It's almost February, and it might be February when I finish this post, which means pitchers and catchers are going to report soon. This, of course, means that baseball season is almost here and the Rockies will begin playing the game and trying to rack up the wins for a post-season appearance (I don't say World Series because the playoffs are just weird). The Rockies' players, however, are going to do something different. They will be accumulating the ever useful counting statistics to pad their résumés and get closer to certain "major" individual milestones.
The counting statistics I reference are:
- For Pitchers:
- Wins
- Losses
- Games
- Games Started
- Saves
- Innings Pitched
- Hits
- Earned Runs
- Home Runs
- Walks
- Strikeouts
- For Batters:
- Games Played
- Plate Appearances
- At Bats
- Hits
- Home Runs
- Doubles
- Triples
- Runs Scored
- Runs Batted In
- Stolen Bases
- Walks
- and Strikeouts
In the past I've just mentioned the overall milestones (ex. 1000 hits) but this year I am going to include, where possible, the standing of the player within Rockies history. For example, with 17 home runs last year Justin Morneau ranks 48th all time for the Rockies. If the player could break into, or move up in the top 10 in any category I will list the "milestone" needed to stand alone in that category that as well (if Troy Tulowtizki plays in 138 games he will be in the top 3 in club history with 1099).
The milestones below are possibilities of what players on the current (January 28, 2015) 40-man roster may reach this year (in my estimation). I will not give every statistic for every player, only those "major" milestones coming up. Without any further information, let's get cracking:
Pitchers first
Christian Bergman
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Innings Pitched |
54.2 |
200 |
2016 |
Strikeouts |
31 |
100 |
All-Star Break |
Wins |
3 |
10 |
August 15 |
Chad Bettis
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Innings Pitched |
69.1 |
200 |
September 1 |
Strikeouts |
43 |
100 |
June 15 |
|
|
200 |
October 1 |
Eddie Butler
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Innings Pitched |
16 |
200 |
Early 2016 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
100 |
All-Star Break |
Wins |
1 |
10 |
August 1 |
Jhoulys Chacin
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Games Started |
124 (Rockies 31) |
150 |
September 10 |
Innings Pitched |
672 (Rockies 8) |
800 (Rockies 7) |
August 1 |
|
|
827.2 (Rockies 6) |
September 10 |
|
|
852 (Rockies 5) |
October 1 |
Wins |
38 (Rockies 8) |
50 |
August 15 |
|
|
40 (Rockies 7) |
April 25 |
|
|
54 (Rockies 6) |
September 15 |
Losses |
48 (Tied Rockies 5) |
50 (49 is Rockies 5 alone) |
May 1 |
|
|
53 (Rockies 4) |
June 10 |
|
|
57 (Rockies 3) |
September 15 |
Hits Allowed |
619 (Rockies 10) |
800 (723 is Rockies 6) |
October 1 |
Earned Runs |
282 (Rockies 12) |
300 |
May 1 |
|
|
320 (Rockies 10) |
