2011 Colorado Rockies season

The Colorado Rockies' 2011 season, the franchise's 19th in Major League Baseball, was a season in American baseball. They did not return to the postseason for the third time in five years after also missing in 2010.

2011 Colorado Rockies
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record73–89 (.451)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Charles & Dick Monfort
General manager(s)Dan O'Dowd
Manager(s)Jim Tracy
Local televisionRoot Sports Rocky Mountain
Drew Goodman, George Frazier, Jeff Huson
Local radioKOA (English)
Jack Corrigan, Jerry Schemmel KMXA (Spanish)
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Offseason

  • November 16, 2010: Manuel Corpas was released by the Colorado Rockies.[1]
  • November 18, 2010: Clint Barmes was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Houston Astros for Felipe Paulino.[2]
  • December 2, 2010: José López was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Colorado Rockies for Chaz Roe.[3]
  • December 7, 2010: Ty Wigginton was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[4]
  • December 23, 2010: Matt Lindstrom was traded by the Houston Astros to the Colorado Rockies for Jonnathan Aristil (minors) and Wes Musick (minors).[5]
  • January 24, 2011: Clayton Mortensen was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Colorado Rockies for Ethan Hollingsworth (minors).[6]

Regular season

National League West

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Arizona Diamondbacks 9468 0.580 51–30 43–38
San Francisco Giants 8676 0.531 8 46–35 40–41
Los Angeles Dodgers 8279 0.509 11½ 42–39 40–40
Colorado Rockies 7389 0.451 21 38–43 35–46
San Diego Padres 7191 0.438 23 35–46 36–45

Record vs. opponents


Source: [7]
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona2–33–44–213–55–26–110–84–33–33–33–311–79–93–45–310–8
Atlanta3–24–33–36–212–65–12–55–39–96–124–24–56–11–59–910–5
Chicago4–33–47–112–43–38–73–36–104–22–58–83–35–45–103–45–10
Cincinnati2–43–311–73–43–39–64–28–82–51–75–104–25–29–64–26–12
Colorado5–132–64–24–33–35–29–93–65–21–44–39–95–132–44–38–7
Florida2–56–123–33–33–36–13–30–79–96–126–00–74–22–611–78–10
Houston1–61–57–86–92–51–64–53–123–32–47–113–54–35–103–34–11
Los Angeles8–105–23–32–49–93–35–42–42–51–56–213–59–94–34–26–9
Milwaukee3–43–510–68–86–37–012–34–24–23–412–33–23–39–93–36–9
New York3–39–92–45–22–59–93–35–22–47–114–44–32–43–38–109–9
Philadelphia3–312–65–27–14–112–64–25–14–311–74–27–14–33–68–109–6
Pittsburgh3–32–48–810–53–40–611–72–63–124–42–42–43–37–94–48–7
San Diego7–115–43–32–49–97–05–35–132–33–41–74–26–123–33–46–9
San Francisco9–91–64–52–513–52–43–49–93–34–23–43–312–65–23–410–5
St. Louis4–35–110–56–94–26–210–53–49–93–36–39–73–32–52–48–7
Washington3–59–94–32–43–47–113–32–43–310–810–84–44–34–34–28–7

Transactions

  • May 19, 2011: Franklin Morales was sold by the Colorado Rockies to the Boston Red Sox.[8]
  • May 26, 2011: Felipe Paulino was sold by the Colorado Rockies to the Kansas City Royals.[9]
  • June 7, 2011: José López was released by the Colorado Rockies.[10]
  • June 30, 2011: Mark Ellis was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Colorado Rockies for Bruce Billings and a player to be named later. The Colorado Rockies sent Eliezer Mesa (minors) (September 30, 2011) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.[11]
  • July 30, 2011: Ubaldo Jiménez was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Cleveland Indians for Alex White, Matt McBride, Joe Gardner (minors), and a player to be named later. The Cleveland Indians sent Drew Pomeranz (August 16, 2011) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.[12]
  • August 8, 2011: Kevin Millwood was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[13]
  • August 23, 2011: Kevin Kouzmanoff was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Colorado Rockies for a player to be named or cash.[14]

