2008 Colorado Rockies

74-88 • .457 Win% • 3rd in NL W

The 2008 Colorado Rockies went 74-88 (.457) finishing 3rd in the NL W division. The club scored 747 runs, allowed 822, and played home games at Coors Field. Team leaders included Matt Holliday (25 HR, 88 RBI) and Aaron Cook (16-9, 3.96 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

74 Wins
88 Losses
.457 Win %
3rd Rank
747 R 822 RA
Diff -75

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747 Runs Scored
822 Runs Allowed
-75 Run Diff
2,650K Attendance

📈 vs. 2008 NL Average

Batting Avg .263 1% above the 2008 league average (.260)
OBP .335 1% above the 2008 league average (.330)
SLG .415 1% above the 2008 league average (.412)
Team ERA 4.77 11% worse than the 2008 league average (4.29)
Runs Scored 747 2% above the 2008 league average (734 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCoors Field
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,650,218
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Avg per Game 32,718

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2008

Batting Avg

1 Matt Holliday 0.321 2 Ryan Spilborghs 0.313 3 Clint Barmes 0.290 4 Garrett Atkins 0.286 5 Brad Hawpe 0.283

Home Runs

1 Brad Hawpe 25 2 Matt Holliday 25 3 Garrett Atkins 21 4 Chris Iannetta 18 5 Jeff Baker 12

RBI

1 Garrett Atkins 99 2 Matt Holliday 88 3 Brad Hawpe 85 4 Chris Iannetta 65 5 Jeff Baker 48
2008 Colorado Rockies — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Garrett Atkins 155 611 86 175 32 3 21 99 40 100 1 0.286
Matt Holliday 139 539 107 173 38 2 25 88 74 104 28 0.321
Brad Hawpe 138 488 69 138 24 3 25 85 76 134 2 0.283
Willy Taveras 133 479 64 120 15 2 1 26 36 79 68 0.251
Clint Barmes 107 393 47 114 25 6 11 44 17 69 13 0.290
Troy Tulowitzki 101 377 48 99 24 2 8 46 38 56 1 0.263
Chris Iannetta 104 333 50 88 22 2 18 65 56 92 0 0.264
Jeff Baker 104 299 55 80 22 1 12 48 26 85 4 0.268
Todd Helton 83 299 39 79 16 0 7 29 61 50 0 0.264
Ian Stewart 81 266 33 69 18 2 10 41 30 94 1 0.259
Yorvit Torrealba 70 236 19 58 17 0 6 31 12 44 0 0.246
Ryan Spilborghs 89 233 38 73 14 2 6 36 38 41 7 0.313
Omar Quintanilla 81 210 28 50 17 0 2 15 15 46 0 0.238
Scott Podsednik 93 162 22 41 8 1 1 15 16 28 12 0.253
Seth Smith 67 108 13 28 7 0 4 15 15 23 1 0.259
Ubaldo Jimenez 34 67 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 28 0 0.045
Jonathan Herrera 28 61 5 14 1 1 0 3 4 10 1 0.230
Aaron Cook 37 60 1 14 1 0 0 4 2 21 0 0.233
Jayson Nix 22 56 2 7 2 0 0 2 7 17 1 0.125
Jorge De La Rosa 28 40 2 6 0 0 0 6 0 14 0 0.150
Jeff Francis 25 39 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 11 0 0.128
Joe Koshansky 18 38 5 8 3 0 3 8 1 17 0 0.211
Dexter Fowler 13 26 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.154
Cory Sullivan 18 23 3 5 0 1 0 4 0 5 1 0.217
Livan Hernandez 8 17 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.235
Glendon Rusch 24 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.059
Greg Reynolds 14 15 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.200
Mark Redman 10 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.000
Adam Melhuse 7 10 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.100
Franklin Morales 5 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.100
Kip Wells 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Doug Bernier 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jason Hirsh 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Edwin Bellorin 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Valerio De Los Santos 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Jason Grilli 51 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Herges 58 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Ryan Speier 43 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Luis Vizcaino 43 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Alberto Arias 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose Capellan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Manny Corpas 76 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Cedrick Bowers 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Micah Bowie 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Taylor Buchholz 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.000
Brian Fuentes 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Juan Morillo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Josh Newman 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steven Register 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2008

