1987 Colorado Rockies
Record: 96-64
Finish: 2nd in NL West Division
Runs Scored: 761
Runs Allowed: 628
Exp W-L: 94-66
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 2,348,818
Manager: Chris Kelsey

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 74-63, 4th in the National League
AA: 76-61, 5th in the National League
A: 76-61, 6th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 0-4 to San Diego Padres
Won Divisional Series 4-2 over Philadelphia Phillies
 
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 30 151 566 72 175 31 2 5 58 43 26 70 63 .309 .384 .398 .782 83.3 17.6 5.6
2B #Tom Herr 31 149 567 92 195 35 3 3 63 16 2 63 61 .344 .411 .432 .843 96.4 25.1 5.8
RF *Tony Gwynn 27 152 576 85 183 40 10 4 100 20 3 45 10 .318 .364 .443 .807 85.6 19.5 4.5
3B  Carney Lansford 30 139 510 56 147 31 2 6 66 0 0 27 56 .288 .324 .392 .716 60.1 10.4 4.1
1B  David Green 26 146 496 78 150 32 10 9 74 1 9 30 96 .302 .338 .462 .799 69.7 14.6 2.0
3B *Greg Walker 27 141 490 68 147 33 1 15 83 0 1 33 64 .300 .343 .463 .806 72.5 15.9 3.3
2B *Rick Manning 32 138 459 48 130 20 3 2 51 1 1 15 50 .283 .302 .353 .655 46.9 6.8 5.0
C  Ron Pruitt 35 110 377 39 101 19 0 3 42 1 1 17 51 .268 .301 .342 .643 35.3 4.4 6.0
DH #Joe Wallis 35 115 348 49 92 18 0 2 38 0 1 33 59 .264 .328 .333 .661 33.9 4.5 1.3
1B *Willie Upshaw 30 108 306 44 82 21 4 6 46 0 0 27 34 .268 .322 .422 .743 40.9 7.5 2.0
LF *Randy Johnson 28 84 238 25 49 12 0 7 24 1 0 19 60 .206 .267 .345 .612 21.6 2.0 1.9
RF  Darryl Motley 27 61 160 25 46 10 1 6 26 1 1 11 11 .288 .333 .475 .808 22.5 4.7 0.7
3B  Luis Salazar 31 72 158 20 33 6 0 0 15 0 1 2 26 .209 .216 .247 .463 6.1 0.0 1.4
C  Terry Harper 31 63 152 18 40 11 0 1 25 0 0 9 16 .263 .301 .355 .656 16.7 2.5 2.2
1B *Rick Leach 30 39 124 16 27 11 0 0 6 1 1 12 13 .218 .287 .306 .593 9.2 0.4 0.1
SS *Von Hayes 28 44 95 17 17 5 1 1 10 6 2 16 18 .179 .298 .284 .582 10.2 0.6 1.1
C  Bruce Benedict 31 19 62 6 17 8 0 0 13 0 0 5 5 .274 .324 .403 .727 7.2 1.3 1.2
SS #Harry Chappas 29 11 12 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .083 .214 .167 .381 0.4 0.0 0.2
  Team Totals 29.9 1742 5696 760 1632 344 37 70 741 91 49 436 696 .287 .336 .397 .733 718.2 137.8 48.3
  Rank among 12 NL teams 1 4 1 1 6 12 3 7 7 12 1 1 2 7 3 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
 Dave Ford 30 18 9 .667 31 31 0 218.0 233 95 18 39 113 3.92 12.4
*Dan Plesac 25 15 10 .600 34 34 0 205.7 171 85 20 53 172 3.72 12.8
 Oil Can Boyd 27 12 9 .571 35 27 0 204.3 183 76 13 46 113 3.35 13.3
 Nino Espinosa 33 12 5 .706 28 23 0 163.0 128 52 10 41 121 2.87 14.1
 Luis Deleon 28 6 5 .545 27 16 0 119.3 122 51 14 22 83 3.85 6.5
 Steve Ontiveros 26 4 6 .400 31 13 0 113.7 133 56 10 43 52 4.43 4.0
*Dennis Powell 23 7 4 .636 26 14 2 97.0 83 35 7 51 67 3.25 7.4
 Tom Brennan 34 3 2 .600 38 0 4 96.3 98 29 9 13 31 2.71 8.7
*Kevin Saucier 30 3 6 .333 48 2 2 73.3 83 40 2 29 53 4.91 2.2
*Joe Price 30 8 5 .615 60 0 38 71.3 48 21 5 19 63 2.65 15.2
 Joe Boever 26 3 1 .750 33 0 0 41.3 53 31 7 26 32 6.75 0.0
*Brad Havens 27 5 2 .714 40 0 2 41.0 38 10 2 14 23 2.20 5.2
Team Totals 28.3 96 64 .600 431 160 48 1444.3 1373 581 117 396 923 3.62 101.8
Rank among 12 NL teams 2 2 4 2 6 4 4 2 1 6 2  
* - 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 30.0
