2007 Los Angeles Dodgers season

2007 Los Angeles Dodgers
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkDodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
Record82–80 (.506)
Divisional place4th
OwnersFrank McCourt
PresidentJamie McCourt
General managersNed Colletti
ManagersGrady Little
TelevisionFSN Prime Ticket
KCAL-TV (9)
Vin Scully, Charley Steiner, Steve Lyons
RadioKFWB
Vin Scully, Rick Monday, Charley Steiner
KWKW
Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez, Fernando Valenzuela
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The 2007 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 119th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 50th season in Los Angeles, California. It started off promisingly with the Dodgers holding the National League West lead for most of the first half of the season. However, the team faded down the stretch and finished the season in fourth place. Two of the teams big free agent signings, pitchers Jason Schmidt and Randy Wolf were injured and missed most of the season. A promising development was the play of several rookies including James Loney and Matt Kemp and the further development of second year catcher Russell Martin, who was named to his first All-Star Game.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League West

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Arizona Diamondbacks 90 72 .556 — 50‍–‍31 40‍–‍41
Colorado Rockies 90 73 .552 ½ 51‍–‍31 39‍–‍42
San Diego Padres 89 74 .546 1½ 47‍–‍34 42‍–‍40
Los Angeles Dodgers 82 80 .506 8 43‍–‍38 39‍–‍42
San Francisco Giants 71 91 .438 19 39‍–‍42 32‍–‍49


Record vs. opponents

2007 National League record

Source: [1]
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona — 4–2 4–2 2–4 8–10 6–1 5–2 8–10 2–5 3–4 5–1 5–4 10–8 10–8 4–3 6–1 8–7
Atlanta 2–4 — 5–4 1–6 4–2 10–8 3–3 4–3 5–2 9–9 9–9 5–1 5–2 4–3 3–4 11–7 4–11
Chicago 2–4 4–5 — 9–9 5–2 0–6 8–7 2–5 9–6 2–5 3–4 8–7 3–5 5–2 11–5 6–1 8–4
Cincinnati 4–2 6–1 9–9 — 2–4 4–3 4–11 2–4 8–7 2–5 2–4 9–7 2–4 4–3 6–9 1–6 7-11
Colorado 10–8 2–4 2–5 4–2 — 3–3 3–4 12–6 4–2 4–2 4–3 4–3 11–8 10–8 3–4 4–3 10–8
Florida 1–6 8–10 6–0 3–4 3–3 — 2–3 4–3 2–5 7–11 9–9 3–4 3–4 1–6 2–4 8–10 9–9
Houston 2–5 3–3 7–8 11–4 4–3 3-2 — 4–3 5–13 2–5 3–3 5–10 4–3 2–4 7–9 2–5 9–9
Los Angeles 10–8 3–4 5–2 4–2 6–12 3–4 3–4 — 3–3 5–5 4–2 5–2 8–10 10–8 3–3 5–1 5–10
Milwaukee 5–2 2–5 6–9 7–8 2–4 5–2 13–5 3–3 — 2–4 3–4 10–6 2–5 4–5 7–8 4–2 8–7
New York 4–3 9–9 5–2 5–2 2–4 11–7 5–2 5–5 4–2 — 6–12 4–2 2–4 4–2 5–2 9–9 8–7
Philadelphia 1-5 9–9 4–3 4–2 3–4 9–9 3–3 2–4 4–3 12–6 — 4–2 4–3 4–4 6–3 12–6 8–7
Pittsburgh 4–5 1–5 7–8 7–9 3–4 4–3 10–5 2–5 6–10 2–4 2–4 — 1–6 4–2 6–12 4–2 5–10
San Diego 8–10 2–5 5–3 4–2 8–11 4–3 3–4 10–8 5–2 4–2 3–4 6–1 — 14–4 3–4 4–2 6–9
San Francisco 8–10 3–4 2–5 3–4 8–10 6–1 4–2 8–10 5–4 2–4 4–4 2–4 4–14 — 4–1 3–4 5–10
St. Louis 3–4 4–3 5–11 9–6 4–3 4-2 9–7 3–3 8–7 2–5 3–6 12–6 4–3 1–4 — 1–5 6–9
Washington 1–6 7–11 1–6 6–1 3–4 10-8 5–2 1–5 2–4 9–9 6–12 2–4 2–4 4–3 5–1 — 9–9


Season summary

April

The Dodgers began their 2007 season on the road as they went to Milwaukee to begin a three-game series with the Brewers. But the Brewers pitching shut down the Dodgers offense for the first two games of the series. They got their own pitching settled down as they enjoyed a four-game winning streak, including a three-game sweep of the Giants in San Francisco. The Dodgers went to Dodger Stadium for the first time of the season and had a successful 4-2 homestand.

