2007 New York Yankees season

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2007  New York Yankees
American League Wild Card Winners
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Yankee Stadium
CityNew York
Record94–68 (.580)
Divisional place2nd
Owners George Steinbrenner
General managers Brian Cashman
Managers Joe Torre
Television YES Network
WWOR-TV (My 9)
Radio WCBS (AM)
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Yankees' third baseman Alex Rodriguez, 2007 Alex Rodriguez 2007-09-29.jpg
Yankees' third baseman Alex Rodriguez, 2007

The 2007 New York Yankees season was the Yankees' 105th. The season started with the Yankees trying to win the American League East championship, a title they had won every season since the 1998 season, but ultimately they came in second place to the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees instead won the American League wild card, beating out the Seattle Mariners and the Detroit Tigers.

Contents

Offseason

The offseason started with news of the unexpected death of Cory Lidle, who was an occupant in his own plane that crashed into a Manhattan high rise shortly after the Yankees were eliminated in the 2006 ALDS. [1] The Yankees made news by trading right fielder Gary Sheffield to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for pitching prospects. [2] The Yankees also traded away pitcher Jaret Wright [3] to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for reliever Chris Britton. [4] On December 21, 2006, Andy Pettitte signed as a free agent with the Yankees. [5] However, no offseason move was bigger for the team than trading Randy Johnson back to the Arizona Diamondbacks, the team who he was with when he won the 2001 World Series against the Yankees, for pitcher Luis Vizcaíno and three minor league prospects. [6] Joe Torre is managing the team for the 12th consecutive season.

Regular season

Season summary

April

Injuries sidelined starting pitchers Mike Mussina, Carl Pavano, and Chien-Ming Wang, leaving only original starters Andy Pettitte and Kei Igawa active. The team set a major league record with 10 different starters in the first 30 games, including a record 6 rookies. Even the rookie hurlers were not immune in the early going. Jeff Karstens was hit by a line drive off his first pitch on April 28, fracturing his right fibula. Phil Hughes pitched a hitless 6+1⁄3 innings against the Rangers on May 1 before leaving the game with a pulled hamstring. Closer Mariano Rivera blew 2 of his first 3 save opportunities and struggled in other appearances. Kei Igawa, acquired during the off-season for $46 million from Japan's Hanshin Tigers, allowed 26 earned runs in 6 appearances for an ERA of 7.63. He was then sent to the Tampa Yankees, the Single A affiliate of the Yankees.

Meanwhile, the offense led the American League in hits, home runs, and runs scored. Alex Rodríguez tied a record (set by Albert Pujols), by hitting 14 home runs in April. Nonetheless, the Yankees suffered a seven-game losing streak after sweeping the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium and ended April with a record of 9–14, last place in the AL East and 6+1⁄2 games behind the Red Sox.

May

By early May, Mike Mussina and Chien-Ming Wang joined Andy Pettitte with newcomers Darrell Rasner and Matt DeSalvo filling in the remaining two positions in the rotation. Alex Rodriguez's remarkable April had come to an end, but the bats kept up their pace and, with the bullpen getting some needed rest, the Yankees began May 7–2. However, at the end of the month, the Yankees were tied for last place with the Devil Rays and were 22–29, 13+1⁄2 games behind the Red Sox in the AL East. On May 6, Roger Clemens announced his return to the Yankees after a three-year absence from the team. [7]

June

The Yankees began June with a strong 8–2 start. They opened with a series victory over the Red Sox in Boston, including a game-winning home run by Alex Rodriguez off closer Jonathan Papelbon in the final game of the set with Boston. They were struck by injuries again that weekend, as Doug Mientkiewicz was injured in a collision at first with Mike Lowell and Roger Clemens's first start was delayed by a groin injury. Nonetheless, the Yankees took 3 of 4 from the White Sox heading into an interleague series with the Pirates. Roger Clemens made his season debut on June 9 and earned the victory. The Yankees swept the Pirates and took a 9-game winning streak, their longest since May 2005, into a subway series with the Mets. Roger Clemens pitched strongly in the series opener, but the Yankees were shut out 2–0. The Yankees would rebound and take the next game 11–8. Later that day, the Yankees received news that Kei Igawa would be ready to return to the Major Leagues. On July 1, they were 11 games behind the division-leading Red Sox and 8 games behind the Wild Card-leading Tigers.

