2006 Colorado Rockies season

2006 Colorado Rockies
Major league affiliations
Location
2006 information
Owner(s) Dan O'Dowd
Manager(s) Clint Hurdle
Local television KTVD
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
(George Frazier, Drew Goodman, Jeff Huson)
Local radio KOA (AM)
(Jack Corrigan, Jeff Kingery)
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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.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West W L GB Pct.
San Diego Padres 88 74 – .543
Los Angeles Dodgers 88 74 – .543
San Francisco Giants 76 85 11½ .472
Arizona Diamondbacks 76 86 12 .469
Colorado Rockies 76 86 12 .469

Transactions

Major League debuts

Roster

2006 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

2006 Game Log
April (15–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 3 Diamondbacks 3–2 (11) DeJean (1–0) Grimsley (0–1) 47,278 1–0
2 April 5 Diamondbacks 4–2 Hernández (1–0) Cook (0–1) Valverde (1) 18,553 1–1
3 April 6 Diamondbacks 12–5 Batista (1–0) Francis (0–1) 18,406 1–2
4 April 7 @ Padres 10–4 Fogg (1–0) Hensley (0–1) 33,918 2–2
5 April 8 @ Padres 12–4 Day (1–0) Brazelton (0–1) 29,629 3–2
6 April 9 @ Padres 10–4 Jennings (1–0) Peavy (1–1) 28,901 4–2
7 April 11 @ Diamondbacks 6–5 Cook (1–1) Hernández (1–1) Fuentes (1) 37,355 5–2
8 April 12 @ Diamondbacks 5–4 Aquino (1–0) King (0–1) Valverde (2) 18,664 5–3
9 April 13 @ Diamondbacks 5–3 Fogg (2–0) Ortiz (0–2) Fuentes (2) 18,745 6–3
10 April 14 Phillies 10–8 Madson (1–0) Day (1–1) Gordon (3) 25,390 6–4
11 April 15 Phillies 10–6 King (1–1) Lieber (0–3) 23,206 7–4
12 April 16 Phillies 1–0 Myers (1–0) Cook (1–2) Gordon (4) 25,144 7–5
13 April 17 Padres 5–2 Young (2–0) Francis (0–2) Hoffman (2) 18,591 7–6
14 April 18 Padres 3–2 (11) Cortés (1–0) Adkins (0–1) 18,595 8–6
15 April 19 Padres 13–4 Park (1–0) Day (1–2) 18,827 8–7
16 April 21 Giants 9–8 Cortés (2–0) Worrell (2–1) 30,339 9–7
17 April 22 Giants 6–4 Hennessey (2–0) Cook (1–3) Benítez (1) 36,035 9–8
18 April 23 Giants 3–2 (10) Cortés (3–0) Fassero (1–1) 30,310 10–8
19 April 24 @ Phillies 6–5 Lidle (2–2) Fogg (2–1) Gordon (6) 20,244 10–9
20 April 25 @ Phillies 7–6 Ramírez (1–0) Floyd (1–2) Fuentes (3) 19,512 11–9
21 April 26 @ Phillies 9–5 Madson (2–1) Jennings (1–1) 19,182 11–10
22 April 27 @ Phillies 6–3 Cook (2–3) Franklin (1–2) Fuentes (4) 21,506 12–10
23 April 28 @ Marlins 3–2 (10) Fuentes (1–0) Herges (0–2) Dohmann (1) 10,419 13–10
24 April 29 @ Marlins 8–7 Asencio (1–0) Messenger (0–1) Fuentes (5) 15,405 14–10
25 April 30 @ Marlins 3–1 Kim (1–0) Mitre (1–3) Mesa (1) 13,259 15–10
May (12–16)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
26 May 1 @ Braves 2–0 Hudson (2–2) Jennings (1–2) 19,212 15–11
27 May 2 @ Braves 5–4 Cormier (2–1) King (1–2) Reitsma (6) 22,813 15–12
28 May 3 Reds 3–0 Francis (1–2) Claussen (2–3) Fuentes (6) 18,214 16–12
29 May 4 Reds 7–1 Harang (5–1) Fogg (2–2) 18,204 16–13
30 May 5 Astros 6–4 Ramírez (2–0) Lidge (0–2) 20,327 17–13
31 May 6 Astros 5–0 Jennings (2–2) Rodríguez (4–1) 26,358 18–13
32 May 7 Astros 5–3 Cook (3–3) Nieve (1–1) Fuentes (7) 30,270 19–13
33 May 8 @ Cardinals 6–2 Francis (2–2) Marquis (3–4) Fuentes (8) 39,007 20–13
