1999 Colorado Rockies season

1999 Colorado Rockies
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1993)
Western Division (since 1993)
Location
Coors Field (since 1995)
Denver, Colorado (since 1993)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jerry McMorris
Manager(s)	Jim Leyland
Local television	KWGN-TV Fox Sports Rocky Mountain (George Frazier, Dave Armstrong)
Local radio	KOA (AM) (Wayne Hagin, Jeff Kingery) KCUV (Antonio Guevara)
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The Colorado Rockies' 1999 season was the seventh overall for the team. Jim Leyland debuted as the Rockies' new manager, although, he resigned following the end of the season. Colorado finished with a record of 72-90, last in the National League West.

Offseason

October 29, 1998: John Vander Wal was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the San Diego Padres for a player to be named later. The San Diego Padres sent Kevin Burford (minors) (October 29, 1998) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.^[1]
November 9, 1998: Brian Bohanon and Lenny Harris were signed as Free Agents by the Colorado Rockies.^[2]^[3]
November 20, 1998: Jason Bates was released by the Colorado Rockies.^[4]
December 18, 1998: Henry Blanco was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[5]

Regular season

Season standings

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
Arizona Diamondbacks	100	62	--	.617
San Francisco Giants	86	76	14.0	.531
Los Angeles Dodgers	77	85	23.0	.475
San Diego Padres	74	88	26.0	.457
Colorado Rockies	72	90	23.0	.444

Notable transactions

June 2, 1999: Jason Jennings was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1999.^[6]
July 2, 1999: Jeff Reed was released by the Colorado Rockies.^[7]
July 31, 1999: Darryl Hamilton was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Chuck McElroy to the New York Mets for Brian McRae, Rigo Beltrán, and Thomas Johnson (minors).^[8]
August 9, 1999: Brian McRae was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Pat Lynch (minors) (August 23, 1999) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.^[8]

Major League debuts

Batters:
- Chris Sexton (May 3)
- Chris Petersen (May 25)
- Ben Petrick (Sep 1)
- Juan Sosa (Sep 10)
Pitchers:
- David Lee (May 22)
- Mike Porzio (Jul 9)
- Luther Hackman (Sep 1)^[9]

