2007 Toronto Blue Jays season

2007  Toronto Blue Jays
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Rogers Centre
City	Toronto
Record	83–79 (.512)
Divisional place	3rd
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.

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

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	96	66	.593	—	51‍–‍30	45‍–‍36
New York Yankees	94	68	.580	2	52‍–‍29	42‍–‍39
Toronto Blue Jays	83	79	.512	13	49‍–‍32	34‍–‍47
Baltimore Orioles	69	93	.426	27	35‍–‍46	34‍–‍47
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	66	96	.407	30	37‍–‍44	29‍–‍52

Detailed record

Team Home Away Total Gms Left AL East Baltimore Orioles 6-3 4-5 10-8 - Boston Red Sox 4-5 5-4 9-9 - New York Yankees 4-5 4-5 8-10 - Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 4-5 9-9 - 19-17 17-19 36-36 - AL Central Chicago White Sox 3-1 1-2 4-3 - Cleveland Indians 2-1 0-3 2-4 - Detroit Tigers 2-2 1-2 3-4 - Kansas City Royals 2-1 2-2 4-3 - Minnesota Twins 3-0 3-4 6-4 - 12-5 7-13 19-18 - AL West Los Angeles Angels 2-1 2-2 4-3 - Oakland Athletics 0-3 4-2 4-5 - Seattle Mariners 5-1 0-3 5-4 - Texas Rangers 5-2 0-3 5-5 - 12-7 6-10 18-17 - National League Colorado Rockies 3-0 N/A 3-0 - Los Angeles Dodgers 1-2 2-1 3-3 - Philadelphia Phillies N/A 1-2 1-2 - San Francisco Giants N/A 1-2 1-2 - Washington Nationals 2-1 N/A 2-1 - 6-3 4-5 10-8 -

Month Games Won Lost April 25 13 12 May 28 12 16 June 27 14 13 July 26 14 12 August 28 15 13 September 28 15 13 162 83 79

Record vs. opponents

2007 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	6–12	5–3	3–4	1–5	7–0	3–7	0–7	9–9	4–4	2–7	11–7	4–6	8–10	6–12
Boston	12–6	—	7–1	5–2	3–4	3–3	6–4	4–3	8–10	4–4	4–5	13–5	6–4	9–9	12–6
Chicago	3–5	1–7	—	7–11	11–7	12–6	5–4	9–9	4–6	4–5	1–7	6–1	2–4	3–4	4–14
Cleveland	4–3	2–5	11–7	—	12–6	11–7	5–5	14–4	0–6	6–4	4–3	8–2	6–3	4–2	9–9
Detroit	5–1	4–3	7–11	6–12	—	11–7	3–5	12–6	4–4	4–6	6–4	3–4	5–4	4–3	14–4
Kansas City	0–7	3–3	6–12	7–11	7–11	—	5–2	9–9	1–9	6–4	3–6	4–3	5–4	3–4	10–8
Los Angeles	7–3	4–6	4–5	5–5	5–3	2–5	—	6–3	6–3	9–10	13–6	6–2	10–9	3–4	14–4
Minnesota	7–0	3–4	9–9	4–14	6–12	9–9	3–6	—	2–5	5–2	6–3	3–4	7–2	4–6	11–7
New York	9–9	10–8	6–4	6–0	4–4	9–1	3–6	5–2	—	2–4	5–5	10–8	5–1	10–8	10–8
Oakland	4–4	4–4	5–4	4–6	6–4	4–6	10–9	2–5	4–2	—	5–14	4–6	9–10	5–4	10–8
Seattle	7–2	5–4	7–1	3–4	4–6	6–3	6–13	3–6	5–5	14–5	—	4–3	11–8	4–5	9–9
Tampa Bay	7–11	5–13	1–6	2–8	4–3	3–4	2–6	4–3	8–10	6–4	3–4	—	5–4	9–9	7–11
Texas	6–4	4–6	4–2	3–6	4–5	4–5	9–10	2–7	1–5	10–9	8–11	4–5	—	5–5	11–7
Toronto	10–8	9–9	4–3	2–4	3–4	4–3	4–3	6–4	8–10	4–5	5–4	9–9	5–5	—	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.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College/School	Nationality	Signed
1	16*	Kevin Ahrens	3B	Memorial High School (TX)		2007–06–15
1	21	J. P. Arencibia	C	Tennessee		2007–06–15
C-A	38*	Brett Cecil	LHP	Maryland		2007–06–15
C-A	45*	Justin Jackson	SS	Roberson High School (NC)		2007–07–07
C-A	56*	Trystan Magnuson	RHP	Louisville		2007–07–07
2	85	John Tolisano	2B	Estero High School (FL)		2007–06–15
2	88*	Eric Eiland	OF	Lamar High School (TX)		2007–06–15
3	115	Alan Farina	RHP	Clemson		2007–07–07
4	145	Brad Mills	LHP	Arizona		2007–06–15
5	175	Marc Rzepczynski	LHP	Cal-Riverside		2007–06–15
6	205	Mike McDade	1B	Silverado High School (NV)		2007–06–12
7	235	Randy Boone	RHP	Texas		–
8	265	Scott Leffler	RHP	Tampa		2007–07–07
9	295	Marcus Walden	RHP	Fresno City College		2007–06–12
10	325	Joel Collins	C	South Alabama		2007–06–15

