1998 Colorado Rockies season

1998 Colorado Rockies
1998 Colorado Rockies
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Coors Field
City	Denver, Colorado
Record	77–85 (.475)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Jerry McMorris
General managers	Bob Gebhard
Managers	Don Baylor
Television	KWGN-TV; Fox Sports Rocky Mountain; (George Frazier, Dave Armstrong)
Radio	KOA (AM); (Wayne Hagin, Jeff Kingery); KCUV; (Antonio Guevara)

The Colorado Rockies' 1998 season was the sixth for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Don Baylor was their manager, although he was fired after the season. They played home games and hosted the 1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 77-85, fourth in the division.

Offseason

November 18, 1997: Harvey Pulliam was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Chuck McElroy.^[1]
November 18, 1997: Mike Lansing was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Colorado Rockies for Jake Westbrook, John Nicholson (minors), and Mark Hamlin (minors).^[2]
November 18, 1997: Quinton McCracken and Bryan Rekar were drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from the Colorado Rockies as the 4th and 38th picks in the 1997 expansion draft.^[3]^[4]
December 4, 1997: Darryl Kile was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[5]
December 10, 1997: Mark Hutton was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Cincinnati Reds for Curtis Goodwin.^[6]
December 10, 1997: Dave Veres was traded by the Montreal Expos with Mark Hamlin (minors) to the Colorado Rockies for Terry Jones and a player to be named later. The Colorado Rockies sent Mark Mangum (minors) (June 5, 1998) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.^[7]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

3	Mike Lansing	2B
26	Ellis Burks	CF
33	Larry Walker	RF
10	Dante Bichette	LF
14	Vinny Castilla	3B
17	Todd Helton	1B
5	Neifi Perez	SS
8	Kirt Manwaring	C
57	Darryl Kile	P

Season standings

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NL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Diego Padres	98	64	.605	—	54‍–‍27	44‍–‍37
San Francisco Giants	89	74	.546	9½	49‍–‍32	40‍–‍42
Los Angeles Dodgers	83	79	.512	15	48‍–‍33	35‍–‍46
Colorado Rockies	77	85	.475	21	42‍–‍39	35‍–‍46
Arizona Diamondbacks	65	97	.401	33	34‍–‍47	31‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

1998 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LA	MIL	MTL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	1–8	5–7	4–5	6–6	6–2	4–5	4–8	6–3	2–7	4–5	2–7	6–3	3–9	5–7	2–7	5–8
Atlanta	8–1	—	3–6	7–2	5–3	7–5	4–5	8–1	7–2	6–6	9–3	8–4	7–2	5–4	7–2	6–3	9–7
Chicago	7–5	6–3	—	6–5	7–2	7–2	4–7	4–5	6–6	7–2	4–5	3–6	8–3	5–4	7–3	4–7	5–8
Cincinnati	5–4	2–7	5–6	—	4–5	9–0	3–8	5–4	6–5	8–1	3–6	4–5	5–7	1–11	2–7	8–3	7-6
Colorado	6–6	3–5	2–7	5–4	—	6–3	6–5	6–6	4–7	7–2	3–6	5–4	5–4	5–7	7–5	3–6	4–8
Florida	2–6	5–7	2–7	0–9	3–6	—	3–6	4–5	0–9	5–7	5–7	6–6	3–6	4–5	0–9	4–5	8–8
Houston	5–4	5–4	7–4	8–3	5–6	6–3	—	3–6	9–2	7–2	5–4	7–2	9–2	5–4	6–3	5–7	10–4
Los Angeles	8–4	1–8	5–4	4–5	6–6	5–4	6–3	—	5–4	5–4	3–5	5–4	7–5	5–7	6–6	4–5	8–5
Milwaukee	3–6	2–7	6–6	5–6	7–4	9–0	2–9	4–5	—	6–3	1–8	4–5	6–5	3–6	5–4	3–8	8–6
Montreal	7–2	6–6	2–7	1–8	2–7	7–5	2–7	4–5	3–6	—	8–4	5–7	2–7	4–4	3–6	3–6	6–10
New York	5–4	3–9	5–4	6–3	6–3	7–5	4–5	5–3	8–1	4–8	—	8–4	4–5	4–5	4–5	6–3	9–7
Philadelphia	7-2	4–8	6–3	5–4	4–5	6–6	2–7	4–5	5–4	7–5	4–8	—	8–1	1–8	2–6	3–6	7–9
Pittsburgh	3–6	2–7	3–8	7–5	4–5	6–3	2–9	5–7	5–6	7–2	5–4	1–8	—	5–4	2–7	6–5	6–7
San Diego	9–3	4–5	4–5	11–1	7–5	5–4	4–5	7–5	6–3	4–4	5–4	8–1	4–5	—	8–4	6–3	6–7
San Francisco	7–5	2–7	3–7	7–2	5–7	9–0	3–6	6–6	4–5	6–3	5–4	6–2	7–2	4–8	—	7–5	8–5
St. Louis	7–2	3–6	7–4	3–8	6–3	5-4	7–5	5–4	8–3	6–3	3–6	6–3	5–6	3–6	5–7	—	4–9