34 May 9 @ Cardinals 4–2 Wainwright (1–0) Mesa (0–1) Isringhausen (9) 40,375 20–14
35 May 10 @ Cardinals 7–4 Suppan (4–2) Kim (1–1) Isringhausen (10) 39,108 20–15
36 May 12 @ Astros 12–2 Gallo (1–0) Jennings (2–3) 39,617 20–16
37 May 13 @ Astros 2–1 Cook (4–3) Oswalt (5–3) Fuentes (9) 35,852 21–16
38 May 14 @ Astros 3–0 Pettitte (3–4) Francis (2–3) 37,614 21–17
39 May 15 Dodgers 5–4 Tomko (5–1) Ramírez (2–1) Saito (1) 20,208 21–18
40 May 16 Dodgers 5–1 Kim (2–1) Lowe (1–3) 23,192 22–18
41 May 17 Dodgers 3–2 Penny (4–1) Jennings (2–4) Báez (9) 30,296 22–19
42 May 19 Blue Jays 8–3 Cook (5–3) Towers (1–8) 26,011 23–19
43 May 20 Blue Jays 5–1 Francis (3–3) Taubenheim (0–1) 26,212 24–19
44 May 21 Blue Jays 5–3 Fogg (3–2) Lilly (4–4) Fuentes (10) 30,291 25–19
45 May 22 @ Dodgers 6–1 Seo (2–2) Kim (2–2) 33,652 25–20
46 May 23 @ Dodgers 8–1 Penny (5–1) Jennings (2–5) 40,228 25–21
47 May 24 @ Dodgers 7–1 Sele (3–0) Cook (5–4) 39,299 25–22
48 May 26 @ Giants 9–0 Schmidt (4–2) Francis (3–4) 40,923 25–23
49 May 27 @ Giants 4–1 Cain (3–5) Fogg (3–3) Benítez (3) 40,350 25–24
50 May 28 @ Giants 6–3 Kim (3–2) Wright (5–4) Fuentes (11) 42,935 26–24
51 May 29 @ Padres 5–0 Jennings (3–5) Thompson (2–1) 27,904 27–24
52 May 30 @ Padres 2–0 Young (4–3) Cook (5–5) Hoffman (10) 23,698 27–25
53 May 31 @ Padres 3–2 Hensley (4–3) Francis (3–5) Hoffman (11) 24,607 27–26
June (14–12)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
54 June 2 Marlins 4–2 Willis (2–6) Fogg (3–4) Kensing (1) 26,112 27–27
55 June 3 Marlins 13–0 Nolasco (4–2) Kim (3–3) 23,831 27–28
56 June 4 Marlins 4–3 Olsen (4–3) Jennings (3–6) Borowski (7) 21,125 27–29
57 June 5 Pirates 5–2 Snell (6–3) Cook (5–6) Gonzalez (8) 20,152 27–30
58 June 6 Pirates 5–4 Francis (4–5) Maholm (2–5) Fuentes (12) 20,277 28–30
59 June 7 Pirates 16–9 Dohmann (1–0) Pérez (2–7) 21,509 29–30
60 June 9 Dodgers 3–0 Penny (7–1) Kim (3–4) Saito (3) 30,455 29–31
61 June 10 Dodgers 12–9 Jennings (4–6) Tomko (5–5) Fuentes (13) 35,557 30–31
62 June 11 Dodgers 6–5 Báez (4–3) Fuentes (1–1) Saito (4) 29,221 30–32
63 June 12 @ Nationals 4–3 Francis (5–5) Ortiz (5–5) Fuentes (14) 20,633 31–32
64 June 13 @ Nationals 9–2 Fogg (4–4) O'Connor (3–4) 21,689 32–32
65 June 14 @ Nationals 14–8 Martin (1–0) Bray (1–1) 24,273 33–32
66 June 15 @ Nationals 8–1 Jennings (5–6) Hernández (5–7) 22,793 34–32
67 June 16 @ Cardinals 8–1 Marquis (9–4) Cook (5–7) 45,736 34–33
68 June 17 @ Cardinals 6–5 Suppan (6–4) Francis (5–6) Isringhausen (23) 45,968 34–34
69 June 18 @ Cardinals 4–1 Carpenter (6–3) Fogg (4–5) Isringhausen (24) 45,647 34–35
70 June 19 Athletics 7–0 Kim (4–4) Haren (6–6) 21,964 35–35
71 June 20 Athletics 6–0 Jennings (6–6) Loaiza (2–4) 21,753 36–35
72 June 21 Athletics 3–2 (11) Calero (1–1) King (1–3) 26,489 36–36
73 June 23 Rangers 8–6 Koronka (6–4) Francis (5–7) Otsuka (15) 28,360 36–37
74 June 24 Rangers 11–6 Fogg (5–5) Tejeda (1–3) 31,439 37–37
75 June 25 Rangers 3–0 Kim (5–4) Padilla (6–5) Fuentes (15) 28,313 38–37
76 June 26 @ Angels 5–4 Lackey (5–5) Mesa (0–2) Rodríguez (19) 43,781 38–38
77 June 27 @ Angels 12–4 Cook (6–7) Weaver (3–10) 39,341 39–38
78 June 28 @ Angels 6–2 Ramírez (3–1) Shields (4–5) 38,153 40–38