• * The Blue Jays received the 16th pick from the Texas Rangers as compensation for signing of free agent Frank Catalanotto
• * The Blue Jays received the 38th pick as compensation for loss of free agent Justin Speier
• * The Blue Jays received the 45th pick as compensation for loss of free agent Frank Catalanotto
• * The Blue Jays received the 56th pick as compensation for loss of free agent Ted Lilly
• * The Blue Jays received the 88th pick from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim as compensation for signing of free agent Justin Speier

Roster

2007 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers 49 Jeremy Accardo 58 Josh Banks 34 A. J. Burnett 39 Gustavo Chacín 57 Jordan De Jong 37 Scott Downs 54 Jason Frasor 62 Lee Gronkiewicz 32 Roy Halladay 44 Casey Janssen 46 Joe Kennedy 22 Brandon League 51 Jesse Litsch 28 Shaun Marcum 40,29 Dustin McGowan 18 Tomo Ohka 52 B. J. Ryan 56 Brian Tallet 48 Ty Taubenheim  7 Josh Towers 36 Jamie Vermilyea 40 Brian Wolfe 31 Víctor Zambrano		Catchers 13 Sal Fasano 47 Jason Phillips 59 Curtis Thigpen  9 Gregg Zaun Infielders  8 Russ Adams  4 Howie Clark 11,42 Royce Clayton 25 Troy Glaus  2 Aaron Hill  4 Joe Inglett 18 Héctor Luna  6 John McDonald  1 Ray Olmedo 17 Lyle Overbay 20 Ryan Roberts  4 Jason Smith		Outfielders 11 John-Ford Griffin  3 Reed Johnson 26 Adam Lind 15 Alex Ríos 24 Matt Stairs 10 Vernon Wells Other batters 35 Frank Thomas		Manager  5 John Gibbons Coaches 38 Brad Arnsberg (pitching) 14 Mickey Brantley (hitting) 55 Brian Butterfield (third base) 45 Marty Pevey (first base) 53 Bruce Walton (bullpen) 12 Ernie Whitt (bench)

