1998 Colorado Rockies season

The Colorado Rockies' 1998 season was the sixth 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.

1998 Colorado Rockies
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record77–85 (.475)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Jerry McMorris
General manager(s)Bob Gebhard
Manager(s)Don Baylor
Local televisionKWGN-TV
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
(George Frazier, Dave Armstrong)
Local radioKOA (AM)
(Wayne Hagin, Jeff Kingery)
KCUV
(Antonio Guevara)
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Offseason

  • November 18, 1997: Harvey Pulliam was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Chuck McElroy.[1]
  • November 18, 1997: Mike Lansing was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Colorado Rockies for Jake Westbrook, John Nicholson (minors), and Mark Hamlin (minors).[2]
  • November 18, 1997: Quinton McCracken and Bryan Rekar were drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from the Colorado Rockies as the 4th and 38th picks in the 1997 expansion draft.[3][4]
  • December 4, 1997: Darryl Kile was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[5]
  • December 10, 1997: Mark Hutton was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Cincinnati Reds for Curtis Goodwin.[6]
  • December 10, 1997: Dave Veres was traded by the Montreal Expos with Mark Hamlin (minors) to the Colorado Rockies for Terry Jones and a player to be named later. The Colorado Rockies sent Mark Mangum (minors) (June 5, 1998) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.[7]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

3Mike Lansing2B
26Ellis BurksCF
33Larry WalkerRF
10Dante BichetteLF
14Vinny Castilla3B
17Todd Helton1B
5Neifi PerezSS
8Kirt ManwaringC
57Darryl KileP

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Diego Padres 9864 0.605 54–27 44–37
San Francisco Giants 8974 0.546 49–32 40–42
Los Angeles Dodgers 8379 0.512 15 48–33 35–46
Colorado Rockies 7785 0.475 21 42–39 35–46
Arizona Diamondbacks 6597 0.401 33 34–47 31–50

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona 1–85–74–56–66–24–54–86–32–74–52–76–33–95–72–75–8
Atlanta 8–13–67–25–37–54–58–17–26–69–38–47–25–47–26–39–7
Chicago 7–56–36–57–27–24–74–56–67–24–53–68–35–47–34–75–8
Cincinnati 5–42–75–64–59–03–85–46–58–13–64–55–71–112–78–37-6
Colorado 6–63–52–75–46–36–56–64–77–23–65–45–45–77–53–64–8
Florida 2–65–72–70–93–63–64–50–95–75–76–63–64–50–94–58–8
Houston 5–45–47–48–35–66-33–69–27–25–47–29–25–46–35–710–4
Los Angeles 8–41–85–44–56–65–46–35–45–43–55–47–55–76–64–58–5
Milwaukee 3–62–76–65–67–49–02–94–56–31–84–56–53–65–43–88–6
Montreal 7–26–62–71–82–77–52–74–53–68–45–72–74–43–63–66–10
New York 5–43–95–46–36–37–54–55–38–14–88–44–54–54–56–39–7
Philadelphia 7-24–86–35–44–56–62–74–55–47–54–88–11–82–63–67–9
Pittsburgh 3–62–73–87–54–56–32–95–75–67–25–41–85–42–76–56–7
San Diego 9–34–54–511–17–55–44–57–56–34–45–48–14–58–46–36–7
San Francisco 7–52–73–77–25–79–03–66–64–56–35–46–27–24–87–58–5
St. Louis 7–23–67–43–86–35-47–55–48–36–33–66–35–63–65–74–9

Notable transactions

  • June 2, 1998: Matt Holliday was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 7th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed July 24, 1998.[8]
  • June 2, 1998: Juan Pierre was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 13th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1998.[9]
  • June 9, 1998: Kurt Abbott was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Colorado Rockies for a player to be named later. The Colorado Rockies sent Ara Petrosian (minors) (June 18, 1998) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.[10]
  • July 31, 1998: Ellis Burks was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the San Francisco Giants for Darryl Hamilton, Jim Stoops, and a player to be named later. The San Francisco Giants sent Jason Brester (minors) (August 18, 1998) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.[11]