July

The Yankees began the first week of July strongly. They lost the final game of a series with Oakland before taking 3 out of 4 from the Minnesota Twins and 2 of 3 from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Alex Rodriguez was injured during the series with Minnesota, suffering a strained left hamstring. He missed one game before returning to action that weekend against the Angels. After winning the weekend series with the Angels, the Yankees went into the break with a 42–43 record and a 10-game deficit in the division behind the Boston Red Sox. This is the first time since 1995 that the New York Yankees were under .500 before the All Star Break. [8] After the break, the Yankees took three out of four games from the Toronto Blue Jays and the last place Tampa Bay Devil Rays, twice. In the month of July, the Yankees traded Scott Proctor for Wilson Betemit of the Los Angeles Dodgers. [9] The Yankees also traded Jeff Kennard for Jose Molina. [10]

August

The beginning of August saw the Yankees, along with all of Major League Baseball, eagerly awaiting home run number 500 from Alex Rodriguez. During the home run milestone chase George Steinbrenner's health once again came into question when the New York Post and the New York Daily News each reported that Steinbrenner, during a recent interview, appeared to be suffering from dementia.

[Steinbrenner] repeats, "Great to see ya", each time McEwen, 84, asks different questions about the Boss' family members. After gruffly responding to the Condé Nast reporter's question about the Yankees, he continues to repeat "Great to see ya", to each of McEwen's questions.

On August 4, 2007, during the first inning Alex Rodriguez hit his 500th career home run. Rodriguez became the youngest player ever to do so at 32 years, 8 days. On August 6, 2007, the Yankees cut relief pitcher Mike Myers and brought up Jim Brower. They had just completed a season sweep of the Cleveland Indians, winning all 6 games they played against them in 2007. This was a good start to the Yankees' upcoming tough schedule, where they played 17 games out of a 20-game span against playoff contenders. This included 8 games against the Detroit Tigers (4 at home, 4 at Detroit), 3 games against the Cleveland Indians, 3 games against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and 3 games against the Boston Red Sox.

August also saw rookie Phil Hughes rejoin the starting rotation, as well as the much anticipated debut of Joba Chamberlain, a future starter who gave the Yankees' bullpen some much needed help during the pennant race (an 0.38 ERA in 23.2 innings).

Hall of Fame Yankee shortstop Phil Rizzuto, who was also the long-time voice of the Yankees on television and radio, died on August 13. The Yankees wore his number 10 on their left sleeves for the remainder of the season.

The Yankees swept Boston at Yankee Stadium after dropping to eight games back in AL East standings. Coupled with losses by the Seattle Mariners, the Yankees' wins put them on top of the AL Wild Card race.

September

The Yankees' first game of September showcased rookie pitcher Ian Kennedy in his first career Major League start. Kennedy had replaced veteran Mike Mussina after Mussina had struggled in his previous three starts. Over seven innings pitched, Kennedy was charged with three runs, only one of which was earned, and the Yankees' offense was led by Alex Rodriguez's 45th home run of the season on the way to a 9–6 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The game against the Boston Red Sox on September 14 was 4 hours and 43 minutes, 2 minutes short of a nine inning game record, which is held by the Yankees and Red Sox. [11] While the Yankees lost the American League East title to the Boston Red Sox on September 27, the Yankees clinched the wild card berth and appeared in the postseason for a 13th straight year. They faced the AL Central champions, the Cleveland Indians, in the ALDS, losing the series three games to one.

Andy Pettitte was one of the pitchers on the Yankees' 2007 roster. Andy Pettitte - Stretch.jpg
Andy Pettitte was one of the pitchers on the Yankees' 2007 roster.

