1997 Colorado Rockies season

The Colorado Rockies' 1997 season was the 5th for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Don Baylor was their manager. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 83-79, third in the NL West.

Offseason

• November 28, 1996: Armando Reynoso was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the New York Mets for Jerry DiPoto. ^[1]
• December 9, 1996: Kirt Manwaring was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[2]
• January 15, 1997: Juan Uribe was signed as an Amateur Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies. ^[3]
• January 24, 1997: Darnell Coles was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[4]
• March 26, 1997: Steve Decker was released by the Colorado Rockies.^[5]

Regular season

Larry Walker had a career season came in 1997, when he hit .366 with 49 home runs, 130 RBI, 33 stolen bases, and 409 total bases, en route to becoming the first Canadian player to win the MVP Award.

Combined with 12 outfield assists, the season remains one of the finest all around performances in recent baseball history. Even more impressively, Walker's breakout season came just one year after various injuries limited him to 83 games and 272 at-bats, although the NL Comeback Player of the Year award went to Darren Daulton.

Season standings

Transactions

• May 23, 1997: Darnell Coles was purchased by the Hanshin Tigers (Japan Central) from the Colorado Rockies.^[4]
• June 3, 1997: Aaron Cook was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 2nd round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed July 13, 1997.^[6]
• June 3, 1997: Chone Figgins was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 4th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1997.^[7]
• July 27, 1997: Craig Counsell was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Florida Marlins for Mark Hutton.^[8]
• August 19, 1997: Eric Young was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Pedro Astacio. ^[9]
• August 20, 1997: Bill Swift was released by the Colorado Rockies. ^[10]

Major League debuts

• Batters:
  • Todd Helton (Aug 2)
• Pitchers:
  • Mike DeJean (May 2)
  • John Thomson (May 11)
  • Bobby Jones (May 18) ^[11]