Major League debuts

  • Batters:
    • Mark Strittmatter (Sep 3)
    • Derrick Gibson (Sep 8)
    • Edgard Clemente (Sep 10)
  • Pitchers:
    • Mike Saipe (Jun 25)
    • Mark Brownson (Jul 21)
    • Fred Rath, Jr. (Jul 29)
    • Jim Stoops (Sep 9)
    • Lariel González (Sep 22) [12]

Roster

1998 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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 SB
C Kirt Manwaring 110 291 72 .247 2 26 1
1B Todd Helton 152 530 167 .315 25 97 3
2B Mike Lansing 153 584 161 .276 12 66 10
SS Neifi Pérez 162 647 177 .274 9 59 5
3B Vinny Castilla 162 645 206 .319 46 144 5
LF Dante Bichette 161 662 219 .331 22 122 14
CF Ellis Burks 100 357 102 .286 16 54 3
RF Larry Walker 130 454 165 .363 23 67 14

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 SB
Kurt Abbott427118.2543150
Jeff Barry15346.176020
Jason Bates537414.189030
Edgard Clemente11176.353020
Greg Colbrunn6212238.3112133
Angel Echevarria192911.379190
Curtis Goodwin11915939.245165
Darryl Hamilton5119465.3355254
Nelson Liriano12170.000000
Jeff Reed11325975.2909390
Terry Shumpert23266.231120
Mark Strittmatter440.000000
John Vander Wal8910430.2885200
Derrick White990.000000

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
Darryl Kile36230.113175.20158
Pedro Astacio35209.113146.23170
Jamey Wright34206.19145.6786
John Thomson26161.08114.81106
Mark Thompson623.1127.7114
Mark Brownson213.1104.738
Mike Saipe210.00110.802
Kevin Ritz29.00211.003

Relief pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO SV
Chuck McElroy7868.1642.90612
Jerry DiPoto6871.1343.534919
Curtis Leskanic6675.2644.40552
Dave Veres6376.1312.83748
Mike DeJean5974.1313.03272
Mike Munoz4041.1225.66243
Dave Wainhouse1011.0104.9130
Fred Rath25.1001.6920
Jim Stoops34.0102.2500
Lariel Gonzalez11.0000.0000

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO SV
Bobby Jones35141.1785.221090

