1973 Colorado Rockies
Record: 94-68
Finish: 2nd in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 787
Runs Allowed: 682
Exp W-L: 92-70
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 1,750,179
Manager: Shashank Misra

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 84-53, 2nd in the National League
AA: 72-65, 4th in the National League
A: 66-71, 7th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 2-4 to Montreal Expos
Won Divisional Series 4-1 over Cleveland (N) Spiders
 
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  Jimmy Wynn 31 157 576 85 148 25 0 19 71 16 5 94 167 .257 .361 .399 .760 86.6 15.8 6.7
LF  Richie Zisk 24 154 569 78 163 28 0 19 84 3 2 44 77 .286 .336 .436 .772 76.3 13.8 4.6
SS  Joe Ferguson 26 144 494 78 126 14 3 15 62 0 0 88 103 .255 .366 .387 .753 73.8 13.2 8.4
LF  Doug Rader 28 155 524 76 141 27 3 14 81 0 0 53 93 .269 .335 .412 .747 68.7 11.7 4.9
3B *Steve Braun 25 126 418 50 120 15 2 12 54 0 1 54 31 .287 .367 .419 .786 66.6 13.5 3.8
2B  Davey Lopes 28 137 419 64 87 16 5 5 49 48 18 34 69 .208 .265 .305 .570 36.4 0.6 4.0
CF  Earl Robinson 36 121 379 59 103 24 2 9 48 3 0 46 50 .272 .347 .417 .763 53.6 9.5 0.1
1B *Carl Yastrzemski 33 117 380 49 116 31 2 6 44 0 0 32 26 .305 .356 .445 .801 55.4 11.4 1.3
LF  Cliff Cook 36 119 348 52 92 19 3 17 62 1 0 30 84 .264 .324 .483 .806 49.6 8.9 3.3
3B  Eric Soderholm 24 110 335 48 101 17 2 18 59 0 2 35 50 .301 .371 .525 .896 58.4 13.3 1.8
CF *Johnny Grubb 24 96 282 43 71 16 2 6 41 0 0 36 34 .252 .334 .387 .721 36.9 5.9 2.1
3B  Jim Fregosi 31 71 194 31 51 13 5 5 22 4 2 16 50 .263 .318 .459 .776 26.5 4.7 1.8
SS  Enzo Hernandez 24 72 142 28 39 4 2 2 21 22 4 9 6 .275 .322 .373 .696 19.1 3.2 1.3
C  Brian Downing 22 40 120 13 27 5 0 4 17 0 1 14 12 .225 .309 .367 .675 13.6 1.6 1.3
SS  Dave Concepcion 25 82 120 10 34 7 0 1 14 9 2 3 14 .283 .296 .367 .663 12.2 1.4 1.3
C  Pat Corrales 32 33 95 8 24 2 1 0 7 0 0 13 18 .253 .336 .295 .631 10.2 0.9 1.5
CF  Leroy Stanton 27 34 78 8 18 2 0 1 6 0 0 3 24 .231 .259 .295 .554 5.5 0.1 0.5
CF  Mike Adams 24 20 32 4 4 0 0 1 5 0 0 7 9 .125 .378 .219 .597 4.4 0.5 0.2
RF  Hector Torres 27 19 24 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .208 .269 .208 .478 1.5 0.0 0.2
3B *Jerry Kenney 28 10 18 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 .222 .222 .278 .500 1.1 0.0 0.1
1B *Joe Hague 29 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .125 .300 .125 .425 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.8 1821 5555 787 1475 266 32 154 750 107 37 615 925 .266 .338 .408 .746 756.4 130.0 49.0
  Rank among 10 NL teams 8 6 7 2 5 4 6 2 5 3 9 6 4 5 5 6  
* - 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
 J.R. Richard 23 21 9 .700 37 37 0 286.0 213 99 23 137 273 3.12 25.7
 Gary Nolan 25 18 15 .545 36 36 0 280.7 262 110 32 51 222 3.53 21.0
 Jim York 25 17 10 .630 34 34 0 245.7 231 103 13 81 168 3.77 17.7
 Tom Bradley 26 14 9 .609 29 29 0 211.0 231 102 26 66 93 4.35 11.3
*Dave Laroche 25 6 10 .375 24 24 0 165.0 152 87 21 59 124 4.75 6.4
*Frank Bertaina 29 7 6 .538 51 0 8 76.0 78 39 7 42 64 4.62 5.1
 Chuck Hartenstein 31 4 4 .500 56 0 11 69.7 71 24 3 20 44 3.10 8.3
 Bill Zepp 26 3 1 .750 26 2 0 59.7 60 20 2 15 22 3.02 4.9
 Bob Apodaca 23 4 4 .500 37 0 6 53.3 62 30 8 18 20 5.06 2.5
 Bill Wilson 30 0 0 .000 4 0 0 4.0 5 4 2 1 4 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 26.3 94 68 .580 334 162 25 1451.0 1365 618 137 490 1034 3.83 102.9
