2006 Colorado Rockies season

The Colorado Rockies' 2006 season was the 14th for the Rockies. They competed in the National League West finishing with a record of 76–86 and tied for 4th place in the division. Clint Hurdle was the manager. They played home games at Coors Field.

2006 Colorado Rockies
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record76–86 (.469)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Charles & Dick Monfort
General manager(s)Dan O'Dowd
Manager(s)Clint Hurdle
Local televisionKTVD
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
(George Frazier, Drew Goodman, Jeff Huson)
Local radioKOA (AM)
(Jack Corrigan, Jeff Kingery)
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Offseason
  • December 7, 2005: Yorvit Torrealba was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Colorado Rockies for Marcos Carvajal.[1]
  • December 7, 2005: Aaron Miles was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Larry Bigbie to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ray King.[2]
  • December 19, 2005: José Mesa was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.[3]
  • January 7, 2006: Eli Marrero was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.[4]
  • February 10, 2006: Josh Fogg was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.[5]
  • February 11, 2006: Jamey Carroll was purchased by the Colorado Rockies from the Washington Nationals.[6]

Regular season

National League West
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Diego Padres 8874 0.543 — 43–38 45–36
Los Angeles Dodgers 8874 0.543 — 49–32 39–42
San Francisco Giants 7685 0.472 11½ 43–38 33–47
Arizona Diamondbacks 7686 0.469 12 39–42 37–44
Colorado Rockies 7686 0.469 12 44–37 32–49

Record vs. opponents
2006 National League Records

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona—6–14–24–212–72–44–58–103–31–61–55–19–108–114–31–54–11
Atlanta1–6—6–14–33–311–83–43–32–47–117–113–37–23–44–210–85–10
Chicago2–41–6—10–92–42–47–84–28–83–32–56–90–72–411–82–44–11
Cincinnati2–43–49–10—5–14–210–50–69–103–42–49–72–42–59–65–16-9
Colorado 7–123–34–21–5—3–34–24–152–41–53–43–310–910–82–78–011–4
Florida4–28–114–22–43–3—3–41–57–08–116–135–23–33–31–511–79–9
Houston5–44–38–75–102–44-3—3–310–52–42–413–33–31–59–74–47–11
Los Angeles 10–83–32–46–015–45–13–3—4–23–44–36–45–1313–60–74–25–10
Milwaukee3–34–28–810–94–20–75–102–4—3–35–17–94–36–37–91–56–9
New York6–111–73–34–35–111–84–24–33–3—11–85–45–23–34–212–66–9
Philadelphia5-111–75–24–24–313–64–23–41–58–11—3–32–45–13–39–105–13
Pittsburgh1–53–39–67–93–32–53–134–69–74–53–3—1–56–16–93–33–12
San Diego10–92–77–04–29–103–33–313–53–42–54–25–1—7–124–25–17–8
San Francisco11–84–34–25–28–103–35–16–133–63–31–51–612–7—1–41–58–7
St. Louis3–42–48–116–97–25-17–97–09–72–43–39–62–44–1—4–35–10
Washington5–18–104–21–50–87-114–42–45–16–1210–93–31–55–13–4—7–11

Transactions
  • June 9, 2006: Eli Marrero was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the New York Mets for Kazuo Matsui and cash.[7]
  • July 31, 2006: Scott Dohmann and Ryan Shealy were traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Kansas City Royals for Jeremy Affeldt and Denny Bautista.[8]
  • August 14, 2006: Vinny Castilla was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.[9]

Major League debuts
  • Batters:
    • Chris Iannetta (Aug 27)
    • Troy Tulowitzki (Aug 30)
    • Jeff Salazar (Sep 7)
    • Alvin Colina (Sep 18)
  • Pitchers:
    • Ramón Ramírez (Apr 14)
    • Manuel Corpas (Jul 18)
    • Justin Hampson (Sep 10)
    • Juan Morillo (Sep 24)
    • Ubaldo Jiménez (Sep 26)[10]

