1969 Colorado Rockies
Record: 89-73
Finish: 1st in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 747
Runs Allowed: 601
Exp W-L: 97-65
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 2,014,636
Manager: Shashank Misra

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 8th in the National League
AA: 54-83, 10th in the National League
A: 58-79, 10th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 3-4 to Boston (A) Red Sox
Won NL League Series 4-2 over Cleveland (N) Spiders
Won Divisional Series 4-3 over Washington Nationals
 
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 *Don Mincher 31 154 555 99 166 22 0 44 116 0 0 94 80 .299 .399 .577 .976 119.6 26.6 2.4
SS  Phil Linz 30 152 595 66 166 34 4 5 67 3 1 38 76 .279 .320 .375 .695 69.6 10.0 6.1
RF #Ellis Burton 32 148 577 93 172 27 5 21 74 12 1 52 89 .298 .356 .471 .827 93.4 18.4 5.0
LF *Willie Stargell 29 155 564 85 143 25 3 21 73 1 2 67 135 .254 .334 .420 .755 77.9 12.7 0.3
RF *Lee Thomas 33 151 565 81 154 13 0 25 96 17 4 46 118 .273 .333 .428 .761 79.5 13.6 4.2
3B  Rich Rollins 31 148 515 69 142 20 5 11 68 1 1 32 56 .276 .320 .398 .718 59.9 8.9 3.6
2B  Leo Cardenas 30 146 509 58 133 31 3 8 65 2 5 31 71 .261 .303 .381 .684 49.7 5.4 5.0
CF *Gates Brown 30 127 432 73 110 16 1 6 41 23 7 47 50 .255 .324 .338 .662 51.8 7.0 3.2
C  Carl Warwick 32 122 427 42 113 18 2 4 47 11 5 28 93 .265 .310 .344 .654 42.3 4.8 6.0
CF  Mike White 30 79 256 24 79 11 1 2 30 1 2 25 36 .309 .367 .383 .750 34.3 6.2 2.8
2B *Gene Stephens 36 64 151 18 32 1 0 1 9 0 1 11 36 .212 .265 .238 .504 8.6 0.0 1.2
1B  Jerry May 25 42 122 8 26 2 1 1 10 1 0 13 25 .213 .287 .270 .557 10.1 0.4 2.0
2B  Ossie Chavarria 31 36 111 8 16 7 0 0 4 0 0 7 26 .144 .195 .207 .402 1.3 0.0 1.3
3B *Bud Zipfel 30 39 77 6 13 3 0 1 3 1 0 2 27 .169 .188 .247 .434 3.0 0.0 0.6
SS  Reno Bertoia 34 25 45 4 4 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 13 .089 .125 .156 .281 0.1 0.0 0.4
RF  Leo Posada 33 14 41 3 6 2 0 1 2 0 0 4 13 .146 .222 .268 .491 2.5 0.0 0.3
LF *Don Dillard 32 10 37 4 9 2 1 0 6 0 0 4 7 .243 .302 .351 .654 4.6 0.4 0.1
C  Pat Corrales 28 10 32 2 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 11 .250 .324 .250 .574 3.5 0.2 0.6
RF  Hector Torres 23 9 31 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .129 .229 .161 .390 1.1 0.0 0.3
C  Bob Barton 27 10 29 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .207 .258 .207 .465 1.2 0.0 0.5
  Team Totals 30.4 1641 5671 747 1502 236 27 151 720 73 29 513 971 .265 .326 .396 .721 713.9 114.7 45.7
  Rank among 10 NL teams 4 5 5 8 10 4 6 2 4 4 7 4 4 4 6 5  
* - 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
 Juan Marichal 31 19 13 .594 43 32 2 293.3 287 91 4 29 192 2.79 24.7
*Jim Brewer 31 16 9 .640 36 31 0 219.7 184 67 15 57 198 2.75 18.8
*Dick Ellsworth 29 11 10 .524 24 24 0 197.3 218 75 27 28 65 3.42 12.6
*Ron Perranoski 33 11 9 .550 27 27 0 189.7 150 59 13 75 117 2.80 14.9
*Frank Bertaina 25 8 6 .571 29 26 1 172.3 182 85 22 80 105 4.44 6.1
*Denny Lemaster 30 15 10 .600 47 14 10 162.3 132 48 9 56 113 2.66 17.4
 Bill Zepp 22 6 12 .333 46 4 6 98.7 99 45 6 41 34 4.11 5.1
 Bill Wilson 26 2 0 1.000 31 0 8 59.7 48 26 8 31 29 3.92 3.8