June 1 |
Home Runs |
60 (Rockies 15) |
70 |
August 26 |
|
|
68 (Rockies 10) |
July 30 |
Walks |
280 (Rockies 9) |
300 |
May 15 |
|
|
294 (Rockies 7) |
May 1 |
|
|
334 (Rockies 6) |
August 1 |
Strikeouts |
514 (Rockies 7) |
600 |
August 10 |
|
|
558 (Rockies 6) |
June 15 |
|
|
623 (Rockies 5) |
October 1 |
Tyler Chatwood
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Innings Pitched |
342 (200 w/ Rockies 48) |
500 |
August 1 |
Games |
70 |
100 |
September 15 |
Hits |
379 (213 w/ Rockies 48) |
500 |
All-Star Break |
Walks |
153 (82 w/ Rockies 43) |
200 |
June 10 |
Strikeouts |
201 (127 w/ Rockies 48) |
300 |
July 1 |
|
|
400 |
2016 |
Jorge de la Rosa
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Games Started |
191 (150 w/ Rockies 4) |
200 |
June 1 |
|
|
157 (w/Rockies 3) |
May 15 |
Innings Pitched |
1132.1 (858.1 w/Rockies 4) |
1200 |
June 15 |
|
|
1300 |
September 15 |
|
|
942 (w/Rockies 3) |
June 30 |
|
|
1067 (Rockies 2) |
2016 |
Wins |
84 (69 w/Rockies 2) |
90 |
All-Star Break |
|
|
100 |
September 1 |
|
|
73 (w/Rockies 1) |
May 10 |
Losses |
68 (45w/Rockies Tied 7) |
70 |
May 1 |
|
|
80 |
2016 |
|
|
49 (w/Rockies 5) |
June 1 |
|
|
53 (w/Rockies 4) |
August 15 |
Hits Allowed |
1119 (801 w/Rockies 6) |
1250 |
September 1 |
|
|
921 (w/Rockies 5) |
August 15 |
|
|
932 (w/Rockies 4) |
September 1 |
Earned Runs |
579 (401 w/Rockies 6) |
600 |
May 31 |
|
|
700 |
September 1 |
|
|
476 (w/Rockies 5) |
All-Star Break |
|
|
500 (w/Rockies 3) |
August 15 |
Home Runs |
125 (89 w/Rockies 6) |
150 |
2016 |
|
|
92 (w/Rockies 5) |
May 1 |
|
|
104 (w/Rockies 4) |
September 30 |
Walks |
512 (353 w/Rockies 5) |
600 |
August 15 |
|
|
372 (w/Rockies 4) |
May 15 |
|
|
388 (w/Rockies 3) |
June 14 |
|
|
409 (w/Rockies 2) |
July 18 |
|
|
426 (w/Rockies 1) |
August 15 |
Strikeouts |
939 (743 w/Rockies 3) |
1000 |
All-Star Break |
|
|
750 (w/Rockies 2) |
April 15 |
|
|
774 (w/Rockies 1) |
May 1 |
Kyle Kendrick
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Games Started |
185 |
200 |
June 15 |
Innings Pitched |
1138.2 |
1200 |
May 15 |
Complete Games |
4 |
5 |
August 1 |
|
|
1300 |
September 1 |
Wins |
74 |
75 |
April 30 |
|
|
100 |
September 30 |
Hits Allowed |
1234 |
1300 |
All-Star Break |
Earned Runs |
559 |
600 |
All-Star Break |
Home Runs |
143 |
150 |
July 1 |
Walks |
323 |
400 |
October 1 |
Strikeouts |
622 |
700 |
August 15 |
Jordan Lyles
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Innings Pitched |
503.2 |
700 |
October 1 |
Games |
94 |
100 |
May 15 |
Earned Runs |
285 |
300 |
April 30 |
Walks |
163 |
200 |
June 1 |
Strikeouts |
349 |
500 |
June 15 |
Tyler Matzek
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Innings Pitched |
117.2 |
300 |
September 15 |
Games |
20 |
50 |
September 15 |
Wins |
6 |
10 |
May 15 |
|
|
20 |
September 15 |
Losses |
11 (Rockies 48) |
20 |
August 1 |
Walks |
44 |
100 |
All-Star Break |
Strikeouts |
91 |
100 |
April 15 |
|