Roster
2006 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log
2006 Game Log
April (15–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3Diamondbacks3–2 (11)DeJean (1–0)Grimsley (0–1)47,2781–0
2April 5Diamondbacks4–2Hernández (1–0)Cook (0–1)Valverde (1)18,5531–1
3April 6Diamondbacks12–5Batista (1–0)Francis (0–1)18,4061–2
4April 7@ Padres10–4Fogg (1–0)Hensley (0–1)33,9182–2
5April 8@ Padres12–4Day (1–0)Brazelton (0–1)29,6293–2
6April 9@ Padres10–4Jennings (1–0)Peavy (1–1)28,9014–2
7April 11@ Diamondbacks6–5Cook (1–1)Hernández (1–1)Fuentes (1)37,3555–2
8April 12@ Diamondbacks5–4Aquino (1–0)King (0–1)Valverde (2)18,6645–3
9April 13@ Diamondbacks5–3Fogg (2–0)Ortiz (0–2)Fuentes (2)18,7456–3
10April 14Phillies10–8Madson (1–0)Day (1–1)Gordon (3)25,3906–4
11April 15Phillies10–6King (1–1)Lieber (0–3)23,2067–4
12April 16Phillies1–0Myers (1–0)Cook (1–2)Gordon (4)25,1447–5
13April 17Padres5–2Young (2–0)Francis (0–2)Hoffman (2)18,5917–6
14April 18Padres3–2 (11)Cortés (1–0)Adkins (0–1)18,5958–6
15April 19Padres13–4Park (1–0)Day (1–2)18,8278–7
16April 21Giants9–8Cortés (2–0)Worrell (2–1)30,3399–7
17April 22Giants6–4Hennessey (2–0)Cook (1–3)Benítez (1)36,0359–8
18April 23Giants3–2 (10) Cortés (3–0)Fassero (1–1)30,31010–8
19April 24@ Phillies6–5Lidle (2–2)Fogg (2–1)Gordon (6)20,24410–9
20April 25@ Phillies7–6Ramírez (1–0)Floyd (1–2)Fuentes (3)19,51211–9
21April 26@ Phillies9–5Madson (2–1)Jennings (1–1)19,18211–10
22April 27@ Phillies6–3Cook (2–3)Franklin (1–2)Fuentes (4)21,50612–10
23April 28@ Marlins3–2 (10)Fuentes (1–0)Herges (0–2)Dohmann (1)10,41913–10
24April 29@ Marlins8–7Asencio (1–0)Messenger (0–1)Fuentes (5)15,40514–10
25April 30@ Marlins3–1Kim (1–0)Mitre (1–3)Mesa (1)13,25915–10
May (12–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1@ Braves2–0Hudson (2–2)Jennings (1–2)19,21215–11
27May 2@ Braves5–4Cormier (2–1)King (1–2)Reitsma (6)22,81315–12
28May 3Reds3–0Francis (1–2)Claussen (2–3)Fuentes (6)18,21416–12
29May 4Reds7–1Harang (5–1)Fogg (2–2)18,20416–13
30May 5Astros6–4Ramírez (2–0)Lidge (0–2)20,32717–13
31May 6Astros5–0Jennings (2–2)Rodríguez (4–1)26,35818–13
32May 7Astros5–3Cook (3–3)Nieve (1–1)Fuentes (7)30,27019–13
33May 8@ Cardinals6–2Francis (2–2)Marquis (3–4)Fuentes (8)39,00720–13
34May 9@ Cardinals4–2Wainwright (1–0)Mesa (0–1)Isringhausen (9)40,37520–14
35May 10@ Cardinals7–4Suppan (4–2)Kim (1–1)Isringhausen (10)39,10820–15
36May 12@ Astros12–2Gallo (1–0)Jennings (2–3)39,61720–16
37May 13@ Astros2–1Cook (4–3)Oswalt (5–3)Fuentes (9)35,85221–16
38May 14@ Astros3–0Pettitte (3–4)Francis (2–3)37,61421–17
39May 15Dodgers5–4Tomko (5–1)Ramírez (2–1)Saito (1)20,20821–18
40May 16Dodgers5–1Kim (2–1)Lowe (1–3)23,19222–18
41May 17Dodgers3–2Penny (4–1)Jennings (2–4)Báez (9)30,29622–19
42May 19Blue Jays8–3Cook (5–3)Towers (1–8)26,01123–19
43May 20Blue Jays5–1Francis (3–3)Taubenheim (0–1)26,21224–19
44May 21Blue Jays5–3Fogg (3–2)Lilly (4–4)Fuentes (10)30,29125–19
45May 22@ Dodgers6–1Seo (2–2)Kim (2–2)33,65225–20
46May 23@ Dodgers8–1Penny (5–1)Jennings (2–5)40,22825–21
47May 24@ Dodgers7–1Sele (3–0)Cook (5–4)39,29925–22
48May 26@ Giants9–0Schmidt (4–2)Francis (3–4)40,92325–23
49May 27@ Giants4–1Cain (3–5)Fogg (3–3)Benítez (3)40,35025–24
50May 28@ Giants6–3Kim (3–2)Wright (5–4)Fuentes (11)42,93526–24
51May 29@ Padres5–0Jennings (3–5)Thompson (2–1)27,90427–24
52May 30@ Padres2–0Young (4–3)Cook (5–5)Hoffman (10)23,69827–25
53May 31@ Padres3–2Hensley (4–3)Francis (3–5)Hoffman (11)24,60727–26
June (14–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 2Marlins4–2Willis (2–6)Fogg (3–4)Kensing (1)26,11227–27
55June 3Marlins13–0Nolasco (4–2)Kim (3–3)23,83127–28
