1995 Colorado Rockies season
The 1995 Colorado Rockies finished their third MLB season and their first at Coors Field. Managed by Don Baylor, they played in the National League West and finished 77-67, in second place. They made history by winning the first-ever National League wild card under the revamped postseason format, giving the franchise its first playoff appearance.
Because of the 1994–95 strike, the season started late and was shortened to 144 games, with Coors Field’s official opening day moved to April 26. The Rockies played two exhibition games against the New York Yankees on April 2 and 3 at Coors Field.
In their opening Coors Field game on April 26, Larry Walker doubled three times, including one that tied the score in the ninth. Dante Bichette capped the homestand with a 14th-inning walk-off homer in an 11-9 win. Walker also hit his 100th career home run on May 7 against Hideo Nomo.
Offensively, the Rockies led the National League in several categories: hits, runs, triples (43, the most in the majors), home runs (200), RBIs, batting average (.282), and slugging (.471). They also allowed a lot of runs and hits, with only one shutout. A group known as the Blake Street Bombers—Dante Bichette, Vinny Castilla, Andrés Galarraga, and Larry Walker—each hit at least 30 home runs in 1995.
On October 1, the Rockies clinched the wild card with a 10-9 win over the Giants at Coors Field, using seven pitchers and getting Curt Leskanic’s 10th save as the stadium roared with anticipation for their first postseason appearance.
In the National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves, Walker had three hits in 14 at-bats and hit his first postseason home run off Tom Glavine in Game 2, but the Braves defeated Colorado in four games.
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