2007 Toronto Blue Jays season

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2007  Toronto Blue Jays
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Rogers Centre
City Toronto
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Rogers; Paul Godfrey (CEO)
General managers J. P. Ricciardi
Managers John Gibbons
Television Rogers Sportsnet
(Jamie Campbell, Pat Tabler, Rance Mulliniks, Darrin Fletcher, Sam Cosentino (field reporter)) (116 games) TSN
(Rod Black, Pat Tabler) (20 games)
CBC
(Jim Hughson, Rance Mulliniks, Jesse Barfield) (8 games)
Radio 590 AM
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The 2007 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 31st season of Major League Baseball. The Blue Jays tried to improve on their 87-win 2006 season, hoping to make the playoffs for the first time since 1993.

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In the offseason, the Jays signed All Star outfielder Vernon Wells to one of the richest contracts in MLB history, giving him a seven-year contract worth $126 million. [1] Toronto also extended the contract of first baseman Lyle Overbay, [2] and signed veteran designated hitter Frank Thomas. To offset the loss of starter Ted Lilly to the Chicago Cubs, Toronto signed Japanese pitcher Tomo Ohka and former Atlanta starter John Thomson to one-year contracts and inked former New York Mets hurler Víctor Zambrano to a minor-league deal. All three men, however, were eventually designated for assignment and released. The Jays also picked up infielder Jason Smith from the Rule 5 draft, but he too was released from his contract.

Regular season

Summary

During the month of January, Toronto signed starting pitchers John Thomson and then Tomo Ohka to incentive-based one-year contracts in an effort to strengthen their 4th and 5th rotational slots. On January 30 Toronto also signed starting pitcher Víctor Zambrano to a minor league contract, and invited him to spring training. All three were eventually released. When Brandon League, who was being considered for the main setup role, arrived to Spring training with a strained lat muscle, Zambrano took the empty spot in the bullpen. Thomson injured himself in spring training, so the Blue Jays named Ohka and Towers as their fourth and fifth starters. After four mediocre starts, Josh Towers was sent to the bullpen and replaced by Dustin McGowan. Towers returned to the rotation later in the year replacing released pitcher Tomo Ohka. When Gustavo Chacín was injured, he was replaced in the rotation by Shaun Marcum, who had a breakout year.

The season was blighted by persistent injuries, with 12 Blue Jays landing on the DL. The most serious injury was that of B. J. Ryan, who was out for the entire season having had Tommy John Surgery. However, due to the emergence of young pitchers like Dustin McGowan, Casey Janssen and Jeremy Accardo, the Jays finished 4 games above .500.

One of the most memorable games this season for the Jays was on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 when they rallied from being down 11–6 in the bottom of the ninth inning against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to win 12–11 on an RBI walk-off base on balls by Aaron Hill, a victory that moved them to within 1 game under .500

Another memorable moment of this season was Dustin McGowan's complete game one-hitter on Sunday, June 24 against the Colorado Rockies at the Rogers Centre. McGowan carried a no-hitter into the ninth inning when outfielder Jeff Baker hit a single with no out to break it up. This was the first Jays' one-hitter since September 27, 1998, in which Roy Halladay threw against the Detroit Tigers. The Jays won 5–0 and moved themselves up to .500 for the first time since May 1 of the season. The game was also notable for Frank Thomas hitting the 499th home run of his career. The day after McGowan's gem, the Jays defeated the Minnesota Twins 8–5 to climb over the .500 mark for the first time since April and get their first four-game winning streak of the season.

On June 28, Frank Thomas became the 21st Major Leaguer to hit 500 career home runs. The pitcher who surrendered the homer was Minnesota Twins' starter Carlos Silva. Despite jumping out to an early lead the Jays couldn't hold on and ended up losing 8–5. In addition, Thomas was ejected from the game in the ninth inning by home plate umpire Mark Wegner for arguing balls and strikes.

On July 6, Reed Johnson returned to the lineup after spending three months on the DL. Johnson had been suffering back problems early in the season and received surgery, which forced him onto the 60-Day DL. This situation left Adam Lind the odd-man out in the lineup and he was optioned down to Triple-A. In his first game back Johnson went 1–3 at the plate, and made a game-saving catch in the ninth which prevented two runs (only one run scored on a sac-fly) from scoring and a runner on second (possibly third) and a one-run lead with only one out. The Jays won the game 8–6 against the Cleveland Indians.