Roster

1999 Colorado Rockies

Roster

Pitchers

34 Pedro Astacio

48 Rigo Beltrán

41 Brian Bohanon

46 Mark Brownson

44 Mike DeJean

45 Jerry DiPoto

19 Luther Hackman

36 Bobby Jones

57 Darryl Kile

54 David Lee

16 Curtis Leskanic

23 Chuck McElroy

53 Mike Porzio

49 Roberto Ramirez

52 John Thomson

47 Dave Veres

41 Dave Wainhouse

21 Jamey Wright

Catchers

35 Henry Blanco

8 Kirt Manwaring

15 Ben Petrick

15 Jeff Reed

Infielders

7 Kurt Abbott

9,14 Vinny Castilla

28 Lenny Harris

17 Todd Helton

3 Mike Lansing

5 Neifi Pérez

2 Chris Petersen

22 Terry Shumpert

Outfielders

27 Jeff Barry

10 Dante Bichette

23 John Cangelosi

19,12 Edgard Clemente

39 Angel Echevarria

24 Derrick Gibson

12 Darryl Hamilton

27 Mike Kelly

56 Brian McRae

29,31 J. R. Phillips

4 Chris Sexton

2 Juan Sosa

33 Larry Walker

22 Pat Watkins

Manager

11 Jim Leyland

Coaches

20 Lorenzo Bundy (bullpen)

26 Rich Donnelly (third base)

13 Clint Hurdle (hitting)

6 Bruce Kimm (bench)

29 Milt May (pitching)

37 Tommy Sandt (first base)

Game log

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April

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 4	@ Padres	8–2	Kile (1–0)	Ashby (0–1)		27,104	1–0
2	April 6	@ Padres	4–3	Hitchcock (1–0)	Astacio (0–1)	Hoffman (1)	61,247	1–1
3	April 7	@ Padres	2–1	Rivera (1–0)	Jones (0–1)		32,751	1–2
4	April 8	@ Dodgers	4–2	Bohanon (1–0)	Pérez (0–1)	Veres (1)	27,879	2–2
5	April 9	@ Dodgers	9–6	Dreifort (1–0)	Thomson (0–1)	Shaw (2)	39,997	2–3
6	April 10	@ Dodgers	2–0	Brown (1–0)	Kile (1–1)	Shaw (3)	44,503	2–4
7	April 12	Padres	8–5 (11)	Wall (1–0)	Veres (0–1)	Reyes (1)	48,073	2–5
8	April 15	Padres	6–4	Bohanon (2–0)	Clement (0–2)	Veres (2)	40,027	3–5
9	April 17	Braves	5–4	McElroy (1–0)	Rocker (1–1)		42,510	4–5
10	April 18	Braves	20–5	Maddux (2–0)	Astacio (0–2)		44,285	4–6
11	April 19	Expos	11–10	Veres (1–1)	Urbina (1–1)		40,209	5–6
12	April 22	@ Giants	8–5	Bohanon (3–0)	Rueter (1–1)	Veres (3)	11,061	6–6
13	April 23	@ Giants	7–2	Ortiz (2–2)	Kile (1–2)		16,271	6–7
14	April 24	@ Giants	8–4	Estes (2–1)	Astacio (0–3)		26,626	6–8
15	April 25	@ Giants	7–6	Embree (2–0)	DeJean (0–1)	Nen (6)	23,099	6–9
16	April 27	@ Cardinals	7–5	Oliver (2–1)	Thomson (0–2)	Radinsky (1)	32,389	6–10
17	April 28	@ Cardinals	9–7	Bohanon (4–0)	Jiménez (2–1)	Veres (4)	34,545	7–10
18	April 29	@ Cardinals	6–2	Kile (2–2)	Mercker (2–1)		41,909	8–10
19	April 30	@ Pirates	7–2	Astacio (1–3)	Schourek (1–2)		17,466	9–10

May

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
20	May 1	@ Pirates	9–3	Ritchie (1–1)	Wright (0–1)		18,599	9–11
21	May 2	@ Pirates	8–5	Schmidt (4–1)	Thomson (0–3)	Williams (4)	19,215	9–12
22	May 3	@ Cubs	6–1	Bohanon (5–0)	Trachsel (1–3)		32,085	10–12
23	May 4	@ Cubs	13–12	Beck (2–2)	DiPoto (0–1)		28,888	10–13
24	May 5	@ Cubs	13–6	Astacio (2–3)	Mulholland (2–1)		30,079	11–13
25	May 7	Phillies	8–1	Schilling (5–1)	Thomson (0–4)		41,465	11–14
26	May 8	Phillies	7–2	Bennett (1–0)	Bohanon (5–1)		43,340	11–15
27	May 9	Phillies	10–8	Ryan (1–1)	Veres (1–2)	Gomes (2)	40,251	11–16
28	May 10	Mets	10–3	Astacio (3–3)	Leiter (1–4)		40,021	12–16
29	May 11	Mets	8–5	Jones (1–1)	Jones (3–1)		40,032	13–16
30	May 12	Mets	10–5	Reed (3–1)	Thomson (0–5)		41,011	13–17
31	May 14	@ Diamondbacks	4–1	Bohanon (6–1)	Benes (2–4)		38,894	14–17
32	May 15	@ Diamondbacks	9–2	Johnson (4–1)	Kile (2–3)		40,853	14–18
33	May 16	@ Diamondbacks	5–1	Astacio (4–3)	Daal (3–4)		38,869	15–18
34	May 17	Reds	7–2	Harnisch (3–4)	Jones (1–2)		40,067	15–19
35	May 18	Reds	5–3	Graves (3–3)	Leskanic (0–1)	Williamson (4)	40,032	15–20
36	May 19	Reds	24–12	Parris (2–0)	DiPoto (0–2)	Villone (1)	41,044	15–21
37	May 20	Diamondbacks	8–4	Kile (3–3)	Johnson (4–2)		40,021	16–21
38	May 21	Diamondbacks	8–7 (11)	Leskanic (1–1)	Frascatore (1–3)		44,205	17–21
39	May 22	Diamondbacks	8–3	Daal (4–4)	Jones (1–3)		48,594	17–22
40	May 23	Diamondbacks	7–6	McElroy (2–0)	Olson (2–3)		46,299	18–22
41	May 24	@ Astros	5–2	Reynolds (7–3)	Bohanon (6–2)		20,772	18–23
42	May 25	@ Astros	2–1 (12)	Elarton (3–1)	DeJean (0–2)		21,720	18–24
43	May 26	@ Astros	3–2	Powell (3–1)	Astacio (4–4)		24,476	18–25
44	May 27	@ Astros	4–3	DiPoto (1–2)	Miller (0–1)	Veres (5)	25,146	19–25
45	May 28	@ Phillies	5–3	Leskanic (2–1)	Byrd (6–3)	Veres (6)	16,365	20–25
46	May 29	@ Phillies	2–0	Schilling (8–2)	Bohanon (6–3)		22,204	20–26
47	May 30	@ Phillies	1–0	Kile (4–3)	Poole (0–1)	Veres (7)	30,358	21–26
48	May 31	@ Braves	3–1	Millwood (6–3)	Astacio (4–5)	Rocker (10)	34,136	21–27

