2015 Colorado Rockies season explained

Colorado Rockies
Season:	2015
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Coors Field
City:	Denver, Colorado
Record:	68–94 (.420)
Divisional Place:	5th
Owners:	Charles & Dick Monfort
General Managers:	Jeff Bridich
Managers:	Walt Weiss, Tom Runnells (interim)
Television:	Root Sports Rocky Mountain (Drew Goodman, George Frazier, Jeff Huson)
Radio:	KOA (English) Colorado Rockies Radio Network (Jack Corrigan, Jerry Schemmel) KNRV (Spanish) (Tony Guevara)

The 2015 Colorado Rockies season was the franchise's 23rd in Major League Baseball. Walt Weiss returned for his third consecutive season as manager. It was the 21st season the Rockies played their home games at Coors Field.

Offseason

November 24, 2014: Juan Nicasio was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Noel Cuevas (December 16, 2014) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.^[1]
December 11, 2014: Josh Rutledge was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for Jairo Diaz.^[2]
December 16, 2014: Daniel Descalso was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[3]
January 5, 2015: Nick Hundley was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[4]
January 30, 2015: David Hale was traded by the Atlanta Braves with Gus Schlosser to the Colorado Rockies for José Briceño and Chris O'Dowd (minors).^[5]
February 4, 2015: Kyle Kendrick was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[6]
March 22, 2015: Jhoulys Chacín was released by the Colorado Rockies.^[7]

Regular season

The Rockies played eight extra-inning games during the season, the fewest of any MLB team in 2015.^[8]

Season standings

National League Wild Card

Transactions

July 28, 2015: Troy Tulowitzki was traded with LaTroy Hawkins to the Toronto Blue Jays for José Reyes, Miguel Castro, Jeff Hoffman, and Jesús Tinoco.^[9]
August 20, 2015: Drew Stubbs was released by the Colorado Rockies.^[10]
August 27, 2015: Rafael Betancourt was released by the Colorado Rockies.^[11]

Major League Debuts

Batters
- Dustin Garneau (Aug 20)
- Tom Murphy (Sep 12)
Pitchers
- Scott Oberg (Apr 14)
- Ken Roberts (May 3)
- Jon Gray (Aug 4)
- Jason Gurka (Aug 29)

Roster

2015 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers	CatchersInfieldersOutfielders	ManagerCoaches (bullpen catcher) (special asst.) (third base) (hitting) (pitching) (bullpen) (catching) (bench) (first base)

