1972 Colorado Rockies
Record: 73-89
Finish: 4th in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 641
Runs Allowed: 716
Exp W-L: 73-89
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 1,366,210
Manager: Shashank Misra

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-71, 6th in the National League
AA: 72-65, 5th in the National League
A: 56-81, 9th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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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
SS  Joe Ferguson 25 153 534 77 150 16 1 21 81 0 0 97 127 .281 .391 .433 .823 92.0 19.1 2.6
3B  Jim Fregosi 30 155 555 67 122 31 6 6 66 26 12 41 152 .220 .274 .330 .604 50.7 3.5 4.3
LF  Richie Zisk 23 152 530 56 142 20 0 18 74 2 2 44 116 .268 .323 .408 .730 66.6 10.5 3.4
1B *Joe Hague 28 130 407 43 88 9 1 7 39 5 3 51 75 .216 .304 .295 .599 39.1 3.2 1.8
2B  Davey Lopes 27 112 373 64 87 14 5 3 25 58 15 42 56 .233 .310 .322 .632 42.5 4.9 3.1
LF  Doug Rader 27 102 360 37 98 10 1 13 49 0 0 28 63 .272 .326 .414 .740 47.1 7.8 3.8
3B *Steve Braun 24 100 317 44 92 13 3 6 36 1 0 48 27 .290 .380 .407 .787 47.5 8.9 1.9
C  Pat Corrales 31 101 319 29 87 20 1 2 40 0 1 27 49 .273 .330 .361 .691 34.6 4.9 4.0
CF *Johnny Grubb 23 95 302 35 74 19 1 4 29 0 0 31 40 .245 .316 .354 .671 31.8 3.9 2.7
CF  Leroy Stanton 26 79 249 23 52 11 1 7 30 0 0 21 73 .209 .270 .345 .616 23.7 2.3 1.9
C *Hal King 28 85 240 24 47 6 1 11 34 0 0 20 60 .196 .262 .367 .629 23.6 1.6 3.1
3B  Eric Soderholm 23 67 220 22 44 7 0 5 25 1 0 29 32 .200 .295 .300 .595 20.3 1.2 1.2
RF  Hector Torres 26 91 217 21 53 5 4 1 23 0 0 8 20 .244 .272 .318 .590 16.7 0.5 2.8
SS  Dave Concepcion 24 69 206 15 38 5 0 0 7 6 2 13 26 .184 .232 .209 .441 7.8 0.0 2.5
1B  Jerry May 28 52 174 18 47 5 1 3 24 0 0 24 39 .270 .357 .362 .719 22.6 3.6 0.9
CF  Bobby Darwin 29 80 167 26 48 3 1 5 20 0 2 14 37 .287 .343 .407 .750 20.8 3.2 1.2
3B *Jerry Kenney 27 63 149 23 31 4 0 0 7 18 7 14 17 .208 .276 .235 .511 10.4 0.0 1.8
SS  Enzo Hernandez 23 25 84 7 21 1 0 0 3 9 4 6 6 .250 .300 .262 .562 6.3 0.2 0.9
RF  Leo Posada 36 20 42 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 .190 .320 .190 .510 3.6 0.0 0.4
3B *Bud Zipfel 33 15 32 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 8 .250 .333 .250 .583 2.8 0.2 0.1
2B  Ossie Chavarria 34 12 23 1 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 5 .130 .160 .217 .377 0.5 0.0 0.3
  Team Totals 27.4 1758 5500 641 1340 199 28 112 616 126 49 569 1035 .244 .315 .351 .666 611.1 79.4 44.9
  Rank among 10 NL teams 9 7 7 10 4 8 7 1 9 3 10 7 7 7 7 7  
* - 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 24 10 13 .435 35 31 1 227.7 197 75 23 43 173 2.96 20.5
*Dave Laroche 24 7 12 .368 33 33 0 211.3 195 88 15 91 192 3.75 13.2
 Tom Bradley 25 14 11 .560 65 11 8 191.7 221 88 17 47 106 4.13 14.2
 Jim York 24 4 11 .267 28 28 0 182.0 157 74 15 57 91 3.66 12.2
*Frank Bertaina 28 9 12 .429 30 27 0 178.0 170 98 22 75 105 4.96 6.3
 J.R. Richard 22 7 6 .538 21 21 0 129.7 104 48 8 76 120 3.33 10.2
 Bill Zepp 25 5 4 .556 36 5 1 98.3 109 40 7 36 36 3.66 7.5
 Aurelio Monteagudo 28 5 5 .500 37 1 4 71.3 75 34 10 50 34 4.29 3.7
 Chuck Hartenstein 30 6 4 .600 45 0 5 68.3 76 30 9 22 31 3.95 6.0
*Mac Scarce 23 5 6 .455 51 2 2 47.0 57 32 1 22 37 6.13 0.8