June

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
49	June 1	@ Braves	7–2	Smoltz (6–1)	Jones (1–4)		30,297	21–28
50	June 2	@ Braves	3–2 (11)	DiPoto (2–2)	Springer (0–1)		32,429	22–28
51	June 4	Brewers	9–8 (10)	Veres (2–2)	Wickman (2–3)		40,064	23–28
52	June 5	Brewers	12–11	DeJean (1–2)	Plunk (0–1)	DiPoto (1)	43,409	24–28
53	June 6	Brewers	10–5	Astacio (5–5)	Karl (5–5)		41,688	25–28
54	June 7	Mariners	4–2	Halama (4–2)	Jones (1–5)	Mesa (11)	40,692	25–29
55	June 8	Mariners	10–5	Rodriguez (1–0)	Brownson (0–1)	Cloude (1)	41,940	25–30
56	June 9	Mariners	16–11	Bohanon (7–3)	Fassero (3–7)		40,671	26–30
57	June 11	@ Rangers	3–2	Zimmerman (7–0)	McElroy (2–1)	Wetteland (21)	39,627	26–31
58	June 12	@ Rangers	8–7	Astacio (6–5)	Sele (6–5)	Veres (8)	46,851	27–31
59	June 13	@ Rangers	4–2	Jones (2–5)	Morgan (6–5)	Veres (9)	39,651	28–31
60	June 14	Giants	5–4	Leskanic (3–1)	Johnstone (4–4)	Veres (10)	40,029	29–31
61	June 15	Giants	15–6	Bohanon (8–3)	Brock (5–6)		40,037	30–31
62	June 16	Giants	15–2	Gardner (1–5)	Kile (4–4)		41,307	30–32
63	June 18	Marlins	11–10	McElroy (3–1)	Mantei (1–2)		46,394	31–32
64	June 19	Marlins	10–2	Jones (3–5)	Fernandez (2–4)		47,051	32–32
65	June 20	Marlins	8–7	Bohanon (9–3)	Dempster (3–3)	Veres (11)	47,070	33–32
66	June 22	Cubs	13–12	Sanders (2–4)	DeJean (1–3)	Aguilera (8)	48,081	33–33
67	June 23	Cubs	10–1	Astacio (7–5)	Mulholland (3–3)		48,189	34–33
68	June 24	Cubs	12–10	Tapani (6–3)	Jones (3–6)		48,876	34–34
69	June 25	@ Padres	10–1	Boehringer (4–1)	Bohanon (9–4)		22,362	34–35
70	June 26	@ Padres	13–6	Clement (4–7)	Brownson (0–2)		47,808	34–36
71	June 27	@ Padres	5–3	Hitchcock (6–6)	Kile (4–5)	Hoffman (18)	25,177	34–37
72	June 28	@ Padres	8–7	Williams (4–5)	Astacio (7–6)	Hoffman (19)	41,107	34–38
73	June 29	@ Giants	10–1	Rueter (7–3)	Jones (3–7)		11,490	34–39
74	June 30	@ Giants	4–1	Ortiz (9–5)	Bohanon (9–5)	Nen (20)	24,825	34–40