Game log

Legend
	Rockies win
	Rockies loss
	Postponement
Bold	Rockies team member

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 1 || April 6 || @ Brewers || 10 - 0 || Kendrick (1 - 0) || Lohse (0 - 1) || || 46,032 || 1 - 0|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 2 || April 7 || @ Brewers || 5 - 2 || Lyles (1 - 0) || Garza (0 - 1) || Hawkins (1) || 30,222 || 2 - 0|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 3 || April 8 || @ Brewers || 5 - 4 (10) || Hawkins (1 - 0) || Rodríguez (0 - 1) || Axford (1) || 28,720 || 3 - 0|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 4 || April 10 || Cubs || 5 - 1 || Bergman (1 - 0) || Wood (0 - 1) || || 49,303 || 4 - 0|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 5 || April 11 || Cubs || 9 - 5 || Hammel (1 - 0) || Kendrick (1 - 1) || || 43,812 || 4 - 1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 6 || April 12 || Cubs || 6 - 5 || Ramirez (1 - 0) || Hawkins (1 - 1) || Rondón (2) || 41,363 || 4 - 2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 7 || April 13 || @ Giants || 2 - 0 || Butler (1 - 0) || Heston (1 - 1) || Betancourt (1) || 42,019 || 5 - 2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 8 || April 14 || @ Giants || 4 - 1 || Oberg (1 - 0) || Hudson (0 - 1) || Ottavino (1) || 41,051 || 6 - 2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 9 || April 15 || @ Giants || 4 - 2 || Matzek (1 - 0) || Lincecum (0 - 1) || Ottavino (2) || 41,188 || 7 - 2|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 10 || April 17 || @ Dodgers || 7 - 3 || Kershaw (1 - 1) || Kendrick (1 - 2) || || 48,950 || 7 - 3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 11 || April 18 || @ Dodgers || 6 - 3 || Greinke (2 - 0) || Lyles (1 - 1) || Peralta (3) || 45,912 || 7 - 4|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 12 || April 19 || @ Dodgers || 7 - 0 || McCarthy (2 - 0) || Butler (1 - 1) || || 44,666 || 7 - 5|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 13 || April 20 || Padres || 14 - 3 || Despaigne (2 - 0) || de la Rosa (0 - 1) || || 22,586 || 7 - 6|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 14 || April 21 || Padres || 7 - 6 || Maurer (1 - 0) || Logan (0 - 1) || Kimbrel (5) || 22,600 || 7 - 7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 15 || April 22 || Padres || 5 - 4 || Ottavino (1 - 0) || Kelley (0 - 2) || || 22,705 || 8 - 7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 16 || April 23 || Padres || 2 - 1 || Lyles (2 - 1) || Ross (1 - 1) || Axford (2) || 31,672 || 9 - 7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 17 || April 24 || Giants || 6 - 4 || Butler (2 - 1) || Heston (2 - 2) || Ottavino (3) || 31,453 || 10 - 7|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 18 || April 25 || Giants || 5 - 4 (11) || Machi (1 - 0) || Brown (0 - 1) || || 36,474 || 10 - 8|- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb"| - || April 26 || Giants || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 23|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 19 || April 27 || @ Diamondbacks || 5 - 4 || Matzek (2 - 0) || Anderson (0 - 1) || Axford (3) || 17,444 || 11 - 8|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 20 || April 28 || @ Diamondbacks || 12 - 5 || Chafin (1 - 0) || Kendrick (1 - 3) || || 18,792 || 11 - 9|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 21 || April 29 || @ Diamondbacks || 9 - 1 || Collmenter (2 - 3) || Lyles (2 - 2) || || 19,633 || 11 - 10|-|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 22 || May 1 || @ Padres || 14 - 3 || Kennedy (1 - 1) || Butler (2 - 2) || || 30,186 || 11 - 11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 23 || May 2 || @ Padres || 4 - 2 || Morrow (2 - 0) || de la Rosa (0 - 2) || Kimbrel (7) || 28,058 || 11 - 12|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 24 || May 3 || @ Padres || 8 - 6 || Shields (3 - 0) || Kendrick (1 - 4) || Kimbrel (8) || 34,197 || 11 - 13|- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb"| - || May 4 || Diamondbacks || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb"| - || May 5 || Diamondbacks || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 6|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 25 || May 6 || Diamondbacks || 13 - 7 || Collmenter (3 - 3) || Matzek (2 - 1) || || 22,621 || 11 - 14|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 26 || May 6 || Diamondbacks || 5 - 1 || Ray (1 - 0) || Lyles (2 - 3) || || 22,621 || 11 - 15|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 27 || May 8 || Dodgers || 2 - 1 (5) || Anderson (2 - 1) || Butler (2 - 3) || || 32,974 || 11 - 16|- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb"| - || May 9 || Dodgers || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain/snow) Rescheduled for June 2|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 28 || May 10 || Dodgers || 9 - 5 || Báez (1 - 0) || Oberg (1 - 1) || || 30,710 || 11 - 17|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 29 || May 12 || @ Angels || 5 - 2 || Wilson (2 - 2) || Betancourt (0 - 1) || Street (11) || 28,150 || 11 - 18|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 30 || May 13 || @ Angels || 2 - 1 (11) || Ramos (2 - 0) || Friedrich (0 - 1) || || 30,129 || 11 - 