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| World Series titles(0) | None | ||||
| NLPennants(1) | 2007 | ||||
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| Principal owner | Richard & Charles Monfort[4] | ||||
| President | Greg Feasel | ||||
| President of baseball operations | Paul DePodesta | ||||
| General manager | Vacant | ||||
| Manager | Warren Schaeffer | ||||
| Mascots | Dinger | ||||
| Website | mlb.com/rockies | ||||
TheColorado Rockies are an American professionalbaseball team based inDenver. The Rockies compete inMajor League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of theNational League (NL)West Division. The team plays its home baseball games atCoors Field, which is located in theLower Downtown area of Denver. The club is owned by theMonfort brothers.
The Rockies began as anexpansion team for the1993 season and played their home games for their first two seasons atMile High Stadium. Since1995, they have played at Coors Field, which has earned a reputation as ahitter's park, as demonstrated by the 1995 team that had four players (Dante Bichette,Vinny Castilla,Andrés Galarraga, andLarry Walker) each hit for 30 home runs; they were nicknamed the "Blake Street Bombers." The Rockies have qualified for thepostseason five times, each time as aWild Card winner. In2007, the team earned its onlyNL pennant after winning 14 of their final 15 games in the regular season to secure a Wild Card position, capping the streak off with a 13-inning 9–8 victory against theSan Diego Padres in the tiebreaker game affectionately known as"Game 163" by Rockies fans. The Rockies then proceeded to sweep thePhiladelphia Phillies andArizona Diamondbacks in theNLDS andNLCS and entered the2007 World Series as winners of 21 of their last 22 games. However, they were swept by theAmerican League (AL) championsBoston Red Sox in four games.
At the end of 2025, the Rockies have an all-time record of2,364–2,818. This .456 winning percentage is theworst among active MLB franchises.[5] After theDenver Nuggets won the2023 NBA Finals, the Rockies became the only one of Denver's franchises in themajor North American professional sports leagues yet to win a championship.
Denver had long been a hotbed ofminor league baseball as far back as the late 19th century with the originalDenver Bears (or Grizzlies) competing in theWestern League before being replaced in 1955 by aTriple-A team of the same name. Residents and businesses in the area desired a Major League team.[7][8] Denver'sMile High Stadium was built originally as Denver Bears Stadium,[9] a minor league baseball stadium that could be upgraded to major league standards.[8] Several previous attempts to bring Major League Baseball toColorado had failed. In 1958, New York lawyerWilliam Shea proposed the newContinental League as a rival to the two existing major leagues. In 1960, the Continental League announced that play would begin in April 1961 with eight teams, including one in Denver headed byBob Howsam. The new league quickly evaporated, never playing a game, when the National League reached expansion agreements to put teams inNew York City andHouston, removing much of the impetus behind the Continental League effort. Following thePittsburgh drug trials in 1985, an unsuccessful attempt was made to purchase thePittsburgh Pirates and relocate them. However, in January 1990, Colorado's chances for a new team improved when Coors Brewing Company became a limited partner with the AAADenver Zephyrs.[10]
In 1991, as part of Major League Baseball's two-team expansion (along with theFlorida (now Miami) Marlins), an ownership group representing Denver led by John Antonucci andMichael I. Monus was granted a franchise.[11] They took the name "Rockies" due to Denver's proximity to theRocky Mountains, which is reflected in their logo; the name was previously used by the city'sfirst NHL team, now theNew Jersey Devils. Monus and Antonucci were forced to drop out in 1992 after Monus's reputation was ruined by an accounting scandal.[12] Trucking magnateJerry McMorris stepped in at the 11th hour to save the franchise, allowing the team to begin play in 1993. The Rockies shared Mile High Stadium with theNational Football League (NFL)'sDenver Broncos for their first two seasons whileCoors Field was constructed. It was completed for the1995 Major League Baseball season.