56June 4Marlins4–3Olsen (4–3)Jennings (3–6)Borowski (7)21,12527–29
57June 5Pirates5–2Snell (6–3)Cook (5–6)Gonzalez (8)20,15227–30
58June 6Pirates5–4Francis (4–5)Maholm (2–5)Fuentes (12)20,27728–30
59June 7Pirates16–9Dohmann (1–0)Pérez (2–7)21,50929–30
60June 9Dodgers3–0Penny (7–1)Kim (3–4)Saito (3)30,45529–31
61June 10Dodgers12–9Jennings (4–6)Tomko (5–5)Fuentes (13)35,55730–31
62June 11Dodgers6–5Báez (4–3)Fuentes (1–1)Saito (4)29,22130–32
63June 12@ Nationals4–3Francis (5–5)Ortiz (5–5)Fuentes (14)20,63331–32
64June 13@ Nationals9–2Fogg (4–4)O'Connor (3–4)21,68932–32
65June 14@ Nationals14–8Martin (1–0)Bray (1–1)24,27333–32
66June 15@ Nationals8–1Jennings (5–6)Hernández (5–7)22,79334–32
67June 16@ Cardinals8–1Marquis (9–4)Cook (5–7)45,73634–33
68June 17@ Cardinals6–5Suppan (6–4)Francis (5–6)Isringhausen (23)45,96834–34
69June 18@ Cardinals4–1Carpenter (6–3)Fogg (4–5)Isringhausen (24)45,64734–35
70June 19Athletics7–0Kim (4–4)Haren (6–6)21,96435–35
71June 20Athletics6–0Jennings (6–6)Loaiza (2–4)21,75336–35
72June 21Athletics3–2 (11)Calero (1–1)King (1–3)26,48936–36
73June 23Rangers8–6Koronka (6–4)Francis (5–7)Otsuka (15)28,36036–37
74June 24Rangers11–6Fogg (5–5)Tejeda (1–3)31,43937–37
75June 25Rangers3–0Kim (5–4)Padilla (6–5)Fuentes (15)28,31338–37
76June 26@ Angels5–4Lackey (5–5)Mesa (0–2)Rodríguez (19)43,78138–38
77June 27@ Angels12–4Cook (6–7)Weaver (3–10)39,34139–38
78June 28@ Angels6–2Ramírez (3–1)Shields (4–5)38,15340–38
79June 30@ Mariners2–0Fogg (6–5)Moyer (5–7)31,61241–38
July (10–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1@ Mariners8–7Mateo (5–1)Cortés (3–1)Putz (15)33,63841–39
81July 2@ Mariners4–3 (11)Fuentes (2–1)Mateo (5–2)King (1)31,70942–39
82July 3Giants9–6Accardo (1–2)Ramírez (3–2)Benítez (8)48,36442–40
83July 4Giants6–1Francis (6–7)Schmidt (6–4)48,07843–40
84July 5Giants5–3Fogg (7–5)Wright (5–8)Fuentes (16)23,48544–40
85July 7Diamondbacks4–3Medders (2–2)Kim (5–5)Julio (8)26,31344–41
86July 8Diamondbacks8–7Vizcaíno (3–3)Fuentes (2–2)Julio (9)22,87444–42
87July 9Diamondbacks8–5González (1–2)Dohmann (1–1)Julio (10)22,21044–43
88July 13@ Reds9–7Milton (6–4)Francis (6–8)Guardado (6)20,66044–44
89July 14@ Reds3–1Harang (10–6)Jennings (6–7)Guardado (7)22,49744–45
90July 15@ Reds3–2Bray (2–1)Fuentes (2–3)35,39644–46
91July 16@ Reds6–4Coffey (4–4)Mesa (0–3)Guardado (8)27,04344–47
92July 17@ Pirates3–1Grabow (2–1)Kim (5–6)Capps (1)18,83544–48
93July 18@ Pirates13–4Francis (7–8)Gorzelanny (0–2)20,08645–48
94July 19@ Pirates6–5Duke (7–8)Jennings (6–8)Gonzalez (15)19,88145–49
95July 21@ Diamondbacks6–2Vargas (8–6)Cook (6–8)23,06845–50
96July 22@ Diamondbacks4–3Medders (4–2)Mesa (0–4)Julio (12)28,74545–51
97July 23@ Diamondbacks9–7Martin (2–0)Julio (1–4)Fuentes (17)29,31046–51
98July 24Cardinals7–0Francis (8–8)Reyes (2–4)28,83047–51
99July 25Cardinals1–0Carpenter (10–4)Jennings (6–9)Isringhausen (28)31,67347–52
100July 26Cardinals6–1Suppan (8–5)Cook (6–9)32,87247–53
101July 27Padres9–8 (10)Fuentes (3–3)Williamson (2–4)24,26048–53
102July 28Padres3–1Kim (6–6)Hensley (6–8)Fuentes (18)28,79049–53
103July 29Padres4–2Young (9–4)Francis (8–9)Hoffman (28)43,43349–54
104July 30Padres3–1Jennings (7–9)Thompson (3–3)Fuentes (19)25,79050–54
105July 31Brewers4–2Cook (7–9)Capuano (10–7)Fuentes (20)23,18951–54
August (11–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1Brewers1–0Bush (7–8)Fogg (7–6)Cordero (8)22,08251–55
107August 2Brewers8–2Kim (7–6)Ohka (3–2)24,03452–55
108August 4@ Giants5–2Francis (9–9)Morris (8–9)Fuentes (21)38,03353–55
109August 5@ Giants2–1 (11)Affeldt (5–6)Hennessey (4–2)Fuentes (22)39,01454–55