Roster

Game log

1997 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 1 @ Reds 11–4 Smiley (1–0) Ritz (0–1) Jarvis (1) 54,820 0–1 2 April 2 @ Reds 5–3 Burba (1–0) Swift (0–1) Shaw (1) 20,210 0–2 3 April 3 @ Reds 7–1 Thompson (1–0) Schourek (0–1) 22,660 1–2 4 April 4 @ Expos 5–4 Wright (1–0) Valdes (0–1) Ruffin (1) 19,890 2–2 5 April 5 @ Expos 15–3 Bailey (1–0) Cormier (0–1) 30,919 3–2 6 April 6 @ Expos 6–2 Ritz (1–1) Bullinger (0–1) 15,690 4–2 7 April 7 Reds 13–2 Swift (1–1) Burba (1–1) Holmes (1) 48,014 5–2 8 April 9 Reds 13–4 Thompson (2–0) Bones (0–1) 50,095 6–2 9 April 12 Expos 12–8 Wright (2–0) Bullinger (0–2) DiPoto (1) 50,010 7–2 10 April 13 Expos 8–3 Pérez (2–0) Ritz (1–2) Daal (1) 50,029 7–3 11 April 14 Expos 10–8 DiPoto (1–0) Stull (0–1) Ruffin (2) 48,011 8–3 12 April 15 @ Cubs 10–7 Thompson (3–0) Foster (0–1) 15,496 9–3 13 April 16 @ Cubs 4–0 Bailey (2–0) Castillo (0–3) 13,890 10–3 14 April 18 Braves 14–0 Glavine (3–0) Wright (2–1) 48,070 10–4 15 April 19 Braves 8–7 Neagle (2–0) Ritz (1–3) Bielecki (1) 48,065 10–5 16 April 20 Braves 9–2 Holmes (1–0) Smoltz (2–3) 48,155 11–5 17 April 22 Marlins 13–4 Bailey (3–0) Rapp (2–1) 48,034 12–5 18 April 23 Marlins 7–3 Wright (3–1) Brown (2–1) Ruffin (3) 50,017 13–5 19 April 25 @ Cardinals 5–4 Ritz (2–3) Benes (2–2) Ruffin (4) 29,675 14–5 20 April 26 @ Cardinals 4–2 Swift (2–1) Morris (0–1) Ruffin (5) 45,681 15–5 21 April 27 @ Cardinals 6–2 Osborne (1–2) Thompson (3–1) 30,615 15–6 22 April 28 @ Astros 7–6 (10) McCurry (1–0) Wagner (2–1) Ruffin (6) 13,510 16–6 23 April 29 @ Astros 3–1 Wall (1–0) Bailey (3–1) Hudek (4) 13,567 16–7 24 April 30 Cubs 11–5 Ritz (3–3) Foster (2–2) 48,017 17–7
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 25 May 1 Cubs 5–4 Swift (3–1) Castillo (1–4) Reed (1) 48,052 18–7 26 May 2 Phillies 7–4 Muñoz (1–4) Thompson (3–2) Bottalico (6) 48,031 18–8 27 May 3 Phillies 7–3 Wright (4–1) Portugal (0–2) 48,050 19–8 28 May 4 Phillies 9–0 Bailey (4–1) Maduro (2–3) 48,107 20–8 29 May 5 Mets 6–1 Jones (5–2) Ritz (3–4) 48,036 20–9 30 May 6 Mets 12–11 Swift (4–1) Borland (0–1) Reed (2) 48,020 21–9 31 May 7 Pirates 14–3 Wilkins (2–0) Thompson (3–3) 48,056 21–10 32 May 8 Pirates 10–8 Loaiza (4–0) Wright (4–2) Loiselle (2) 48,050 21–11 33 May 9 @ Phillies 3–1 Maduro (3–3) Bailey (4–2) Bottalico (7) 13,564 21–12 34 May 10 @ Phillies 5–4 (10) Bottalico (1–1) Reed (0–1) 17,629 21–13 35 May 11 @ Phillies 3–1 Schilling (5–3) Thomson (0–1) 21,282 21–14 36 May 12 @ Phillies 9–2 DeJean (1–0) Muñoz (1–5) 12,603 22–14 37 May 14 @ Pirates 15–10 Wilkins (3–0) Reed (0–2) 11,841 22–15 38 May 15 @ Pirates 4–3 Córdova (3–3) Bailey (4–3) Rincón (3) 8,548 22–16 39 May 16 @ Mets 2–1 Munoz (1–0) McMichael (3–4) Ruffin (7) 15,261 23–16 40 May 17 @ Mets 3–1 Jones (7–2) Thomson (0–2) Franco (12) 23,987 23–17 41 May 18 @ Mets 10–4 Kashiwada (1–0) Ruffin (0–1) 22,845 23–18 42 May 19 @ Mets 4–3 Lidle (2–0) McCurry (1–1) 14,248 23–19 43 May 20 @ Giants 6–3 Van Landingham (2–2) Bailey (4–4) Beck (15) 12,431 23–20 44 May 21 @ Giants 10–7 Ritz (4–4) Rueter (2–1) Reed (3) 12,268 24–20 45 May 22 @ Giants 7–2 Gardner (6–1) Thomson (0–3) 10,811 24–21 46 May 23 Astros 8–7 Jones (1–0) Wall (1–2) Reed (4) 48,127 25–21 47 May 24 Astros 7–0 Kile (5–2) Burke (0–1) 48,129 25–22 48 May 25 Astros 8–5 Bailey (5–4) García (2–3) Munoz (1) 48,222 26–22 49 May 26 Cardinals 9–7 DeJean (2–0) Petkovsek (2–4) Reed (5) 48,043 27–22 50 May 27 Cardinals 8–6 Benes (4–4) Thomson (0–4) Eckersley (9) 50,010 27–23 51 May 29 @ Marlins 6–5 Holmes (2–0) Nen (4–2) Reed (6) 19,145 28–23 52 May 30 @ Marlins 4–3 (12) Hutton (3–1) DiPoto (1–1) 35,731 28–24 53 May 31 @ Marlins 8–4 Ritz (5–4) Brown (5–3) DeJean (1) 35,032 29–24
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 54 June 1 @ Marlins 9–2 Thomson (1–4) Helling (1–4) 41,816 30–24 55 June 2 @ Cardinals 11–7 Burke (1–1) Jackson (1–1) 22,653 31–24 56 June 3 @ Cardinals 15–4 Morris (3–3) Jones (1–1) 34,038 31–25 57 June 4 Padres 7–5 Cunnane (4–1) Bailey (5–5) Bochtler (2) 48,049 31–26 58 June 5 Padres 9–7 (11) Reed (1–2) Burrows (0–1) 48,018 32–26 59 June 7 Marlins 7–5 Heredia (3–0) Holmes (2–1) Nen (16) 48,052 32–27 60 June 8 Marlins 7–2 Burke (2–1) Leiter (5–4) DiPoto (2) 48,055 33–27 61 June 8 Marlins 9–1 (7) Fernandez (6–6) Wright (4–3) 48,033 33–28 62 June 9 Braves 8–3 Bailey (6–5) Glavine (6–4) 48,047 34–28 63 June 10 Braves 8–3 Neagle (9–1) Ritz (5–5) 48,103 34–29 64 June 11 Braves 9–6 Thomson (2–4) Clontz (2–1) 48,633 35–29 65 June 12 @ Mariners 12–11 Wells (2–0) Munoz (1–1) Ayala (4) 37,948 35–30 66 June 13 @ Mariners 6–1 Johnson (10–1) Wright (4–4) 55,980 35–31 67 June 14 @ Athletics 7–1 Bailey (7–5) Wengert (3–4) 25,139 36–31 68 June 15 @ Athletics 5–2 Prieto (5–4) Ritz (5–6) Taylor (13) 24,333 36–32 69 June 17 Rangers 10–8 (11) Patterson (5–3) Reed (1–3) 48,243 36–33 70 June 18 Rangers 10–9 Leskanic (1–0) Wetteland (4–1) 43,432 37–33 71 June 19 @ Padres 8–4 Bailey (8–5) Jackson (1–4) 19,146 38–33 72 June 20 @ Padres 5–2 Ashby (3–3) Munoz (1–2) Hoffman (11) 20,602 38–34 73 June 21 @ Padres 9–4 Rekar (1–0) Bergman (1–2) 43,044 39–34 74 June 22 @ Padres 4–2 Worrell (3–6) Ruffin (0–2) Hoffman (12) 28,893 39–35 75 June 23 @ Dodgers 5–3 Nomo (7–6) Ritz (5–7) Hall (1) 31,076 39–36 76 June 24 @ Dodgers 6–2 Holmes (3–1) Astacio (3–7) 45,194 40–36 77 June 25 @ Dodgers 2–0 Valdez (4–8) Burke (2–2) Hall (2) 30,963 40–37 78 June 26 Giants 7–6 DeJean (3–0) Foulke (1–2) Leskanic (1) 48,301 41–37 79 June 27 Giants 6–3 Rueter (5–2) Thomson (2–5) Beck (26) 48,225 41–38 80 June 28 Giants 9–2 Ritz (6–7) Gardner (8–4) 48,273 42–38 81 June 29 Giants 7–4 Estes (11–2) Bailey (8–6) 48,384 42–39 82 June 30 Angels 11–7 DiPoto (2–1) Gross (1–1) 48,359 43–39