A two-game mini-series sweep in Arizona against the Diamondbacks followed by a split of a two-game series against the Rockies saw the Dodgers go 3-1 on the road-trip. Back in Los Angeles, the Dodgers won the first two games of a three-game series with the Pirates, improving their record to a league-leading 13-5 in the process before a four-game losing streak, including being swept by the Giants, dropped their record to 13-9. They ended their April with a 15-11 record, leading the NL West.

May

May began with the Dodgers concluding their three-game series with the Diamondbacks with a pair of 2-1 victories. After splitting the first two games of a three-game series with the Braves, the Dodgers blew a late lead in the third game of the series due to poor relief pitching. The Braves won the game 6-4 and took the series two games to one. The Dodgers continued their roadtrip with the Marlins, splitting the four game series. The Dodgers then began a 6-game homestand against the Reds and the Cardinals. They went on to have a 5-1 homestand, sweeping Reds and taking 2 out of 3 from the Cardinals. The Dodgers were then swept in a 3-game weekend series with the Angels played in Anaheim. The Dodgers returned home to face the Brewers whom they beat two in a row after dropping the first game of the series. The Dodgers then took two of the three games they played with the Cubs at Dodger Stadium. In Washington, they took two out of three games, shutting out the Nationals in the first two games.

June

The Dodgers beat the Pirates in the first game of a four-game series in Pittsburgh, the Pirates held the Dodgers to just one run in a 3-1 victory. The next day the Dodgers came from a 4-0 deficit to win 5-4. The Dodgers then went to San Diego to play the Padres and were swept there despite having a 5-1 lead in the 9th inning of the last game. The Dodgers also dropped out of first place during this time. Interleague play then begun with the Blue Jays coming to Los Angeles. The Dodgers were able to end a three-game losing streak in 10 innings, with a walk off home run but then lost the next two games from the Blue Jays. They then swept the 1st Place team of the NL East, the Mets in a three-game series at Dodger Stadium. The Freeway Series then returned, this time to Dodger Stadium where the Dodgers stole the first game from the Angels, but then lost the next two. The Dodgers then had a ten-game road trip to Toronto, Tampa Bay, and Arizona. They went 6-4 on the road trip. They returned home to play their division rivals, the Padres and lost the first two games. They ended June with an even 14-14 record.

July

The Dodgers went 3-4 before the All Star Break, dropping two out of four games from the Atlanta Braves and two out of three games from the Florida Marlins. After the All Star Break, the Dodgers completed a sweep of the Giants in San Francisco. This year in San Francisco, they are 6-0. The Dodgers got 2 out of 3 games from the Philadelphia Phillies and took 1 out of 3 from the New York Mets. Relief pitching became a great concern for the Dodgers after the All Star Break, with some relievers pitching an entire series, or more consecutive games.

