2012 Colorado Rockies season

2012 Colorado Rockies
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Coors Field
City	Denver, Colorado
Record	64–98 (.395)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Charles & Dick Monfort
General managers	Dan O'Dowd
Managers	Jim Tracy
Television	Root Sports Rocky Mountain (Drew Goodman, George Frazier, Jeff Huson)
Radio	KOA (English) (Jack Corrigan, Jerry Schemmel) KMXA (Spanish) (Tony Guevara)
Seasons

The Colorado Rockies' 2012 season was the franchise's 20th in Major League Baseball. It involved the Rockies' 18th season of playing their home games at Coors Field.

Offseason

• November 30, 2011: Chris Iannetta was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for Tyler Chatwood.
• November 30, 2011: Ramón Hernández was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.
• December 7, 2011: Huston Street was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the San Diego Padres for a player to be named later. The San Diego Padres sent Nick Schmidt (minors) (December 9, 2011) to complete the trade.
• December 8, 2011: Ian Stewart was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Casey Weathers (minors) to the Chicago Cubs for Tyler Colvin and DJ LeMahieu.
• December 16, 2011: Michael Cuddyer was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.
• January 16, 2012: Seth Smith was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Oakland Athletics for Guillermo Moscoso and Josh Outman.
• January 18, 2012: Jamie Moyer was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.
• January 21, 2012: Marco Scutaro was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Colorado Rockies for Clayton Mortensen.
• February 6, 2012: Jeremy Guthrie was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Colorado Rockies for Jason Hammel and Matt Lindstrom.

Regular season

Season standings

NL West standings

NL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Francisco Giants	94	68	.580	—	48‍–‍33	46‍–‍35
Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	.531	8	45‍–‍36	41‍–‍40
Arizona Diamondbacks	81	81	.500	13	41‍–‍40	40‍–‍41
San Diego Padres	76	86	.469	18	42‍–‍39	34‍–‍47
Colorado Rockies	64	98	.395	30	35‍–‍46	29‍–‍52

NL Wild Card

Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Washington Nationals	98	64	.605
Cincinnati Reds	97	65	.599
San Francisco Giants	94	68	.580

Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Atlanta Braves	94	68	.580	+6
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	.543	—
Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	.531	2
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	.512	5
Philadelphia Phillies	81	81	.500	7
Arizona Diamondbacks	81	81	.500	7
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	83	.488	9
San Diego Padres	76	86	.469	12
New York Mets	74	88	.457	14
Miami Marlins	69	93	.426	19
Colorado Rockies	64	98	.395	24
Chicago Cubs	61	101	.377	27
Houston Astros	55	107	.340	33