Major League debuts

  • Batters:
    • Charlie Blackmon (Jun 7)
    • Cole Garner (Jul 4)
    • Jordan Pacheco (Sep 6)
    • Wilin Rosario (Sep 6)
    • Tommy Field (Sep 11)
    • Héctor Gómez (Sep 16)
  • Pitchers:
    • Alan Johnson (Apr 17)
    • Bruce Billings (May 27)
    • Juan Nicasio (May 28)
    • Rex Brothers (Jun 6)
    • Drew Pomeranz (Sep 11) [15]

Roster

2011 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Legend
Rockies Win Rockies Loss Game Postponed
2011 Game Log
April (178)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1Diamondbacks76 (11)Demel (10)M. Reynolds (01)Putz (1)49,37401
2April 2Diamondbacks31de la Rosa (10)Hudson (01)Street (1)40,21611
April 3DiamondbacksPostponed (rain/snow) Rescheduled for May 24
3April 5Dodgers30Chacín (10)Kershaw (11)Street (2)24,69321
4April 6Dodgers75Hammel (10)Billingsley (11)Street (3)22,59531
5April 7@ Pirates71Rogers (10)Maholm (01)39,21941
6April 8@ Pirates43 (14)Olson (11)Morales (01)29,19242
7April 9@ Pirates64Belisle (10)Veras (01)Lindstrom (1)25,39852
8April 10@ Pirates65Chacín (20)Crotta (01)Street (4)18,04362
9April 11@ Mets76Belisle (20)Parnell (01)Street (5)24,86572
April 12@ MetsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for April 14
10April 13@ Mets54Rogers (20)Niese (02)Street (6)25,87882
11April 14@ Mets65G. Reynolds (10)Dickey (12)Lindstrom (2)92
12April 14@ Mets94de la Rosa (20)Capuano (11)25,758102
13April 15Cubs50Chacín (30)Garza (02)30,285112
14April 16Cubs83Coleman (10)Hammel (11)40,264113
15April 17Cubs95Betancourt (10)Mateo (01)42,212123
16April 18Giants81Lincecum (21)Rogers (21)31,079124
17April 19Giants63Sánchez (21)Jiménez (01)Wilson (5)30,320125
18April 20Giants102de la Rosa (30)Cain (21)27,758135
19April 22@ Marlins41Sánchez (11)Chacín (31)15,069136
20April 23@ Marlins31Hammel (21)Vázquez (12)Street (7)35,381146
21April 24@ Marlins63Dunn (10)Belisle (21)Núñez (6)11,442147
22April 25@ Cubs53Rogers (31)Garza (03)Street (8)37,417157
23April 26@ Cubs43de la Rosa (40)Russell (13)Street (9)38,261167
April 27@ CubsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 27
24April 29Pirates30Correia (42)Chacín (32)Hanrahan (8)34,477168
25April 30Pirates41Hammel (31)Maholm (14)Street (10)33,684178
May (821)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1Pirates84Morton (31)Jiménez (02)35,012179
27May 3@ Diamondbacks43Hernandez (10)Paulino (01)Putz (7)18,8871710
28May 4@ Diamondbacks64Chacín (42)Enright (13)Street (11)18,8031810
29May 5@ Diamondbacks32 (11)Hernandez (20)Belisle (22)18,6951811
30May 6@ Giants43Wilson (11)Paulino (02)41,9821812
31May 7@ Giants32Wilson (21)Paulino (03)41,6111813
32May 8@ Giants30Vogelsong (20)de la Rosa (41)Wilson (11)42,1321814
33May 9Mets21Belisle (32)Capuano (24)Street (12)31,8851914
34May 10Mets43Pelfrey (33)Hammel (32)Rodríguez (10)31,0071915
May 11MetsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 12
35May 12Mets95Niese (24)Jiménez (03)21,4221916
36May 13Padres127de la Rosa (51)Moseley (15)40,2782016
37May 14Padres97Adams (20)Street (01)Bell (9)34,2522017
38May 15Padres82Latos (15)Hammel (33)38,1092018
39May 16Giants74Mortensen (10)Lincecum (34)Street (13)33,2282118
40May 17Giants53Belisle (42)Sánchez (33)Street (14)41,1052218
41May 18@ Phillies21Hamels (52)de la Rosa (52)Madson (7)44,6652219
42May 19@ Phillies71Chacín (52)Kendrick (33)45,4252319
43May 20@ Brewers76 (14)McClendon (10)Paulino (04)33,3612320
44May 21@ Brewers32Marcum (61)Mortensen (11)Axford (11)42,2402321
45May 22@ Brewers31Wolf (44)Jiménez (04)Axford (12)42,6052322
46May 24Diamondbacks124G. Reynolds (20)Collmenter (31)26,3782422
47May 24Diamondbacks52Saunders (15)Chacín (53)Putz (13)25,0962423
48May 25Diamondbacks21Kennedy (61)Hammel (34)Putz (14)26,9722424