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 9666.593—51‍–‍3045‍–‍36
New York Yankees 9468.580252‍–‍2942‍–‍39
Toronto Blue Jays 8379.5121349‍–‍3234‍–‍47
Baltimore Orioles 6993.4262735‍–‍4634‍–‍47
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6696.4073037‍–‍4429‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

2007 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Baltimore —6–125–33–41–57–03–70–79–94–42–711–74–68–106–12
Boston 12–6—7–15–23–43–36–44–38–104–44–513–56–49–912–6
Chicago 3–51–7—7–1111–712–65–49–94–64–51–76–12–43–44–14
Cleveland 4–32–511–7—12–611–75–514–40–66–44–38–26–34–29–9
Detroit 5–14–37–116–12—11–73–512–64–44–66–43–45–44–314–4
Kansas City 0–73–36–127–117–11—5–29–91–96–43–64–35–43–410–8
Los Angeles 7–34–64–55–55–32–5—6–36–39–1013–66–210–93–414–4
Minnesota 7–03–49–94–146–129–93–6—2–55–26–33–47–24–611–7
New York 9–910–86–46–04–49–13–65–2—2–45–510–85–110–810–8
Oakland 4–44–45–44–66–44–610–92–54–2—5–144–69–105–410–8
Seattle 7–25–47–13–44–66–36–133–65–514–5—4–311–84–59–9
Tampa Bay 7–115–131–62–84–33–42–64–38–106–43–4—5–49–97–11
Texas 6–44–64–23–64–54–59–102–71–510–98–114–5—5–511–7
Toronto 10–89–94–32–43–44–34–36–48–104–55–49–95–5—10–8

