2007 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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2007  Los Angeles Dodgers
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Dodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
Record82–80 (.506)
Divisional place4th
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
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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.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League West

NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Arizona Diamondbacks 90720.556—50–3140–41
Colorado Rockies 90730.552½51–3139–42
San Diego Padres 89740.5461½47–3442–40
Los Angeles Dodgers 82800.506843–3839–42
San Francisco Giants 71910.4381939–4232–49

Record vs. opponents

2007 National League record

Source:
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Arizona —4–24–22–48–106–15–28–102–53–45–15–410–810–84–36–18–7
Atlanta 2–4—5–41–64–210–83–34–35–29–99–95–15–24–33–411–74–11
Chicago 2–44–5—9–95–20–68–72–59–62–53–48–73–55–211–56–18–4
Cincinnati 4–26–19–9—2–44–34–112–48–72–52–49–72–44–36–91–67-11
Colorado 10–82–42–54–2—3–33–412–64–24–24–34–311–810–83–44–310–8
Florida 1–68–106–03–43–3—2–34–32–57–119–93–43–41–62–48–109–9
Houston 2–53–37–811–44–33-2—4–35–132–53–35–104–32–47–92–59–9
Los Angeles 10–83–45–24–26–123–43–4—3–35–54–25–28–1010–83–35–15–10
Milwaukee 5–22–56–97–82–45–213–53–3—2–43–410–62–54–57–84–28–7
New York 4–39–95–25–22–411–75–25–54–2—6–124–22–44–25–29–98–7
Philadelphia 1-59–94–34–23–49–93–32–44–312–6—4–24–34–46–312–68–7
Pittsburgh 4–51–57–87–93–44–310–52–56–102–42–4—1–64–26–124–25–10
San Diego 8–102–55–34–28–114–33–410–85–24–23–46–1—14–43–44–26–9
San Francisco 8–103–42–53–48–106–14–28–105–42–44–42–44–14—4–13–45–10
St. Louis 3–44–35–119–64–34-29–73–38–72–53–612–64–31–4—1–56–9
Washington 1–67–111–66–13–410-85–21–52–49–96–122–42–44–35–1—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
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2@ Brewers 7 – 1 Sheets (1-0) Lowe (0-1)45,3410-1
2April 3@ Brewers 4 – 3 Shouse (1-0) Wolf (0-1) Cordero (1)22,6030-2
3April 4@ Brewers 5 – 4 Schmidt (1-0) Suppan (0-1) Saito (1)23,6491-2
4April 6@ Giants 2 – 1 Penny (1-0) Lowry (0-1) Saito (2)43,1462-2
5April 7@ Giants 4 – 1 Lowe (1-1) Ortiz (0-1) Saito (3)42,0983-2
6April 8@ Giants 10 – 4 Wolf (1-1) Zito (0-2)39,3434-2
7April 9 Rockies 6 – 3 Francis (1-0) Schmidt (1-1)56,0004-3
8April 10 Rockies 2 – 1 Beimel (1-0) Kim (1-1) Saito (4)40,5605-3
9April 11 Rockies 3 – 0 Penny (2-0) Hirsh (1-1) Saito (5)35,8526-3
10April 13 Padres 9 – 1 Lowe (2-1) Wells (0-1)49,0907-3
11April 14 Padres 7 – 4 Peavy (2-0) Schmidt (1-2)55,9427-4
12April 15 Padres 9 – 3 Wolf (2-1) Young (1-1)55,2988-4
13April 16@ D-backs 5 – 1 Penny (3-0) González (1-1)27,4279-4
14April 17@ D-backs 6 – 4 Billingsley (1-0) Peña (0-1) Saito (6)25,73510-4
15April 18@ Rockies 7 – 2 Buchholz (1-0) Lowe (2-2)20,36610-5
16April 19@ Rockies 8 – 1 Hendrickson (1-0) Cook (0-1)19,13511-5
17April 20 Pirates 10 – 2 Wolf (3-1) Armas (0-2)43,84512-5
18April 21 Pirates 7 – 3 (10) Broxton (1-0) Bayliss (1-1)48,99513-5
19April 22 Pirates 7 – 5 Gorzelanny (3-0) Tomko (0-1) Torres (6)46,74113-6
20April 24 Giants 5 – 3 Morris (3-0) Lowe (2-3) Benítez (5)44,00113-7
21April 25 Giants 6 – 4 Lowry (2-2) Wolf (3-2) Benítez (6)43,96313-8
22April 26 Giants 5 – 4 Correia (1-1) Beimel (1-1) Benítez (7)56,00013-9