 Jackie Brown 29 1 4 .200 13 2 2 29.3 41 25 4 11 17 7.67 0.0
 Don Dennis 30 0 1 .000 6 1 0 13.0 24 17 2 6 6 11.77 0.0
Team Totals 26.0 73 89 .451 400 162 23 1447.6 1426 649 133 536 948 4.03 94.6
Rank among 10 NL teams 7 7 6 7 5 5 5 5 5 4 5  
* - 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 33.0
P.Corrales 575.3 62 74 388 25 0 1 1.000 35.3
H.King 504.7 59 62 331 25 3 0 .992 41.2
J.Ferguson 365.0 41 42 264 18 5 1 .983 28.6
J.May 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1447.0 162 179 984 68 8 2 .992 35.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.38
E.Soderholm 458.0 54 56 534 47 7 56 .988 11.42
J.May 432.0 49 51 514 43 6 56 .989 11.60
J.Hague 296.3 32 36 339 28 3 31 .992 11.15
S.Braun 78.7 9 10 103 3 2 10 .981 12.13
D.Rader 64.7 7 9 86 6 0 14 1.000 12.81
B.Zipfel 50.0 5 8 64 6 2 10 .972 12.60
L.Stanton 44.0 5 5 50 2 0 2 1.000 10.64
J.Fregosi 24.0 1 6 29 2 0 6 1.000 11.63
Team Total 1447.7 162 181 1719 137 20 185 .989 11.54
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 5.81
D.Lopes 786.7 87 105 170 323 14 73 .972 5.64
H.Torres 281.3 31 40 65 140 6 34 .972 6.56
E.Hernandez 186.0 25 25 41 78 0 20 1.000 5.76
L.Posada 72.7 7 15 20 31 1 11 .981 6.32
J.Kenney 53.3 5 10 11 28 0 7 1.000 6.58
D.Concepcion 41.7 4 8 5 15 1 4 .952 4.32
O.Chavarria 26.0 3 7 5 9 0 2 1.000 4.85
Team Total 1447.6 162 210 317 624 22 151 .977 5.85
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.96
J.Fregosi 1139.0 128 132 69 297 17 16 .956 2.89
P.Corrales 101.0 11 13 6 21 0 4 1.000 2.41
E.Soderholm 92.0 11 11 11 16 1 2 .964 2.64
S.Braun 54.7 5 10 0 15 0 1 1.000 2.47
D.Rader 44.0 5 6 1 13 0 1 1.000 2.86
J.Kenney 17.0 2 3 2 2 1 0 .800 2.12
Team Total 1447.7 162 175 89 364 19 24 .960 2.82
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.16
D.Rader 703.7 79 82 104 283 11 64 .972 4.95
D.Concepcion 466.3 56 61 72 194 9 48 .967 5.13
H.Torres 177.7 18 32 26 85 2 20 .982 5.62
J.Kenney 35.0 4 7 6 12 1 5 .947 4.63
O.Chavarria 35.0 4 5 8 16 1 5 .960 6.17
J.Fregosi 20.0 1 6 5 9 0 1 1.000 6.30
E.Hernandez 6.0 0 2 1 6 0 1 1.000 10.50
H.King 4.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1447.7 162 196 223 606 24 144 .972 5.15
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 1.80
S.Braun 562.7 64 67 96 6 4 0 .962 1.63
J.Hague 431.0 49 49 91 2 8 1 .921 1.94
J.Grubb 244.7 28 29 41 1 0 0 1.000 1.55
J.Ferguson 117.7 13 17 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.53
B.Zipfel 30.0 3 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
L.Stanton 19.7 2 4 2 0 1 0 .667 0.92
R.Zisk 19.0 1 7 5 1 0 1 1.000 2.84
L.Posada 19.0 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
D.Rader 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Kenney 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.6 162 183 263 10 14 2 .951 1.70
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.47
J.Grubb 514.3 58 65 137 2 2 1 .986 2.43
L.Stanton 343.0 41 42 96 3 0 1 1.000 2.60
J.Kenney 271.0 32 33 80 3 0 2 1.000 2.76
B.Darwin 259.0 27 41 58 1 0 0 1.000 2.05
H.Torres 55.3 4 16 11 1 0 1 1.000 1.95
L.Posada 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.King 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1447.7 162 200 383 10 2 5 .995 2.44
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.96
R.Zisk 1159.0 134 136 215 9 4 2 .982 1.74