Game log

1998 Game Log
March (1-0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31@ Diamondbacks92Kile (10)Benes (01)47,48410
April (11-16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
2April 1@ Diamondbacks60Thomson (10)Blair (01)43,75820
3April 2@ Diamondbacks64Astacio (10)Anderson (01)DiPoto (1)42,87630
4April 3@ Astros152Lima (10)Wright (01)26,02631
5April 4@ Astros53Thompson (10)Bergman (01)DiPoto (2)21,32541
6April 5@ Astros62Reynolds (10)Kile (11)21,03742
7April 6@ Astros134Hampton (10)Thomson (11)13,55343
8April 7Cardinals1211Politte (10)Astacio (11)Bottenfield (2)48,01644
9April 8Cardinals139Aybar (11)Wright (02)48,02045
10April 9Cardinals75Busby (10)Leskanic (01)Brantley (1)46,57946
11April 10Reds187Jordan (10)Kile (12)Sullivan (1)48,01347
12April 11Reds125Remlinger (12)Thomson (12)Belinda (1)48,05348
13April 12Reds104Harnisch (10)Astacio (12)46,92149
14April 13Reds84Leskanic (11)Belinda (01)44,48859
15April 14Dodgers63DeJean (10)Valdez (12)DiPoto (3)44,33769
16April 16Dodgers43 (10)Radinsky (10)DiPoto (01)Bruske (1)38,429610
17April 18Braves114Neagle (21)Astacio (13)48,058611
18April 19Braves53Millwood (30)Thompson (11)Wohlers (5)48,038612
19April 19Braves107Wright (12)Martínez (12)DiPoto (4)43,977712
20April 20Braves75Maddux (21)Kile (13)Ligtenberg (1)43,594713
21April 22@ Marlins32Powell (12)Leskanic (12)16,405714
22April 23@ Marlins43DiPoto (11)Stanifer (01)15,098814
23April 24@ Marlins51Meadows (32)Thompson (12)21,708815
24April 25@ Braves117Kile (23)Millwood (31)49,161915
25April 26@ Braves76Wright (22)Maddux (22)DiPoto (5)42,4001015
26April 27Marlins54 (10)Powell (22)Leskanic (13)Alfonseca (1)48,0481016
27April 28Marlins87Astacio (23)Larkin (11)Leskanic (1)47,3461116
28April 30@ Mets40Kile (33)Jones (13)12,5991216
May (12-16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
29May 2@ Mets73Leskanic (23)Cook (21)19,9681316
30May 3@ Mets52Reed (22)Astacio (24)19,4931317
31May 4@ Phillies112Thomson (22)Stephenson (02)11,4031417
32May 5@ Phillies61Kile (43)Grace (14)13,6721517
33May 6@ Phillies76 (10)Leiter (20)McElroy (01)19,5381518
34May 7@ Expos21Pérez (13)Wright (23)Urbina (7)7,0751519
35May 8@ Expos75Astacio (34)Hermanson (33)DiPoto (6)11,7251619
36May 9@ Expos40Moore (24)Thomson (23)Urbina (8)12,0141620
37May 10@ Expos53Kile (53)Kline (12)DiPoto (7)10,0411720
38May 11@ Pirates52Schmidt (51)Ritz (01)9,4981721
39May 12@ Pirates60Loaiza (21)Wright (24)12,9541722
40May 13Cubs93Trachsel (41)Astacio (35)48,0381723
41May 14Cubs97Tapani (52)Thomson (24)Beck (12)48,0771724
42May 15Brewers85Woodard (31)Kile (54)Myers (1)48,0351725
43May 16Brewers75Karl (51)Ritz (02)Jones (11)48,0631726
44May 17Brewers21Wright (34)Woodall (01)DiPoto (8)48,0411826
45May 18Brewers85Astacio (45)Juden (52)DiPoto (9)48,0261926
46May 20@ Braves51Millwood (61)Thomson (25)33,5311927
47May 21@ Braves20Neagle (61)Kile (55)Ligtenberg (6)34,6111928
48May 22@ Reds32Wright (44)Weathers (24)DiPoto (10)21,4102028
49May 23@ Reds41 (7)Winchester (32)Astacio (46)20,0342029
50May 24@ Reds31Jones (10)Tomko (53)DiPoto (11)21,2982129
51May 25@ Cardinals61Thomson (35)Busby (51)42,0382229
52May 27@ Cardinals21Stottlemyre (64)Kile (56)Brantley (8)34,2112230
53May 28@ Cardinals41Mercker (43)Wright (45)King (2)37,9892231
54May 29Astros76Hampton (72)Astacio (47)Wagner (14)48,3252232
55May 30Astros63Thomson (45)Schourek (23)DiPoto (12)48,0362332
56May 31Astros75McElroy (11)Henry (32)48,0972432
June (13-15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
57June 1Diamondbacks64Benes (45)Kile (57)Olson (7)48,0202433