*Fred Scherman 24 1 3 .250 20 4 2 48.3 49 25 6 22 24 4.66 1.4
*Rudy May 24 0 1 .000 11 0 0 24.3 20 6 2 16 17 2.22 1.9
Team Totals 27.5 89 73 .549 314 162 29 1465.6 1369 527 112 435 894 3.24 106.6
Rank among 10 NL teams 2 2 3 2 4 1 2 1 2 6 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 .990 34.0
C.Warwick 1033.3 113 117 656 36 7 1 .990 27.0
J.May 283.3 32 34 178 14 0 0 1.000 52.2
P.Corrales 84.0 10 10 45 10 1 0 .982 60.0
B.Barton 65.0 7 8 45 3 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1465.7 162 169 924 63 8 1 .992 35.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.18
D.Mincher 1295.7 141 151 1467 94 14 125 .991 10.84
B.Zipfel 67.0 9 11 73 2 2 7 .974 10.07
G.Stephens 53.0 7 7 58 8 2 5 .971 11.21
J.May 41.0 4 6 60 6 1 5 .985 14.49
W.Stargell 9.0 1 1 12 0 0 1 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 176 1670 110 19 143 .989 10.93
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.73
L.Cardenas 1193.7 133 141 246 478 16 89 .978 5.46
O.Chavarria 94.0 10 13 20 22 0 4 1.000 4.02
G.Stephens 80.0 7 20 14 35 1 10 .980 5.51
H.Torres 72.0 9 9 21 26 2 4 .959 5.88
R.Bertoia 24.0 3 3 2 7 0 1 1.000 3.38
L.Posada 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Linz 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 188 303 568 19 108 .979 5.35
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.87
R.Rollins 1243.0 140 146 86 315 31 23 .928 2.90
R.Bertoia 104.3 12 18 7 26 2 2 .943 2.85
B.Zipfel 93.0 9 23 3 19 0 2 1.000 2.13
L.Thomas 13.3 0 8 1 4 0 2 1.000 3.38
P.Linz 12.0 1 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1465.7 162 198 97 366 33 29 .933 2.84
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.05
P.Linz 1275.0 140 146 174 491 23 82 .967 4.69
O.Chavarria 178.0 21 23 29 73 3 14 .971 5.16
L.Cardenas 10.0 1 2 0 5 0 1 1.000 4.50
R.Bertoia 2.7 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1465.7 162 173 203 571 26 97 .968 4.75
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 1.93
G.Brown 779.0 85 93 187 4 2 1 .990 2.21
E.Burton 471.3 53 54 102 1 0 0 1.000 1.97
L.Posada 81.0 11 11 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.67
M.White 48.0 6 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
W.Stargell 40.3 2 13 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.57
B.Zipfel 35.7 4 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.28
D.Dillard 9.0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
G.Stephens 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Warwick 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 186 344 6 2 1 .994 2.15
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.48
E.Burton 796.3 86 94 234 3 1 2 .996 2.68
M.White 526.3 63 64 161 5 0 0 1.000 2.84
G.Stephens 68.0 7 11 20 1 0 1 1.000 2.78
G.Brown 56.0 4 14 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.73
L.Posada 16.0 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
J.May 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Thomas 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 187 439 9 1 3 .998 2.75
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.93
L.Thomas 1244.3 137 141 284 8 5 0 .983 2.11
G.Stephens 106.0 14 14 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.29
