2008 Colorado Rockies season

2008 Colorado Rockies
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Coors Field
City	Denver, Colorado
Record	74–88 (.457)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Charles & Dick Monfort
General managers	Dan O'Dowd
Managers	Clint Hurdle
Television	FSN Rocky Mountain KTVD (My20)
Radio	KOA
Seasons

The Colorado Rockies' 2008 season was the team's 16th season overall. The Rockies attempted to repeat their previous season's success after making it to the World Series; however, they ended up finishing third place in the National League West with a record of 74-88. The Rockies drew 2,650,218 fans for the season, their highest total since 2002. The average home attendance was 33,127 fans.

Likely the most memorable game of the year was against the San Diego Padres on April 17, as it went 22 innings before Troy Tulowitzki drove in the winning run. It is the longest Rockies game in franchise history and (as of 2024) the longest game of the 21st century.

Offseason

• December 7, 2007: Jamey Carroll was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later. The Cleveland Indians sent Sean Smith (minors) (April 24, 2008) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.
• December 13, 2007: Kip Wells and Luis Vizcaíno were signed as free agents by the Colorado Rockies.
• February 17, 2008: Scott Podsednik was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.
• March 26, 2008: Ramón Ramírez was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named later. The Kansas City Royals sent Jorge de la Rosa (April 30, 2008) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.

Regular season

Season standings

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	84	78	0.519	—	48–33	36–45
Arizona Diamondbacks	82	80	0.506	2	48–33	34–47
Colorado Rockies	74	88	0.457	10	43–38	31–50
San Francisco Giants	72	90	0.444	12	37–44	35–46
San Diego Padres	63	99	0.389	21	35–46	28–53

Record vs. opponents

2008 National League record Source: [1]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	–	3–5	2–4	2–4	15–3	2–7	4–2	8–10	2–5	3–3	3–4	4–3	10–8	11–7	3–4	4–2	6–9
Atlanta	5–3	–	0–6	3–3	4–3	10–8	3–3	4–2	3–6	11–7	4–14	2–5	5–1	2–5	2–5	6–12	8–7
Chicago	4–2	6–0	–	8–7	5–1	4–3	8–9	5–2	9–7	4–2	3–4	14–4	5–2	4–3	9–6	3–3	6–9
Cincinnati	4–2	3–3	7–8	–	1–5	6–2	3–12	1–7	10–8	3–4	3–5	6–9	4–3	5–1	5–10	4–3	9–6
Colorado	3–15	3–4	1–5	5–1	–	5–3	3–3	8–10	4–3	3–6	0–5	5–2	9–9	11–7	3–4	4–3	7–8
Florida	7–2	8–10	3–4	2–6	3–5	–	4–2	3–4	5–1	8–10	10–8	3–2	4–2	3–3	2–5	14–3	5–10
Houston	2–4	3–3	9–8	12–3	3–3	2–4	–	4–3	7–8	5–2	3–4	8–8	3–3	7–1	7–8	4–2	7–11
Los Angeles	10–8	2–4	2–5	7–1	10–8	4–3	3–4	–	4–2	3–4	4–4	5–2	11–7	9–9	2–4	3–3	5–10
Milwaukee	5–2	6–3	7–9	8–10	3–4	1–5	8–7	2–4	–	2–4	1–5	14–1	4–3	6–0	10–5	6–2	7–8
New York	3–3	7–11	2–4	4–3	6–3	10–8	2–5	4–3	4–2	–	11–7	4–3	2–5	5–1	4–3	12–6	9–6
Philadelphia	4–3	14–4	4–3	5–3	5–0	8–10	4–3	4–4	5–1	7–11	–	4–2	4–2	3–3	5–4	12–6	4–11
Pittsburgh	3–4	5–2	4–14	9–6	2–5	2–3	8–8	2–5	1–14	3–4	2–4	–	3–4	4–2	10–7	3–4	6–9
San Diego	8–10	1–5	2–5	3–4	9–9	2–4	3–3	7–11	3–4	5–2	2–4	4–3	–	5–13	1–6	5–1	3–15
San Francisco	7–11	5–2	3–4	1–5	7–11	3–3	1–7	9–9	0–6	1–5	3–3	2–4	13–5	–	4–3	7–0	6–12
St. Louis	4–3	5–2	6–9	10–5	4–3	5–2	8–7	4–2	5–10	3–4	4–5	7–10	6–1	3–4	–	5–1	7–8
Washington	2–4	12–6	3–3	3–4	3–4	3–14	2–4	3–3	2–6	6–12	6–12	4–3	1–5	0–7	1–5	–	8–10

Transactions

• April 30, 2008: Jason Grilli was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Colorado Rockies for Zach Simons (minors).
• May 16, 2008: Glendon Rusch was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.
• August 6, 2008: Liván Hernández was selected off waivers by the Colorado Rockies from the Minnesota Twins.
• August 14, 2008: Kip Wells was released by the Colorado Rockies.

