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15. Aaron Cook

A Starting Pitcher throughout his career, Aaron Cook was with the Colorado Rockies for all but his last Major League season.  Cook would go to the All-Star Game in 2008 when he had a 16 Win Season.  In the ten seasons he played in Colorado, he had a winning record with Colorado going 72 and 68 with 558 Strikeouts.
The four times that Dante Bichette made the All-Star Game took place as a member of the Colorado Rockies where he would be the runner-up for the MVP Award (1995) and would win the Home Run, RBI and Slugging Title.  Dante would easily be one of the top offensive Rockies of his era, and he would become well known for his hitting acumen.  Bichette's rank is heavily affected by his horrendous defense.  Seriously, it was so bad, that he might have been at one point one of the worst players with a glove for multiple years, despite his cannon for an arm.

18. Ellis Burks

Ellis Burks would hammer 352 Home Runs in his eighteen-year career, 115 of which were with Colorado, a team he played nearly five seasons with.  While he would have a longer tenure with the Boston Red Sox, it was with Colorado where he had his best season by far, a 40 Home Run campaign with a .340/.408/.639 Slash Line where he was an All-Star and a Silver Slugger.  He would finish third in MVP voting that year.  It was the strength of that 1996 season that landed him in this spot, and he would have 110 Home Runs overall for Colorado.
Unlike many pitchers the decade before, Ubaldo Jimenez did his best work when he was wearing a Colorado Rockies jersey.  Jimenez’ best season saw him finish third in Cy Young voting and go to his only All-Star Game.  That season (2010) he went 19 and 8 with a 2.88 ERA.  He would win 15 Games the year before.  In the 138 Games he played in Colorado, he had a record of 56-45 and 773 Strikeouts.