G.Brown 59.3 6 12 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.58
M.White 48.0 5 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.31
C.Warwick 6.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Burton 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Bertoia 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 177 335 8 5 0 .986 2.11
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 1.91
J.Marichal 293.3 32 43 12 44 3 3 .949 1.72
J.Brewer 219.7 31 36 16 32 0 1 1.000 1.97
D.Ellsworth 197.3 24 24 15 30 1 3 .978 2.05
R.Perranoski 189.7 27 27 7 31 1 5 .974 1.80
F.Bertaina 172.3 26 29 13 23 1 2 .973 1.88
D.Lemaster 162.3 14 47 11 22 3 7 .917 1.83
B.Zepp 98.7 4 46 4 10 1 1 .933 1.28
B.Wilson 59.7 0 31 0 8 0 1 1.000 1.21
F.Scherman 48.3 4 20 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.12
R.May 24.3 0 11 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.85
Team Total 1465.6 162 314 79 210 10 23 .967 1.77
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mincher .299
On-Base Pct Mincher .399
Slugging Pct Mincher .577
OPS Mincher .976
XR Mincher 119.6
Games Stargell 155
At-Bats Linz 595
Runs Mincher 99
Hits Burton 172
Total Bases Mincher 320
Singles Linz 123
Doubles Linz 34
Triples Burton, Rollins 5
Homeruns Mincher 44
RBIs Mincher 116
Stolen Bases Brown 23
Caught Stealing Brown 7
Walks Mincher 94
Strikeouts Stargell 135
ERA Lemaster 2.66
Wins Marichal 19
Losses Marichal 13
Winning Pct Brewer .640
Saves Lemaster 10
Games Pitched Lemaster 47
Games Started Marichal 32
Complete Games Marichal 19
Shutouts Marichal 5
Innings Pitched Marichal 293.3
Hits Allowed Marichal 287
Homeruns Allowed Ellsworth 27
Strikeouts Brewer 198
Walks Allowed Bertaina 80
Walks per 9IP Marichal 0.9
Hits per 9IP Perranoski 7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Brewer 8.1
WHiP Marichal 1.08
OAVG Perranoski .212
OOBP Marichal .270
OSLG Lemaster .304
OOPS Lemaster .590
Team All-Stars
Jim Brewer
Juan Marichal
Don Mincher
Willie Stargell
Player Salaries
Jim Brewer $ 20,000,000
Juan Marichal $ 10,000,000
Willie Stargell $ 10,000,000
Don Mincher $ 5,960,000
Ellis Burton $ 5,000,000
Gates Brown $ 3,300,000
Lee Thomas $ 3,000,000
Phil Linz $ 2,270,000
Leo Cardenas $ 1,750,000
Dick Ellsworth $ 1,500,000
Ron Perranoski $ 1,312,688
Denny Lemaster $ 788,571
Gene Stephens $ 450,000
Rich Rollins $ 400,000
Rudy May $ 350,000
Bud Zipfel $ 300,000
Bob Barton $ 300,000
Leo Posada $ 300,000
Fred Scherman $ 300,000
Hector Torres $ 300,000
Don Dillard $ 300,000
Pat Corrales $ 300,000
Ossie Chavarria $ 300,000
Carl Warwick $ 300,000
Mike White $ 300,000
Bill Wilson $ 300,000
Bill Zepp $ 300,000
Reno Bertoia $ 300,000
Frank Bertaina $ 300,000
Jerry May $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Released Jim Owens    
2/1 Released Chris Short    
2/1 Released Gordie Richardson    
2/1 Traded Howie Nunn New York (A) Reno Bertoia
2/21 Traded Jim Breazeale
Wayne Garrett
New York (A) Phil Linz
Ellis Burton
$5,173,939
2/21 Traded Darrell Sutherland Cleveland (N) Ron Perranoski
Denny Lemaster
Bob Barton
Mike White
$2,700,000
2/21 Traded Tom Parsons Seattle Gates Brown
Frank Bertaina
$3,600,000
3/3 Released Fred Newman