Over the course of his five-year Colorado Rockies career, he would play in 679 games, hit. He did have one fantastic campaign for the Expos in 1988, finishing seventh in MVP voting, but was declining so much in the following years that, after being traded to the Cardinals and playing just one season, he was simply granted free agency.įor the three seasons prior to coming to Colorado, he ranked below the league average on offense but a transition to a now-famous wide-open stance would see Galarraga experience a renaissance in Denver.
267/.322/.432 for a 109 OPS+, leading the league in strikeouts three times. When Andres Galarraga joined the inaugural Colorado Rockies in 1993, he was far from the superstar he was about to become.Īt 32-years-old, he had played in 942 games for Montreal and St.
