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1993 Colorado Rockies season

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Owner(s)
  
Jerry McMorris

Manager(s)
  
Don Baylor

General manager(s)
  
Bob Gebhard

Local television
  
KWGN-TV (Duane Kuiper, Charlie Jones)

Local radio
  
KOA (AM) (Wayne Hagin, Jeff Kingery) KCUV (Francisco Gomez)

The Colorado Rockies' 1993 season was the first for the Rockies. They played in the National League West. Don Baylor was their manager. They played home games at Mile High Stadium. They finished 37 games behind the NL West Champion Atlanta Braves with a record of 67-95, sixth in the division, only ahead of the San Diego Padres.

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Vinny Castilla was the last player from the Rockies' inaugural season to retire, playing his last game at the end of 2006.

Offseason

  • November 9, 1992: Neifi Pérez was signed as an Amateur Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.
  • November 16, 1992: Andrés Galarraga was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.
  • November 17, 1992: Dante Bichette was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Colorado Rockies for Kevin Reimer.
  • December 7, 1992: Bruce Ruffin was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.
  • December 7, 1992: Bryn Smith was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.

    • Draft picks

  • The following players were selected in the 1992 Major League Baseball Draft.
  • John Burke was drafted by the Rockies in the first round.
  • Mark Thompson was drafted by the Rockies in the second round.
  • Roger Bailey was drafted by the Rockies in the third round.
  • Jason Bates was drafted by the Rockies in the seventh round.
  • Garvin Alston was drafted by the Rockies in the tenth round.
  • Craig Counsell was drafted by the Rockies in the eleventh round.
  • Juan Acevedo was drafted by the Rockies in the fourteenth round.
  • Angel Echevarria was drafted by the Rockies in the seventeenth round.
  • Quinton McCracken was drafted by the Rockies in the 25th round.
  • Mark Strittmatter was drafted by the Rockies in the 28th round.

    • Expansion draft

    As opposed to previous expansion drafts such as the 1961 draft, players from both leagues were available to the expansion clubs. Each existing club could protect fifteen players on their roster from being drafted and only one player could be drafted from each team in the first round. Then for each additional round National League teams could protect an additional 3 players and American League teams could protect 4 more. All unprotected major and minor League players were eligible except those chosen in the amateur drafts of 1991 or 1992 and players who were 18 or younger when signed in 1990.

    Opening Day starters

  • Freddie Benavides
  • Dante Bichette
  • Jerald Clark
  • Alex Cole
  • Andrés Galarraga
  • Joe Girardi
  • Charlie Hayes
  • David Nied (Bryn Smith was the starter for the home-opener)
  • Eric Young

    • Transactions

  • April 3, 1993: Dale Murphy was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.
  • April 29, 1993: Scott Aldred was selected off waivers by the Montreal Expos from the Colorado Rockies.
  • May 14, 1993: Mike Munoz was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.
  • May 19, 1993: Gerald Young was released by the Colorado Rockies.
  • June 2, 1993: Bryn Smith was released by the Colorado Rockies.
  • July 16, 1993: Kent Bottenfield was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Colorado Rockies for Butch Henry.
  • July 26, 1993: Brad Ausmus was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Doug Bochtler and a player to be named later to the San Diego Padres for Bruce Hurst and Greg Harris. The Colorado Rockies sent Andy Ashby (July 27, 1993) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

    • Draft picks

  • The following players were selected in the 1993 Major League Baseball Draft.
  • Jamey Wright was drafted by the Rockies in the first round.
  • Bryan Rekar was drafted by the Rockies in the second round.
  • John Thomson was drafted by the Rockies in the seventh round.
  • Edgard Clemente was drafted by the Rockies in the tenth round.
  • Derrick Gibson was drafted by the Rockies in the thirteenth round.
  • Mark Brownson was drafted by the Rockies in the 30th round.
  • Terry Jones was drafted by the Rockies in the 40th round.

    • Major League debuts

  • Batters:
  • Jay Gainer (May 14)
  • Pedro Castellano (May 30)
  • Jayhawk Owens (Jun 6)
  • Roberto Mejía (Jul 15)
  • Pitchers:
  • Scott Fredrickson (Apr 29)
  • Lance Painter (May 19)
  • Curtis Leskanic (Jun 27)
  • Marcus Moore (Jul 9)

    • Starters by position

    Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Other batters

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Starting pitchers

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

    Other pitchers

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

    Relief pitchers

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

    References

    1993 Colorado Rockies season Wikipedia
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