1974 Colorado Rockies
Record: 98-64
Finish: 2nd in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 863
Runs Allowed: 629
Exp W-L: 104-58
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 2,150,049
Manager: Shashank Misra

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-60, 2nd in the National League
AA: 64-73, 7th in the National League
A: 57-80, 9th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-3 over New York (A) Yankees
Won NL League Series 4-2 over 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
DH *Walt Bond 36 157 572 88 176 33 2 26 89 1 0 40 80 .308 .353 .509 .861 95.4 18.2 0.4
C  Johnny Bench 26 149 549 81 162 46 1 33 111 3 3 49 92 .295 .352 .563 .915 95.4 18.2 9.2
SS  Joe Ferguson 27 147 483 85 116 17 2 17 69 3 1 92 106 .240 .359 .389 .748 77.5 11.9 4.3
LF  Doug Rader 29 155 501 60 140 27 1 10 65 1 2 48 94 .279 .349 .397 .746 65.4 9.6 4.7
LF  Richie Zisk 25 135 467 64 130 23 1 17 81 1 0 50 78 .278 .346 .441 .787 70.0 11.6 3.2
2B  Davey Lopes 29 143 417 82 125 19 9 6 43 55 22 47 50 .300 .369 .432 .801 65.7 11.1 3.6
3B *Steve Braun 26 122 404 50 131 20 3 11 82 3 0 43 38 .324 .386 .470 .856 71.9 14.9 2.8
3B  Eric Soderholm 25 126 385 52 78 16 2 12 48 1 1 49 64 .203 .293 .348 .641 40.5 2.2 2.4
CF  Rick Reichardt 31 133 370 59 98 17 3 12 55 0 1 36 74 .265 .332 .424 .756 50.9 7.3 3.3
CF *Johnny Grubb 25 112 335 43 102 18 1 7 46 0 0 35 38 .304 .374 .427 .801 50.5 9.2 2.9
1B *Carl Yastrzemski 34 122 331 50 99 17 0 10 45 0 1 36 30 .299 .368 .441 .809 51.6 9.2 1.5
SS  Enzo Hernandez 25 123 279 50 81 14 2 0 21 31 15 23 11 .290 .344 .355 .699 33.6 4.3 3.2
C  Brian Downing 23 85 239 37 68 7 1 9 34 0 1 29 48 .285 .369 .435 .804 37.5 6.3 1.6
SS  Dave Concepcion 26 55 114 26 40 7 0 2 13 9 0 6 10 .351 .383 .465 .848 18.9 4.0 1.2
C *Hal King 30 32 65 7 19 4 0 1 9 0 0 8 12 .292 .378 .400 .778 9.4 1.7 1.2
C  Dick Billings 31 23 61 4 17 3 0 1 7 0 0 1 6 .279 .290 .377 .667 6.5 0.9 1.2
CF  Leroy Stanton 28 17 52 10 19 2 0 2 10 1 1 4 7 .365 .421 .519 .940 10.4 2.4 0.4
1B *Joe Hague 30 13 44 7 14 0 0 1 4 1 2 8 4 .318 .423 .386 .809 7.1 1.2 0.2
CF #Jimmy Rosario 29 27 33 8 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 8 .121 .211 .121 .332 0.7 0.0 0.2
  Team Totals 28.2 1876 5701 863 1619 290 28 177 835 110 51 608 850 .284 .353 .438 .791 858.8 144.2 47.6
  Rank among 10 NL teams 3 2 1 4 4 3 2 2 9 3 7 1 2 2 2 2  
* - 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 26 21 9 .700 35 30 0 259.3 228 83 27 37 189 2.88 23.1
 J.R. Richard 24 17 9 .654 36 32 0 232.7 178 75 7 108 221 2.90 20.1
 Jim York 26 12 9 .571 33 30 2 213.0 181 87 11 81 172 3.68 13.7
*Dave Laroche 26 15 8 .652 27 27 0 199.0 169 88 25 57 146 3.98 12.1
 Bob Apodaca 24 15 9 .625 32 26 1 197.0 211 78 17 47 96 3.56 13.5
*Frank Bertaina 30 9 2 .818 78 0 22 103.0 110 46 13 49 65 4.02 8.9
 Chuck Hartenstein 32 5 6 .455 54 0 8 75.7 84 34 11 21 44 4.04 5.6
 Bill Zepp 27 1 6 .143 20 5 1 60.7 65 31 11 17 22 4.60 2.0
 Tom Bradley 27 1 5 .167 20 2 1 50.7 49 22 3 16 20 3.91 2.4
 Stan Thomas 24 0 1 .000 5 5 0 29.3 31 18 2 16 10 5.52 0.2
 Don Dennis 32 2 0 1.000 7 3 0 25.0 35 15 5 5 12 5.40 0.6
Team Totals 27.1 98 64 .605 347 160 35 1445.3 1341 577 132 454 997 3.59 102.1