On September 16, Aaron Hill broke the Blue Jays club record for most doubles by a second baseman in one season, set by Roberto Alomar in 1991 with 41 doubles that season. Hill recorded his 42nd double of the season against the Baltimore Orioles.

On September 17, Frank Thomas hit three home runs in a game for only the second time in his career, both times against the Boston Red Sox.

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

Detailed record

TeamHomeAwayTotalGms Left
AL East
Baltimore Orioles 6-34-510-8-
Boston Red Sox 4-55-49-9-
New York Yankees 4-54-58-10-
Tampa Bay Rays 5-44-59-9-
19-1717-1936-36-
AL Central
Chicago White Sox 3-11-24-3-
Cleveland Indians 2-10-32-4-
Detroit Tigers 2-21-23-4-
Kansas City Royals 2-12-24-3-
Minnesota Twins 3-03-46-4-
12-57-1319-18-
AL West
Los Angeles Angels 2-12-24-3-
Oakland Athletics 0-34-24-5-
Seattle Mariners 5-10-35-4-
Texas Rangers 5-20-35-5-
12-76-1018-17-
National League
Colorado Rockies 3-0N/A3-0-
Los Angeles Dodgers 1-22-13-3-
Philadelphia Phillies N/A1-21-2-
San Francisco Giants N/A1-21-2-
Washington Nationals 2-1N/A2-1-
6-34-510-8-
MonthGamesWonLost
April251312
May281216
June271413
July261412
August281513
September281513
1628379

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

2007 draft picks

Source [3]

The 2007 MLB draft was held on June 7–8. The Blue Jays had two first round picks, along with five compensation picks.

RoundPickPlayerPositionCollege/SchoolNationalitySigned
116* Kevin Ahrens 3B Memorial High School (TX) Flag of the United States.svg 2007–06–15
121 J. P. Arencibia C Tennessee Flag of the United States.svg 2007–06–15
C-A38* Brett Cecil LHP Maryland Flag of the United States.svg 2007–06–15
C-A45*Justin JacksonSS Roberson High School (NC) Flag of the United States.svg 2007–07–07
C-A56*Trystan MagnusonRHP Louisville Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2007–07–07
285John Tolisano2B Estero High School (FL) Flag of the United States.svg 2007–06–15
288*Eric EilandOF Lamar High School (TX) Flag of the United States.svg 2007–06–15
3115Alan FarinaRHP Clemson Flag of the United States.svg 2007–07–07
4145 Brad Mills LHP Arizona Flag of the United States.svg 2007–06–15
5175 Marc Rzepczynski LHP Cal-Riverside Flag of the United States.svg 2007–06–15
6205Mike McDade1B Silverado High School (NV) Flag of the United States.svg 2007–06–12
7235Randy BooneRHP Texas Flag of the United States.svg –
8265Scott LefflerRHP Tampa Flag of the United States.svg 2007–07–07
9295Marcus WaldenRHP Fresno City College Flag of the United States.svg 2007–06–12
10325Joel CollinsC South Alabama Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2007–06–15

