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Colorado Rockies History

The Rockies' history can be traced back to August 1985, when baseball's new Basic Agreement allowed the National League to expand by two teams, eventually named the Colorado Rockies and the Florida Marlins in July 1991. A hint of things to come was provided in the Rockies' first minor league game on June 16, 1992; losing 4-1 to the Boise Hawks in the bottom of the eighth inning, the Bend Rockies stormed back to win 6-4 on the strength of Will Scalzitti's dramatic grand slam. The team began to materialize in late 1992. In October, former AL MVP Don Baylor was appointed the Rockies' first manager and in November the team signed slugger Andres Galarraga, their first major league free agent. One day after signing the veteran first baseman, Colorado added 36 players through the expansion draft and two subsequent trades. David Nied -- the Rockies' first pick from Atlanta and the first selection overall -- was a highly touted prospect, but although he won the Rockies' spring training debut in March 1993 and had the distinction of authoring the first franchise shutouts (team and complete game) in 1994, he succumbed to injuries early in his career. Colorado was shut out by Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets in their first-ever regular-season contest on April 5, 1993 at Shea Stadium, but Rockies fans were treated to a win in the first home game four days later. A crowd of 80,227 saw the Rockies rout the Montreal Expos 11-4 at Mile-High Stadium. Bryn Smith got the first franchise win with seven scoreless innings against his former team, and Eric Young hit the first franchise homer leading off the bottom of the first inning. (Ironically, Young would hit only two more homers that year, both in the last home game of the season.) As is customary for expansion teams, the Rockies suffered a long losing streak, dropping 13 straight games from July 25 to August 8. They immediately followed that slump, however, with the third-best record in the league over the last 52 games (31-21). That stretch helped them set a record for expansion team wins (67), escaping the NL West basement in the process. As the Rockies' historic inaugural year came to a close, Galarraga had emerged as the team's first franchise player. He resuscitated his career by batting a league-leading .370, striking only 73 times while piling up 35 doubles, 22 homers, and 98 RBI. By winning the NL batting title, he became the first expansion team player -- as well as the first Venezuelan -- to accomplish the feat. You can search for Baseball Tickets on this page. Click on click on any MLB Team link such as Dodgers Tickets or Angels Tickets to search for MLB Tickets for your team. MLB All Star Game Tickets are available. We also purchase Cheap MLB Tickets plus all other Sports Tickets, Concert Tickets and Theater Tickets .

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