8. 2004: (Overall Batter OPS+ 100)
- Luis Gonzalez 2B
- Royce Clayton SS
- Todd Helton 1B
- Preston Wilson CF
- Vinny Castilla 3B
- Kit Pellow LF
- Jeromy Burnitz RF
- Charles Johnson C
- Shawn Estes P
You read that right, the eighth-best lineup in Rockies history has an overall batter OPS+ of 100, which means they almost never fielded a lineup that had a single below average hitter.
This lineup was led by Todd Helton in his prime. Helton had a 165 OPS+/NL-leading .347 average, three batters that hit 30+ homers, and four hitters with an OPS over .800. This was Matt Holliday’s rookie season where he replaced an ineffective and injured Preston Wilson later in the campaign.