For decades, Denver was a favorite threatened destination whenever one owner or another was trying to leverage his current city for a better stadium or some other concession.   Denver was slated to have a club in 1960's failed Continental League, and the closest they probably ever came was when Denver oil man Marvin Davis tried to get Charlie Finley's A's prior to the 1978 season - it had seemed like a fait accompli  until things fell through in January of that year.  

​

It took until the National League decided to expand and finally match the A.L. with 14 clubs in 1993 - Miami and, at last, Denver were the lucky winners of that contest.  

​

Thanks to the expanded play-off format, Colorado made its first post season appearance in just the club's 3rd year.  In 1995, they were the N.L. Wild Card winner, and lost to the eventual champion Braves in the NLDS, 3 games to 1. 

 

In 2007, led by young stars including Troy Tulowitzki and franchise face Todd Helton, the club went 20-6 in September to steamroll into a tie with the Padres for the Wild Card, and then downed San Diego 9-8 in a 13-inning sudden-death playoff.   Hopes were a mile high (see what I did there?) after sweeping the Phillies in the NLDS and the Diamondbacks in the NLCS, but they ran into a Boston club in the World Series that would not be denied - they went down in 4 games by a combined score of 29-10.  

​

The club and its fans were hopeful that 2007 was only the start of something special along the Front Range, but the next decade and a half produced only 4 finishes above .500, and the meagerest of post-season experience, with the club losing in the opening round in 2009 and again in 2018.          

​

The main purpose of this page is to illustrate those players, managers and coaches who have been the most prominent in the franchise's history.  Links below will take you to galleries highlighting each, by position.  Generally, an individual is included if he spent at least 2 full seasons (consecutive or cumulative) as a starter, relief pitcher, closer or manager. For coaches, I've generally used 5 years of service as the bar.  None of this is scientific, though, so there are exceptions.  Where possible and practical, I used pictures of actual baseball cards because that it is the medium through which I, and I suppose many others, first discovered the game. Where necessary, I designed my own images.  Images of actual baseball cards were obtained at the Card Cyber Museum, and for my own designs I used photos found at host of different sites, but none moreso than the wonderful forum at Out of the Park Developments.  

 

I claim no rights to, or ownership of, any of the photographic images I've used on these pages.   You are welcome to use them yourself.  All I ask is that that if you use any of my personal creations, you give credit to this site.