19|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 31 || May 14 || @ Dodgers || 5 - 4 || Betancourt (1 - 1) || García (2 - 1) || Axford (4) || 42,650 || 12 - 19|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 32 || May 15 || @ Dodgers || 6 - 4 || Kershaw (2 - 2) || Butler (2 - 4) || Nicasio (1) || 46,662 || 12 - 20|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 33 || May 16 || @ Dodgers || 7 - 1 || de la Rosa (1 - 2) || Greinke (5 - 1) || || 48,378 || 13 - 20|- align="center" bgcolor= "ffbbbb"| 34 || May 17 || @ Dodgers || 1 - 0 || Bolsinger (2 - 0) || Kendrick (1 - 5) || Jansen (1) || 44,990 || 13 - 21|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 35 || May 18 || Phillies || 4 - 3 || Hamels (4 - 3) || Lyles (2 - 4) || Papelbon (10) || 24,061 || 13 - 22|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 36 || May 19 || Phillies || 6 - 5 || Oberg (2 - 1) || De Fratus (0 - 1) || Axford (5) || 21,249 || 14 - 22|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 37 || May 20 || Phillies || 4 - 2 || González (2 - 1) || Butler (2 - 5) || Papelbon (11) || 21,714 || 14 - 23|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 38 || May 21 || Phillies || 7 - 3 || Bergman (2 - 0) || Williams (3 - 4) || || 25,418 || 15 - 23|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 39 || May 22 || Giants || 11 - 8 || Vogelsong (3 - 2) || Kendrick (1 - 6) || Casilla (11) || 31,226 || 15 - 24|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 40 || May 23 || Giants || 10 - 8 || Heston (4 - 3) || Lyles (2 - 5) || Casilla (12) || 32,956 || 15 - 25|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 41 || May 23 || Giants || 5 - 3 || Hale (1 - 0) || Petit (1 - 1) || Axford (6) || 30,180 || 16 - 25|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 42 || May 24 || Giants || 11 - 2 || Bettis (1 - 0) || Hudson (2 - 4) || || 34,404 || 17 - 25|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 43 || May 25 || @ Reds || 5 - 4 || Betancourt (2 - 1) || Chapman (2 - 3) || Axford (7) || 20,516 || 18 - 25|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 44 || May 26 || @ Reds || 2 - 1 || Chapman (3 - 3) || Brown (0 - 2) || || 22,523 || 18 - 26|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 45 || May 27 || @ Reds || 6 - 4 || Kendrick (2 - 6) || Leake (2 - 4) || Axford (8) || 23,917 || 19 - 26|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 46 || May 29 || @ Phillies || 4 - 1 || Bettis (2 - 0) || Hamels (5 - 4) || || 22,227 || 20 - 26|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 47 || May 30 || @ Phillies || 5 - 2 || Butler (3 - 5) || Harang (4 - 5) || Axford (9) || 23,510 || 21 - 26|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 48 || May 31 || @ Phillies || 4 - 1 || Rusin (1 - 0) || Williams (3 - 5) || Oberg (1) || 22,166 || 22 - 26|-|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 49 || June 1 || Dodgers || 11 - 4 || Kershaw (4 - 3) || Kendrick (2 - 7) || || 25,564 || 22 - 27|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 50 || June 2 || Dodgers || 6 - 3 || de la Rosa (2 - 2) || Thomas (0 - 1) || Axford (10) || 28,148 || 23 - 27|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 51 || June 2 || Dodgers || 9 - 8 || Ravin (1 - 0) || Betancourt (2 - 2) || Jansen (5) || 24,972 || 23 - 28|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 52 || June 3 || Dodgers || 7 - 6 || Axford (1 - 0) || García (2 - 2) || || 24,575 || 24 - 28|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 53 || June 5 || Marlins || 6 - 2 || Koehler (4 - 3) || Butler (3 - 6) || Ramos (6) || 32,091 || 24 - 29|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 54 || June 6 || Marlins || 10 - 5 || Rusin (2 - 0) || Phelps (2 - 3) || || 30,373 || 25 - 29|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 55 || June 7 || Marlins || 3 - 2 (10) || Dyson (3 - 2) || Logan (0 - 2) || Ramos (7) || 35,139 || 25 - 30|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 56 || June 8 || Cardinals || 11 - 3 || Hale (2 - 0) || Lackey (4 - 4) || || 32,043 || 26 - 30|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 57 || June 9 || Cardinals || 4 - 3 || de la Rosa (3 - 2) || Wacha (8 - 2) || Axford (11) || 33,731 || 27 - 30|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 58 || June 10 || Cardinals || 4 - 2 || Martínez (7 - 2) || Bettis (2 - 1) || Rosenthal (20) || 30,698 || 27 - 31|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 59 || June 11 || @ Marlins || 6 - 0 || Phelps (3 - 3) || Rusin (2 - 1) || || 18,003 || 27 - 32|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 60 || June 12 || @ Marlins || 5 - 1 || Ureña (1 - 2) || Kendrick (2 - 8) || || 20,355 || 27 - 33|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 61 || June 13 || @ Marlins || 4 - 1 || Latos (2 - 4) || Hale (2 - 1) || Ramos (8) || 26,647 || 27 - 34|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 62 || June 14 || @ Marlins || 4 - 1 || de la Rosa (4 - 2) || Haren (6 - 3) || Axford (12) || 20,879 || 28 - 34|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 63 || June 15 || @ Astros || 6 - 3 || Keuchel (8 - 2) || Bettis (2 - 2) || Gregerson (16) || 21,820 || 28 - 35|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 64 || June 16 || @ Astros || 8 - 5 || Harris (3 - 0) || Rusin (2 - 2) || Gregerson (17) || 22,245 || 28 - 36|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 65 || June 17 || Astros || 8 - 4 || Oberholtzer (2 - 1) || Kendrick (2 - 9) || || 33,041 || 28 - 37|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 66 || June 18 || Astros || 8 - 4 || McHugh (7 - 3) || Hale (2 - 2) || || 30,770 || 28 - 38|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 67 || June 19 || Brewers || 9 - 5 || Jungmann (2 - 1) || de la Rosa (4 - 3) || || 35,841 || 28 - 39|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 68 || June 20 || Brewers || 5 - 1 || Bettis (3 - 2) || Lohse (3 - 9) || || 35,180 || 29 - 39|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 69 || June 21 || Brewers || 10 - 4 || Rusin (3 - 2) || Garza (4 - 9) || || 41,487 || 30 - 39|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 70 || June 23 || Diamondbacks || 10 - 5 || Kendrick (3 - 9) || Anderson (3 - 2) || || 30,079 || 31 - 39|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 71 || June 24 || Diamondbacks || 8 - 7 || Hudson (2 - 2) || Axford (1 - 1) || Ziegler (11) || 30,367 || 31 - 40|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 72 || June 25 || Diamondbacks || 6 - 4 || Miller (1 - 0) || Hudson (2 - 3) || Axford (13) || 30,568 || 32 - 40|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 73 || June 26 || @ Giants || 8 - 6 || Bettis (4 - 2) || Hudson (5 - 7) || || 41,887 || 33 - 40|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 74 || June 27 || @ Giants || 7 - 5 || Kontos (2 - 0) || Betancourt (2 - 3) || Casilla (20) || 41,746 || 33 - 41|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 75 || June 28 || @ Giants || 6 - 3 || Bumgarner (8 - 4) || Kendrick (3 - 10) || Casilla (21) || 41,795 || 33 - 42|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 76 || June 29 || @ Athletics || 7 - 1 || Graveman (5 - 4) || Hale (2 - 3) || || 12,125 || 33 - 43|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 77 || June 30 || @ Athletics || 2 - 1 || de la Rosa (5 - 3) || Bassitt (0 - 1) || Hawkins (2) || 19,206 || 34 - 43|-|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 78 || July 1 || @ Athletics || 4 - 1 || Hahn (6 - 6) || Bettis (4 - 3) || Clippard (14) || 17,655 || 34 - 44|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 79 || July 2 || @ Diamondbacks || 8 - 1 || Hellickson (6 - 5) || Rusin (3 - 3) || || 16,861 || 34 - 45|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 80 || July 3 || @ Diamondbacks || 4 - 3 (10) || Chafin (5 - 0) || Flande (0 - 1) || || 22,449 || 34 - 46|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 81 || July 4 || @ Diamondbacks || 7 - 3 || Corbin (1 - 0) || Hale (2 - 4) || || 42,113 || 34 - 47|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 82 || July 5 || @ Diamondbacks || 6 - 4 || de la Rosa (6 - 3) || De La Rosa (6 - 4) || Axford (14) || 22,996 || 35 - 47|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 83 || July 7 || Angels || 10 - 2 || Heaney (2 - 0) || Bettis (4 - 4) || || 26,232 || 35 - 48|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 84 || July 8 || Angels || 3 - 2 || Smith (3 - 2) || Axford (1 - 2) || Street (24) || 24,660 || 35 - 49|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 85 || July 9 || Braves || 5 - 3 || Hale (3 - 4) || Brigham (0 - 1) || Axford (15) || 30,334 || 36 - 49|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 86 || July 10 || Braves || 5 - 3 || Laffey (1 - 0) || Miller (5 - 5) || Axford (16) || 48,254 || 37 - 49|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 87 || July 11 || Braves || 3 - 2 || Hawkins (2 - 1) || Grilli (3 - 4) || || 40,620 || 38 - 49|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 88 || July 12 || Braves || 11 - 3 || Bettis (5 - 4) || Wood (6 - 6) || || 37,047 || 39 - 49|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 89 || July 17 || @ Padres || 4 - 2 || Shields (8 - 3) || de la Rosa (6 - 4) || Kimbrel (24) || 31,025 || 39 - 50|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 90 || July 18 || @ Padres || 5 - 4 || Maurer (6 - 2) || Friedrich (0 - 2) || Kimbrel (25) || 32,245 || 39 - 51|- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb"| - || July 19 || @ Padres || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 10|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 91 || July 20 || Rangers || 8 - 7 || Axford (2 - 2) || Scheppers (3 - 1) || || 35,027 || 40 - 51|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 92 || July 21 || Rangers || 9 - 0 || Harrison (1 - 1) || Kendrick (3 - 11) || || 43,012 || 40 - 52|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 93 || July 22 || Rangers || 10 - 8 || Scheppers (4 - 1) || Axford (2 - 3) || Tolleson (15) || 33,348 || 40 - 53|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 94 || July 24 || Reds || 6 - 5 || Axford (3 - 3) || Mattheus (1 - 2) || || 37,184 || 41 - 53|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 95 || July 25 || Reds || 5 - 2 || Cueto (7 - 6) || Rusin (3 - 4) || Chapman (20) || 41,998 || 41 - 54|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 96 || July 26 || Reds || 17 - 7 || Kendrick (4 - 11) || Lorenzen (3 - 5) || || 46,828 || 42 - 54|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 97 || July 27 || @ Cubs || 9 - 8 || Soriano (1 - 0) || Axford (3 - 4) || || 35,070 || 42 - 55|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 98 || July 28 || @ Cubs || 7 - 2 || Flande (1 - 1) || Beeler (1 - 1) || || 36,747 || 43 - 55|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 99 || July 29 || @ Cubs || 3 - 2 || Lester (6 - 8) || Butler (3 - 7) || Rondón (13) || 38,874 || 43 - 56|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 100 || July 30 || @ Cardinals || 9 - 8 || Villanueva (4 - 3) || Axford (3 - 5) || || 43,518 || 43 - 57|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 101 || July 31 || @ Cardinals || 7 - 0 || Wacha (12 - 4) || Kendrick (4 - 12) || || 42,568 || 43 - 58|-|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 102 || August 1 || @ Cardinals || 6 - 2 || de la Rosa (7 - 4) || Lynn (8 - 6) || || 45,216 || 44 - 58|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 103 || August 2 || @ Cardinals || 3 - 2 || Rosenthal (2 - 2) || Oberg (2 - 2) || || 44,743 || 44 - 59|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 104 || August 3 || Mariners || 8 - 7 || Hernández (13 - 6) || Butler (3 - 8) || Smith (10) || 33,107 || 44 - 60|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 105 || August 4 || Mariners || 10 - 4 || Rasmussen (1 - 0) || Friedrich (0 - 3) || || 34,376 || 44 - 61|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 106 || August 5 || Mariners || 7 - 5 (11) || Flande (2 - 0) || Guaipe (0 - 3) || || 30,196 || 45 - 61|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 107 || August 7 || @ Nationals || 5 - 4 || Oberg (3 - 2) || Storen (2 - 1) || Kahnle (1) || 33,622 || 46 - 61|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 108 || August 8 || @ Nationals || 6 - 1 || Strasburg (6 - 5) || Butler (3 - 9) || || 37,115 || 46 - 62|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 109 || August 9 || @ Nationals || 6 - 4 || Axford (4 - 5) || Storen (2 - 2) || Kahnle (2) || 33,157 || 47 - 62|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 110 || August 10 || @ Mets || 4 - 2 || Niese (7 - 9) || Miller (1 - 1) || Familia (31) || 27,194 || 47 - 63|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 111 || August 11 || @ Mets || 4 - 0 || Harvey (11 - 7) || Rusin (3 - 5) || || 25,611 || 47 - 64|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 112 || August 12 || @ Mets || 3 - 0 || deGrom (11 - 6) || de la Rosa (7 - 5) || Familia (32) || 37,175 || 47 - 65|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 113 || August 13 || @ Mets || 12 - 3 || Syndergaard (7 - 6) || Butler (3 - 10) || || 36,573 || 47 - 66|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 114 || August 14 || Padres || 9 - 5 || Norris (3 - 9) || Roberts (0 - 1) || || 33,697 || 47 - 67|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 115 || August 15 || Padres || 7 - 5 || Quackenbush (2 - 2) || Kahnle (0 - 1) || Kimbrel (33) || 37,554 || 47 - 68|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 116 || August 16 || Padres || 5 - 0 || Rusin (4 - 5) || Kennedy (7 - 11) || || 28,927 || 48 - 68|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 117 || August 18 || Nationals || 15 - 6 || Zimmermann (9 - 8) || Miller (1 - 2) || || 24,320 || 48 - 69|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 118 || August 19 || Nationals || 4 - 1 || Strasburg (7 - 6) || Betancourt (2 - 4) || Papelbon (20) || 24,863 || 48 - 70|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 119 || August 20 || Nationals || 3 - 2 || Flande (3 - 1) || Scherzer (11 - 10) || Axford (17) || 25,211 || 49 - 70|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 120 || August 21 || Mets || 14 - 9 || Gilmartin (2 - 1) || Friedrich (0 - 4) || || 31,079 || 49 - 71|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 121 || August 22 || Mets || 14 - 9 || Niese (8 - 9) || Rusin (4 - 6) || || 46,170 || 49 - 72|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 122 || August 23 || Mets || 5 - 1 || Verrett (1 - 1) || Hale (3 - 5) || || 33,200 || 49 - 73|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 123 || August 24 || @ Braves || 5 - 3 || Teherán (9 - 6) || de la Rosa (7 - 6) || Vizcaíno (4) || 13,920 || 49 - 74|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 124 || August 25 || @ Braves || 5 - 1 || Bettis (6 - 4) || Foltynewicz (4 - 6) || || 13,863 || 50 - 74|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 125 || August 26 || @ Braves || 6 - 3 || S. Castro (1 - 0) || Miller (5 - 11) || Axford (18) || 18,328 || 51 - 74|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 126 || August 28 || @ Pirates || 5 - 3 || Watson (3 - 1) || Oberg (3 - 3) || Melancon (42) || 32,607 || 51 - 75|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 127 || August 29 || @ Pirates || 4 - 3 || Happ (7 - 7) || Rusin (4 - 7) || Melancon (43) || 35,838 || 51 - 76|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 128 || August 30 || @ Pirates || 5 - 0 || de la Rosa (8 - 6) || Morton (8 - 6) || || 36,271 || 52 - 76|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 129 || August 31 || Diamondbacks || 5 - 4 || S. Castro (2 - 0) || Ziegler (0 - 3) || || 21,386 || 53 - 76|-|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 130 || September 1 || Diamondbacks || 6 - 4 || Corbin (4 - 