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1979 Colorado Rockies
Record: 87-73
Finish: 3rd in NL West Division
Runs Scored: 691
Runs Allowed: 650
Exp W-L: 84-76
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 2,248,059
Manager: Chris Kelsey

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 76-61, 2nd in the National League
AA: 54-83, 11th in the National League
A: 86-51, 1st in the National League
 
 
 
 
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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 32 144 506 75 132 21 3 17 67 0 1 101 96 .261 .382 .415 .797 81.1 18.1 3.0
C  Johnny Bench 31 143 552 84 134 35 3 24 91 0 0 51 85 .243 .303 .447 .751 74.2 13.8 9.6
3B  Eric Soderholm 30 147 531 68 136 30 1 23 79 2 2 52 82 .256 .321 .446 .767 73.7 14.4 5.0
CF #Jimmy Rosario 34 148 519 64 131 11 3 4 38 17 6 64 84 .252 .334 .308 .643 55.7 8.1 3.1
2B *Rick Manning 24 145 532 56 150 21 4 2 50 1 1 40 37 .282 .332 .348 .679 58.9 9.6 4.6
SS  Dick Allen 37 149 507 69 124 26 7 18 68 32 2 54 107 .245 .315 .430 .745 74.5 15.4 6.4
CF *Johnny Grubb 30 140 461 54 123 22 4 11 70 2 0 39 43 .267 .322 .403 .726 59.6 11.3 3.8
1B *Rusty Staub 35 131 440 44 103 20 3 3 35 0 1 48 26 .234 .309 .314 .623 42.5 4.8 2.0
3B *Oscar Gamble 29 120 425 48 98 21 1 17 61 1 1 32 67 .231 .288 .405 .693 49.6 7.9 0.2
C  Brian Downing 28 78 257 23 53 10 1 7 27 0 1 35 26 .206 .304 .335 .639 27.0 2.4 2.5
1B *Roy Howell 25 65 210 34 54 13 0 6 31 0 2 13 36 .257 .301 .405 .706 23.5 3.4 1.2
SS  Enzo Hernandez 30 86 165 24 38 3 1 0 14 1 2 12 15 .230 .282 .261 .543 11.8 0.2 1.8
C  Bruce Benedict 23 40 116 11 22 6 0 0 9 0 0 11 9 .190 .258 .241 .499 5.8 0.0 2.3
RF  Jerry Morales 30 48 110 12 29 3 1 5 18 0 0 10 11 .264 .325 .445 .770 15.7 3.6 0.8
SS  Dave Concepcion 31 42 107 5 19 3 1 0 8 2 1 5 13 .178 .212 .224 .437 4.0 0.0 1.2
2B  Julio Gonzalez 26 48 81 18 25 4 0 1 7 1 0 5 6 .309 .364 .395 .759 10.7 2.5 0.7
  Team Totals 29.7 1674 5519 689 1371 249 33 138 673 59 20 572 743 .248 .318 .381 .699 668.2 115.5 48.4
  Rank among 12 NL teams 7 8 9 7 9 5 8 5 1 3 9 10 8 8 8 8  
* - 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 29 18 9 .667 34 34 0 259.3 203 76 7 104 194 2.64 24.2
 Bob Apodaca 29 13 13 .500 33 33 0 246.3 222 90 16 69 121 3.29 17.1
*Dave Laroche 31 10 11 .476 31 31 0 236.3 177 79 20 72 177 3.01 18.3
 Danny Darwin 23 13 13 .500 28 28 0 186.3 207 108 22 60 76 5.22 4.4
 Bo McLaughlin 25 9 11 .450 30 30 0 182.3 192 94 11 79 110 4.64 5.9
 Dave Heaverlo 28 6 6 .500 65 3 2 109.0 112 57 5 53 40 4.71 4.0
 Hal Kurtz 35 4 1 .800 38 1 4 74.3 76 27 6 25 24 3.27 6.3
 Bill Zepp 32 8 3 .727 61 0 36 69.3 64 19 3 20 27 2.47 14.1
*Mickey Mahler 26 3 6 .333 45 0 0 37.3 36 23 2 22 13 5.55 0.5
 Frank Lacorte 27 3 0 1.000 20 0 1 33.7 29 16 2 17 17 4.28 2.2
 Stan Thomas 29 0 0 .000 8 0 0 17.7 23 13 5 5 6 6.63 0.0
Team Totals 28.5 87 73 .544 393 160 43 1452.0 1341 602 99 526 805 3.73 97.1
Rank among 12 NL teams 7 7 4 7 4 2 5 5 7 3 5  
