1983 Colorado Rockies
Record: 93-67
Finish: 1st in NL West Division
Runs Scored: 748
Runs Allowed: 604
Exp W-L: 95-65
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 2,190,421
Manager: Chris Kelsey

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 70-67, 6th in the National League
AA: 73-64, 3rd in the National League
A: 64-73, 9th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 2-4 to 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
RF *Tony Gwynn 23 157 590 79 174 40 4 5 80 14 6 55 20 .295 .353 .402 .755 78.0 17.3 4.3
1B *Willie Upshaw 26 155 585 83 158 44 2 24 106 0 0 49 63 .270 .324 .475 .799 84.7 18.6 2.3
2B #Tom Herr 27 149 571 76 142 24 2 1 51 22 12 58 56 .249 .319 .303 .622 55.5 7.3 4.5
3B *Denny Walling 29 152 558 77 172 36 6 6 78 17 7 58 33 .308 .371 .427 .797 82.3 19.6 3.2
2B *Rick Manning 28 148 581 68 190 27 4 3 83 2 1 21 58 .327 .350 .403 .753 73.1 16.8 6.4
1B *Roy Howell 29 137 479 61 129 38 2 6 57 2 1 20 66 .269 .301 .395 .695 50.3 9.2 0.8
CF *Brett Butler 26 124 428 56 103 16 2 1 39 33 13 47 47 .241 .315 .294 .609 43.0 5.7 4.2
C  Ron Pruitt 31 137 440 59 131 19 2 4 68 1 0 33 48 .298 .342 .377 .720 56.3 11.9 9.9
3B  Carney Lansford 26 136 444 66 129 31 2 9 57 1 0 26 46 .291 .329 .430 .759 56.8 12.4 3.4
SS *Von Hayes 24 111 306 46 73 6 3 6 35 21 8 39 49 .239 .319 .337 .656 37.7 5.7 2.6
SS  Brook Jacoby 23 76 182 27 37 12 1 4 21 0 0 17 37 .203 .279 .346 .625 15.8 1.4 0.5
C  Bruce Benedict 27 45 131 16 28 7 0 0 17 0 1 14 10 .214 .293 .267 .560 9.5 0.3 3.5
3B  Luis Salazar 27 34 76 13 19 2 2 2 11 0 0 2 11 .250 .269 .408 .677 7.7 1.3 0.7
3B  Jim Morrison 30 19 60 4 10 2 0 1 9 0 0 0 10 .167 .164 .250 .414 1.9 0.0 0.4
SS #Harry Chappas 25 30 47 3 14 1 0 1 4 0 0 4 5 .298 .353 .383 .736 6.6 1.4 0.6
CF *Jim Norris 34 39 38 10 10 5 0 0 3 1 2 9 6 .263 .404 .395 .799 5.4 1.1 0.3
3B *Greg Walker 23 8 24 2 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .333 .360 .417 .777 3.3 0.9 0.1
1B *Rick Leach 26 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.3 0.0
P  Luis Deleon 24 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 26.7 1665 5543 748 1528 312 32 73 721 114 51 453 569 .276 .329 .383 .712 668.1 131.1 47.8
  Rank among 12 NL teams 5 4 3 1 8 12 4 4 7 6 1 3 4 6 4 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
 Nino Espinosa 29 13 12 .520 33 33 0 261.7 243 94 27 48 166 3.23 17.2
 Joey McLaughlin 26 14 11 .560 33 33 0 231.3 205 87 9 65 147 3.38 15.3
 Bo McLaughlin 29 16 6 .727 31 31 0 216.0 188 78 11 64 118 3.25 16.0
 Don Stanhouse 32 16 5 .762 31 31 0 207.7 165 70 7 121 118 3.03 16.8
 Danny Darwin 27 10 9 .526 36 19 3 177.3 153 60 3 56 83 3.05 13.9
 Dave Ford 26 6 6 .500 30 10 1 104.0 109 50 12 24 33 4.33 4.5
 Luis Deleon 24 9 8 .529 54 2 31 70.7 65 26 8 12 45 3.31 11.4
 Dave Schmidt 26 4 3 .571 45 0 3 39.7 42 14 3 17 20 3.18 3.3
 Oil Can Boyd 23 0 2 .000 23 0 1 39.3 53 32 5 16 21 7.32 0.0
*Craig Minetto 29 3 1 .750 42 1 4 34.7 36 18 7 20 21 4.67 1.2
*Kevin Saucier 26 1 1 .500 17 0 1 28.0 25 17 3 16 17 5.46 0.3
*Joe Price 26 1 1 .500 7 0 0 12.0 14 7 2 3 7 5.25 0.2
*Brad Havens 23 0 2 .000 5 0 0 4.0 8 6 0 1 1 13.50 0.0
