The MLB playoffs are officially underway, and for the seventh consecutive season, the Colorado Rockies are not playing. Only two other franchises, the Los Angeles Angels and the Pittsburgh Pirates, are in longer droughts.
A lot of bad things happened for the Rockies this season. They parted ways with general manager Bill Schmidt on Wednesday, fired manager Bud Black two months into the year, Kris Bryant played played in 11 games, the starting pitchers combined to have the worst ERA among that unit in the history of the MLB, and the team lost 119 games — the fourth-most in MLB history. At least Hunter Goodman knocked 30 home runs and a few of the young guys were able to find somewhat of a rhythm at the plate, but outside of that, there wasn’t a whole lot to be happy about.
Oh, they did beat the top-seeded Brewers once in April and once again in June. Is that enough to qualify for the playoffs?
Despite all the poor play that took place inside of Coors Field, the fans still showed up to cheer on their hometown Rockies. Or they showed up to cheer on the Dodgers. Or they went to enjoy happy hour on The Rooftop and grab a hot dog before leaving in the second inning. No matter the reason, the people showed up, and the Rockies still finished in the top half of the league’s attendance.
An average of 30,057 people made their way to the park on 20th and Blake Street throughout the season, the 15th-highest mark in the league. They finished above two of the 12 playoff teams, the Detroit Tigers (29,795) and the Cleveland Guardians (25,325). There were 12 games that saw at least 40,000 fans find a seat in Coors (the team posted a 4-8 record in those games), as opposed to just nine games that saw under 20,000 people in the stands (2-7 record). One of the two May 8 losses to the Tigers at Coors Field did not have an attendance number associated with it, as it was a the first game of a doubleheader that was rescheduled from a previous date.
Final MLB regular season attendance numbers, per ESPN. The #Rockies finished in the top half of the league with an average of 30,057 fans despite winning just 25 games at Coors Field, the fewest in the league pic.twitter.com/DxJUO5ZlJL
— Trent Finnegan (@trent_finnegan2) October 1, 2025
They’re a far way away from being in the top 10 — over 5,000 more people on average — but the fact that a team this bad still attracted 30,000 to the park on any given night is a sign that Dick Monfort is not going to sell the team anytime soon. It’s a business for him, and the recent stretch of poor baseball has shown that he cares more about putting money in his pocket rather than putting a good baseball team out on the diamond.
