2007 San Diego Padres
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkPetco Park
CitySan Diego, California
Record89–74 (.546)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersJohn Moores
General managersKevin Towers
ManagersBud Black
Television4SD
Matt Vasgersian, Mark Grant, Tony Gwynn
Cablemas (Spanish)
RadioXX Sports Radio
Ted Leitner, Jerry Coleman, Andy Masur
XEMO-AM (Spanish)
Seasons
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.

Offseason

  • November 8, 2006: Kevin Kouzmanoff was traded by the Cleveland Indians with Andrew Brown to the San Diego Padres for Josh Barfield.[1]
  • December 20, 2006: Marcus Giles was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.[2]
  • January 3, 2007: Pete LaForest was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.[3]

Regular season

Season standings

National League West

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Arizona Diamondbacks 9072 0.556 — 50–31 40–41
Colorado Rockies 9073 0.552 ½ 51–31 39–42
San Diego Padres 8974 0.546 1½ 47–34 42–40
Los Angeles Dodgers 8280 0.506 8 43–38 39–42
San Francisco Giants 7191 0.438 19 39–42 32–49

Record vs. opponents

2007 National League record

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona—4–24–22–48–106–15–28–102–53–45–15–410–810–84–36–18–7
Atlanta2–4—5–41–64–210–83–34–35–29–99–95–15–24–33–411–74–11
Chicago2–44–5—9–95–20–68–72–59–62–53–48–73–55–211–56–18–4
Cincinnati4–26–19–9—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
Florida1–68–106–03–43–3—2–34–32–57–119–93–43–41–62–48–109–9
Houston2–53–37–811–44–33-2—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
Milwaukee5–22–56–97–82–45–213–53–3—2–43–410–62–54–57–84–28–7
New York4–39–95–25–22–411–75–25–54–2—6–124–22–44–25–29–98–7
Philadelphia1-59–94–34–23–49–93–32–44–312–6—4–24–34–46–312–68–7
Pittsburgh4–51–57–87–93–44–310–52–56–102–42–4—1–64–26–124–25–10
San Diego8–102–55–34–28–114–33–410–85–24–23–46–1—14–43–44–26–9
San Francisco8–103–42–53–48–106–14–28–105–42–44–42–44–14—4–13–45–10
St. Louis3–44–35–119–64–34-29–73–38–72–53–612–64–31–4—1–56–9
Washington1–67–111–66–13–410-85–21–52–49–96–122–42–44–35–1—9–9

Roster

2007 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CJosh Bard118389111.285551
1BAdrián González161646182.28230100
2BMarcus Giles11642096.229439
SSKhalil Greene153611155.2542797
3BKevin Kouzmanoff145484133.2751874
LFTermel Sledge10020042.210723
CFMike Cameron151571138.2422178
RFBrian Giles121483131.2711351

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Geoff Blum12233083.252533
José Cruz Jr.9125660.234621
Milton Bradley4214445.3131130
Michael Barrett4413330.226012
Russell Branyan6112224.197719
Scott Hairston318725.287820
Rob Bowen308222.268211
Hiram Bocachica276315.23812
Morgan Ensberg305813.22448
Rob Mackowiak285611.19602
Brady Clark214915.30606
Paul McAnulty20408.20015
Oscar Robles24266.23102
Pete LaForest10259.36013
Chase Headley8184.22200
Brian Myrow12101.10001
Craig Stansberry1172.28601
Jason Lane320.00000
Colt Morton110.00000
Drew Macias100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jake Peavy34223.11962.54240
Greg Maddux34198.014114.14104
Chris Young30173.0983.12167
Justin Germano26133.17104.4678
David Wells22118.2585.5463
Tim Stauffer27.20121.136

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Clay Hensley1350.0236.8430
Brett Tomko727.1214.6126
Jack Cassel622.2113.9711

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Trevor Hoffman6145422.9844
Heath Bell816422.02102
Cla Meredith805603.5059
Doug Brocail675103.0543
Kevin Cameron482002.7950
Scott Linebrink443313.8025
Justin Hampson392302.7034
Joe Thatcher222201.2916
Royce Ring151003.6017
Wil Ledezma90006.2816
Mike Thompson70106.895
Aaron Rakers10000.000

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

Level Team League Manager
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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Antonio

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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