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1968 Colorado Rockies
Record: 110-52
Finish: 1st in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 707
Runs Allowed: 507
Exp W-L: 105-57
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 1,291,298
Manager: Freddy Wills

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 8th in the National League
AA: 63-74, 7th in the National League
A: 62-75, 9th 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
LF *Willie Stargell 28 157 601 94 161 31 2 28 85 4 1 69 145 .268 .343 .466 .809 92.8 20.2 3.5
2B  Leo Cardenas 29 151 615 75 173 19 3 8 54 0 0 36 104 .281 .325 .361 .686 69.9 13.4 11.1
CF *Lenny Green 35 151 576 98 188 36 3 11 84 17 3 76 46 .326 .411 .457 .867 107.6 29.3 7.0
DH *Don Mincher 30 156 565 85 162 25 1 36 117 0 0 85 78 .287 .381 .526 .906 108.0 27.7 2.5
RF *Lee Thomas 32 154 562 68 147 11 0 19 73 22 5 55 113 .262 .329 .383 .711 74.5 14.5 5.2
CF  Curt Flood 30 154 548 71 148 30 5 13 71 5 4 54 77 .270 .334 .414 .749 71.1 14.6 7.5
3B  Rich Rollins 30 150 498 63 132 17 4 8 47 0 1 34 74 .265 .317 .363 .681 56.1 9.7 5.0
C  Carl Warwick 31 144 509 49 119 18 4 10 63 20 6 35 112 .234 .283 .344 .627 49.2 6.2 6.6
2B *Gene Stephens 35 110 251 29 53 5 1 2 26 3 2 30 55 .211 .300 .263 .563 23.0 2.0 2.3
1B  Jerry May 24 81 188 21 43 12 1 1 24 0 0 20 26 .229 .306 .319 .625 15.3 1.2 2.1
P  Juan Marichal 30 44 124 9 13 2 0 0 5 0 1 4 38 .105 .133 .121 .254 -1.7 0.0 0.0
2B  Ossie Chavarria 30 52 112 8 17 4 0 0 1 0 0 12 33 .152 .234 .188 .421 4.0 0.0 2.0
P  Howie Nunn 32 42 106 9 12 0 0 0 9 0 2 1 36 .113 .121 .113 .235 -2.5 0.0 0.0
P *Jim Brewer 30 44 91 7 13 4 0 0 7 0 0 3 37 .143 .168 .187 .355 1.9 0.0 0.0
P *Dick Ellsworth 28 32 81 5 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 29 .099 .120 .123 .244 -1.6 0.0 0.0
3B *Bud Zipfel 29 50 89 15 16 0 1 3 11 0 0 7 19 .180 .247 .303 .551 6.2 0.0 0.7
P *Rudy May 23 59 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.3 0.0
P *Don Rudolph 36 17 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.3 0.0
P  Chris Short 30 77 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9 0.3 0.0
P  Jim Owens 34 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.3 1852 5526 707 1410 216 25 139 679 71 25 523 1024 .255 .322 .379 .701 675.8 139.8 55.6
  Rank among 10 NL teams 3 5 4 9 8 4 5 2 3 3 7 4 3 5 5 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 30 27 11 .711 44 44 0 386.3 321 90 10 38 280 2.10 40.8
 Howie Nunn 32 22 10 .688 42 42 0 313.0 267 111 22 95 222 3.19 21.5
*Jim Brewer 30 26 9 .743 44 44 0 286.0 193 76 19 75 312 2.39 29.8
*Dick Ellsworth 28 21 8 .724 32 32 0 263.7 257 90 15 50 100 3.07 18.7
*Chris Short 30 5 8 .385 77 0 7 89.0 94 37 8 38 44 3.74 5.2
*Rudy May 23 7 4 .636 59 0 25 77.0 58 28 9 33 30 3.27 12.7
 Jim Owens 34 1 1 .500 27 0 6 35.7 33 6 6 6 21 1.51 5.7
*Don Rudolph 36 1 0 1.000 17 0 0 25.7 33 14 5 4 4 4.91 0.2
*Gordie Richardson 29 0 1 .000 11 0 0 2.3 5 2 0 0 1 7.73 0.0
Team Totals 30.2 110 52 .679 353 162 38 1478.6 1261 454 94 339 1014 2.76 134.6
Rank among 10 NL teams 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 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 .994 33.8
C.Warwick 1168.7 128 130 794 49 4 1 .995 30.3
J.May 310.0 34 34 248 14 1 0 .996 35.7
Team Total 1478.7 162 164 1042 63 5 1 .995 31.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.25
D.Mincher 1359.0 149 152 1538 107 15 136 .991 10.89
J.May 83.0 10 10 97 9 3 7 .972 11.49
G.Stephens 34.0 3 6 45 4 0 0 1.000 12.97
B.Zipfel 2.7 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1478.7 162 170 1681 121 18 144 .990 10.97
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.60