In1993, they began play in theNational League West. That year the Rockies set the all-time Major League record for attendance, drawing 4,483,350 fans, still the MLB record. The Rockies were MLB's first team based in theMountain Time Zone. They have reached theMajor League Baseball postseason five times, each time as the National Leaguewild card team. Twice (1995 and2009), they were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. In2007, the Rockies advanced to theWorld Series, only to be swept by theBoston Red Sox. The team'sstretch run was among the greatest ever for a Major League Baseball team. Having a record of 76–72 at the start of play on September 16, the Rockies proceeded to win 14 of their final 15 regular season games.[13] The stretch culminated with a 9–8, 13-inning victory over theSan Diego Padres in aone-game playoff for the wild card berth. Colorado then swept their first seven playoff games to win theNL pennant. At the start of the World Series, the Rockies had won a total of 21 out of 22 games. Fans and media nicknamed their improbable October run "Rocktober".[14]
Colorado made postseason berths in 2017 and 2018. In 2018, the Rockies became the first team since the1922 Philadelphia Phillies to play in four cities against four teams in five days, including the 162nd game of the regular season,NL West tie-breaker,NL Wild Card Game andNLDS Game 1,[15] eventually losing to the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLDS.
Like their expansion brethren, the Marlins, they have never won a division title since their establishment and they, along with the Marlins and Pittsburgh Pirates, are also one of three MLB teams that have never won their current division. The Rockies have played their home games atCoors Field since 1995. Theirspring training home,Salt River Fields at Talking Stick in Scottsdale, Arizona, opened in March 2011 and is shared with theArizona Diamondbacks.
In 2023 and 2024, the Colorado Rockies lost over 100 games each season (103 games in 2023 and 101 in 2024). In 2025, the Rockies obtained the worst start to a season of any team through 39 games, starting off at 6–33 (.154 winning percentage).[16] The Rockies then fell to 30 games below .500, accomplishing that mark in just 44 games. Their record was 7–37, a .159 winning percentage. The Rockies continued their abysmal start to the 2025 season by setting the record for the worst team record through 50 games. Their record of 8–42 (.160 winning percentage) was worst 50 game start of any team in Major League baseball history, two games worse than the2023 Oakland Athletics 10-40 start (.200 winning percentage).[17] The 2025 Colorado Rockies' 10–50 (.167 winning percentage) record after 60 games eclipsed the 11-49 previous worst 60 game mark held by five teams: the 1886 Washington Nationals, the 1895 Louisville Colonels, the 1897 St. Louis Browns, the 1904 Washington Senators, and the 1932 Boston Red Sox.[18] The Rockies finished tied with the 2003 Detroit Tigers for the third most losses in baseball history since 1901. They two less losses than the 2024 Chicago White Sox and one fewer loss than the 1962 expansion team the New York Mets.[19] The Rockies also ended the season with the worst modern-era run differential of -424, easily shattering the previous worst held by the 1932 Boston Red Sox who had a run differential of -349.[20]
On June 1, 2006,USA Today reported that Rockies management, including managerClint Hurdle, had instituted an explicitly Christian code of conduct for the team's players, banning men's magazines (such asMaxim andPlayboy) and sexually explicit music from the team's clubhouse.[21] The article sparked controversy, and soon-afterThe Denver Post published an article featuring many Rockies players contesting the claims made in theUSA Today article.[22] Former Rockies pitcherJason Jennings said: "[The article inUSA Today] was just bad. I am not happy at all. Some of the best teammates I have ever had are the furthest thing from Christian," Jennings said. "You don't have to be a Christian to have good character. They can be separate. [The article] was misleading."
On October 17, 2007, a week before the first game of the2007 World Series against the Boston Red Sox, the Colorado Rockies announced that tickets were to be available to the general public via online sales only, despite prior arrangements to sell the tickets at local retail outlets. Five days later on October 22, California-based ticket vendor Paciolan, Inc., the sole contractor authorized by the Colorado Rockies to distribute tickets, was forced to suspend sales after less than an hour due to an overwhelming number of attempts to purchase tickets. An official statement from the Rockies claimed that they were the victims of adenial of service attack. These claims, however, were unsubstantiated and neither the Rockies nor Paciolan have sought investigation into the matter. The United StatesFederal Bureau of Investigation started its own investigation into the claims.[23][24] Ticket sales resumed the next day, with all three home games selling out within two and a half hours.
