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1976 Colorado Rockies
Record: 107-55
Finish: 1st in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 941
Runs Allowed: 690
Exp W-L: 103-59
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 2,227,597
Manager: Shashank Misra

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-64, 5th in the National League
AA: 63-74, 8th in the National League
A: 59-78, 7th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 1-4 to Kansas City Royals
Won NL League Series 4-3 over Boston (N) Braves
Won Divisional Series 4-2 over 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
SS  Joe Ferguson 29 151 508 98 148 22 1 22 96 0 0 108 97 .291 .413 .469 .881 100.9 23.5 2.1
SS  Enzo Hernandez 27 154 553 112 165 24 4 0 78 73 22 54 30 .298 .358 .356 .714 77.7 14.7 6.0
LF  Richie Zisk 27 155 554 72 161 29 1 18 102 2 1 52 64 .291 .347 .444 .791 82.7 16.6 3.8
C  Johnny Bench 28 149 543 92 147 32 2 35 136 3 1 65 76 .271 .346 .530 .877 95.3 21.1 2.6
2B  Davey Lopes 31 153 510 80 142 21 4 10 73 66 31 54 66 .278 .348 .394 .742 70.7 12.6 6.8
3B  Eric Soderholm 27 124 431 68 100 21 2 14 61 4 1 47 78 .232 .308 .387 .695 52.0 7.7 3.3
3B *Steve Braun 28 136 407 65 125 19 1 11 61 0 2 60 46 .307 .395 .440 .835 70.4 16.4 3.9
C  Brian Downing 25 120 415 66 107 22 1 13 56 3 1 47 60 .258 .337 .410 .747 55.2 9.9 3.6
CF *Johnny Grubb 27 128 368 53 107 15 2 5 49 0 1 48 43 .291 .378 .383 .761 53.1 10.7 3.8
RF  Jerry Morales 27 88 245 45 79 18 1 5 50 2 0 26 13 .322 .388 .465 .854 41.9 10.1 3.2
CF  Leroy Stanton 30 68 214 31 59 8 0 4 26 0 0 20 40 .276 .336 .369 .705 27.2 4.9 1.0
1B  Aaron Pointer 34 52 153 27 32 6 0 1 25 3 0 31 45 .209 .363 .268 .631 19.6 3.0 0.4
1B *Mike Epstein 33 55 162 29 48 11 1 9 30 0 1 25 32 .296 .394 .543 .937 32.0 7.9 0.1
CF #Jimmy Rosario 31 83 145 34 46 9 0 3 24 0 0 25 23 .317 .415 .441 .857 27.0 6.7 1.8
SS  Dave Concepcion 28 73 162 17 43 15 0 1 15 5 1 11 12 .265 .312 .377 .689 17.8 3.0 2.2
C  Jack Hiatt 33 54 133 19 32 6 1 1 16 0 0 36 28 .241 .402 .323 .726 19.9 3.9 0.7
C  Andy Etchebarren 33 21 50 11 13 2 0 1 8 0 1 5 9 .260 .321 .360 .681 5.9 0.7 0.4
SS  Frank Taveras 26 43 31 17 2 0 0 0 1 18 5 1 3 .065 .094 .065 .158 -0.4 0.0 0.3
2B *Rick Manning 21 11 31 2 10 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 .323 .323 .355 .677 3.3 0.6 0.2
1B *Roy Howell 22 9 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125 .160 .125 .285 -0.4 0.0 0.3
  Team Totals 28.4 1827 5639 938 1569 281 21 153 910 181 68 716 768 .278 .360 .417 .776 851.6 174.1 46.3
  Rank among 10 NL teams 4 1 3 2 10 4 1 1 10 1 5 2 1 3 2 1  
* - 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 28 17 8 .680 34 30 0 244.7 208 83 22 18 177 3.05 20.7
 J.R. Richard 26 15 10 .600 40 31 1 233.3 201 108 12 114 205 4.17 12.6
 Bob Apodaca 26 18 8 .692 30 30 0 218.0 191 73 9 69 136 3.01 18.1
*Dave Laroche 28 13 8 .619 32 32 0 215.7 220 113 27 86 202 4.72 9.2
*Rusty Gerhardt 25 13 4 .765 24 24 0 172.7 178 78 8 46 59 4.07 10.1
 John Miller 35 5 5 .500 49 0 9 80.3 74 41 4 50 43 4.59 5.2
 Chuck Hartenstein 34 8 1 .889 65 0 12 78.0 74 25 9 32 35 2.88 10.2
 Frank Lacorte 24 4 2 .667 30 3 4 52.7 50 26 2 35 39 4.44 3.6
 Dave Heaverlo 25 0 3 .000 13 4 3 40.0 52 33 5 26 18 7.43 0.0
 Bo McLaughlin 22 4 1 .800 5 5 0 36.3 30 9 0 15 20 2.23 4.1
*Frank Bertaina 32 7 4 .636 74 0 4 35.0 36 18 3 20 24 4.63 3.0
*Bob Owchinko 21 1 1 .500 4 3 0 22.3 16 8 1 9 20 3.22 1.6
 Bill Zepp 29 2 0 1.000 12 0 2 19.0 24 5 3 9 9 2.37 2.1
 Hal Kurtz 32 0 0 .000 6 0 1 7.3 10 11 1 8 5 13.51 0.0