Notable transactions

June 2, 1998: Matt Holliday was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 7th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed July 24, 1998.^[8]
June 2, 1998: Juan Pierre was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 13th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1998.^[9]
June 9, 1998: Kurt Abbott was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Colorado Rockies for a player to be named later. The Colorado Rockies sent Ara Petrosian (minors) (June 18, 1998) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.^[10]
July 31, 1998: Ellis Burks was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the San Francisco Giants for Darryl Hamilton, Jim Stoops, and a player to be named later. The San Francisco Giants sent Jason Brester (minors) (August 18, 1998) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.^[11]

Major League debuts

Batters:
- Mark Strittmatter (Sep 3)
- Derrick Gibson (Sep 8)
- Edgard Clemente (Sep 10)
Pitchers:
- Mike Saipe (Jun 25)
- Mark Brownson (Jul 21)
- Fred Rath, Jr. (Jul 29)
- Jim Stoops (Sep 9)
- Lariel González (Sep 22) ^[12]

Roster

1998 Colorado Rockies

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

25 Don Baylor

Coaches

49 Frank Funk (pitching)
2 Gene Glynn (third base)
50 Bill Hayes (bullpen)
13 Clint Hurdle (hitting/first base)
4 Jackie Moore (bench)

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	SB
C	Kirt Manwaring	110	291	72	.247	2	26	1
1B	Todd Helton	152	530	167	.315	25	97	3
2B	Mike Lansing	153	584	161	.276	12	66	10
SS	Neifi Pérez	162	647	177	.274	9	59	5
3B	Vinny Castilla	162	645	206	.319	46	144	5
LF	Dante Bichette	161	662	219	.331	22	122	14
CF	Ellis Burks	100	357	102	.286	16	54	3
RF	Larry Walker	130	454	165	.363	23	67	14

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	SB
Kurt Abbott	42	71	18	.254	3	15	0
Jeff Barry	15	34	6	.176	0	2	0
Jason Bates	53	74	14	.189	0	3	0
Edgard Clemente	11	17	6	.353	0	2	0
Greg Colbrunn	62	122	38	.311	2	13	3
Angel Echevarria	19	29	11	.379	1	9	0
Curtis Goodwin	119	159	39	.245	1	6	5
Darryl Hamilton	51	194	65	.335	5	25	4
Nelson Liriano	12	17	0	.000	0	0	0
Jeff Reed	113	259	75	.290	9	39	0
Terry Shumpert	23	26	6	.231	1	2	0
Mark Strittmatter	4	4	0	.000	0	0	0
John Vander Wal	89	104	30	.288	5	20	0
Derrick White	9	9	0	.000	0	0	0