23April 27@ Padres 6 – 5 Seánez (1-0) Hoffman (1-2) Saito (7)44,03514-9
24April 28@ Padres 3 – 2 Maddux (2-2) Tomko (0-2) Hoffman (5)42,38514-10
25April 29@ Padres 5 – 4 (17) Billingsley (1-0) Hampson (0-1)44,02815-10
26April 30 D-backs 9 – 1 Webb (2-1) Wolf (3-3)53,12615-11
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 1 D-backs 2 – 1 Saito (1-0) Lyon (2-1)36,02916-11
28May 2 D-backs 2 – 1 Hendrickson (2-0) Davis (2-3) Saito (8)34,82517-11
29May 4@ Braves 4 – 0 Smoltz (4-1) Tomko (0-3)38,26317-12
30May 5@ Braves 6 – 3 Lowe (3-3) Hudson (3-1) Saito (9)42,78618-12
31May 6@ Braves 6 – 4 Paronto (2-0) Tsao (0-1) González (1)33,35018-13
32May 7@ Marlins 6 – 1 Penny (4-0) Nolasco (1-1)12,25219-13
33May 8@ Marlins 6 – 5 Owens (2-0) Broxton (1-1)11,12419-14
34May 9@ Marlins 5 – 3 Tomko (1-3) Willis (5-2) Saito (10)12,21320-14
35May 10@ Marlins 3 – 0 Tankersley (2-0) Lowe (3-4)20,34520-15
36May 11 Reds 2 – 0 Wolf (4-3) Arroyo (2-3) Saito (11)49,58821-15
37May 12 Reds 7 – 3 Penny (5-0) Lohse (1-4)51,77622-15
38May 13 Reds 10 – 5 Broxton (2-1) Saarloos (0-3)41,39923-15
39May 14 Cardinals 8 – 4 Thompson (2-0) Tomko (1-4) Isringhausen (10)35,70723-16
40May 15 Cardinals 9 – 7 Lowe (4-4) Wainwright (3-3) Saito (12)38,95424-16
41May 16 Cardinals 5 – 4 Wolf (5-3) Wells (1-8) Saito (13)38,25225-16
42May 18@ Angels 9 – 1 Santana (3-5) Penny (5-1)44,34225-17
43May 19@ Angels 6 – 2 Weaver (3-3) Hendrickson (2-1)44,38025-18
44May 20@ Angels 4 – 1 Escobar (5-2) Lowe (4-5) Rodríguez (13)44,30125-19
45May 21 Brewers 9 – 5 Suppan (6-4) Tomko (1-5)33,44625-20
46May 22 Brewers 3 – 2 Wolf (6-3) Sheets (4-3) Saito (14)33,55226-20
47May 23 Brewers 5 – 1 Penny (6-1) Capuano (5-3)35,60927-20
48May 25 Cubs 9 – 8 Seánez (2-0) Ohman (0-2) Saito (15)46,01128-20
49May 26 Cubs 4 – 2 Zambrano (5-4) Hendrickson (2-2) Dempster (11)48,24328-21
50May 27 Cubs 2 – 1 (11) Billingsley (3-0) Guzmán (0-1)51,19829-21
51May 29@ Nationals 10 – 0 Penny (7-1) Simontacchi (2-3)18,48330-21
52May 30@ Nationals 5 – 0 Lowe (5-5) Bacsik (1-1)22,36031-21
53May 31@ Nationals 11 – 4 Bowie (2-2) Hendrickson (2-3)20,98231-22
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1@ Pirates 5 – 4 Wolf (7-3) Duke (2-6) Saito (16)20,16432-22
55June 2@ Pirates 3 – 1 Snell (5-4) Kuo (0-1) Capps (1)31,93132-23
56June 3@ Pirates 5 – 4 Billingsley (4-0) Torres (0-2) Beimel (1)23,45833-23
57June 4@ Pirates 6 – 5 Lowe (6-5) Maholm (2-8) Broxton (1)15,83634-23
58June 5@ Padres 1 – 0 Linebrink (2-1) Seánez (2-1) Hoffman (17)31,70334-24
59June 6@ Padres 5 – 2 Maddux (5-3) Wolf (7-4) Hoffman (18)31,54134-25
60June 7@ Padres 6 – 5 Hampson (2-1) Broxton (2-2)40,63134-26
61June 8 Blue Jays 4 – 3 (10) Seánez (3-1) Accardo (1-2)52,17335-26
62June 9 Blue Jays 1 – 0 Marcum (3-2) Lowe (6-6) Janssen (3)51,05735-27
63June 10 Blue Jays 11 – 5 Halladay (6-2) Schmidt (1-3)50,18335-28
64June 11 Mets 5 – 3 Wolf (8-4) Hernández (3-2) Saito (17)40,46736-28
65June 12 Mets 4 – 1 Kuo (1-1) Maine (6-4) Saito (18)42,43837-28
66June 13 Mets 9 – 1 Penny (8-1) Sosa (6-2)46,89438-28
67June 15 Angels 2 – 1 Lowe (7-6) Santana (5-7) Saito (19)56,00039-28
68June 16 Angels 3 – 0 Weaver (6-3) Schmidt (1-4) Rodríguez (22)56,00039-29
69June 17 Angels 10 – 4 Escobar (8-3) Wolf (8-5)56,00039-30
70June 19@ Blue Jays 10 – 1 Penny (9-1) McGowan (3-3)22,76340-30
71June 20@ Blue Jays 12 – 1 Halladay (8-2) Kuo (1-2)24,41340-31