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Game log

2007 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2 Devil Rays 9–5 Vizcaíno (1–0) Stokes (0–1)55,0351–0
--April 4 Devil Rays Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for July 211–0
2April 5 Devil Rays 7–6 Lugo (1–0) Vizcaíno (1–1) Reyes (1)52,0961–1
3April 6 Orioles 6–4 Loewen (1–0) Mussina (0–1) Ray (1)50,0741–2
4April 7 Orioles 10–7 Rivera (1–0) Ray (0–1)50,5102–2
5April 8 Orioles 6–4 Bédard (1–1) Rasner (0–1) Ray (2)47,6792–3
6April 9@ Twins 8–2 Pavano (1–0) Ponson (0–1)26,0473–3
7April 10@ Twins 10–1 Pettitte (1–0) Bonser (0–1)24,5524–3
8April 11@ Twins 5–1 Ortiz (2–0) Farnsworth (0–1)30,1314–4
9April 13@ Athletics 5–4 (11) Street (2–1) Bruney (0–1)35,0774–5
10April 14@ Athletics 4–3 (13) Bruney (1–1) DiNardo (0–1)35,0775–5
11April 15@ Athletics 5–4 Marshall (1–0) Rivera (1–1)35,0775–6
12April 17 Indians 10–3 Wright (1–0) Westbrook (0–2)38,4386–6
13April 18 Indians 9–2 Igawa (1–0) Sowers (0–1)41,3797–6
14April 19 Indians 8–6 Henn (1–0) Borowski (0–1)48,0728–6
15April 20@ Red Sox 7–6 Snyder (1–0) Rivera (1–2) Okajima (1)36,7868–7
16April 21@ Red Sox 7–5 Beckett (4–0) Karstens (0–1) Papelbon (5)36,3428–8
17April 22@ Red Sox 7–6 Matsuzaka (2–2) Proctor (0–1) Papelbon (6)36,9058–9
18April 23@ Devil Rays 10–8 Fossum (2–1) Igawa (1–1)20,4098–10
19April 24@ Devil Rays 6–4 Salas (1–1) Wang (0–1) Reyes (7)22,3288–11
--April 25 Blue Jays Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 248–11
20April 26 Blue Jays 6–0 Burnett (2–0) Hughes (0–1)45,1188–12
21April 27 Red Sox 11–4 Matsuzaka (3–2) Pettitte (1–1)55,0058–13
22April 28 Red Sox 3–1 Igawa (2–1) Wakefield (2–3) Rivera (1)55,0269–13
23April 29 Red Sox 7–4 Tavárez (1–2) Wang (0–2) Papelbon (8)54,8569–14
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 1@ Rangers 10–1 Hughes (1–1) Loe (1–2)32,31010–14
--May 2@ Rangers Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for May 310–14
25May 3@ Rangers 4–3 Vizcaíno (2–1) Benoit (0–1) Rivera (2)-----11–14
26May 3@ Rangers 5–2 Mussina (1–1) Tejeda (3–2) Rivera (3)40,67112–14
27May 4 Mariners 15–11 O'Flaherty (1–0) Bean (0–1) Putz (6)49,51912–15
28May 5 Mariners 8–1 Wang (1–2) Weaver (0–5)51,70213–15
29May 6 Mariners 5–0 Rasner (1–1) Washburn (2–3)52,55314–15
30May 7 Mariners 3–2 Sherrill (1–0) Rivera (1–3) Putz (7)47,42414–16
31May 8 Rangers 8–2 Pettitte (2–1) Wood (2–1)50,70515–16
32May 9 Rangers 6–2 Mussina (2–1) Tejeda (3–3)47,93016–16
33May 10 Rangers 14–2 McCarthy (2–4) Wang (1–3)52,14716–17
34May 11@ Mariners 3–0 Washburn (3–3) Rasner (1–2) Putz (8)44,21416–18
35May 12@ Mariners 7–2 DeSalvo (1–0) M. Batista (3–3)46,15317–18
36May 13@ Mariners 2–1 Ramírez (3–2) Pettitte (2–2) Putz (9)46,18117–19
--May 15@ White Sox Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for May 1617–19
37May 16@ White Sox 5–3 Danks (2–4) Mussina (2–2) Thornton (1)30,95317–20
