2007 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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.

2007 Los Angeles Dodgers
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Dodger Stadium
City	Los Angeles
Record	82–80 (.506)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Frank McCourt
President	Jamie McCourt
General managers	Ned Colletti
Managers	Grady Little
Television	FSN Prime Ticket KCAL-TV (9) Vin Scully, Charley Steiner, Steve Lyons
Radio	KFWB Vin Scully, Rick Monday, Charley Steiner KWKW Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez, Fernando Valenzuela
Seasons

Offseason

• March 26, 2007: Acquired Brady Clark and cash from the Milwaukee Brewers for Elmer Dessens

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

• July 31, 2007: Acquired Scott Proctor from the New York Yankees for Wilson Betemit.
• August 9, 2007: Acquired Mark Sweeney from the San Francisco Giants for cash.
• August 10, 2007: Signed infielder Shea Hillenbrand.
• August 11, 2007: Acquired Chad Moeller from the Cincinnati Reds for cash.
• August 25, 2007: Signed pitcher David Wells.
• August 30, 2007: Claimed pitcher Esteban Loaiza off waivers from the Oakland Athletics.

Roster

2007 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 97 Joe Beimel 58 Chad Billingsley 43 Yhency Brazobán 51 Jonathan Broxton 30 Mark Hendrickson 36 Roberto Hernández 54 D.J. Houlton 57 Eric Hull 56 Hong-Chih Kuo 25 Esteban Loaiza 23 Derek Lowe 63 Jonathan Meloan 31 Brad Penny 45 Scott Proctor 44 Takashi Saito 29 Jason Schmidt 38 Rudy Seánez 50 Eric Stults 45 Brett Tomko 41 Chin-hui Tsao 33 David Wells 52 Randy Wolf		Catchers 14 Mike Lieberthal 55 Russell Martin 47 Chad Moeller Infielders  6 Tony Abreu 21 Marlon Anderson 10 Wilson Betemit 15 Rafael Furcal  5 Nomar Garciaparra 28 Shea Hillenbrand 60 Chin-Lung Hu 12 Jeff Kent 28,10 Andy LaRoche  7 James Loney 18 Ramón Martínez  8 Olmedo Sáenz 21 Mark Sweeney 13 Wilson Valdéz		Outfielders  3 Brady Clark 16 Andre Ethier 26 Luis Gonzalez 27 Matt Kemp  9 Juan Pierre 49 Delwyn Young		Manager  9 Grady Little Coaches 37 Rich Donnelly (third base) 25,35 Mariano Duncan (1st base) 40 Rick Honeycutt (pitching) 46 Dave Jauss (bench) 11 Manny Mota  3 Bill Mueller (hitting) 33 Eddie Murray (hitting) 48 Dan Warthen (bullpen)

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

• 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Russell Martin starter
  • Brad Penny reserve
  • Takashi Saito reserve
• 2007 Sporting News All-Star Team
  • Russell Martin
• Gold Glove Award
  • Russell Martin
• Silver Slugger Award
  • Russell Martin

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

• During the 2007 season, the Dodgers added an infielder named Chin-lung Hu. After Hu singled in a game against the San Diego Padres, Dodgers announcer Vin Scully remarked "And Hu's on first." See Who's on First?#Real-life parallels.

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. 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. 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.

2007 Draft Picks

Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level 1 Chris Withrow RHP Midland High School Yes 2007–2016 MLB 1s James Adkins LHP University of Tennessee Yes 2007–2013 AAA 2 Mike Watt LHP Capistrano Valley High School Yes 2007–2012 AAA 3 Austin Gallagher 3B Manheim Township High School Yes 2007–2016 A+ 4 Andrew Lambo 1B Newbury Park High School Yes 2007–2017 MLB 5 Kyle Blair RHP Los Gatos High School No Indians-2011 2011–2014 AA 6 Justin Miller RHP Johnson County Community College Yes 2007–2011 AA 7 Danny Danielson RHP Russell County High School Yes 2007–2009 Rookie 8 Alex Garabedian C College of Charleston Yes 2007–2012 AA 9 Jaime Pedroza SS University of California, Riverside Yes 2007–2014 AA 10 Erik Kanaby OF Lamar University Yes 2007–2009 A 11 Paul Koss RHP University of Southern California Yes 2007–2012 AA 12 Jessie Mier C Lewis–Clark State College Yes 2007–2012 AA 13 Bobby Blevins RHP Le Moyne College Yes 2007–2017 AAA 14 Devin Fuller RHP Gilbert High School No Rays-2009 2009–2010 A- 15 Cal Stanke RHP University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh Yes 2007–2008 A 16 Andrés Santiago RHP Colegio Carmen Sol Yes 2007–2022 AAA 17 Chris Jacobs 1B Glenn High School Yes 2007–2019 AA 18 Given Kutz RHP University of Portland Yes 2007–2008 A+ 19 Joris Bert OF Frank Phillips College Yes 2007–2008 Rookie 20 Sean Koecheler RHP Palm Beach Gardens High School No 21 Terry Doyle RHP Boston College No White Sox-2008 2008–2016 NPB 22 Matt Wallach C California State University, Fullerton Yes 2007–2013 AAA 23 Nathan Carter SS De La Salle High School No 24 Parker Dalton SS Texas A&M University Yes 2007–2009 A 25 Tim Sexton RHP Miami Dade College Yes 2007–2016 AAA 26 Taylor Cole RHP Bishop Gorman High School No Blue Jays-2011 2011–2019 MLB 27 Rob Rasmussen LHP Poly High School No Marlins-2010 2010–2015 MLB 28 Nathan Woods OF Xavier High School No Marlins-2011 2011 A+ 29 Charles Keefer 1B North Central Texas College No 30 Justin Coats SS Seminole State College No 31 Rafael Thomas OF Lufkin High School No 32 Matthew Gardner RHP Oklahoma State University No 33 Jonathan Gonzalez RHP Cardinal Hayes High School No 2012–2013 Ind 34 Garrett Poe 1B Silver City High School No 35 Ryan Christenson LHP Arnett High School No Dodgers-2010 2010–2011 A 36 Timothy Jones RHP Redan High School No 37 Gabriel Casanova 2B Barry University Yes 2007–2008 Rookie 38 Matt Szczur C Lower Cape May Regional High School No Cubs-2010 2010–2021 MLB 39 John Hay OF College of the Canyons No

External links

• 2007 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform
• Los Angeles Dodgers official web site
• Baseball-Reference season page

References

• Game Logs:

1st Half: Los Angeles Dodgers Game Log on ESPN.com

2nd Half: Los Angeles Dodgers Game Log on ESPN.com

• Batting Statistics: Los Angeles Dodgers Batting Stats on ESPN.com
• Pitching Statistics: Los Angeles Dodgers Pitching Stats on ESPN.com