2015 Colorado Rockies
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkCoors Field
CityDenver, Colorado
Record68–94 (.420)
Divisional place5th
OwnersCharles & Dick Monfort
General managersJeff Bridich
ManagersWalt Weiss, Tom Runnells (interim)
TelevisionRoot Sports Rocky Mountain
(Drew Goodman, George Frazier, Jeff Huson)
RadioKOA (English)
Colorado Rockies Radio Network
(Jack Corrigan, Jerry Schemmel)
KNRV (Spanish)
(Tony Guevara)
Seasons

The 2015 Colorado Rockies season was the franchise's 23rd in Major League Baseball. Walt Weiss returned for his third consecutive season as manager. It was the 21st season the Rockies played their home games at Coors Field.

Offseason

  • November 24, 2014: Juan Nicasio was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Noel Cuevas (December 16, 2014) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.[1]
  • December 11, 2014: Josh Rutledge was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for Jairo Diaz.[2]
  • December 16, 2014: Daniel Descalso was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.[3]
  • January 5, 2015: Nick Hundley was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.[4]
  • January 30, 2015: David Hale was traded by the Atlanta Braves with Gus Schlosser to the Colorado Rockies for José Briceño and Chris O'Dowd (minors).[5]
  • February 4, 2015: Kyle Kendrick was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.[6]
  • March 22, 2015: Jhoulys Chacín was released by the Colorado Rockies.[7]

Regular season

The Rockies played eight extra-inning games during the season, the fewest of any MLB team in 2015.[8]

Season standings

National League West

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9270 0.568 55–26 37–44
San Francisco Giants 8478 0.519 8 47–34 37–44
Arizona Diamondbacks 7983 0.488 13 39–42 40–41
San Diego Padres 7488 0.457 18 39–42 35–46
Colorado Rockies 6894 0.420 24 36–45 32–49

National League Wild Card

Division Leaders W L Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals 10062 0.617
Los Angeles Dodgers 9270 0.568
New York Mets 9072 0.556


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
W L Pct. GB
Pittsburgh Pirates 9864 0.605 +1
Chicago Cubs 9765 0.599
San Francisco Giants 8478 0.519 13
Washington Nationals 8379 0.512 14
Arizona Diamondbacks 7983 0.488 18
San Diego Padres 7488 0.457 23
Miami Marlins 7191 0.438 26
Milwaukee Brewers 6894 0.420 29
Colorado Rockies 6894 0.420 29
Atlanta Braves 6795 0.414 30
Cincinnati Reds 6498 0.395 33
Philadelphia Phillies 6399 0.389 34

Record vs. opponents


Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2015
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL LAD MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona 3–32–46–113–66–135–25–22–52–41–59–1011–80–73–411–9
Atlanta 3–31–63–41–63–310–95–28–1111–82–42–53–44–25–146–14
Chicago 4–26–113–64–23–43–314–57–02–511–83–35–28–114–310–10
Cincinnati 1–64–36–132–41–63–49–100–74–211–82–42–57–125–17–13
Colorado 6–136–12–44–28–112–55–10–75–21–67–1211–83–43–35–15
Los Angeles 13–63–34–36–111–84–24–33–45–21–514–58–112–54–210–10
Miami 2–59–103–34–35–22–44–28–119–101–62–55–21–59–107–13
Milwaukee 2–52–55–1410–91–53–42–43–37–010–95–21–56–133–48–12
New York 5–211–80–77–07–04–311–83–314–50–62–43–33–411–89–11
Philadelphia 4–28–115–22–42–52–510–90–75–142–55–11–52–57–128–12
Pittsburgh 5–14–28–118–116–15–16–19–106–05–25–26–19–103–413–7
San Diego 10–95–23–34–212–75–145–22–54–21–52–58–114–32–57–13
San Francisco 8–114–32–55–28–1111–82–55–13–35–11–611–82–44–313–7
St. Louis 7–02–411–812–74–35–25–113–64–35–210–93–44–24–211–9
Washington 4–314–53–41–53–32–410–94–38–1112–74–35–23–42–48–12

Transactions

  • July 28, 2015: Troy Tulowitzki was traded with LaTroy Hawkins to the Toronto Blue Jays for José Reyes, Miguel Castro, Jeff Hoffman, and Jesús Tinoco.[9]
  • August 20, 2015: Drew Stubbs was released by the Colorado Rockies.[10]
  • August 27, 2015: Rafael Betancourt was released by the Colorado Rockies.[11]