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
Darryl Kile	36	230.1	13	17	5.20	158
Pedro Astacio	35	209.1	13	14	6.23	170
Jamey Wright	34	206.1	9	14	5.67	86
John Thomson	26	161.0	8	11	4.81	106
Mark Thompson	6	23.1	1	2	7.71	14
Mark Brownson	2	13.1	1	0	4.73	8
Mike Saipe	2	10.0	0	1	10.80	2
Kevin Ritz	2	9.0	0	2	11.00	3

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	SV
Bobby Jones	35	141.1	7	8	5.22	109	0

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	SV
Jerry DiPoto	68	71.1	3	4	3.53	49	19
Chuck McElroy	78	68.1	6	4	2.90	61	2
Curtis Leskanic	66	75.2	6	4	4.40	55	2
Dave Veres	63	76.1	3	1	2.83	74	8
Mike DeJean	59	74.1	3	1	3.03	27	2
Mike Munoz	40	41.1	2	2	5.66	24	3
Dave Wainhouse	10	11.0	1	0	4.91	3	0
Fred Rath	2	5.1	0	0	1.69	2	0
Jim Stoops	3	4.0	1	0	2.25	0	0
Lariel Gonzalez	1	1.0	0	0	0.00	0	0

Game log

1998 Game Log

March (1-0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	March 31	@ Diamondbacks	9–2	Kile (1–0)	Benes (0–1)		47,484	1–0

April (11-16)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
2	April 1	@ Diamondbacks	6–0	Thomson (1–0)	Blair (0–1)		43,758	2–0
3	April 2	@ Diamondbacks	6–4	Astacio (1–0)	Anderson (0–1)	DiPoto (1)	42,876	3–0
4	April 3	@ Astros	15–2	Lima (1–0)	Wright (0–1)		26,026	3–1
5	April 4	@ Astros	5–3	Thompson (1–0)	Bergman (0–1)	DiPoto (2)	21,325	4–1
6	April 5	@ Astros	6–2	Reynolds (1–0)	Kile (1–1)		21,037	4–2
7	April 6	@ Astros	13–4	Hampton (1–0)	Thomson (1–1)		13,553	4–3
8	April 7	Cardinals	12–11	Politte (1–0)	Astacio (1–1)	Bottenfield (2)	48,016	4–4
9	April 8	Cardinals	13–9	Aybar (1–1)	Wright (0–2)		48,020	4–5
10	April 9	Cardinals	7–5	Busby (1–0)	Leskanic (0–1)	Brantley (1)	46,579	4–6
11	April 10	Reds	18–7	Jordan (1–0)	Kile (1–2)	Sullivan (1)	48,013	4–7
12	April 11	Reds	12–5	Remlinger (1–2)	Thomson (1–2)	Belinda (1)	48,053	4–8
13	April 12	Reds	10–4	Harnisch (1–0)	Astacio (1–2)		46,921	4–9
14	April 13	Reds	8–4	Leskanic (1–1)	Belinda (0–1)		44,488	5–9
15	April 14	Dodgers	6–3	DeJean (1–0)	Valdez (1–2)	DiPoto (3)	44,337	6–9
16	April 16	Dodgers	4–3 (10)	Radinsky (1–0)	DiPoto (0–1)	Bruske (1)	38,429	6–10
17	April 18	Braves	11–4	Neagle (2–1)	Astacio (1–3)		48,058	6–11
18	April 19	Braves	5–3	Millwood (3–0)	Thompson (1–1)	Wohlers (5)	48,038	6–12
19	April 19	Braves	10–7	Wright (1–2)	Martínez (1–2)	DiPoto (4)	43,977	7–12
20	April 20	Braves	7–5	Maddux (2–1)	Kile (1–3)	Ligtenberg (1)	43,594	7–13
21	April 22	@ Marlins	3–2	Powell (1–2)	Leskanic (1–2)		16,405	7–14
22	April 23	@ Marlins	4–3	DiPoto (1–1)	Stanifer (0–1)		15,098	8–14
23	April 24	@ Marlins	5–1	Meadows (3–2)	Thompson (1–2)		21,708	8–15
24	April 25	@ Braves	11–7	Kile (2–3)	Millwood (3–1)		49,161	9–15
25	April 26	@ Braves	7–6	Wright (2–2)	Maddux (2–2)	DiPoto (5)	42,400	10–15
26	April 27	Marlins	5–4 (10)	Powell (2–2)	Leskanic (1–3)	Alfonseca (1)	48,048	10–16
27	April 28	Marlins	8–7	Astacio (2–3)	Larkin (1–1)	Leskanic (1)	47,346	11–16
28	April 30	@ Mets	4–0	Kile (3–3)	Jones (1–3)		12,599	12–16