49May 26Diamondbacks63Owings (10)Mortensen (12)Hernandez (1)30,1862425
50May 27Cardinals103Westbrook (53)Jiménez (05)31,2852426
51May 28Cardinals154Nicasio (10)García (51)38,1492526
52May 29Cardinals43Lohse (72)Chacín (54)Salas (9)40,5982527
53May 30@ Dodgers71Billingsley (44)Hammel (35)36,9622528
54May 31@ Dodgers82Lilly (44)Mortensen (13)31,4732529
June (1413)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1@ Dodgers30Jiménez (15)Garland (15)36,9752629
56June 3@ Giants31Cain (44)Nicasio (11)Wilson (16)41,0212630
57June 4@ Giants21Chacín (64)Bumgarner (27)Street (15)41,0462730
58June 5@ Giants21Vogelsong (41)Lindstrom (01)Wilson (17)41,3692731
59June 6@ Padres30Mortensen (23)Richard (27)Street (16)16,8382831
60June 7@ Padres20Stauffer (24)Jiménez (16)Bell (17)17,7322832
61June 8@ Padres53Lindstrom (11)Bell (22)Street (17)17,2202932
62June 9Dodgers97Betancourt (20)Elbert (01)Street (18)26,0663032
63June 10Dodgers65Chacín (74)Billingsley (55)Street (19)32,1163132
64June 11Dodgers117Lilly (55)Hammel (36)34,2903133
65June 12Dodgers108De La Rosa (30)Jiménez (17)Elbert (1)32,6503134
66June 13Padres31Bass (10)Cook (01)Bell (18)32,3953135
67June 14Padres63Nicasio (21)LeBlanc (02)35,0453235
68June 15Padres63Chacín (84)Latos (48)35,8773335
69June 17Tigers136Hammel (46)Porcello (65)41,5943435
70June 18Tigers54Jiménez (27)Coke (17)Street (20)48,5553535
71June 19Tigers91Verlander (93)Cook (02)49,0153536
72June 20@ Indians87Lindstrom (21)Carmona (49)Street (21)15,2243636
73June 21@ Indians43Belisle (52)Perez (23)Street (22)15,8773736
74June 22@ Indians43Tomlin (94)Hammel (47)Perez (18)17,5683737
75June 24@ Yankees42Jiménez (37)Burnett (76)Street (23)46,0283837
76June 25@ Yankees83Sabathia (104)Cook (03)46,9003838
77June 26@ Yankees64Logan (22)Belisle (53)Rivera (20)47,8943839
78June 27@ Cubs73Garza (46)Chacín (85)40,8543840
79June 28White Sox32 (13)Brothers (10)Ohman (01)40,1753940
80June 29White Sox32Bruney (10)Street (02)Santos (16)35,9733941
81June 30White Sox64 (10)Crain (42)Mortensen (24)Santos (17)38,0843942
July (1215)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1Royals90Nicasio (31)Duffy (13)48,2824042
83July 2Royals96G. Reynolds (30)Davies (17)Street (24)49,2274142
84July 3Royals168Wood (40)Hammel (48)40,2694143
85July 4@ Braves41Hanson (104)Jiménez (38)Kimbrel (25)36,1374144
86July 5@ Braves53Lowe (56)Chacín (86)Kimbrel (26)17,7184145
87July 6@ Braves91Jurrjens (123)Cook (04)26,2714146
88July 7@ Braves63Hudson (86)Nicasio (32)Kimbrel (27)21,5414147
89July 8@ Nationals32Hammel (58)Lannan (56)Street (25)19,0464247
90July 9@ Nationals21Jiménez (48)Marquis (74)Street (26)29,4414347
91July 10@ Nationals20Zimmermann (67)Chacín (87)Storen (23)21,1864348
92July 14Brewers123Jiménez (58)Gallardo (106)41,0884448
93July 15Brewers40Nicasio (42)Narveson (66)35,0444548
94July 16Brewers87Rodríguez (32)Street (03)Axford (24)46,7834549
95July 17Brewers43Marcum (83)Cook (05)Axford (25)35,0304550
96July 18Braves74Lowe (67)Hammel (59)Kimbrel (29)35,1034551
97July 19Braves123Jiménez (68)Beachy (32)36,4604651
98July 20Braves32Street (13)O'Flaherty (13)39,3394751
99July 21Braves96Hanson (115)M. Reynolds (02)Kimbrel (30)39,2624752
100July 22@ Diamondbacks84Cook (15)Hudson (106)22,7684852
101July 23@ Diamondbacks123Collmenter (65)Hammel (510)34,8494853
102July 24@ Diamondbacks70Owings (40)Jiménez (69)Duke (1)28,0904854
103July 25@ Dodgers85De La Rosa (44)Nicasio (43)Guerra (8)28,8604855
104July 26@ Dodgers32Kershaw (124)Chacín (88)Jansen (2)50,6644856
105July 27@ Dodgers31Cook (25)Kuroda (613)Street (27)29,9764956
106July 29@ Padres32Hammel (610)Stauffer (68)Street (28)27,6125056
107July 30@ Padres106Rogers (41)Harang (93)37,0345156