58June 2Diamondbacks93Anderson (36)Wright (46)47,9052434
59June 3Diamondbacks32McElroy (21)Olson (13)46,2792524
60June 4Diamondbacks52Thomson (55)Daal (14)46,2952634
61June 5@ Angels50Dickson (54)Jones (11)39,6212635
62June 6@ Angels21Olivares (32)Kile (58)Percival (17)38,6712636
63June 7@ Angels65Cadaret (10)DiPoto (12)42,4932637
64June 8Rangers31Sele (93)Astacio (48)Wetteland (17)48,0702638
65June 9Rangers52Helling (83)Thomson (56)Wetteland (18)48,0682639
66June 10Rangers98 (10)DiPoto (22)Gunderson (01)48,0612739
67June 12@ Dodgers21Mlicki (24)Kile (59)McMichael (1)39,1632740
68June 13@ Dodgers42Wright (56)Dreifort (46)DiPoto (13)38,4172840
69June 14@ Dodgers32 (12)DeJean (20)Radinsky (23)McElroy (1)41,9642940
70June 15@ Giants43 (12)Leskanic (33)Johnstone (23)DiPoto (14)16,8913040
71June 16@ Giants53Tavárez (33)Jones (12)Nen (20)12,5853041
72June 17@ Giants63Rueter (83)Kile (510)Nen (21)19,1253042
73June 18Dodgers50Mlicki (34)Wright (57)48,0923043
74June 19Dodgers43 (10)Osuna (30)DiPoto (23)48,1203044
75June 20Dodgers76Munoz (10)Reyes (03)Veres (1)48,2313144
76June 21Dodgers116Jones (22)Park (55)48,1863244
77June 22@ Brewers32Reyes (30)McElroy (22)Wickman (7)22,5563245
78June 23@ Brewers75Patrick (30)Wright (58)Wickman (8)20,7593246
79June 24Astros86Astacio (58)Bergman (64)Veres (2)48,1503346
80June 25Astros65 (12)Leskanic (43)Magnante (32)48,0463446
81June 26Athletics126Munoz (20)Oquist (45)48,0693546
82June 27Athletics86Mathews (44)DiPoto (24)Taylor (16)48,0493547
83June 28Athletics1110DeJean (30)Fetters (02)Veres (3)48,0133647
84June 30@ Mariners64Astacio (68)Johnson (77)Munoz (1)28,8213747
July (11-14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
85July 1@ Mariners95Cloude (47)Saipe (01)25,5513748
86July 2@ Mariners103Swift (84)Kile (511)32,5233749
87July 3@ Padres42Hamilton (69)DeJean (31)Hoffman (25)40,5883750
88July 4@ Padres91Langston (31)Jones (23)61,1483751
89July 5@ Padres72Ashby (115)Astacio (69)32,6493752
90July 10Giants112Kile (611)Estes (78)48,1743852
91July 11Giants54McElroy (32)Hershiser (77)Munoz (2)48,2623952
92July 12Giants53Astacio (79)Rueter (104)Munoz (3)48,3344052
93July 13Padres95Jones (33)Hitchcock (43)48,0984152
94July 14Padres87Sanders (12)Kile (612)Hoffman (28)48,1144153
95July 15Padres62Brown (113)Wright (59)48,3694154
96July 17@ Diamondbacks96Blair (413)Astacio (710)Olson (13)46,3224155
97July 18@ Diamondbacks42Anderson (78)Jones (34)Olson (14)48,5274156
98July 19@ Diamondbacks64Small (21)Munoz (21)Embree (1)45,6504157
99July 20@ Astros109Henry (62)Veres (01)25,4914158
100July 21@ Astros50Brownson (10)Hampton (85)28,7184258
101July 23Reds64Astacio (810)Remlinger (611)Veres (4)42,5864358
102July 23Reds64Jones (44)Harnisch (75)Leskanic (2)45,7054458
103July 24Cardinals123Kile (712)Stottlemyre (99)48,3034558
104July 25Cardinals52McElroy (42)Morris (11)DeJean (1)48,3234658
105July 26Cardinals31Mercker (68)Thomson (57)Croushore (7)48,2884659
106July 27Pirates87 (13)Leskanic (53)McCurry (01)46,0244759
107July 28Pirates126Astacio (910)Lieber (811)46,8564859
108July 29Pirates121Peters (58)Kile (713)47,4114860
109July 31@ Cubs91Wood (115)Wright (510)Mulholland (3)40,4904861
August (15-14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
110August 1@ Cubs32Trachsel (115)Thomson (58)Beck (32)40,1984862
111August 2@ Cubs63Astacio (1010)Clark (611)McElroy (2)39,4274962
112August 3@ Pirates72Jones (54)Lieber (812)11,2045062
113August 4@ Pirates135Christiansen (22)Kile (714)15,7845063
114August 5@ Pirates62Wright (610)Córdova (910)12,8625163
115August 6@ Pirates51Thomson (68)Schmidt (89)14,0605263