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Game log

2007 Game Log
April: 13–12 (Home: 7–6; Away: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2@ Tigers 5–3 (10) Frasor (1–0) Rodney (0–1) Ryan (1)44,2971–0
2April 4@ Tigers 10–9 Robertson (1–0) Burnett (0–1) Jones (1)24,8811–1
--April 5@ Tigers Postponed (cold weather)Rescheduled for September 10
3April 6@ Devil Rays 6–5 Ryu (1–0) Ryan (0–1)38,4371–2
4April 7@ Devil Rays 8–5 Marcum (1–0) Fossum (0–1) Ryan (2)18,4952–2
5April 8@ Devil Rays 6–3 Halladay (1–0) Kazmir (0–1) Janssen (1)12,4363–2
6April 9 Royals 9–1 Burnett (1–1) Pérez (0–2)50,1254–2
7April 10 Royals 6–3 Greinke (1–1) Towers (0–1) Soria (1)22,1064–3
8April 11 Royals 7–4 Chacín (1–0) de la Rosa (1–1) Ryan (3)15,2185–3
9April 12 Tigers 5–4 Maroth (2–0) Ohka (0–1) Zumaya (1)20,4165–4
10April 13 Tigers 2–1 (10) Halladay (2–0) Rodney (1–2)26,2686–4
11April 14 Tigers 10–7 Ledezma (2–0) Ryan (0–2) Jones (6)28,2036–5
12April 15 Tigers 2–1 Towers (1–1) Robertson (2–1) Marcum (1)25,9837–5
13April 17 Red Sox 2–1 Chacín (2–0) Matsuzaka (1–2) Frasor (1)42,1628–5
14April 18 Red Sox 4–1 Wakefield (2–1) Ohka (0–2) Papelbon (3)20,1888–6
15April 19 Red Sox 5–3 Timlin (1–0) Marcum (1–1) Papelbon (4)33,2978–7
16April 20@ Orioles 5–4 Ray (2–1) Zambrano (0–1)25,0258–8
17April 21@ Orioles 5–2 Loewen (2–0) Towers (1–2) Ray (6)25,8988–9
18April 22@ Orioles 7–3 Trachsel (1–1) Chacín (2–1)27,2858–10
19April 23@ Red Sox 7–3 Ohka (1–2) Wakefield (2–2) Frasor (2)36,6699–10
20April 24@ Red Sox 10–3 Halladay (3–0) Tavárez (0–2)37,16110–10
--April 25@ Yankees Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 24
21April 26@ Yankees 6–0 Burnett (2–0) Hughes (0–1)45,11811–10
22April 27 Rangers 5–3 Tejeda (3–1) Towers (1–3) Otsuka (3)24,79511–11
23April 28 Rangers 9–8 (10) Otsuka (1–0) Tallet (0–1) Benoit (1)24,11911–12
24April 29 Rangers 7–3 Ohka (2–2) McCarthy (1–4)27,51612–12
25April 30 Rangers 6–1 Halladay (4–0) Padilla (0–4)19,04113–12
May: 12–16 (Home: 8–5; Away: 4–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1@ Indians 12–4 Sabathia (4–0) Burnett (2–2)13,38913–13
27May 2@ Indians 7–6 (11) Mastny (2–0) Marcum (1–2)14,16313–14
28May 3@ Indians 6–5 Fultz (3–0) Frasor (1–1) Borowski (10)16,28413–15
29May 4@ Rangers 7–1 McCarthy (2–4) Ohka (2–3) Eyre (1)24,34213–16
30May 5@ Rangers 11–4 Padilla (1–4) Halladay (4–1)27,42113–17
31May 6@ Rangers 3–2 Benoit (1–1) Burnett (2–3) Otsuka (4)19,10313–18
32May 8 Red Sox 9–2 Beckett (7–0) Zambrano (0–2)41,20313–19
33May 9 Red Sox 9–3 Matsuzaka (4–2) Ohka (2–4)21,78413–20
34May 10 Red Sox 8–0 Wakefield (4–3) Halladay (4–2)22,29013–21
35May 11 Devil Rays 5–1 Burnett (3–3) Kazmir (2–2)20,54214–21
36May 12 Devil Rays 5–4 Downs (1–0) Stokes (1–5) Accardo (1)23,20815–21
37May 13 Devil Rays 2–1 Seo (2–3) Frasor (1–2) Reyes (11)25,45315–22
38May 14 Orioles 5–3 Janssen (1–0) Báez (0–2) Accardo (2)19,81916–22
39May 15 Orioles 2–1 Litsch (1–0) Cabrera (3–4) Accardo (3)30,95817–22