Major League debuts

• Batters:
  • Jayson Nix (Apr 1)
  • Jonathan Herrera (Apr 30)
  • Doug Bernier (Jun 17)
  • Dexter Fowler (Sep 2)
• Pitchers:
  • Greg Reynolds (May 11)
  • Cedrick Bowers (Jul 2)
  • Steven Register (Aug 4)

Game log

2008 Game Log
March # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record – March 31 @ Cardinals Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for April 1
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 1 @ Cardinals 2–1 Buchholz (1–0) Franklin (0–1) Corpas (1) 45,996 1–0 2 April 2 @ Cardinals 8–3 Wellemeyer (1–0) Cook (0–1) 39,915 1–1 3 April 3 @ Cardinals 3–0 Thompson (1–0) Jiménez (0–1) Isringhausen (1) 33,748 1–2 4 April 4 Diamondbacks 8–1 Owings (1–0) Redman (0–1) 49,233 1–3 5 April 5 Diamondbacks 7–2 Webb (2–0) Francis (0–1) 43,124 1–4 6 April 6 Diamondbacks 5–2 (10) Lyon (1–1) Bowie (0–1) Qualls (1) 42,865 1–5 7 April 7 Braves 2–1 Herges (1–0) Boyer (0–2) Corpas (2) 24,304 2–5 8 April 8 Braves 4–3 Jiménez (1–1) Jurrjens (1–1) Corpas (3) 24,640 3–5 9 April 9 Braves 12–6 Redman (1–1) James (0–1) 23,210 4–5 – April 10 Braves Postponed (snow) Rescheduled for June 16 10 April 11 @ Diamondbacks 8–2 Webb (3–0) Francis (0–2) 31,732 4–6 11 April 12 @ Diamondbacks 10–3 Haren (2–0) Morales (0–1) 29,256 4–7 12 April 13 @ Diamondbacks 13–5 Cook (1–1) González (0–1) 31,321 5–7 13 April 15 @ Padres 6–0 Wolf (1–0) Jiménez (1–2) 24,439 5–8 14 April 16 @ Padres 10–2 Redman (2–1) Germano (0–1) 21,730 6–8 15 April 17 @ Padres 2–1 (22) Wells (1–0) Rusch (0–1) 25,984 7–8 16 April 18 @ Astros 11–5 Morales (1–1) Sampson (0–2) 34,272 8–8 17 April 19 @ Astros 3–2 Cook (2–1) Villarreal (0–3) Corpas (4) 34,540 9–8 18 April 20 @ Astros 6–4 Wright (2–0) Fuentes (0–1) Valverde (2) 35,286 9–9 19 April 21 Phillies 9–5 Seánez (2–1) Buchholz (1–1) 24,886 9–10 20 April 22 Phillies 8–6 Madson (1–0) Corpas (0–1) Lidge (4) 26,665 9–11 21 April 23 Cubs 7–6 (10) Wood (2–0) Wells (1–1) Mármol (2) 36,864 9–12 22 April 24 Cubs 4–2 Cook (3–1) Hart (2–1) Fuentes (1) 32,791 10–12 23 April 25 @ Dodgers 8–7 (13) Park (1–0) Buchholz (1–2) 53,205 10–13 24 April 26 @ Dodgers 11–3 Penny (4–2) Redman (2–2) 50,469 10–14 25 April 27 @ Dodgers 3–2 (10) Beimel (1–0) Corpas (0–2) 50,670 10–15 26 April 28 @ Giants 4–0 Cain (1–2) Morales (1–2) 30,153 10–16 27 April 29 @ Giants 3–2 Cook (4–1) Lincecum (4–1) Fuentes (2) 32,176 11–16 28 April 30 @ Giants 3–2 Valdéz (1–0) Speier (0–1) Wilson (9) 30,509 11–17
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 29 May 2 Dodgers 11–6 Penny (5–2) Francis (0–3) 30,291 11–18 30 May 3 Dodgers 12–7 Kuo (1–1) de la Rosa (0–1) 38,597 11–19 31 May 4 Dodgers 7–2 Cook (5–1) Lowe (2–2) Buchholz (1) 43,726 12–19 32 May 5 Cardinals 6–5 Flores (1–0) Fuentes (0–2) Isringhausen (11) 28,183 12–20 33 May 6 Cardinals 6–5 Looper (5–1) Redman (2–3) Franklin (1) 25,460 12–21 34 May 7 Cardinals 4–3 Speier (1–1) Isringhausen (1–3) Fuentes (3) 25,432 13–21 35 May 8 Cardinals 9–3 de la Rosa (1–1) Lohse (3–2) 25,376 14–21 36 May 9 @ Padres 4–2 Cook (6–1) Peavy (4–2) Fuentes (4) 31,057 15–21 37 May 10 @ Padres 3–2 Maddux (3–3) Jiménez (1–3) Hoffman (6) 34,117 15–22 38 May 11 @ Padres 6–1 Young (3–3) Reynolds (0–1) 28,624 15–23 39 May 13 @ Diamondbacks 8–4 Johnson (3–1) Francis (0–4) 27,292 15–24 40 May 14 @ Diamondbacks 4–3 Owings (5–1) de la Rosa (1–2) Lyon (11) 23,127 15–25 41 May 15 @ Diamondbacks 8–5 Webb (9–0) Cook (6–2) Lyon (12) 21,447 15–26 42 May 16 Twins 4–2 Blackburn (4–2) Jiménez (1–4) Nathan (13) 35,336 15–27 43 May 17 Twins 3–2 Herges (2–0) Hernández (6–2) Fuentes (5) 43,149 16–27 44 May 18 Twins 6–2 Francis (1–4) Slowey (0–4) 40,326 17–27 45 May 19 Giants 4–3 Grilli (1–0) Chulk (0–3) Fuentes (6) 28,362 18–27 46 May 20 Giants 6–5 Lincecum (6–1) Cook (6–3) Wilson (13) 28,361 18–28 47 May 21 Giants 3–2 (10) Walker (2–2) Herges (2–1) Wilson (14) 27,081 18–29 48 May 23 Mets 6–5 (13) Buchholz (2–2) Heilman (0–1) 33,341 19–29 49 May 24 Mets 9–2 Vargas (1–2) Francis (1–5) 38,142 19–30 50 May 25 Mets 4–1 Cook (7–3) Maine (5–4) 42,123 20–30 51 May 26 @ Phillies 20–5 Moyer (5–3) de la Rosa (1–3) 44,764 20–31 52 May 27 @ Phillies 7–4 Kendrick (4–2) Jiménez (1–5) 34,716 20–32 53 May 28 @ Phillies 6–1 Eaton (1–3) Reynolds (0–2) 39,845 20–33 54 May 29 @ Cubs 8–4 Wuertz (1–1) Herges (2–2) 39,851 20–34 55 May 30 @ Cubs 10–9 Eyre (2–0) Corpas (0–3) Wood (13) 39,686 20–35 56 May 31 @ Cubs 5–4 Dempster (7–2) Rusch (1–3) Mármol (3) 41,529 20–36
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 57 June 1 @ Cubs 5–3 Gallagher (3–1) Jiménez (1–6) Wood (14) 41,730 20–37 58 June 2 @ Dodgers 8–2 Lowe (3–5) Reynolds (0–3) 39,098 20–38 59 June 3 @ Dodgers 3–0 Francis (2–5) Penny (5–7) Fuentes (7) 38,548 21–38 60 June 4 @ Dodgers 2–1 Cook (8–3) Kershaw (0–1) Fuentes (8) 36,393 22–38 61 June 6 Brewers 6–4 Corpas (1–3) Mota (2–4) Fuentes (9) 30,558 23–38 62 June 7 Brewers 7–2 Reynolds (1–3) Bush (2–6) 37,283 24–38 63 June 8 Brewers 3–2 Suppan (4–4) Francis (2–6) Torres (7) 32,256 24–39 64 June 10 Giants 10–5 Cook (9–3) Misch (0–3) 28,359 25–39 65 June 11 Giants 1–0 Fuentes (1–2) Yabu (2–3) 26,235 26–39 66 June 12 Giants 10–7 Sánchez (6–3) Reynolds (1–4) Wilson (19) 30,376 26–40 67 June 13 @ White Sox 5–4 Thornton (3–1) Herges (2–3) Jenks (16) 30,143 26–41 68 June 14 @ White Sox 2–0 Grilli (2–0) Dotel (3–4) Fuentes (10) 35,663 27–41 69 June 15 @ White Sox 5–3 Cook (10–3) Contreras (6–5) Fuentes (11) 32,004 28–41 70 June 16 Braves 7–1 Jurrjens (7–3) Jiménez (1–7) 25,120 28–42 71 June 17 Indians 10–2 Reynolds (2–4) Byrd (3–7) 28,146 29–42 72 June 18 Indians 4–2 Francis (3–6) Laffey (4–4) Fuentes (12) 28,339 30–42 73 June 19 Indians 6–3 de la Rosa (2–3) Sowers (0–2) Fuentes (13) 33,174 31–42 74 June 20 Mets 7–2 Maine (7–5) Cook (10–4) 30,411 31–43 75 June 21 Mets 7–1 Jiménez (2–7) Martínez (2–1) 35,637 32–43 76 June 22 Mets 3–1 Pelfrey (4–6) Reynolds (2–5) Wagner (17) 45,019 32–44 77 June 23 @ Royals 8–4 Bannister (7–6) Francis (3–7) 12,260 32–45 78 June 24 @ Royals 7–3 Greinke (7–4) de la Rosa (2–4) 19,169 32–46 79 June 25 @ Royals 4–2 Hochevar (5–5) Cook (10–5) Soria (21) 16,615 32–47 80 June 27 @ Tigers 7–1 Bonine (2–0) Jiménez (2–8) 40,842 32–48 81 June 28 @ Tigers 7–6 Dolsi (1–2) Fuentes (1–3) 42,729 32–49 82 June 29 @ Tigers 4–3 Rogers (6–5) Reynolds (2–6) Jones (15) 41,305 32–50 83 June 30 Padres 15–8 Bell (6–3) Fuentes (1–4) 43,248 32–51