Game log

2007 Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 2 @ Brewers 7–1 Sheets (1–0) Lowe (0–1) 45,341 0–1
2 April 3 @ Brewers 4–3 Shouse (1–0) Wolf (0–1) Cordero (1) 22,603 0–2
3 April 4 @ Brewers 5–4 Schmidt (1–0) Suppan (0–1) Saito (1) 23,649 1–2
4 April 6 @ Giants 2–1 Penny (1–0) Lowry (0–1) Saito (2) 43,146 2–2
5 April 7 @ Giants 4–1 Lowe (1–1) Ortiz (0–1) Saito (3) 42,098 3–2
6 April 8 @ Giants 10–4 Wolf (1–1) Zito (0–2) 39,343 4–2
7 April 9 Rockies 6–3 Francis (1–0) Schmidt (1–1) 56,000 4–3
8 April 10 Rockies 2–1 Beimel (1–0) Kim (1–1) Saito (4) 40,560 5–3
9 April 11 Rockies 3–0 Penny (2–0) Hirsh (1–1) Saito (5) 35,852 6–3
10 April 13 Padres 9–1 Lowe (2–1) Wells (0–1) 49,090 7–3
11 April 14 Padres 7–4 Peavy (2–0) Schmidt (1–2) 55,942 7–4
12 April 15 Padres 9–3 Wolf (2–1) Young (1–1) 55,298 8–4
13 April 16 @ D-backs 5–1 Penny (3–0) González (1–1) 27,427 9-4
14 April 17 @ D-backs 6–4 Billingsley (1–0) Peña (0–1) Saito (6) 25,735 10–4
15 April 18 @ Rockies 7–2 Buchholz (1–0) Lowe (2–2) 20,366 10–5
16 April 19 @ Rockies 8–1 Hendrickson (1–0) Cook (0–1) 19,135 11–5
17 April 20 Pirates 10–2 Wolf (3–1) Armas (0–2) 43,845 12–5
18 April 21 Pirates 7–3 (10) Broxton (1–0) Bayliss (1–1) 48,995 13–5
19 April 22 Pirates 7–5 Gorzelanny (3–0) Tomko (0–1) Torres (6) 46,741 13–6
20 April 24 Giants 5–3 Morris (3–0) Lowe (2–3) Benítez (5) 44,001 13–7
21 April 25 Giants 6–4 Lowry (2–2) Wolf (3–2) Benítez (6) 43,963 13–8
22 April 26 Giants 5–4 Correia (1–1) Beimel (1–1) Benítez (7) 56,000 13–9
23 April 27 @ Padres 6–5 Seánez (1–0) Hoffman (1–2) Saito (7) 44,035 14–9
24 April 28 @ Padres 3–2 Maddux (2–2) Tomko (0–2) Hoffman (5) 42,385 14–10
25 April 29 @ Padres 5–4 (17) Billingsley (1–0) Hampson (0–1) 44,028 15–10
26 April 30 D-backs 9–1 Webb (2–1) Wolf (3–3) 53,126 15–11
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
27 May 1 D-backs 2–1 Saito (1–0) Lyon (2–1) 36,029 16–11
28 May 2 D-backs 2–1 Hendrickson (2–0) Davis (2–3) Saito (8) 34,825 17–11
29 May 4 @ Braves 4–0 Smoltz (4–1) Tomko (0–3) 38,263 17–12
30 May 5 @ Braves 6–3 Lowe (3–3) Hudson (3–1) Saito (9) 42,786 18–12
31 May 6 @ Braves 6–4 Paronto (2–0) Tsao (0–1) González (1) 33,350 18–13
32 May 7 @ Marlins 6–1 Penny (4–0) Nolasco (1–1) 12,252 19-13
33 May 8 @ Marlins 6–5 Owens (2–0) Broxton (1–1) 11,124 19-14
34 May 9 @ Marlins 5–3 Tomko (1–3) Willis (5–2) Saito (10) 12,213 20–14
35 May 10 @ Marlins 3–0 Tankersley (2–0) Lowe (3–4) 20,345 20–15
36 May 11 Reds 2–0 Wolf (4–3) Arroyo (2–3) Saito (11) 49,588 21–15
37 May 12 Reds 7–3 Penny (5–0) Lohse (1–4) 51,776 22–15
38 May 13 Reds 10–5 Broxton (2–1) Saarloos (0–3) 41,399 23–15
39 May 14 Cardinals 8–4 Thompson (2–0) Tomko (1–4) Isringhausen (10) 35,707 23–16
40 May 15 Cardinals 9–7 Lowe (4–4) Wainwright (3–3) Saito (12) 38,954 24–16
41 May 16 Cardinals 5–4 Wolf (5–3) Wells (1–8) Saito (13) 38,252 25–16
42 May 18 @ Angels 9–1 Santana (3–5) Penny (5–1) 44,342 25–17
43 May 19 @ Angels 6–2 Weaver (3–3) Hendrickson (2–1) 44,380 25–18