Game log

2007 Game Log
April: 13–12 (Home: 7–6; Away: 6–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 2 @ Tigers 5–3 (10) Frasor (1–0) Rodney (0–1) Ryan (1) 44,297 1–0 2 April 4 @ Tigers 10–9 Robertson (1–0) Burnett (0–1) Jones (1) 24,881 1–1 -- April 5 @ Tigers Postponed (cold weather)Rescheduled for September 10 3 April 6 @ Devil Rays 6–5 Ryu (1–0) Ryan (0–1) 38,437 1–2 4 April 7 @ Devil Rays 8–5 Marcum (1–0) Fossum (0–1) Ryan (2) 18,495 2–2 5 April 8 @ Devil Rays 6–3 Halladay (1–0) Kazmir (0–1) Janssen (1) 12,436 3–2 6 April 9 Royals 9–1 Burnett (1–1) Pérez (0–2) 50,125 4–2 7 April 10 Royals 6–3 Greinke (1–1) Towers (0–1) Soria (1) 22,106 4–3 8 April 11 Royals 7–4 Chacín (1–0) de la Rosa (1–1) Ryan (3) 15,218 5–3 9 April 12 Tigers 5–4 Maroth (2–0) Ohka (0–1) Zumaya (1) 20,416 5–4 10 April 13 Tigers 2–1 (10) Halladay (2–0) Rodney (1–2) 26,268 6–4 11 April 14 Tigers 10–7 Ledezma (2–0) Ryan (0–2) Jones (6) 28,203 6–5 12 April 15 Tigers 2–1 Towers (1–1) Robertson (2–1) Marcum (1) 25,983 7–5 13 April 17 Red Sox 2–1 Chacín (2–0) Matsuzaka (1–2) Frasor (1) 42,162 8–5 14 April 18 Red Sox 4–1 Wakefield (2–1) Ohka (0–2) Papelbon (3) 20,188 8–6 15 April 19 Red Sox 5–3 Timlin (1–0) Marcum (1–1) Papelbon (4) 33,297 8–7 16 April 20 @ Orioles 5–4 Ray (2–1) Zambrano (0–1) 25,025 8–8 17 April 21 @ Orioles 5–2 Loewen (2–0) Towers (1–2) Ray (6) 25,898 8–9 18 April 22 @ Orioles 7–3 Trachsel (1–1) Chacín (2–1) 27,285 8–10 19 April 23 @ Red Sox 7–3 Ohka (1–2) Wakefield (2–2) Frasor (2) 36,669 9–10 20 April 24 @ Red Sox 10–3 Halladay (3–0) Tavárez (0–2) 37,161 10–10 -- April 25 @ Yankees Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 24 21 April 26 @ Yankees 6–0 Burnett (2–0) Hughes (0–1) 45,118 11–10 22 April 27 Rangers 5–3 Tejeda (3–1) Towers (1–3) Otsuka (3) 24,795 11–11 23 April 28 Rangers 9–8 (10) Otsuka (1–0) Tallet (0–1) Benoit (1) 24,119 11–12 24 April 29 Rangers 7–3 Ohka (2–2) McCarthy (1–4) 27,516 12–12 25 April 30 Rangers 6–1 Halladay (4–0) Padilla (0–4) 19,041 13–12
May: 12–16 (Home: 8–5; Away: 4–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 26 May 1 @ Indians 12–4 Sabathia (4–0) Burnett (2–2) 13,389 13–13 27 May 2 @ Indians 7–6 (11) Mastny (2–0) Marcum (1–2) 14,163 13–14 28 May 3 @ Indians 6–5 Fultz (3–0) Frasor (1–1) Borowski (10) 16,284 13–15 29 May 4 @ Rangers 7–1 McCarthy (2–4) Ohka (2–3) Eyre (1) 24,342 13–16 30 May 5 @ Rangers 11–4 Padilla (1–4) Halladay (4–1) 27,421 13–17 31 May 6 @ Rangers 3–2 Benoit (1–1) Burnett (2–3) Otsuka (4) 19,103 13–18 32 May 8 Red Sox 9–2 Beckett (7–0) Zambrano (0–2) 41,203 13–19 33 May 9 Red Sox 9–3 Matsuzaka (4–2) Ohka (2–4) 21,784 13–20 34 May 10 Red Sox 8–0 Wakefield (4–3) Halladay (4–2) 22,290 13–21 35 May 11 Devil Rays 5–1 Burnett (3–3) Kazmir (2–2) 20,542 14–21 36 May 12 Devil Rays 5–4 Downs (1–0) Stokes (1–5) Accardo (1) 23,208 15–21 37 May 13 Devil Rays 2–1 Seo (2–3) Frasor (1–2) Reyes (11) 25,453 15–22 38 May 14 Orioles 5–3 Janssen (1–0) Báez (0–2) Accardo (2) 19,819 16–22 39 May 15 Orioles 2–1 Litsch (1–0) Cabrera (3–4) Accardo (3) 30,958 17–22 40 May 16 Orioles 2–1 Burnett (4–3) Burres (1–2) 24,339 18–22 41 May 