Record vs. opponents

2012 National League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2012
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	HOU	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	–	2–5	5–4	2–5	9–7	6–0	12–6	5–3	3–3	3–4	2–4	3–4	7–11	9–9	1–5	2–4	9–6
Atlanta	5–2	–	3–4	1–5	6–1	4–2	3–3	14–4	3–3	12–6	12–6	3–2	4–3	3–4	5–1	8–10	8–10
Chicago	4–5	4–3	–	4–12	2–4	8–5	2–4	2–4	4–13	4–2	2–4	8–8	3–3	1–6	7–10	1–6	5–10
Cincinnati	5–2	5–1	12–4	–	5–1	10–5	2–4	3–3	9–6	6–2	3–4	11–7	6–2	4–3	6–7	2–5	7–8
Colorado	7–9	1–6	4–2	1–5	–	5–2	8–10	3–4	5–1	5–2	2–7	2–4	8–10	4–14	2–5	4–3	2–13
Houston	0–6	2–4	5–8	5–10	2–5	–	2–4	2–4	8–9	4–2	3–3	5–12	3–5	1–8	4–11	1–7	6–9
Los Angeles	6–12	3–3	4–2	4–2	10–8	4–2	–	4–2	1–6	4–3	5–2	6–1	11–7	8-10	6–5	4–2	6–9
Miami	3–5	4–14	4–2	3–3	4–3	4–2	2–4	–	4–4	4–12	8–10	1–4	5–1	5–2	2–5	9–9	5–13
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	13–4	6–9	1–5	9–8	6–1	4–4	–	3–2	2–5	11–4	3–4	2–4	6–9	3–5	6–9
New York	4–3	6–12	2–4	2–6	2–5	2–4	3–4	12–4	2–3	–	10–8	5–2	4–3	4–4	4–3	4–14	8–7
Philadelphia	4–2	6–12	4–2	4–3	7–2	3–3	2–5	10–8	5–2	8–10	–	3–4	4–3	2–4	5–2	9-9	5–10
Pittsburgh	4–3	2–3	8–8	7–11	4–2	12–5	1–6	4–1	4–11	2–5	4–3	–	1–5	3–3	8–7	3–2	10–8
San Diego	11–7	3–4	3–3	2–6	10–8	5–3	7–11	1–5	4–3	3–4	3–4	5–1	–	6–12	3–3	2–3	8–7
San Francisco	9–9	4–3	6–1	3–4	14–4	8–1	10–8	2–5	4–2	4–4	4–2	3–3	12–6	–	3–3	1–5	7–8
St. Louis	5–1	1–5	10–7	7–6	5–2	11–4	5–6	5–2	9–6	3–4	3–4	7–8	3–3	3–3	–	3–4	8–7
Washington	4–2	10–8	6–1	5–2	3–4	7–1	2–4	9–9	5–3	14–4	9-9	2–3	3–2	5-1	4-3	–	10–8

Transactions

• June 4, 2012: Jamie Moyer was released by the Colorado Rockies.
• June 8, 2012: Jeff Francis was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.
• June 12, 2012: Esmil Rogers was sold by the Colorado Rockies to the Cleveland Indians.
• July 20, 2012: Jeremy Guthrie was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Kansas City Royals for Jonathan Sánchez.
• July 27, 2012: Marco Scutaro was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the San Francisco Giants for Charlie Culberson.

Major League Debuts

• Batters
  • Josh Rutledge (Jul 13)
  • Matt McBride (Aug 4)
  • Rafael Ortega (Sep 30)
• Pitchers
  • Christian Friedrich (May 9)
  • Edwar Cabrera (Jun 27)
  • Will Harris (Aug 13)
  • Rob Scahill (Sep 11)

Roster

2012 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers 34 Matt Belisle 63 Rafael Betancourt 49 Rex Brothers 46 Edwar Cabrera 45 Jhoulys Chacín 32 Tyler Chatwood 29 Jorge de la Rosa 47 Mike Ekstrom 61 Edgmer Escalona 26 Jeff Francis 53 Christian Friedrich 15 Jeremy Guthrie 48 Will Harris 56 Guillermo Moscoso 50 Jamie Moyer 44 Juan Nicasio 37 Adam Ottavino 88 Josh Outman 13 Drew Pomeranz 54 Zach Putnam 51 Matt Reynolds 30 Josh Roenicke 48 Esmil Rogers 35 Jonathan Sánchez 62 Rob Scahill 59 Carlos Torres  6 Alex White		Catchers 55 Ramón Hernández 41 Wil Nieves 20 Wilin Rosario Infielders 36 Tommy Field 23 Jason Giambi 17 Todd Helton 18 Jonathan Herrera  9 DJ LeMahieu  7 Matt McBride 10 Chris Nelson 22 Jordan Pacheco 14 Josh Rutledge 19 Marco Scutaro  2 Troy Tulowitzki Outfielders  8 Charlie Blackmon 12 Andrew Brown 21 Tyler Colvin  3 Michael Cuddyer 24 Dexter Fowler  5 Carlos González 47 Rafael Ortega  1 Eric Young, Jr.		Manager  4 Jim Tracy Coaches 36 Bob Apodaca (pitching) 25 Rich Dauer (third base) 31 Glenallen Hill (first base) 43 Carney Lansford (hitting) 40 Bo McLaughlin (pitching) 11 Tom Runnells (bench) 52 Jim Wright (pitching/bullpen)