44 May 20 @ Angels 4–1 Escobar (5–2) Lowe (4–5) Rodríguez (13) 44,301 25–19
45 May 21 Brewers 9–5 Suppan (6–4) Tomko (1–5) 33,446 25–20
46 May 22 Brewers 3–2 Wolf (6–3) Sheets (4–3) Saito (14) 33,552 26–20
47 May 23 Brewers 5–1 Penny (6–1) Capuano (5–3) 35,609 27–20
48 May 25 Cubs 9–8 Seánez (2–0) Ohman (0–2) Saito (15) 46,011 28–20
49 May 26 Cubs 4–2 Zambrano (5–4) Hendrickson (2–2) Dempster (11) 48,243 28–21
50 May 27 Cubs 2–1 (11) Billingsley (3–0) Guzmán (0–1) 51,198 29-21
51 May 29 @ Nationals 10–0 Penny (7–1) Simontacchi (2–3) 18,483 30–21
52 May 30 @ Nationals 5–0 Lowe (5–5) Bacsik (1–1) 22,360 31–21
53 May 31 @ Nationals 11–4 Bowie (2–2) Hendrickson (2–3) 20,982 31–22
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
54 June 1 @ Pirates 5–4 Wolf (7–3) Duke (2–6) Saito (16) 20,164 32–22
55 June 2 @ Pirates 3–1 Snell (5–4) Kuo (0–1) Capps (1) 31,931 32–23
56 June 3 @ Pirates 5–4 Billingsley (4–0) Torres (0–2) Beimel (1) 23,458 33–23
57 June 4 @ Pirates 6–5 Lowe (6–5) Maholm (2–8) Broxton (1) 15,836 34–23
58 June 5 @ Padres 1–0 Linebrink (2–1) Seánez (2–1) Hoffman (17) 31,703 34–24
59 June 6 @ Padres 5–2 Maddux (5–3) Wolf (7–4) Hoffman (18) 31,541 34–25
60 June 7 @ Padres 6–5 Hampson (2–1) Broxton (2–2) 40,631 34–26
61 June 8 Blue Jays 4–3 (10) Seánez (3–1) Accardo (1–2) 52,173 35–26
62 June 9 Blue Jays 1–0 Marcum (3–2) Lowe (6–6) Janssen (3) 51,057 35–27
63 June 10 Blue Jays 11–5 Halladay (6–2) Schmidt (1–3) 50,183 35–28
64 June 11 Mets 5–3 Wolf (8–4) Hernández (3–2) Saito (17) 40,467 36–28
65 June 12 Mets 4–1 Kuo (1–1) Maine (6–4) Saito (18) 42,438 37–28
66 June 13 Mets 9–1 Penny (8–1) Sosa (6–2) 46,894 38–28
67 June 15 Angels 2–1 Lowe (7–6) Santana (5–7) Saito (19) 56,000 39-28
68 June 16 Angels 3–0 Weaver (6–3) Schmidt (1–4) Rodríguez (22) 56,000 39-29
69 June 17 Angels 10–4 Escobar (8–3) Wolf (8–5) 56,000 39-30
70 June 19 @ Blue Jays 10–1 Penny (9-1) McGowan (3–3) 22,763 40–30
71 June 20 @ Blue Jays 12–1 Halladay (8–2) Kuo (1–2) 24,413 40–31
72 June 21 @ Blue Jays 8–4 Seánez (4–1) Janssen (2–1) 25,265 41–31
73 June 22 @ Devil Rays 6–3 Lowe (8–6) Sonnanstine (1–2) Saito (20) 14,961 42–31
74 June 23 @ Devil Rays 4–3 Fossum (5–6) Wolf (8–6) Reyes (17) 24,068 42–32
75 June 24 @ Devil Rays 9–4 Jackson (1–8) Kuo (1–3) 18,248 42–33
76 June 25 @ D-backs 8–1 Penny (10–1) Owings (5–2) 24,966 43–33
77 June 26 @ D-backs 6–5 (10) Broxton (3–2) Slaten (3–1) Saito (21) 28,734 44–33
78 June 27 @ D-backs 2–0 Webb (8–4) Lowe (8–7) Valverde (25) 26,867 44–34
79 June 28 @ D-backs 9–5 Wolf (9-6) Johnson (3–4) Saito (22) 26,526 45–34
80 June 29 Padres 7–6 Young (8–3) Kuo (1–4) Hoffman (22) 52,050 45–35
81 June 30 Padres 3–1 (12) Ring (1–0) Tomko (1–6) Hoffman (23) 53,769 45–36
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
82 July 1 Padres 5–0 Billingsley (5–0) Germano (5–2) 48,632 46–36
83 July 2 Braves 8–2 Beimel (2–1) Smoltz (9-5) 40,571 47–36
84 July 3 Braves 7–6 Seánez (5–1) Ledezma (0–1) Saito (23) 43,052 48–36