3) || M. Castro (0 - 3) || Hudson (3) || 21,550 || 53 - 77|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 131 || September 1 || Diamondbacks || 5 - 3 || De La Rosa (12 - 6) || Oberg (3 - 4) || Collmenter (1) || 20,411 || 53 - 78|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 132 || September 2 || Diamondbacks || 9 - 4 || Brown (1 - 2) || Delgado (5 - 4) || Miller (1) || 20.574 || 54 - 78|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 133 || September 3 || Giants || 11 - 3 || Rusin (5 - 7) || Vogelsong (9 - 11) || || 25,863 || 55 - 78|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 134 || September 4 || Giants || 2 - 1 || de la Rosa (9 - 6) || Heston (11 - 9) || Axford (19) || 29,196 || 56 - 78|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 135 || September 5 || Giants || 7 - 3 || Peavy (5 - 6) || Bettis (6 - 5) || || 37,672 || 56 - 79|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 136 || September 6 || Giants || 7 - 4 || Bumgarner (17 - 7) || Flande (3 - 2) || Casilla (32) || 36,649 || 56 - 80|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 137 || September 7 || @ Padres || 6 - 4 || Kendrick (5 - 12) || Kennedy (8 - 13) || Axford (20) || 24,585 || 57 - 80|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 138 || September 8 || @ Padres || 2 - 1 || Kimbrel (2 - 2) || Logan (0 - 3) || || 19,112 || 57 - 81|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 139 || September 9 || @ Padres || 11 - 4 || Shields (11 - 6) || Rusin (5 - 8) || || 22,764 || 57 - 82|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 140 || September 10 || @ Padres || 4 - 3 || Miller (2 - 2) || Benoit (6 - 5) || Axford (21) || 21,922 || 58 - 82|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 141 || September 11 || @ Mariners || 4 - 2 || Bettis (7 - 5) || Iwakuma (7 - 4) || Axford (22) || 19,876 || 59 - 82|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 142 || September 12 || @ Mariners || 7 - 2 || Elías (5 - 8) || Flande (3 - 3) || || 24,743 || 59 - 83|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 143 || September 13 || @ Mariners || 3 - 2 || Kendrick (6 - 12) || Paxton (3 - 4) || Axford (23) || 21,840 || 60 - 83|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 144 || September 14 || @ Dodgers || 4 - 1 || Kershaw (14 - 6) || Gray (0 - 1) || Hatcher (3) || 43,731 || 60 - 84|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 145 || September 15 || @ Dodgers || 5 - 4 (16) || Hale (4 - 5) || Latos (4 - 10) || Germen (1) || 45,311 || 61 - 84|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 146 || September 16 || @ Dodgers || 2 - 0 || Wood (11 - 10) || de la Rosa (9 - 7) || Jansen (32) || 45,906 || 61 - 85|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 147 || September 18 || Padres || 7 - 4 || Bettis (8 - 5) || Kennedy (8 - 15) || Axford (24) || 27,303 || 62 - 85|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 148 || September 19 || Padres || 10 - 2 || Bergman (3 - 0) || Erlin (0 - 1) || || 30,875 || 63 - 85|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 149 || September 20 || Padres || 10 - 4 || Shields (13 - 6) || Kendrick (6 - 13) || || 26,927 || 63 - 86|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 150 || September 21 || Pirates || 9 - 3 || Burnett (9 - 5) || Gray (0 - 2) || || 23,187 || 63 - 87|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 151 || September 22 || Pirates || 6 - 3 || Happ (10 - 8) || Rusin (5 - 9) || Melancon (49) || 23,433 || 63 - 88|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 152 || September 23 || Pirates || 13 - 7 || Blanton (6 - 2) || Bergman (3 - 1) || || 23,526 || 63 - 89|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 153 || September 24 || Pirates || 5 - 4 || Blanton (7 - 2) || Díaz (0 - 1) || Melancon (50) || 25,164 || 63 - 90|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 154 || September 25 || Dodgers || 7 - 4 || Hale (5 - 5) || Bolsinger (6 - 5) || Axford (25) || 38,485 || 64 - 90|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 155 || September 26 || Dodgers || 8 - 6 || Miller (3 - 2) || García (3 - 4) || || 40,322 || 65 - 90|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 156 || September 27 || Dodgers || 12 - 5 || Rusin (6 - 9) || Wood (11 - 12) || || 32,870 || 66 - 90|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 157 || September 29 || @ Diamondbacks || 4 - 3 (11) || Delgado (7 - 4) || Brown (1 - 3) || || 21,526 || 66 - 91|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 158 || September 30 || @ Diamondbacks || 3 - 1 || Delgado (8 - 4) || Bettis (8 - 6) || Hudson (4) || 18,529 || 66 - 92|-|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 159 || October 1 || @ Diamondbacks || 8 - 6 || Burgos (2 - 2) || Miller (3 - 3) || Bracho (1) || 20,826 || 66 - 93|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 160 || October 2 || @ Giants || 9 - 3 || Kendrick (7 - 13) || Heston (12 - 11) || || 41,505 || 67 - 93|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 161 || October 3 || @ Giants || 3 - 2 || Peavy (8 - 6) || Rusin (6 - 10) || Casilla (38) || 41,398 || 67 - 94|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 162 || October 4 || @ Giants || 7 - 3 || Brothers (1 - 0) || Kontos (4 - 4) || || 41,399 || 68 - 94|-