110August 6@ Giants6–2Cain (8–8)Cook (7–10)39,28854–56
111August 7@ Dodgers7–2Penny (12–5)Fogg (7–7)44,59354–57
112August 8@ Dodgers4–2Tomko (7–6)Kim (7–7)Saito (12)50,21054–58
113August 9@ Dodgers3–1Affeldt (6–6)Lowe (9–8)Fuentes (23)46,64355–58
114August 10@ Dodgers4–3Saito (4–2)Mesa (0–5)48,69955–59
115August 11Cubs10–2Cook (8–10)Hill (2–5)35,74456–59
116August 12Cubs8–4Fogg (8–7)Guzmán (0–3)43,48557–59
117August 13Cubs8–7Novoa (2–0)Corpas (0–1)Dempster (23)35,40857–60
118August 14Diamondbacks4–3Affeldt (7–6)Peña (3–2)21,36558–60
119August 15Diamondbacks2–1 (18)Medders (5–2)Ramírez (3–3)22,07658–61
120August 16Diamondbacks9–5Hernández (10–9)Cook (8–11)23,41558–62
121August 17Diamondbacks8–4Fogg (9–7)Webb (13–5)23,39059–62
122August 18@ Mets6–3Trachsel (12–5)Kim (7–8)Wagner (29)35,32559–63
123August 19@ Mets7–4Heilman (2–4)Francis (9–10)Wagner (30)55,08559–64
124August 20@ Mets2–0Hernández (9–9)Jennings (7–10)Wagner (31)40,65459–65
125August 22@ Brewers4–1Capuano (11–8)Cook (8–12)Cordero (16)25,15859–66
126August 23@ Brewers7–1Sheets (4–5)Kim (7–9)35,56959–67
127August 24@ Brewers12–6Ohka (4–3)Fogg (9–8)35,48459–68
128August 25Padres13–5Francis (10–10)Thompson (3–5)24,18260–68
129August 26Padres5–2Hensley (8–10)Jennings (7–11)Hoffman (34)29,74860–69
130August 27Padres6–3Cook (9–12)Peavy (7–13)26,30861–69
131August 29Mets10–5Trachsel (14–5)Kim (7–10)23,45461–70
132August 30Mets11–3Williams (4–3)Fogg (9–9)22,94561–71
133August 31Mets8–4Francis (11–10)Pérez (2–11)23,27362–71
September (14–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 1@ Dodgers6–3Lowe (13–8)Jennings (7–12)Saito (17)49,60162–72
135September 2@ Dodgers14–5Penny (15–7)Cook (9–13)48,98462–73
136September 3@ Dodgers12–5Kim (8–10)Sele (7–6)44,89563–73
137September 4@ Padres7–5Seánez (3–1)Fuentes (3–4)35,72263–74
138September 5@ Padres5–4Meredith (4–1)Francis (11–11)Hoffman (37)26,45663–75
139September 6@ Padres2–0 (11)Meredith (5–1)Field (0–1)27,96863–76
140September 7Nationals10–5Corpas (1–1)Wagner (3–3)18,61764–76
141September 8Nationals11–8Field (1–1)Rauch (3–4)Fuentes (24)22,21465–76
142September 9Nationals9–5Venafro (1–0)Oritz (10–13)22,73566–76
143September 10Nationals13–9Mesa (1–5)Schroder (0–2)Fuentes (25)18,64767–76
144September 12@ Giants10–6Correia (2–0)Bautista (0–3)33,41667–77
145September 13@ Giants9–8Jennings (8–12)Lowry (7–9)Fuentes (26)34,84768–77
146September 14@ Giants5–0Cain (13–9)Cook (9–14)35,16768–78
147September 15@ Diamondbacks5–1Webb (16–6)Kim (8–11)22,01768–79
148September 16@ Diamondbacks7–6 (16)Julio (2–4)Affeldt (7–7)27,82268–80
149September 17@ Diamondbacks6–1Francis (12–11)Batista (10–7)28,05669–80
150September 18Giants20–8Hampson (1–0)Lowry (7–10)18,34670–80
151September 19Giants12–4Jennings (9–12)Cain (13–10)Affeldt (1)20,37371–80
152September 20Giants7–4Wilson (2–3)Corpas (1–2)Stanton (8)19,32471–81
153September 21Braves6–3Smoltz (14–9)Kim (8–12)Wickman (31)18,49971–82
154September 22Braves6–4Fogg (10–9)Hudson (12–12)Fuentes (27)33,26072–82
155September 23Braves10–9Francis (13–11)Davies (3–6)Fuentes (28)24,30073–82
156September 24Braves9–8Affeldt (8–7)Yates (2–5)Fuentes (29)30,21674–82
157September 26Dodgers11–4Maddux (14–14)Jennings (9–13)20,13374–83
158September 27Dodgers6–4Lowe (16–8)Cook (9–15)Saito (22)18,85874–84
159September 28Dodgers19–11Hendrickson (6–15)King (1–4)21,15474–85
160September 29@ Cubs5–2Fogg (11–9)Zambrano (16–7)Fuentes (30)33,72175–85
161September 30@ Cubs11–9 (14)Ramírez (4–3)Ryu (0–1)39,48376–85
October (0–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
162October 1@ Cubs8–5Aardsma (3–0)Affeldt (8–8)39,60976–86