72June 21@ Blue Jays 8 – 4 Seánez (4-1) Janssen (2-1)25,26541-31
73June 22@ Devil Rays 6 – 3 Lowe (8-6) Sonnanstine (1-2) Saito (20)14,96142-31
74June 23@ Devil Rays 4 – 3 Fossum (5-6) Wolf (8-6) Reyes (17)24,06842-32
75June 24@ Devil Rays 9 – 4 Jackson (1-8) Kuo (1-3)18,24842-33
76June 25@ D-backs 8 – 1 Penny (10-1) Owings (5-2)24,96643-33
77June 26@ D-backs 6 – 5 (10) Broxton (3-2) Slaten (3-1) Saito (21)28,73444-33
78June 27@ D-backs 2 – 0 Webb (8-4) Lowe (8-7) Valverde (25)26,86744-34
79June 28@ D-backs 9 – 5 Wolf (9-6) Johnson (3-4) Saito (22)26,52645-34
80June 29 Padres 7 – 6 Young (8-3) Kuo (1-4) Hoffman (22)52,05045-35
81June 30 Padres 3 – 1 (12) Ring (1-0) Tomko (1-6) Hoffman (23)53,76945-36
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1 Padres 5 – 0 Billingsley (5-0) Germano (5-2)48,63246-36
83July 2 Braves 8 – 2 Beimel (2-1) Smoltz (9-5)40,57147-36
84July 3 Braves 7 – 6 Seánez (5-1) Ledezma (0-1) Saito (23)43,05248-36
85July 4 Braves 5 – 2 James (8-7) Hendrickson (2-4) Wickman (15)56,00048-37
86July 5 Braves 8 – 6 Moylan (3-1) Stults (0-1) Wickman (16)41,05248-38
87July 6 Marlins 6 – 5 (10) Pinto (1-3) Tomko (1-7) Gregg (18)51,05048-39
88July 7 Marlins 7 – 2 Mitre (3-4) Lowe (8-8)46,17748-40
89July 8 Marlins 9 – 3 Hendrickson (3-4) Olsen (6-7)44,02149-40
90July 13@ Giants 9 – 1 Billingsley (6-0) Cain (3-10)43,23050-40
91July 14@ Giants 8 – 7 (12) Hendrickson (4-4) Misch (0-1) Seánez (1)43,45251-40
92July 15@ Giants 5 – 3 Tomko (2-7) Lowry (9-7) Saito (24)43,44652-40
93July 16 Phillies 10 – 3 Penny (11-1) Moyer (7-8)41,45853-40
94July 17 Phillies 15 – 3 Durbin (1-2) Hendrickson (4-5)45,07453-41
95July 18 Phillies 5 – 4 Seánez (6-1) Kendrick (4-1) Saito (25)47,11454-41
96July 19 Mets 13 – 9 Sele (3-0) Lowe (8-9)51,65154-42
97July 20 Mets 4 – 1 Pérez (9-6) Hernández (3-2) Wagner (21)52,10354-43
98July 21 Mets 8 – 6 Penny (12-1) Sosa (7-5) Broxton (2)49,12455-43
99July 22 Mets 5 – 4 (10) Feliciano (2-1) Houlton (0-1) Wagner (22)49,09255-44
100July 23@ Astros 10 – 2 Billingsley (7-0) Sampson (7-7)38,24556-44
101July 24@ Astros 7 – 4 Jennings(2-6) Seánez (6-2) Lidge (4)38,24756-45
102July 25@ Astros 2 – 1 Qualls (6-3) Houlton (0-2) Lidge (5)31,49856-46
103July 26@ Rockies 5 – 4 Penny (13-1) López (5-4) Saito (26)49,12457-46
--July 27@ Rockies Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 1857-46
104July 28@ Rockies 6 – 2 Francis (11-5) Tomko (2-8)46,03957-47
105July 29@ Rockies 9 – 6 Jiménez (1-0) Billingsley (7-1) Corpas (6)38,16757-48
106July 31 Giants 3 – 1 Lowry (12-7) Penny (13-2) Hennessey (9)56,00057-49
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1 Giants 6 – 8 Broxton (4-2) Messenger (1-3) Saito (27)56,00058-49
108August 2 Giants 4 – 2 Zito (8-10) Tomko (2-9) Kline (2)56,00058-50
109August 3 D-backs 1 – 0 Davis (8-10) Billingsley (7-2) Valverde (32)51,58258-51
110August 4 D-backs 8 – 7 Hernández (7-7) Lowe (8-10) Valverde (33)52,92158-52
111August 5 D-backs 3 – 0 Webb (11-8) Penny (13-3)48,80358-53
112August 7@ Reds 4 – 0 Arroyo (5-12) Hendrickson (4-6)22,05758-54
113August 8@ Reds 1 – 0 Harang (11-3) Billingsley (7-3) Weathers (22)20,46258-55
114August 9@ Reds 5 – 4 (11) Proctor (3-5) Santos (1-4) Saito (28)25,96559-55
115August 10@ Cardinals 2 – 1 Beimel (3-1) Wainwright (10-9) Saito (29)44,59560-55
116August 11@ Cardinals 6 – 1 Looper (10-9) Lowe (8-11)44,26060-56