|
200 |
All-Star Break |
John Axford
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Innings Pitched |
328.1 |
400 |
October 1 |
Games |
343 |
400 |
September 1 |
Wins |
24 |
25 |
June 1 |
Losses |
23 |
25 |
June 1 |
Earned Runs |
124 |
150 |
September 15 |
Strikeouts |
392 |
400 |
May 1 |
Rex Brothers
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Innings Pitched |
232 (Rockies 40) |
300 |
September 15 |
Games |
269 (Rockies 7) |
300 (Tie Rockies 6) |
All-Star Break |
|
|
312 (Rockies 5) |
August 15 |
Saves |
20 (Rockies 12) |
50 |
2016 |
|
|
36 (Rockies 9) |
September 15 |
|
|
40 (Rockies 7) |
August 31 |
|
|
47 (Rockies 6) |
September 30 |
Wins |
15 (Rockies 30) |
20 |
September 1 |
Walks |
132 (Rockies 29) |
150 |
May 15 |
Strikeouts |
273 (Rockies 22) |
300 |
May 15 |
Latroy Hawkins
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Innings Pitched |
1428.2 |
1500 |
June 1 |
Games |
1000 |
1050 |
September 1 |
Saves |
124 (23 w/Rockies 11) |
150 |
September 1 |
|
|
35 (w/Rockies Tie 9) |
June 15 |
|
|
40 (w/Rockies 7) |
All-Star Break |
|
|
47 (w/Rockies 6) |
August 15 |
Wins |
72 |
75 |
August 1 |
Losses |
93 |
100 |
NEVER!!!! |
Hits |
1563 |
1600 |
June 15 |
Earned Runs |
688 |
700 |
July 1 |
Home Runs |
159 |
160 |
May 1 |
Walks |
449 |
450 |
April 10 |
|
|
500 |
October 1 |
Strikeouts |
949 |
950 |
April 4 |
|
|
1000 |
August 1 |
Tommy Kahnle
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Innings Pitched |
68.2 |
100 |
June 1 |
Games |
54 |
100 |
July 1 |
Earned Runs |
32 |
50 |
June 1 |
Home Runs |
7 |
10 |
May 15 |
Walks |
31 |
50 |
June 15 |
Strikeouts |
63 |
100 |
June 1 |
Boone Logan
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Innings Pitched |
328.2 |
400 |
September 15 |
Games |
455 |
500 |
August 1 |
Walks |
143 |
150 |
June 1 |
Strikeouts |
336 |
350 |
May 15 |
|
|
400 |
September 15 |
Adam Ottavino
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Innings Pitched |
244.2 (222.1 w/Rockies 42) |
250 |
April 15 |
|
|
300 |
July 1 |
Games |
184 (179 w/Rockies 16) |
200 |
June 1 |
|
|
250 |
September 15 |
Wins |
7 |
10 |
All-Star Break |
Walks |
90 (81 w/Rockies 45) |
100 |
May 1 |
Strikeouts |
241 (229 w/Rockies 28) |
250 |
April 15 |
|
|
300 |
All-Star Break |
Now for the Hitters:
Nick Hundley
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Hits |
429 |
500 |
August 1 |
Doubles |
89 |
100 |
September 1 |
Runs |
179 |
200 |
All-Star Break |
RBI |
214 |
250 |
October 1 |
Justin Morneau
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Games Played |
1438 |
1500 |
July 1 |
Plate Appearances |
5992 |
6000 |
April 8 |
|
|
6500 |
September 1 |
At Bats |
5328 |
5500 |
June 15 |
Hits |
1498 |
1500 |
April 6 |
Home Runs |
238 (17 w/Rockies 48) |
250 |
August 1 |
Doubles |
325 (32 w/Rockies 50) |
350 |
August 15 |
Triples |
19 |
20 |
June 1 |
Runs |
737 |
800 |
August 15 |
RBI |
945 |
1000 |
All-Star Break |
DJ LeMahieu
