The Colorado Rockies' 2006 season was the 14th for the Rockies. They competed in the National League West finishing with a record of 76–86 and tied for 4th place in the division. Clint Hurdle was the manager. They played home games at Coors Field.

Offseason[edit]

• December 7, 2005: Yorvit Torrealba was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Colorado Rockies for Marcos Carvajal.^[1]
• December 7, 2005: Aaron Miles was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Larry Bigbie to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ray King.^[2]
• December 19, 2005: José Mesa was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[3]
• January 7, 2006: Eli Marrero was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[4]
• February 10, 2006: Josh Fogg was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[5]
• February 11, 2006: Jamey Carroll was purchased by the Colorado Rockies from the Washington Nationals.^[6]

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

Transactions[edit]

• June 9, 2006: Eli Marrero was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the New York Mets for Kazuo Matsui and cash.^[7]
• July 31, 2006: Scott Dohmann and Ryan Shealy were traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Kansas City Royals for Jeremy Affeldt and Denny Bautista.^[8]
• August 14, 2006: Vinny Castilla was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[9]

Major League debuts[edit]

• Batters:
  • Chris Iannetta (Aug 27)
  • Troy Tulowitzki (Aug 30)
  • Jeff Salazar (Sep 7)
  • Alvin Colina (Sep 18)
• Pitchers:
  • Ramón Ramírez (Apr 14)
  • Manuel Corpas (Jul 18)
  • Justin Hampson (Sep 10)
  • Juan Morillo (Sep 24)
  • Ubaldo Jiménez (Sep 26)^[10]

Roster[edit]

Game log[edit]