R.Pruitt 912.0 103 107 581 50 0 0 1.000 31.0
T.Harper 361.0 38 49 246 11 3 0 .988 16.3
B.Benedict 171.3 19 19 119 11 1 0 .992 47.4
Team Total 1444.3 160 175 946 72 4 0 .996 28.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.23
D.Green 603.3 70 79 727 50 4 60 .995 11.59
G.Walker 481.0 54 61 562 46 2 40 .997 11.38
W.Upshaw 286.0 31 42 363 25 2 31 .995 12.21
J.Wallis 36.0 2 7 39 7 0 5 1.000 11.50
R.Johnson 12.0 1 4 15 0 0 2 1.000 11.25
V.Hayes 12.0 1 3 12 1 0 2 1.000 9.75
D.Motley 11.0 1 3 14 1 0 1 1.000 12.27
T.Harper 3.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1444.3 160 200 1734 131 8 141 .996 11.62
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 5.66
T.Herr 1266.3 147 149 260 537 18 98 .978 5.66
L.Salazar 62.7 5 15 9 29 1 4 .974 5.46
D.Motley 52.0 5 11 12 24 0 4 1.000 6.23
V.Hayes 41.0 2 9 10 17 1 4 .964 5.93
R.Manning 14.0 1 4 3 4 0 1 1.000 4.50
H.Chappas 8.3 0 4 4 3 0 1 1.000 7.56
Team Total 1444.3 160 192 298 614 20 112 .979 5.68
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 2.66
C.Lansford 1104.3 128 130 55 262 14 20 .958 2.58
G.Walker 228.7 23 35 9 58 1 7 .985 2.64
L.Salazar 41.0 4 8 1 10 0 2 1.000 2.41
D.Green 25.0 1 10 1 7 0 1 1.000 2.88
D.Motley 23.0 2 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.96
T.Harper 18.3 2 5 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.96
H.Chappas 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
V.Hayes 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1444.3 160 195 71 342 15 30 .965 2.57
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.13
R.Manning 1110.7 130 132 158 475 18 77 .972 5.13
V.Hayes 175.0 18 24 25 72 4 12 .960 4.99
D.Motley 72.7 5 16 13 29 3 4 .933 5.20
L.Salazar 51.0 4 16 2 12 0 0 1.000 2.47
H.Chappas 32.0 3 6 6 13 1 6 .950 5.34
J.Wallis 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.3 160 195 204 601 26 99 .969 5.02
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.90
W.Upshaw 380.3 38 57 70 3 0 1 1.000 1.73
G.Walker 308.3 34 38 64 2 1 1 .985 1.93
R.Johnson 285.7 32 43 55 2 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Wallis 238.0 28 31 54 0 0 0 1.000 2.04
L.Salazar 203.0 26 29 49 0 0 0 1.000 2.17
V.Hayes 10.0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
D.Motley 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
T.Harper 7.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
R.Pruitt 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.3 160 207 296 7 1 2 .997 1.89
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.42
B.Butler 1216.3 135 148 313 5 1 4 .997 2.35
R.Johnson 70.0 9 10 20 1 1 0 .955 2.70
J.Wallis 63.0 7 10 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.29
D.Green 46.0 3 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.15
V.Hayes 23.0 3 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.74
R.Leach 11.0 1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09
R.Manning 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
D.Motley 6.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1444.3 160 183 374 6 2 4 .995 2.37
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.98
T.Gwynn 1267.0 143 150 271 3 1 1 .996 1.95
R.Johnson 106.0 12 14 27 2 0 0 1.000 2.46
D.Green 28.0 2 6 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.61
