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Rockies COL

199577–67 (0.535)Made Playoffs
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GM: Bob Gebhard

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1995, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$36M
Surplus $M
-10
Win %
0.535
TAB
-5.4
WAB
+3.3
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
26.4
Dead money %
29%
Depth Players
5.0
Dead WAR
-3.3

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1995 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RJoe Girardi122
RJorge Brito18
RJayhawk Owens16
LMatt Nokes⇄10
RJim Tatum1

1B

RAndres Galarraga142
LJohn Vander Wal10
LMike Kingery5

2B

BJason Bates82
REric Young Sr.77
RRoberto Mejia16

3B

RVinny Castilla137
BJason Bates15
RPedro Castellano3

SS

BWalt Weiss136
BJason Bates20
RVinny Castilla5
LCraig Counsell3

LF

RDante Bichette120
REllis Burks23
REric Young Sr.19
LJohn Vander Wal7
RTrenidad Hubbard4
RJim Tatum2
RHarvey Pulliam1

CF

LMike Kingery108
REllis Burks65
RTrenidad Hubbard14
LLarry Walker4
BQuinton McCracken1

RF

LLarry Walker129
RDante Bichette35
LJohn Vander Wal3
REllis Burks1

DH

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Starters

RKevin Ritz3.1 WAR
RBill Swift1.7 WAR
RBryan Rekar1.1 WAR
RJoe Grahe0.7 WAR
RArmando Reynoso0.5 WAR
RMarvin Freeman0.5 WAR
RMark Thompson0.4 WAR
RBret Saberhagen⇄0.1 WAR
RRoger Bailey0.1 WAR
LLance Painter0.1 WAR
ROmar Olivares⇄-0.0 WAR
RJuan Acevedo-0.3 WAR

Bullpen

★ RDarren Holmes14 sv
RCurtis Leskanic0 h
RSteve Reed0 h
LMike Munoz0 h
LBruce Ruffin0 h
LLance Painter0 h
LBryan Hickerson⇄0 h
RA.J. Sager0 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 1994)

PlayerfWAR
Larry Walker4.6
Bill Swift1.7
Bryan Rekar1.1
Joe Grahe0.7
Harvey Pulliam0.1
Bret Saberhagen0.1

Key subtractions (gone from 1994)

Player1994 fWAR
Charlie Hayes0.9
Mike Harkey0.5
Nelson Liriano0.5
Greg Harris0.3
Kent Bottenfield0.2
Willie Blair0.1

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Rockies. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1995; everyone else is shown as a 1995 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Larry Walker 1995 +4.6 +65.9 5.0 +60.9 $1.1M 1.79× –
Curt Leskanic 1995 +2.7 +55.1 0.1 +55.0 $0.0M 2.57× –
Kevin Ritz 1995 +3.1 +48.5 0.4 +48.0 $0.1M 1.96× –
Darren Holmes 1995 +1.6 +24.6 1.4 +23.2 $0.9M 1.95× –
Bill Swift 1995 +1.7 +19.8 3.9 +15.8 $2.4M 1.49× –
Vinny Castilla 1995 +2.3 +15.5 0.3 +15.2 $0.1M 0.85× –
Eric Young Sr. 1995 +2.2 +14.4 0.3 +14.2 $0.1M 0.82× –
Dante Bichette 1995 +1.8 +17.4 3.4 +14.0 $1.9M 1.22× –
Steve Reed 1995 +1.7 +13.5 0.3 +13.2 $0.2M 0.98× –
Bryan Rekar 1995 +1.1 +8.9 0.1 +8.7 $0.1M 1.02× –
Walt Weiss 1995 +1.5 +11.0 2.3 +8.7 $1.5M 0.89× –
Joe Grahe 1995 +0.7 +5.6 0.6 +5.0 $0.8M 1.02× –
Bruce Ruffin 1995 +0.5 +5.4 1.0 +4.4 $2.0M 1.34× –
Armando Reynoso 1995 +0.5 +4.1 0.3 +3.8 $0.5M 1.02× –
John Vander Wal 1995 +0.8 +3.6 0.3 +3.3 $0.4M 0.56× –
Marvin Freeman 1995 +0.5 +4.2 1.9 +2.3 $3.7M 1.02× –
Mark Thompson 1995 +0.4 +2.0 0.1 +1.9 $0.3M 0.67× –
Jayhawk Owens 1995 +0.3 +1.1 0.1 +1.0 $0.5M 0.52× –
Andres Galarraga 1995 +1.1 +4.7 4.0 +0.7 $3.8M 0.56× –
Trenidad Hubbard 1995 +0.1 +0.8 0.1 +0.7 $1.0M 0.83× –
Lance Painter 1995 +0.1 +0.6 0.1 +0.4 $1.2M 0.67× –
Roger Bailey 1995 +0.1 +0.5 0.1 +0.4 $1.1M 0.67× –
A.J. Sager 1995 +0.0 +0.2 0.1 +0.1 $2.4M 0.67× –
Quinton McCracken 1995 -0.0 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 – 0.83× –
Omar Olivares↔ 1995 -0.0 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 – 1.02× –
Matt Nokes↔ 1995 -0.1 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 – 0.52× –
David Nied 1995 -0.1 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 – 0.67× –
Bret Saberhagen↔ 1995 +0.1 +1.0 2.0 -1.0 $16.3M 1.02× –
Jason Bates 1995 -0.2 -0.9 0.1 -1.0 – 0.56× –
Mike Kingery 1995 -0.1 -0.4 0.7 -1.1 – 0.83× –
Jorge Brito 1995 -0.3 -1.1 0.1 -1.2 – 0.52× –
Bryan Hickerson↔ 1995 -0.2 -1.3 0.1 -1.4 – 0.67× –
Jim Tatum 1995 -0.2 -1.4 0.1 -1.5 – 0.83× –
Ellis Burks 1995 +0.2 +1.2 3.3 -2.2 $18.9M 0.83× –
Mike Munoz 1995 -0.4 -1.9 0.3 -2.2 – 0.67× –
Juan Acevedo 1995 -0.3 -2.4 0.1 -2.5 – 1.02× –
Joe Girardi 1995 -0.7 -2.8 1.9 -4.6 – 0.52× –
Craig Counsell 1995 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.61× –
Harvey Pulliam 1995 +0.1 +0.9 – – – 0.83× –
Pedro Castellano 1995 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.58× –
Roberto Mejia 1995 -0.7 -3.1 – – – 0.56× –
Total—+26.4+313.535.8+279.9—