2006 game log
April (15–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 3 Diamondbacks 3–2 (11) DeJean (1–0) Grimsley (0–1) 47,278 1–0 2 April 5 Diamondbacks 4–2 Hernández (1–0) Cook (0–1) Valverde (1) 18,553 1–1 3 April 6 Diamondbacks 12–5 Batista (1–0) Francis (0–1) 18,406 1–2 4 April 7 @ Padres 10–4 Fogg (1–0) Hensley (0–1) 33,918 2–2 5 April 8 @ Padres 12–4 Day (1–0) Brazelton (0–1) 29,629 3–2 6 April 9 @ Padres 10–4 Jennings (1–0) Peavy (1–1) 28,901 4–2 7 April 11 @ Diamondbacks 6–5 Cook (1–1) Hernández (1–1) Fuentes (1) 37,355 5–2 8 April 12 @ Diamondbacks 5–4 Aquino (1–0) King (0–1) Valverde (2) 18,664 5–3 9 April 13 @ Diamondbacks 5–3 Fogg (2–0) Ortiz (0–2) Fuentes (2) 18,745 6–3 10 April 14 Phillies 10–8 Madson (1–0) Day (1–1) Gordon (3) 25,390 6–4 11 April 15 Phillies 10–6 King (1–1) Lieber (0–3) 23,206 7–4 12 April 16 Phillies 1–0 Myers (1–0) Cook (1–2) Gordon (4) 25,144 7–5 13 April 17 Padres 5–2 Young (2–0) Francis (0–2) Hoffman (2) 18,591 7–6 14 April 18 Padres 3–2 (11) Cortés (1–0) Adkins (0–1) 18,595 8–6 15 April 19 Padres 13–4 Park (1–0) Day (1–2) 18,827 8–7 16 April 21 Giants 9–8 Cortés (2–0) Worrell (2–1) 30,339 9–7 17 April 22 Giants 6–4 Hennessey (2–0) Cook (1–3) Benítez (1) 36,035 9–8 18 April 23 Giants 3–2 (10) Cortés (3–0) Fassero (1–1) 30,310 10–8 19 April 24 @ Phillies 6–5 Lidle (2–2) Fogg (2–1) Gordon (6) 20,244 10–9 20 April 25 @ Phillies 7–6 Ramírez (1–0) Floyd (1–2) Fuentes (3) 19,512 11–9 21 April 26 @ Phillies 9–5 Madson (2–1) Jennings (1–1) 19,182 11–10 22 April 27 @ Phillies 6–3 Cook (2–3) Franklin (1–2) Fuentes (4) 21,506 12–10 23 April 28 @ Marlins 3–2 (10) Fuentes (1–0) Herges (0–2) Dohmann (1) 10,419 13–10 24 April 29 @ Marlins 8–7 Asencio (1–0) Messenger (0–1) Fuentes (5) 15,405 14–10 25 April 30 @ Marlins 3–1 Kim (1–0) Mitre (1–3) Mesa (1) 13,259 15–10
May (12–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 26 May 1 @ Braves 2–0 Hudson (2–2) Jennings (1–2) 19,212 15–11 27 May 2 @ Braves 5–4 Cormier (2–1) King (1–2) Reitsma (6) 22,813 15–12 28 May 3 Reds 3–0 Francis (1–2) Claussen (2–3) Fuentes (6) 18,214 16–12 29 May 4 Reds 7–1 Harang (5–1) Fogg (2–2) 18,204 16–13 30 May 5 Astros 6–4 Ramírez (2–0) Lidge (0–2) 20,327 17–13 31 May 6 Astros 5–0 Jennings (2–2) Rodríguez (4–1) 26,358 18–13 32 May 7 Astros 5–3 Cook (3–3) Nieve (1–1) Fuentes (7) 30,270 19–13 33 May 8 @ Cardinals 6–2 Francis (2–2) Marquis (3–4) Fuentes (8) 39,007 20–13 34 May 9 @ Cardinals 4–2 Wainwright (1–0) Mesa (0–1) Isringhausen (9) 40,375 20–14 35 May 10 @ Cardinals 7–4 Suppan (4–2) Kim (1–1) Isringhausen (10) 39,108 20–15 36 May 12 @ Astros 12–2 Gallo (1–0) Jennings (2–3) 39,617 20–16 37 May 13 @ Astros 2–1 Cook (4–3) Oswalt (5–3) Fuentes (9) 35,852 21–16 38 May 14 @ Astros 3–0 Pettitte (3–4) Francis (2–3) 37,614 21–17 39 May 15 Dodgers 5–4 Tomko (5–1) Ramírez (2–1) Saito (1) 20,208 21–18 40 May 16 Dodgers 5–1 Kim (2–1) Lowe (1–3) 23,192 22–18 41 May 17 Dodgers 3–2 Penny (4–1) Jennings (2–4) Báez (9) 30,296 22–19 42 May 19 Blue Jays 