Major League Debuts

Roster

2015 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Legend
 Rockies win
 Rockies loss
 Postponement
BoldRockies team member
2015 Game Log
April (1110)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 6@ Brewers100Kendrick (10)Lohse (01)46,03210
2April 7@ Brewers52Lyles (10)Garza (01)Hawkins (1)30,22220
3April 8@ Brewers54 (10)Hawkins (10)Rodríguez (01)Axford (1)28,72030
4April 10Cubs51Bergman (10)Wood (01)49,30340
5April 11Cubs95Hammel (10)Kendrick (11)43,81241
6April 12Cubs65Ramirez (10)Hawkins (11)Rondón (2)41,36342
7April 13@ Giants20Butler (10)Heston (11)Betancourt (1)42,01952
8April 14@ Giants41Oberg (10)Hudson (01)Ottavino (1)41,05162
9April 15@ Giants42Matzek (10)Lincecum (01)Ottavino (2)41,18872
10April 17@ Dodgers73Kershaw (11)Kendrick (12)48,95073
11April 18@ Dodgers63Greinke (20)Lyles (11)Peralta (3)45,91274
12April 19@ Dodgers70McCarthy (20)Butler (11)44,66675
13April 20Padres143Despaigne (20)de la Rosa (01)22,58676
14April 21Padres76Maurer (10)Logan (01)Kimbrel (5)22,60077
15April 22Padres54Ottavino (10)Kelley (02)22,70587
16April 23Padres21Lyles (21)Ross (11)Axford (2)31,67297
17April 24Giants64Butler (21)Heston (22)Ottavino (3)31,453107
18April 25Giants54 (11)Machi (10)Brown (01)36,474108
April 26GiantsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 23
19April 27@ Diamondbacks54Matzek (20)Anderson (01)Axford (3)17,444118
20April 28@ Diamondbacks125Chafin (10)Kendrick (13)18,792119
21April 29@ Diamondbacks91Collmenter (23)Lyles (22)19,6331110
May (1116)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
22May 1@ Padres143Kennedy (11)Butler (22)30,1861111
23May 2@ Padres42Morrow (20)de la Rosa (02)Kimbrel (7)28,0581112
24May 3@ Padres86Shields (30)Kendrick (14)Kimbrel (8)34,1971113
May 4DiamondbacksPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 1
May 5DiamondbacksPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 6
25May 6Diamondbacks137Collmenter (33)Matzek (21)22,6211114
26May 6Diamondbacks51Ray (10)Lyles (23)22,6211115
27May 8Dodgers21 (5)Anderson (21)Butler (23)32,9741116
May 9DodgersPostponed (rain/snow) Rescheduled for June 2
28May 10Dodgers95Báez (10)Oberg (11)30,7101117
29May 12@ Angels52Wilson (22)Betancourt (01)Street (11)28,1501118
30May 13@ Angels21 (11)Ramos (20)Friedrich (01)30,1291119
31May 14@ Dodgers54Betancourt (11)García (21)Axford (4)42,6501219
32May 15@ Dodgers64Kershaw (22)Butler (24)Nicasio (1)46,6621220
33May 16@ Dodgers71de la Rosa (12)Greinke (51)48,3781320
34May 17@ Dodgers10Bolsinger (20)Kendrick (15)Jansen (1)44,9901321
35May 18Phillies43Hamels (43)Lyles (24)Papelbon (10)24,0611322
36May 19Phillies65Oberg (21)De Fratus (01)Axford (5)21,2491422
37May 20Phillies42González (21)Butler (25)Papelbon (11)21,7141423
38May 21Phillies73Bergman (20)Williams (34)25,4181523
39May 22Giants118Vogelsong (32)Kendrick (16)Casilla (11)31,2261524
40May 23Giants108Heston (43)Lyles (25)Casilla (12)32,9561525
41May 23Giants53Hale (10)Petit (11)Axford (6)30,1801625
42May 24Giants112Bettis (10)Hudson (24)34,4041725
43May 25@ Reds54Betancourt (21)Chapman (23)Axford (7)20,5161825
44May 26@ Reds21Chapman (33)Brown (02)22,5231826
45May 27@ Reds64Kendrick (26)Leake (24)Axford (8)23,9171926
46May 29@ Phillies41Bettis (20)Hamels (54)22,2272026
47May 30@ Phillies52Butler (35)Harang (45)Axford (9)23,5102126
48May 31@ Phillies41Rusin (10)Williams (35)Oberg (1)22,1662226
June (1217)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
49June 1Dodgers114Kershaw (43)Kendrick (27)25,5642227
50June 2Dodgers63de la Rosa (22)Thomas (01)Axford (10)28,1482327
51June 2Dodgers98Ravin (10)Betancourt (22)Jansen (5)24,9722328
