2006 Colorado Rockies season

2006 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)	Charles & Dick Monfort
General manager(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.

Offseason

December 7, 2005: Yorvit Torrealba was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Colorado Rockies for Marcos Carvajal.^[1]
December 7, 2005: Aaron Miles was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Larry Bigbie to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ray King.^[2]
December 19, 2005: José Mesa was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[3]
January 7, 2006: Eli Marrero was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[4]
February 10, 2006: Josh Fogg was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[5]
February 11, 2006: Jamey Carroll was purchased by the Colorado Rockies from the Washington Nationals.^[6]

Regular season

Season standings

National League West

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Diego Padres	88	74	0.543	—	43–38	45–36
Los Angeles Dodgers	88	74	0.543	—	49–32	39–42
San Francisco Giants	76	85	0.472	11½	43–38	33–47
Arizona Diamondbacks	76	86	0.469	12	39–42	37–44
Colorado Rockies	76	86	0.469	12	44–37	32–49

Record vs. opponents

2006 National League Records Source:
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	6–1	4–2	4–2	12–7	2–4	4–5	8–10	3–3	1–6	1–5	5–1	9–10	8–11	4–3	1–5	4–11
Atlanta	1–6	—	6–1	4–3	3–3	11–8	3–4	3–3	2–4	7–11	7–11	3–3	7–2	3–4	4–2	10–8	5–10
Chicago	2–4	1–6	—	10–9	2–4	2–4	7–8	4–2	8–8	3–3	2–5	6–9	0–7	2–4	11–8	2–4	4–11
Cincinnati	2–4	3–4	9–10	—	5–1	4–2	10–5	0–6	9–10	3–4	2–4	9–7	2–4	2–5	9–6	5–1	6-9
Colorado	7–12	3–3	4–2	1–5	—	3–3	4–2	4–15	2–4	1–5	3–4	3–3	10–9	10–8	2–7	8–0	11–4
Florida	4–2	8–11	4–2	2–4	3–3	—	3–4	1–5	7–0	8–11	6–13	5–2	3–3	3–3	1–5	11–7	9–9
Houston	5–4	4–3	8–7	5–10	2–4	4-3	—	3–3	10–5	2–4	2–4	13–3	3–3	1–5	9–7	4–4	7–11
Los Angeles	10–8	3–3	2–4	6–0	15–4	5–1	3–3	—	4–2	3–4	4–3	6–4	5–13	13–6	0–7	4–2	5–10
Milwaukee	3–3	4–2	8–8	10–9	4–2	0–7	5–10	2–4	—	3–3	5–1	7–9	4–3	6–3	7–9	1–5	6–9
New York	6–1	11–7	3–3	4–3	5–1	11–8	4–2	4–3	3–3	—	11–8	5–4	5–2	3–3	4–2	12–6	6–9
Philadelphia	5-1	11–7	5–2	4–2	4–3	13–6	4–2	3–4	1–5	8–11	—	3–3	2–4	5–1	3–3	9–10	5–13
Pittsburgh	1–5	3–3	9–6	7–9	3–3	2–5	3–13	4–6	9–7	4–5	3–3	—	1–5	6–1	6–9	3–3	3–12
San Diego	10–9	2–7	7–0	4–2	9–10	3–3	3–3	13–5	3–4	2–5	4–2	5–1	—	7–12	4–2	5–1	7–8
San Francisco	11–8	4–3	4–2	5–2	8–10	3–3	5–1	6–13	3–6	3–3	1–5	1–6	12–7	—	1–4	1–5	8–7
St. Louis	3–4	2–4	8–11	6–9	7–2	5-1	7–9	7–0	9–7	2–4	3–3	9–6	2–4	4–1	—	4–3	5–10
Washington	5–1	8–10	4–2	1–5	0–8	7-11	4–4	2–4	5–1	6–12	10–9	3–3	1–5	5–1	3–4	—	7–11

Transactions

June 9, 2006: Eli Marrero was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the New York Mets for Kazuo Matsui and cash.^[7]
July 31, 2006: Scott Dohmann and Ryan Shealy were traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Kansas City Royals for Jeremy Affeldt and Denny Bautista.^[8]
August 14, 2006: Vinny Castilla was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[9]

Major League debuts

Batters:
- Chris Iannetta (Aug 27)
- Troy Tulowitzki (Aug 30)
- Jeff Salazar (Sep 7)
- Alvin Colina (Sep 18)
Pitchers:
- Ramón Ramírez (Apr 14)
- Manuel Corpas (Jul 18)
- Justin Hampson (Sep 10)
- Juan Morillo (Sep 24)
- Ubaldo Jiménez (Sep 26)^[10]

Roster

2006 Colorado Rockies

Roster

Pitchers

41 Jeremy Affeldt

46 Miguel Asencio

54 Denny Bautista

28 Aaron Cook

60 Manny Corpas

45 Zach Day

18 Mike DeJean

47 Scott Dohmann

35 Nate Field

37 Josh Fogg

26 Jeff Francis

40 Brian Fuentes

47 Justin Hampson

32 Jason Jennings

38 Ubaldo Jiménez

49 Byung-Hyun Kim

51 Sun-Woo Kim

56 Ray King

39 Tom Martin

49 José Mesa

51 Juan Morillo

61 Ramón Ramírez

45 Mike Venafro

Catchers

55 Danny Ardoin

7 J. D. Closser

55 Alvin Colina

20 Chris Iannetta

20 Miguel Ojeda

8 Yorvit Torrealba

Infielders

27 Garrett Atkins

12 Clint Barmes

1 Jamey Carroll

9 Vinny Castilla

4 Luis González

17 Todd Helton

16 Eli Marrero

16 Kaz Matsui

6 Omar Quintanilla

43 Ryan Shealy

24 Jason Smith

14 Troy Tulowitzki

Outfielders

10 Jeff Baker

21 Choo Freeman

11 Brad Hawpe

5 Matt Holliday

3 Jorge Piedra

15 Jeff Salazar

19 Ryan Spilborghs

31 Cory Sullivan

Manager

13 Clint Hurdle

Coaches

36 Bob Apodaca (pitching)

29 Dave Collins (first base)

52 Duane Espy (hitting)

2 Mike Gallego (third base)

53 Rick Mathews (bullpen)

9 Jamie Quirk (bench)

59 Mark Strittmatter (bullpen catcher)

Game log

2006 Game Log

April (15–10)

May (12–16)

June (14–12)

July (10–16)

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)

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	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

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

References

↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/torreyo01.shtml
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↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mesajo01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marreel01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/foggjo01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carroja01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/matsuka01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/affelje01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/castivi02.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/debut.php?y=2006&l=NL
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

2006 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida New York Philadelphia Washington

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

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: Bud Black

National League pennants (1)

2007

National League wild cards (3)

Minor league affiliates

Seasons (25)

1990s	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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