May (12-16)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
29	May 2	@ Mets	7–3	Leskanic (2–3)	Cook (2–1)		19,968	13–16
30	May 3	@ Mets	5–2	Reed (2–2)	Astacio (2–4)		19,493	13–17
31	May 4	@ Phillies	11–2	Thomson (2–2)	Stephenson (0–2)		11,403	14–17
32	May 5	@ Phillies	6–1	Kile (4–3)	Grace (1–4)		13,672	15–17
33	May 6	@ Phillies	7–6 (10)	Leiter (2–0)	McElroy (0–1)		19,538	15–18
34	May 7	@ Expos	2–1	Pérez (1–3)	Wright (2–3)	Urbina (7)	7,075	15–19
35	May 8	@ Expos	7–5	Astacio (3–4)	Hermanson (3–3)	DiPoto (6)	11,725	16–19
36	May 9	@ Expos	4–0	Moore (2–4)	Thomson (2–3)	Urbina (8)	12,014	16–20
37	May 10	@ Expos	5–3	Kile (5–3)	Kline (1–2)	DiPoto (7)	10,041	17–20
38	May 11	@ Pirates	5–2	Schmidt (5–1)	Ritz (0–1)		9,498	17–21
39	May 12	@ Pirates	6–0	Loaiza (2–1)	Wright (2–4)		12,954	17–22
40	May 13	Cubs	9–3	Trachsel (4–1)	Astacio (3–5)		48,038	17–23
41	May 14	Cubs	9–7	Tapani (5–2)	Thomson (2–4)	Beck (12)	48,077	17–24
42	May 15	Brewers	8–5	Woodard (3–1)	Kile (5–4)	Myers (1)	48,035	17–25
43	May 16	Brewers	7–5	Karl (5–1)	Ritz (0–2)	Jones (11)	48,063	17–26
44	May 17	Brewers	2–1	Wright (3–4)	Woodall (0–1)	DiPoto (8)	48,041	18–26
45	May 18	Brewers	8–5	Astacio (4–5)	Juden (5–2)	DiPoto (9)	48,026	19–26
46	May 20	@ Braves	5–1	Millwood (6–1)	Thomson (2–5)		33,531	19–27
47	May 21	@ Braves	2–0	Neagle (6–1)	Kile (5–5)	Ligtenberg (6)	34,611	19–28
48	May 22	@ Reds	3–2	Wright (4–4)	Weathers (2–4)	DiPoto (10)	21,410	20–28
49	May 23	@ Reds	4–1 (7)	Winchester (3–2)	Astacio (4–6)		20,034	20–29
50	May 24	@ Reds	3–1	Jones (1–0)	Tomko (5–3)	DiPoto (11)	21,298	21–29
51	May 25	@ Cardinals	6–1	Thomson (3–5)	Busby (5–1)		42,038	22–29
52	May 27	@ Cardinals	2–1	Stottlemyre (6–4)	Kile (5–6)	Brantley (8)	34,211	22–30
53	May 28	@ Cardinals	4–1	Mercker (4–3)	Wright (4–5)	King (2)	37,989	22–31
54	May 29	Astros	7–6	Hampton (7–2)	Astacio (4–7)	Wagner (14)	48,325	22–32
55	May 30	Astros	6–3	Thomson (4–5)	Schourek (2–3)	DiPoto (12)	48,036	23–32
56	May 31	Astros	7–5	McElroy (1–1)	Henry (3–2)		48,097	24–32