116August 7Mets87Reed (137)Astacio (1011)Franco (22)48,3655264
117August 8Mets43Reynoso (30)Jones (55)Franco (23)48,3125265
118August 9Mets114Kile (814)Nomo (59)48,0145365
119August 10Expos62Wright (710)Telford (35)44,7685465
120August 11Expos156Thomson (78)Powell (12)45,4035565
121August 12Expos32Astacio (1111)Vázquez (312)DiPoto (15)46,8725665
122August 14Phillies62Loewer (64)Jones (56)47,3955666
123August 15Phillies73Kile (914)Gomes (94)48,3295766
124August 16Phillies87Portugal (73)Wright (711)Leiter (22)48,0245767
125August 18@ Mets62Leiter (124)Astacio (1112)5768
126August 18@ Mets63Rojas (52)McElroy (43)Franco (26)21,6115769
127August 19@ Mets21Yoshii (56)Jones (57)Franco (27)19,3955770
128August 20@ Expos63Kile (1014)Thurman (22)DeJean (2)11,6805870
129August 21@ Expos32Veres (11)Urbina (43)11,6265970
130August 22@ Phillies61Byrd (20)Astacio (1113)23,4355971
131August 23@ Phillies52Thomson (88)Grace (47)DiPoto (16)26,3646071
132August 24@ Phillies31Jones (67)Loewer (65)Veres (5)15,6656171
133August 25Brewers116Veres (21)Weathers (45)44,5736271
134August 26Brewers65Pulsipher (21)Wright (712)42,3956272
135August 27Cubs1110 (10)Mulholland (45)Munoz (22)Beck (38)50,0936273
136August 28Cubs105Trachsel (147)Thomson (89)48,2236274
137August 29Cubs73Jones (77)Clark (713)48,2696374
138August 30Cubs43Tapani (167)Kile (1015)Beck (39)48,2556375
September (14-10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
139September 1@ Brewers123Wright (812)Pulsipher (22)13,3476475
140September 2@ Brewers84Roque (31)Astacio (1114)10,5846476
141September 3@ Brewers73Woodall (78)Thomson (810)12,3276477
142September 4Padres115Veres (31)Sanders (23)44,5966577
143September 5Padres42Brown (185)Kile (1016)Hoffman (46)42,9306578
144September 6Padres122Wright (912)Hamilton (1212)46,2406678
145September 7Marlins1510Leskanic (63)Ludwick (14)41,0946778
146September 8Marlins1110McElroy (53)Mantei (34)40,0476878
147September 9Marlins98McElroy (63)Speier (03)40,5006978
148September 10Marlins31Kile (1116)Medina (14)44,9067078
149September 11@ Giants76Stoops (10)Morman (02)DiPoto (17)34,6987178
150September 12@ Giants10Astacio (1214)Nen (76)DiPoto (18)30,4227278
151September 13@ Giants43Johnstone (45)McElroy (64)Nen (36)30,2787279
152September 14@ Dodgers41Pérez (1013)Jones (78)26,1227280
153September 15@ Dodgers54Kile (1216)Park (139)DiPoto (19)29,7027380
154September 16@ Dodgers20Bohanon (710)Wright (913)Shaw (44)27,9067381
155September 18@ Padres41Astacio (1314)Ashby (169)Veres (6)28,1587481
156September 19@ Padres41Clement (10)Thomson (811)Hoffman (51)54,0427482
157September 20@ Padres10 (11)Kile (1316)Myers (46)Veres (7)37,9397582
158September 22Diamondbacks86Daal (812)Wright (914)Olson (29)42,8597583
159September 23Diamondbacks1411Wainhouse (10)Banks (23)Veres (8)44,0217683
160September 25Giants86Johnstone (65)Leskanic (64)Nen (40)48,1477684
161September 26Giants84Hershiser (1110)Kile (1317)47,4627685
162September 27Giants98DiPoto (34)Nen (77)48,0287785

Awards, league leaders, and accomplishments

National League leaders

Awards

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[22]

See also

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  6. "Mark Hutton Stats".
  7. "Dave Veres Stats".
  8. Matt Holliday Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  9. Juan Pierre Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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  11. Ellis Burks Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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