18 @ Phillies 5–3 Lieber (2–2) McGowan (0–1) Myers (5) 34,723 18–23 42 May 19 @ Phillies 13–2 Marcum (2–2) Moyer (4–3) 32,004 19–23 43 May 20 @ Phillies 5–3 Eaton (4–3) Litsch (1–1) Myers (6) 39,030 19–24 44 May 22 @ Orioles 6–4 Burnett (5–3) Cabrera (3–5) Accardo (4) 17,852 20–24 45 May 23 @ Orioles 5–2 Trachsel (3–3) McGowan (0–2) Ray (11) 16,938 20–25 46 May 24 @ Orioles 5–4 (10) Janssen (2–0) Báez (0–4) Accardo (5) 15,182 21–25 47 May 25 @ Twins 4–3 Guerrier (1–1) Downs (1–1) Nathan (10) 26,781 21–26 48 May 26 @ Twins 9–8 (13) Tallet (1–1) Guerrier (1–2) 31,434 22–26 49 May 27 @ Twins 4–2 Silva (3–5) Burnett (5–4) Nathan (11) 25,781 22–27 50 May 28 Yankees 7–2 McGowan (1–2) DeSalvo (1–2) 28,791 23–27 51 May 29 Yankees 3–2 Accardo (1–0) Pettitte (3–4) 30,116 24–27 52 May 30 Yankees 10–5 Clippard (2–1) Litsch (1–2) Rivera (4) 29,187 24–28 53 May 31 White Sox 2–0 Halladay (5–2) Buehrle (2–2) Accardo (6) 22,436 25–28
June: 14–13 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 54 June 1 White Sox 3–0 Vázquez (3–3) Burnett (5–5) Jenks (15) 20,051 25–29 55 June 2 White Sox 9–3 McGowan (2–2) MacDougal (1–3) Janssen (2) 25,691 26–29 56 June 3 White Sox 4–3 Tallet (2–1) Masset (1–2) Accardo (7) 30,886 27–29 57 June 5 Devil Rays 12–11 Towers (2–3) Fossum (3–6) 19,063 28–29 58 June 6 Devil Rays 6–2 Kazmir (4–3) Ohka (2–5) 16,663 28–30 59 June 7 Devil Rays 5–3 Glover (3–2) Accardo (1–1) Reyes (15) 37,105 28–31 60 June 8 @ Dodgers 4–3 (10) Seánez (3–1) Accardo (1–2) 52,173 28–32 61 June 9 @ Dodgers 1–0 Marcum (3–2) Lowe (6–6) Janssen (3) 51,057 29–32 62 June 10 @ Dodgers 11–5 Halladay (6–2) Schmidt (1–3) 50,183 30–32 63 June 11 @ Giants 4–3 Morris (7–3) Towers (2–4) 38,030 30–33 64 June 12 @ Giants 3–2 Lowry (6–5) Burnett (5–6) Hennessey (3) 37,574 30–34 65 June 13 @ Giants 7–4 McGowan (3–2) Lincecum (2–1) Accardo (7) 40,086 31–34 66 June 15 Nationals 7–2 Halladay (7–2) Bacsik (1–4) 22,042 32–34 67 June 16 Nationals 7–3 Marcum (4–2) Speigner (2–3) 26,342 33–34 68 June 17 Nationals 4–2 Bowie (4–2) Towers (2–5) Cordero (11) 28,867 33–35 69 June 19 Dodgers 10–1 Penny (9–1) McGowan (3–3) 22,763 33–36 70 June 20 Dodgers 12–1 Halladay (8–2) Kuo (1–2) 24,413 34–36 71 June 21 Dodgers 8–4 Seánez (4–1) Janssen (2–1) 25,265 34–37 72 June 22 Rockies 9–8 (10) Wolfe (1–0) Fuentes (0–1) 27,369 35–37 73 June 23 Rockies 11–6 Wolfe (2–0) Cook (4–5) 32,482 36–37 74 June 24 Rockies 5–0 McGowan (4–3) Fogg (3–6) 33,910 37–37 75 June 25 @ Twins 8–5 Halladay (9–2) Guerrier (1–3) Accardo (9) 24,240 38–37 76 June 26 @ Twins 2–1 (12) Rincón (3–1) Tallet (2–2) 27,000 38–38 77 June 27 @ Twins 5–4 Towers (3–5) Bonser (5–4) Accardo (10) 30,959 39–38 78 June 28 @ Twins 8–5 Silva (6–8) Frasor (1–3) Nathan (15) 31,038 39–39 79 June 29 @ Mariners 5–3 Washburn (7–6) McGowan (4–4) Putz (23) 41,862 39–40 80 June 30 @ Mariners 8–3 Batista (8–6) Halladay (9–3) 36,102 39–41