June (13-15)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
57	June 1	Diamondbacks	6–4	Benes (4–5)	Kile (5–7)	Olson (7)	48,020	24–33
58	June 2	Diamondbacks	9–3	Anderson (3–6)	Wright (4–6)		47,905	24–34
59	June 3	Diamondbacks	3–2	McElroy (2–1)	Olson (1–3)		46,279	25–24
60	June 4	Diamondbacks	5–2	Thomson (5–5)	Daal (1–4)		46,295	26–34
61	June 5	@ Angels	5–0	Dickson (5–4)	Jones (1–1)		39,621	26–35
62	June 6	@ Angels	2–1	Olivares (3–2)	Kile (5–8)	Percival (17)	38,671	26–36
63	June 7	@ Angels	6–5	Cadaret (1–0)	DiPoto (1–2)		42,493	26–37
64	June 8	Rangers	3–1	Sele (9–3)	Astacio (4–8)	Wetteland (17)	48,070	26–38
65	June 9	Rangers	5–2	Helling (8–3)	Thomson (5–6)	Wetteland (18)	48,068	26–39
66	June 10	Rangers	9–8 (10)	DiPoto (2–2)	Gunderson (0–1)		48,061	27–39
67	June 12	@ Dodgers	2–1	Mlicki (2–4)	Kile (5–9)	McMichael (1)	39,163	27–40
68	June 13	@ Dodgers	4–2	Wright (5–6)	Dreifort (4–6)	DiPoto (13)	38,417	28–40
69	June 14	@ Dodgers	3–2 (12)	DeJean (2–0)	Radinsky (2–3)	McElroy (1)	41,964	29–40
70	June 15	@ Giants	4–3 (12)	Leskanic (3–3)	Johnstone (2–3)	DiPoto (14)	16,891	30–40
71	June 16	@ Giants	5–3	Tavárez (3–3)	Jones (1–2)	Nen (20)	12,585	30–41
72	June 17	@ Giants	6–3	Rueter (8–3)	Kile (5–10)	Nen (21)	19,125	30–42
73	June 18	Dodgers	5–0	Mlicki (3–4)	Wright (5–7)		48,092	30–43
74	June 19	Dodgers	4–3 (10)	Osuna (3–0)	DiPoto (2–3)		48,120	30–44
75	June 20	Dodgers	7–6	Munoz (1–0)	Reyes (0–3)	Veres (1)	48,231	31–44
76	June 21	Dodgers	11–6	Jones (2–2)	Park (5–5)		48,186	32–44
77	June 22	@ Brewers	3–2	Reyes (3–0)	McElroy (2–2)	Wickman (7)	22,556	32–45
78	June 23	@ Brewers	7–5	Patrick (3–0)	Wright (5–8)	Wickman (8)	20,759	32–46
79	June 24	Astros	8–6	Astacio (5–8)	Bergman (6–4)	Veres (2)	48,150	33–46
80	June 25	Astros	6–5 (12)	Leskanic (4–3)	Magnante (3–2)		48,046	34–46
81	June 26	Athletics	12–6	Munoz (2–0)	Oquist (4–5)		48,069	35–46
82	June 27	Athletics	8–6	Mathews (4–4)	DiPoto (2–4)	Taylor (16)	48,049	35–47
83	June 28	Athletics	11–10	DeJean (3–0)	Fetters (0–2)	Veres (3)	48,013	36–47
84	June 30	@ Mariners	6–4	Astacio (6–8)	Johnson (7–7)	Munoz (1)	28,821	37–47