July

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
75	July 1	@ Giants	7–1	Estes (5–5)	Kile (4–6)		23,172	34–41
76	July 2	Padres	15–3	Hitchcock (7–6)	Astacio (7–7)		41,739	34–42
77	July 3	Padres	12–10	Ramírez (1–0)	Williams (4–6)	Veres (12)	38,375	35–42
78	July 3	Padres	8–6	Jones (4–7)	Murray (0–3)	Veres (13)	48,750	36–42
79	July 4	Padres	11–0	Ashby (8–4)	Bohanon (9–6)		38,059	36–43
80	July 5	Dodgers	8–4	Kile (5–6)	Brown (9–6)		40,063	37–43
81	July 6	Dodgers	5–2	Astacio (8–7)	Dreifort (6–8)		39,979	38–43
82	July 7	Dodgers	7–5	DeJean (2–3)	Arnold (2–2)	Veres (14)	40,221	39–43
83	July 8	Dodgers	11–8	Park (5–7)	Bohanon (9–7)	Shaw (19)	42,024	39–44
84	July 9	Angels	9–6	Finley (5–9)	Kile (5–7)	Percival (23)	44,122	39–45
85	July 10	Angels	9–3	Olivares (8–6)	Astacio (8–8)		48,069	39–46
86	July 11	Angels	8–2	DiPoto (3–2)	Fyhrie (0–1)		42,585	40–46
87	July 15	@ Reds	10–7	Parris (6–1)	Kile (5–8)	Graves (13)	22,243	40–47
88	July 16	@ Reds	6–2	Astacio (9–8)	Villone (4–3)	Veres (15)	29,552	41–47
89	July 17	@ Reds	3–2	Williamson (8–4)	DiPoto (3–3)		26,605	41–48
90	July 18	@ Athletics	3–2	Haynes (7–7)	Jones (4–8)	Taylor (24)	15,074	41–49
91	July 19	@ Athletics	10–5	Worrell (2–1)	Ramírez (1–1)	Jones (4)	9,281	41–50
92	July 20	@ Athletics	4–3	Rogers (5–3)	Kile (5–9)	Taylor (25)	13,414	41–51
93	July 21	@ Dodgers	5–4	Astacio (10–8)	Valdez (8–8)	Veres (16)	34,271	42–51
94	July 22	@ Dodgers	4–1	Jones (5–8)	Park (6–8)	Veres (17)	34,231	43–51
95	July 22	@ Dodgers	12–11	Lee (1–0)	Masaoka (1–2)	Veres (18)	30,907	44–51
96	July 23	Cardinals	6–4	Oliver (5–7)	Ramírez (1–2)	Slocumb (1)	48,824	44–52
97	July 24	Cardinals	10–2	Mercker (4–4)	Kile (5–10)		48,794	44–53
98	July 25	Cardinals	6–4	Luebbers (1–1)	Astacio (10–9)	Aybar (3)	48,845	44–54
99	July 26	Astros	8–5	Williams (1–1)	Veres (2–3)	Wagner (26)	42,740	44–55
100	July 27	Astros	6–3	Lima (14–5)	Bohanon (9–8)	Wagner (27)	41,952	44–56
101	July 28	Astros	16–8	Hampton (14–3)	Ramírez (1–3)		43,201	44–57
102	July 29	Astros	4–2	Kile (6–10)	Holt (2–10)	Veres (19)	43,415	45–57
103	July 30	@ Cardinals	5–4	Astacio (11–9)	Aybar (4–4)	Veres (20)	46,208	46–57
104	July 31	@ Cardinals	6–5	Painter (3–4)	Leskanic (3–2)	Bottalico (17)	46,849	46–58

