1989 Colorado Rockies
Record: 96-64
Finish: 2nd in NL West Division
Runs Scored: 836
Runs Allowed: 686
Exp W-L: 94-66
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 2,299,092
Manager: Chris Kelsey

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-74, 10th in the National League
AA: 55-82, 11th in the National League
A: 63-74, 8th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-4 to New York (N) Giants
 
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 32 154 605 79 192 30 9 7 87 39 29 65 75 .317 .383 .431 .814 93.6 20.7 4.8
2B #Tom Herr 33 150 601 80 195 51 6 3 73 13 2 58 77 .324 .383 .444 .827 95.4 24.0 4.9
3B *Greg Walker 29 156 579 85 171 28 2 19 98 1 0 46 81 .295 .347 .449 .797 85.2 18.0 3.5
RF *Luis Polonia 25 142 500 74 147 33 8 7 69 3 1 35 52 .294 .341 .434 .775 67.7 14.2 2.1
C  Steve Swisher 37 135 501 74 164 32 3 3 64 2 1 23 79 .327 .358 .421 .779 65.7 14.6 6.0
LF *Terry Puhl 32 132 466 67 135 32 6 4 62 3 3 44 69 .290 .351 .410 .761 62.7 12.9 3.0
1B  David Green 28 137 475 75 118 23 7 11 75 2 2 24 87 .248 .284 .396 .680 49.7 6.8 1.6
SS *Von Hayes 30 128 384 73 115 24 2 13 63 31 7 42 68 .299 .366 .474 .840 66.1 15.5 3.3
SS  Reid Nichols 30 107 307 40 70 20 2 4 39 0 1 24 62 .228 .286 .345 .631 28.8 3.3 3.1
3B  Carney Lansford 32 104 303 37 72 23 3 4 46 0 0 18 48 .238 .279 .373 .652 31.3 4.1 2.0
1B *Hal Morris 24 67 208 40 66 22 0 3 34 0 0 19 19 .317 .373 .466 .839 32.4 8.0 0.9
SS *Larry Whisenton 32 65 195 26 42 14 2 1 25 1 0 19 23 .215 .284 .323 .607 16.6 1.2 2.0
RF *Ken Griffey Jr. 19 53 185 37 69 12 0 12 41 0 0 9 25 .373 .411 .632 1.043 42.6 12.2 1.2
C  John Rabb 29 50 144 12 28 9 0 1 10 0 0 10 38 .194 .247 .278 .525 8.5 0.0 1.6
3B  Luis Salazar 33 53 142 18 45 7 3 0 20 0 0 4 17 .317 .336 .408 .744 17.1 3.6 1.3
LF  Chet Lemon 34 43 126 18 35 9 0 1 15 1 0 14 27 .278 .348 .373 .721 16.6 3.5 0.6
  Team Totals 29.9 1676 5721 835 1664 369 53 93 821 96 46 454 847 .291 .343 .423 .766 779.9 162.5 41.9
  Rank among 12 NL teams 1 2 1 3 1 12 1 7 8 8 4 1 2 2 2 3  
* - 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
 Oil Can Boyd 29 13 9 .591 34 34 0 214.0 215 89 25 39 122 3.74 11.4
 Nino Espinosa 35 8 10 .444 32 32 0 193.0 213 81 28 51 157 3.78 8.2
 Luis Deleon 30 14 5 .737 33 27 1 171.7 144 59 13 32 133 3.09 13.2
 Dave Ford 32 8 4 .667 44 15 4 168.7 184 82 18 33 65 4.38 7.2
*Dan Plesac 27 8 4 .667 23 23 0 131.3 112 45 8 36 124 3.08 9.3
*Dennis Powell 25 6 8 .429 27 17 1 123.3 108 50 6 45 81 3.65 7.1
*Joe Price 32 11 6 .647 54 12 22 113.3 106 51 18 40 91 4.05 9.9
 Steve Ontiveros 28 9 9 .500 55 0 12 90.7 94 39 7 32 50 3.87 6.5
*Brad Havens 29 7 8 .467 46 0 4 70.0 81 49 13 33 52 6.30 0.0
 Joe Boever 28 5 0 1.000 41 0 1 57.3 59 22 7 21 38 3.45 3.8
 Reggie Patterson 30 1 0 1.000 17 0 3 42.7 39 14 2 2 22 2.95 3.9
*Gary Wayne 26 4 1 .800 19 0 0 31.0 35 22 4 14 14 6.39 0.3
*Derek Lilliquist 23 2 0 1.000 11 0 2 21.3 26 14 2 8 10 5.91 0.5
*Kenny Rogers 24 0 0 .000 14 0 4 14.3 10 5 0 7 7 3.14 2.4
Team Totals 28.4 96 64 .600 450 160 54 1442.6 1426 622 151 393 966 3.88 83.5
Rank among 12 NL teams 3 3 3 3 3 8 11 4 2 5 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 .993 28.5
S.Swisher 1156.0 128 134 818 47 7 2 .992 26.0
J.Rabb 286.7 32 38 190 14 3 0 .986 40.0