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 83 July 1 Angels 4–1 Finley (4–6) Burke (2–3) Percival (10) 48,235 43–40 84 July 2 @ Rangers 9–1 Burkett (6–7) Thomson (2–6) 38,569 43–41 85 July 3 @ Rangers 8–3 Oliver (5–9) Ritz (6–8) 38,907 43–42 86 July 4 @ Giants 4–0 Estes (12–2) Wright (4–5) Beck (28) 41,566 43–43 87 July 5 @ Giants 2–1 Tavárez (2–2) Munoz (1–3) Beck (29) 34,148 43–44 88 July 6 @ Giants 7–0 Gardner (9–4) Burke (2–4) 28,252 43–45 89 July 10 Padres 11–5 Ashby (5–5) Burke (2–5) 45,833 43–46 90 July 11 Padres 6–5 (11) DiPoto (3–1) Hoffman (3–4) 48,053 44–46 91 July 12 Padres 11–7 Hamilton (7–3) Swift (4–2) Hoffman (17) 48,179 44–47 92 July 13 Padres 13–11 Batchelor (3–1) McCurry (1–2) Hoffman (18) 48,053 44–48 93 July 14 Dodgers 14–12 (10) Radinsky (4–1) Reed (1–4) Worrell (22) 48,360 44–49 94 July 15 Dodgers 6–5 Park (7–5) Bailey (8–7) Worrell (23) 48,621 44–50 95 July 16 @ Braves 2–1 Glavine (10–5) DiPoto (3–2) Wohlers (23) 48,400 44–51 96 July 17 @ Braves 8–2 Maddux (13–3) Swift (4–3) 48,024 44–52 97 July 19 @ Cubs 7–0 Trachsel (5–7) Wright (4–6) 44–53 98 July 19 @ Cubs 6–5 Wendell (3–5) McCurry (1–3) Rojas (11) 40,751 44–54 99 July 20 @ Cubs 9–5 Leskanic (2–0) Adams (1–5) Holmes (2) 36,861 45–54 100 July 21 @ Expos 8–4 Urbina (3–6) Holmes (3–2) 20,540 45–55 101 July 22 @ Expos 11–9 (12) Reed (2–4) Veres (2–3) 22,518 46–55 102 July 24 Cubs 7–1 Wright (5–6) Trachsel (5–8) 48,294 47–55 103 July 25 Cubs 9–3 Castillo (7–9) Foster (10–6) 48,279 48–55 104 July 26 Cubs 6–3 Bailey (9–7) Mulholland (6–10) Holmes (3) 48,108 49–55 105 July 27 Cubs 4–0 Thomson (3–6) González (7–4) 48,378 50–55 106 July 28 Expos 3–2 Pérez (10–6) Swift (4–4) Urbina (18) 48,066 50–56 107 July 29 Expos 3–0 Martínez (12–5) Wright (5–7) 48,117 50–57 108 July 30 Expos 12–6 Castillo (8–9) Juden (11–5) 48,405 51–57 109 July 31 @ Pirates 4–1 Schmidt (6–6) Bailey (9–8) Loiselle (16) 16,654 51–58
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 110 August 1 @ Pirates 7–6 Reed (3–4) Rincón (4–5) DiPoto (3) 22,657 52–58 111 August 2 @ Pirates 6–5 Córdova (8–6) Swift (4–5) Loiselle (17) 32,388 52–59 112 August 3 @ Pirates 8–4 Ruebel (3–2) Reed (3–5) 24,989 52–60 113 August 4 @ Phillies 7–3 Green (2–1) Castillo (8–10) 15,230 52–61 114 August 5 @ Phillies 4–2 Holmes (4–2) Bottalico (2–4) DiPoto (4) 16,428 53–61 115 August 6 @ Mets 4–0 Thomson (4–6) Mlicki (5–8) 26,633 54–61 116 August 7 @ Mets 12–4 Clark (8–7) Swift (4–6) 29,536 54–62 117 August 8 Pirates 5–3 Wright (6–7) Lieber (6–12) DiPoto (5) 48,262 55–62 118 August 9 Pirates 8–7 Munoz (2–3) Rincón (4–6) 48,323 56–62 119 August 10 Pirates 8–7 Leskanic (3–0) Wilkins (7–3) DiPoto (6) 48,018 57–62 120 August 12 Phillies 5–0 Beech (1–7) Thomson (4–7) 48,228 57–63 121 August 13 Phillies 12–8 Leiter (8–12) Wright (6–8) 48,491 57–64 122 August 15 Mets 6–2 Castillo (9–10) Reed (10–6) 48,308 58–64 123 August 16 Mets 7–5 Holmes (5–2) McMichael (7–10) DiPoto (7) 48,311 59–64 124 August 17 Mets 6–4 Thomson (5–7) Mlicki (5–10) DiPoto (8) 48,440 