8–3 Cook (5–3) Towers (1–8) 26,011 23–19 43 May 20 Blue Jays 5–1 Francis (3–3) Taubenheim (0–1) 26,212 24–19 44 May 21 Blue Jays 5–3 Fogg (3–2) Lilly (4–4) Fuentes (10) 30,291 25–19 45 May 22 @ Dodgers 6–1 Seo (2–2) Kim (2–2) 33,652 25–20 46 May 23 @ Dodgers 8–1 Penny (5–1) Jennings (2–5) 40,228 25–21 47 May 24 @ Dodgers 7–1 Sele (3–0) Cook (5–4) 39,299 25–22 48 May 26 @ Giants 9–0 Schmidt (4–2) Francis (3–4) 40,923 25–23 49 May 27 @ Giants 4–1 Cain (3–5) Fogg (3–3) Benítez (3) 40,350 25–24 50 May 28 @ Giants 6–3 Kim (3–2) Wright (5–4) Fuentes (11) 42,935 26–24 51 May 29 @ Padres 5–0 Jennings (3–5) Thompson (2–1) 27,904 27–24 52 May 30 @ Padres 2–0 Young (4–3) Cook (5–5) Hoffman (10) 23,698 27–25 53 May 31 @ Padres 3–2 Hensley (4–3) Francis (3–5) Hoffman (11) 24,607 27–26
June (14–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 54 June 2 Marlins 4–2 Willis (2–6) Fogg (3–4) Kensing (1) 26,112 27–27 55 June 3 Marlins 13–0 Nolasco (4–2) Kim (3–3) 23,831 27–28 56 June 4 Marlins 4–3 Olsen (4–3) Jennings (3–6) Borowski (7) 21,125 27–29 57 June 5 Pirates 5–2 Snell (6–3) Cook (5–6) Gonzalez (8) 20,152 27–30 58 June 6 Pirates 5–4 Francis (4–5) Maholm (2–5) Fuentes (12) 20,277 28–30 59 June 7 Pirates 16–9 Dohmann (1–0) Pérez (2–7) 21,509 29–30 60 June 9 Dodgers 3–0 Penny (7–1) Kim (3–4) Saito (3) 30,455 29–31 61 June 10 Dodgers 12–9 Jennings (4–6) Tomko (5–5) Fuentes (13) 35,557 30–31 62 June 11 Dodgers 6–5 Báez (4–3) Fuentes (1–1) Saito (4) 29,221 30–32 63 June 12 @ Nationals 4–3 Francis (5–5) Ortiz (5–5) Fuentes (14) 20,633 31–32 64 June 13 @ Nationals 9–2 Fogg (4–4) O'Connor (3–4) 21,689 32–32 65 June 14 @ Nationals 14–8 Martin (1–0) Bray (1–1) 24,273 33–32 66 June 15 @ Nationals 8–1 Jennings (5–6) Hernández (5–7) 22,793 34–32 67 June 16 @ Cardinals 8–1 Marquis (9–4) Cook (5–7) 45,736 34–33 68 June 17 @ Cardinals 6–5 Suppan (6–4) Francis (5–6) Isringhausen (23) 45,968 34–34 69 June 18 @ Cardinals 4–1 Carpenter (6–3) Fogg (4–5) Isringhausen (24) 45,647 34–35 70 June 19 Athletics 7–0 Kim (4–4) Haren (6–6) 21,964 35–35 71 June 20 Athletics 6–0 Jennings (6–6) Loaiza (2–4) 21,753 36–35 72 June 21 Athletics 3–2 (11) Calero (1–1) King (1–3) 26,489 36–36 73 June 23 Rangers 8–6 Koronka (6–4) Francis (5–7) Otsuka (15) 28,360 36–37 74 June 24 Rangers 11–6 Fogg (5–5) Tejeda (1–3) 31,439 37–37 75 June 25 Rangers 3–0 Kim (5–4) Padilla (6–5) Fuentes (15) 28,313 38–37 76 June 26 @ Angels 5–4 Lackey (5–5) Mesa (0–2) Rodríguez (19) 43,781 38–38 77 June 27 @ Angels 12–4 Cook (6–7) Weaver (3–10) 39,341 39–38 78 June 28 @ Angels 6–2 Ramírez (3–1) Shields (4–5) 38,153 40–38 79 June 30 @ Mariners 2–0 Fogg (6–5) Moyer (5–7) 31,612 41–38