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 84 July 1 Padres 4–0 Cook (11–5) Banks (2–3) 26,221 33–51 85 July 2 Padres 8–1 Jiménez (3–8) Wolf (5–8) 28,377 34–51 86 July 3 Marlins 6–5 (11) Herges (3–3) Gregg (6–3) 48,084 35–51 87 July 4 Marlins 18–17 Buchholz (3–2) Gregg (6–4) 48,691 36–51 88 July 5 Marlins 12–6 de la Rosa (3–4) Tucker (2–3) 35,137 37–51 89 July 6 Marlins 10–5 Volstad (1–0) Cook (11–6) 27,168 37–52 90 July 7 @ Brewers 4–3 Jiménez (4–8) McClung (5–4) Fuentes (14) 35,161 38–52 91 July 8 @ Brewers 7–3 Sabathia (7–8) Redman (2–4) 42,533 38–53 92 July 9 @ Brewers 8–3 Rusch (2–3) Sheets (10–3) 37,092 39–53 93 July 10 @ Brewers 11–1 Bush (5–8) de la Rosa (3–5) 43,389 39–54 94 July 11 @ Mets 2–1 Feliciano (2–2) Buchholz (3–3) Wagner (21) 49,016 39–55 95 July 12 @ Mets 3–0 Muñiz (1–1) Jiménez (4–9) Wagner (22) 54,137 39–56 96 July 13 @ Mets 7–0 Pelfrey (8–6) Redman (2–5) 51,293 39–57 97 July 17 Pirates 5–3 Jiménez (5–9) Maholm (6–6) Fuentes (15) 30,584 40–57 98 July 18 Pirates 5–2 Rusch (3–3) Snell (3–8) Fuentes (16) 37,114 41–57 99 July 19 Pirates 7–1 de la Rosa (4–5) Herrera (0–1) 44,565 42–57 100 July 20 Pirates 11–3 Cook (12–6) Duke (4–7) 30,488 43–57 101 July 21 Dodgers 16–10 Falkenborg (2–2) Wells (1–2) 38,291 43–58 102 July 22 Dodgers 10–1 Jiménez (6–9) Kershaw (0–3) 41,567 44–58 103 July 23 Dodgers 5–3 Rusch (4–3) Kuroda (5–7) Fuentes (17) 36,305 45–58 104 July 25 @ Reds 7–2 Cook (13–6) Vólquez (12–4) 27,501 46–58 105 July 26 @ Reds 5–1 de la Rosa (5–5) Bailey (0–4) 33,981 47–58 106 July 27 @ Reds 11–0 Jiménez (7–9) Fogg (2–3) 28,246 48–58 107 July 28 @ Pirates 8–4 Snell (4–8) Grilli (2–1) 15,303 48–59 108 July 29 @ Pirates 6–4 Davis (1–0) Herges (3–4) Yates (1) 17,507 48–60 109 July 30 @ Pirates 7–4 Cook (14–6) Duke (4–9) Fuentes (18) 16,587 49–60 110 July 31 @ Marlins 12–2 Sánchez (1–0) de la Rosa (5–6) 13,634 49–61
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 111 August 1 @ Marlins 5–2 Jiménez (8–9) Volstad (2–2) Fuentes (19) 16,555 50–61 112 August 2 @ Marlins 5–3 Nolasco (11–6) De Los Santos (0–1) Gregg (24) 22,324 50–62 113 August 3 @ Marlins 3–2 Buchholz (4–3) Nelson (2–1) Fuentes (20) 14,310 51–62 114 August 4 Nationals 9–4 Redding (8–6) Cook (14–7) 33,143 51–63 115 August 5 Nationals 8–2 Corpas (2–3) Ayala (1–7) 27,483 52–63 – August 6 Nationals Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 7 116 August 7 Nationals 6–3 Bergmann (2–8) Francis (3–8) Hanrahan (2) 52–64 117 August 7 Nationals 6–3 Pérez (5–8) Jiménez (8–10) Hanrahan (3) 30,448 52–65 118 August 8 Padres 6–3 Rusch (5–3) Peavy (8–8) Fuentes (21) 33,147 53–65 119 August 9 Padres 8–3 Maddux (6–8) Cook (14–8) Hoffman (25) 41,640 53–66 120 August 10 Padres 16–7 Hampson (1–1) Hernández (10–9) 45,660 53–67 121 August 12 Diamondbacks 4–2 Johnson (10–8) Jiménez (8–11) Lyon (25) 31,218 53–68 122 August 13 Diamondbacks 6–5 Buchholz (5–3) Rauch (4–3) Fuentes (22) 30,247 54–68 123 