85 July 4 Braves 5–2 James (8–7) Hendrickson (2–4) Wickman (15) 56,000 48–37
86 July 5 Braves 8–6 Moylan (3–1) Stults (0–1) Wickman (16) 41,052 48–38
87 July 6 Marlins 6–5 (10) Pinto (1–3) Tomko (1–7) Gregg (18) 51,050 48–39
88 July 7 Marlins 7–2 Mitre (3–4) Lowe (8–8) 46,177 48–40
89 July 8 Marlins 9–3 Hendrickson (3–4) Olsen (6–7) 44,021 49-40
90 July 13 @ Giants 9–1 Billingsley (6–0) Cain (3–10) 43,230 50–40
91 July 14 @ Giants 8–7 (12) Hendrickson (4–4) Misch (0–1) Seánez (1) 43,452 51–40
92 July 15 @ Giants 5–3 Tomko (2–7) Lowry (9-7) Saito (24) 43,446 52–40
93 July 16 Phillies 10–3 Penny (11–1) Moyer (7–8) 41,458 53–40
94 July 17 Phillies 15–3 Durbin (1–2) Hendrickson (4–5) 45,074 53–41
95 July 18 Phillies 5–4 Seánez (6–1) Kendrick (4–1) Saito (25) 47,114 54–41
96 July 19 Mets 13–9 Sele (3–0) Lowe (8–9) 51,651 54–42
97 July 20 Mets 4–1 Pérez (9-6) Hernández (3–2) Wagner (21) 52,103 54–43
98 July 21 Mets 8–6 Penny (12–1) Sosa (7–5) Broxton (2) 49,124 55–43
99 July 22 Mets 5–4 (10) Feliciano (2–1) Houlton (0–1) Wagner (22) 49,092 55–44
100 July 23 @ Astros 10–2 Billingsley (7–0) Sampson (7–7) 38,245 56–44
101 July 24 @ Astros 7–4 Jennings(2–6) Seánez (6–2) Lidge (4) 38,247 56–45
102 July 25 @ Astros 2–1 Qualls (6–3) Houlton (0–2) Lidge (5) 31,498 56–46
103 July 26 @ Rockies 5–4 Penny (13–1) López (5–4) Saito (26) 49,124 57–46
-- July 27 @ Rockies Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 18 57–46
104 July 28 @ Rockies 6–2 Francis (11–5) Tomko (2–8) 46,039 57–47
105 July 29 @ Rockies 9–6 Jiménez (1–0) Billingsley (7–1) Corpas (6) 38,167 57–48
106 July 31 Giants 3–1 Lowry (12–7) Penny (13–2) Hennessey (9) 56,000 57–49
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
107 August 1 Giants 6–8 Broxton (4–2) Messenger (1–3) Saito (27) 56,000 58–49
108 August 2 Giants 4–2 Zito (8–10) Tomko (2–9) Kline (2) 56,000 58–50
109 August 3 D-backs 1–0 Davis (8–10) Billingsley (7–2) Valverde (32) 51,582 58–51
110 August 4 D-backs 8–7 Hernández (7–7) Lowe (8–10) Valverde (33) 52,921 58–52
111 August 5 D-backs 3–0 Webb (11–8) Penny (13–3) 48,803 58–53
112 August 7 @ Reds 4–0 Arroyo (5–12) Hendrickson (4–6) 22,057 58–54
113 August 8 @ Reds 1–0 Harang (11–3) Billingsley (7–3) Weathers (22) 20,462 58–55
114 August 9 @ Reds 5–4 (11) Proctor (3–5) Santos (1–4) Saito (28) 25,965 59-55
115 August 10 @ Cardinals 2–1 Beimel (3–1) Wainwright (10–9) Saito (29) 44,595 60–55
116 August 11 @ Cardinals 6–1 Looper (10–9) Lowe (8–11) 44,260 60–56
117 August 12 @ Cardinals 12–2 Reyes (2–11) Hendrickson (4–7) 45,379 60–57
118 August 13 Astros 4–1 Oswalt (13–6) Billingsley (7–4) Qualls (3) 49,511 60–58
119 August 14 Astros 7–4 Albers (3–5) Tomko (2–10) Lidge (9) 49,399 60–59
120 August 15 Astros 6–3 Penny (14–3) Jennings (2–8) Saito (30) 49,098 61–59
121 August 16 Astros 6–2 Lowe (9-11) Rodríguez (7–11) Saito (31) 48,128 62–59
122 August 17 Rockies 6–4 Stults (1–1) Fogg (7–8) Saito (32) 48,072 63–59
123 August 18 Rockies 7–4 (14) Herges (2–0) Hernández (3–3) Corpas (11) 52,508 63–60