In March 2021,Ken Rosenthal and Nick Groke reported inThe Athletic that, during the2020 season, the Rockies had made baseball operations personnel work as clubhouse attendants in addition to their front office duties, resulting in work days lasting up to 17 hours.[25] Former staffers described doing laundry for players while team personnel asked them for scouting and statistical information. The article further described a general atmosphere of dysfunction and unaccountability in Colorado's front office.[25] General managerJeff Bridich resigned the following month.[26]
On April 10, 2024, during a charter flight on a United Airlines Boeing 757, coachHensley Meulens posted a video of himself seated in the captain's seat mid-flight.[27][28] TheFederal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the incident.[29]
One of the Rockies' team colors ispurple which was inspired by the line "For purple mountain majesties" in "America the Beautiful." The shades of the color used by the club lacked uniformity untilPMS 2685 was established as the official purple beginning with the2017 season.[30]
The Rockies' home uniform is white with purple pinstripes, and the Rockies are the first team in Major League history to wear purple pinstripes.[31] The front of the uniform has the word "Rockies" in silver trimmed in black, with letters and numerals in black trimmed in silver. During the Rockies' inaugural season, home uniforms lacked names on the back, but names were added for the following season. In 2000, numerals were added to the chest.
The Rockies' road uniform is grey with purple piping. The front of the uniform originally featured the team name in silver trimmed in purple but was changed the next season to purple with white trim. Letters and numerals are in purple with white trim. In 2000, piping was replaced with pinstripes, "Colorado" was emblazoned in front, chest numerals were placed, and black trim was added to the letters. Prior to the 2012 season, the Rockies brought back the purple piping on their road uniforms, but kept the other elements of their 2000 uniform change.
The Rockies originally wore an alternate black uniform during their inaugural 1993 season, but for only a few games. The uniform featured the team name in silver with purple trim, and letters and numerals in purple with white trim. In the 2005 season, the Rockies started wearing black sleeveless alternate uniforms, featuring "Colorado" letters and numerals in silver with purple and white trim. The uniforms also included black undershirts, and for a few games in 2005, purple undershirts. The Rockies retired the black sleeveless uniform in 2022, replacing it with the "City Connect" uniform (see below).
From 2002 to 2011, the Rockies wore alternate versions of their pinstriped white uniform, featuring the interlocking "CR" on the left chest and numerals on the right chest. This design featured sleeves until 2004, when they went with a vest design with black undershirts.
In addition to the black sleeveless alternate uniform, the Rockies also wear a purple alternate uniform, which they first unveiled in the 2000 season. The design featured "Colorado" in silver with black and white trim, and letters and numerals in black with white trim. At the start of the 2012 season, the Rockies introduced "Purple Mondays" in which the team wears its purple uniform every Monday game day, though the team continued to wear them on other days of the week.[32]
Prior to 2019, the Rockies always wore their white pinstriped pants regardless of what uniform top they wore during home games. However, the Rockies have since added alternate white non-pinstriped pants to pair with either their black or purple alternate uniforms at home, as neither uniform contained pinstripes.
The Rockies currently wear an all-black cap with "CR" in purple trimmed in silver and a purple-brimmed variation as an alternate. The team previously wore an all-purple cap with "CR" in black trimmed in silver, and in the 2018 season, caps with the "CR" in silver to commemorate the team's 25th anniversary.