38May 16@ White Sox 8–1 Wang (2–3) Contreras (3–4)34,60918–20
39May 17@ White Sox 4–1 Garland (3–2) DeSalvo (1–1) Jenks (13)30,48818–21
40May 18@ Mets 3–2 Pérez (5–3) Pettitte (2–3) B. Wagner (10)56,33718–22
41May 19@ Mets 10–7 Glavine (5–1) Rasner (1–3)56,13718–23
42May 20@ Mets 6–2 Clippard (1–0) Maine (5–2)56,43819–23
43May 21 Red Sox 6–2 Wang (3–3) Wakefield (4–5)55,07820–23
44May 22 Red Sox 7–3 Tavárez (2–4) Mussina (2–3)54,73920–24
45May 23 Red Sox 8–3 Pettitte (3–3) Schilling (4–2)55,00021–24
46May 25 Angels 10–6 Weaver (4–3) Clippard (1–1)50,36321–25
47May 26 Angels 3–1 Escobar (6–2) Wang (3–4) Rodríguez (15)52,53621–26
48May 27 Angels 4–3 Lackey (8–3) Proctor (0–2) Rodríguez (16)53,50821–27
49May 28@ Blue Jays 7–2 McGowan (1–2) DeSalvo (1–2)28,79121–28
50May 29@ Blue Jays 3–2 Accardo (1–0) Pettitte (3–4)30,11621–29
51May 30@ Blue Jays 10–5 Clippard (2–1) Litsch (1–2) Rivera (4)29,18722–29
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 1@ Red Sox 9–5 Wang (4–4) Wakefield (5–6)36,78523–29
53June 2@ Red Sox 11–6 Okajima (1–0) Proctor (0–3)36,29423–30
54June 3@ Red Sox 6–5 Bruney (2–1) Papelbon (0–1) Rivera (5)36,79324–30
55June 4@ White Sox 6–4 Garland (4–3) DeSalvo (1–3) Jenks (16)32,70324–31
56June 5@ White Sox 7–3 Clippard (3–1) Buehrle (2–3) Rivera (6)30,89525–31
57June 6@ White Sox 5–1 Wang (5–4) Vázquez (3–4)30,82926–31
58June 7@ White Sox 10–3 Proctor (1–3) Contreras (4–6) Rivera (7)32,68827–31
59June 8 Pirates 5–4 (10) Rivera (2–3) Capps (3–3)54,24028–31
60June 9 Pirates 9–3 Clemens (1–0) Maholm (2–9)54,29629–31
61June 10 Pirates 13–6 Henn (2–0) Chacón (2–1)54,29230–31
62June 12 D-backs 4–1 Wang (6–4) Webb (6–4) Rivera (8)51,57731–31
63June 13 D-backs 7–2 Mussina (3–3) Hernández (5–4)53,89132–31
64June 14 D-backs 7–1 Pettitte (4–4) Davis (4–8)53,71233–31
65June 15 Mets 2–0 Pérez (7–5) Clemens (1–1) Wagner (15)55,15933–32
66June 16 Mets 11–8 Vizcaíno (3–1) Glavine (5–5)55,06434–32
67June 17 Mets 8–2 Wang (7–4) Hernández (3–3)55,06035–32
68June 19@ Rockies 3–1 Fogg (3–5) Mussina (3–4) Fuentes (19)48,07735–33
69June 20@ Rockies 6–1 Francis (7–5) Pettitte (4–5)48,44035–34
70June 21@ Rockies 4–3 López (4–0) Clemens (1–2) Fuentes (20)48,61135–35
71June 22@ Giants 7–3 L. Vizcaíno (4–1) Cain (2–8) Rivera (9)43,42536–35
72June 23@ Giants 6–5 (13) Chulk (2–2) Proctor (1–4)43,48536–36
73June 24@ Giants 7–2 Lowry (7–6) Mussina (3–5)43,50336–37
74June 26@ Orioles 3–2 Ray (4–5) Proctor (1–5)39,93436–38
75June 27@ Orioles 4–0 Bédard (6–4) Clemens (1–3)35,77636–39
76June 28@ Orioles 8–7 * Myers (1–0) Parrish (2–1) Rivera (10)40,73737–39
77June 29 Athletics 2–1 Mussina (4–5) Kennedy (2–6) Rivera (11)52,62238–39
78June 30 Athletics 7–0 Gaudin (7–3) Igawa (2–2)54,15038–40
*Game suspended, completed July 27
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1 Athletics 11–5 Haren (10–2) Pettitte (4–6)54,26638–41
80July 2 Twins 5–1 Clemens (2–3) Bonser (1–5)53,03639–41