July: 14–12 (Home: 7–2; Away: 7–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 81 July 1 @ Mariners 2–1 Putz (1–0) Accardo (1–3) 38,778 39–42 82 July 2 @ Athletics 11–7 Towers (4–5) DiNardo (3–5) 13,281 40–42 83 July 3 @ Athletics 3–1 Blanton (8–4) Litsch (1–3) 35,077 40–43 84 July 4 @ Athletics 10–3 McGowan (5–4) Kennedy (2–7) 26,566 41–43 85 July 6 Indians 8–6 Halladay (10–3) Lee (5–5) Accardo (11) 28,526 42–43 86 July 7 Indians 9–4 Carmona (10–4) Marcum (4–3) 25,744 42–44 87 July 8 Indians 1–0 Accardo (2–3) Byrd (7–4) 28,239 43–44 88 July 12 @ Red Sox 7–4 Wakefield (10–8) Halladay (10–4) Papelbon (21) 36,887 43–45 89 July 13 @ Red Sox 6–5 Marcum (5–3) Snyder (1–2) Accardo (12) 36,908 44–45 90 July 14 @ Red Sox 9–4 Matsuzaka (11–6) McGowan (5–5) 36,830 44–46 91 July 15 @ Red Sox 2–1 Litsch (2–3) Beckett (12–3) Accardo (13) 36,301 45–46 92 July 16 @ Yankees 6–4 Proctor (2–5) Towers (4–6) Rivera (14) 52,993 45–47 93 July 17 @ Yankees 3–2 (10) Vizcaíno (6–2) Janssen (2–2) 51,961 45–48 94 July 18 @ Yankees 6–2 Myers (1–0) Marcum (5–4) Rivera (15) 52,147 45–49 95 July 19 @ Yankees 3–2 McGowan (6–5) Wang (10–5) Accardo (14) 53,857 46–49 96 July 20 Mariners 4–2 Batista (10–7) Litsch (2–4) Putz (29) 27,079 46–50 97 July 21 Mariners 1–0 Towers (5–6) Weaver (2–8) Accardo (15) 28,921 47–50 98 July 22 Mariners 8–0 Halladay (11–4) Hernández (6–6) 29,083 48–50 99 July 23 Twins 6–4 Marcum (6–4) Santana (11–8) Accardo (16) 26,091 49–50 100 July 24 Twins 7–0 McGowan (7–5) Baker (4–4) 30,669 50–50 101 July 25 Twins 13–1 Litsch (3–4) Silva (8–11) 37,342 51–50 102 July 27 @ White Sox 4–3 Garland (8–7) Towers (5–7) Jenks (29) 34,590 51–51 103 July 28 @ White Sox 2–0 Buehrle (8–6) Halladay (11–5) Jenks (30) 37,744 51–52 104 July 29 @ White Sox 4–1 Marcum (7–4) Vázquez (8–6) Accardo (17) 36,571 52–52 105 July 30 @ Devil Rays 5–4 (11) Dohmann (1–0) Wolfe (2–1) 8,807 52–53 106 July 31 @ Devil Rays 2–0 Litsch (4–4) Jackson (2–11) Accardo (18) 10,569 53–53
August: 15–13 (Home: 9–7; Away: 6–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 107 August 1 @ Devil Rays 6–2 Glover (5–3) Towers (5–8) 10,109 53–54 108 August 3 Rangers 6–4 Halladay (12–5) Wright (3–4) Accardo (19) 23,777 54–54 109 August 4 Rangers 9–5 Marcum (8–4) Eyre (3–4) 25,231 55–54 110 August 5 Rangers 4–1 McGowan (8–5) McCarthy (5–8) Accardo (20) 29,593 56–54 111 August 6 Yankees 5–4 Pettitte (8–7) Downs (1–2) Rivera (18) 42,714 56–55 112 August 7 Yankees 9–2 Clemens (4–5) Towers (5–9) 38,078 56–56 113 August 8 Yankees 15–4 Halladay (13–5) Wang (13–6) 40,811 57–56 114 August 10 @ Royals 2–1 Marcum (9–4) Meche (7–10) Accardo (21) 21,276 58–56 115 August 11 @ Royals 4–1 Núñez (2–0) McGowan (8–6) Soria (13) 25,934 58–57 116 August 12 @ Royals 4–1 Burnett (6–6) Bannister (8–7) Accardo (22) 18,381 59–57 117 August 13 @ Royals 6–2 Pérez (7–11) Litsch (4–5) 14,845 59–58 118 August 14 Angels 4–1 Halladay (14–5) Saunders (6–1) 31,978 60–58 119 August 15 Angels 2–1 Marcum (10–4) Moseley (4–2) Accardo (23) 30,353 61–58 120 August 16 Angels 4–3 Escobar (13–6) McGowan (8–7) Rodríguez (30) 27,861 61–59 121 August 17 Orioles 5–2 Burnett (7–6) Olson (1–2) Accardo (24) 25,524 62–59 122 August 18 Orioles 5–3 Trachsel (6–7) Litsch (4–6) Báez (2) 33,387 62–60 123 August 19 Orioles 3–2 (10) Downs (2–2) Bradford (2–6) 38,132 63–60 124 August 20 Athletics 6–4 Blanton (11–8) Marcum (10–5) Street (11) 27,193 63–61 125 August 21 Athletics 6–4 Haren (14–4) Tallet (2–3) Street (12) 32,639 63–62 126 August 22 Athletics 4–1 Loaiza (1–0) Burnett (7–7) Embree (16) 31,145 63–63 127 August 23 @ Angels 5–4 Litsch (5–6) Santana (5–12) Accardo (25) 41,009 64–63 128 August 24 @ Angels 3–0 Weaver (9–6) Halladay (14–6) Rodríguez (32) 41,131 64–64 129 August 25 @ Angels 9–2 Marcum (11–5) Saunders (7–2) 41,631 65–64 130 August 26 @ Angels 3–1 Escobar (15–6) McGowan (8–8) Rodríguez (33) 40,565 65–65 131 August 27 @ Athletics 6–2 (12) Accardo (3–3) Embree (1–2) 18,092 66–65 132 August 28 @ Athletics 5–4 Wolfe (3–1) Brown (2–1) Janssen (4) 20,542 67–65 133 August 29 @ Athletics 5–4 (11) Lugo (5–0) Frasor (1–4) 16,015 67–66 134 August 31 Mariners 7–5 Marcum (12–5) Washburn (9–12) Accardo (26) 34,518 68–66
September: 17–13 (Home: 9–5; Away: 8–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 135 September 1 Mariners 2–1 McGowan (9–8) Green (5–2) Accardo (27) 30,672 69–66 136 September 2 Mariners 6–4 Burnett (8–7) Weaver (6–11) Janssen (5) 32,166 70–66 137 September 3 @ Red Sox 13–10 Matsuzaka (14–11) Litsch (5–7) Papelbon (32) 36,639 70–67 138 September 4 @ Red Sox 5–3 Beckett (17–6) Halladay (14–7) Papelbon (33) 36,839 70–68 139 September 5 @ Red Sox 6–4 Accardo (4–3) Okajima (3–2) 37,106 71–68 140 September 7 @ Devil Rays 7–2 McGowan (10–8) Jackson (4–14) 18,617 72–68 141 September 8 @ Devil Rays 5–4 Reyes (2–2) Accardo (4–4) 19,822 72–69 142 September 9 @ Devil Rays 3–2 Shields (10–8) Litsch (5–8) Reyes (23) 20,556 72–70 143 September 10 @ Tigers 5–4 Bazardo (1–1) Janssen (2–3) 35,689 72–71 144 September 11 Yankees 9–2 Hughes (3–3) Marcum (12–6) 30,472 72–72 145 September 12 Yankees 4–1 Mussina (9–10) McGowan (10–9) Rivera (26) 27,082 72–73 146 September 13 Yankees 2–1 Downs (3–2) Britton (0–1) 32,632 73–73 147 September 14 Orioles 6–2 Burres (6–5) Litsch (5–9) 31,106 73–74 148 September 15 Orioles 8–3 Halladay (15–7) Birkins (1–2) 37,441 74–74 149 September 16 Orioles 8–6 (12) Bell (4–3) Frasor (1–5) Cabrera (1) 38,934 74–75 150 September 17 Red Sox 6–1 McGowan (11–9) Wakefield (16–11) 29,316 75–75 151 September 18 Red Sox 4–3 Burnett (9–7) Gagné (3–2) Downs (1) 32,390 76–75 152 September 19 Red Sox 6–1 Litsch (6–9) Buchholz (3–1) Accardo (28) 34,927 77–75 153 September 21 @ Yankees 5–4 (14) Kennedy (4–9) Bruney (3–2) Frasor (3) 54,151 78–75 154 September 22 @ Yankees 12–11 (10) Karstens (1–3) Towers (5–10) 54,887 78–76 155 September 23 @ Yankees 7–5 Mussina (11–10) McGowan (11–10) Chamberlain (1) 54,983 78–77 156 September 24 @ Yankees 4–1 Litsch (7–9) Pettitte (14–9) Janssen (6) 53,261 79–77 157 September 25 @ Orioles 11–4 Burnett (10–7) Burres (6–7) 15,867 80–77 158 September 26 @ Orioles 8–5 Halladay (16–7) Zambrano (0–3) Accardo (29) 15,424 81–77 159 September 27 @ Orioles 8–5 Hoey (3–4) Tallet (2–4) Walker (7) 15,817 81–78 160 September 28 Devil Rays 5–4 McGowan (12–10) Sonnanstine (6–10) Accardo (30) 34,670 82–78 161 September 29 Devil Rays 5–3 Downs (4–2) Wheeler (1–9) 37,681 83–78 162 September 30 Devil Rays 8–5 Hammel (3–5) Burnett (10–8) Reyes (26) 44,156 83–79