Game log

Legend
	Rockies win
	Rockies loss
	Postponement
Bold	Rockies team member

2012 Game Log
April (11–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 6 @ Astros 5–3 Guthrie (1–0) Rodriguez (0–1) Betancourt (1) 43,464 1–0 2 April 7 @ Astros 7–3 Harrell (1–0) Moyer (0–1) 23,962 1–1 3 April 8 @ Astros 3–2 López (1–0) Brothers (0–1) Myers (1) 14,195 1–2 4 April 9 Giants 7–0 Zito (1–0) Chacín (0–1) 49,282 1–3 5 April 11 Giants 17–8 Reynolds (1–0) Mota (0–1) Chatwood (1) 30,337 2–3 6 April 12 Giants 4–2 Bumgarner (1–1) Moyer (0–2) Wilson (1) 25,860 2–4 7 April 13 Diamondbacks 7–6 Brothers (1–1) Shaw (0–1) Betancourt (2) 30,642 3–4 8 April 14 Diamondbacks 8–7 Chatwood (1–0) Putz (0–1) 29,856 4–4 9 April 15 Diamondbacks 5–2 Cahill (1–0) Pomeranz (0–1) Shaw (2) 26,952 4–5 10 April 16 Padres 7–1 Luebke (1–1) Guthrie (1–1) 21,547 4–6 11 April 17 Padres 5–3 Moyer (1–2) Bass (0–2) Betancourt (3) 24,525 5–6 12 April 18 Padres 8–4 Nicasio (1–0) Richard (1–1) 24,762 6–6 13 April 20 @ Brewers 4–3 Belisle (1–0) Axford (0–1) Betancourt (4) 39,188 7–6 14 April 21 @ Brewers 9–4 Veras (2–0) Rogers (0–1) 43,565 7–7 15 April 22 @ Brewers 4–1 Guthrie (2–1) Rodríguez (0–2) Betancourt (5) 42,611 8–7 – April 23 @ Pirates Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for April 25 16 April 24 @ Pirates 5–4 Watson (1–0) Belisle (1–1) Hanrahan (3) 10,484 8–8 17 April 25 @ Pirates 2–1 Reynolds (2–0) Resop (0–2) Betancourt (6) 9–8 18 April 25 @ Pirates 5–1 Morton (1–1) Chacín (0–2) 15,218 9–9 19 April 27 Mets 18–9 Reynolds (3–0) Acosta (0–1) 35,103 10–9 20 April 28 Mets 7–5 Gee (2–2) Moscoso (0–1) Francisco (5) 38,798 10–10 21 April 29 Mets 6–5 (11) Francisco (1–1) Belisle (1–2) Ramírez (1) 36,690 10–11 22 April 30 Dodgers 6–2 Nicasio (2–0) Harang (1–2) 25,227 11–11
May (10–18) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 23 May 1 Dodgers 7–6 Lilly (3–0) Chacín (0–3) Guerra (8) 26,211 11–12 24 May 2 Dodgers 8–5 Betancourt (1–0) Wright (1–1) 30,276 12–12 25 May 4 Braves 9–8 (11) Durbin (2–0) Escalona (0–1) Kimbrel (9) 33,184 12–13 26 May 5 Braves 13–9 Martínez (2–0) Rogers (0–2) Hernández (1) 40,013 12–14 27 May 6 Braves 7–2 Beachy (3–1) Nicasio (2–1) Martínez (1) 45,330 12–15 28 May 7 @ Padres 3–2 Vólquez (1–2) Pomeranz (0–2) Thayer (1) 15,895 12–16 29 May 8 @ Padres 3–1 Suppan (2–0) White (0–1) Thayer (2) 17,478 12–17 30 May 9 @ Padres 6–2 Friedrich (1–0) Bass (1–4) 20,059 13–17 31 May 11 @ Dodgers 7–3 Capuano (5–0) Moyer (1–3) 35,591 13–18 32 May 12 @ Dodgers 2–1 Harang (2–2) Outman (0–1) Jansen (3) 33,735 13–19 33 May 13 @ Dodgers 11–5 Lilly (5–0) White (0–2) 49,124 13–20 34 May 14 @ Giants 3–2 Romo (2–0) Brothers (1–2) Casilla (8) 41,254 13–21 35 May 15 @ Giants 5–4 Brothers (2–2) Casilla (0–2) Betancourt (7) 41,332 14–21 36 May 16 Diamondbacks 6–1 Moyer (2–3) Corbin (2–2) 32,162 15–21 37 May 17 Diamondbacks 9–7 Ziegler (2–1) Betancourt (1–1) Putz (7) 32,035 15–22 38 May 18 Mariners 4–0 Millwood (2–4) White (0–3) 34,887 15–23 39 May 19 Mariners 10–3 Vargas (5–3) Friedrich (1–1) 30,784 15–24 40 May 20 Mariners 6–4 Beavan (2–4) Guthrie (2–2) 36,662 15–25 41 May 21 @ Marlins 7–4 Buehrle (4–4) Moyer (2–4) Bell (6) 25,155 15–26 42 May 22 @ Marlins 7–6 Nolasco (5–2) Nicasio (2–2) Bell (7) 22,242 15–27 43 May 23 @ Marlins 8–4 White (1–3) Zambrano (2–3) 23,985 16–27 44 May 25 @ Reds 6–3 Friedrich (2–1) Cueto (5–2) Betancourt (8) 29,597 17–27 45 May 26 @ Reds 10–3 Hoover (1–0) Guthrie (2–3) 35,314 17–28 46 May 27 @ Reds 7–5 Latos (4–2) Moyer (2–5) Chapman (3) 29,368 17–29 47 May 28 Astros 9–7 Belisle (2–2) Rodriguez (1–5) Betancourt (9) 34,546 18–29 48 May 28 Astros 7–6 (10) Roenicke (1–0) Myers (0–2) 35,786 19–29 49 May 30 Astros 13–5 Friedrich (3–1) Harrell (4–4) 28,102 20–29 50 May 31 Astros 11–5 Guthrie (3–3) Norris (5–2) 31,799 21–29
June (9–18) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 51 June 1 Dodgers 13–3 Ottavino (1–0) Capuano (7–2) 36,795 22–29 52 June 2 Dodgers 6–2 Harang (4–3) Nicasio (2–3) 36,175 22–30 53 June 3 Dodgers 3–2 White (2–3) Eovaldi (0–2) Betancourt (10) 35,353 23–30 54 June 5 @ Diamondbacks 4–0 Friedrich (4–1) Saunders (3–4) 22,881 24–30 55 June 6 @ Diamondbacks 10–0 Kennedy (5–5) Guthrie (3–4) 22,322 24–31 56 June 7 @ Diamondbacks 6–1 Miley (7–2) Outman (0–2) 23,069 24–32 57 June 8 Angels 7–2 Wilson (7–4) White (2–4) 41,814 24–33 58 June 9 Angels 11–5 Haren (4–6) Francis (0–1) 37,801 24–34 59 June 10 Angels 10–8 Santana (3–7) Friedrich (4–2) Downs (6) 37,722 24–35 60 June 12 Athletics 8–5 Colón (6–6) Guthrie (3–5) Cook (1) 33,635 24–36 61 June 13 Athletics 10–8 Blevins (1–0) Betancourt (1–2) Cook (2) 32,155 24–37 62 June 14 Athletics 8–2 Parker (3–3) White (2–5) 32,527 24–38 63 June 15 @ Tigers 12–4 (10) Belisle (3–2) Valverde (3–2) 41,878 25–38 64 June 16 @ Tigers 4–1 Fister (1–3) Friedrich (4–3) 41,800 25–39 65 June 17 @ Tigers 5–0 Scherzer (6–4) Guthrie (3–6) 40,619 25–40 66 June 19 @ Phillies 7–2 Hamels (10–3) Outman (0–3) 44,329 25–41 67 June 20 @ Phillies 7–6 Papelbon (1–2) Betancourt (1–3) 43,729 25–42 68 June 21 @ Phillies 4–1 Roenicke (2–0) Worley (3–4) Betancourt (11) 43,805 26–42 69 June 22 @ Rangers 4–1 Oswalt (1–0) Friedrich (4–4) Nathan (16) 46,964 26–43 70 June 23 @ Rangers 11–7 Brothers (3–2) Lewis (6–6) 42,516 27–43 71 June 24 @ Rangers 4–2 Harrison (10–3) White (2–6) 45,407 27–44 72 June 25 Nationals 4–2 Roenicke (3–0) Strasburg (9–2) Betancourt (12) 40,177 28–44 73 June 26 Nationals 12–5 Gonzalez (10–3) Friedrich (4–5) 36,110 28–45 74 June 27 Nationals 11–5 Zimmermann (4–6) Cabrera (0–1) 36,045 28–46 75 June 28 Nationals 11–10 (11) Ottavino (2–0) Stammen (3–1) 33,957 29–46 76 June 29 Padres 10–2 Francis (1–1) Marquis (3–8) 42,785 30–46 77 June 30 Padres 8–4 Vólquez (5–7) Guthrie (3–7) 48,169 30–47
July (7–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 78 July 1 Padres 2–0 Wells (1–1) Pomeranz (0–3) Street (12) 31,829 30–48 79 July 2 @ Cardinals 9–3 Lohse (8–2) Chatwood (1–1) 39,456 30–49 80 July 3 @ Cardinals 3–2 Francis (2–1) Kelly (1–1) Betancourt (13) 41,701 31–49 81 July 4 @ Cardinals 4–1 Wainwright (7–8) Guthrie (3–8) Motte (18) 42,338 31–50 82 July 5 @ Cardinals 6–2 Lynn (11–4) Friedrich (4–6) Motte (19) 41,751 31–51 83 July 6 @ Nationals 5–1 Pomeranz (1–3) Strasburg (9–4) Betancourt (14) 28,951 32–51 84 July 7 @ Nationals 4–1 Gonzalez (12–3) Francis (2–2) Clippard (14) 28,032 32–52 85 July 8 @ Nationals 4–3 Brothers (4–2) Clippard (2–3) Betancourt (15) 25,125 33–52 86 July 13 Phillies 6–2 Friedrich (5–6) Lee (1–6) 33,346 34–52 87 July 14 Phillies 8–5 Worley (5–5) Guthrie (3–9) Papelbon (19) 35,151 34–53 88 July 15 Phillies 5–1 Hamels (11–4) Pomeranz (1–4) 25,685 34–54 89 July 16 Pirates 5–4 Brothers (5–2) Grilli (1–3) 36,907 35–54 90 July 17 Pirates 6–2 Bédard (5–10) Friedrich (5–7) Hanrahan (25) 42,574 35–55 91 July 18 Pirates 9–6 McDonald (10–3) Reynolds (3–1) Hanrahan (26) 30,842 35–56 92 July 20 @ Padres 9–5 Marquis (5–9) Pomeranz (1–5) 25,507 35–57 93 July 21 @ Padres 8–6 (12) Torres (1–0) Thatcher (0–3) Betancourt (16) 37,174 36–57 94 July 22 @ Padres 3–2 Thayer (2–2) Ottavino (2–1) Street (16) 25,198 36–58 95 July 23 @ Diamondbacks 6–3 Kennedy (8–8) Sánchez (1–7) Putz (18) 20,056 36–59 96 July 24 @ Diamondbacks 6–2 Saunders (5–6) Cabrera (0–2) 20,432 36–60 97 July 25 @ Diamondbacks 4–2 Francis (3–2) Cahill (8–9) Betancourt (17) 23,385 37–60 98 July 27 Reds 3–0 Arroyo (6–6) Pomeranz (1–6) Chapman (20) 38,214 37–61 99 July 28 Reds 9–7 Cueto (13–5) Friedrich (5–8) Chapman (21) 42,826 37–62 100 July 29 Reds 7–2 Latos (9–3) Sánchez (1–8) 29,430 37–63 101 July 31 Cardinals 11–6 Lohse (11–2) Francis (3–3) 31,297 37–64
August (16–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 102 August 1 Cardinals 9–6 Westbrook (10–8) Belisle (3–3) 29,547 37–65 103 August 2 Cardinals 8–2 Brothers (6–2) Salas (1–4) 29,659 38–65 104 August 3 Giants 16–4 Vogelsong (9–5) Sánchez (1–9) 30,176 38–66 105 August 4 Giants 11–6 Bumgarner (12–6) Francis (3–4) 35,242 38–67 106 August 5 Giants 8–3 Lincecum (6–11) Chatwood (1–2) 28,804 38–68 107 August 6 @ Dodgers 2–0 Ottavino (3–1) Capuano (10–8) Betancourt (18) 32,659 39–68 108 August 7 @ Dodgers 3–1 Roenicke (4–0) Harang (7–7) Betancourt (19) 55,024 40–68 109 August 8 @ Dodgers 6–4 Billingsley (8–9) Torres (1–1) Jansen (22) 37,084 40–69 110 August 10 @ Giants 3–0 Chatwood (2–2) Lincecum (6–12) Betancourt (20) 41,729 41–69 111 August 11 @ Giants 9–3 Cain (11–5) Pomeranz (1–7) 42,483 41–70 112 August 12 @ Giants 9–6 Hensley (4–3) Belisle (3–4) 41,492 41–71 113 August 13 Brewers 9–6 Francis (4–4) Fiers (6–5) 26,821 42–71 114 August 14 Brewers 8–6 Chatwood (3–2) Wolf (3–9) Betancourt (21) 28,036 43–71 115 August 15 Brewers 7–6 Harris (1–0) Henderson (0–2) 23,411 44–71 116 August 16 Marlins 5–3 Ottavino (4–1) Nolasco (9–12) Betancourt (22) 24,807 45–71 117 August 17 Marlins 6–5 LeBlanc (2–2) Roenicke (4–1) Cishek (8) 25,614 45–72 118 August 18 Marlins 6–5 Eovaldi (4–8) Chatwood (3–3) Cishek (9) 30,426 45–73 119 August 19 Marlins 3–2 Ottavino (5–1) Johnson (7–10) Betancourt (23) 43,961 46–73 120 August 20 @ Mets 3–1 Brothers (7–2) Edgin (1–1) Betancourt (24) 23,833 47–73 121 August 21 @ Mets 6–2 Chacín (1–3) Young (3–7) 27,633 48–73 122 August 22 @ Mets 5–2 Torres (2–1) Ramírez (2–3) Betancourt (25) 22,204 49–73 123 August 23 @ Mets 1–0 Brothers (8–2) Parnell (2–3) Belisle (1) 22,544 50–73 124 August 24 @ Cubs 5–3 Russell (6–1) Belisle (3–5) Mármol (16) 31,255 50–74 125 August 25 @ Cubs 4–3 Torres (3–1) Corpas (0–1) Betancourt (26) 35,296 51–74 126 August 26 @ Cubs 5–0 (8) Volstad (1–9) Chacín (1–4) Camp (2) 32,346 51–75 127 August 27 Dodgers 10–0 Francis (5–4) Beckett (5–12) Belisle (2) 30,148 52–75 128 August 28 Dodgers 8–4 Chatwood (4–3) Capuano (11–10) 28,368 53–75 129 August 29 Dodgers 10–8 Blanton (9–12) Pomeranz (1–8) Belisario (1) 25,155 53–76 130 August 31 Padres 5–4 Richard (12–12) White (2–7) Gregerson (3) 27,366 53–77