60–64 125 August 19 @ Reds 6–5 Morgan (5–10) Wright (6–9) Shaw (25) 31,722 60–65 126 August 20 @ Reds 5–3 Castillo (10–10) White (1–1) DiPoto (9) 21,968 61–65 127 August 21 @ Astros 10–4 Holt (8–9) Bailey (9–9) 22,962 61–66 128 August 22 @ Astros 9–1 Kile (17–3) Thomson (5–8) 33,061 61–67 129 August 23 @ Astros 6–3 Reed (4–5) Hudek (0–2) DiPoto (10) 32,374 62–67 130 August 24 @ Astros 3–1 Hampton (11–8) Wright (6–10) 28,918 62–68 131 August 25 Reds 7–6 Martínez (1–0) Castillo (10–11) Shaw (26) 48,143 62–69 132 August 25 Reds 6–4 White (2–1) Hutton (3–2) Shaw (27) 48,081 62–70 133 August 26 Reds 9–5 DeJean (4–0) Martínez (1–1) 48,063 63–70 134 August 27 Reds 7–5 Thomson (6–8) Remlinger (6–6) DiPoto (11) 48,032 64–70 135 August 28 Mariners 9–5 Astacio (8–9) Olivares (6–9) 48,422 65–70 136 August 29 Mariners 6–5 DiPoto (4–2) Timlin (3–3) 48,178 66–70 137 August 30 Athletics 4–3 DiPoto (5–2) Mohler (1–10) 48,308 67–70 138 August 31 Athletics 10–4 Holmes (6–2) Oquist (2–5) 48,041 68–70
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 139 September 1 @ Angels 4–1 Thomson (7–8) Watson (11–9) DiPoto (12) 19,614 69–70 140 September 2 @ Angels 7–2 Astacio (9–9) Dickson (13–7) Munoz (2) 18,266 70–70 141 September 5 Cardinals 11–4 Castillo (11–11) Osborne (3–7) 48,051 71–70 142 September 6 Cardinals 10–7 (13) Eckersley (1–4) McCurry (1–4) Petkovsek (2) 48,017 71–71 143 September 6 Cardinals 7–6 Holmes (7–2) King (3–1) 44,288 72–71 144 September 7 Cardinals 7–4 Astacio (10–9) Petkovsek (4–6) 48,011 73–71 145 September 9 Astros 7–4 Hampton (13–9) Wright (6–11) Springer (3) 48,039 73–72 146 September 10 Astros 9–7 Leskanic (4–0) Magnante (3–1) DiPoto (13) 42,321 74–72 147 September 12 @ Braves 3–1 Munoz (3–3) Wohlers (5–6) DiPoto (14) 47,772 75–72 148 September 13 @ Braves 10–6 Holmes (8–2) Cather (0–4) DeJean (2) 49,097 76–72 149 September 14 @ Braves 4–0 Astacio (11–9) Smoltz (14–12) 46,245 77–72 150 September 15 @ Marlins 7–1 Wright (7–11) Fernandez (17–11) 19,148 78–72 151 September 16 @ Marlins 9–6 Powell (7–2) DiPoto (5–3) 21,990 78–73 152 September 17 @ Padres 5–4 Ashby (9–11) Thomson (7–9) Hoffman (35) 15,768 78–74 153 September 18 @ Padres 7–6 Menhart (2–2) Bailey (9–10) Hoffman (36) 15,067 78–75 154 September 19 @ Dodgers 6–4 Astacio (12–9) Nomo (13–12) DiPoto (15) 53,408 79–75 155 September 20 @ Dodgers 2–1 Wright (8–11) Osuna (3–4) DiPoto (16) 45,780 80–75 156 September 21 @ Dodgers 10–5 Castillo (12–11) Martínez (9–5) 53,903 81–75 157 September 23 Giants 7–6 Holmes (9–2) Darwin (5–11) Leskanic (2) 48,026 82–75 158 September 24 Giants 4–3 Hernández (10–3) Reed (4–6) 48,035 82–76 159 September 25 Dodgers 9–5 Nomo (14–12) Astacio (12–10) 48,020 82–77 160 September 26 Dodgers 10–4 Valdez (10–11) Wright (8–12) 48,016 82–78 161 September 27 Dodgers 6–1 Martínez (10–5) Castillo (12–12) 48,125 82–79 162 September 28 Dodgers 13–9 DeJean (5–0) Reyes (2–3) 48,197 83–79