79 June 30 @ Mariners 2–0 Fogg (6–5) Moyer (5–7) 31,612 41–38
July (10–16)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
80 July 1 @ Mariners 8–7 Mateo (5–1) Cortés (3–1) Putz (15) 33,638 41–39
81 July 2 @ Mariners 4–3 (11) Fuentes (2–1) Mateo (5–2) King (1) 31,709 42–39
82 July 3 Giants 9–6 Accardo (1–2) Ramírez (3–2) Benítez (8) 48,364 42–40
83 July 4 Giants 6–1 Francis (6–7) Schmidt (6–4) 48,078 43–40
84 July 5 Giants 5–3 Fogg (7–5) Wright (5–8) Fuentes (16) 23,485 44–40
85 July 7 Diamondbacks 4–3 Medders (2–2) Kim (5–5) Julio (8) 26,313 44–41
86 July 8 Diamondbacks 8–7 Vizcaíno (3–3) Fuentes (2–2) Julio (9) 22,874 44–42
87 July 9 Diamondbacks 8–5 González (1–2) Dohmann (1–1) Julio (10) 22,210 44–43
88 July 13 @ Reds 9–7 Milton (6–4) Francis (6–8) Guardado (6) 20,660 44–44
89 July 14 @ Reds 3–1 Harang (10–6) Jennings (6–7) Guardado (7) 22,497 44–45
90 July 15 @ Reds 3–2 Bray (2–1) Fuentes (2–3) 35,396 44–46
91 July 16 @ Reds 6–4 Coffey (4–4) Mesa (0–3) Guardado (8) 27,043 44–47
92 July 17 @ Pirates 3–1 Grabow (2–1) Kim (5–6) Capps (1) 18,835 44–48
93 July 18 @ Pirates 13–4 Francis (7–8) Gorzelanny (0–2) 20,086 45–48
94 July 19 @ Pirates 6–5 Duke (7–8) Jennings (6–8) Gonzalez (15) 19,881 45–49
95 July 21 @ Diamondbacks 6–2 Vargas (8–6) Cook (6–8) 23,068 45–50
96 July 22 @ Diamondbacks 4–3 Medders (4–2) Mesa (0–4) Julio (12) 28,745 45–51
97 July 23 @ Diamondbacks 9–7 Martin (2–0) Julio (1–4) Fuentes (17) 29,310 46–51
98 July 24 Cardinals 7–0 Francis (8–8) Reyes (2–4) 28,830 47–51
99 July 25 Cardinals 1–0 Carpenter (10–4) Jennings (6–9) Isringhausen (28) 31,673 47–52
100 July 26 Cardinals 6–1 Suppan (8–5) Cook (6–9) 32,872 47–53
101 July 27 Padres 9–8 (10) Fuentes (3–3) Williamson (2–4) 24,260 48–53
102 July 28 Padres 3–1 Kim (6–6) Hensley (6–8) Fuentes (18) 28,790 49–53
103 July 29 Padres 4–2 Young (9–4) Francis (8–9) Hoffman (28) 43,433 49–54
104 July 30 Padres 3–1 Jennings (7–9) Thompson (3–3) Fuentes (19) 25,790 50–54
105 July 31 Brewers 4–2 Cook (7–9) Capuano (10–7) Fuentes (20) 23,189 51–54
August (11–17)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
106 August 1 Brewers 1–0 Bush (7–8) Fogg (7–6) Cordero (8) 22,082 51–55
107 August 2 Brewers 8–2 Kim (7–6) Ohka (3–2) 24,034 52–55
108 August 4 @ Giants 5–2 Francis (9–9) Morris (8–9) Fuentes (21) 38,033 53–55
109 August 5 @ Giants 2–1 (11) Affeldt (5–6) Hennessey (4–2) Fuentes (22) 39,014 54–55
110 August 6 @ Giants 6–2 Cain (8–8) Cook (7–10) 39,288 54–56
111 August 7 @ Dodgers 7–2 Penny (12–5) Fogg (7–7) 44,593 54–57
112 August 8 @ Dodgers 4–2 Tomko (7–6) Kim (7–7) Saito (12) 50,210 54–58
113 August 9 @ Dodgers 3–1 Affeldt (6–6) Lowe (9–8) Fuentes (23) 46,643 55–58
114 August 10 @ Dodgers 4–3 Saito (4–2) Mesa (0–5) 48,699 55–59
115 August 11 Cubs 10–2 Cook (8–10) Hill (2–5) 35,744 56–59
116 August 12 Cubs 8–4 Fogg (8–7) Guzmán (0–3) 43,485 57–59
117 August 13 Cubs 8–7 Novoa (2–0) Corpas (0–1) Dempster (23) 35,408 57–60
118 August 14 Diamondbacks 4–3 Affeldt (7–6) Peña (3–2) 21,365 58–60
119 August 15 Diamondbacks 2–1 (18) Medders (5–2) Ramírez (3–3) 22,076 58–61
120 August 16 Diamondbacks 9–5 Hernández (10–9) Cook (8–11) 23,415 58–62
121 August 17 Diamondbacks 8–4 Fogg (9–7) Webb (13–5) 23,390 59–62
