Due to the cancellation of the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments, Purple Row is hosting our own Rockies Madness Tournament this year. We selected the 36 best players in Rockies history in order to figure out who the best player is in franchise history. We sorted them into four regions in order to force the most interesting matchups: Infielders, Outfielders, Mile High (for relievers and starting pitchers who began their career before the humidor), and Humidor (for starters who began their career after the humidor). All stats are from Baseball-Reference.
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Today is the Round 1 in the Humidor Region: No. 4 Jeff Francis vs. No. 5 Jon Gray
No. 4 Jeff Francis, Starting Pitcher
2004-2010, 2012-2013
Francis Rockies Career Stats
| bWAR | W | L | ERA | G | GS | IP | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bWAR | W | L | ERA | G | GS | IP | SO | WHIP |
| 10.4 | 64 | 62 | 4.96 | 197 | 185 | 1066.0 | 742 | 1.446 |
Top 10 Rookie of the Year (2005-6th)
Top 10 Cy Young finish (2007-9th)
No. 5 Jon Gray, Starting Pitcher
2015-present
Gray Rockies Career Stats
| bWAR | W | L | ERA | G | GS | IP | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bWAR | W | L | ERA | G | GS | IP | SO | WHIP |
| 11.0 | 43 | 33 | 4.46 | 115 | 114 | 641.1 | 670 | 1.335 |
Top 10 Rookie of the Year (2016-6th)
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Poll
Humidor Region, Round 1, Game 2
This poll is closed
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31%
No. 4 Jeff Francis, LHP
(62 votes) -
68%
No. 5 Jon Gray, RHP
(133 votes)