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Colorado Rockies: What are the 25 best seasons by Rockies aged 25 or under?

By Noah Yingling

DENVER, CO - JULY 16: Trevor Story #27 of the Colorado Rockies rounds the bases after a ninth inning solo homer against the San Francisco Giants at Coors Field on July 16, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)
DENVER, CO - JULY 16: Trevor Story #27 of the Colorado Rockies rounds the bases after a ninth inning solo homer against the San Francisco Giants at Coors Field on July 16, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images) /
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DENVER, CO – SEPTEMBER 26: Carlos Gonzalez #5 of the Colorado Rockies hits a RBI single in the fourth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Coors Field on September 26, 2018 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) /

17) Carlos Gonzalez’s 2011 season (Age 25 season)

In that same season that Chacin had a good pitching season for the Rockies, Carlos Gonzalez had an excellent offensive season for the team,

In 127 games, he hit 26 home runs and 92 RBI with 20 stolen bases. He had an offensive slash line of .295/.363/.526 with an OPS+ of 125. He also had 142 hits, 27 doubles, and 8 Defensive Runs Saved.

His 4.3 WAR was second on the Rockies that year as only Troy Tulowitzki, who was in his age 26 season in 2011, was higher on the team as his WAR was 6.2.

16) Todd Helton’s 1998 season (Age 24 season)

This is one of the cases where you definitely can’t just go by WAR. In fact, if you went strictly by WAR, this season would be borderline at making our list at all. But considering how poor defensive metrics are before 2002 (the pre-Defensive Runs Saved (DRS) era) and how he played offensively, Helton’s 1998 season makes it here.

In Helton’s first full season in the majors, he played in 152 games and he had 167 hits, including 37 doubles, 25 home runs, 97 RBI, 53 walks, and only 54 strikeouts. He had an offensive slash line of .315/.380/.511 and an OPS+ of 119. The reason why that OPS+ isn’t higher is a) Coors Field and b) it was the steroid era and, therefore, offense was sky-high throughout the entire sport. His WAR, though, was only 3.2.

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