40May 16 Orioles 2–1 Burnett (4–3) Burres (1–2)24,33918–22
41May 18@ Phillies 5–3 Lieber (2–2) McGowan (0–1) Myers (5)34,72318–23
42May 19@ Phillies 13–2 Marcum (2–2) Moyer (4–3)32,00419–23
43May 20@ Phillies 5–3 Eaton (4–3) Litsch (1–1) Myers (6)39,03019–24
44May 22@ Orioles 6–4 Burnett (5–3) Cabrera (3–5) Accardo (4)17,85220–24
45May 23@ Orioles 5–2 Trachsel (3–3) McGowan (0–2) Ray (11)16,93820–25
46May 24@ Orioles 5–4 (10) Janssen (2–0) Báez (0–4) Accardo (5)15,18221–25
47May 25@ Twins 4–3 Guerrier (1–1) Downs (1–1) Nathan (10)26,78121–26
48May 26@ Twins 9–8 (13) Tallet (1–1) Guerrier (1–2)31,43422–26
49May 27@ Twins 4–2 Silva (3–5) Burnett (5–4) Nathan (11)25,78122–27
50May 28 Yankees 7–2 McGowan (1–2) DeSalvo (1–2)28,79123–27
51May 29 Yankees 3–2 Accardo (1–0) Pettitte (3–4)30,11624–27
52May 30 Yankees 10–5 Clippard (2–1) Litsch (1–2) Rivera (4)29,18724–28
53May 31 White Sox 2–0 Halladay (5–2) Buehrle (2–2) Accardo (6)22,43625–28
June: 14–13 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1 White Sox 3–0 Vázquez (3–3) Burnett (5–5) Jenks (15)20,05125–29
55June 2 White Sox 9–3 McGowan (2–2) MacDougal (1–3) Janssen (2)25,69126–29
56June 3 White Sox 4–3 Tallet (2–1) Masset (1–2) Accardo (7)30,88627–29
57June 5 Devil Rays 12–11 Towers (2–3) Fossum (3–6)19,06328–29
58June 6 Devil Rays 6–2 Kazmir (4–3) Ohka (2–5)16,66328–30
59June 7 Devil Rays 5–3 Glover (3–2) Accardo (1–1) Reyes (15)37,10528–31
60June 8@ Dodgers 4–3 (10) Seánez (3–1) Accardo (1–2)52,17328–32
61June 9@ Dodgers 1–0 Marcum (3–2) Lowe (6–6) Janssen (3)51,05729–32
62June 10@ Dodgers 11–5 Halladay (6–2) Schmidt (1–3)50,18330–32
63June 11@ Giants 4–3 Morris (7–3) Towers (2–4)38,03030–33
64June 12@ Giants 3–2 Lowry (6–5) Burnett (5–6) Hennessey (3)37,57430–34
65June 13@ Giants 7–4 McGowan (3–2) Lincecum (2–1) Accardo (7)40,08631–34
66June 15 Nationals 7–2 Halladay (7–2) Bacsik (1–4)22,04232–34
67June 16 Nationals 7–3 Marcum (4–2) Speigner (2–3)26,34233–34
68June 17 Nationals 4–2 Bowie (4–2) Towers (2–5) Cordero (11)28,86733–35
69June 19 Dodgers 10–1 Penny (9–1) McGowan (3–3)22,76333–36
70June 20 Dodgers 12–1 Halladay (8–2) Kuo (1–2)24,41334–36
71June 21 Dodgers 8–4 Seánez (4–1) Janssen (2–1)25,26534–37
72June 22 Rockies 9–8 (10) Wolfe (1–0) Fuentes (0–1)27,36935–37
73June 23 Rockies 11–6 Wolfe (2–0) Cook (4–5)32,48236–37
74June 24 Rockies 5–0 McGowan (4–3) Fogg (3–6)33,91037–37
75June 25@ Twins 8–5 Halladay (9–2) Guerrier (1–3) Accardo (9)24,24038–37
76June 26@ Twins 2–1 (12) Rincón (3–1) Tallet (2–2)27,00038–38
77June 27@ Twins 5–4 Towers (3–5) Bonser (5–4) Accardo (10)30,95939–38
78June 28@ Twins 8–5 Silva (6–8) Frasor (1–3) Nathan (15)31,03839–39
79June 29@ Mariners 5–3 Washburn (7–6) McGowan (4–4) Putz (23)41,86239–40
80June 30@ Mariners 8–3 Batista (8–6) Halladay (9–3)36,10239–41
July: 14–12 (Home: 7–2; Away: 7–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1@ Mariners 2–1 Putz (1–0) Accardo (1–3)38,77839–42
82July 2@ Athletics 11–7 Towers (4–5) DiNardo (3–5)13,28140–42