117August 12@ Cardinals 12 – 2 Reyes (2-11) Hendrickson (4-7)45,37960-57
118August 13 Astros 4 – 1 Oswalt (13-6) Billingsley (7-4) Qualls (3)49,51160-58
119August 14 Astros 7 – 4 Albers (3-5) Tomko (2-10) Lidge (9)49,39960-59
120August 15 Astros 6 – 3 Penny (14-3) Jennings (2-8) Saito (30)49,09861-59
121August 16 Astros 6 – 2 Lowe (9-11) Rodríguez (7-11) Saito (31)48,12862-59
122August 17 Rockies 6 – 4 Stults (1-1) Fogg (7-8) Saito (32)48,07263-59
123August 18 Rockies 7 – 4 (14) Herges (2-0) Hernández (3-3) Corpas (11)52,50863-60
124August 19 Rockies 4 – 3 Proctor (4-5) Julio (0-4) Saito (33)48,73264-60
125August 21@ Phillies 5 – 4 Kendrick (6-3) Tomko (2-11) Myers (12)35,32664-61
126August 22@ Phillies 15 – 3 Lowe (10-11) Durbin (5-3)37,32165-61
127August 23@ Phillies 5 – 2 Billingsley (8-4) Romero (1-2) Saito (34)37,87566-61
128August 24@ Mets 5 – 2 Pérez (12-8) Penny (14-4)53,25066-62
129August 25@ Mets 4 – 3 Hernández (9-4) Stults (1-2) Heilman (1)52,65566-63
130August 26@ Mets 6 – 2 Wells (6-8) Maine (13-8)49,23467-63
131August 27 Nationals 5 – 4 Lowe (11-11) Bacsik (5-8) Saito (35)46,94468-63
132August 28 Nationals 4 – 3 Billingsley (9-4) Schroder (1-1) Saito (36)49,69869-63
133August 29 Nationals 10 – 9 (12) Proctor (5-5) Rivera (4-5)41,91370-63
134August 31@ Padres 6 – 4 Brocail (5-1) Seánez (6-3) Hoffman (36)44,32470-64
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1@ Padres 7 – 0 Peavy (16-5) Lowe (11-12)42,60570-65
136September 2@ Padres 5 – 0 Billingsley (10-4) Germano (7-8)40,77671-65
137September 3@ Cubs 11 – 3 Loaiza (2-0) Zambrano (14-12)41,07072-65
138September 4@ Cubs 6 – 2 Penny (15-4) Trachsel (6-9)37,83473-65
139September 5@ Cubs 8 – 2 Lilly (14-7) Stults (1-3)39,55973-66
140September 6@ Cubs 7 – 4 Beimel (4-1) Dempster (2-5) Saito (37)39,39774-66
141September 7@ Giants 5 – 4 Hennessey (3-4) Broxton (4-3)40,01674-67
142September 8@ Giants 6 – 2 Wells (7-8) Zito (9-12)42,22875-67
143September 9@ Giants 4 – 2 Walker (1-0) Beimel (4-2) Hennessey (19)40,65075-68
144September 11 Padres 9 – 4 Peavy (17-6) Loaiza (2-1)51,62075-69
145September 12 Padres 6 – 1 Billingsley (11-4) Germano (7-10)43,69976-69
146September 13 Padres 6 – 3 Wells (8-8) Maddux (12-10) Saito (38)44,49677-69
147September 14 D-backs 7 – 4 Penny (16-4) Davis (13-12) Saito (39)54,01478-69
148September 15 D-backs 6 – 2 Lowe (12-12) Hernández (10-10)48,36679-69
149September 16 D-backs 6 – 1 González (8-2) Loaiza (2-2)51,46079-70
150September 18@ Rockies 3 – 1 Francis (16-8) Billingsley (11-5) Corpas (15)23,28279-71
151September 18@ Rockies 9 – 8 Speier (1-1) Saito (1-1)23,27179-72
152September 19@ Rockies 6 – 5 Fuentes (2-5) Broxton (4-4) Corpas (16)26,18479-73
153September 20@ Rockies 9 – 4 Jiménez (4-4) Lowe (12-13)23,14779-74
154September 21@ D-backs 12 – 3 Hernández (11-10) Loaiza (2-3)37,75379-75
155September 22@ D-backs 6 – 2 Webb (17-10) Wells (8-9)47,67379-76
156September 23@ D-backs 7 – 1 Billingsley (12-5) González (8-3)43,37280-76
157September 25 Rockies 9 – 7 Speier (3-1) Hendrickson (4-8) Corpas (17)44,66080-77
158September 26 Rockies 2 – 0 Fogg (10-9) Lowe (12-14) Corpas (18)45,03680-78
159September 27 Rockies 10 – 4 Morales (3-2) Loaiza (2-4)51,99980-79
160September 28 Giants 8 – 3 Wells (9-9) Correia (4-7)47,69681-79
161September 29 Giants 6 – 5 (10) Saito (2-1) Giese (0-2)51,98382-79
162September 30 Giants 11 – 2 Zito (11-13) Stults (1-4)49,21182-80