September (9–20) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 131 September 1 Padres 9–1 Chacín (2–4) Vólquez (9–10) 30,152 54–77 132 September 2 Padres 11–10 Moscoso (1–1) Brach (1–4) Betancourt (27) 30,678 55–77 133 September 3 @ Braves 6–1 Medlen (7–1) Chatwood (4–4) 24,848 55–78 134 September 4 @ Braves 6–0 Torres (4–1) Hanson (12–8) 16,686 56–78 135 September 5 @ Braves 1–0 Minor (8–10) White (2–8) Kimbrel (33) 16,714 56–79 136 September 6 @ Braves 1–0 Hudson (14–5) Chacín (2–5) Kimbrel (34) 19,313 56–80 137 September 7 @ Phillies 3–2 Papelbon (4–6) Harris (1–1) 42,028 56–81 – September 8 @ Phillies Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 9 138 September 9 @ Phillies 3–2 Papelbon (5–6) Belisle (3–6) 41,813 56–82 139 September 9 @ Phillies 7–4 Rosenberg (1–2) Roenicke (4–2) Papelbon (32) 40,394 56–83 140 September 10 Giants 6–5 Moscoso (2–1) Vogelsong (12–8) Betancourt (28) 25,817 57–83 141 September 11 Giants 9–8 Kontos (2–1) Torres (4–2) López (7) 26,631 57–84 142 September 12 Giants 8–3 Lincecum (9–14) Francis (5–5) 24,182 57–85 143 September 14 @ Padres 7–4 Moscoso (3–1) Cashner (3–4) Betancourt (29) 25,018 58–85 144 September 15 @ Padres 4–3 Kelly (2–1) Pomeranz (1–9) Gregerson (8) 27,651 58–86 145 September 16 @ Padres 12–11 Thatcher (1–4) Belisle (3–7) 22,948 58–87 146 September 17 @ Giants 2–1 Bumgarner (15–10) Moscoso (3–2) Romo (12) 41,280 58–88 147 September 18 @ Giants 6–3 Lincecum (10–14) Francis (5–6) 41,718 58–89 148 September 19 @ Giants 7–1 Cain (15–5) Chatwood (4–5) 41,292 58–90 149 September 20 @ Giants 9–2 Zito (13–8) de la Rosa (0–1) 41,157 58–91 150 September 21 Diamondbacks 15–5 Miley (16–10) White (2–9) 42,359 58–92 151 September 22 Diamondbacks 8–7 Bergesen (2–0) Torres (4–3) Putz (31) 33,689 58–93 152 September 23 Diamondbacks 10–7 Albers (3–1) Belisle (3–8) Putz (32) 32,448 58–94 153 September 24 Diamondbacks 4–2 Chatwood (5–5) Cahill (12–12) Betancourt (30) 22,277 59–94 154 September 25 Cubs 10–5 (7) Torres (5–3) Rusin (1–3) 26,660 60–94 155 September 26 Cubs 6–0 Pomeranz (2–9) Berken (0–2) 27,057 61–94 156 September 27 Cubs 7–5 Chacín (3–5) Volstad (3–11) Betancourt (31) 30,288 62–94 157 September 28 @ Dodgers 8–0 Kershaw (13–9) Francis (5–7) 37,133 62–95 158 September 29 @ Dodgers 3–0 Blanton (10–13) Chatwood (5–6) League (15) 40,724 62–96 159 September 30 @ Dodgers 7–1 Beckett (7–14) de la Rosa (0–2) 35,607 62–97
October (2–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 160 October 1 @ Diamondbacks 7–5 (13) Outman (1–3) Bergesen (2–1) Roenicke (1) 24,123 63–97 161 October 2 @ Diamondbacks 5–3 Ziegler (6–1) Betancourt (1–4) 22,466 63–98 162 October 3 @ Diamondbacks 2–1 Francis (6–7) Kennedy (15–12) Belisle (3) 24,344 64–98