Team Total 1442.7 160 172 1008 61 10 2 .991 28.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.38
G.Walker 918.3 104 105 1094 84 4 82 .997 11.54
H.Morris 320.0 38 42 382 23 4 26 .990 11.39
D.Green 65.3 5 16 83 5 1 4 .989 12.12
R.Nichols 50.0 5 8 57 1 1 4 .983 10.44
V.Hayes 30.0 2 5 31 2 0 6 1.000 9.90
J.Rabb 24.0 2 6 25 1 1 0 .963 9.75
C.Lemon 21.0 2 5 26 0 0 2 1.000 11.14
L.Whisenton 14.0 2 2 17 1 0 2 1.000 11.57
Team Total 1442.7 160 189 1715 117 11 126 .994 11.43
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.55
T.Herr 1273.7 145 148 235 517 15 85 .980 5.31
R.Nichols 76.0 7 14 21 23 1 9 .978 5.21
L.Salazar 32.0 3 7 4 20 1 1 .960 6.75
V.Hayes 30.0 2 6 10 15 0 7 1.000 7.50
L.Whisenton 22.0 2 4 4 7 0 1 1.000 4.50
C.Lemon 8.0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
C.Lansford 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1442.7 160 181 276 584 17 103 .981 5.37
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.61
C.Lansford 627.7 73 78 41 143 9 13 .953 2.64
D.Green 381.3 41 47 21 92 2 5 .983 2.67
G.Walker 363.7 41 44 20 94 5 0 .958 2.82
V.Hayes 37.0 4 8 7 7 0 0 1.000 3.41
J.Rabb 14.0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.93
L.Salazar 12.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Nichols 5.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
L.Whisenton 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1442.7 160 186 89 341 16 19 .964 2.68
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.12
V.Hayes 517.3 57 63 79 220 3 35 .990 5.20
R.Nichols 460.0 52 63 69 192 6 36 .978 5.11
L.Whisenton 404.7 46 51 45 165 8 27 .963 4.67
L.Salazar 58.7 5 13 6 22 0 0 1.000 4.30
L.Polonia 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1442.7 160 191 199 601 17 98 .979 4.99
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.80
T.Puhl 929.0 103 115 193 5 0 0 1.000 1.92
C.Lemon 208.0 26 28 34 3 1 0 .974 1.60
L.Salazar 151.0 17 21 35 2 0 0 1.000 2.21
R.Nichols 67.7 8 11 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.73
L.Polonia 25.0 2 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
L.Whisenton 24.0 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
G.Walker 12.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
V.Hayes 10.3 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.61
J.Rabb 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
K.Griffey Jr. 6.7 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.7 160 202 285 11 1 0 .997 1.85
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 2.35
B.Butler 1332.7 148 153 335 6 3 2 .991 2.30
R.Nichols 34.0 3 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.32
D.Green 26.0 3 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
T.Puhl 19.0 2 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.37
L.Polonia 16.0 2 2 3 1 0 1 1.000 2.25
C.Lemon 15.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40
Team Total 1442.7 160 171 355 8 3 3 .992 2.26
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.95
L.Polonia 713.7 81 90 145 5 3 2 .980 1.89
K.Griffey Jr. 420.7 48 48 90 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
L.Salazar 72.0 9 9 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.63
H.Morris 56.7 7 8 8 3 0 0 1.000 1.75