ERA

1 Taylor Buchholz 2.17 2 Brian Fuentes 2.73 3 Jason Grilli 2.93 4 Aaron Cook 3.96 5 Ubaldo Jimenez 3.99

Wins

1 Aaron Cook 16 2 Ubaldo Jimenez 12 3 Jorge De La Rosa 10 4 Taylor Buchholz 6 5 Jeff Francis 4

Strikeouts

1 Ubaldo Jimenez 172 2 Jorge De La Rosa 128 3 Aaron Cook 96 4 Jeff Francis 94 5 Brian Fuentes 82
2008 Colorado Rockies — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Aaron Cook 16 9 3.96 32 32 0 211.1 236 93 48 96
Ubaldo Jimenez 12 12 3.99 34 34 0 198.2 182 88 103 172
Jeff Francis 4 10 5.01 24 24 0 143.2 164 80 49 94
Jorge De La Rosa 10 8 4.92 28 23 0 130.0 128 71 62 128
Manny Corpas 3 4 4.52 76 0 4 79.2 93 40 23 50
Taylor Buchholz 6 6 2.17 63 0 1 66.1 45 16 18 56
Matt Herges 3 4 5.04 58 0 0 64.1 79 36 24 46
Glendon Rusch 4 3 4.78 23 9 0 64.0 72 34 14 43
Brian Fuentes 1 5 2.73 67 0 30 62.2 47 19 22 82
Greg Reynolds 2 8 8.13 14 13 0 62.0 83 56 26 22
Jason Grilli 3 2 2.93 51 0 1 61.1 55 20 31 59
Ryan Speier 2 1 4.06 43 0 0 51.0 52 23 18 33
Luis Vizcaino 1 2 5.28 43 0 0 46.0 48 27 19 49
Mark Redman 2 5 7.54 10 9 0 45.1 61 38 16 20
Livan Hernandez 3 3 8.03 8 8 0 40.1 58 36 14 13
Kip Wells 1 2 5.27 15 2 0 27.1 29 16 19 22
Franklin Morales 1 2 6.39 5 5 0 25.1 28 18 17 9
Alberto Arias 0 0 2.63 12 0 0 13.2 12 4 4 5
Steven Register 0 0 9.00 10 0 0 10.0 13 10 6 8
Jason Hirsh 0 0 8.31 4 1 0 8.2 15 8 4 6
Josh Newman 0 0 9.35 8 0 0 8.2 15 9 6 6
Micah Bowie 0 1 9.00 10 0 0 8.0 11 8 3 5
Valerio De Los Santos 0 1 5.63 2 2 0 8.0 6 5 11 10
Cedrick Bowers 0 0 13.50 5 0 0 6.2 11 10 5 5
Jose Capellan 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 3 1 0 2
Juan Morillo 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0

👥 Roster (49)

Alberto Arias Garrett Atkins Jeff Baker Clint Barmes Edwin Bellorin Doug Bernier Cedrick Bowers Micah Bowie Taylor Buchholz Jose Capellan Aaron Cook Manny Corpas +37 more

49 players

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The 2008 Colorado Rockies in brief

In 2008 the Colorado Rockies posted a 74-88 mark (.457) and finished 3rd in the NL West. With 747 runs scored and 822 given up, the 2008 differential was -75. The team batting average of .263 was 1% above the 2008 league mark of .260. Pitchers allowed 4.77 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 4.29. The 2008 Colorado Rockies outscored the average club by 2% (747 against 734).

Attendance at Coors Field totaled 2,650,218 for the year. Matt Holliday led the club in home runs with 25. The RBI leader was Garrett Atkins, with 99. On the mound, Aaron Cook won 16 games to lead the staff. The strikeout leader was Ubaldo Jimenez with 172. Brian Fuentes saved 30 games.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2008 Colorado Rockies

What was the 2008 Colorado Rockies record?
The 2008 Colorado Rockies finished 74-88 (.457 win pct).
Who led the 2008 Colorado Rockies in home runs?
Brad Hawpe led the 2008 Colorado Rockies with 25 home runs.
What was the 2008 Colorado Rockies team ERA?
The 2008 Colorado Rockies posted a team ERA of 4.77.
Did the 2008 Colorado Rockies win the World Series?
No. The 2008 Colorado Rockies did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2008 Colorado Rockies play?
The 2008 Colorado Rockies played home games at Coors Field.
Who led the 2008 Colorado Rockies in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Matt Holliday (25 HR, 88 RBI) and Aaron Cook (16-9, 3.96 ERA).
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