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	Nick Hundley	103	366	110	.301	10	43
1B	Ben Paulsen	116	325	90	.277	11	49
2B	DJ LeMahieu	150	564	170	.301	6	61
SS	Troy Tulowitzki	87	323	97	.300	12	53
3B	Nolan Arenado	157	616	177	.287	42	130
LF	Brandon Barnes	106	255	64	.251	2	17
CF	Charlie Blackmon	157	614	176	.287	17	58
RF	Carlos González	153	554	150	.271	40	97

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
87	231	62	.268	6	29
65	224	68	.304	10	31
47	193	50	.259	3	19
101	185	38	.205	5	22
49	168	52	.310	3	15
58	127	26	.205	4	17
72	127	33	.260	0	9
46	106	19	.179	3	11
51	102	22	.216	5	10
22	70	11	.157	2	8
26	53	13	.245	0	3
20	42	7	.167	0	0
11	35	9	.257	3	9

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
26	149.0	9	7	4.17	134
27	142.1	7	13	6.32	80
24	131.2	6	10	5.33	86
20	115.0	8	6	4.23	98
16	79.1	3	10	5.90	44
17	78.1	5	5	6.09	61
10	49.0	2	5	5.14	30
9	40.2	0	2	5.53	40
5	22.0	2	1	4.09	15