July (11-14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
85	July 1	@ Mariners	9–5	Cloude (4–7)	Saipe (0–1)		25,551	37–48
86	July 2	@ Mariners	10–3	Swift (8–4)	Kile (5–11)		32,523	37–49
87	July 3	@ Padres	4–2	Hamilton (6–9)	DeJean (3–1)	Hoffman (25)	40,588	37–50
88	July 4	@ Padres	9–1	Langston (3–1)	Jones (2–3)		61,148	37–51
89	July 5	@ Padres	7–2	Ashby (11–5)	Astacio (6–9)		32,649	37–52
90	July 10	Giants	11–2	Kile (6–11)	Estes (7–8)		48,174	38–52
91	July 11	Giants	5–4	McElroy (3–2)	Hershiser (7–7)	Munoz (2)	48,262	39–52
92	July 12	Giants	5–3	Astacio (7–9)	Rueter (10–4)	Munoz (3)	48,334	40–52
93	July 13	Padres	9–5	Jones (3–3)	Hitchcock (4–3)		48,098	41–52
94	July 14	Padres	8–7	Sanders (1–2)	Kile (6–12)	Hoffman (28)	48,114	41–53
95	July 15	Padres	6–2	Brown (11–3)	Wright (5–9)		48,369	41–54
96	July 17	@ Diamondbacks	9–6	Blair (4–13)	Astacio (7–10)	Olson (13)	46,322	41–55
97	July 18	@ Diamondbacks	4–2	Anderson (7–8)	Jones (3–4)	Olson (14)	48,527	41–56
98	July 19	@ Diamondbacks	6–4	Small (2–1)	Munoz (2–1)	Embree (1)	45,650	41–57
99	July 20	@ Astros	10–9	Henry (6–2)	Veres (0–1)		25,491	41–58
100	July 21	@ Astros	5–0	Brownson (1–0)	Hampton (8–5)		28,718	42–58
101	July 23	Reds	6–4	Astacio (8–10)	Remlinger (6–11)	Veres (4)	42,586	43–58
102	July 23	Reds	6–4	Jones (4–4)	Harnisch (7–5)	Leskanic (2)	45,705	44–58
103	July 24	Cardinals	12–3	Kile (7–12)	Stottlemyre (9–9)		48,303	45–58
104	July 25	Cardinals	5–2	McElroy (4–2)	Morris (1–1)	DeJean (1)	48,323	46–58
105	July 26	Cardinals	3–1	Mercker (6–8)	Thomson (5–7)	Croushore (7)	48,288	46–59
106	July 27	Pirates	8–7 (13)	Leskanic (5–3)	McCurry (0–1)		46,024	47–59
107	July 28	Pirates	12–6	Astacio (9–10)	Lieber (8–11)		46,856	48–59
108	July 29	Pirates	12–1	Peters (5–8)	Kile (7–13)		47,411	48–60
109	July 31	@ Cubs	9–1	Wood (11–5)	Wright (5–10)	Mulholland (3)	40,490	48–61

