1996 Colorado Rockies season

The Colorado Rockies' 1996 season was the fourth for the Rockies. Managed by Don Baylor, they played home games at Coors Field and finished with a record of 83-79, third in the National League West.

Offseason

November 20, 1995: Joe Girardi was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the New York Yankees for Mike DeJean.
December 18, 1995: Jeff Reed was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.

Regular season

The first no-hitter at Coors Field was thrown by Hideo Nomo of the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 17, 1996.
On May 11, 1996, Al Leiter threw the first no-hitter in Florida Marlins history at the expense of the Rockies. The Marlins beat the Rockies by a score of 11-0 in Miami.

Detailed records

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %
April	25	11	14		128	170
May	25	14	11		156	147
June	29	15	14		209	177
July	28	14	14		145	167
August	30	16	14		187	162
September	25	13	12		136	141
Total	162	83	79		961	964

Notable transactions

June 4, 1996: Shawn Chacón was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 3rd round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1996.
July 30, 1996: Eric Anthony was purchased by the Colorado Rockies from the Cincinnati Reds.
August 21, 1996: Steve Decker was purchased by the Colorado Rockies from the San Francisco Giants.
August 31, 1996: Marvin Freeman was selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Colorado Rockies.

Major League debuts

Player stats

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	Jeff Reed	116	341	97	.284	8	37
1B	Andrés Galarraga	159	626	190	.304	47	150
2B	Eric Young	141	568	184	.324	8	74
SS	Walt Weiss	155	517	146	.282	8	48
3B	Vinny Castilla	160	629	191	.304	40	113
LF	Ellis Burks	156	613	211	.344	40	128
CF	Quinton McCracken	124	283	82	.290	3	40
RF	Dante Bichette	159	633	198	.313	31	141

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
	83	272	75	.276	18	58
	73	180	43	.239	4	17
	88	160	33	.206	1	9
	104	151	38	.252	5	31
	32	62	15	.242	4	9
Trent Hubbard	45	60	13	.217	1	12
Neifi Pérez	17	45	7	.156	0	3
Steve Decker	10	25	8	.320	1	8
Angel Echevarria	26	21	6	.286	0	6
Pedro Castellano	13	17	2	.118	0	2
Harvey Pulliam	10	15	2	.133	0	0
Milt Thompson	14	15	1	.067	0	2
Jorge Brito	8	14	1	.071	0	0
Terry Jones	12	10	3	.300	0	1
Alan Cockrell	9	8	2	.250	0	2

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
	35	213.0	17	11	5.28	105
	34	169.2	9	11	5.30	99
	30	168.2	8	9	4.96	88
	26	129.2	7	9	6.04	71
	16	91.1	4	4	4.93	45
	14	58.1	2	4	8.95	25

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
	24	83.2	2	3	6.24	45
	7	28.0	0	1	7.71	16
Bill Swift	7	18.1	1	1	5.40	5

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
	71	7	5	24	4.00	74
	70	7	5	6	6.23	76
	70	4	3	0	3.96	51
	62	5	4	1	3.97	73
	54	2	2	0	6.65	45
Lance Painter	34	4	2	0	5.86	48
John Habyan	19	1	1	0	7.13	25
John Burke	11	2	1	0	7.47	19
Ryan Hawblitzel	8	0	1	0	6.00	7
Garvin Alston	6	1	0	0	9.00	5
David Nied	6	0	2	0	13.50	4
Robbie Beckett	5	0	0	0	13.50	6

Awards and honors

Eric Young, NL Leader, Stolen Bases

All-Star Game

Dante Bichette, OF, Starter
Ellis Burks, OF, Reserve
Eric Young, 2B, Reserve