1995 NLCS Appearance

Lore & Background

The Rockies began as an expansion team for the 1993 season and played their first two seasons at Mile High Stadium. Since 1995, they have played at Coors Field, which earned a reputation as a hitter's park. The 1995 team had four players—Dante Bichette, Vinny Castilla, Andrés Galarraga, and Larry Walker—each hit 30 home runs; they were nicknamed the 'Blake Street Bombers'. The Rockies have qualified for the postseason five times, each as a Wild Card winner.

In 2007, they earned their only NL pennant after winning 14 of their final 15 regular-season games, capping the streak with a 13-inning 9–8 victory over the San Diego Padres in a tiebreaker known as 'Game 163'. They swept the Philadelphia Phillies and Arizona Diamondbacks in the NLDS and NLCS, then entered the 2007 World Series having won 21 of their last 22 games, but were swept by the Boston Red Sox in four games. At the end of 2025, the Rockies have the worst all-time winning percentage among active MLB franchises.

After the Denver Nuggets won the 2023 NBA Finals, the Rockies became the only Denver major professional sports franchise yet to win a championship. They are one of only two MLB teams to have never won a division title, alongside the Miami Marlins.

Reader's Guide

The Rockies play home games at Coors Field, which opened in 1995. Their spring training home is Salt River Fields at Talking Stick in Scottsdale, Arizona, shared with the Arizona Diamondbacks. The team's colors include purple, inspired by the line 'For purple mountain majesties' in 'America the Beautiful'. The official purple was established as PMS 2685 beginning with the 2017 season. The home uniform is white with purple pinstripes, the first in MLB history to feature purple pinstripes. The road uniform is grey with purple piping, with variations over the years. The Rockies originally wore an alternate black uniform during their inaugural 1993 season but only for a few games.

Did You Know?

• The Rockies set the all-time MLB attendance record in 1993, drawing 4,483,350 fans.
• The Rockies were MLB's first team based in the Mountain Time Zone.
• In 2025, the Rockies set the record for the worst 50-game start in MLB history at 8–42.
• The 2025 Rockies finished with the worst modern-era run differential of -424.