81July 3 Twins 8–0 Wang (8–4) Silva (6–9)53,86240–41
82July 4 Twins 6–2 Santana (10–6) Mussina (4–6)52,04040–42
83July 5 Twins 7–6 Farnsworth (1–1) Neshek (3–1) Rivera (12)52,47141–42
84July 6 Angels 14–9 Ramírez (1–0) Bootcheck (2–2)52,05942–42
85July 7 Angels 2–1 (13) Rodríguez (2–2) Vizcaíno (4–2)54,49742–43
86July 8 Angels 12–0 Wang (9–4) Santana (5–10)53,92143–43
87July 12@ Devil Rays 7–3 Pettitte (5–6) Shields (7–5)21,90744–43
88July 13@ Devil Rays 6–4 Kazmir (6–6) Clemens (2–4) Glover (2)29,80344–44
89July 14@ Devil Rays 6–4 Wang (10–4) Sonnanstine (1–4) Rivera (13)36,04845–44
90July 15@ Devil Rays 7–6 Vizcaíno (5–2) Fossum (5–8) Rivera (14)36,04846–44
91July 16 Blue Jays 6–4 Proctor (2–5) Towers (4–6) Rivera (15)52,99347–44
92July 17 Blue Jays 3–2 (10) Vizcaíno (6–2) Janssen (2–2)51,96148–44
93July 18 Blue Jays 6–1 Myers (2–0) Marcum (5–4) Rivera (16)52,14749–44
94July 19 Blue Jays 3–2 McGowan (6–5) Wang (10–5) Accardo (14)53,85749–45
95July 20 Devil Rays 14–4 Jackson (2–9) Mussina (4–7)53,95749–46
96July 21 Devil Rays 7–3 Vizcaíno (7–2) Ryu (1–2)54,41250–46
97July 21 Devil Rays 17–5 Vizcaíno (8–2) Howell (1–4)52,98351–46
98July 22 Devil Rays 21–4 Pettitte (6–6) Shields (8–6)54,75152–46
99July 23@ Royals 9–2 Clemens (3–4) Pérez (5–9)30,74653–46
100July 24@ Royals 9–4 Wang (11–5) Elarton (2–4)38,21254–46
101July 25@ Royals 7–1 Mussina (5–7) Meche (7–7)28,46055–46
102July 26@ Royals 7–0 de la Rosa (8–10) Igawa (2–3)37,03655–47
103July 27@ Orioles 4–2 Guthrie (7–3) Pettitte (6–7) Bradford (1)47,95255–48
104July 28@ Orioles 7–5 Burres (5–4) Clemens (3–5) Walker (3)48,40255–49
105July 29@ Orioles 10–6 Wang (12–5) Cabrera (7–11)47,93656–49
106July 31 White Sox 16–3 Mussina (6–7) Contreras (5–14)53,95857–49
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1 White Sox 8–1 Pettitte (7–7) Danks (6–8)53,34258–49
108August 2 White Sox 13–9 Logan (2–0) Karstens (0–2)54,86958–50
109August 3 Royals 7–1 Wang (13–5) Pérez (6–10)54,24659–50
110August 4 Royals 16–8 Myers (3–0) Bale (0–1)54,02660–50
111August 5 Royals 8–5 Mussina (7–7) Meche (7–9) Rivera (17)54,52561–50
112August 6@ Blue Jays 5–4 Pettitte (8–7) Downs (1–2) Rivera (18)42,71462–50
113August 7@ Blue Jays 9–2 Clemens (4–5) Towers (5–9)38,07863–50
114August 8@ Blue Jays 15–4 Halladay (13–5) Wang (13–6)40,81163–51
115August 10@ Indians 6–1 Hughes (2–1) Carmona (13–7)41,67564–51
116August 11@ Indians 11–2 Mussina (8–7) Byrd (10–5)41,79965–51
117August 12@ Indians 5–3 Pettitte (9–7) Westbrook (3–7) Rivera (19)41,61266–51
118August 13 Orioles 7–6 Rivera (3–3) Bradford (1–5)54,39867–51
119August 14 Orioles 12–0 Cabrera (9–12) Karstens (0–3)52,56767–52
120August 15 Orioles 6–3 (10) Bradford (2–5) Rivera (3–4)53,36367–53
121August 16 Tigers 8–5 Verlander (13–4) Mussina (8–8)53,91467–54
122August 17 Tigers 6–1 Pettitte (10–7) Robertson (7–10)54,29068–54
123August 18 Tigers 5–2 Clemens (5–5) Durbin (7–6) Rivera (20)54,70269–54
