Each MLB team's best season ever

Each MLB team’s best season ever

HOUSTON, TX - OCTOBER 29: Jose Altuve #27 of the Houston Astros celebrates with George Springer #4 after hitting a three-run home run during the fifth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers in game five of the 2017 World Series at Minute Maid Park on October 29, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /

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Oct 27, 2007 – Denver, Colorado, USA – Colorado Rockies TODD SHELTON congratulates MATT HOLLIDAY on his three run homerun against the Boston Red Sox at Coors Field in Denver, during game three of the World Series. Boston Red Sox won the World Series, sweeping the Colorado Rockies 4-0. Boston also extends its World Series undefeated game streak to 8. (Photo by Albert Dickson/Sporting News via Getty Images) /

Colorado Rockies: 2007

Since joining the league as an expansion franchise in 1993, the Colorado Rockies have had an interesting history. Denver was one of the few cities not to lose interest or turn away from the sport of baseball after the strike ended the 1994 season. The Rockies drew over three million fans in each of their first nine seasons, and that helped them build a playoff contender quickly. Colorado had a winning team in three of their first five seasons.

Building a sustainable winner has proven more difficult in the thin air of Coors Field, where pitching is next to impossible and the hitters see a dramatic drop in production on the road. However, in 2007, everything came together for the Rockies, and they rolled to the World Series. It took an epic final push at the end of the season where they won 14 of 15, including a controversial walk-off in a one-game tie-breaker with the San Diego Padres to get into the postseason.

As is to be expected of the Rockies, the 2007 team put up runs in bunches. They led the National League in hits, batting average and on-base percentage and were second in runs, walks and OPS. Matt Holliday led the way with a .340/.405/.607 line with 36 home runs and 137 RBI. Holliday claimed the NL batting title and also led the league in hits, doubles and RBI. He finished second in the MVP vote. Brad Hawpe and Garrett Atkins also both drove in over 100 runs and shortstop Troy Tulowitzki hit 24 home runs with 99 RBI.

The Rockies swept both rounds of the NL playoffs, but the long layoff between the NLCS and the World Series may have cost them their momentum. The Red Sox swept them in a series that was not particularly competitive. This remains the only trip to the World Series in Rockies franchise history.

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