83July 3@ Athletics 3–1 Blanton (8–4) Litsch (1–3)35,07740–43
84July 4@ Athletics 10–3 McGowan (5–4) Kennedy (2–7)26,56641–43
85July 6 Indians 8–6 Halladay (10–3) Lee (5–5) Accardo (11)28,52642–43
86July 7 Indians 9–4 Carmona (10–4) Marcum (4–3)25,74442–44
87July 8 Indians 1–0 Accardo (2–3) Byrd (7–4)28,23943–44
88July 12@ Red Sox 7–4 Wakefield (10–8) Halladay (10–4) Papelbon (21)36,88743–45
89July 13@ Red Sox 6–5 Marcum (5–3) Snyder (1–2) Accardo (12)36,90844–45
90July 14@ Red Sox 9–4 Matsuzaka (11–6) McGowan (5–5)36,83044–46
91July 15@ Red Sox 2–1 Litsch (2–3) Beckett (12–3) Accardo (13)36,30145–46
92July 16@ Yankees 6–4 Proctor (2–5) Towers (4–6) Rivera (14)52,99345–47
93July 17@ Yankees 3–2 (10) Vizcaíno (6–2) Janssen (2–2)51,96145–48
94July 18@ Yankees 6–2 Myers (1–0) Marcum (5–4) Rivera (15)52,14745–49
95July 19@ Yankees 3–2 McGowan (6–5) Wang (10–5) Accardo (14)53,85746–49
96July 20 Mariners 4–2 Batista (10–7) Litsch (2–4) Putz (29)27,07946–50
97July 21 Mariners 1–0 Towers (5–6) Weaver (2–8) Accardo (15)28,92147–50
98July 22 Mariners 8–0 Halladay (11–4) Hernández (6–6)29,08348–50
99July 23 Twins 6–4 Marcum (6–4) Santana (11–8) Accardo (16)26,09149–50
100July 24 Twins 7–0 McGowan (7–5) Baker (4–4)30,66950–50
101July 25 Twins 13–1 Litsch (3–4) Silva (8–11)37,34251–50
102July 27@ White Sox 4–3 Garland (8–7) Towers (5–7) Jenks (29)34,59051–51
103July 28@ White Sox 2–0 Buehrle (8–6) Halladay (11–5) Jenks (30)37,74451–52
104July 29@ White Sox 4–1 Marcum (7–4) Vázquez (8–6) Accardo (17)36,57152–52
105July 30@ Devil Rays 5–4 (11) Dohmann (1–0) Wolfe (2–1)8,80752–53
106July 31@ Devil Rays 2–0 Litsch (4–4) Jackson (2–11) Accardo (18)10,56953–53
August: 15–13 (Home: 9–7; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1@ Devil Rays 6–2 Glover (5–3) Towers (5–8)10,10953–54
108August 3 Rangers 6–4 Halladay (12–5) Wright (3–4) Accardo (19)23,77754–54
109August 4 Rangers 9–5 Marcum (8–4) Eyre (3–4)25,23155–54
110August 5 Rangers 4–1 McGowan (8–5) McCarthy (5–8) Accardo (20)29,59356–54
111August 6 Yankees 5–4 Pettitte (8–7) Downs (1–2) Rivera (18)42,71456–55
112August 7 Yankees 9–2 Clemens (4–5) Towers (5–9)38,07856–56
113August 8 Yankees 15–4 Halladay (13–5) Wang (13–6)40,81157–56
114August 10@ Royals 2–1 Marcum (9–4) Meche (7–10) Accardo (21)21,27658–56
115August 11@ Royals 4–1 Núñez (2–0) McGowan (8–6) Soria (13)25,93458–57
116August 12@ Royals 4–1 Burnett (6–6) Bannister (8–7) Accardo (22)18,38159–57
117August 13@ Royals 6–2 Pérez (7–11) Litsch (4–5)14,84559–58
118August 14 Angels 4–1 Halladay (14–5) Saunders (6–1)31,97860–58
119August 15 Angels 2–1 Marcum (10–4) Moseley (4–2) Accardo (23)30,35361–58
120August 16 Angels 4–3 Escobar (13–6) McGowan (8–7) Rodríguez (30)27,86161–59
121August 17 Orioles 5–2 Burnett (7–6) Olson (1–2) Accardo (24)25,52462–59
122August 18 Orioles 5–3 Trachsel (6–7) Litsch (4–6) Báez (2)33,38762–60
123August 19 Orioles 3–2 (10) Downs (2–2) Bradford (2–6)38,13263–60
124August 20 Athletics 6–4 Blanton (11–8) Marcum (10–5) Street (11)27,19363–61
