Colorado Rockies

This article is about the current Major League Baseball club. For the former NHL ice hockey club, see Colorado Rockies (NHL). For the mountains, see Southern Rocky Mountains. For other uses, see Colorado Rockies (disambiguation).

Colorado Rockies
2024 Colorado Rockies season
LogoCap insignia
Major league affiliations
Current uniform
Retired numbers
Colors
  • Purple, black, silver, white[1][2][3]
           
Name
  • Colorado Rockies (1993–present)
Other nicknames
  • The Rox
  • The Blake Street Bombers
Ballpark
Major league titles
World Series titles (0)None
NL Pennants (1)2007
NL West Division titles (0)None
Wild card berths (5)
Front office
Principal owner(s)Richard & Charles Monfort[4]
PresidentGreg Feasel
General managerBill Schmidt
ManagerBud Black
Mascot(s)Dinger
Websitemlb.com/rockies

The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver. The Rockies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. The team plays its home baseball games at Coors Field, which is located in the Lower Downtown area of Denver. The club is owned by the Monfort brothers and managed by Bud Black.

The Rockies began as an expansion team for the 1993 season and played their home games for their first two seasons at Mile High Stadium. Since 1995, they have played at Coors Field, which has earned a reputation as a hitter's park, as demonstrated by the 1995 team that had four players (Dante Bichette, Vinny Castilla, Andrés Galarraga, and Larry Walker) each hit for 30 home runs; they were nicknamed the "Blake Street Bombers." The Rockies have qualified for the postseason five times, each time as a Wild Card winner. In 2007, the team earned its only NL 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 the San Diego Padres in the tiebreaker game affectionately known as "Game 163" by Rockies fans. The Rockies then proceeded to sweep the Philadelphia Phillies and Arizona Diamondbacks in the NLDS and NLCS and entered the 2007 World Series as winners of 21 of their last 22 games. However, they were swept by the American League (AL) champions Boston Red Sox in four games. As the Rockies were swept in their only World Series appearance, they are one of only two teams never to win a World Series game, along with the Seattle Mariners, who have never reached the World Series.

At the end of 2024, the Rockies have an all-time record of 2,321–2,699. This .462 winning percentage is one of the worst among active MLB franchises.[5] After the Denver Nuggets won the 2023 NBA Finals, the Rockies became the only one of Denver's franchises in the five major North American professional sports leagues (MLB, MLS, NBA, NFL, & NHL) yet to win a championship.

  1. ^ Harding, Thomas (December 21, 2020). "Here's why they're called the Rockies". Rockies.com. MLB Advanced Media. Archived from the original on January 2, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "General Club Information" (PDF). 2024 Colorado Rockies Information Guide (PDF). MLB Advanced Media. April 9, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  3. ^ Harding, Thomas (April 23, 2021). "Rocky Mountains at center of '21 ASG logo". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved October 10, 2023. 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
  4. ^ "Front Office Directory". Rockies.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  5. ^ "Colorado Rockies Team History & Encyclopedia". Baseball Reference. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved May 27, 2020.