108July 31@ Padres83Qualls (55)Brothers (11)22,5165157
August (1316)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
109August 1Phillies43 (10)Bastardo (50)Brothers (12)Madson (19)39,3305158
110August 2Phillies50Kendrick (65)Cook (26)39,1285159
111August 3Phillies86Halladay (144)Hammel (611)Lidge (1)39,4045160
112August 4Nationals63Rogers (51)Detwiler (11)35,9565260
113August 5Nationals53Zimmermann (79)Nicasio (44)Storen (28)35,0345261
114August 6Nationals157Chacín (98)Hernández (611)43,3215361
115August 7Nationals32Clippard (20)Belisle (54)Storen (29)34,8125362
116August 8@ Reds107Belisle (64)Bray (22)Street (29)27,0555462
117August 9@ Reds32Rogers (61)Willis (02)Betancourt (1)17,3785562
118August 10@ Reds32Leake (107)Millwood (01)Cordero (21)21,6735563
119August 11@ Reds21Cueto (85)Chacín (99)Cordero (22)20,5465564
120August 12@ Cardinals61Lohse (107)Cook (27)36,1815565
121August 13@ Cardinals61Hammel (711)García (106)40,1725665
122August 14@ Cardinals62Jackson (98)Rogers (62)38,7485666
123August 15Marlins74Belisle (74)Núñez (13)32,1755766
124August 16Marlins65Sánchez (76)Chacín (910)Núñez (33)36,1365767
125August 17Marlins125Cook (37)Nolasco (99)33,5225867
126August 19Dodgers82Kuroda (914)Hammel (712)44,9845868
127August 20Dodgers76 (13)Romero (10)Hawksworth (24)45,1955968
128August 21Dodgers53Millwood (11)Billingsley (1010)Betancourt (2)49,0836068
129August 22Astros95Chacín (1010)Myers (313)Betancourt (3)27,1666168
130August 23Astros86Belisle (84)Rodriguez (22)Brothers (1)31,1796268
131August 24Astros76 (10)Belisle (94)Rodríguez (15)30,3336368
132August 26@ Dodgers61Lilly (813)Rogers (63)38,9606369
133August 27@ Dodgers76 (11)MacDougal (11)Hammel (713)35,5376370
134August 28@ Dodgers76Chacín (1110)Eovaldi (12)Betancourt (4)38,5036470
135August 29@ Diamondbacks51Hudson (149)White (11)Putz (34)19,4786471
136August 30@ Diamondbacks94Miley (21)Cook (38)20,2316472
137August 31@ Diamondbacks42Collmenter (98)Rogers (64)Putz (35)23,0626473
September (916)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
138September 2@ Padres30Millwood (21)Harang (125)Betancourt (5)22,0706573
139September 3@ Padres54White (21)Luebke (58)Betancourt (6)23,9746673
140September 4@ Padres72Latos (713)Cook (39)24,6616674
141September 5Diamondbacks107Miley (31)Rogers (65)40,3426675
142September 6Diamondbacks83Belisle (104)Hernandez (44)25,6916775
143September 7Diamondbacks53Saunders (1012)Millwood (22)Putz (37)25,3206776
144September 9Reds41Bailey (87)Chacín (1111)Cordero (32)40,1146777
145September 10Reds127White (31)Maloney (02)38,4996877
146September 11Reds41Pomeranz (10)Vólquez (55)Hammel (1)39,5386977
147September 13@ Brewers21 (11)Loe (47)Lindstrom (22)37,1206978
148September 14@ Brewers62Millwood (32)Marcum (127)38,3027078
149September 15Giants85Vogelsong (117)Chacín (1112)Casilla (4)34,3647079
150September 16Giants91Bumgarner (1212)White (32)47,3027080
151September 17Giants65Joaquín (10)Street (14)Casilla (5)38,9617081
152September 18Giants125Cain (1210)Rogers (66)31,8757082
153September 19Padres82Luebke (69)Millwood (33)27,4507083
154September 20Padres21Latos (814)Chacín (1113)Bell (40)32,4657084
155September 21Padres40Bass (20)Cook (310)Bell (41)31,4577085
156September 22@ Astros96Sosa (35)White (33)Melancon (20)20,7737086
157September 23@ Astros112Myers (713)Pomeranz (11)22,4677087
158September 24@ Astros42 (13)M. Reynolds (12)Lyles (28)Betancourt (7)26,2097187
159September 25@ Astros193Millwood (43)Harrell (02)21,6217287
160September 26@ Giants31Vogelsong (137)Chacín (1114)Casilla (6)41,9567288
161September 27@ Giants70Bumgarner (1313)White (34)42,3707289
162September 28@ Giants63Pomeranz (21)Surkamp (22)Betancourt (8)41,8737389

