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Lore & Background

The Rockies were granted to an ownership group headed by John Antonucci in 1991. The team's first home games were played at Mile High Stadium from 1993 to 1994. Coors Field opened in 1995. The Rockies' first postseason appearance came in 1995 as the wild card winner; they lost the NLDS to the Atlanta Braves. In 2007, the Rockies reached the World Series for the first time but were swept by the Boston Red Sox. The team has been eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in 1995, 2009, and 2017.

Reader's Guide

The Rockies' inaugural season was 1993, finishing with a 67-95 record. Andrés Galarraga won the batting title that year with a .370 average. The team set a Major League attendance record in 1993 with 4,483,350 fans. Larry Walker joined the Rockies in 1995 and was part of the 'Blake Street Bombers' along with Galarraga, Dante Bichette, and Vinny Castilla. Walker won the NL MVP in 1997. The Rockies' first pick in the expansion draft was pitcher David Nied, who pitched four seasons for the team.

Did You Know?

• The Rockies were the first MLB team based in the Mountain Time Zone.
• The team's name 'Rockies' was previously used by Denver's first NHL team (now the New Jersey Devils).
• The largest crowd to see a single regular-season MLB game was 80,227 fans at the Rockies' first home game at Mile High Stadium on April 9, 1993.
• The Rockies set a record for a National League expansion franchise with 67 wins in their first season.