August

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
105	August 1	@ Cardinals	5–4	Bohanon (10–8)	Jiménez (5–11)	Veres (21)	45,906	47–58
106	August 3	@ Reds	2–1	Williamson (10–4)	DeJean (2–4)		22,516	47–59
107	August 4	@ Reds	6–3	Neagle (2–3)	Kile (6–11)	Graves (16)	22,314	47–60
108	August 5	@ Reds	2–1	Astacio (12–9)	Guzmán (5–10)		24,318	48–60
109	August 6	@ Marlins	9–1	Fernandez (6–7)	Jones (5–9)		14,032	48–61
110	August 7	@ Marlins	4–1	Meadows (9–11)	Bohanon (10–9)	Alfonseca (9)	18,469	48–62
111	August 8	@ Marlins	2–1	Dempster (5–6)	Wright (0–2)	Alfonseca (10)	17,691	48–63
112	August 9	@ Brewers	7–6	Wickman (3–5)	Veres (2–4)		17,463	48–64
113	August 10	@ Brewers	2–1 (10)	Coppinger (1–2)	Veres (2–5)		19,758	48–65
114	August 11	@ Brewers	8–5	Jones (6–9)	Woodard (11–7)		21,632	49–65
115	August 13	Expos	14–13 (10)	Urbina (6–4)	DiPoto (3–4)	Telford (2)	40,092	49–66
116	August 13	Expos	8–6	Vázquez (6–5)	Bohanon (10–10)	Urbina (27)	45,643	49–67
117	August 14	Expos	11–8	Kile (7–11)	Powell (1–5)	Veres (22)	46,739	50–67
118	August 15	Expos	8–2	Thomson (1–5)	Thurman (5–8)	Ramírez (1)	43,702	51–67
119	August 15	Expos	12–4	Astacio (13–9)	Bennett (0–1)		36,483	52–67
120	August 16	Braves	14–6	Maddux (15–6)	Jones (6–10)		47,519	52–68
121	August 17	Braves	3–2	Lee (2–0)	Mulholland (7–7)	Veres (23)	47,904	53–68
122	August 18	Braves	4–1	Veres (3–5)	Rocker (3–4)		46,553	54–68
123	August 19	Braves	9–7 (14)	Chen (2–2)	Lee (2–1)	Mulholland (1)	41,791	54–69
124	August 20	@ Cubs	11–3	Astacio (14–9)	Farnsworth (2–7)		40,130	55–69
125	August 21	@ Cubs	8–6	Bowie (1–3)	Thomson (1–6)	Adams (10)	40,087	55–70
126	August 22	@ Cubs	3–2	Wright (1–2)	Trachsel (4–15)	Veres (24)	38,424	56–70
127	August 24	@ Pirates	3–2	Leskanic (4–2)	Williams (2–4)	Veres (25)	13,221	57–70
128	August 25	@ Pirates	9–3	Peters (2–1)	Kile (7–12)		12,535	57–71
129	August 26	@ Pirates	8–4	Anderson (2–1)	Astacio (14–10)		12,649	57–72
130	August 28	Phillies	11–6	Lee (3–1)	Aldred (4–3)		42,744	58–72
131	August 28	Phillies	4–0	Bohanon (11–10)	Grahe (0–1)		47,217	59–72
132	August 29	Phillies	6–5	Kile (8–12)	Byrd (14–7)	Veres (26)	43,344	60–72
133	August 30	Pirates	11–8	Peters (3–1)	Ramírez (1–4)	Williams (22)	41,872	60–73
134	August 31	Pirates	9–8 (10)	Williams (3–4)	Lee (3–2)	Silva (2)	41,729	60–74