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	R	SB
Russ Adams	27	60	14	.233	2	12	14	2
Howie Clark	31	49	10	.204	0	2	6	1
Royce Clayton	69	189	48	.254	1	12	23	2
Sal Fasano	16	45	8	.178	1	4	5	0
Troy Glaus	115	385	101	.262	20	62	60	0
John-Ford Griffin	6	10	3	.300	1	3	4	0
Aaron Hill	160	608	177	.291	17	78	87	4
Joe Inglett	2	5	3	.600	0	2	0	1
Reed Johnson	79	275	65	.236	2	14	31	4
Adam Lind	89	290	69	.238	11	46	34	1
Hector Luna	22	42	7	.167	1	4	5	2
John McDonald	123	327	82	.251	1	31	32	7
Ray Olmedo	27	51	11	.216	0	1	6	0
Lyle Overbay	122	425	102	.240	10	44	49	2
Jason Phillips	55	144	30	.208	1	12	11	0
Alex Ríos	161	643	191	.297	24	85	114	17
Ryan Roberts	8	13	1	.077	0	0	2	0
Jason Smith	27	52	11	.212	0	4	7	0
Matt Stairs	125	357	103	.289	21	64	58	2
Curtis Thigpen	47	101	24	.238	0	11	13	2
Frank Thomas	155	531	147	.277	26	95	63	0
Vernon Wells	149	584	143	.245	16	80	85	10
Gregg Zaun	110	331	80	.242	10	52	43	0
Pitcher Totals	162	19	4	.211	0	1	1	0
Team Totals	162	5536	1434	.259	165	719	753	57