In 2022, the Rockies were one of seven additional teams to releaseNike's "City Connect" uniforms. The set was predominantly green and white with printed mountain range motifs adorning the chest. The lettering was taken from theofficial Colorado license plates. The right sleeve had a yellow patch featuring the shortened nickname "ROX", the "5280" sign representing the altitude of Denver, two black diamonds representing Double Diamond skiing, and the exact longitude and latitude of Coors Field. The left sleeve had the interlocking "CR" in white with green trim, and purple piping was added to represent purple seats at Coors Field. Caps were green with a white panel, featuring a "CO" patch with various Colorado-inspired symbols, including colors from thestate flag and mountain ranges. In 2023, the Rockies tweaked their "City Connect" uniform, pairing it with white pants on day games and green pants on night games. Their first "City Connect" uniform was worn until the end of the 2024 season.[33]
The Rockies' second "City Connect" uniform features a split between light blue and purple, paying homage to the transition between day and night over the Rocky Mountains. The jersey features blue skies and purple mountain majesty as the inspirations behind the color palette. Accents all over the uniform, cap, and branding use the red, yellow, and blue of the Colorado state flag. The Denver city flag is also featured on the lining inside the hat. It is the first pullover City Connect jersey.[34]
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| Colorado Rockies in the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame | ||||
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Seasons | Notes |
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| — | Jerry McMorris | Owner | 1992–2005 | |
| — | Bob Gebhard | GM | 1992–1999 | |
| KSM | Keli McGregor | President | 2001–2010 | AttendedColorado State University |
| 9, 14 | Vinny Castilla | 3B | 1993–1999 2004, 2006 | |
| 10 | Dante Bichette | OF | 1993–1999 | |
| 14 | Andrés Galarraga | 1B | 1993–1997 | |
| 17 | Todd Helton | 1B | 1997–2013 | |
| 25 | Don Baylor | Manager | 1993–1998 | |
| 33 | Larry Walker | RF | 1995–2004 | |
Todd Helton is the first Colorado player to have his number (17) retired, which happened on August 17, 2014.[35]
Jackie Robinson's No. 42 was retired throughout all of baseball in 1997.
Larry Walker, the first member of the Baseball Hall of Fame wearing a Colorado Rockies hat, became the second Colorado player to have his number (33) retired, which occurred in 2021.
Keli McGregor had worked with the Rockies since their inception in 1993, rising from senior director of operations to team president in 2002, until his death on April 20, 2010. He is honored at Coors Field alongside Helton, Walker, and Robinson with his initials.[36]
The Rockies have not re-issuedCarlos Gonzalez's number 5 since he left the team after 2018.
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| National League Champions | ||
| Preceded by: St. Louis Cardinals | 2007 | Succeeded by: Philadelphia Phillies |
| National League Wild Card Winners | ||
| Preceded by: None (First) | 1995 | Succeeded by: Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Preceded by: Los Angeles Dodgers | 2007 | Succeeded by: Milwaukee Brewers |
| Preceded by: Milwaukee Brewers | 2009 | Succeeded by: Atlanta Braves |
| Preceded by: Arizona Diamondbacks | 2018 | Succeeded by: Washington Nationals |
| National League Wild Card Runner-Up | ||
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The Rockies have clashed in divisional matchups with theLos Angeles Dodgers andSan Francisco Giants particularly as both teams often thwarted the Rockies' postseason ambitions by winning the division. The Rockies have never won the NL West while the Dodgers and Giants have combined for 21 division titles since the Rockies began play in 1993.[38][39][40]
The Rockies developed an on-and-off rivalry with theArizona Diamondbacks, often attributed to both teams being the newest in the division.[41] Colorado had joined the NL West in 1993, while the Diamondbacks are the newest team in the league; founded in 1998.[42][43] The two teams have met twice in the postseason; notably during the2007 National League Championship Series, which saw the Rockies enter the postseason as a wild card, and went on to upset the division champion Diamondbacks in a sweep en route to the franchise's loneWorld Series appearance.[44][45] The two teams met again in the2017 National League Wild Card Game, which Arizona won.
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The Rockies led MLB attendance records for the first seven years of their existence. The inaugural season is currently theMLB all-time record for home attendance.