122 August 18 @ Mets 6–3 Trachsel (12–5) Kim (7–8) Wagner (29) 35,325 59–63
123 August 19 @ Mets 7–4 Heilman (2–4) Francis (9–10) Wagner (30) 55,085 59–64
124 August 20 @ Mets 2–0 Hernández (9–9) Jennings (7–10) Wagner (31) 40,654 59–65
125 August 22 @ Brewers 4–1 Capuano (11–8) Cook (8–12) Cordero (16) 25,158 59–66
126 August 23 @ Brewers 7–1 Sheets (4–5) Kim (7–9) 35,569 59–67
127 August 24 @ Brewers 12–6 Ohka (4–3) Fogg (9–8) 35,484 59–68
128 August 25 Padres 13–5 Francis (10–10) Thompson (3–5) 24,182 60–68
129 August 26 Padres 5–2 Hensley (8–10) Jennings (7–11) Hoffman (34) 29,748 60–69
130 August 27 Padres 6–3 Cook (9–12) Peavy (7–13) 26,308 61–69
131 August 29 Mets 10–5 Trachsel (14–5) Kim (7–10) 23,454 61–70
132 August 30 Mets 11–3 Williams (4–3) Fogg (9–9) 22,945 61–71
133 August 31 Mets 8–4 Francis (11–10) Pérez (2–11) 23,273 62–71
September (14–14)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
134 September 1 @ Dodgers 6–3 Lowe (13–8) Jennings (7–12) Saito (17) 49,601 62–72
135 September 2 @ Dodgers 14–5 Penny (15–7) Cook (9–13) 48,984 62–73
136 September 3 @ Dodgers 12–5 Kim (8–10) Sele (7–6) 44,895 63–73
137 September 4 @ Padres 7–5 Seánez (3–1) Fuentes (3–4) 35,722 63–74
138 September 5 @ Padres 5–4 Meredith (4–1) Francis (11–11) Hoffman (37) 26,456 63–75
139 September 6 @ Padres 2–0 (11) Meredith (5–1) Field (0–1) 27,968 63–76
140 September 7 Nationals 10–5 Corpas (1–1) Wagner (3–3) 18,617 64–76
141 September 8 Nationals 11–8 Field (1–1) Rauch (3–4) Fuentes (24) 22,214 65–76
142 September 9 Nationals 9–5 Venafro (1–0) Oritz (10–13) 22,735 66–76
143 September 10 Nationals 13–9 Mesa (1–5) Schroder (0–2) Fuentes (25) 18,647 67–76
144 September 12 @ Giants 10–6 Correia (2–0) Bautista (0–3) 33,416 67–77
145 September 13 @ Giants 9–8 Jennings (8–12) Lowry (7–9) Fuentes (26) 34,847 68–77
146 September 14 @ Giants 5–0 Cain (13–9) Cook (9–14) 35,167 68–78
147 September 15 @ Diamondbacks 5–1 Webb (16–6) Kim (8–11) 22,017 68–79
148 September 16 @ Diamondbacks 7–6 (16) Julio (2–4) Affeldt (7–7) 27,822 68–80
149 September 17 @ Diamondbacks 6–1 Francis (12–11) Batista (10–7) 28,056 69–80
150 September 18 Giants 20–8 Hampson (1–0) Lowry (7–10) 18,346 70–80
151 September 19 Giants 12–4 Jennings (9–12) Cain (13–10) Affeldt (1) 20,373 71–80
152 September 20 Giants 7–4 Wilson (2–3) Corpas (1–2) Stanton (8) 19,324 71–81
153 September 21 Braves 6–3 Smoltz (14–9) Kim (8–12) Wickman (31) 18,499 71–82
154 September 22 Braves 6–4 Fogg (10–9) Hudson (12–12) Fuentes (27) 33,260 72–82
155 September 23 Braves 10–9 Francis (13–11) Davies (3–6) Fuentes (28) 24,300 73–82
156 September 24 Braves 9–8 Affeldt (8–7) Yates (2–5) Fuentes (29) 30,216 74–82
157 September 26 Dodgers 11–4 Maddux (14–14) Jennings (9–13) 20,133 74–83
158 September 27 Dodgers 6–4 Lowe (16–8) Cook (9–15) Saito (22) 18,858 74–84
159 September 28 Dodgers 19–11 Hendrickson (6–15) King (1–4) 21,154 74–85
160 September 29 @ Cubs 5–2 Fogg (11–9) Zambrano (16–7) Fuentes (30) 33,721 75–85
161 September 30 @ Cubs 11–9 (14) Ramírez (4–3) Ryu (0–1) 39,483 76–85
October (0–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
162 October 1 @ Cubs 8–5 Aardsma (3–0) Affeldt (8–8) 39,609 76–86