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 Chris Iannetta 112 345 82 .238 14 55
1B Todd Helton 124 421 127 .302 14 69
2B Mark Ellis 70 263 72 .274 6 25
SS Troy Tulowitzki 143 537 162 .302 30 105
3B Ty Wigginton 130 401 97 .242 15 47
LF Carlos González 127 481 142 .295 26 92
CF Dexter Fowler 125 481 128 .266 5 45
RF Seth Smith 147 476 135 .284 15 59

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
Jonathan Herrera10428168.242314
Ryan Spilborghs9820042.210322
Eric Young, Jr.7719849.247010
Chris Nelson6318045.250416
Jason Giambi6413134.2601332
José López3812526.20828
Ian Stewart4812219.15606

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
Jhoulys Chacín31194.011143.62150
Jason Hammel32170.17134.7694
Ubaldo Jiménez21123.0694.46118
Aaron Cook1897.03106.0348
Esmil Rogers1883.0667.0563
Juan Nicasio1371.2444.1458

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
Jorge De La Rosa1059.0523.5152
Clayton Mortensen1658.1243.8630
Kevin Millwood954.1433.9836
Rex Brothers4840.2122.8859
Alex White736.1248.4224

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
Matt Belisle7410403.2558
Matt Reynolds731204.0950
Rafael Betancourt682082.8973
Matt Lindstrom632223.0036
Huston Street6214293.8655


Notes

  • On September 24, the Rockies and Houston Astros played the 200,000th game in MLB history.[16] The Rockies won 4-2 in 13 innings.

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Stu Cole
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Duane Espy
A Modesto Nuts California League Jerry Weinstein
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Joe Mikulik
A-Short Season Tri-City Dust Devils Northwest League Fred Ocasio
Rookie Casper Ghosts Pioneer League Tony Diaz

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References

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