C.Flood 1299.0 141 152 271 446 8 105 .989 4.97
G.Stephens 107.3 13 19 29 34 0 9 1.000 5.28
O.Chavarria 72.3 8 9 22 23 0 6 1.000 5.60
Team Total 1478.7 162 180 322 503 8 120 .990 5.02
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.88
R.Rollins 1294.3 145 145 71 335 28 28 .935 2.82
B.Zipfel 179.3 17 28 8 40 1 2 .980 2.41
L.Thomas 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Green 1.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1478.7 162 176 79 377 29 30 .940 2.78
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 4.98
L.Cardenas 1303.0 147 150 164 546 16 87 .978 4.90
O.Chavarria 175.7 15 29 23 74 2 11 .980 4.97
Team Total 1478.7 162 179 187 620 18 98 .978 4.91
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.77
W.Stargell 1372.7 149 157 247 3 11 3 .958 1.64
G.Stephens 75.0 10 10 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.04
B.Zipfel 31.0 3 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.16
Team Total 1478.7 162 171 268 3 11 3 .961 1.65
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.43
L.Green 1338.7 147 149 369 15 6 1 .985 2.58
G.Stephens 140.0 15 16 37 0 0 0 1.000 2.38
Team Total 1478.7 162 165 406 15 6 1 .986 2.56
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.87
L.Thomas 1317.7 143 150 306 5 4 2 .987 2.12
G.Stephens 161.0 19 19 36 0 0 0 1.000 2.01
Team Total 1478.7 162 169 342 5 4 2 .989 2.11
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.05
J.Marichal 386.3 44 44 29 47 4 3 .950 1.77
H.Nunn 313.0 42 42 19 57 1 5 .987 2.19
J.Brewer 286.0 44 44 22 41 2 3 .969 1.98
D.Ellsworth 263.7 32 32 14 44 3 5 .951 1.98
C.Short 89.0 0 77 5 12 1 3 .944 1.72
R.May 77.0 0 59 5 18 1 1 .958 2.69
J.Owens 35.7 0 27 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.26
D.Rudolph 25.7 0 17 1 12 0 4 1.000 4.56
G.Richardson 2.3 0 11 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1478.6 162 353 98 234 12 24 .965 2.02
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Green .326
On-Base Pct Green .411
Slugging Pct Mincher .526
OPS Mincher .906
XR Mincher 108.0
Games Stargell 157
At-Bats Cardenas 615
Runs Green 98
Hits Green 188
Total Bases Mincher 297
Singles Cardenas 143
Doubles Green 36
Triples Flood 5
Homeruns Mincher 36
RBIs Mincher 117
Stolen Bases Thomas 22
Caught Stealing Warwick 6
Walks Mincher 85
Strikeouts Stargell 145
ERA Marichal 2.10
Wins Marichal 27
Losses Marichal 11
Winning Pct Brewer .743
Saves May 25
Games Pitched Short 77
Games Started Brewer, Marichal 44
Complete Games Marichal 32
Shutouts Marichal 5
Innings Pitched Marichal 386.3
Hits Allowed Marichal 321
Homeruns Allowed Nunn 22
Strikeouts Brewer 312
Walks Allowed Nunn 95
Walks per 9IP Marichal 0.9
Hits per 9IP Brewer 6.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Brewer 9.8
WHiP Marichal 0.93
OAVG Brewer .187
OOBP Brewer .243
OSLG Brewer .284
OOPS Brewer .527
Team All-Stars
Jim Brewer
Juan Marichal
Don Mincher
Player Salaries
Jim Brewer $ 20,000,000
Juan Marichal $ 10,000,000
Howie Nunn $ 6,430,000
Don Mincher $ 5,960,000
Curt Flood $ 4,490,000
Willie Stargell $ 4,400,000
Lenny Green $ 3,500,000
Lee Thomas $ 3,350,000
Jim Owens $ 3,000,000
Leo Cardenas $ 1,750,000
Dick Ellsworth $ 1,500,000
Carl Warwick $ 1,100,000
Don Rudolph $ 750,000
Chris Short $ 500,000
Gene Stephens $ 450,000
Rich Rollins $ 350,000
Ossie Chavarria $ 300,000
Rudy May $ 300,000
Bud Zipfel $ 300,000
Gordie Richardson $ 300,000
Jerry May $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/2 Traded Howie Reed Montreal Gene Stephens
Chris Short
4/2 Traded Mel Nelson Montreal Howie Reed
 
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