R.Nichols 46.0 5 8 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.96
T.Puhl 39.0 3 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
D.Green 30.0 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Rabb 28.0 3 5 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.57
C.Lemon 13.0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
V.Hayes 12.0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
L.Whisenton 11.7 0 3 4 0 1 0 .800 3.09
Team Total 1442.6 160 199 307 10 4 2 .988 1.98
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.96
O.Boyd 214.0 34 34 16 37 1 2 .981 2.23
N.Espinosa 193.0 32 32 11 39 2 2 .962 2.33
L.Deleon 171.7 27 33 14 20 0 2 1.000 1.78
D.Ford 168.7 15 44 12 27 3 1 .929 2.08
D.Plesac 131.3 23 23 13 21 0 1 1.000 2.33
D.Powell 123.3 17 27 6 16 0 3 1.000 1.61
J.Price 113.3 12 54 1 26 1 3 .964 2.14
S.Ontiveros 90.7 0 55 5 19 1 1 .960 2.38
B.Havens 70.0 0 46 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.67
J.Boever 57.3 0 41 6 10 0 1 1.000 2.51
R.Patterson 42.7 0 17 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.90
G.Wayne 31.0 0 19 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.16
D.Lilliquist 21.3 0 11 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.27
K.Rogers 14.3 0 14 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.26
Team Total 1442.6 160 450 91 239 8 19 .976 2.06
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Swisher .327
On-Base Pct Herr .383
Slugging Pct Walker .449
OPS Herr .827
XR Herr 95.4
Games Walker 156
At-Bats Butler 605
Runs Walker 85
Hits Herr 195
Total Bases Herr 267
Singles Butler 146
Doubles Herr 51
Triples Butler 9
Homeruns Walker 19
RBIs Walker 98
Stolen Bases Butler 39
Caught Stealing Butler 29
Walks Butler 65
Strikeouts Green 87
ERA Deleon 3.09
Wins Deleon 14
Losses Espinosa 10
Winning Pct Deleon .737
Saves Price 22
Games Pitched Ontiveros 55
Games Started Boyd 34
Complete Games Boyd 4
Shutouts Boyd, Deleon 2
Innings Pitched Boyd 214.0
Hits Allowed Boyd 215
Homeruns Allowed Espinosa 28
Strikeouts Espinosa 157
Walks Allowed Espinosa 51
Walks per 9IP Boyd 1.6
Hits per 9IP Deleon 7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Espinosa 7.3
WHiP Deleon 1.03
OAVG Deleon .225
OOBP Deleon .261
OSLG Deleon .340
OOPS Deleon .602
Team All-Stars
Brett Butler
Tom Herr
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
Oil Can Boyd $ 4,414,286
Dave Ford $ 4,000,000
Joe Price $ 3,390,000
Greg Walker $ 3,350,000
David Green $ 3,057,143
Steve Swisher $ 3,009,007
Terry Puhl $ 3,000,000
Chet Lemon $ 2,830,000
Brad Havens $ 1,280,000
Tom Brennan $ 350,000
Luis Salazar $ 350,000
Von Hayes $ 350,000
Bruce Benedict $ 350,000
Randy Johnson $ 350,000
Ken Griffey Jr. $ 300,000
Joe Boever $ 300,000
Hal Morris $ 300,000
Larry Whisenton $ 300,000
Reid Nichols $ 300,000
Steve Ontiveros $ 300,000
Reggie Patterson $ 300,000
Dan Plesac $ 300,000
Luis Polonia $ 300,000
Dennis Powell $ 300,000
John Rabb $ 300,000
Kenny Rogers $ 300,000
Gary Wayne $ 300,000
Derek Lilliquist $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Junior Ortiz Montreal Terry Puhl
2/2 Traded Juan Castillo Boston (A) Chet Lemon
2/3 Signed     Jerry White
2/11 Signed     Steve Swisher
2/14 Released Jerry White