July (10–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 80 July 1 @ Mariners 8–7 Mateo (5–1) Cortés (3–1) Putz (15) 33,638 41–39 81 July 2 @ Mariners 4–3 (11) Fuentes (2–1) Mateo (5–2) King (1) 31,709 42–39 82 July 3 Giants 9–6 Accardo (1–2) Ramírez (3–2) Benítez (8) 48,364 42–40 83 July 4 Giants 6–1 Francis (6–7) Schmidt (6–4) 48,078 43–40 84 July 5 Giants 5–3 Fogg (7–5) Wright (5–8) Fuentes (16) 23,485 44–40 85 July 7 Diamondbacks 4–3 Medders (2–2) Kim (5–5) Julio (8) 26,313 44–41 86 July 8 Diamondbacks 8–7 Vizcaíno (3–3) Fuentes (2–2) Julio (9) 22,874 44–42 87 July 9 Diamondbacks 8–5 González (1–2) Dohmann (1–1) Julio (10) 22,210 44–43 88 July 13 @ Reds 9–7 Milton (6–4) Francis (6–8) Guardado (6) 20,660 44–44 89 July 14 @ Reds 3–1 Harang (10–6) Jennings (6–7) Guardado (7) 22,497 44–45 90 July 15 @ Reds 3–2 Bray (2–1) Fuentes (2–3) 35,396 44–46 91 July 16 @ Reds 6–4 Coffey (4–4) Mesa (0–3) Guardado (8) 27,043 44–47 92 July 17 @ Pirates 3–1 Grabow (2–1) Kim (5–6) Capps (1) 18,835 44–48 93 July 18 @ Pirates 13–4 Francis (7–8) Gorzelanny (0–2) 20,086 45–48 94 July 19 @ Pirates 6–5 Duke (7–8) Jennings (6–8) Gonzalez (15) 19,881 45–49 95 July 21 @ Diamondbacks 6–2 Vargas (8–6) Cook (6–8) 23,068 45–50 96 July 22 @ Diamondbacks 4–3 Medders (4–2) Mesa (0–4) Julio (12) 28,745 45–51 97 July 23 @ Diamondbacks 9–7 Martin (2–0) Julio (1–4) Fuentes (17) 29,310 46–51 98 July 24 Cardinals 7–0 Francis (8–8) Reyes (2–4) 28,830 47–51 99 July 25 Cardinals 1–0 Carpenter (10–4) Jennings (6–9) Isringhausen (28) 31,673 47–52 100 July 26 Cardinals 6–1 Suppan (8–5) Cook (6–9) 32,872 47–53 101 July 27 Padres 9–8 (10) Fuentes (3–3) Williamson (2–4) 24,260 48–53 102 July 28 Padres 3–1 Kim (6–6) Hensley (6–8) Fuentes (18) 28,790 49–53 103 July 29 Padres 4–2 Young (9–4) Francis (8–9) Hoffman (28) 43,433 49–54 104 July 30 Padres 3–1 Jennings (7–9) Thompson (3–3) Fuentes (19) 25,790 50–54 105 July 31 Brewers 4–2 Cook (7–9) Capuano (10–7) Fuentes (20) 23,189 51–54
August (11–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 106 August 1 Brewers 1–0 Bush (7–8) Fogg (7–6) Cordero (8) 22,082 51–55 107 August 2 Brewers 8–2 Kim (7–6) Ohka (3–2) 24,034 52–55 108 August 4 @ Giants 5–2 Francis (9–9) Morris (8–9) Fuentes (21) 38,033 53–55 109 August 5 @ Giants 2–1 (11) Affeldt (5–6) Hennessey (4–2) Fuentes (22) 39,014 54–55 110 August 6 @ Giants 6–2 Cain (8–8) Cook (7–10) 39,288 54–56 111 August 7 @ Dodgers 7–2 Penny (12–5) Fogg (7–7) 44,593 54–57 112 August 8 @ Dodgers 4–2 Tomko (7–6) Kim (7–7) Saito (12) 50,210 54–58 113 August 9 @ Dodgers 3–1 Affeldt (6–6) Lowe (9–8) Fuentes (23) 46,643 55–58 114 August 10 @ Dodgers 4–3 Saito (4–2) Mesa (0–5) 48,699 55–59 115 August 11 Cubs 10–2 Cook (8–10) Hill (2–5) 35,744 56–59 116 August 12 Cubs 8–4 Fogg (8–7) Guzmán (0–3) 43,485 57–59 117 August 13 Cubs 8–7 Novoa (2–0) Corpas (0–1) Dempster (23) 35,408 57–60 118 August 14 Diamondbacks 4–3 Affeldt (7–6) Peña (3–2) 21,365 58–60 119 August 15 Diamondbacks 2–1 (18) Medders (5–2) Ramírez (3–3) 22,076 58–61 120 August 16 Diamondbacks 9–5 Hernández (10–9) Cook (8–11) 23,415 58–62 121 August 17 Diamondbacks 8–4 Fogg (9–7) Webb (13–5) 23,390 59–62 122 August 18 @ Mets 6–3 Trachsel (12–5) Kim (7–8) Wagner (29) 35,325 59–63 123 August 19 @ Mets 7–4 Heilman (2–4) Francis (9–10) Wagner (30) 55,085 59–64 124 August 20 @ Mets 2–0 Hernández (9–9) Jennings (7–10) Wagner (31) 40,654 59–65 125 August 22 @ Brewers 4–1 Capuano (11–8) Cook (8–12) Cordero (16) 25,158 59–66 126 August 23 @ Brewers 7–1 Sheets (4–5) Kim (7–9) 35,569 59–67 127 August 24 @ Brewers 12–6 Ohka (4–3) Fogg (9–8) 35,484 59–68 128 August 25 Padres 13–5 Francis (10–10) Thompson (3–5) 24,182 60–68 129 August 26 Padres 5–2 Hensley (8–10) Jennings (7–11) Hoffman (34) 29,748 60–69 130 August 27 Padres 6–3 Cook (9–12) Peavy (7–13) 26,308 61–69 131 August 29 Mets 10–5 Trachsel (14–5) Kim (7–10) 23,454 61–70 132 August 30 Mets 11–3 Williams (4–3) Fogg (9–9) 22,945 61–71 133 August 31 Mets 8–4 Francis (11–10) Pérez (2–11) 23,273 62–71
September (14–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 134 September 1 @ Dodgers 6–3 Lowe (13–8) Jennings (7–12) Saito (17) 49,601 62–72 135 September 2 @ Dodgers 14–5 Penny (15–7) Cook (9–13) 48,984 62–73 136 September 3 @ Dodgers 12–5 Kim (8–10) Sele (7–6) 44,895 63–73 137 September 4 @ Padres 7–5 Seánez (3–1) Fuentes (3–4) 35,722 63–74 138 September 5 @ Padres 5–4 Meredith (4–1) Francis (11–11) Hoffman (37) 26,456 63–75 139 September 6 @ Padres 2–0 (11) Meredith (5–1) Field (0–1) 27,968 63–76 140 September 7 Nationals 10–5 Corpas (1–1) Wagner (3–3) 18,617 64–76 141 September 8 Nationals 11–8 Field (1–1) Rauch (3–4) Fuentes (24) 22,214 65–76 142 September 9 Nationals 9–5 Venafro (1–0) Oritz (10–13) 22,735 66–76 143 September 10 Nationals 13–9 Mesa (1–5) Schroder (0–2) Fuentes (25) 18,647 67–76 144 September 12 @ Giants 10–6 Correia (2–0) Bautista (0–3) 33,416 67–77 145 September 13 @ Giants 9–8 Jennings (8–12) Lowry (7–9) Fuentes (26) 34,847 68–77 146 September 14 @ Giants 5–0 Cain (13–9) Cook (9–14) 35,167 68–78 147 September 15 @ Diamondbacks 5–1 Webb (16–6) Kim (8–11) 22,017 68–79 148 September 16 @ Diamondbacks 7–6 (16) Julio (2–4) Affeldt (7–7) 27,822 68–80 149 September 17 @ Diamondbacks 6–1 Francis (12–11) Batista (10–7) 28,056 69–80 150 September 18 Giants 20–8 Hampson (1–0) Lowry (7–10) 18,346 70–80 151 September 19 Giants 12–4 Jennings (9–12) Cain (13–10) Affeldt (1) 20,373 71–80 152 September 20 Giants 7–4 Wilson (2–3) Corpas (1–2) Stanton (8) 19,324 71–81 153 September 21 Braves 6–3 Smoltz (14–9) Kim (8–12) Wickman (31) 18,499 71–82 154 September 22 Braves 6–4 Fogg (10–9) Hudson (12–12) Fuentes (27) 33,260 72–82 155 September 23 Braves 10–9 Francis (13–11) Davies (3–6) Fuentes (28) 24,300 73–82 156 September 24 Braves 9–8 Affeldt (8–7) Yates (2–5) Fuentes (29) 30,216 74–82 157 September 26 Dodgers 11–4 Maddux (14–14) Jennings (9–13) 20,133 74–83 158 September 27 Dodgers 6–4 Lowe (16–8) Cook (9–15) Saito (22) 18,858 74–84 159 September 28 Dodgers 19–11 Hendrickson (6–15) King (1–4) 21,154 74–85 160 September 29 @ Cubs 5–2 Fogg (11–9) Zambrano (16–7) Fuentes (30) 33,721 75–85 161 September 30 @ Cubs 11–9 (14) Ramírez (4–3) Ryu (0–1) 39,483 76–85
October (0–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 162 October 1 @ Cubs 8–5 Aardsma (3–0) Affeldt (8–8) 39,609 76–86