August (15-14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
110	August 1	@ Cubs	3–2	Trachsel (11–5)	Thomson (5–8)	Beck (32)	40,198	48–62
111	August 2	@ Cubs	6–3	Astacio (10–10)	Clark (6–11)	McElroy (2)	39,427	49–62
112	August 3	@ Pirates	7–2	Jones (5–4)	Lieber (8–12)		11,204	50–62
113	August 4	@ Pirates	13–5	Christiansen (2–2)	Kile (7–14)		15,784	50–63
114	August 5	@ Pirates	6–2	Wright (6–10)	Córdova (9–10)		12,862	51–63
115	August 6	@ Pirates	5–1	Thomson (6–8)	Schmidt (8–9)		14,060	52–63
116	August 7	Mets	8–7	Reed (13–7)	Astacio (10–11)	Franco (22)	48,365	52–64
117	August 8	Mets	4–3	Reynoso (3–0)	Jones (5–5)	Franco (23)	48,312	52–65
118	August 9	Mets	11–4	Kile (8–14)	Nomo (5–9)		48,014	53–65
119	August 10	Expos	6–2	Wright (7–10)	Telford (3–5)		44,768	54–65
120	August 11	Expos	15–6	Thomson (7–8)	Powell (1–2)		45,403	55–65
121	August 12	Expos	3–2	Astacio (11–11)	Vázquez (3–12)	DiPoto (15)	46,872	56–65
122	August 14	Phillies	6–2	Loewer (6–4)	Jones (5–6)		47,395	56–66
123	August 15	Phillies	7–3	Kile (9–14)	Gomes (9–4)		48,329	57–66
124	August 16	Phillies	8–7	Portugal (7–3)	Wright (7–11)	Leiter (22)	48,024	57–67
125	August 18	@ Mets	6–2	Leiter (12–4)	Astacio (11–12)			57–68
126	August 18	@ Mets	6–3	Rojas (5–2)	McElroy (4–3)	Franco (26)	21,611	57–69
127	August 19	@ Mets	2–1	Yoshii (5–6)	Jones (5–7)	Franco (27)	19,395	57–70
128	August 20	@ Expos	6–3	Kile (10–14)	Thurman (2–2)	DeJean (2)	11,680	58–70
129	August 21	@ Expos	3–2	Veres (1–1)	Urbina (4–3)		11,626	59–70
130	August 22	@ Phillies	6–1	Byrd (2–0)	Astacio (11–13)		23,435	59–71
131	August 23	@ Phillies	5–2	Thomson (8–8)	Grace (4–7)	DiPoto (16)	26,364	60–71
132	August 24	@ Phillies	3–1	Jones (6–7)	Loewer (6–5)	Veres (5)	15,665	61–71
133	August 25	Brewers	11–6	Veres (2–1)	Weathers (4–5)		44,573	62–71
134	August 26	Brewers	6–5	Pulsipher (2–1)	Wright (7–12)		42,395	62–72
135	August 27	Cubs	11–10 (10)	Mulholland (4–5)	Munoz (2–2)	Beck (38)	50,093	62–73
136	August 28	Cubs	10–5	Trachsel (14–7)	Thomson (8–9)		48,223	62–74
137	August 29	Cubs	7–3	Jones (7–7)	Clark (7–13)		48,269	63–74
138	August 30	Cubs	4–3	Tapani (16–7)	Kile (10–15)	Beck (39)	48,255	63–75

September (14-10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
139	September 1	@ Brewers	12–3	Wright (8–12)	Pulsipher (2–2)		13,347	64–75
140	September 2	@ Brewers	8–4	Roque (3–1)	Astacio (11–14)		10,584	64–76
141	September 3	@ Brewers	7–3	Woodall (7–8)	Thomson (8–10)		12,327	64–77
142	September 4	Padres	11–5	Veres (3–1)	Sanders (2–3)		44,596	65–77
143	September 5	Padres	4–2	Brown (18–5)	Kile (10–16)	Hoffman (46)	42,930	65–78
144	September 6	Padres	12–2	Wright (9–12)	Hamilton (12–12)		46,240	66–78
145	September 7	Marlins	15–10	Leskanic (6–3)	Ludwick (1–4)		41,094	67–78
146	September 8	Marlins	11–10	McElroy (5–3)	Mantei (3–4)		40,047	68–78
147	September 9	Marlins	9–8	McElroy (6–3)	Speier (0–3)		40,500	69–78
148	September 10	Marlins	3–1	Kile (11–16)	Medina (1–4)		44,906	70–78
149	September 11	@ Giants	7–6	Stoops (1–0)	Morman (0–2)	DiPoto (17)	34,698	71–78
150	September 12	@ Giants	1–0	Astacio (12–14)	Nen (7–6)	DiPoto (18)	30,422	72–78
151	September 13	@ Giants	4–3	Johnstone (4–5)	McElroy (6–4)	Nen (36)	30,278	72–79
152	September 14	@ Dodgers	4–1	Pérez (10–13)	Jones (7–8)		26,122	72–80
153	September 15	@ Dodgers	5–4	Kile (12–16)	Park (13–9)	DiPoto (19)	29,702	73–80
154	September 16	@ Dodgers	2–0	Bohanon (7–10)	Wright (9–13)	Shaw (44)	27,906	73–81
155	September 18	@ Padres	4–1	Astacio (13–14)	Ashby (16–9)	Veres (6)	28,158	74–81
156	September 19	@ Padres	4–1	Clement (1–0)	Thomson (8–11)	Hoffman (51)	54,042	74–82
157	September 20	@ Padres	1–0 (11)	Kile (13–16)	Myers (4–6)	Veres (7)	37,939	75–82
158	September 22	Diamondbacks	8–6	Daal (8–12)	Wright (9–14)	Olson (29)	42,859	75–83
159	September 23	Diamondbacks	14–11	Wainhouse (1–0)	Banks (2–3)	Veres (8)	44,021	76–83
160	September 25	Giants	8–6	Johnstone (6–5)	Leskanic (6–4)	Nen (40)	48,147	76–84
161	September 26	Giants	8–4	Hershiser (11–10)	Kile (13–17)		47,462	76–85
162	September 27	Giants	9–8	DiPoto (3–4)	Nen (7–7)		48,028	77–85