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

Player	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
Josh Banks	1	7.1	0	0	7.36	2	2
A. J. Burnett	25	165.2	10	8	3.75	66	176
Gustavo Chacín	5	27.1	2	1	5.60	7	11
Roy Halladay	31	225.1	16	7	3.71	48	139
Jesse Litsch	20	111.0	7	9	3.81	36	50
Shaun Marcum (1 HLD)	25	159.0	12	6	4.13	49	122
Dustin McGowan	27	169.2	12	10	4.08	61	144
Tomo Ohka	10	56.0	2	5	5.79	22	21
Ty Taubenheim	1	5.0	0	0	9.00	4	4
Josh Towers	15	107.0	5	10	5.38	22	76
Víctor Zambrano	2	10.2	0	2	10.97	11	5

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	HLD	ERA	BB	SO
Jeremy Accardo	64	67.1	4	4	30	2	2.14	24	57
Jordan De Jong	6	9.0	0	0	0	0	8.00	5	7
Scott Downs	81	58.0	4	2	1	24	2.17	24	57
Jason Frasor	51	57.0	1	5	3	4	4.58	23	59
Lee Gronkiewicz	1	4.0	0	0	0	0	2.25	2	2
Casey Janssen	70	72.2	2	3	6	24	2.35	20	39
Joe Kennedy	9	7.0	1	0	0	2	5.14	5	8
Brandon League	14	11.2	0	0	0	0	6.17	7	7
B. J. Ryan	5	4.1	0	2	3	0	12.46	4	3
Brian Tallet	48	62.1	2	4	0	1	3.47	28	54
Jamie Vermilyea	2	6.0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2
Brian Wolfe	38	45.1	3	1	0	6	2.98	9	22
Team Pitching Totals	162	1448.2	83	79	44	64	4.00	479	1067

As of September 30, 2007

Draft

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

Players selected

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School
1	16 (for Frank Catalanotto)	Kevin Ahrens (SS)	United States	Memorial High School
1	21	J. P. Arencibia (C)	United States	Tennessee
C-A	38 (for Justin Speier)	Brett Cecil (LHP)	United States	Maryland-College Park
C-A	45 (for Frank Catalanotto)	Justin Jackson (SS)	United States	T.C. Roberson High School
C-A	56 (for Ted Lilly)	Trystan Magnuson (RHP)	Canada	Louisville
2	85	John Tolisano (2B)	United States	Estero High School
2	88 (for Justin Speier)	Eric Eiland (CF)	United States	Lamar High School
3	115	Alan Farina (RHP)	United States	Clemson
4	145	Brad Mills (LHP)	United States	Arizona
5	175	Marc Rzepczynski (LHP)	United States	UC-Riverside

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

• Game Logs:

1st Half: Toronto Blue Jays Game Log on ESPN.com

2nd Half: Toronto Blue Jays Game Log on ESPN.com

• Batting Statistics: Toronto Blue Jays stats on ESPN.com
• Pitching Statistics: Toronto Blue Jays pitching stats 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.

External links

• 2007 Toronto Blue Jays team page at Baseball Reference
• 2007 Toronto Blue Jays team page at www.baseball-almanac.com