Rank among 10 NL teams 4 4 4 3 5 2 4 3 3 1 4  
* - 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 .992 37.9
J.Ferguson 1104.3 122 129 816 59 5 3 .994 47.4
P.Corrales 197.0 23 24 143 5 2 0 .987 31.3
B.Downing 149.7 17 18 119 4 1 0 .992 26.7
Team Total 1451.0 162 171 1078 68 8 3 .993 42.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.39
C.Yastrzemski 548.3 62 74 642 53 4 52 .994 11.41
D.Rader 453.7 54 58 503 41 2 41 .996 10.79
E.Soderholm 341.0 39 47 370 33 2 31 .995 10.64
M.Adams 44.0 4 10 49 2 0 7 1.000 10.43
L.Stanton 26.0 2 7 25 2 0 5 1.000 9.35
S.Braun 24.0 0 12 26 1 0 1 1.000 10.13
J.Hague 8.0 1 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.88
J.Fregosi 2.7 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 10.00
Team Total 1447.7 162 210 1625 132 8 137 .995 10.92
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.87
D.Lopes 1120.0 133 137 213 456 24 94 .965 5.38
D.Concepcion 216.0 18 51 40 96 3 18 .978 5.67
E.Hernandez 63.0 6 11 9 24 1 3 .971 4.71
H.Torres 29.0 2 8 5 13 0 1 1.000 5.59
J.Kenney 23.0 3 4 1 15 0 1 1.000 6.26
Team Total 1451.0 162 211 268 604 28 117 .969 5.41
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.92
S.Braun 792.0 93 97 58 192 10 22 .962 2.84
D.Rader 293.0 33 38 14 84 2 6 .980 3.01
E.Soderholm 289.0 33 35 20 60 5 7 .941 2.49
P.Corrales 27.0 2 5 1 12 0 3 1.000 4.33
C.Cook 22.0 0 10 0 6 0 0 1.000 2.45
E.Hernandez 15.0 0 7 1 0 1 0 .500 0.60
J.Kenney 11.0 1 2 2 0 1 0 .667 1.64
J.Fregosi 0.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.9 162 194 96 354 19 38 .959 2.79
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 5.17
D.Rader 521.3 60 64 84 203 5 29 .983 4.95
J.Fregosi 494.0 65 66 67 179 10 35 .961 4.48
E.Hernandez 291.0 32 40 40 110 6 19 .962 4.64
D.Concepcion 116.0 9 24 18 43 4 6 .938 4.73
H.Torres 10.3 0 7 2 1 1 0 .750 2.61
R.Zisk 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Stanton 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Kenney 3.0 0 1 0 1 1 1 .500 3.00
C.Yastrzemski 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
E.Soderholm 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1444.7 166 206 212 539 27 91 .965 4.68
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.94
R.Zisk 1268.0 149 151 250 8 2 2 .992 1.83
B.Downing 39.3 5 6 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.29
S.Braun 39.0 3 10 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.92
L.Stanton 35.0 3 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
C.Cook 21.0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.14
J.Grubb 12.0 1 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75
J.Ferguson 11.0 0 5 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.64
E.Robinson 10.0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
M.Adams 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Yastrzemski 6.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
Team Total 1451.0 162 199 279 10 2 3 .993 1.79
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.48
J.Wynn 1280.3 148 154 341 13 8 3 .978 2.49
L.Stanton 71.7 8 12 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.76
J.Grubb 28.3 2 7 10 1 0 0 1.000 3.49
M.Adams 26.0 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
E.Robinson 19.7 0 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.37
H.Torres 16.0 2 2 6 0 1 0 .857 3.38
B.Downing 6.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Kenney 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.0 162 191 381 15 9 3 .978 2.46