* - 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 33.5
J.Bench 1147.7 127 131 663 62 2 2 .997 40.2
B.Benedict 268.3 29 36 157 18 1 0 .994 40.0
B.Downing 197.5 23 23 106 8 1 0 .991 33.3
Team Total 1613.5 179 190 926 88 4 2 .996 39.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.02
R.Staub 1095.7 122 126 1356 93 11 138 .992 11.90
R.Howell 245.3 28 32 311 18 2 28 .994 12.07
O.Gamble 37.0 3 8 37 3 0 1 1.000 9.73
E.Soderholm 20.0 2 3 28 3 0 2 1.000 13.95
R.Manning 19.0 2 2 25 0 1 1 .962 11.84
D.Allen 12.0 1 4 14 0 0 1 1.000 10.50
B.Downing 10.5 1 2 11 1 0 2 1.000 10.29
J.Rosario 3.0 0 1 3 0 1 0 .750 9.00
Team Total 1442.5 159 178 1785 118 15 173 .992 11.87
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.00
R.Manning 934.7 106 109 211 409 12 102 .981 5.97
J.Gonzalez 190.0 24 27 33 72 6 16 .946 4.97
D.Concepcion 147.0 15 19 36 58 1 13 .989 5.76
R.Howell 112.7 12 16 17 49 1 6 .985 5.27
E.Hernandez 63.7 3 19 19 28 0 6 1.000 6.64
J.Morales 4.0 0 2 2 2 0 2 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1452.0 160 192 318 618 20 145 .979 5.80
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.92
E.Soderholm 1198.7 135 143 87 304 20 25 .951 2.94
R.Howell 100.0 11 13 9 17 1 2 .963 2.34
E.Hernandez 92.0 9 17 6 22 0 0 1.000 2.74
D.Concepcion 46.7 5 10 1 10 2 1 .846 2.12
D.Allen 9.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Gonzalez 4.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
J.Morales 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1452.0 160 190 104 354 23 28 .952 2.84
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.51
D.Allen 1180.0 131 137 176 528 21 106 .971 5.37
E.Hernandez 196.0 21 25 31 80 3 20 .974 5.10
D.Concepcion 61.0 6 9 15 27 0 5 1.000 6.20
J.Gonzalez 9.0 1 2 2 4 0 2 1.000 6.00
R.Manning 6.0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1452.0 160 174 225 641 24 134 .973 5.37
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.94
J.Rosario 952.7 112 113 185 4 1 2 .995 1.79
B.Downing 301.1 35 38 64 4 1 1 .986 2.03
J.Grubb 60.0 4 15 15 0 1 0 .938 2.25
O.Gamble 28.0 3 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
D.Allen 20.0 2 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.15
J.Morales 17.0 0 9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Hernandez 14.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
J.Gonzalez 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Staub 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1396.8 156 188 277 8 3 3 .990 1.84
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.55
J.Grubb 966.7 106 112 258 4 3 1 .989 2.44
J.Rosario 236.7 27 30 58 0 0 0 1.000 2.21
J.Morales 191.7 23 29 48 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
O.Gamble 41.0 4 6 8 0 1 0 .889 1.76
R.Manning 14.0 0 8 9 0 2 0 .818 5.79
R.Staub 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Howell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.0 160 187 381 4 6 1 .985 2.39