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Games Played |
376 (339 w/Rockies 34) |
500 |
September 15 |
Plate Appearances |
1281 (1219 w/Rockies 26) |
1500 |
June 15 |
At Bats |
1187 (1127 w/Rockies 25) |
1500 |
August 1 |
Hits |
328 (313 w/Rockies 25) |
500 |
October 1 |
Doubles |
50 (48 w/Rockies 36) |
75 |
September 15 |
Runs |
127 (124 w/Rockies 40) |
150 |
June 15 |
RBI |
96 (92 w/Rockies 44) |
100 |
April 30 |
Nolan Arenado
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Plate Appearances |
981 (Rockies 37) |
1000 |
April 18 |
|
|
1500 |
September 1 |
At Bats |
918 (Rockies 37) |
1000 |
May 10 |
|
|
1500 |
September 15 |
Hits |
254 (Rockies 37) |
400 |
August 15 |
Home Runs |
28 (Rockies 30) |
50 |
August 1 |
Doubles |
63 (Rockies 27) |
100 |
September 15 |
Runs |
107 (Rockies 45) |
200 |
September 25 |
RBI |
113 (Rockies 33) |
200 |
August 30 |
Troy Tulowitzki
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Games Played |
961 (Rockies 5) |
1000 |
May 15 |
|
|
1019 (Rockies 4) |
June 5 |
|
|
1099 (Rockies 3) |
August 31 |
Plate Appearances |
4064 (Rockies 5) |
4500 |
August 15 |
|
|
4353 (Rockies 4) |
June 25 |
|
|
4452 (Rockies 3) |
All-Star Break |
At Bats |
3574 (Rockies 5) |
4000 |
August 1 |
|
|
4051 (Rockies 4) |
September 1 |
|
|
4077 (Rockies 3) |
September 15 |
|
|
4100 (Rockies 2) |
October 1 |
Hits |
1068 (Rockies 5) |
1200 |
August 1 |
|
|
1207 (Rockies 4) |
August 6 |
Home Runs |
176 (Rockies 5) |
200 |
All-Star Break |
|
|
202 (Rockies 4) |
July 18 |
Doubles |
205 (Rockies 5) |
250 |
September 30 |
|
|
209 (Rockies 4) |
May 1 |
Triples |
24 (Rockies Tie 7) |
25 (Rockies 7) |
May 15 |
|
|
29 (Rockies 6) |
October 1 |
Runs |
614 (Rockies 4) |
700 |
September 1 |
|
|
666 (Rockies 3) |
All-Star Break |
RBI |
604 (Rockies 5) |
700 |
September 15 |
Walks |
411 (Rockies 3) |
500 |
October 1 |
Strikeouts |
614 (Rockies 4) |
700 |
October 1 |
|
|
660 (Rockies 3) |
All-Star Break |
|
|
712 (Rockies 2) |
2016 |
Corey Dickerson
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Plate Appearances |
691 |
1000 |
June 15 |
At Bats |
630 (Rockies 50) |
1000 |
All-Star Break |
Hits |
187 (Rockies 48) |
300 |
August 1 |
|
|
400 |
2016 |
Home Runs |
29 (Rockies 29) |
50 |
August 15 |
Doubles |
40 (Rockies 42) |
50 |
June 1 |
Runs |
106 (Rockies 46) |
200 |
September 15 |
RBI |
93 (Rockies 43) |
100 |
April 20 |
|
|
200 |
October 1 |
Charlie Blackmon
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Games Played |
305 (Rockies 39) |
400 |
August 15 |
Plate Appearances |
1129 (Rockies 32) |
1500 |
August 1 |
At Bats |
1050 (Rockies 30) |
1500 |
August 15 |
Hits |
304 (Rockies 26) |
400 |
June 15 |
|
|
500 |
October 1 |
Home Runs |
28 (Rockies 30) |
50 |
September 1 |
Doubles |
53 (Rockies 32) |
100 |
October 1 |
Triples |
5 |
10 |
August 15 |
Runs |
141 (Rockies 30) |
200 |
All-Star Break |
RBI |
111 (Rockies 34) |
200 |
September 1 |
Stolen Bases |