Team leaders

Batting

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

Pitching

StatPlayerTotal
W Brad Penny 16
SV Takashi Saito 39
IP Brad Penny 208
ERA Brad Penny 3.03

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
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

2007 Los Angeles Dodgers
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Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

NameGGSIPW/LERABBSOCG
Brad Penny 3333208.016-43.03731350
Derek Lowe 3333199.112-143.88591473
Chad Billingsley 4320147.012-53.31641411
Randy Wolf 1818102.29-64.7339940
David Wells 7738.24-15.129190
Hong-Chih Kuo 8630.11-47.4215270
Jason Schmidt 6625.21-46.3114220
Esteban Loaiza 5522.21-48.3416150

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

NameGGSIPW/LERABBSOSV
Takashi Saito 63064.12-11.40137839
Joe Beimel 83067.14-23.8824391
Jonathan Broxton 83082.04-42.8525992
Rudy Seánez 73076.06-33.7927731
Scott Proctor 31032.03-03.3815270
Mark Hendrickson 3915122.24-85.2129920
Brett Tomko 3315104.02-115.8042790
Eric Stults 12538.21-45.8217300
D.J. Houlton 18028.00-24.187210
Chin-hui Tsao 21024.20-14.388160
Roberto Hernández 22020.10-26.649130
Jonathan Meloan 507.10-011.05870
Eric Hull 506.20-04.05350
Yhency Brazobán 401.20-016.20350

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

NamePosGABAvg.RHHRRBISB
Russell Martin C151540.29387158198721
Mike Lieberthal C3877.234618010
Chad Moeller C78.12521000
James Loney 1B96344.3314111415670
Jeff Kent 2B136494.3027814920791
Rafael Furcal SS138581.2708715764725
Nomar Garciaparra 3B/1B121431.283391227593
Tony Abreu 3B/2B/SS59166.27119452170
Wilson Betemit 3B/2B/SS/RF84156.231223610260
Ramón Martínez 2B/3B/SS/1B67129.19410250271
Olmedo Sáenz 1B/3B92110.1919214180
Andy LaRoche 3B/LF3593.22616211102
Wilson Valdéz SS/2B/3B/LF/CF4174.2161216071
Shea Hillenbrand 3B/1B2070.243617190
Mark Sweeney 1B3033.27329030
Chin-Lung Hu SS1229.24157250
Marlon Anderson 1B/2B2326.23136021
Luis Gonzalez LF139464.2787012915686
Juan Pierre CF162668.2939619604164
Andre Ethier RF/LF153447.2845012713640
Matt Kemp RF/CF98292.34247100104210
Brady Clark RF/LF/CF4758.224713051
Delwyn Young LF/2B1934.382413231

2007 Awards

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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

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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

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