September

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
135	September 1	Pirates	9–8	Sauerbeck (3–0)	Veres (3–6)	Clontz (1)	40,529	60–75
136	September 3	@ Mets	5–2 (10)	Leskanic (5–2)	Wendell (3–3)	Veres (27)	36,102	61–75
137	September 4	@ Mets	4–2	Leiter (11–9)	Bohanon (11–11)	Benítez (17)	43,431	61–76
138	September 5	@ Mets	6–2	Yoshii (10–8)	Kile (8–13)		49,117	61–77
139	September 6	@ Expos	5–3	Astacio (15–10)	Thurman (6–11)	Veres (28)	7,698	62–77
140	September 7	@ Expos	4–1	Hermanson (7–12)	Thomson (1–7)	Urbina (34)	5,517	62–78
141	September 8	@ Expos	5–1	Wright (2–2)	Smith (4–8)		5,548	63–78
142	September 10	Brewers	15–3	Bohanon (12–11)	Pulsipher (4–6)		44,628	64–78
143	September 11	Brewers	7–6	DiPoto (4–4)	Coppinger (3–4)	Veres (29)	44,566	65–78
144	September 12	Brewers	12–9	Plunk (4–3)	Veres (3–7)	Wickman (31)	42,085	65–79
145	September 13	Mets	6–5	Wendell (4–4)	Veres (3–8)	Benítez (20)	40,547	65–80
146	September 14	Mets	7–2	Wright (3–2)	Dotel (7–2)		41,090	66–80
147	September 15	Mets	10–5	Wendell (5–4)	DiPoto (4–5)	Benítez (21)	41,820	66–81
148	September 17	Dodgers	18–10	Hackman (1–0)	Checo (1–1)		44,170	67–81
149	September 18	Dodgers	5–4	Park (11–10)	Astacio (15–11)	Shaw (33)	44,945	67–82
150	September 19	Dodgers	5–2 (7)	Brown (17–8)	Thomson (1–8)	Borbón (1)	41,952	67–83
151	September 20	Diamondbacks	12–7	Wright (4–2)	Daal (15–9)		41,174	68–83
152	September 21	Diamondbacks	7–6	Olson (8–4)	Ramírez (1–5)	Mantei (30)	41,559	68–84
153	September 22	Diamondbacks	11–3	Benes (12–12)	Hackman (1–1)		40,115	68–85
154	September 24	@ Marlins	5–3	Astacio (16–11)	Edmondson (5–8)	Veres (30)	18,941	69–85
155	September 25	@ Marlins	8–2	Dempster (7–8)	Thomson (1–9)		27,271	69–86
156	September 26	@ Marlins	8–6	Leskanic (6–2)	Medina (1–1)	Veres (31)	26,012	70–86
157	September 27	@ Diamondbacks	10–3	Anderson (7–2)	Bohanon (12–12)		35,360	70–87
158	September 28	@ Diamondbacks	9–3	Benes (13–12)	Hackman (1–2)		31,447	70–88
159	September 29	@ Diamondbacks	4–1	Astacio (17–11)	Reynoso (10–6)		32,505	71–88

October

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Attendance	Record
160	October 1	Giants	9–4	Ortiz (18–9)	Thomson (1–10)	41,302	71–89
161	October 2	Giants	16–7	Rueter (15–10)	Wright (4–3)	38,393	71–90
162	October 3	Giants	9–8	Veres (4–8)	Embree (3–2)	40,117	72–90