52June 3Dodgers76Axford (10)García (22)24,5752428
53June 5Marlins62Koehler (43)Butler (36)Ramos (6)32,0912429
54June 6Marlins105Rusin (20)Phelps (23)30,3732529
55June 7Marlins32 (10)Dyson (32)Logan (02)Ramos (7)35,1392530
56June 8Cardinals113Hale (20)Lackey (44)32,0432630
57June 9Cardinals43de la Rosa (32)Wacha (82)Axford (11)33,7312730
58June 10Cardinals42Martínez (72)Bettis (21)Rosenthal (20)30,6982731
59June 11@ Marlins60Phelps (33)Rusin (21)18,0032732
60June 12@ Marlins51Ureña (12)Kendrick (28)20,3552733
61June 13@ Marlins41Latos (24)Hale (21)Ramos (8)26,6472734
62June 14@ Marlins41de la Rosa (42)Haren (63)Axford (12)20,8792834
63June 15@ Astros63Keuchel (82)Bettis (22)Gregerson (16)21,8202835
64June 16@ Astros85Harris (30)Rusin (22)Gregerson (17)22,2452836
65June 17Astros84Oberholtzer (21)Kendrick (29)33,0412837
66June 18Astros84McHugh (73)Hale (22)30,7702838
67June 19Brewers95Jungmann (21)de la Rosa (43)35,8412839
68June 20Brewers51Bettis (32)Lohse (39)35,1802939
69June 21Brewers104Rusin (32)Garza (49)41,4873039
70June 23Diamondbacks105Kendrick (39)Anderson (32)30,0793139
71June 24Diamondbacks87Hudson (22)Axford (11)Ziegler (11)30,3673140
72June 25Diamondbacks64Miller (10)Hudson (23)Axford (13)30,5683240
73June 26@ Giants86Bettis (42)Hudson (57)41,8873340
74June 27@ Giants75Kontos (20)Betancourt (23)Casilla (20)41,7463341
75June 28@ Giants63Bumgarner (84)Kendrick (310)Casilla (21)41,7953342
76June 29@ Athletics71Graveman (54)Hale (23)12,1253343
77June 30@ Athletics21de la Rosa (53)Bassitt (01)Hawkins (2)19,2063443
July (915)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 1@ Athletics41Hahn (66)Bettis (43)Clippard (14)17,6553444
79July 2@ Diamondbacks81Hellickson (65)Rusin (33)16,8613445
80July 3@ Diamondbacks43 (10)Chafin (50)Flande (01)22,4493446
81July 4@ Diamondbacks73Corbin (10)Hale (24)42,1133447
82July 5@ Diamondbacks64de la Rosa (63)De La Rosa (64)Axford (14)22,9963547
83July 7Angels102Heaney (20)Bettis (44)26,2323548
84July 8Angels32Smith (32)Axford (12)Street (24)24,6603549
85July 9Braves53Hale (34)Brigham (01)Axford (15)30,3343649
86July 10Braves53Laffey (10)Miller (55)Axford (16)48,2543749
87July 11Braves32Hawkins (21)Grilli (34)40,6203849
88July 12Braves113Bettis (54)Wood (66)37,0473949
89July 17@ Padres42Shields (83)de la Rosa (64)Kimbrel (24)31,0253950
90July 18@ Padres54Maurer (62)Friedrich (02)Kimbrel (25)32,2453951
July 19@ PadresPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 10
91July 20Rangers87Axford (22)Scheppers (31)35,0274051
92July 21Rangers90Harrison (11)Kendrick (311)43,0124052
93July 22Rangers108Scheppers (41)Axford (23)Tolleson (15)33,3484053
94July 24Reds65Axford (33)Mattheus (12)37,1844153
95July 25Reds52Cueto (76)Rusin (34)Chapman (20)41,9984154
96July 26Reds177Kendrick (411)Lorenzen (35)46,8284254
97July 27@ Cubs98Soriano (10)Axford (34)35,0704255
98July 28@ Cubs72Flande (11)Beeler (11)36,7474355
99July 29@ Cubs32Lester (68)Butler (37)Rondón (13)38,8744356
100July 30@ Cardinals98Villanueva (43)Axford (35)43,5184357
101July 31@ Cardinals70Wacha (124)Kendrick (412)42,5684358
August (1018)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
102August 1@ Cardinals62de la Rosa (74)Lynn (86)45,2164458
103August 2@ Cardinals32Rosenthal (22)Oberg (22)44,7434459
104August 3Mariners87Hernández (136)Butler (38)Smith (10)33,1074460
105August 4Mariners104Rasmussen (10)Friedrich (03)34,3764461
106August 5Mariners75 (11)Flande (20)Guaipe (03)30,1964561
107August 7@ Nationals54Oberg (32)Storen (21)Kahnle (1)33,6224661
108August 8@ Nationals61Strasburg (65)Butler (39)37,1154662