124August 19 Tigers 9–3 Wang (14–6) Bonderman (10–6) Ramírez (1)55,07170–54
125August 20@ Angels 7–6 (10) Oliver (1–0) Henn (2–1)44,24970–55
126August 21@ Angels 18–9 Escobar (14–6) Mussina (8–9) Gwyn (1)44,26470–56
127August 22@ Angels 8–2 Pettitte (11–7) Lackey (15–8)44,32671–56
128August 24@ Tigers 9–6 (11) Durbin (8–6) Henn (2–2)44,16371–57
129August 25@ Tigers 7–2 Wang (15–6) Bonderman (10–7)44,25072–57
130August 26@ Tigers 5–4 Seay (1–0) Hughes (2–2) Jones (33)43,26872–58
131August 27@ Tigers 16–0 Verlander (14–5) Mussina (8–10)42,42872–59
132August 28 Red Sox 5–3 Pettitte (12–7) Matsuzaka (13–11) Rivera (21)55,03773–59
133August 29 Red Sox 4–3 Clemens (6–5) Beckett (16–6) Rivera (22)54,98674–59
134August 30 Red Sox 5–0 Wang (16–6) Schilling (8–6)55,06775–59
135August 31 Devil Rays 9–1 Sonnanstine (4–9) Hughes (2–3)53,27575–60
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1 Devil Rays 9–6 Kennedy (1–0) Jackson (4–13) Rivera (23)53,63776–60
137September 2 Devil Rays 8–2 Hammel (2–4) Pettitte (12–8)53,95776–61
138September 3 Mariners 7–1 Hernández (11–7) Clemens (6–6)54,52276–62
139September 4 Mariners 12–3 Wang (17–6) Ramírez (8–5)52,48777–62
140September 5 Mariners 10–2 Chamberlain (1–0) Washburn (9–13)52,53878–62
141September 7@ Royals 3–2 Farnsworth (2–1) Musser (0–1) Rivera (24)27,46279–62
142September 8@ Royals 11–5 Pettitte (13–8) Bannister (12–8)35,51880–62
143September 9@ Royals 6–3 Wang (18–6) Duckworth (2–5) Rivera (25)24,91081–62
144September 11@ Blue Jays 9–2 Hughes (3–3) Marcum (12–6)30,47282–62
145September 12@ Blue Jays 4–1 Mussina (9–10) McGowan (10–9) Rivera (26)27,08283–62
146September 13@ Blue Jays 2–1 Downs (3–2) Britton (0–1)32,63283–63
147September 14@ Red Sox 8–7 Bruney (3–1) Papelbon (1–3) Rivera (27)36,59084–63
148September 15@ Red Sox 10–1 Beckett (19–6) Wang (18–7)36,21584–64
149September 16@ Red Sox 4–3 Chamberlain (2–0) Schilling (8–8) Rivera (28)36,53385–64
150September 17 Orioles 8–5 Hughes (4–3) Cabrera (9–17) Rivera (29)52,54886–64
151September 18 Orioles 12–0 Mussina (10–10) Leicester (2–2)52,68587–64
152September 19 Orioles 2–1 Pettitte (14–8) Burres (6–6) Rivera (30)53,85788–64
153September 21 Blue Jays 5–4 (14) Kennedy (4–9) Bruney (3–2) Frasor (3)54,15188–65
154September 22 Blue Jays 12–11 (10) Karstens (1–3) Towers (5–10)54,88789–65
155September 23 Blue Jays 7–5 Mussina (11–10) McGowan (11–10) Chamberlain (1)54,98390–65
156September 24 Blue Jays 4–1 Litsch (7–9) Pettitte (14–9) Janssen (6)53,26190–66
157September 25@ Devil Rays 7–6 (10) Glover (6–5) Karstens (1–4)24,50390–67
158September 26@ Devil Rays 12–4 Wang (19–7) Howell (1–6)21,62191–67
159September 27@ Devil Rays 3–1 Hughes (5–3) Switzer (0–2) Veras (1)28,96292–67
160September 28@ Orioles 10–9 (10) Bradford (4–7) Ramírez (1–1)38,11392–68
161September 29@ Orioles 11–10 Pettitte (15–9) Cabrera (9–15) Veras (2)47,61693–68
162September 30@ Orioles 10–4 Wright (2–0) Burres (6–8)43,58994–68