L.Stanton 103.0 13 13 19 0 1 0 .950 1.66
B.Darwin 86.7 8 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 1.77
S.Braun 39.0 2 10 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
J.Hague 34.0 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
L.Posada 15.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.60
J.Ferguson 6.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Grubb 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Rader 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.7 162 192 265 10 5 2 .982 1.71
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.96
G.Nolan 227.7 31 35 18 35 2 3 .964 2.10
D.Laroche 211.3 33 33 18 36 1 1 .982 2.30
T.Bradley 191.7 11 65 10 34 2 3 .957 2.07
J.York 182.0 28 28 9 29 1 4 .974 1.88
F.Bertaina 178.0 27 30 8 30 1 4 .974 1.92
J.Richard 129.7 21 21 5 21 1 0 .963 1.80
B.Zepp 98.3 5 36 10 14 1 0 .960 2.20
A.Monteagudo 71.3 1 37 7 9 1 2 .941 2.02
C.Hartenstein 68.3 0 45 5 9 0 1 1.000 1.84
M.Scarce 47.0 2 51 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.72
J.Brown 29.3 2 13 2 6 2 1 .800 2.45
D.Dennis 13.0 1 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.38
Team Total 1447.6 162 400 93 233 12 19 .964 2.03
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Ferguson .281
On-Base Pct Ferguson .391
Slugging Pct Ferguson .433
OPS Ferguson .823
XR Ferguson 92.0
Games Fregosi 155
At-Bats Fregosi 555
Runs Ferguson 77
Hits Ferguson 150
Total Bases Ferguson 231
Singles Ferguson 112
Doubles Fregosi 31
Triples Fregosi 6
Homeruns Ferguson 21
RBIs Ferguson 81
Stolen Bases Lopes 58
Caught Stealing Lopes 15
Walks Ferguson 97
Strikeouts Fregosi 152
ERA Nolan 2.96
Wins Bradley 14
Losses Nolan 13
Winning Pct Bradley .560
Saves Bradley 8
Games Pitched Bradley 65
Games Started Laroche 33
Complete Games Bradley, Nolan, York 2
Shutouts Bertaina, Laroche, Zepp 1
Innings Pitched Nolan 227.7
Hits Allowed Bradley 221
Homeruns Allowed Nolan 23
Strikeouts Laroche 192
Walks Allowed Laroche 91
Walks per 9IP Nolan 1.7
Hits per 9IP York 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Laroche 8.2
WHiP Nolan 1.05
OAVG Nolan .232
OOBP Nolan .272
OSLG York .348
OOPS Nolan .633
Team All-Stars
Bill Zepp
Player Salaries
Jim Fregosi $ 6,184,739
Leo Posada $ 350,000
Hal King $ 300,000
Tom Bradley $ 300,000
Steve Braun $ 300,000
Dave Concepcion $ 300,000
Pat Corrales $ 300,000
Bobby Darwin $ 300,000
Don Dennis $ 300,000
Joe Ferguson $ 300,000
Johnny Grubb $ 300,000
Joe Hague $ 300,000
Chuck Hartenstein $ 300,000
Frank Bertaina $ 300,000
Jerry Kenney $ 300,000
Richie Zisk $ 300,000
Dave Laroche $ 300,000
Davey Lopes $ 300,000
Gary Nolan $ 300,000
Doug Rader $ 300,000
J.R. Richard $ 300,000
Mac Scarce $ 300,000
Eric Soderholm $ 300,000
Leroy Stanton $ 300,000
Hector Torres $ 300,000
Jim York $ 300,000
Bill Zepp $ 300,000
Enzo Hernandez $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Jim Fregosi
2/22 Signed     Aurelio Monteagudo
3/2 Signed     Bill Dailey
3/2 Signed     Amado Samuel
3/3 Traded Joe Gilbert Tampa Bay Leroy Stanton
4/2 Signed     Don Dennis
5/1 Released Horacio Pina    
10/1 Released Jerry May    
10/1 Released Jackie Brown    
10/1 Released Aurelio Monteagudo    
10/1 Released Bud Zipfel    
10/1 Released Ossie Chavarria    
10/22 Released Wayne Simpson