| Home Attendance at Mile High Stadium | ||||
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| Year | Total Attendance | Game Average | League Rank | |
| 1993 | 4,483,350 | 55,350 | 1st | |
| 1994 | 3,281,511 | 57,570+ | 1st | |
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| Year | Total Attendance | Game Average | League Rank | |
| 1995 | 3,390,037 | 47,084++ | 1st | |
| 1996 | 3,891,014 | 48,037 | 1st | |
| 1997 | 3,888,453 | 48,006 | 1st | |
| 1998 | 3,792,683 | 46,823 | 1st | |
| 1999 | 3,481,065 | 42,976 | 1st | |
| 2000 | 3,295,129 | 40,681 | 3rd | |
| 2001 | 3,166,821 | 39,097 | 2nd | |
| 2002 | 2,737,838 | 33,800 | 6th | |
| 2003 | 2,334,085 | 28,816 | 9th | |
| 2004 | 2,338,069 | 28,865 | 9th | |
| 2005 | 1,914,389 | 23,634 | 14th | |
| 2006 | 2,104,362 | 28,979 | 11th | |
| 2007 | 2,650,218 | 32,719 | 9th | |
| 2008 | 2,665,080 | 32,902 | 8th | |
| 2009 | 2,875,245 | 35,497 | 6th | |
| 2010 | 2,909,777 | 35,923 | 7th | |
| 2011 | 2,630,458 | 32,475 | 7th | |
| 2012 | 2,793,828 | 34,492 | 5th | |
| 2013 | 2,680,329 | 33,090 | 5th | |
| 2014 | 2,506,789 | 30,948 | 8th | |
| 2015 | 2,602,524 | 32,130 | 6th | |
| 2016 | 2,953,650 | 36,465 | 5th | |
| 2017 | 2,048,138 | 25,286 | 11th | |
| 2018 | 3,015,880 | 37,233 | 5th | |
| 2019 | 2,993,244 | 36,954 | 4th | |
| 2020 | No attendance information available[46] | |||
| 2021 | 1,938,645 | 24,854 | 7th | |
| 2022 | 2,597,428 | 32,467 | 9th | |
| 2023 | 2,607,935 | 32,196 | 7th | |
| 2024 | 2,540,195 | 31,360 | 8th | |
| 2025 | 2,404,613 | 29,687 | 16th | |
+ = 57 home games in strike shortened season. ++ = 72 home games in strike shortened season.[47][48]
The Colorado Rockiesfarm system consists of sevenminor league affiliates.[49]
Colorado Rockies games are produced byMLB Network and televised locally on Rockies.TV, a streaming service with noblackouts that is available withMLB.tv for $199.99 a year or $39.99 a month, or without MLB.tv for $99.99 a year or $19.99 a month. Games air on the following cable providers and networks:[50]
Jeff Huson andDrew Goodman are the usual TV broadcast team, withRyan Spilborghs andKelsey Wingert handling on-field coverage and clubhouse interviews.Jason Hirsh andCory Sullivan host the pre-game and post-game shows. Corrigan, Spilborghs, and Sullivan also fill in as play-by-play or color commentator during absences of Huson or Goodman. From 1997 to 2023, most regular season games were produced and televised byAT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain.[51][52]
The Rockies'flagship radio station isKOA 850AM, with some late-season games broadcast onKHOW 630 AM due to conflicts withDenver Broncos games. The Rockies Radio Network is composed of 38 affiliate stations in five states.[53]
Jack Corrigan andJerry Schemmel are the radio announcers, serving as a backup TV announcer whenever Goodman is not available.
In January 2020, long-time KOA radio announcer Jerry Schemmel was let go from his role for budgetary reasons from KOA's parent company. He returned in 2022, replacing Mike Rice, who reportedly refused theCOVID-19 vaccine.[54]
Spanish language radio broadcasts of the Rockies are heard onKNRV 1150 AM.[55]
The logo features a star in the Rockies' signature purple -- bordered in the Rockies' familiar silver, white and black -- with the MLB batter logo and "2021 All-Star Game" and "Colorado" also in the team's colors
Denver received a big boost this past week when Coors Brewing Co. signed a letter of agreement to become a limited partner in the Denver Zephyrs, a Class AAA franchise playing in the American Association. ... "The addition of Coors is a tremendous boost to our efforts, said Suplizio. Multiple ownership is a requirement by Major League Baseball and no one else has the muscle that we've been able to muster in the Rocky Mountain region.
July 4 - The Rockies unveil their traditional 1993 uniforms (home, away, and Sunday alternate) at a Team USA-Team Cuba baseball game at Mile High Stadium before 61,165 fans. Included on the home uniform is purple pinstripes, making the Rockies the first team in Major League history to feature purple stripes. The club's road uniform is gray and the alternate is black. Also, the team improves its logo.
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