Trades

Every graded 1995 deal involving the Rockies — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 3 total.

1995 · NYM / COL
NYM · Joe McIlvaine +$23.2M
Juan Acevedo, Arnie Gooch
COL · Bob Gebhard −$23.2M
Bret Saberhagen, Dave Swanson
NYM came out ahead by $23.2M
1995 · COL / NYY
COL · Bob Gebhard +$35.2M
Mike DeJean
NYY · Gene Michael −$35.2M
Joe Girardi
COL came out ahead by $35.2M
1995 · CIN / COL
CIN · Jim Bowden +$0.8M
Marcus Moore
COL · Bob Gebhard −$0.8M
Chris Sexton
CIN came out ahead by $0.8M

Current & Historical Payroll

1995 payroll
$35.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 1995, 1995–2001. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (14)

PlayerAgeSvc1995199619971998199920002001
Larry Walker286.000$5.0M$4.4M$6.3M$6.0M$5.4M$12.1M$12.2M
Andres Galarraga3410.000$4.0M$4.5M$5.0MFREE AGENT
Bill Swift3310.000$3.9M$4.6M$4.6MFREE AGENT
Dante Bichette317.000$3.4M$3.6M$5.2M$5.3M$7.2MFREE AGENT
Ellis Burks308.000$3.3M$4.0M$4.0M$3.5MFREE AGENT
Walt Weiss318.000$2.3M$1.6M$2.7MFREE AGENT
Bret Saberhagen3111.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Marvin Freeman329.000$1.9M$2.4MFREE AGENT
Joe Girardi306.000$1.9MFREE AGENT
Bruce Ruffin319.000$1.0M$1.0MFREE AGENT
Mike Kingery349.000$700kFREE AGENT
Kevin Ritz306.000$447k$740k$2.5M$3.5MFREE AGENT
Mike Munoz296.000$300k$290k$350k$585kFREE AGENT
Matt Nokes3110.000$194kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (12)

PlayerAgeSvc1995199619971998199920002001
Darren Holmes295.000$1.4MFREE AGENT
Joe Grahe275.000$575kFREE AGENT
John Vander Wal294.000$300kARB 3FREE AGENT
Omar Olivares275.000$289kFREE AGENT
David Nied263.000$275kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Vinny Castilla274.000$265kARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Reed303.000$265kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Armando Reynoso294.000$258kARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Young Sr.283.000$252kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Tatum273.000$135kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bryan Hickerson314.000$129kARB 3FREE AGENT
Harvey Pulliam274.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (15)

PlayerAgeSvc1995199619971998199920002001
Lance Painter272.000$131kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Curt Leskanic272.000$130kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jayhawk Owens262.000$124kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Trenidad Hubbard311.000$114kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jorge Brito290.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Bates240.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Roger Bailey240.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Acevedo250.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Quinton McCracken240.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bryan Rekar230.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Thompson241.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
A.J. Sager301.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pedro Castellano252.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Craig Counsell240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Roberto Mejia232.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 1995 acquisition stacked onto Rockies's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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