1998 Colorado Rockies season

1998 Colorado Rockies
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Jerry McMorris
General manager(s) Bob Gebhard
Manager(s) Don Baylor
Local television KWGN-TV
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
(George Frazier, Dave Armstrong)
Local radio KOA (AM)
(Wayne Hagin, Jeff Kingery)
KCUV
(Antonio Guevara)
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The Colorado Rockies' 1998 season was the 6th for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Don Baylor was their manager, although he was fired after the season. They played home games and hosted the 1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 77-85, fourth in the NL West.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Diego Padres 98 64 0.605 — 54–27 44–37
San Francisco Giants 89 74 0.546 9½ 49–32 40–42
Los Angeles Dodgers 83 79 0.512 15 48–33 35–46
Colorado Rockies 77 85 0.475 21 42–39 35–46
Arizona Diamondbacks 65 97 0.401 33 34–47 31–50

Record vs. opponents

1998 National League Records

Sources:

Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona — 1–8 5–7 4–5 6–6 6–2 4–5 4–8 6–3 2–7 4–5 2–7 6–3 3–9 5–7 2–7 5–8
Atlanta 8–1 — 3–6 7–2 5–3 7–5 4–5 8–1 7–2 6–6 9–3 8–4 7–2 5–4 7–2 6–3 9–7
Chicago 7–5 6–3 — 6–5 7–2 7–2 4–7 4–5 6–6 7–2 4–5 3–6 8–3 5–4 7–3 4–7 5–8
Cincinnati 5–4 2–7 5–6 — 4–5 9–0 3–8 5–4 6–5 8–1 3–6 4–5 5–7 1–11 2–7 8–3 7-6
Colorado 6–6 3–5 2–7 5–4 — 6–3 6–5 6–6 4–7 7–2 3–6 5–4 5–4 5–7 7–5 3–6 4–8
Florida 2–6 5–7 2–7 0–9 3–6 — 3–6 4–5 0–9 5–7 5–7 6–6 3–6 4–5 0–9 4–5 8–8
Houston 5–4 5–4 7–4 8–3 5–6 6-3 — 3–6 9–2 7–2 5–4 7–2 9–2 5–4 6–3 5–7 10–4
Los Angeles 8–4 1–8 5–4 4–5 6–6 5–4 6–3 — 5–4 5–4 3–5 5–4 7–5 5–7 6–6 4–5 8–5
Milwaukee 3–6 2–7 6–6 5–6 7–4 9–0 2–9 4–5 — 6–3 1–8 4–5 6–5 3–6 5–4 3–8 8–6
Montreal 7–2 6–6 2–7 1–8 2–7 7–5 2–7 4–5 3–6 — 8–4 5–7 2–7 4–4 3–6 3–6 6–10
New York 5–4 3–9 5–4 6–3 6–3 7–5 4–5 5–3 8–1 4–8 — 8–4 4–5 4–5 4–5 6–3 9–7
Philadelphia 7-2 4–8 6–3 5–4 4–5 6–6 2–7 4–5 5–4 7–5 4–8 — 8–1 1–8 2–6 3–6 7–9
Pittsburgh 3–6 2–7 3–8 7–5 4–5 6–3 2–9 5–7 5–6 7–2 5–4 1–8 — 5–4 2–7 6–5 6–7
San Diego 9–3 4–5 4–5 11–1 7–5 5–4 4–5 7–5 6–3 4–4 5–4 8–1 4–5 — 8–4 6–3 6–7
San Francisco 7–5 2–7 3–7 7–2 5–7 9–0 3–6 6–6 4–5 6–3 5–4 6–2 7–2 4–8 — 7–5 8–5
St. Louis 7–2 3–6 7–4 3–8 6–3 5-4 7–5 5–4 8–3 6–3 3–6 6–3 5–6 3–6 5–7 — 4–9

Notable transactions

Major League debuts

Roster

1998 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

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Player stats

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Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Kirt Manwaring 110 291 72 .247 2 26
1B Todd Helton 152 530 167 .315 25 97
2B Mike Lansing 153 584 161 .276 12 66
SS Neifi Pérez 162 647 177 .274 9 59
3B Vinny Castilla 162 645 206 .319 46 144
LF Dante Bichette 161 662 219 .331 22 122
CF Ellis Burks 100 357 102 .286 16 54
RF Larry Walker 130 454 165 .363 23 67

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Reed, JeffJeff Reed 113 259 75 .290 9 39
Hamilton, DarrylDarryl Hamilton 51 194 65 .335 5 25
Goodwin, CurtisCurtis Goodwin 119 159 39 .245 1 6
Colbrunn, GregGreg Colbrunn 62 122 38 .311 2 13
Vander Wal, JohnJohn Vander Wal 89 104 30 .288 5 20
Bates, JasonJason Bates 53 74 14 .189 0 3
Abbott, KurtKurt Abbott 42 71 18 .254 3 15

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kile, DarrylDarryl Kile 36 230.1 13 17 5.20 158
Astacio, PedroPedro Astacio 35 209.1 13 14 6.23 170
Wright, JameyJamey Wright 34 206.1 9 14 5.67 86
Thomson, JohnJohn Thomson 26 161.0 8 11 4.81 106
Jones, BobbyBobby Jones 35 141.1 7 8 5.22 109

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Munoz, MikeMike Munoz 40 41.1 2 2 5.66 24
Thompson, MarkMark Thompson 6 23.1 1 2 7.71 14

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
McElroy, ChuckChuck McElroy 78 6 4 2 2.90 61
DiPoto, JerryJerry DiPoto 68 3 4 19 3.53 49
Leskanic, CurtisCurtis Leskanic 66 6 4 2 4.40 55
Veres, DaveDave Veres 63 3 1 8 2.83 74
DeJean, MikeMike DeJean 59 3 1 2 3.03 27

Awards and honors

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Paul Zuvella
AA New Haven Ravens Eastern League Tim Blackwell
A Salem Avalanche Carolina League Jay Loviglio
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Ron Gideon
A-Short Season Portland Rockies Northwest League Jim Eppard
Rookie AZL Rockies Arizona League P. J. Carey

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Rockies[13]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcelrch01.shtml
  2. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lansimi01.shtml
  3. ↑ Quinton McCracken Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ Bryan Rekar Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kileda01.shtml
  6. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/huttoma01.shtml
  7. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/veresda01.shtml
  8. ↑ Matt Holliday Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ↑ Juan Pierre Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/abbotku01.shtml
  11. ↑ Ellis Burks Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  12. ↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/debut.php?y=1998&l=NL
  13. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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