41 (Rockies 15) |
50 |
June 1 |
|
|
56 (Rockies 10) |
All-Star Break |
Drew Stubbs
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Plate Appearances |
2909 |
3000 |
June 14 |
At Bats |
2609 |
3000 |
August 15 |
Hits |
643 |
800 |
October 1 |
Home Runs |
84 |
100 |
October 1 |
Doubles |
102 |
150 |
September 15 |
Triples |
18 |
20 |
May 10 |
Runs |
411 |
500 |
September 23 |
RBI |
266 |
300 |
August 1 |
Stolen Bases |
147 (20w/Rockies 29) |
150 |
May 1 |
Strikeouts |
865 (136 w/Rockies 48) |
1000 |
September 1 |
Carlos Gonzalez
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Games Played |
761 (676 w/Rockies 10) |
800 |
May 20 |
|
|
774 (w/Rockies 7) |
August 20 |
|
|
817 (w/Rockies 6) |
September 20 |
Plate Appearances |
3107 (2791 w/Rockies 11) |
3500 |
August 15 |
|
|
2925 (w/Rockies 10) |
June 15 |
|
|
3122 (w/Rockies 6) |
All-Star Break |
At Bats |
2817 (2515 w/Rockies 11) |
3000 |
June 15 |
|
|
3500 |
October 1 |
|
|
2657 (w/Rockies 10) |
May 15 |
|
|
2728 (w/Rockies 7) |
June 1 |
|
|
2789 (w/Rockies 6) |
August 1 |
Hits |
828 (755 w/Rockies 10) |
1000 |
September 15 |
|
|
806 (w/Rockies 8) |
June 1 |
|
|
849 (w/Rockies 6) |
All-Star Break |
Home Runs |
136 (132 w/Rockies 7) |
150 |
All-Star Break |
|
|
173 (w/Rockies 6) |
October 1 |
Doubles |
166 (144 w/Rockies 10) |
200 |
September 1 |
|
|
155 (w/Rockies 9) |
June 1 |
|
|
167 (w/Rockies 7) |
All-Star Break |
|
|
189 (w/Rockies 6) |
September 1 |
Triples |
32 (31 w/Rockies 5) |
40 |
September 15 |
|
|
38 (w/Rockies 4) |
September 1 |
|
|
45 (w/Rockies 3) |
2016 |
Runs |
483 (452 w/Rockies 8) |
500 |
May 15 |
|
|
480 (w/Rockies 6) |
June 1 |
RBI |
457 (431 w/Rockies 10) |
500 |
All-Star Break |
|
|
465 (w/Rockies 9) |
June 25 |
|
|
484 (w/Rockies 7) |
All-Star Break |
Walks |
245 (232 w/Rockies 12) |
300 |
August 15 |
|
|
255 (w/Rockies 9) |
June 30 |
Strikeouts |
694 (613 w/Rockies 4) |
700 |
April 26 |
|
|
660 (Rockies 3) |
June 15 |
|
|
712 (Rockies 2) |
August 31 |
Stolen Bases |
110 (106 w/Rockies 3) |
150 |
2016 |
|
|
127 (w/Rockies 2) |
August 15 |
Wilin Rosario
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Plate Appearances |
1359 (Rockies 23) |
1500 |
June 1 |
At Bats |
1281 (Rockies 21) |
1500 |
August 1 |
Hits |
351 (Rockies 21) |
500 |
September 15 |
Home Runs |
65 (Rockies 12) |
100 |
October 1 |
Doubles |
69 (Rockies 23) |
100 |
September 15 |
Runs |
182 (Rockies 22) |
200 |
May 9 |
|
|
250 |
August 15 |
RBI |
212 (Rockies 18) |
300 |
August 31 |
Daniel Descalso
|
Current |
Milestone |
JFK's Date |
Plate Appearances |
1380 |
1500 |
All-Star Break |
At Bats |
1223 |
1500 |
August 15 |
Hits |
297 |
300 |
May 1 |
|
|
400 |
September 1 |
Doubles |
68 |
100 |
2016 |
Runs |
145 |
200 |
September 15 |
RBI |
111 |
150 |
September 1 |
What do you think? Am I way off base on my predicted dates or am I close? Other than the statistics being useless is this endeavor worth putting time into in future years?