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25 For 25: Colorado Rockies 1995-2019

During the 2009-2010 offseason, I started working on a 25 for 25 roster for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1985-2009. (A 25 for 25 roster is a 25-man roster that uses one player from each season over 25 consecutive years; mine consisted of two players each at C/1B/2B/3B/SS, six outfielders, five starting pitchers, & four relief pitchers, with some variants.) I posted a lot of these online - one for each of the 30 MLB franchises for that timeframe (COL 1985-2009), an update for StL for 1990-2014, two extended versions for the Cardinals from 1910-1934 & 1935-1959, and a 30 for 30 MLB All-Star version for 1981-2010. I also researched a bunch more that I never published. Most recently, I published a set for 1970-1994 for those franchises around for the majority of that time span, but the Rockies didn't qualify for this era. (For a full list, click here.)


It's been ten years since I first determined these and I figured that I would give it another go. This time I'm using WAR numbers from both Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference, plus Win Probability Added (WPA) from FG and Win-Loss% w/ Avg. Team (W%) from B-R. Same basic rules apply: each player can only appear once, for the primary position in the given year; exactly one player from each year, regardless of how good or bad the season was; players that were more suited for the previous era were left out of consideration; etc. Sometimes you can't grab both 1985 MVP McGee and Cy Young runner-up Tudor; sometimes you get stuck with some "Who?" because there isn't anyone good left.


Basic format of the stat line - Batters: G/PA, fWAR/bWAR, W%, AVG/OBP/SLG, 40+ 2B/10+ 3B/20+ HR/20+ SB, 90+R/90+ RBI/170+ H/90+BB, WPA, 10+ Total Zone Runs (Rtot)/DRS/UZR/Framing (FRM), Awards or Xth-place finish


Pitchers: GS or G/IP, fWAR/bWAR (I included batting numbers if they were positive), W% (starters only), WPA, W-L, Save Opportunities, Holds (both relievers only), ERA/FIP, 8+ K/9, 2 BB/9, 2.5+ K/BB, Awards or Xth-place finish


Look it over, make comments, offer suggestions, and challenge me on the picks.

Catcher

2008 – Chris Iannetta (104 G/407 PA, 0.4 fWAR/3.2 bWAR, .520 W%, .264/.390/.505, +2.36 WPA)

2015 – Nick Hundley (103 G/389 PA, 1.2 fWAR/1.8 bWAR, .507%, .301/.339/.467, -0.25 WPA)

First Base

2000 – Todd Helton (160 G/697 PA, 8.3 fWAR/8.9 bWAR, .544 W%, .372/.463/.698, 59 2B/42 HR, 138 R/147 RBI/216 H/103 BB, +8.87 WPA, 18 Rtot, All-Star, Silver Slugger, 5th-MVP)

2014 – Justin Morneau (135 G/550 PA, 2.3 fWAR/3.2 bWAR, .512 W%, .319/.364/.496, +3.44 WPA, 11 Rtot, 23rd-MVP)

Second Base

2006 – Jamey Carroll (136 G/534 PA, 2.7 fWAR/3.3 bWAR, .513 W%, .300/.377/.404, -1.74 WPA, 27 Rtot/19 DRS/11.5 UZR)

2016 – DJ LeMahieu (146 G/635 PA, 4.4 fWAR/5.3 bWAR, .524 W%, .348/.416/.495, +1.34 WPA, 15th-MVP)

Third Base

1998 – Vinny Castilla (162 G/697 PA, 4.5 fWAR/5.6 bWAR, .523 W%, .319/.362/.589, 46 HR, 108 R/144 RBI/206 H, +2.81 WPA, All-Star, Silver Slugger, 11th-MVP)

2017 – Nolan Arenado (159 G/680 PA, 5.7 fWAR/7.1 bWAR, .532 W%, .309/.373/.586, 43 2B/37 HR, 100 R/130 RBI/187 H, +4.29 WPA, 20 DRS, All-Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, 4th-MVP)

Shortstop

2011 – Troy Tulowitzki (143 G/606 PA, 5.4 fWAR/6.2 bWAR, .531 W%, .302/.372/.544, 30 HR, 105 RBI, +2.42 WPA, 14 Rtot/12 DRS, All-Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, 8th-MVP)

