $ 2,720,000
Willie Upshaw $ 2,664,286
Brad Havens $ 1,280,000
Kevin Saucier $ 997,143
Luis Salazar $ 350,000
Bruce Benedict $ 350,000
Joe Boever $ 300,000
Bruce Fields $ 300,000
Tom Brennan $ 300,000
Terry Harper $ 300,000
Randy Johnson $ 300,000
Larry Whisenton $ 300,000
Darryl Motley $ 300,000
Reid Nichols $ 300,000
Steve Ontiveros $ 300,000
Dan Plesac $ 300,000
Luis Polonia $ 300,000
Dennis Powell $ 300,000
Von Hayes $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
No Transactions