109August 9@ Nationals64Axford (45)Storen (22)Kahnle (2)33,1574762
110August 10@ Mets42Niese (79)Miller (11)Familia (31)27,1944763
111August 11@ Mets40Harvey (117)Rusin (35)25,6114764
112August 12@ Mets30deGrom (116)de la Rosa (75)Familia (32)37,1754765
113August 13@ Mets123Syndergaard (76)Butler (310)36,5734766
114August 14Padres95Norris (39)Roberts (01)33,6974767
115August 15Padres75Quackenbush (22)Kahnle (01)Kimbrel (33)37,5544768
116August 16Padres50Rusin (45)Kennedy (711)28,9274868
117August 18Nationals156Zimmermann (98)Miller (12)24,3204869
118August 19Nationals41Strasburg (76)Betancourt (24)Papelbon (20)24,8634870
119August 20Nationals32Flande (31)Scherzer (1110)Axford (17)25,2114970
120August 21Mets149Gilmartin (21)Friedrich (04)31,0794971
121August 22Mets149Niese (89)Rusin (46)46,1704972
122August 23Mets51Verrett (11)Hale (35)33,2004973
123August 24@ Braves53Teherán (96)de la Rosa (76)Vizcaíno (4)13,9204974
124August 25@ Braves51Bettis (64)Foltynewicz (46)13,8635074
125August 26@ Braves63S. Castro (10)Miller (511)Axford (18)18,3285174
126August 28@ Pirates53Watson (31)Oberg (33)Melancon (42)32,6075175
127August 29@ Pirates43Happ (77)Rusin (47)Melancon (43)35,8385176
128August 30@ Pirates50de la Rosa (86)Morton (86)36,2715276
129August 31Diamondbacks54S. Castro (20)Ziegler (03)21,3865376
September (1316)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
130September 1Diamondbacks64Corbin (43)M. Castro (03)Hudson (3)21,5505377
131September 1Diamondbacks53De La Rosa (126)Oberg (34)Collmenter (1)20,4115378
132September 2Diamondbacks94Brown (12)Delgado (54)Miller (1)20.5745478
133September 3Giants113Rusin (57)Vogelsong (911)25,8635578
134September 4Giants21de la Rosa (96)Heston (119)Axford (19)29,1965678
135September 5Giants73Peavy (56)Bettis (65)37,6725679
136September 6Giants74Bumgarner (177)Flande (32)Casilla (32)36,6495680
137September 7@ Padres64Kendrick (512)Kennedy (813)Axford (20)24,5855780
138September 8@ Padres21Kimbrel (22)Logan (03)19,1125781
139September 9@ Padres114Shields (116)Rusin (58)22,7645782
140September 10@ Padres43Miller (22)Benoit (65)Axford (21)21,9225882
141September 11@ Mariners42Bettis (75)Iwakuma (74)Axford (22)19,8765982
142September 12@ Mariners72Elías (58)Flande (33)24,7435983
143September 13@ Mariners32Kendrick (612)Paxton (34)Axford (23)21,8406083
144September 14@ Dodgers41Kershaw (146)Gray (01)Hatcher (3)43,7316084
145September 15@ Dodgers54 (16)Hale (45)Latos (410)Germen (1)45,3116184
146September 16@ Dodgers20Wood (1110)de la Rosa (97)Jansen (32)45,9066185
147September 18Padres74Bettis (85)Kennedy (815)Axford (24)27,3036285
148September 19Padres102Bergman (30)Erlin (01)30,8756385
149September 20Padres104Shields (136)Kendrick (613)26,9276386
150September 21Pirates93Burnett (95)Gray (02)23,1876387
151September 22Pirates63Happ (108)Rusin (59)Melancon (49)23,4336388
152September 23Pirates137Blanton (62)Bergman (31)23,5266389
153September 24Pirates54Blanton (72)Díaz (01)Melancon (50)25,1646390
154September 25Dodgers74Hale (55)Bolsinger (65)Axford (25)38,4856490
155September 26Dodgers86Miller (32)García (34)40,3226590
156September 27Dodgers125Rusin (69)Wood (1112)32,8706690
157September 29@ Diamondbacks43 (11)Delgado (74)Brown (13)21,5266691
158September 30@ Diamondbacks31Delgado (84)Bettis (86)Hudson (4)18,5296692
October (22)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
159October 1@ Diamondbacks86Burgos (22)Miller (33)Bracho (1)20,8266693
160October 2@ Giants93Kendrick (713)Heston (1211)41,5056793
161October 3@ Giants32Peavy (86)Rusin (610)Casilla (38)41,3986794
162October 4@ Giants73Brothers (10)Kontos (44)41,3996894