Awards, league leaders, and accomplishments

National League leaders

Batting champion: Larry Walker (.363) ^†
Games played: Vinny Castilla (162)
Hits: Dante Bichette (219) ^†
Sacrifice hits: Neifi Pérez (22) ^†
Notes: ^† – led MLB. References:^[13]^[14]

Awards

Colorado Rockies Player of the Year: Vinny Castilla^[15]
ESPY Award for Best Major League Player: Larry Walker^[16]
Lionel Conacher Award: Larry Walker^[17]
Lou Marsh Trophy: Larry Walker^[18]
Rawlings Gold Glove Award at outfield: Larry Walker^[19]
Silver Slugger at third base: Vinny Castilla^[20]
Sporting News National League Rookie of the Year: Todd Helton^[15]
Tip O'Neill Award: Larry Walker^[21]
Topps All-Star Rookie team: Todd Helton^[15]

Farm system

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Rockies^[22]

References

^ "Chuck McElroy Stats".
^ "Mike Lansing Stats".
^ Quinton McCracken Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ Bryan Rekar Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ "Darryl Kile Stats".
^ "Mark Hutton Stats".
^ "Dave Veres Stats".
^ Matt Holliday Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ Juan Pierre Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ "Kurt Abbott Stats".
^ Ellis Burks Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ "1998 National League Baseball Debuts / Rookies by Baseball Almanac".
^ "1998 National League batting leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
^ "1998 Major League Baseball batting leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Rockies awards". Colorado Rockies. MLB.com. Archived from the original on May 5, 2007. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
^ Hickok, Ralph. "The ESPY Awards". HickokSports.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2002. Retrieved May 5, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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^ "Lou Marsh winners". Toronto Star. December 9, 2008. Retrieved December 9, 2008.
^ "MLB National League Gold Glove Award winners". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
^ "MLB Silver Slugger Award winners − National League". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
^ "Tip O'Neill Award". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

[1] "Chuck McElroy Stats".

[2] "Mike Lansing Stats".

[3] Quinton McCracken Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[4] Bryan Rekar Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[5] "Darryl Kile Stats".

[6] "Mark Hutton Stats".

[7] "Dave Veres Stats".

[8] Matt Holliday Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[9] Juan Pierre Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[10] "Kurt Abbott Stats".

[11] Ellis Burks Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[12] "1998 National League Baseball Debuts / Rookies by Baseball Almanac".

[13] "1998 National League batting leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2017.

[14] "1998 Major League Baseball batting leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2017.

[rockiesawards-15] "Rockies awards". Colorado Rockies. MLB.com. Archived from the original on May 5, 2007. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

[16] Hickok, Ralph. "The ESPY Awards". HickokSports.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2002. Retrieved May 5, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[17] "Larry Walker named male athlete of the year". The Hamilton Spectator. December 30, 1998. p. E1. Archived from the original on December 17, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2011.

[18] "Lou Marsh winners". Toronto Star. December 9, 2008. Retrieved December 9, 2008.

[19] "MLB National League Gold Glove Award winners". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 30, 2017.

[20] "MLB Silver Slugger Award winners − National League". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 3, 2017.

[21] "Tip O'Neill Award". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved May 4, 2017.

[22] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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