2019 – Trevor Story (145 G/656 PA, 5.8 fWAR/6.4 bWAR, .533 W%, .294/.363/.554, 35 HR/23 SB, 111 R/173 H, +1.44 WPA, 13 Rtot/17 DRS, All-Star, Silver Slugger, 12th-MVP)

Outfield

1996 – Ellis Burks (156 G/685 PA, 7.2 fWAR/7.9 bWAR, .540 W%, .344/.408/.639, 45 2B/40 HR/32 SB, 142 R/128 RBI/211 H, +4.22 WPA, 12 Rtot, All-Star, Silver Slugger, 3rd-MVP)

1997 – Larry Walker (153 G/664 PA, 9.1 fWAR/9.8 bWAR, .553 W%, .366/.452/.720, 46 2B/49 HR/33 SB, 143 R/130 RBI/208 H, +6.65 WPA, 10 Rtot, All-Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, Most Valuable Player)

2001 – Juan Pierre (156 G/683 PA, 2.2 fWAR/3.1 bWAR, .508 W%, .327/.378/.415, 11 3B/46 SB, 108 R/202 H, +0.94 WPA)

2003 – Preston Wilson (155 G/661 PA, 3.4 fWAR/2.6 bWAR, .505 W%, .282/.343/.537, 43 2B/36 HR, 94 R/141 RBI, +1.67 WPA, All-Star, 16th-MVP)

2007 – Matt Holliday (158 G/713 PA, 6.9 fWAR/6.0 bWAR, .526 W%, .340/.405/.607, 50 2B/36 HR, 120 R/137 RBI/216 H, +4.39 WPA, 18 Rtot, All-Star, Silver Slugger, 2nd-MVP)

2010 – Carlos Gonzalez (145 G/636 PA, 5.7 fWAR/5.9 bWAR, .529 W%, .336/.376/.598, 34 2B/34 HR/26 SB, 111 R/117 RBI/197 H, +3.01 WPA, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, 3rd-MVP)

Starter

1999 – Pedro Astacio (34 GS/232 IP, 4.4 fWAR/5.9 bWAR incl. batting, +0.56 WPA, .618 W%, 17-11 W-L, 5.04 ERA/4.57 FIP, 8.1 K/9, 2.80 K/BB)

2004 – Joe Kennedy (27 GS/162.1 IP, 2.8 fWAR/5.6 bWAR, +1.93 WPA, .661 W%, 9-7 W-L, 3.66 ERA/4.35 FIP)

2009 – Ubaldo Jimenez (33 GS/218 IP, 5.7 fWAR/5.9 bWAR incl. batting, +3.34 WPA, .617 W%, 15-12 W-L, 3.47 ERA/3.36 FIP, 8.2 K/9)

2013 – Jhoulys Chacin (31 GS/197.1 IP, 4.3 fWAR/5.9 bWAR incl. batting, +1.91 WPA, .632 W%, 14-10 W-L, 3.47 ERA/3.47 FIP)

2018 – Kyle Freeland (33 GS/202.1 IP, 4.1 fWAR/8.4 bWAR, +4.11 WPA, .707 W%, 17-7 W-L, 2.85 ERA/3.67 FIP, 4th-CYA)

Reliever

1995 – Curtis Leskanic (76 G/98 IP, 2.7 fWAR/3.8 bWAR, +3.39 WPA, 6-3 W-L, 10/16 SvOpp, 18 Holds, 3.40 ERA/2.86 FIP, 9.8 K/9, 3.24 K/BB)

2002 – Todd Jones (79 G/82.1 IP, 0.9 fWAR/0.5 bWAR, +2.84 WPA, 1-4 W-L, 1/3 SvOpp, 30 Holds, 4.70 ERA/3.90 FIP, 8.0 K/9, 2.61 K/BB)

2005 – Brian Fuentes (78 G/74.1 IP, 1.5 fWAR/2.7 bWAR, +4.04 WPA, 2-5 W-L, 31/34 SvOpp, 6 Holds, 2.91 ERA/3.40 FIP, 11.0 K/9, 2.68 K/BB, All-Star)

2012 – Rafael Betancourt (60 G/57.2 IP, 1.3 fWAR/2.7 bWAR, +0.37 WPA, 1-4 W-L, 31/38 SvOpp, 1 Hold, 2.81 ERA/3.10 FIP, 8.9 K/9, 1.9 BB/9, 4.75 K/BB)

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