124 August 19 Rockies 4–3 Proctor (4–5) Julio (0–4) Saito (33) 48,732 64–60
125 August 21 @ Phillies 5–4 Kendrick (6–3) Tomko (2–11) Myers (12) 35,326 64–61
126 August 22 @ Phillies 15–3 Lowe (10–11) Durbin (5–3) 37,321 65–61
127 August 23 @ Phillies 5–2 Billingsley (8–4) Romero (1–2) Saito (34) 37,875 66–61
128 August 24 @ Mets 5–2 Pérez (12–8) Penny (14–4) 53,250 66–62
129 August 25 @ Mets 4–3 Hernández (9-4) Stults (1–2) Heilman (1) 52,655 66–63
130 August 26 @ Mets 6–2 Wells (6–8) Maine (13–8) 49,234 67–63
131 August 27 Nationals 5–4 Lowe (11–11) Bacsik (5–8) Saito (35) 46,944 68–63
132 August 28 Nationals 4–3 Billingsley (9-4) Schroder (1–1) Saito (36) 49,698 69-63
133 August 29 Nationals 10–9 (12) Proctor (5–5) Rivera (4–5) 41,913 70–63
134 August 31 @ Padres 6–4 Brocail (5–1) Seánez (6–3) Hoffman (36) 44,324 70–64
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
135 September 1 @ Padres 7–0 Peavy (16–5) Lowe (11–12) 42,605 70–65
136 September 2 @ Padres 5–0 Billingsley (10–4) Germano (7–8) 40,776 71–65
137 September 3 @ Cubs 11–3 Loaiza (2–0) Zambrano (14–12) 41,070 72–65
138 September 4 @ Cubs 6–2 Penny (15–4) Trachsel (6–9) 37,834 73–65
139 September 5 @ Cubs 8–2 Lilly (14–7) Stults (1–3) 39,559 73–66
140 September 6 @ Cubs 7–4 Beimel (4–1) Dempster (2–5) Saito (37) 39,397 74–66
141 September 7 @ Giants 5–4 Hennessey (3–4) Broxton (4–3) 40,016 74–67
142 September 8 @ Giants 6–2 Wells (7–8) Zito (9-12) 42,228 75–67
143 September 9 @ Giants 4–2 Walker (1–0) Beimel (4–2) Hennessey (19) 40,650 75–68
144 September 11 Padres 9–4 Peavy (17–6) Loaiza (2–1) 51,620 75–69
145 September 12 Padres 6–1 Billingsley (11–4) Germano (7–10) 43,699 76–69
146 September 13 Padres 6–3 Wells (8–8) Maddux (12–10) Saito (38) 44,496 77–69
147 September 14 D-backs 7–4 Penny (16–4) Davis (13–12) Saito (39) 54,014 78–69
148 September 15 D-backs 6–2 Lowe (12–12) Hernández (10–10) 48,366 79-69
149 September 16 D-backs 6–1 González (8–2) Loaiza (2–2) 51,460 79-70
150 September 18 @ Rockies 3–1 Francis (16–8) Billingsley (11–5) Corpas (15) 23,282 79-71
151 September 18 @ Rockies 9–8 Speier (1–1) Saito (1–1) 23,271 79-72
152 September 19 @ Rockies 6–5 Fuentes (2–5) Broxton (4–4) Corpas (16) 26,184 79-73
153 September 20 @ Rockies 9–4 Jiménez (4–4) Lowe (12–13) 23,147 79-74
154 September 21 @ D-backs 12–3 Hernández (11–10) Loaiza (2–3) 37,753 79-75
155 September 22 @ D-backs 6–2 Webb (17–10) Wells (8–9) 47,673 79-76
156 September 23 @ D-backs 7–1 Billingsley (12–5) González (8–3) 43,372 80–76
157 September 25 Rockies 9–7 Speier (3–1) Hendrickson (4–8) Corpas (17) 44,660 80–77
158 September 26 Rockies 2–0 Fogg (10–9) Lowe (12–14) Corpas (18) 45,036 80–78
159 September 27 Rockies 10–4 Morales (3–2) Loaiza (2–4) 51,999 80–79
160 September 28 Giants 8–3 Wells (9-9) Correia (4–7) 47,696 81–79
161 September 29 Giants 6–5 (10) Saito (2–1) Giese (0–2) 51,983 82–79
162 September 30 Giants 11–2 Zito (11–13) Stults (1–4) 49,211 82–80