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 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
Freeman, ChooChoo Freeman 88 173 41 .237 2 18
Spilborghs, RyanRyan Spilborghs 67 167 48 .287 4 21
González, LuisLuis González 61 149 36 .242 2 14
Matsui, KazuoKazuo Matsui 32 113 39 .345 2 19
Ardoin, DannyDanny Ardoin 35 109 21 .193 0 2
Castilla, VinnyVinny Castilla 15 21 4 .190 1 4

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
Cook, AaronAaron Cook 32 212.2 9 15 4.23 92
Jennings, JasonJason Jennings 32 212.0 9 13 3.78 142
Francis, JeffJeff Francis 32 199.0 13 11 4.16 117
Fogg, JoshJosh Fogg 31 172.0 11 9 5.49 93
Kim, Byung-HyunByung-Hyun Kim 27 155.0 8 12 5.57 129

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
Corpas, ManuelManuel Corpas 35 32.1 1 2 3.62 27
Cortés, DavidDavid Cortés 30 29.1 3 1 4.30 14
Affeldt, JeremyJeremy Affeldt 27 27.1 4 2 6.91 20
Dohmann, ScottScott Dohmann 27 24.2 1 1 6.20 22

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
Mesa, JoséJosé Mesa 79 1 5 1 3.86 39
Martin, TomTom Martin 68 2 0 0 5.07 46
King, RayRay King 67 1 4 1 4.43 23
Fuentes, BrianBrian Fuentes 66 3 4 30 3.44 73
Ramírez, RamónRamón Ramírez 61 4 3 0 3.46 61

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
Short-Season A Tri-City Dust Devils Northwest League Darron Cox
Rookie Casper Rockies Pioneer League P. J. Carey

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  11. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007
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