2007 Philadelphia Phillies | ||
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National League East Champions | ||
League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Citizens Bank Park | |
City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
Record | 89–73 (.549) | |
Divisional place | 1st | |
Owners | Bill Giles | |
General managers | Pat Gillick | |
Managers | Charlie Manuel | |
Television | Comcast Sports Net CN8 WPSG-TV (CW 57) KYW-TV Harry Kalas, Chris Wheeler, Larry Andersen, Scott Franzke, Gary Matthews | |
Radio | WPHT 1210 AM Harry Kalas, Chris Wheeler, Larry Andersen, Scott Franzke WUBA-AM 1480 AM (Spanish) | |
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The 2007 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 125th season in the history of the franchise. It would begin with the Phillies approaching a historic mark. The Phillies started the year with an MLB-record 9,955 losses in franchise history. [1] On July 15, they lost their 10,000th game to the St. Louis Cardinals, becoming the first professional sports team in modern history to reach that milestone. [2] The Phillies rallied in the closing days of the season, winning their final game against the Washington Nationals. This win and the New York Mets' loss to the Florida Marlins gave the Phillies the National League East title, resulting in the Phillies clinching a postseason berth for the first time since 1993. They were swept in the NLDS by the Colorado Rockies.
Trailing the Mets by seven games with seventeen left to play, the Phillies went on a 13–4 stretch that got them the first of five consecutive division championships. It was also the franchise's first playoff appearance since 1993.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Phillies | 89 | 73 | .549 | — | 47–34 | 42–39 |
New York Mets | 88 | 74 | .543 | 1 | 41–40 | 47–34 |
Atlanta Braves | 84 | 78 | .519 | 5 | 44–37 | 40–41 |
Washington Nationals | 73 | 89 | .451 | 16 | 40–41 | 33–48 |
Florida Marlins | 71 | 91 | .438 | 18 | 36–45 | 35–46 |
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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 |
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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
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Jimmy Rollins | 162 | 716 | 139 | 212 | 38 | 20 | 30 | 94 | 41 | 49 | .296 | .531 |
Aaron Rowand | 161 | 612 | 105 | 189 | 45 | 0 | 27 | 89 | 6 | 47 | .309 | .515 |
Chase Utley | 132 | 530 | 104 | 176 | 48 | 5 | 22 | 103 | 9 | 50 | .332 | .566 |
Ryan Howard | 144 | 529 | 94 | 142 | 26 | 0 | 47 | 136 | 1 | 107 | .268 | .584 |
Pat Burrell | 155 | 472 | 77 | 121 | 26 | 0 | 30 | 97 | 0 | 114 | .256 | .502 |
Shane Victorino | 131 | 456 | 78 | 128 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 46 | 37 | 37 | .281 | .423 |
Carlos Ruiz | 115 | 374 | 42 | 97 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 54 | 6 | 42 | .259 | .396 |
Greg Dobbs | 142 | 324 | 45 | 88 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 55 | 3 | 29 | .272 | .451 |
Wes Helms | 112 | 280 | 21 | 69 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 19 | .246 | .368 |
Jayson Werth | 94 | 255 | 43 | 76 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 49 | 7 | 44 | .298 | .459 |
Abraham Núñez | 136 | 252 | 24 | 59 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 30 | .234 | .282 |
Tadahito Iguchi | 45 | 138 | 22 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 13 | .304 | .442 |
Chris Coste | 48 | 129 | 15 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 4 | .279 | .419 |
Rod Barajas | 48 | 122 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 21 | .230 | .393 |
Michael Bourn | 105 | 119 | 29 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 13 | .277 | .378 |
Chris Roberson | 28 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .286 | .286 |
Pete Laforest | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .091 | .091 |
Russell Branyan | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .889 |
Pitcher Totals | 162 | 332 | 28 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 19 | .154 | .184 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5688 | 892 | 1558 | 326 | 41 | 213 | 850 | 138 | 641 | .274 | .458 |
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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Jamie Moyer | 14 | 12 | 5.01 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 199.1 | 222 | 118 | 111 | 66 | 133 |
Cole Hamels | 15 | 5 | 3.39 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 183.1 | 163 | 72 | 69 | 43 | 177 |