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 Nick Hundley 103 366 110 .301 10 43
1B Ben Paulsen 116 325 90 .277 11 49
2B DJ LeMahieu 150 564 170 .301 6 61
SS Troy Tulowitzki 87 323 97 .300 12 53
3B Nolan Arenado 157 616 177 .287 42 130
LF Brandon Barnes 106 255 64 .251 2 17
CF Charlie Blackmon 157 614 176 .287 17 58
RF Carlos González 153 554 150 .271 40 97

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
Wilin Rosario8723162.268629
Corey Dickerson6522468.3041031
José Reyes4719350.259319
Daniel Descalso10118538.205522
Justin Morneau4916852.310315
Michael McKenry5812726.205417
Rafael Ynoa7212733.26009
Kyle Parker4610619.179311
Drew Stubbs5110222.216510
Dustin Garneau227011.15728
Cristhian Adames265313.24503
Matt McBride20427.16700
Tom Murphy11359.25739

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
Jorge De La Rosa26149.0974.17134
Kyle Kendrick27142.17136.3280
Chris Rusin24131.26105.3386
Chad Bettis20115.0864.2398
Eddie Butler1679.13105.9044
David Hale1778.1556.0961
Jordan Lyles1049.0255.1430
Jon Gray940.2025.5340
Tyler Matzek522.0214.0915

Note: There is no ERA leader (qualifier) for team because no pitcher pitched 1 inning per scheduled game (162 innings).

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
Christian Bergman3068.1314.7437
Yohan Flande1968.1334.7443

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
John Axford6045254.2062
Christian Friedrich680405.2545
Scott Oberg643415.0944
Boone Logan600304.3344
Rafael Betancourt452416.1840
Tommy Kahnle360124.8639
Brooks Brown361304.9120
Justin Miller343314.0538
Gonzalez Germen290013.8625
LaTroy Hawkins242123.6320
Jairo Diaz210102.3718
Rex Brothers171001.745
Simón Castro112006.109
Adam Ottavino101030.0013
Ken Roberts90105.795
Jason Gurka90009.397
Miguel Castro501010.136
Aaron Laffey31003.683
Jorge Rondón200090.001

Awards and accomplishments

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Albuquerque Isotopes Pacific Coast League Glenallen Hill
AA New Britain Rock Cats Eastern League Darin Everson
A Modesto Nuts California League Fred Ocasio
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Warren Schaeffer
A-Short Season Boise Hawks Northwest League Frank Gonzales
Rookie Grand Junction Rockies Pioneer League Anthony Sanders

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References

  1. "Juan Nicasio Stats".
  2. "Jairo Diaz Stats".
  3. "Daniel Descalso Stats".
  4. "Nick Hundley Stats".
  5. "David Hale Stats".
  6. "Kyle Kendrick Stats".
  7. "Jhoulys Chacin Stats".
  8. "Team Batting Game Finder: For 2015, Only extra-inning games". Baseball Reference. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  9. "Troy Tulowitzki Stats".
  10. "Drew Stubbs Stats".
  11. "Rafael Betancourt Stats".
  12. "Rockies Franchise Four". MLB.com. July 14, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  13. "Colorado Rockies Minor League Affiliates".
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