Player stats[edit]

= Indicates team leader

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Yorvit Torrealba	65	223	55	.247	7	43
1B	Todd Helton	145	546	165	.302	15	81
2B	Jamey Carroll	136	463	139	.300	5	36
SS	Clint Barmes	131	478	105	.220	7	56
3B	Garrett Atkins	157	602	198	.329	20	120
LF	Matt Holliday	155	602	196	.326	34	114
CF	Cory Sullivan	126	386	103	.267	2	30
RF	Brad Hawpe	150	499	146	.293	22	84

Other batters[edit]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Freeman, ChooChoo Freeman	88	173	41	.237	2	18
Spilborghs, RyanRyan Spilborghs	67	167	48	.287	4	21
González, LuisLuis González	61	149	36	.242	2	14
Matsui, KazuoKazuo Matsui	32	113	39	.345	2	19
Ardoin, DannyDanny Ardoin	35	109	21	.193	0	2
Castilla, VinnyVinny Castilla	15	21	4	.190	1	4

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Cook, AaronAaron Cook	32	212.2	9	15	4.23	92
Jennings, JasonJason Jennings	32	212.0	9	13	3.78	142
Francis, JeffJeff Francis	32	199.0	13	11	4.16	117
Fogg, JoshJosh Fogg	31	172.0	11	9	5.49	93
Kim, Byung-HyunByung-Hyun Kim	27	155.0	8	12	5.57	129

Other pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Corpas, ManuelManuel Corpas	35	32.1	1	2	3.62	27
Cortés, DavidDavid Cortés	30	29.1	3	1	4.30	14
Affeldt, JeremyJeremy Affeldt	27	27.1	4	2	6.91	20
Dohmann, ScottScott Dohmann	27	24.2	1	1	6.20	22

Relief pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Mesa, JoséJosé Mesa	79	1	5	1	3.86	39
Martin, TomTom Martin	68	2	0	0	5.07	46
King, RayRay King	67	1	4	1	4.43	23
Fuentes, BrianBrian Fuentes	66	3	4	30	3.44	73
Ramírez, RamónRamón Ramírez	61	4	3	0	3.46	61

Farm system[edit]

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Pacific Coast League	Tom Runnells
AA	Tulsa Drillers	Texas League	Stu Cole
A	Modesto Nuts	California League	Chad Kreuter and Glenallen Hill
A	Asheville Tourists	South Atlantic League	Joe Mikulik
Short-Season A	Tri-City Dust Devils	Northwest League	Darron Cox
Rookie	Casper Rockies	Pioneer League	P. J. Carey

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References[edit]

1. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/torreyo01.shtml
2. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kingra01.shtml
3. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mesajo01.shtml
4. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marreel01.shtml
5. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/foggjo01.shtml
6. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carroja01.shtml
7. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/matsuka01.shtml
8. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/affelje01.shtml
9. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/castivi02.shtml
10. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/debut.php?y=2006&l=NL
11. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

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