gold star for USAHOF
 
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A converted Shortstop from Venezuela, Rafael Betancourt had a long road to the Majors, a path that would end with the Colorado Rockies.  Used predominantly as a setup man for most of his career, including his first three seasons with Colorado, Betancourt received the opportunity to become the team’s closer in 2012.  That year, he would accrue 31 Saves, the most of his career. 

Overall, Betancourt pitched in 309 Games, had 58 Saves with an excellent SO/BB of 5.63.

33. Brad Hawpe

An All Star in 2009, Brad Hawpe provided good offense for the Colorado Rockies.  Hawpe had four straight seasons where he blasted over 20 Home Runs in a season, three of which also saw him with a Slugging Percentage over .500.  If it seems like Hawpe is ranked low, he was horrible defensively who had a -9.8 Defensive bWAR with the Rockies, which certainly impacted his rank.
Joining the Rockies in 2012, Tyler Chatwood had his best season in 2016 where he went 12 and 9 with 117 Strikeouts.  This had to be especially sweet as Chatwood missed most of 2014 and all of 2015 recovering from Tommy John surgery.  The hurler played with Colorado until the end of 2017, after he went to the Chicago Cubs as a Free Agent.  With the Rockies, he showed a record of 34-35 with 364 Strikeouts.
The last really good season of Michael Cuddyer’s career was with the Colorado Rockies in 2013, the second of three seasons he would play for the team.  That year, he was an All Star, a Silver Slugger and won his lone Batting Title.  Cuddyer’s numbers wit Colorado saw him post a respectable Slash Line of .307/.362/.525.