Playoffs

ALDS vs. Cleveland Indians

2007 American League Division Series:

GameScoreDateStarting PitchersWinning pitcherLosing pitcher
1New York 3 at Cleveland 12October 4 Chien-Ming Wang vs. CC Sabathia CC Sabathia (1–0)Chien-Ming Wang (0–1)
2New York 1 at Cleveland 2October 5 Andy Pettitte vs. Fausto Carmona Rafael Pérez (1–0) Luis Vizcaíno (0–1)
3Cleveland 4 at New York 8October 7 Jake Westbrook vs. Roger Clemens Phil Hughes (1–0)Jake Westbrook (0–1)
4Cleveland 6 at New York 4October 8 Paul Byrd vs. Chien-Ming Wang Paul Byrd (1–0)Chien-Ming Wang (0–2)

End of an era

On October 14, 2007, George Steinbrenner relinquished control of the Yankees to his two sons, Hank and Hal Steinbrenner. The brothers will take on control not only of the Yankees but also the YES Network and the construction of the new Yankee Stadium. "I'll pay more attention to the baseball part", Hank Steinbrenner said. "The stadium, that's more Hal. But basically everything will be decided jointly." Technically, Steinbrenner is not completely gone. He has given himself chairman-like position on the team. "George has taken on a role like the chairman of a major corporation", team president Randy Levine told the New York Post. "He's been saying for years he's wanted to get his sons involved in the family business. Both of them have stepped up and are taking on the day-to-day duties of what's required to run the Yankees."

After the Yankees were eliminated the postseason, the fate of Joe Torre, the Yankees' manager since 1996, was in question. The team mulled what to do while speculation grew that Torre would not be brought back as manager. The team eventually offered him a contract that had a reduced salary with incentives, but Torre, who felt he was being treated unfairly even after his long tenure with the team, rejected the offer. He subsequently was hired by the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Yankees would hire Joe Girardi as Torre's replacement.

Player stats

For complete stats click here (external link)

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; AVG = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAVGHRRBI
Bobby Abreu 158605171.28316101
Chris Başak 510.00000
Wilson Betemit 378419.226424
Melky Cabrera 150545149.273873
Miguel Cairo 5410727.252010
Robinson Canó 160617189.3061997
Johnny Damon 141533144.2701263
Shelley Duncan 347419.257717
Jason Giambi 8325460.2361439
Alberto González 12141.07101
Derek Jeter 156639206.3221273
Hideki Matsui 143547156.28525103
Doug Mientkiewicz 7216646.277524
José Molina 296621.31819
Wil Nieves 266110.16408
Josh Phelps 368021.263212
Andy Phillips 6118554.292225
Jorge Posada 144506171.3382090
Alex Rodriguez 158583183.31454156
Bronson Sardinha 1093.33302
Kevin Thompson 13214.19002
Pitcher Totals162202.10000
Team Totals16257171656.290201929

Pitching

Starting and other pitchers

Note: G = Game pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Roger Clemens 1899.0664.1868
*Tyler Clippard 627.0316.3318
Matt DeSalvo 727.2136.1810
Philip Hughes 1372.2534.4658
Kei Igawa 1467.2236.2553
Jeff Karstens 714.21411.055
Ian Kennedy 319.0101.8915
Mike Mussina 28152.011105.1591
*Carl Pavano 211.1104.764
Andy Pettitte (1 HLD)36215.11594.05141
*Darrell Rasner 624.2134.0111
Chien-Ming Wang 30199.11973.70104
*Chase Wright 310.0207.208

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; SV = Saves; W = Wins; L = Losses; H = Holds; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLHSVERASO
*Colter Bean 33.0010012.002
Chris Britton 1112.201003.555
*Jim Brower 33.1001013.501
Brian Bruney 5850.032604.6839
Joba Chamberlain 1924.020810.3834
Kyle Farnsworth 6460.0211504.8048
Sean Henn 2936.222207.1228
+Mike Myers 5540.230402.6621
Ross Ohlendorf 66.100102.849
+Scott Proctor 5254.1251103.8137
Edwar Ramírez 2121.011318.1431
Mariano Rivera 6771.1340303.1574
José Veras 99.100125.797
Ron Villone 3742.100404.2525
Luis Vizcaíno 7775.1821304.3062
Team Pitching Totals1621450.2946870344.491009

*Ended season not on active roster
+ Ended season playing for different team

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees International League Dave Miley
AA Trenton Thunder Eastern League Tony Franklin
A Tampa Yankees Florida State League Luis Sojo
A Charleston RiverDogs South Atlantic League Torre Tyson
A-Short Season Staten Island Yankees New York–Penn League Mike Gillespie
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Jody Reed

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1st Half: New York Yankees Game Log on ESPN.com
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