Adam Eaton | 10 | 10 | 6.29 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 161.2 | 192 | 117 | 113 | 71 | 97 |
Kyle Kendrick | 10 | 4 | 3.87 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 121.0 | 129 | 53 | 52 | 25 | 49 |
Jon Lieber | 3 | 6 | 4.73 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 78.0 | 91 | 44 | 41 | 22 | 54 |
Brett Myers | 5 | 7 | 4.33 | 51 | 3 | 21 | 68.2 | 61 | 33 | 33 | 27 | 83 |
Geoff Geary | 3 | 2 | 4.41 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 67.1 | 72 | 44 | 33 | 25 | 38 |
J.D. Durbin | 6 | 5 | 5.15 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 64.2 | 71 | 42 | 37 | 36 | 39 |
Kyle Lohse | 3 | 0 | 4.72 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 61.0 | 64 | 33 | 32 | 24 | 42 |
Freddy García | 1 | 5 | 5.90 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 58.0 | 74 | 39 | 38 | 19 | 50 |
Ryan Madson | 2 | 2 | 3.05 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 56.0 | 48 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 43 |
Clay Condrey | 5 | 0 | 5.04 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 50.1 | 61 | 30 | 28 | 16 | 27 |
Antonio Alfonseca | 5 | 2 | 5.44 | 61 | 0 | 8 | 49.2 | 65 | 31 | 30 | 27 | 24 |
Tom Gordon | 3 | 2 | 4.73 | 44 | 0 | 6 | 40.0 | 40 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 32 |
José Mesa | 1 | 2 | 5.54 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 39.0 | 34 | 32 | 24 | 19 | 20 |
J.C. Romero | 1 | 2 | 1.24 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 36.1 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 31 |
Francisco Rosario | 0 | 3 | 5.47 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 26.1 | 34 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 25 |
Mike Zagurski | 1 | 0 | 5.91 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 21 |
Yoel Hernández | 0 | 0 | 5.28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 15.1 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
Brian Sanches | 1 | 1 | 5.52 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 9 |
Fabio Castro | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 14 |
Kane Davis | 0 | 1 | 5.56 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
John Ennis | 0 | 0 | 8.22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7.2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
Zach Segovia | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
Matt Smith | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
J.A. Happ | 0 | 1 | 11.25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
Joe Bisenius | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Anderson García | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 89 | 73 | 4.73 | 162 | 162 | 42 | 1458.1 | 1555 | 821 | 767 | 558 | 1050 |
Game | Score | Date | Starters | Time (ET) |
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1 | Colorado Rockies 4, Philadelphia Phillies 2 | October 3 | Jeff Francis (1–0) vs. Cole Hamels (0–1) | 3:07 pm |
2 | Colorado Rockies 10, Philadelphia Phillies 5 | October 4 | Josh Fogg (1–0) vs. Kyle Kendrick (0–1) | 3:07 pm |
3 | Philadelphia Phillies 1, Colorado Rockies 2 | October 6 | Jamie Moyer vs. Ubaldo Jiménez | 9:37 pm |
Jimmy Rollins won the Baseball Digest Player of the Year, the NL Most Valuable Player Award, the NLBM Oscar Charleston Legacy Award (NL MVP), the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association ("Outstanding Pro Athlete"), the John Wanamaker Athletic Award from the Philadelphia Sports Congress (summer 2008; for the 2007 calendar year), [4] [5] [6] [7] and the Pride of Philadelphia Award from the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame.
The NL Rawlings Gold Glove Award was won by Rollins (shortstop) and Aaron Rowand (outfield). The NL Silver Slugger Award was won by Chase Utley (second base) and Rollins (shortstop). Carlos Ruiz was named to the Topps All-Star Rookie team, at catcher.
The Philadelphia chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) presented its annual franchise awards to Jimmy Rollins ("Mike Schmidt Most Valuable Player Award"), Cole Hamels ("Steve Carlton Most Valuable Pitcher Award"), Larry Shenk ("Dallas Green Special Achievement Award"), and Aaron Rowand ("Tug McGraw Good Guy Award").
The Philadelphia Sports Writers Association presented awards to broadcaster Harry Kalas ("Living Legend Award") and public-relations director Larry Shenk ("Lifetime Achievement Award").
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