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.99
J.Ferguson 1023.0 116 116 229 4 1 2 .996 2.05
J.Grubb 103.0 11 13 25 0 3 0 .893 2.18
B.Downing 88.4 10 11 20 1 1 0 .955 2.14
J.Morales 58.3 5 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.39
O.Gamble 54.0 6 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.83
J.Rosario 29.0 3 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.55
R.Staub 14.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
D.Concepcion 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1371.7 152 162 296 5 5 2 .984 1.97
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.07
J.Richard 259.3 34 34 18 35 2 3 .964 1.84
B.Apodaca 246.3 33 33 12 56 1 4 .986 2.48
D.Laroche 236.3 31 31 12 36 0 2 1.000 1.83
D.Darwin 186.3 28 28 12 29 1 1 .976 1.98
B.McLaughlin 182.3 30 30 12 22 0 2 1.000 1.68
D.Heaverlo 109.0 3 65 7 29 1 4 .973 2.97
H.Kurtz 74.3 1 38 1 15 1 2 .941 1.94
B.Zepp 69.3 0 61 7 11 0 0 1.000 2.34
M.Mahler 37.3 0 45 1 8 0 1 1.000 2.17
F.Lacorte 33.7 0 20 4 7 0 0 1.000 2.94
S.Thomas 17.7 0 8 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.02
Team Total 1452.0 160 393 86 250 6 19 .982 2.08
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Manning .282
On-Base Pct Ferguson .382
Slugging Pct Bench .447
OPS Ferguson .797
XR Ferguson 81.1
Games Allen 149
At-Bats Bench 552
Runs Bench 84
Hits Manning 150
Total Bases Bench 247
Singles Manning 123
Doubles Bench 35
Triples Allen 7
Homeruns Bench 24
RBIs Bench 91
Stolen Bases Allen 32
Caught Stealing Rosario 6
Walks Ferguson 101
Strikeouts Allen 107
ERA Richard 2.64
Wins Richard 18
Losses Apodaca, Darwin 13
Winning Pct Richard .667
Saves Zepp 36
Games Pitched Heaverlo 65
Games Started Richard 34
Complete Games Darwin, Richard 5
Shutouts Apodaca, Darwin, Kurtz 1
Innings Pitched Richard 259.3
Hits Allowed Apodaca 222
Homeruns Allowed Darwin 22
Strikeouts Richard 194
Walks Allowed Richard 104
Walks per 9IP Apodaca 2.5
Hits per 9IP Laroche 6.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Laroche 6.7
WHiP Laroche 1.05
OAVG Laroche .206
OOBP Laroche .271
OSLG Richard .299
OOPS Richard .588
Team All-Stars
Johnny Bench
Bill Zepp
Player Salaries
Rusty Staub $ 8,610,000
Dick Allen $ 7,750,000
Johnny Bench $ 6,400,000
J.R. Richard $ 6,000,000
Bob Apodaca $ 4,700,000
Joe Ferguson $ 4,200,000
Eric Soderholm $ 3,400,000
Dave Laroche $ 3,200,000
Johnny Grubb $ 2,900,000
Enzo Hernandez $ 2,700,000
Oscar Gamble $ 2,000,000
Jerry Morales $ 1,092,938
Bill Zepp $ 950,000
Dave Concepcion $ 850,000
Dave Heaverlo $ 571,429
Jimmy Rosario $ 521,429
Hal Kurtz $ 400,000
Bruce Benedict $ 300,000
Danny Darwin $ 300,000
Julio Gonzalez $ 300,000
Frank Lacorte $ 300,000
Mickey Mahler $ 300,000
Rick Manning $ 300,000
Bo McLaughlin $ 300,000
Paul Siebert $ 300,000
Stan Thomas $ 300,000
Roy Howell $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
7/1 Traded Brian Downing New York (N) Ken Reitz
 
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