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Colorado Rockies: Top 50 Rockies of All-Time 40-31

By Daniel Wettstein II

DENVER - APRIL 4: Fans pour into Coors Field for opening day for a game between the San Diego Padres and the Colorado Rockies on April 4, 2005 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)
DENVER - APRIL 4: Fans pour into Coors Field for opening day for a game between the San Diego Padres and the Colorado Rockies on April 4, 2005 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images) /
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25 Feb 1999: Pitcher Curtis Leskanic #16 of the Colorado Rockies Spring Training at Hi Corbett Field in Tuscon, Arizona. (Mandatory Credit: Tom Hauck /Allsport)
25 Feb 1999: Pitcher Curtis Leskanic #16 of the Colorado Rockies Spring Training at Hi Corbett Field in Tuscon, Arizona. (Mandatory Credit: Tom Hauck /Allsport) /

34. Curtis Leskanic (Rockies career WAR: 6.8)

This is the first real ranking that caused me some consternation. Curtis and Bruce Ruffin were pretty similar in value per numbers, but when you look at the fact that Curtis was one of the first bullpen arms that didn’t have a true role, but excelled in every situation you threw him in, it gives him the slight advantage.

He would be the perfect “Opener” in today’s game. I believe his affable nature and easy-going personality are what enabled him to do this. He never pitched less than 57 innings in a full season in pinstripes. HIs career year came in 1995 when he lead the league in games pitched at an unreal total of 76 games, won six, saved 10 more, and struck out 107 batters in 98.0 IP for an ERA+ of 158.

That is unreal production for a bullpen arm in any era, he is what you call a rubber-armed workhorse. This is what tipped the scales to push him to this spot over Bruce Ruffin.

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