125August 21 Athletics 6–4 Haren (14–4) Tallet (2–3) Street (12)32,63963–62
126August 22 Athletics 4–1 Loaiza (1–0) Burnett (7–7) Embree (16)31,14563–63
127August 23@ Angels 5–4 Litsch (5–6) Santana (5–12) Accardo (25)41,00964–63
128August 24@ Angels 3–0 Weaver (9–6) Halladay (14–6) Rodríguez (32)41,13164–64
129August 25@ Angels 9–2 Marcum (11–5) Saunders (7–2)41,63165–64
130August 26@ Angels 3–1 Escobar (15–6) McGowan (8–8) Rodríguez (33)40,56565–65
131August 27@ Athletics 6–2 (12) Accardo (3–3) Embree (1–2)18,09266–65
132August 28@ Athletics 5–4 Wolfe (3–1) Brown (2–1) Janssen (4)20,54267–65
133August 29@ Athletics 5–4 (11) Lugo (5–0) Frasor (1–4)16,01567–66
134August 31 Mariners 7–5 Marcum (12–5) Washburn (9–12) Accardo (26)34,51868–66
September: 17–13 (Home: 9–5; Away: 8–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1 Mariners 2–1 McGowan (9–8) Green (5–2) Accardo (27)30,67269–66
136September 2 Mariners 6–4 Burnett (8–7) Weaver (6–11) Janssen (5)32,16670–66
137September 3@ Red Sox 13–10 Matsuzaka (14–11) Litsch (5–7) Papelbon (32)36,63970–67
138September 4@ Red Sox 5–3 Beckett (17–6) Halladay (14–7) Papelbon (33)36,83970–68
139September 5@ Red Sox 6–4 Accardo (4–3) Okajima (3–2)37,10671–68
140September 7@ Devil Rays 7–2 McGowan (10–8) Jackson (4–14)18,61772–68
141September 8@ Devil Rays 5–4 Reyes (2–2) Accardo (4–4)19,82272–69
142September 9@ Devil Rays 3–2 Shields (10–8) Litsch (5–8) Reyes (23)20,55672–70
143September 10@ Tigers 5–4 Bazardo (1–1) Janssen (2–3)35,68972–71
144September 11 Yankees 9–2 Hughes (3–3) Marcum (12–6)30,47272–72
145September 12 Yankees 4–1 Mussina (9–10) McGowan (10–9) Rivera (26)27,08272–73
146September 13 Yankees 2–1 Downs (3–2) Britton (0–1)32,63273–73
147September 14 Orioles 6–2 Burres (6–5) Litsch (5–9)31,10673–74
148September 15 Orioles 8–3 Halladay (15–7) Birkins (1–2)37,44174–74
149September 16 Orioles 8–6 (12) Bell (4–3) Frasor (1–5) Cabrera (1)38,93474–75
150September 17 Red Sox 6–1 McGowan (11–9) Wakefield (16–11)29,31675–75
151September 18 Red Sox 4–3 Burnett (9–7) Gagné (3–2) Downs (1)32,39076–75
152September 19 Red Sox 6–1 Litsch (6–9) Buchholz (3–1) Accardo (28)34,92777–75
153September 21@ Yankees 5–4 (14) Kennedy (4–9) Bruney (3–2) Frasor (3)54,15178–75
154September 22@ Yankees 12–11 (10) Karstens (1–3) Towers (5–10)54,88778–76
155September 23@ Yankees 7–5 Mussina (11–10) McGowan (11–10) Chamberlain (1)54,98378–77
156September 24@ Yankees 4–1 Litsch (7–9) Pettitte (14–9) Janssen (6)53,26179–77
157September 25@ Orioles 11–4 Burnett (10–7) Burres (6–7)15,86780–77
158September 26@ Orioles 8–5 Halladay (16–7) Zambrano (0–3) Accardo (29)15,42481–77
159September 27@ Orioles 8–5 Hoey (3–4) Tallet (2–4) Walker (7)15,81781–78
160September 28 Devil Rays 5–4 McGowan (12–10) Sonnanstine (6–10) Accardo (30)34,67082–78
161September 29 Devil Rays 5–3 Downs (4–2) Wheeler (1–9)37,68183–78
162September 30 Devil Rays 8–5 Hammel (3–5) Burnett (10–8) Reyes (26)44,15683–79