J.Wallis 18.0 2 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Harper 10.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
R.Pruitt 9.0 1 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
V.Hayes 2.3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Salazar 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Leach 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.3 160 184 309 6 1 1 .997 1.96
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 1.90
D.Ford 218.0 31 31 15 32 0 4 1.000 1.94
D.Plesac 205.7 34 34 12 39 0 3 1.000 2.23
O.Boyd 204.3 27 35 12 25 2 1 .949 1.63
N.Espinosa 163.0 23 28 16 32 0 2 1.000 2.65
L.Deleon 119.3 16 27 9 16 3 2 .893 1.89
S.Ontiveros 113.7 13 31 7 16 0 0 1.000 1.82
D.Powell 97.0 14 26 4 20 0 1 1.000 2.23
T.Brennan 96.3 0 38 5 22 1 1 .964 2.52
K.Saucier 73.3 2 48 5 12 0 0 1.000 2.09
J.Price 71.3 0 60 4 9 2 1 .867 1.64
J.Boever 41.3 0 33 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.31
B.Havens 41.0 0 40 3 6 0 3 1.000 1.98
Team Total 1444.3 160 431 94 233 8 18 .976 2.04
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Herr .344
On-Base Pct Herr .411
Slugging Pct Walker .463
OPS Herr .843
XR Herr 96.4
Games Gwynn 152
At-Bats Gwynn 576
Runs Herr 92
Hits Herr 195
Total Bases Gwynn 255
Singles Herr 154
Doubles Gwynn 40
Triples Green, Gwynn 10
Homeruns Walker 15
RBIs Gwynn 100
Stolen Bases Butler 43
Caught Stealing Butler 26
Walks Butler 70
Strikeouts Green 96
ERA Espinosa 2.87
Wins Ford 18
Losses Plesac 10
Winning Pct Espinosa .706
Saves Price 38
Games Pitched Price 60
Games Started Plesac 34
Complete Games Boyd 5
Shutouts Boyd 2
Innings Pitched Ford 218.0
Hits Allowed Ford 233
Homeruns Allowed Plesac 20
Strikeouts Plesac 172
Walks Allowed Plesac 53
Walks per 9IP Ford 1.6
Hits per 9IP Espinosa 7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Plesac 7.5
WHiP Espinosa 1.04
OAVG Espinosa .215
OOBP Plesac .271
OSLG Espinosa .331
OOPS Espinosa .602
Team All-Stars
Dave Ford
Tom Herr
Player Salaries
Luis Deleon $ 7,370,000
Nino Espinosa $ 5,000,000
Tony Gwynn $ 4,400,000
Brett Butler $ 4,235,714
Carney Lansford $ 3,980,000
Tom Herr $ 3,528,571
Ron Pruitt $ 3,230,000
John Castino $ 2,800,000
Dave Ford $ 2,692,857
Willie Upshaw $ 2,664,286
Joe Price $ 2,240,000
Oil Can Boyd $ 1,902,857
Craig Minetto $ 1,160,000
Luis Salazar $ 1,041,429
Kevin Saucier $ 997,143
Brad Havens $ 350,000
Tom Brennan $ 300,000
Joe Boever $ 300,000
Harry Chappas $ 300,000
David Green $ 300,000
Terry Harper $ 300,000
Bruce Benedict $ 300,000
Randy Johnson $ 300,000
Greg Walker $ 300,000
Rick Leach $ 300,000
Rick Manning $ 300,000
Darryl Motley $ 300,000
Steve Ontiveros $ 300,000
Dan Plesac $ 300,000
Dennis Powell $ 300,000
Von Hayes $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/17 Signed     Joe Wallis
3/4 Traded Joey Mclaughlin Indianapolis Gorman Heimueller
7/31 Released Mike Davis    
7/31 Released Terry Blocker    
7/31 Released Dorn Taylor    
7/31 Released Gorman Heimueller    
7/31 Released Ron Tingley    
10/31 Released Dave Lapoint    
10/31 Released Dave Schmidt    
10/31 Released Joe Wallis    
10/31 Released Paul Siebert    
10/31 Released Danny Sheaffer    
10/31 Released Tom Nieto    
10/31 Released Mike Jones    
10/31 Released Donnie Scott