August 14 Diamondbacks 6–2 Haren (13–6) Rusch (5–4) 27,575 54–69 124 August 15 @ Nationals 4–3 de la Rosa (6–6) Redding (8–8) Fuentes (23) 27,965 55–69 125 August 16 @ Nationals 13–6 Hernández (11–9) Lannan (6–12) 28,909 56–69 126 August 17 @ Nationals 7–2 Cook (15–8) Pérez (5–9) 31,467 57–69 127 August 19 @ Dodgers 8–3 Jiménez (9–11) Kuroda (7–9) 46,687 58–69 128 August 20 @ Dodgers 4–3 Buchholz (6–3) Broxton (3–5) Fuentes (24) 48,183 59–69 129 August 21 @ Dodgers 3–1 Lowe (10–10) de la Rosa (6–7) Broxton (10) 44,885 59–70 130 August 22 Reds 8–5 Harang (4–13) Hernández (11–10) Cordero (25) 30,337 59–71 131 August 23 Reds 7–6 Vizcaíno (1–0) Lincoln (1–4) Fuentes (25) 42,282 60–71 132 August 24 Reds 4–3 (12) Speier (2–1) Lincoln (1–5) 31,173 61–71 133 August 25 @ Giants 4–2 Francis (4–8) Cain (8–10) Fuentes (26) 31,132 62–71 134 August 26 @ Giants 7–2 de la Rosa (7–7) Palmer (0–2) Grilli (1) 32,695 63–71 135 August 27 @ Giants 4–1 Lincecum (15–3) Hernández (11–11) Wilson (36) 31,627 63–72 136 August 29 @ Padres 9–4 Cook (16–8) Hayhurst (0–1) 25,274 64–72 137 August 30 @ Padres 9–4 Geer (1–0) Jiménez (9–12) 30,240 64–73 138 August 31 @ Padres 2–1 Hoffman (3–6) Buchholz (6–4) 26,395 64–74
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 139 September 1 Giants 4–0 de la Rosa (8–7) Sánchez (8–10) 31,388 65–74 140 September 2 Giants 6–5 (12) Grilli (3–1) Yabu (3–6) 23,710 66–74 141 September 3 Giants 9–2 Zito (9–16) Cook (16–9) 23,481 66–75 142 September 5 Astros 5–3 Jiménez (10–12) Moehler (10–6) Fuentes (27) 26,163 67–75 143 September 6 Astros 2–0 Oswalt (14–9) Francis (4–9) 32,352 67–76 144 September 7 Astros 7–5 Brocail (7–5) Buchholz (6–5) Valverde (40) 30,509 67–77 145 September 9 @ Braves 5–4 (10) Tavárez (1–2) Buchholz (6–6) 21,821 67–78 146 September 10 @ Braves 9–5 Bennett (3–6) Vizcaíno (1–1) 19,693 67–79 147 September 11 @ Braves 8–4 Jurrjens (13–9) Rusch (5–5) 20,039 67–80 148 September 12 Dodgers 7–2 Billingsley (15–10) Francis (4–10) 30,147 67–81 149 September 13 Dodgers 5–1 Kershaw (4–5) de la Rosa (8–8) 40,291 67–82 150 September 14 Dodgers 1–0 (10) Corpas (3–3) Kuo (5–3) 28,910 68–82 151 September 15 Padres 11–5 LeBlanc (1–1) Reynolds (2–7) 25,296 68–83 152 September 16 Padres 10–3 Jiménez (11–12) Estes (2–3) 25,507 69–83 153 September 17 Padres 1–0 Hernández (12–11) Geer (2–1) Fuentes (28) 25,155 70–83 154 September 19 Diamondbacks 3–2 de la Rosa (9–8) Scherzer (0–3) Fuentes (29) 43,137 71–83 155 September 20 Diamondbacks 5–3 Peña (3–2) Fuentes (1–5) Qualls (6) 38,283 71–84 156 September 21 Diamondbacks 13–4 Haren (16–8) Reynolds (2–8) 32,915 71–85 157 September 23 @ Giants 9–4 Jiménez (12–12) Lincecum (17–5) 33,922 72–85 158 September 24 @ Giants 15–6 Hernández (13–11) Sánchez (9–12) 31,942 73–85 159 September 25 @ Giants 3–1 de la Rosa (10–8) Zito (10–17) Fuentes (30) 31,857 74–85 160 September 26 @ Diamondbacks 6–4 Cruz (4–0) Grilli (3–2) Qualls (8) 34,590 74–86 161 September 27 @ Diamondbacks 6–4 Lyon (3–5) Corpas (3–4) Qualls (9) 33,234 74–87 162 September 28 @ Diamondbacks 2–1 Johnson (11–10) Vizcaíno (1–2) 35,908 74–88