Team Totals 27.6 107 55 .660 418 162 36 1455.3 1364 631 106 537 992 3.90 100.5
Rank among 10 NL teams 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 4 6 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 .991 31.5
J.Bench 761.7 81 99 521 29 4 0 .993 36.0
J.Ferguson 371.7 41 43 281 10 2 0 .993 12.9
J.Hiatt 170.0 20 23 118 10 2 2 .985 33.3
A.Etchebarren 101.0 13 15 73 4 1 0 .987 20.0
B.Downing 51.0 7 7 38 1 0 0 1.000 25.0
Team Total 1455.3 162 187 1031 54 9 2 .992 27.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.81
E.Soderholm 375.0 44 45 429 29 2 56 .996 10.99
A.Pointer 332.3 42 47 381 29 4 33 .990 11.10
M.Epstein 151.3 19 20 192 9 2 15 .990 11.96
L.Stanton 141.0 17 25 188 13 0 19 1.000 12.83
S.Braun 89.3 3 26 103 8 1 6 .991 11.18
B.Downing 85.0 11 15 114 6 1 11 .992 12.71
J.Rosario 74.0 5 16 108 5 1 7 .991 13.74
J.Hiatt 24.0 1 8 28 1 0 3 1.000 10.88
Team Total 1272.0 142 202 1543 100 11 150 .993 11.63
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.93
D.Lopes 1238.3 141 148 225 531 17 118 .978 5.49
D.Concepcion 110.0 11 22 21 45 0 10 1.000 5.40
R.Howell 46.0 6 6 12 17 2 5 .935 5.67
F.Taveras 21.0 1 5 6 12 1 1 .947 7.71
A.Pointer 13.0 1 4 5 6 1 2 .917 7.62
J.Morales 13.0 1 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.46
E.Hernandez 11.0 1 2 3 4 0 1 1.000 5.73
R.Manning 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1455.3 162 192 274 620 21 138 .977 5.53
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 3.08
S.Braun 743.0 84 92 47 204 7 21 .973 3.04
E.Soderholm 546.3 62 68 39 170 8 18 .963 3.44
D.Concepcion 114.0 12 18 4 40 1 8 .978 3.47
F.Taveras 27.0 2 7 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.00
E.Hernandez 15.0 1 4 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.60
R.Howell 9.0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00
J.Morales 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.3 162 191 94 426 16 47 .970 3.22
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.33
E.Hernandez 1213.3 138 140 165 500 18 97 .974 4.93
D.Concepcion 152.0 15 26 23 66 2 11 .978 5.27
R.Manning 60.0 7 8 2 20 1 2 .957 3.30
F.Taveras 14.0 1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.21
J.Ferguson 10.0 1 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70
R.Howell 4.0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1.000 6.75
J.Morales 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1455.3 162 184 194 594 21 111 .974 4.87
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.89
R.Zisk 1191.7 138 145 207 8 7 2 .968 1.62
J.Rosario 113.0 13 18 28 2 0 0 1.000 2.39
J.Grubb 49.3 5 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.46
S.Braun 34.3 2 10 7 1 0 1 1.000 2.10
L.Stanton 32.0 3 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.69
J.Ferguson 21.0 1 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.86
J.Morales 10.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
B.Downing 4.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1455.3 162 202 261 12 7 3 .975 1.69
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 2.45
J.Grubb 775.0 83 101 174 6 3 2 .984 2.09
J.Morales 545.3 68 72 148 4 2 1 .987 2.51
J.Rosario 73.0 5 17 27 1 0 0 1.000 3.45
L.Stanton 61.0 6 11 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.48
A.Etchebarren 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1455.3 162 202 360 11 5 3 .987 2.29
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.91
B.Downing 859.0 99 99 167 5 1 1 .994 1.80
J.Ferguson 222.3 26 30 41 2 1 0 .977 1.74
L.Stanton 197.0 24 25 27 2 0 2 1.000 1.32