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	Wilin Rosario	117	396	107	.270	28	71
1B	Todd Helton	69	240	57	.238	7	37
2B	Marco Scutaro	95	377	102	.271	4	30
SS	Josh Rutledge	73	277	76	.274	8	37
3B	Jordan Pacheco	132	475	147	.309	5	54
LF	Carlos González	135	518	157	.303	22	85
CF	Dexter Fowler	143	454	136	.300	13	53
RF	Michael Cuddyer	101	358	93	.260	16	58

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Tyler Colvin	136	420	122	.290	18	72
Chris Nelson	111	345	104	.301	9	53
DJ LeMahieu	81	229	68	.297	2	22
Jonathan Herrera	86	225	59	.262	3	12
Ramón Hernández	52	184	40	.217	5	28
Troy Tulowitzki	47	181	52	.287	8	27
Eric Young, Jr.	98	174	55	.316	4	15
Charlie Blackmon	42	113	32	.283	2	9
Andrew Brown	46	112	26	.232	5	11
Jason Giambi	60	89	20	.225	1	8
Matt McBride	31	78	16	.205	2	11
Wil Nieves	16	47	14	.298	1	5
Rafael Ortega	2	4	2	.500	0	0
Tommy Field	2	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jeff Francis	24	113.0	6	7	5.58	76
Alex White	23	98.0	2	9	5.51	64
Drew Pomeranz	22	96.2	2	9	4.93	83
Jeremy Guthrie	19	90.2	3	9	6.35	45
Christian Friedrich	16	84.2	5	8	6.17	74
Jhoulys Chacín	14	69.0	3	5	4.43	45
Juan Nicasio	11	58.0	2	3	5.28	54
Jamie Moyer	10	53.2	2	5	5.70	36
Jonathan Sánchez	3	11.1	0	3	9.53	9
Jorge De La Rosa	3	10.2	0	2	9.28	6
Edwar Cabrera	2	5.2	0	2	11.12	5