Team leaders

Batting

Stat Player Total
Avg. Jeff Kent .302
HR Jeff Kent 20
RBI Russell Martin 87
R Juan Pierre 96
SB Juan Pierre 64

Pitching

Stat Player Total
W Brad Penny 16
SV Takashi Saito 39
IP Brad Penny 208
ERA Brad Penny 3.03

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name Position
Juan Pierre Center fielder
Russell Martin Catcher
Nomar Garciaparra First baseman
Jeff Kent Second baseman
Luis Gonzalez Left fielder
Wilson Betemit Third baseman
Andre Ethier Right fielder
Ramón Martínez Shortstop
Derek Lowe Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster

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Infielders

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Coaches

Starting Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Name G GS IP W/L ERA BB SO CG
Brad Penny 33 33 208.0 16-4 3.03 73 135 0
Derek Lowe 33 33 199.1 12-14 3.88 59 147 3
Chad Billingsley 43 20 147.0 12-5 3.31 64 141 1
Randy Wolf 18 18 102.2 9-6 4.73 39 94 0
David Wells 7 7 38.2 4-1 5.12 9 19 0
Hong-Chih Kuo 8 6 30.1 1-4 7.42 15 27 0
Jason Schmidt 6 6 25.2 1-4 6.31 14 22 0
Esteban Loaiza 5 5 22.2 1-4 8.34 16 15 0

Relief Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves

Name G GS IP W/L ERA BB SO SV
Takashi Saito 63 0 64.1 2-1 1.40 13 78 39
Joe Beimel 83 0 67.1 4-2 3.88 24 39 1
Jonathan Broxton 83 0 82.0 4-4 2.85 25 99 2
Rudy Seánez 73 0 76.0 6-3 3.79 27 73 1
Scott Proctor 31 0 32.0 3-0 3.38 15 27 0
Mark Hendrickson 39 15 122.2 4-8 5.21 29 92 0
Brett Tomko 33 15 104.0 2-11 5.80 42 79 0
Eric Stults 12 5 38.2 1-4 5.82 17 30 0
D.J. Houlton 18 0 28.0 0-2 4.18 7 21 0
Chin-hui Tsao 21 0 24.2 0-1 4.38 8 16 0
Roberto Hernández 22 0 20.1 0-2 6.64 9 13 0
Jonathan Meloan 5 0 7.1 0-0 11.05 8 7 0
Eric Hull 5 0 6.2 0-0 4.05 3 5 0
Yhency Brazobán 4 0 1.2 0-0 16.20 3 5 0

