In 1997, the Colorado Rockies first baseman led the National League with 140 RBI. He was third in the NL with 41 home runs and 351 total bases, and fourth in runs scored with 120 and a .585 slugging percentage. He posted the sixth-best OPS in the NL at .974 and had the seventh-highest batting average at .318. He was an All-Star. That same season, he hit a grand slam that landed 20 rows deep in the upper deck in Miami off Kevin Brown.
At the end of the season, the Rockies let him go.
Just like that, Andrés Galarraga wasn’t a Rockie anymore.