Roster

2008 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers 41 Alberto Arias 31 Cedrick Bowers 44 Micah Bowie 35 Taylor Buchholz 41 José Capellán 28 Aaron Cook 60 Manuel Corpas 29 Jorge de la Rosa 39 Valerio De Los Santos 26 Jeff Francis 40 Brian Fuentes 49 Jason Grilli 34 Matt Herges 61 Liván Hernández 48 Jason Hirsh 38 Ubaldo Jiménez 56 Franklin Morales 52 Juan Morillo 45 Josh Newman 55 Mark Redman 41 Steven Register 54 Greg Reynolds 32 Glendon Rusch 23 Ryan Speier 51 Luis Vizcaíno 16 Kip Wells		Catchers 15 Edwin Bellorín 20 Chris Iannetta 16 Adam Melhuse  8 Yorvit Torrealba Infielders 27 Garrett Atkins 10 Jeff Baker 21 Clint Barmes  1 Doug Bernier 17 Todd Helton 21 Jonathan Herrera 47 Joe Koshansky  1 Jayson Nix  6 Omar Quintanilla 24 Ian Stewart  2 Troy Tulowitzki		Outfielders 14 Dexter Fowler 11 Brad Hawpe  5 Matt Holliday 29,22 Scott Podsednik 25 Seth Smith 19 Ryan Spilborghs 18 Cory Sullivan  3 Willy Taveras		Manager 13 Clint Hurdle Coaches 36 Bob Apodaca (pitching) 58 Alan Cockrell (hitting)  7 Mike Gallego (third base) 30 Glenallen Hill (first base) 53 Rick Mathews (bullpen)  9 Jamie Quirk (bench) 59 Mark Strittmatter (bullpen catcher)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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	Chris Iannetta	104	333	88	.264	18	65
1B	Todd Helton	83	299	79	.264	7	29
2B	Clint Barmes	107	393	114	.290	11	44
SS	Troy Tulowitzki	101	377	99	.263	8	46
3B	Garrett Atkins	155	611	175	.286	21	99
LF	Matt Holliday	139	539	173	.321	25	88
CF	Willy Taveras	133	479	120	.251	1	26
RF	Brad Hawpe	138	488	138	.283	25	85