Note: There is no ERA leader (qualifier) for team because no pitcher pitched 1 inning per scheduled game (162 innings).

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
30	68.1	3	1	4.74	37
19	68.1	3	3	4.74	43

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
60	4	5	25	4.20	62
68	0	4	0	5.25	45
64	3	4	1	5.09	44
60	0	3	0	4.33	44
45	2	4	1	6.18	40
36	0	1	2	4.86	39
36	1	3	0	4.91	20
34	3	3	1	4.05	38
29	0	0	1	3.86	25
24	2	1	2	3.63	20
21	0	1	0	2.37	18
17	1	0	0	1.74	5
11	2	0	0	6.10	9
10	1	0	3	0.00	13
9	0	1	0	5.79	5
9	0	0	0	9.39	7
5	0	1	0	10.13	6
3	1	0	0	3.68	3
2	0	0	0	90.00	1

Awards and accomplishments

MLB Franchise Four selections for Colorado Rockies:^[12]
- Andrés Galarraga (1B)
- Todd Helton (1B)
- Troy Tulowitzki (SS)
- Larry Walker (RF)

Farm system

External links

2015 Colorado Rockies season Official Site
2015 Colorado Rockies season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

Web site: Juan Nicasio Stats.
Web site: Jairo Diaz Stats.
Web site: Daniel Descalso Stats.
Web site: Nick Hundley Stats.
Web site: David Hale Stats.
Web site: Kyle Kendrick Stats.
Web site: Jhoulys Chacin Stats.
Web site: Team Batting Game Finder: For 2015, Only extra-inning games. Baseball Reference. August 26, 2017.
Web site: Troy Tulowitzki Stats.
Web site: Drew Stubbs Stats.
Web site: Rafael Betancourt Stats.
Web site: Rockies Franchise Four . MLB.com . July 14, 2015 . May 20, 2017.
Web site: Colorado Rockies Minor League Affiliates.