19.06.2013 Views

2012 Media Guide - MLB.com - Colorado Rockies

2012 Media Guide - MLB.com - Colorado Rockies

2012 Media Guide - MLB.com - Colorado Rockies

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

front offICe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-20<br />

<strong>2012</strong> roCKIeS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21-172<br />

• Coaches/Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21-36<br />

• Players A-D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38-72<br />

• Players E-H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73-116<br />

• Players I-M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117-127<br />

• Players N-R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128-147<br />

• Players S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148-154<br />

• Players T-Z . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155-168<br />

• Rosters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169-170<br />

2011 In reVIeW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171-182<br />

• National Baseball Hall of Fame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183<br />

reCorDS & HIStorY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185-264<br />

• Team / Individual Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186-216<br />

• Franchise Bests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217-222<br />

• Home Run History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223-229<br />

• Miscellaneous History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230-237<br />

• All-time Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238-245<br />

• Chronology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246-248<br />

• Awards / All-Star Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249-251<br />

• History of Baseball in Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252<br />

• Postseason History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253-264<br />

table of ContentS<br />

<strong>2012</strong> roCKIeS InformatIon GuIDe<br />

<strong>2012</strong> oPPonentS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265-276<br />

farm SYStem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277-350<br />

• Scouting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278-280<br />

• Player Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282-283<br />

• Minor League Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286-287<br />

• Triple-A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288-290<br />

• Double-A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291-294<br />

• High-A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294-296<br />

• Single-A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297-299<br />

• Short Season-A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300-302<br />

• Rookie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303-305<br />

• Dominican Summer League . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306-307<br />

• Minor League Players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308-350<br />

meDIa InformatIon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351-356<br />

SPrInG traInInG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357-360<br />

CommunItY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361-363<br />

CoorS fIelD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .364<br />

InDeX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365-367<br />

The <strong>2012</strong> <strong>Colorado</strong> <strong>Rockies</strong> Information <strong>Guide</strong> was produced by the club’s <strong>com</strong>munications department, Jay Alves vice president. The<br />

guide was written and <strong>com</strong>piled by Nick Piburn, Mike Kennedy and Irma Castañeda. Cover concept by Jay Alves, Nick Piburn and Mike<br />

Kennedy. Cover graphic design by Mike Kennedy. Special thanks to David Vincent, John Labombarda, Bob Waterman and Ryan McKee.<br />

Thanks to the <strong>Rockies</strong> front office and baseball operations department for their assistance. Information is as of February 8, <strong>2012</strong>. Books printed<br />

by American Web, Inc.<br />

All photos–unless otherwise noted–are courtesy of the outstanding staff at Rich Clarkson & Associates. Team photographers include:<br />

Rich Clarkson, Josh Duplechian, Ryan McKee, Steve Nowland, Jamie Schwaberow and Brett Wilhelm.<br />

Statistics provided by Elias Sports Bureau, STATS, LLC., Baseball Information System, Baseball-Reference and SABR.<br />

This guide is an official copyrighted publication; all rights reserved. Any reproduction of the guide without written permission from the <strong>Colorado</strong><br />

<strong>Rockies</strong> Baseball Club is strictly prohibited.<br />

© <strong>2012</strong> <strong>Colorado</strong> rockies<br />

<strong>Colorado</strong> <strong>Rockies</strong> Baseball Club, Ltd.<br />

Coors Field u 2001 Blake Street u Denver, CO 80205<br />

www.<strong>Colorado</strong><strong>Rockies</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />

facebook.<strong>com</strong>/rockies u twitter: @rockies u Spanish twitter: @losrockies<br />

Home: Coors Field (50,398)<br />

first Game: April 26, 1995<br />

Surface: Grass<br />

fences (lf-Cf-rf): 347, 415, 350<br />

league/Division: National League West<br />

founded: 1990, <strong>Colorado</strong> Baseball Partnership<br />

Inaugural Season: 1993<br />

Colors: Purple, Black and Silver<br />

owner/Chairman & Ceo: Richard L. Monfort<br />

owner/General Partner: Charles K. Monfort<br />

eVP, Chief baseball officer & Gm: Daniel J. O’Dowd<br />

manager: Jim Tracy<br />

General Club InformatIon<br />

Important Phone numbers<br />

Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(303) 292-0200<br />

fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(303) 312-2116<br />

Customer Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(303) ROCKIES<br />

Tickets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(800) 388-ROCK<br />

Salt River Fields at Talking Stick . . . . . . . .(480) 362-2800<br />

fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(480) 362-2876<br />

Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(303) 312-2325<br />

fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(303) 312-2319<br />

Press Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(303) 312-2326/2327<br />

<strong>MLB</strong> Public Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(212) 931-7878<br />

fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(212) 949-5654<br />

1<br />

front office

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!