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
C Yorvit Torrealba 65 223 55 .247 7 43
1B Todd Helton 145 546 165 .302 15 81
2B Jamey Carroll 136 463 139 .300 5 36
SS Clint Barmes 131 478 105 .220 7 56
3B Garrett Atkins 157 602 198 .329 20 120
LF Matt Holliday 155 602 196 .326 34 114
CF Cory Sullivan 126 386 103 .267 2 30
RF Brad Hawpe 150 499 146 .293 22 84

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
Choo Freeman8817341.237218
Ryan Spilborghs6716748.287421
Luis González6114936.242214
Kazuo Matsui3211339.345219
Danny Ardoin3510921.19302
Vinny Castilla15214.19014

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
Aaron Cook32212.29154.2392
Jason Jennings32212.09133.78142
Jeff Francis32199.013114.16117
Josh Fogg31172.01195.4993
Byung-Hyun Kim27155.08125.57129

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
Manuel Corpas3532.1123.6227
David Cortés3029.1314.3014
Jeremy Affeldt2727.1426.9120
Scott Dohmann2724.2116.2022

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
José Mesa791513.8639
Tom Martin682005.0746
Ray King671414.4323
Brian Fuentes6634303.4473
Ramón Ramírez614303.4661

Awards and accomplishments

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Tom Runnells
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Stu Cole
A Modesto Nuts California League Chad Kreuter and Glenallen Hill
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Joe Mikulik
A-Short Season Tri-City Dust Devils Northwest League Darron Cox
Rookie Casper Rockies Pioneer League P. J. Carey

[12]

References
  1. "Yorvit Torrealba Stats".
  2. "Ray King Stats".
  3. "Jose Mesa Stats".
  4. "Eli Marrero Stats".
  5. "Josh Fogg Stats".
  6. "Jamey Carroll Stats".
  7. "Kazuo Matsui Stats".
  8. "Jeremy Affeldt Stats".
  9. "Vinny Castilla Stats".
  10. "2006 National League Baseball Debuts / Rookies by Baseball Almanac".
  11. Newman, Mark (October 1, 2006). "Fans select teams' Hometown Heroes". MLB.com. Archived from the original on March 27, 2011.
  12. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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