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The Colorado Rockies’ Franchise was started as part of the 1985 Major League Baseball expansion that included the Rockies and the Marlins. On July 5, 1991, baseball owners accepted the Rockies into the Major Leagues. The Rockies played in their first game in 1993 in Denver Colorado at Coors Field.
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The Rockies of 1995, with a record of 77 wins and 67 losses, claimed the National League Wild Card. This was the first time that a team had reached the playoff in less than eight seasons. After winning the Wild Card the Rockies would lose to Atlanta in the Division Series.
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Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies, is located in Denver, Colorado at an elevation of 5200 feet above sea level. The stadium was built at a cost of 215 million dollars.
The stadium is most noted for being a hitter's park and allowing batters to hit, on average, more home runs than anywhere else in the Major Leagues.
The baseball park is located at the highest elevation amongst all ball parks. The altitude of the stadium provides the batter with the advantage because the atmosphere is thinner. The thinner atmosphere allows the balls to travel further in comparision to ballparks at lower elevations.
In 1999, the Rockies set a Major League record by hitting 303 home runs.
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