Player stats

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	104	337	76	.226	1	27
1B	Andrés Galarraga	154	600	191	.318	41	140
2B	Eric Young	118	468	132	.282	6	45
SS	Walt Weiss	121	393	106	.270	4	38
3B	Vinny Castilla	159	612	186	.304	40	113
LF	Dante Bichette	151	561	173	.308	26	118
CF	Quinton McCracken	147	325	95	.292	3	36
RF	Larry Walker	153	568	208	.366	49	130

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
Burks, EllisEllis Burks	119	424	123	.290	32	82
Pérez, NeifiNeifi Pérez	83	313	91	.291	5	31
Reed, JeffJeff Reed	90	256	76	.297	17	47
Bates, JasonJason Bates	62	121	29	.240	3	11
Helton, ToddTodd Helton	35	93	26	.280	5	11
Vander Wal, JohnJohn Vander Wal	76	92	16	.174	1	11
Coles, DarnellDarnell Coles	21	22	7	.318	1	2

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
Bailey, RogerRoger Bailey	29	191.0	9	10	4.29	84
Thomson, JohnJohn Thomson	27	166.1	7	9	4.71	106
Wright, JameyJamey Wright	26	149.2	8	12	6.25	59
Ritz, KevinKevin Ritz	18	107.1	6	8	5.87	56
Castillo, FrankFrank Castillo	14	86.1	6	3	5.42	59
Swift, BillBill Swift	14	65.1	4	6	6.34	29

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
Holmes, DarrenDarren Holmes	42	89.1	9	2	5.34	70
Burke, JohnJohn Burke	17	59.0	2	5	6.56	39
Astacio, PedroPedro Astacio	7	48.2	5	1	4.25	51
McCurry, JeffJeff McCurry	33	40.2	1	4	4.43	19
Ruffin, BruceBruce Ruffin	23	22.0	0	2	5.32	31

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
DiPoto, JerryJerry DiPoto	74	5	3	16	4.70	74
Munoz, MikeMike Munoz	64	3	3	2	4.53	26
Reed, SteveSteve Reed	63	4	6	6	4.04	43
DeJean, MikeMike DeJean	55	5	0	2	3.99	38
Leskanic, CurtisCurtis Leskanic	55	4	0	2	5.55	53

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Portland^[12]

Notes

1. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reynoar02.shtml
2. ^ Kirt Manwaring Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
3. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/u/uribeju01.shtml
4. ^ ^{a b} Darnell Coles Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
5. ^ Steve Decker Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
6. ^ Aaron Cook Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
7. ^ Chone Figgins Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
8. ^ Craig Counsell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
9. ^ Eric Young Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
10. ^ Bill Swift Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
11. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/debut.php?y=1997&l=NL
12. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

References

• 1997 Rockies
• 1997 Colorado Rockies team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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