The Colorado Rockies

Colorado Rockies

The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. Established in 1991, they started play in 1993 and are in the West Division of the National League. The team is named after the Rocky Mountains...

' 2008 season

2008 Major League Baseball season

The 2008 Major League Baseball season began on March 25, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan with the 2007 World Series champion Boston Red Sox defeating the Oakland Athletics at the Tokyo Dome 6–5 in the first game of a two-game series, and ended on September 30 with the host Chicago White Sox defeating the...

was the team's 16th season overall. The Rockies attempted to repeat their previous season

2007 Colorado Rockies season

The Colorado Rockies' 2007 season started off with the team trying to improve on their 2006 record . They finished with a franchise record of 90 wins in 163 games and earned a playoff berth as the National League Wild Card team. The Rockies swept their first seven playoff games en route to winning...

's success after making it to the World Series

2007 World Series

-Game 1:Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at Fenway Park in Boston, MassachusettsThe Red Sox cruised to a blowout win in Game 1 behind ALCS MVP Josh Beckett, who struck out nine batters, including the first four he faced, en route to his fourth win of the 2007 postseason...

; however, they ended up finishing third place in the National League West

National League West

The National League Western Division, or NL West, is one of the three divisions of Major League Baseball's National League. It was created in 1969 when the previously undivided National League expanded its membership to twelve teams, positioning half of them in an Eastern division and the other...

 with a record of 74-88. The Rockies drew 2,650,218 fans for the season, their highest total since 2002

2002 Colorado Rockies season

The Colorado Rockies' 2002 season was the 10th for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Buddy Bell and Clint Hurdle were the managers, the latter replacing the former after the former was fired. They played home games at Coors Field...

. The average home attendance was 33,127 fans.

Offseason

• December 7, 2007: Jamey Carroll was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later. The Cleveland Indians sent Sean Smith (minors) (April 24, 2008) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.
• December 13, 2007: Kip Wells and Luis Vizcaíno were signed as Free Agents by the Colorado Rockies.
• February 17, 2008: Scott Podsednik was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.
• March 26, 2008: Ramón Ramírez was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named later. The Kansas City Royals sent Jorge De La Rosa (April 30, 2008) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.

Transactions

• April 30, 2008: Jason Grilli was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Colorado Rockies for Zach Simons (minors).
• May 16, 2008: Glendon Rusch was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.
• August 6, 2008: Liván Hernández was selected off waivers by the Colorado Rockies from the Minnesota Twins.
• August 14, 2008: Kip Wells was released by the Colorado Rockies.

Major League debuts

• Batters:
  • Jayson Nix (Apr 1)
  • Jonathan Herrera (Apr 30)
  • Doug Bernier (Jun 17)
  • Dexter Fowler (Sep 2)
• Pitchers:
  • Greg Reynolds (May 11)
  • Cedrick Bowers (Jul 2)
  • Steven Register (Aug 4)

Game log

2008 Game Log

Roster

2008 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager Coaches (pitching) (hitting) (third base) (first base) (bullpen) (bench) (bullpen catcher)

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 Chris Iannetta Christopher Domenic Iannetta is an American professional baseball catcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Major League Baseball.-High school:...	104	333	88	.264	18	65
1B	Todd Helton Todd Helton Todd Lynn Helton is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Colorado Rockies. He is a five-time All-Star, four-time Silver Slugger, four-time National League Player of the Month, and three-time Gold Glove winner....	83	299	79	.264	7	29
2B	Clint Barmes Clint Barmes Clint Harold Barmes [BAR-miss] is an American professional baseball shortstop and second baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball. He played for the Colorado Rockies from 2003-2010 and Houston Astros in 2011...	107	393	114	.290	11	44
SS	Troy Tulowitzki Troy Tulowitzki Troy Trevor Tulowitzki , nicknamed Tulo, is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the Colorado Rockies.Tulowitzki's arm, range and instincts at shortstop are highly regarded...	101	377	99	.263	8	46
3B	Garrett Atkins Garrett Atkins Garrett Bernard Atkins is a Major League Baseball first baseman who is currently a Free Agent. He bats and throws right-handed....	155	611	175	.286	21	99
LF	Matt Holliday Matt Holliday Matthew Thomas Holliday , nicknamed "Big Daddy", is an American Major League Baseball left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. Holliday was originally drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the seventh round of the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft.Holliday is a five-time All-Star and Silver Slugger...	139	539	173	.321	25	88
CF	Willy Taveras Willy Taveras Willy Taveras is a Major League Baseball center fielder.-Houston Astros:Taveras played in 10 games at the end of the Astros season, mostly as a pinch runner....	133	479	120	.251	1	26
RF	Brad Hawpe Brad Hawpe Bradley Bonte Hawpe is an American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman.-High school and college:...	138	488	138	.283	25	85

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
	104	299	80	.268	12	48
	81	266	69	.259	10	41
	70	236	58	.246	6	31
	89	233	73	.313	6	36
	81	210	50	.238	2	15
	93	162	41	.253	1	15
	67	108	28	.259	4	15

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
	32	211.1	16	9	3.96	96
	34	198.2	12	12	3.99	172
	24	143.2	4	10	5.01	94
	28	130.0	10	8	4.92	128
	14	62.0	2	8	8.13	22

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
	23	64.0	4	3	4.78	43
	43	51.0	2	1	4.06	33
	43	46.0	1	2	5.28	49
	10	45.1	2	5	7.54	20
	8	40.1	3	3	8.03	13

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
	76	3	4	4	4.52	50
	67	1	5	30	2.73	82
	63	6	6	1	2.17	56
	58	3	4	0	5.04	46
	51	3	2	1	2.93	59

Farm system

External links

• 2008 Colorado Rockies season at Baseball Reference