2007 San Diego Padres season

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2007  San Diego Padres
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Petco Park
City San Diego, California
Record89–74 (.546)
Divisional place3rd
Owners John Moores
General managers Kevin Towers
Managers Bud Black
Television 4SD
Matt Vasgersian, Mark Grant, Tony Gwynn
Cablemas (Spanish)
Radio XX Sports Radio
Ted Leitner, Jerry Coleman, Andy Masur
XEMO-AM (Spanish)
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Terry B. Kraft, commanding officer of USS Ronald Reagan, throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to a 2007 game honoring the ship. US Navy 070501-N-3659B-368 USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Commanding Officer, Capt. Terry B. Kraft, throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to a San Diego Padres baseball game honoring the ship.jpg
Terry B. Kraft, commanding officer of USS Ronald Reagan, throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to a 2007 game honoring the ship.

The 2007 San Diego Padres season was the 39th season in franchise history. It began with the Padres' attempt to win a third consecutive National League West title. After finishing the regular season with 89 wins and 73 losses, they were in a tie with the Colorado Rockies for both the NL wild card and second place in the NL West, they were defeated in a tie-breaker which placed them third overall in the division and out of playoff competition.

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:
TeamARIATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLWSHAL
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

Roster

2007 San Diego Padres
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Note: Team batting and pitching leaders are in bold.

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Josh Bard 118389111.285551
1B Adrián González 161646182.28230100
2B Marcus Giles 11642096.229439
SS Khalil Greene 153611155.2542797
3B Kevin Kouzmanoff 145484133.2751874
LF Termel Sledge 10020042.210723
CF Mike Cameron 151571138.2422178
RF Brian Giles 121483131.2711351

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Geoff Blum 12233083.252533
José Cruz Jr. 9125660.234621
Milton Bradley 4214445.3131130
Michael Barrett 4413330.226012
Russell Branyan 6112224.197719
Scott Hairston 318725.287820
Rob Bowen 308222.268211
Hiram Bocachica 276315.23812
Morgan Ensberg 305813.22448
Rob Mackowiak 285611.19602
Brady Clark 214915.30606
Paul McAnulty 20408.20015
Oscar Robles 24266.23102
Pete LaForest 10259.36013
Chase Headley 8184.22200
Brian Myrow 12101.10001
Craig Stansberry 1172.28601
Jason Lane 320.00000
Colt Morton 110.00000
Drew Macias 100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jake Peavy 34223.11962.54240
Greg Maddux 34198.014114.14104
Chris Young 30173.0983.12167
Justin Germano 26133.17104.4678
David Wells 22118.2585.5463
Tim Stauffer 27.20121.136

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Clay Hensley 1350.0236.8430
Brett Tomko 727.1214.6126
Jack Cassel 622.2113.9711

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Trevor Hoffman 6145422.9844
Heath Bell 816422.02102
Cla Meredith 805603.5059
Doug Brocail 675103.0543
Kevin Cameron 482002.7950
Scott Linebrink 443313.8025
Justin Hampson 392302.7034
Joe Thatcher 222201.2916
Royce Ring 151003.6017
Wil Ledezma 90006.2816
Mike Thompson 70106.895
Aaron Rakers 10000.000

Wild Card tie-breaker

The Padres ended tied with the Colorado Rockies for both second place in the NL West as well as the National League Wild Card. A tie-breaker was played on October 1, 2007 in Denver to determine which team would continue on to post-season play. The game lasted 13 innings through four hours and 40 minutes. The Rockies won the Wild Card spot with a final score of 9 to 8, and the Padres' season was over.

Transactions

September 4, 2007: Pete LaForest was selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the San Diego Padres. [3]

Game log

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Rick Renteria
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Randy Ready
A Lake Elsinore Storm California League Carlos Lezcano
A Fort Wayne Wizards Midwest League Doug Dascenzo
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Greg Riddoch
Rookie AZL Padres Arizona League Tony Muser

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References

  1. ↑ Kevin Kouzmanoff Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ "Marcus Giles Stats".
  3. 1 2 "Pete LaForest Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com". Archived from the original on January 31, 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
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