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
Jeff Baker	104	299	80	.268	12	48
Ian Stewart	81	266	69	.259	10	41
Yorvit Torrealba	70	236	58	.246	6	31
Ryan Spilborghs	89	233	73	.313	6	36
Omar Quintanilla	81	210	50	.238	2	15
Scott Podsednik	93	162	41	.253	1	15
Seth Smith	67	108	28	.259	4	15
Jonathan Herrera	28	61	14	.230	0	3
Jayson Nix	22	56	7	.125	0	2
Joe Koshansky	18	38	8	.211	3	8
Dexter Fowler	13	26	4	.154	0	0
Cory Sullivan	18	23	5	.217	0	4
Adam Melhuse	7	10	1	.100	0	1
Doug Bernier	2	4	0	.000	0	0
Edwin Bellorin	3	3	1	.333	0	0

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
Aaron Cook	32	211.1	16	9	3.96	96
Ubaldo Jiménez	34	198.2	12	12	3.99	172
Jeff Francis	24	143.2	4	10	5.01	94
Jorge De La Rosa	28	130.0	10	8	4.92	128
Greg Reynolds	14	62.0	2	8	8.13	22
Mark Redman	10	45.1	2	5	7.54	20
Liván Hernández	8	40.1	3	3	8.03	13
Franklin Morales	5	25.1	1	2	6.39	9
Valerio De Los Santos	2	8.0	0	1	5.63	10

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
Glendon Rusch	23	64.0	4	3	4.78	43
Jason Hirsh	4	8.2	0	0	8.31	6

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
Brian Fuentes	67	1	5	30	2.73	82
Manuel Corpas	76	3	4	4	4.52	50
Taylor Buchholz	63	6	6	1	2.17	56
Matt Herges	58	3	4	0	5.04	46
Jason Grilli	51	3	2	1	2.93	59
Ryan Speier	43	2	1	0	4.06	33
Luis Vizcaíno	43	1	2	0	5.28	49
Kip Wells	15	1	2	0	5.27	22
Alberto Arias	12	0	0	0	2.63	5
Steven Register	10	0	0	0	9.00	8
Micah Bowie	10	0	1	0	9.00	5
Josh Newman	8	0	0	0	9.35	6
Cedrick Bowers	5	0	0	0	13.50	5
José Capellán	1	0	0	0	4.50	2
Juan Morillo	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Notes

• On April 17, 2008, Colorado beat the San Diego Padres, 2-1, in a 22-inning road game that spanned 6 hours and 16 minutes. It was the longest game in Rockies history, in terms of both total innings and total length of time. 659 total pitches were thrown in the game by 15 different pitchers (eight Rockies pitchers and seven Padres pitchers). The 22-inning affair was the longest since August 31, 1993, when the Minnesota Twins, at home, defeated the Cleveland Indians, 5-4, in 22 innings.
• On July 1, 2008, the Rockies defeated the San Diego Padres, 4-0, in the shortest nine-inning game in Coors Field history – one hour and 58 minutes.
• On July 4, 2008, Colorado defeated the Florida Marlins, 18-17, after at one point being down, 13-4. The nine-run deficit that the Rockies overcame made it the largest comeback win in team history.
• On September 14, 2008, the Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers played a game that went scoreless into the bottom of the 10th inning at Coors Field. It was the longest scoreless stretch in Coors Field history. The Rockies eventually won the game, 1-0, as they scored the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning.

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Pacific Coast League	Tom Runnells
AA	Tulsa Drillers	Texas League	Stu Cole
A	Modesto Nuts	California League	Jerry Weinstein
A	Asheville Tourists	South Atlantic League	Joe Mikulik
A-Short Season	Tri-City Dust Devils	Northwest League	Fred Ocasio
Rookie	Casper Ghosts	Pioneer League	Tony Diaz

External links

• 2008 Colorado Rockies season at Baseball Reference