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.93
C.Cook 697.3 77 94 162 4 1 1 .994 2.14
J.Grubb 637.0 75 80 116 2 6 0 .952 1.67
L.Stanton 34.0 4 5 6 0 1 0 .857 1.59
S.Braun 32.7 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.65
M.Adams 12.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
E.Robinson 10.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Hague 10.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
J.Ferguson 9.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Wynn 7.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Downing 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.0 162 201 300 6 8 1 .975 1.90
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 1.92
J.Richard 286.0 37 37 22 33 3 2 .948 1.73
G.Nolan 280.7 36 36 20 37 2 3 .966 1.83
J.York 245.7 34 34 19 32 0 2 1.000 1.87
T.Bradley 211.0 29 29 16 35 0 5 1.000 2.18
D.Laroche 165.0 24 24 12 41 0 1 1.000 2.89
F.Bertaina 76.0 0 51 2 11 0 1 1.000 1.54
C.Hartenstein 69.7 0 56 7 10 0 3 1.000 2.20
B.Zepp 59.7 2 26 5 7 0 0 1.000 1.81
B.Apodaca 53.3 0 37 4 15 0 3 1.000 3.21
B.Wilson 4.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.0 162 334 107 221 5 20 .985 2.03
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Zisk .286
On-Base Pct Ferguson .366
Slugging Pct Zisk .436
OPS Zisk .772
XR Wynn 86.6
Games Wynn 157
At-Bats Wynn 576
Runs Wynn 85
Hits Zisk 163
Total Bases Zisk 248
Singles Zisk 116
Doubles Yastrzemski 31
Triples Fregosi, Lopes 5
Homeruns Zisk, Wynn 19
RBIs Zisk 84
Stolen Bases Lopes 48
Caught Stealing Lopes 18
Walks Wynn 94
Strikeouts Wynn 167
ERA Richard 3.12
Wins Richard 21
Losses Nolan 15
Winning Pct Richard .700
Saves Hartenstein 11
Games Pitched Hartenstein 56
Games Started Richard 37
Complete Games Nolan 10
Shutouts York 4
Innings Pitched Richard 286.0
Hits Allowed Nolan 262
Homeruns Allowed Nolan 32
Strikeouts Richard 273
Walks Allowed Richard 137
Walks per 9IP Nolan 1.6
Hits per 9IP Richard 6.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Richard 8.6
WHiP Nolan 1.12
OAVG Richard .204
OOBP Nolan .280
OSLG Richard .327
OOPS Richard .625
Team All-Stars
Tom Bradley
Jim York
Player Salaries
Jimmy Wynn $ 5,250,000
Carl Yastrzemski $ 4,280,000
Doug Rader $ 1,928,571
Pat Corrales $ 1,365,714
Cliff Cook $ 1,004,000
Bill Zepp $ 650,000
John Boozer $ 512,856
Frank Bertaina $ 350,000
Hector Torres $ 350,000
Tom Bradley $ 300,000
Johnny Grubb $ 300,000
Joe Ferguson $ 300,000
Brian Downing $ 300,000
Joe Hague $ 300,000
Steve Braun $ 300,000
Dave Laroche $ 300,000
Bob Apodaca $ 300,000
Dave Concepcion $ 300,000
Chuck Hartenstein $ 300,000
Mike Adams $ 300,000
Jerry Kenney $ 300,000
Richie Zisk $ 300,000
Davey Lopes $ 300,000
Gary Nolan $ 300,000
J.R. Richard $ 300,000
Eric Soderholm $ 300,000
Leroy Stanton $ 300,000
Frank Taveras $ 300,000
Bill Wilson $ 300,000
Jim York $ 300,000
Enzo Hernandez $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Gary Kolb
2/7 Traded Tony Martinez Minnesota Carl Yastrzemski
2/10 Signed     Earl Robinson
2/11 Signed     John Boozer
2/12 Signed     Howie Koplitz
2/21 Traded Leo Posada Kansas City Jimmy Wynn
4/2 Signed     Cliff Cook
7/1 Released Bobby Darwin    
7/1 Traded Jim Fregosi Pittsburgh Jimmy Rosario
10/31 Released Earl Robinson    
10/31 Released Howie Koplitz    
10/31 Released Gary Kolb    
10/31 Released Bruce Miller    
10/31 Released Chris Arnold    
10/31 Released Carlos Velazquez