Batting Stats

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Name Pos G AB Avg. R H HR RBI SB
Russell Martin C 151 540 .293 87 158 19 87 21
Mike Lieberthal C 38 77 .234 6 18 0 1 0
Chad Moeller C 7 8 .125 2 1 0 0 0
James Loney 1B 96 344 .331 41 114 15 67 0
Jeff Kent 2B 136 494 .302 78 149 20 79 1
Rafael Furcal SS 138 581 .270 87 157 6 47 25
Nomar Garciaparra 3B/1B 121 431 .283 39 122 7 59 3
Tony Abreu 3B/2B/SS 59 166 .271 19 45 2 17 0
Wilson Betemit 3B/2B/SS/RF 84 156 .231 22 36 10 26 0
Ramón Martínez 2B/3B/SS/1B 67 129 .194 10 25 0 27 1
Olmedo Sáenz 1B/3B 92 110 .191 9 21 4 18 0
Andy LaRoche 3B/LF 35 93 .226 16 21 1 10 2
Wilson Valdéz SS/2B/3B/LF/CF 41 74 .216 12 16 0 7 1
Shea Hillenbrand 3B/1B 20 70 .243 6 17 1 9 0
Mark Sweeney 1B 30 33 .273 2 9 0 3 0
Chin-Lung Hu SS 12 29 .241 5 7 2 5 0
Marlon Anderson 1B/2B 23 26 .231 3 6 0 2 1
Luis Gonzalez LF 139 464 .278 70 129 15 68 6
Juan Pierre CF 162 668 .293 96 196 0 41 64
Andre Ethier RF/LF 153 447 .284 50 127 13 64 0
Matt Kemp RF/CF 98 292 .342 47 100 10 42 10
Brady Clark RF/LF/CF 47 58 .224 7 13 0 5 1
Delwyn Young LF/2B 19 34 .382 4 13 2 3 1

2007 Awards

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Las Vegas 51s Pacific Coast League Lorenzo Bundy
AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League John Shoemaker
High A Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino California League Dave Collins
A Great Lakes Loons Midwest League Lance Parrish
Rookie Ogden Raptors Pioneer League Jeff Carter
Rookie Gulf Coast Dodgers Gulf Coast League Juan Bustabad
Rookie DSL Dodgers Dominican Summer League

Miscellaneous

Major League Baseball Draft

Main article: 2007 Major League Baseball draft
Chris Withrow

The Dodgers selected 40 players in this draft. Of those, five of them would eventually play Major League baseball. The Dodgers lost their own first round pick to the San Francisco Giants as a result of signing free agent pitcher Jason Schmidt but gained a first round pick as well as a supplemental first round pick because of the loss of free agent Julio Lugo.

The top draft pick was right-handed pitcher Chris Withrow from Midland High School in Midland, Texas. He made his Major League debut in 2013 with the Dodgers. He pitched in 46 games for them over parts of two seasons, with a 2.73 ERA before he was traded to the Atlanta Braves.

The supplemental pick was right-handed pitcher James Adkins from the University of Tennessee. He was a 1st team Freshman All-American at Tennessee in 2006 and was MVP of the Knoxville Regional at the College World Series. Adkins is Tennessee's all-time leader in strikeouts with 350 career strikeouts.[1] He played for the Great Lakes Loons of the Midwest League in 2007, starting 11 games for the Loons and finishing with an 0-1 record and a 2.42 ERA in 26 innings of work during his first season of professional baseball. In 2008, he was 5-8 with a 5.34 ERA for Single-A Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino and 1-3 with a 4.74 ERA in 8 starts for the Double-A Jacksonville Suns. He started 26 games for the Chattanooga Lookouts in 2009, with a 6-10 record and 4.48 ERA. He was converted exclusively to a reliever in 2010, making 40 appearances for the Lookouts and 5 for the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes. He was released by the Dodgers on April 5, 2011. He signed with the Cincinnati Reds on May 4, but was released in August.[2] After taking the 2012 season off, Adkins spent 2013 with the Grand Prairie AirHogs and Gary SouthShore RailCats, both part of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball.

Notes

  1. ^ James Adkins: Vols New Strikeout Leader
  2. ^ Eddy, Matt. "Minor League Transactions: Aug. 10-16". Baseball America. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
  3. ^ 2007 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft

References

  • Game Logs:
1st Half: Los Angeles Dodgers Game Log on ESPN.com
2nd Half: Los Angeles Dodgers Game Log on ESPN.com