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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	Henry Blanco	88	263	61	.232	6	28
1B	Todd Helton	159	578	185	.320	35	113
2B	Kurt Abbott	96	286	78	.273	8	41
SS	Neifi Pérez	157	690	193	.280	12	70
3B	Vinny Castilla	158	615	169	.275	33	102
LF	Dante Bichette	151	593	177	.298	34	133
CF	Darryl Hamilton	91	337	102	.303	4	24
RF	Larry Walker	127	438	166	.379	37	115

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
Shumpert, TerryTerry Shumpert	92	262	91	.347	10	37
Echevarria, AngelAngel Echevarria	102	191	56	.293	11	35
Barry, JeffJeff Barry	74	168	45	.268	5	26
Clemente, EdgardEdgard Clemente	57	162	41	.253	8	25
Harris, LennyLenny Harris	91	158	47	.297	0	13
Lansing, MikeMike Lansing	35	145	45	.310	4	15
Manwaring, KirtKirt Manwaring	48	137	41	.299	2	14

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
Astacio, PedroPedro Astacio	34	232.0	17	11	5.04	210
Bohanon, BrianBrian Bohanon	33	197.1	12	12	6.20	120
Kile, DarrylDarryl Kile	32	190.2	8	13	6.61	116
Jones, BobbyBobby Jones	30	112.1	6	10	6.33	74
Wright, JameyJamey Wright	16	94.1	4	3	4.87	49
Thomson, JohnJohn Thomson	14	62.2	1	10	8.04	34

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
Lee, DavidDavid Lee	36	49.0	3	2	3.67	38
Ramírez, RobertoRoberto Ramírez	32	40.1	1	5	8.26	32
Brownson, MarkMark Brownson	7	29.2	0	2	7.89	21
Wainhouse, DaveDave Wainhouse	19	28.2	0	0	6.91	18

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
Veres, DaveDave Veres	73	4	8	31	5.14	71
DiPoto, JerryJerry DiPoto	63	4	5	1	4.26	69
Leskanic, CurtisCurtis Leskanic	63	6	2	0	5.08	77
DeJean, MikeMike DeJean	56	2	4	0	8.41	31
McElroy, ChuckChuck McElroy	41	3	1	0	6.20	37

Notes

On April 4, 1999, the Rockies made history as they played their Opening Day game against the defending National League champion San Diego Padres at Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico - marking the first time Major League Baseball opened the regular season outside the United States or Canada.^[10]^[11]^[12] Colorado beat San Diego, 8-2, in front of a crowd of 27,104 people.

Awards and honors

Larry Walker, National League Batting Champion (Walker would be the last player in the 20th Century to win the batting title for two consecutive seasons)^[13]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Pacific Coast League	Bill Hayes
AA	Carolina Mudcats	Southern League	Jay Loviglio
A	Salem Avalanche	Carolina League	Ron Gideon
A	Asheville Tourists	South Atlantic League	Jim Eppard
Short-Season A	Portland Rockies	Northwest League	Alan Cockrell
Rookie	AZL Rockies	Arizona League	P. J. Carey

^[14]

References

↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vandejo02.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bohanbr01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harrile01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/batesja01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/blanche01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jennija01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reedje02.shtml
↑ 8.0 8.1 Brian McRae Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.thebaseballcube.com/statistics/1999/10.shtml
↑ The Official Site of Major League Baseball: Events: Opening Day
↑ ESPN - Baseball Tonight Clubhouse: Weekend preview - MLB
↑ BASEBALL; Bichette and Castilla Spark Rockies in Opener in Mexico - New York Times
↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.189, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

External links

1999 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Colorado Rockies

Based in Denver, Colorado

The franchise

Ballparks

Mile High Stadium
Coors Field

Spring training: Hi Corbett Field; Salt River Fields at Talking Stick

Culture

Key personnel

Owners: Charlie Monfort and Dick Monfort
President: vacant
General Manager: Jeff Bridich
Manager: Walt Weiss

National League pennants (1)

2007

National League wild cards (3)

Minor league affiliates

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