J.Rosario 65.0 6 12 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.91
J.Grubb 50.0 3 16 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.98
S.Braun 29.0 2 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.79
R.Zisk 19.0 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
J.Morales 14.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64
Team Total 1455.3 162 197 281 9 2 3 .993 1.79
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.09
G.Nolan 244.7 30 34 15 26 1 3 .976 1.51
J.Richard 233.3 31 40 9 28 3 1 .925 1.43
B.Apodaca 218.0 30 30 13 48 1 1 .984 2.52
D.Laroche 215.7 32 32 13 34 2 2 .959 1.96
R.Gerhardt 172.7 24 24 13 29 2 5 .955 2.19
J.Miller 80.3 0 49 4 9 0 1 1.000 1.46
C.Hartenstein 78.0 0 65 6 14 1 1 .952 2.31
F.Lacorte 52.7 3 30 6 7 0 0 1.000 2.22
D.Heaverlo 40.0 4 13 3 5 1 0 .889 1.80
B.McLaughlin 36.3 5 5 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.73
F.Bertaina 35.0 0 74 1 8 0 1 1.000 2.31
B.Owchinko 22.3 3 4 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.02
B.Zepp 19.0 0 12 1 5 0 1 1.000 2.84
H.Kurtz 7.3 0 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1455.3 162 418 88 223 11 16 .966 1.92
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hernandez .298
On-Base Pct Ferguson .413
Slugging Pct Bench .530
OPS Ferguson .881
XR Ferguson 100.9
Games Zisk 155
At-Bats Zisk 554
Runs Hernandez 112
Hits Hernandez 165
Total Bases Bench 288
Singles Hernandez 137
Doubles Bench 32
Triples Hernandez, Lopes 4
Homeruns Bench 35
RBIs Bench 136
Stolen Bases Hernandez 73
Caught Stealing Lopes 31
Walks Ferguson 108
Strikeouts Ferguson 97
ERA Apodaca 3.01
Wins Apodaca 18
Losses Richard 10
Winning Pct Gerhardt .765
Saves Hartenstein 12
Games Pitched Bertaina 74
Games Started Laroche 32
Complete Games Gerhardt, Nolan 6
Shutouts Richard 2
Innings Pitched Nolan 244.7
Hits Allowed Laroche 220
Homeruns Allowed Laroche 27
Strikeouts Richard 205
Walks Allowed Richard 114
Walks per 9IP Nolan 0.7
Hits per 9IP Nolan 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Laroche 8.4
WHiP Nolan 0.92
OAVG Nolan .227
OOBP Nolan .246
OSLG Apodaca .325
OOPS Nolan .609
Team All-Stars
Johnny Bench
Chuck Hartenstein
Enzo Hernandez
Dave Laroche
Player Salaries
Gary Nolan $ 7,300,000
J.R. Richard $ 6,000,000
Joe Ferguson $ 4,200,000
Richie Zisk $ 3,700,000
Steve Braun $ 3,421,429
Johnny Bench $ 3,200,000
Dave Laroche $ 3,200,000
Johnny Grubb $ 3,178,571
Davey Lopes $ 1,900,000
Frank Bertaina $ 1,200,000
Jerry Morales $ 1,092,938
Enzo Hernandez $ 870,000
Hal Kurtz $ 834,978
Eric Soderholm $ 697,143
Bill Zepp $ 650,000
Chuck Hartenstein $ 650,000
Andy Etchebarren $ 528,376
Dick Billings $ 350,000
Dave Concepcion $ 350,000
Hal King $ 350,000
John Miller $ 350,000
Charlie Manuel $ 300,000
Frank Taveras $ 300,000
Leroy Stanton $ 300,000
Jimmy Rosario $ 300,000
Bob Owchinko $ 300,000
Frank Lacorte $ 300,000
Bo McLaughlin $ 300,000
Roy Howell $ 300,000
Rusty Gerhardt $ 300,000
Greg Goossen $ 300,000
Rick Manning $ 300,000
Dave Heaverlo $ 300,000
Bob Apodaca $ 300,000
Brian Downing $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Jerry Morales
2/5 Signed     Aaron Pointer
2/6 Signed     Hal Kurtz
2/14 Signed     Greg Goossen
2/17 Signed     John Miller
2/26 Signed     Andy Etchebarren
3/3 Traded Doug Rader
Jimmy Wynn		 Kansas City Rusty Gerhardt
Jack Hiatt
Mike Epstein
3/3 Traded Jim York Boston (N) Ed Kirkpatrick
3/3 Released Ed Kirkpatrick    
7/31 Traded Mike Epstein St. Louis Charlie Manuel
10/29 Released Aaron Pointer    
10/29 Released Jack Hiatt    
 
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