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tyler Chatwood	19	64.2	5	6	5.43	41
Josh Outman	27	40.2	1	3	8.19	40

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Rafael Betancourt	60	1	4	31	2.81	57
Matt Belisle	80	3	8	3	3.71	69
Rex Brothers	75	8	2	0	3.86	83
Matt Reynolds	71	3	1	0	4.40	51
Josh Roenicke	63	4	2	1	3.25	54
Adam Ottavino	53	5	1	0	4.56	81
Carlos Torres	31	5	3	0	5.26	42
Guillermo Moscoso	23	3	2	0	6.12	47
Esmil Rogers	23	0	2	0	8.06	29
Edgmer Escalona	22	0	1	0	6.04	21
Will Harris	20	1	1	0	8.15	19
Mike Ekstrom	15	0	0	0	6.32	9
Rob Scahill	6	0	0	0	1.04	4
Zach Putnam	2	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Pacific Coast League	Stu Cole
AA	Tulsa Drillers	Texas League	Duane Espy
A	Modesto Nuts	California League	Lenn Sakata
A	Asheville Tourists	South Atlantic League	Joe Mikulik
A-Short Season	Tri-City Dust Devils	Northwest League	Fred Ocasio
Rookie	Grand Junction Rockies	Pioneer League	Tony Diaz

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Asheville

References

• 2012 Colorado Rockies season at Baseball Reference
• 2012 Colorado Rockies season Official Site