Even after a two-game sweep of the Astros, the Rockies (6-12) still have the worst winning percentage in baseball heading into a three-game series against the Phillies that starts Friday at Coors Field.
While the overall ineptitude of this year’s Colorado club remains to be determined, here’s a rundown of what went wrong in the five worst seasons in the Rockies’ 29-year history.
2012 (64-98) —Jim Tracy’s final season as skipper in Colorado ended in a flaming dumpster fire and a franchise record for losses. It included a nine-game September losing streak, and the Rockies had an MLB-worst 5.22 ERA.
2014 (66-96) — The worst season of manager Walt Weiss’ four-year tenure, the Rockies wasted Troy Tulowitzki’s last full season with Colorado, got no-no’d by the Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw and again had the majors’ worst ERA (4.84).
2005 (67-95) —Colorado struggled on the mound with a 5.13 ERA, third-worst in the majors. Beyond Todd Helton and Matt Holliday anchoring the lineup plus all-star closer Brian Fuentes, Clint Hurdle’s team was bad and unexciting.
1993 (67-95) —The Rockies’ inaugural season saw attendance records smashed at Mile High Stadium but not much quality baseball by Colorado, which finished sixth of seven in the West, 37 games back. Colorado’s 5.41 ERA ranked last.
2008 (74-88) —Colorado’s had four other 90-plus loss seasons besides those above, so eight in total, including an ugly 2019. But no such list would be complete without the 2008 team, which free-fell from pennant winners to third in the West.
— Kyle Newman, The Denver Post
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