Player stats

Batting

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBIRSB
Russ Adams 276014.233212142
Howie Clark 314910.2040261
Royce Clayton 6918948.254112232
Sal Fasano 16458.1781450
Troy Glaus 115385101.2622062600
John-Ford Griffin 6103.3001340
Aaron Hill 160608177.2911778874
Joe Inglett 253.6000201
Reed Johnson 7927565.236214314
Adam Lind 8929069.2381146341
Hector Luna 22427.1671452
John McDonald 12332782.251131327
Ray Olmedo 275111.2160160
Lyle Overbay 122425102.2401044492
Jason Phillips 5514430.208112110
Alex Ríos 161643191.297248511417
Ryan Roberts 8131.0770020
Jason Smith 275211.2120470
Matt Stairs 125357103.2892164582
Curtis Thigpen 4710124.238011132
Frank Thomas 155531147.2772695630
Vernon Wells 149584143.24516808510
Gregg Zaun 11033180.2421052430
Pitcher Totals162194.2110110
Team Totals16255361434.25916571975357

As of September 30, 2007

Pitching

Starting and other pitchers

Note: GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGSIPWLERABBSO
Josh Banks 17.1007.3622
A. J. Burnett 25165.21083.7566176
Gustavo Chacín 527.1215.60711
Roy Halladay 31225.11673.7148139
Jesse Litsch 20111.0793.813650
Shaun Marcum (1 HLD)25159.01264.1349122
Dustin McGowan 27169.212104.0861144
Tomo Ohka 1056.0255.792221
Ty Taubenheim 15.0009.0044
Josh Towers 15107.05105.382276
Víctor Zambrano 210.20210.97115

As of September 30, 2007

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLSVHLDERABBSO
Jeremy Accardo 6467.1443022.142457
Jordan De Jong 69.000008.0057
Scott Downs 8158.0421242.172457
Jason Frasor 5157.015344.582359
Lee Gronkiewicz 14.000002.2522
Casey Janssen 7072.2236242.352039
Joe Kennedy 97.010025.1458
Brandon League 1411.200006.1777
B. J. Ryan 54.1023012.4643
Brian Tallet 4862.124013.472854
Jamie Vermilyea 26.000000.0002
Brian Wolfe 3845.131062.98922
Team Pitching Totals1621448.2837944644.004791067

As of September 30, 2007

Draft

This is a partial list. For the full draft, see here.

Players selected

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool
116 (for Frank Catalanotto) Kevin Ahrens (SS)Flag of the United States.svg United StatesMemorial High School
121 J. P. Arencibia (C)Flag of the United States.svg United States Tennessee
C-A38 (for Justin Speier) Brett Cecil (LHP)Flag of the United States.svg United States Maryland-College Park
C-A45 (for Frank Catalanotto)Justin Jackson (SS)Flag of the United States.svg United StatesT.C. Roberson High School
C-A56 (for Ted Lilly) Trystan Magnuson (RHP)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Louisville
285John Tolisano (2B)Flag of the United States.svg United StatesEstero High School
288 (for Justin Speier)Eric Eiland (CF)Flag of the United States.svg United StatesLamar High School
3115Alan Farina (RHP)Flag of the United States.svg United States Clemson
4145 Brad Mills (LHP)Flag of the United States.svg United States Arizona
5175 Marc Rzepczynski (LHP)Flag of the United States.svg United States UC-Riverside

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Doug Davis
AA New Hampshire Fisher Cats Eastern League Bill Masse
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Omar Malavé
A Lansing Lugnuts Midwest League Gary Cathcart
A-Short Season Auburn Doubledays New York–Penn League Dennis Holmberg
Rookie GCL Blue Jays Gulf Coast League Clayton McCullough

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Auburn

References

1st Half: Toronto Blue Jays Game Log on ESPN.com
2nd Half: Toronto Blue Jays Game Log on ESPN.com
  1. ↑ Jays sign Wells to ,6 million, seven-year extension espn.com – accessed January 25, 2007
  2. ↑ Overbay latest player to cash in with Jays, from espn.com January 14, 2007
  3. ↑ "Feature: 2007 Free Agent Draft Pick Compensation". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
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