Rank among 10 NL teams 2 2 1 2 8 1 4 1 2 1 1  
* - 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 35.3
J.Bench 1141.0 124 144 810 49 4 2 .995 41.2
D.Billings 118.7 14 17 89 9 0 0 1.000 54.5
H.King 113.0 15 15 72 10 0 1 1.000 55.6
B.Downing 71.0 9 9 56 3 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1443.7 162 185 1027 71 4 3 .996 45.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.59
C.Yastrzemski 671.0 75 99 817 54 5 63 .994 11.68
B.Downing 356.7 43 46 426 30 1 40 .998 11.51
E.Soderholm 100.3 7 22 111 14 4 5 .969 11.21
J.Hague 88.0 12 12 129 8 2 15 .986 14.01
D.Rader 85.0 10 13 89 17 1 5 .991 11.22
W.Bond 80.7 9 12 100 4 0 6 1.000 11.60
S.Braun 57.0 6 9 62 3 0 5 1.000 10.26
L.Stanton 3.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Grubb 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1443.7 162 215 1738 131 13 139 .993 11.65
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.79
D.Lopes 1010.7 114 125 191 393 20 72 .967 5.20
E.Hernandez 377.7 44 52 89 190 0 43 1.000 6.65
D.Concepcion 55.3 4 17 14 24 0 7 1.000 6.18
Team Total 1443.7 162 194 294 607 20 122 .978 5.62
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.99
E.Soderholm 693.7 77 93 39 169 7 11 .967 2.70
S.Braun 654.3 80 91 35 178 15 15 .934 2.93
H.King 34.7 2 14 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.60
E.Hernandez 34.0 1 10 2 9 1 2 .917 2.91
D.Rader 27.0 2 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.67
Team Total 1443.7 162 213 80 367 23 28 .951 2.79
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.13
D.Rader 1034.7 122 128 110 435 14 69 .975 4.74
E.Hernandez 208.3 18 36 26 80 3 12 .972 4.58
D.Concepcion 199.7 22 30 38 78 5 18 .959 5.23
J.Hague 1.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1443.7 162 195 174 595 22 99 .972 4.79
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.91
R.Zisk 1046.0 124 130 195 6 4 2 .980 1.73
R.Reichardt 96.0 11 12 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
J.Rosario 83.0 10 15 13 0 1 0 .929 1.41
C.Yastrzemski 47.0 2 20 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.87
S.Braun 44.7 4 8 7 2 0 1 1.000 1.81
W.Bond 35.0 3 6 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.31
J.Grubb 31.0 3 7 9 1 0 1 1.000 2.90
J.Ferguson 18.0 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
D.Rader 14.0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
D.Billings 12.0 0 5 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Downing 9.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
L.Stanton 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
Team Total 1443.7 162 214 274 11 5 4 .983 1.78
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.45
J.Grubb 696.3 82 91 145 7 2 3 .987 1.96
R.Reichardt 602.7 66 85 164 1 1 0 .994 2.46
L.Stanton 105.0 13 15 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
W.Bond 29.0 1 9 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.93
J.Rosario 6.7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
E.Soderholm 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Downing 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.7 162 206 335 8 3 3 .991 2.14
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.01
J.Ferguson 1076.7 128 133 244 4 0 0 1.000 2.07