Team Totals 26.6 93 67 .581 387 160 44 1426.3 1306 559 97 463 797 3.53 100.1
Rank among 12 NL teams 4 4 4 4 10 2 2 3 7 7 3  
* - 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 .987 31.4
R.Pruitt 1089.7 123 132 624 50 5 0 .993 45.6
B.Benedict 336.7 37 44 201 22 0 0 1.000 46.9
Team Total 1426.3 160 176 825 72 5 0 .994 45.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.83
W.Upshaw 1302.3 146 149 1586 134 10 145 .994 11.89
V.Hayes 52.0 5 7 62 4 0 7 1.000 11.42
R.Howell 33.0 4 4 45 5 0 0 1.000 13.64
G.Walker 17.0 2 3 26 0 0 2 1.000 13.76
B.Jacoby 13.0 2 3 15 1 0 1 1.000 11.08
D.Walling 9.0 1 1 17 0 0 1 1.000 17.00
Team Total 1426.3 160 167 1751 144 10 156 .995 11.96
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.83
T.Herr 1276.7 147 149 281 554 19 114 .978 5.89
R.Howell 50.0 5 8 9 25 3 5 .919 6.12
H.Chappas 37.0 2 12 8 20 0 3 1.000 6.81
L.Salazar 34.7 4 8 8 14 1 4 .957 5.71
D.Walling 15.0 1 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Morrison 10.0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.70
R.Manning 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1426.3 160 185 307 621 23 126 .976 5.86
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.92
C.Lansford 1026.0 123 133 55 265 17 23 .950 2.81
J.Morrison 128.0 15 15 5 29 1 1 .971 2.39
B.Jacoby 117.0 9 26 6 31 3 0 .925 2.85
R.Howell 100.7 8 18 7 29 1 2 .973 3.22
G.Walker 24.0 3 4 0 6 1 2 .857 2.25
L.Salazar 12.0 1 4 0 3 1 0 .750 2.25
D.Walling 11.7 1 3 3 3 0 0 1.000 4.63
H.Chappas 7.0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1426.3 160 206 78 367 24 28 .949 2.81
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.27
R.Manning 1275.3 145 145 204 556 15 100 .981 5.36
H.Chappas 80.3 8 15 13 39 3 5 .945 5.83
L.Salazar 42.7 4 9 9 20 1 4 .967 6.12
R.Howell 19.0 2 3 1 9 2 3 .833 4.74
B.Jacoby 9.0 1 1 2 5 0 0 1.000 7.00
Team Total 1426.3 160 173 229 629 21 112 .976 5.41
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.91
D.Walling 1033.7 116 119 203 3 0 1 1.000 1.79
V.Hayes 249.7 28 31 48 1 1 0 .980 1.77
L.Salazar 82.0 10 13 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.09
W.Upshaw 23.0 2 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.39
J.Norris 22.0 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
G.Walker 16.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
Team Total 1426.3 160 175 280 4 1 1 .996 1.79
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.49
B.Butler 1018.3 118 120 261 7 1 2 .996 2.37
V.Hayes 338.7 36 47 99 3 0 1 1.000 2.71
J.Norris 45.7 4 11 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.58
W.Upshaw 9.0 1 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
R.Manning 8.7 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Leach 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
L.Salazar 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1426.3 160 183 376 10 1 3 .997 2.44
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.98
T.Gwynn 1322.7 148 156 299 2 3 1 .990 2.05
V.Hayes 48.0 6 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.44
J.Norris 35.0 4 10 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