B.Downing 169.0 21 23 18 3 0 1 1.000 1.12
R.Reichardt 64.3 5 13 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.68
S.Braun 51.0 3 12 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.82
J.Grubb 29.0 2 7 9 0 1 0 .900 2.79
D.Rader 12.3 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.46
J.Rosario 11.3 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.38
J.Hague 11.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
W.Bond 11.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
R.Zisk 8.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.7 162 203 307 7 1 1 .997 1.96
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.02
G.Nolan 259.3 30 35 18 28 1 1 .979 1.60
J.Richard 232.7 32 36 11 32 7 1 .860 1.66
J.York 213.0 30 33 20 33 1 3 .981 2.24
D.Laroche 199.0 27 27 11 25 0 3 1.000 1.63
B.Apodaca 197.0 26 32 17 45 0 3 1.000 2.83
F.Bertaina 103.0 0 78 4 17 0 3 1.000 1.83
C.Hartenstein 75.7 0 54 5 17 0 0 1.000 2.62
B.Zepp 60.7 5 20 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.74
T.Bradley 50.7 2 20 3 6 1 1 .900 1.60
S.Thomas 29.3 5 5 4 8 0 2 1.000 3.68
D.Dennis 25.0 3 7 3 7 1 0 .909 3.60
Team Total 1445.3 160 347 98 221 11 17 .967 1.99
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bond .308
On-Base Pct Ferguson .359
Slugging Pct Bench .563
OPS Bench .915
XR Bench 95.4
Games Bond 157
At-Bats Bond 572
Runs Bond 88
Hits Bond 176
Total Bases Bench 309
Singles Bond 115
Doubles Bench 46
Triples Lopes 9
Homeruns Bench 33
RBIs Bench 111
Stolen Bases Lopes 55
Caught Stealing Lopes 22
Walks Ferguson 92
Strikeouts Ferguson 106
ERA Nolan 2.88
Wins Nolan 21
Losses Apodaca, Nolan, Richard, York 9
Winning Pct Nolan .700
Saves Bertaina 22
Games Pitched Bertaina 78
Games Started Richard 32
Complete Games Nolan 14
Shutouts Nolan 4
Innings Pitched Nolan 259.3
Hits Allowed Nolan 228
Homeruns Allowed Nolan 27
Strikeouts Richard 221
Walks Allowed Richard 108
Walks per 9IP Nolan 1.3
Hits per 9IP Richard 6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Richard 8.5
WHiP Nolan 1.02
OAVG Richard .205
OOBP Nolan .261
OSLG Richard .285
OOPS Richard .578
Team All-Stars
Johnny Bench
Walt Bond
Steve Braun
Chuck Hartenstein
Gary Nolan
J.R. Richard
Player Salaries
Jimmy Wynn $ 5,250,000
Rick Reichardt $ 4,723,948
Carl Yastrzemski $ 4,280,000
Willie McCovey $ 3,500,000
Johnny Bench $ 3,200,000
Doug Rader $ 1,600,000
Frank Bertaina $ 800,000
Bill Zepp $ 650,000
Chuck Hartenstein $ 650,000
Joe Hague $ 300,000
Johnny Grubb $ 300,000
Joe Ferguson $ 300,000
Brian Downing $ 300,000
Dave Concepcion $ 300,000
Davey Lopes $ 300,000
Steve Braun $ 300,000
Dick Billings $ 300,000
Don Dennis $ 300,000
Enzo Hernandez $ 300,000
Bob Apodaca $ 300,000
Dave Laroche $ 300,000
Richie Zisk $ 300,000
Gary Nolan $ 300,000
J.R. Richard $ 300,000
Jimmy Rosario $ 300,000
Eric Soderholm $ 300,000
Leroy Stanton $ 300,000
Stan Thomas $ 300,000
Jim York $ 300,000
Hal King $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Rick Reichardt
2/8 Signed     Walt Bond
3/2 Signed     Johnny Callison
3/2 Signed     Donn Clendenon
4/2 Released Steve Barr    
4/2 Traded Mike Adams Pittsburgh Johnny Bench
7/31 Traded Tom Bradley Tampa Bay Willie Mccovey
10/31 Released Walt Bond    
10/31 Released Pat Corrales