D.Walling 17.0 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18
R.Leach 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1425.7 160 176 325 3 3 1 .991 2.07
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.00
N.Espinosa 261.7 33 33 21 45 0 4 1.000 2.27
J.McLaughlin 231.3 33 33 14 41 1 0 .982 2.14
B.McLaughlin 216.0 31 31 17 32 3 4 .942 2.04
D.Stanhouse 207.7 31 31 10 29 0 2 1.000 1.69
D.Darwin 177.3 19 36 13 23 4 3 .900 1.83
D.Ford 104.0 10 30 8 19 0 3 1.000 2.34
L.Deleon 70.7 2 54 7 7 0 0 1.000 1.78
D.Schmidt 39.7 0 45 2 3 1 1 .833 1.13
O.Boyd 39.3 0 23 4 9 0 0 1.000 2.97
C.Minetto 34.7 1 42 3 7 0 1 1.000 2.60
K.Saucier 28.0 0 17 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.29
J.Price 12.0 0 7 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Havens 4.0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1426.3 160 387 103 221 9 18 .973 2.04
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Manning .327
On-Base Pct Walling .371
Slugging Pct Upshaw .475
OPS Upshaw .799
XR Upshaw 84.7
Games Gwynn 157
At-Bats Gwynn 590
Runs Upshaw 83
Hits Manning 190
Total Bases Upshaw 278
Singles Manning 156
Doubles Upshaw 44
Triples Walling 6
Homeruns Upshaw 24
RBIs Upshaw 106
Stolen Bases Butler 33
Caught Stealing Butler 13
Walks Herr, Walling 58
Strikeouts Howell 66
ERA Stanhouse 3.03
Wins McLaughlin, Stanhouse 16
Losses Espinosa 12
Winning Pct Stanhouse .762
Saves Deleon 31
Games Pitched Deleon 54
Games Started Espinosa, McLaughlin 33
Complete Games Espinosa 13
Shutouts McLaughlin, Stanhouse 2
Innings Pitched Espinosa 261.7
Hits Allowed Espinosa 243
Homeruns Allowed Espinosa 27
Strikeouts Espinosa 166
Walks Allowed Stanhouse 121
Walks per 9IP Espinosa 1.7
Hits per 9IP Stanhouse 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP McLaughlin 5.7
WHiP Espinosa 1.11
OAVG Stanhouse .219
OOBP Espinosa .275
OSLG Stanhouse .286
OOPS Darwin .601
Team All-Stars
Luis Deleon
Rick Manning
Player Salaries
Don Stanhouse $ 9,200,000
Denny Walling $ 8,000,172
Rick Manning $ 6,000,000
Nino Espinosa $ 4,985,714
Bo McLaughlin $ 4,740,000
Ron Pruitt $ 4,000,002
Carney Lansford $ 2,807,143
Danny Darwin $ 2,807,143
Roy Howell $ 1,900,000
Julio Gonzalez $ 350,000
Bruce Benedict $ 350,000
Ramon Aviles $ 350,000
Oil Can Boyd $ 300,000
Brett Butler $ 300,000
Harry Chappas $ 300,000
Greg Walker $ 300,000
Luis Deleon $ 300,000
Willie Upshaw $ 300,000
Dave Ford $ 300,000
Brook Jacoby $ 300,000
Brad Havens $ 300,000
Craig Minetto $ 300,000
Von Hayes $ 300,000
Tom Herr $ 300,000
Dave Schmidt $ 300,000
Kevin Saucier $ 300,000
Rick Leach $ 300,000
Luis Salazar $ 300,000
Joe Price $ 300,000
Joey McLaughlin $ 300,000
Tony Gwynn $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Ken Reitz Oakland Mike Young
Jim Norris
Don Stanhouse
2/4 Traded Matt Keough Kansas City Nino Espinosa
2/4 Traded Mike Young Boston (N) Carney Lansford
2/5 Signed     Denny Walling
2/10 Signed     Ron Pruitt
2/14 Traded Bob Owchinko Toronto Joey Mclaughlin
10/28 Released Jim Morrison    
10/28 Released Jim Norris    
10/28 Released Frank Lacorte    
10/28 Released Mickey Mahler