2007 Toronto Blue Jays
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkRogers Centre
CityToronto
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersRogers; Paul Godfrey (CEO)
General managersJ. P. Ricciardi
ManagersJohn Gibbons
TelevisionRogers 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)
Radio590 AM
Seasons

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

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 9666 0.593 — 51–30 45–36
New York Yankees 9468 0.580 2 52–29 42–39
Toronto Blue Jays 8379 0.512 13 49–32 34–47
Baltimore Orioles 6993 0.426 27 35–46 34–47
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6696 0.407 30 37–44 29–52

Detailed record

TeamHomeAwayTotalGms Left
AL East
Baltimore Orioles6-34-510-8-
Boston Red Sox4-55-49-9-
New York Yankees4-54-58-10-
Tampa Bay Rays5-44-59-9-
19-1717-1936-36-
AL Central
Chicago White Sox3-11-24-3-
Cleveland Indians2-10-32-4-
Detroit Tigers2-21-23-4-
Kansas City Royals2-12-24-3-
Minnesota Twins3-03-46-4-
12-57-1319-18-
AL West
Los Angeles Angels2-12-24-3-
Oakland Athletics0-34-24-5-
Seattle Mariners5-10-35-4-
Texas Rangers5-20-35-5-
12-76-1018-17-
National League
Colorado Rockies3-0N/A3-0-
Los Angeles Dodgers1-22-13-3-
Philadelphia PhilliesN/A1-21-2-
San Francisco GiantsN/A1-21-2-
Washington Nationals2-1N/A2-1-
6-34-510-8-
Month Games Won Lost
April251312
May281216
June271413
July261412
August281513
September281513
1628379

Record vs. opponents

2007 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
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.

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

Roster

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Game log

2007 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2@ Tigers5 – 3 (10)Frasor (1-0)Rodney (0-1)Ryan (1)44,2971-0
2April 4@ Tigers10 – 9Robertson (1-0)Burnett (0-1)Jones (1)24,8811-1
--April 5@ TigersPostponed (cold weather) Rescheduled for September 10
3April 6@ Devil Rays6 – 5Ryu (1-0)Ryan (0-1)38,4371-2
4April 7@ Devil Rays8 – 5Marcum (1-0)Fossum (0-1)Ryan (2)18,4952-2
5April 8@ Devil Rays6 – 3Halladay (1-0)Kazmir (0-1)Janssen (1)12,4363-2
6April 9Royals9 – 1Burnett (1-1)Pérez (0-2)50,1254-2
7April 10Royals6 – 3Greinke (1-1)Towers (0-1)Soria (1)22,1064-3
8April 11Royals7 – 4Chacín (1-0)de la Rosa (1-1)Ryan (3)15,2185-3
9April 12Tigers5 – 4Maroth (2-0)Ohka (0-1)Zumaya (1)20,4165-4
10April 13Tigers2 – 1 (10)Halladay (2-0)Rodney (1-2)26,2686-4
11April 14Tigers10 – 7Ledezma (2-0)Ryan (0-2)Jones (6)28,2036-5
12April 15Tigers2 – 1Towers (1-1)Robertson (2-1)Marcum (1)25,9837-5
13April 17Red Sox2 – 1Chacín (2-0)Matsuzaka (1-2)Frasor (1)42,1628-5
14April 18Red Sox4 – 1Wakefield (2-1)Ohka (0-2)Papelbon (3)20,1888-6
15April 19Red Sox5 – 3Timlin (1-0)Marcum (1-1)Papelbon (4)33,2978-7
16April 20@ Orioles5 – 4Ray (2-1)Zambrano (0-1)25,0258-8
17April 21@ Orioles5 – 2Loewen (2-0)Towers (1-2)Ray (6)25,8988-9
18April 22@ Orioles7 – 3Trachsel (1-1)Chacín (2-1)27,2858-10
19April 23@ Red Sox7 – 3Ohka (1-2)Wakefield (2-2)Frasor (2)36,6699-10
20April 24@ Red Sox10 – 3Halladay (3-0)Tavárez (0-2)37,16110-10
--April 25@ YankeesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 24
21April 26@ Yankees6 – 0Burnett (2-0)Hughes (0-1)45,11811-10
22April 27Rangers5 – 3Tejeda (3-1)Towers (1-3)Otsuka (3)24,79511-11
23April 28Rangers9 – 8 (10)Otsuka (1-0)Tallet (0-1)Benoit (1)24,11911-12
24April 29Rangers7 – 3Ohka (2-2)McCarthy (1-4)27,51612-12
25April 30Rangers6 – 1Halladay (4-0)Padilla (0-4)19,04113-12
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1@ Indians12 – 4Sabathia (4-0)Burnett (2-2)13,38913-13
27May 2@ Indians7 – 6 (11)Mastny (2-0)Marcum (1-2)14,16313-14
28May 3@ Indians6 – 5Fultz (3-0)Frasor (1-1)Borowski (10)16,28413-15
29May 4@ Rangers7 – 1McCarthy (2-4)Ohka (2-3)Eyre (1)24,34213-16
30May 5@ Rangers11 – 4Padilla (1-4)Halladay (4-1)27,42113-17
31May 6@ Rangers3 – 2Benoit (1-1)Burnett (2-3)Otsuka (4)19,10313-18
32May 8Red Sox9 – 2Beckett (7-0)Zambrano (0-2)41,20313-19
33May 9Red Sox9 – 3Matsuzaka (4-2)Ohka (2-4)21,78413-20
34May 10Red Sox8 – 0Wakefield (4-3)Halladay (4-2)22,29013-21
35May 11Devil Rays5 – 1Burnett (3-3)Kazmir (2-2)20,54214-21
36May 12Devil Rays5 – 4Downs (1-0)Stokes (1-5)Accardo (1)23,20815-21
37May 13Devil Rays2 – 1Seo (2-3)Frasor (1-2)Reyes (11)25,45315-22
38May 14Orioles5 – 3Janssen (1-0)Báez (0-2)Accardo (2)19,81916-22
39May 15Orioles2 – 1Litsch (1-0)Cabrera (3-4)Accardo (3)30,95817-22
40May 16Orioles2 – 1Burnett (4-3)Burres (1-2)24,33918-22
41May 18@ Phillies5 – 3Lieber (2-2)McGowan (0-1)Myers (5)34,72318-23
42May 19@ Phillies13 – 2Marcum (2-2)Moyer (4-3)32,00419-23
43May 20@ Phillies5 – 3Eaton (4-3)Litsch (1-1)Myers (6)39,03019-24
44May 22@ Orioles6 – 4Burnett (5-3)Cabrera (3-5)Accardo (4)17,85220-24
45May 23@ Orioles5 – 2Trachsel (3-3)McGowan (0-2)Ray (11)16,93820-25
46May 24@ Orioles5 – 4 (10)Janssen (2-0)Báez (0-4)Accardo (5)15,18221-25
47May 25@ Twins4 – 3Guerrier (1-1)Downs (1-1)Nathan (10)26,78121-26
48May 26@ Twins9 – 8 (13)Tallet (1-1)Guerrier (1-2)31,43422-26
49May 27@ Twins4 – 2Silva (3-5)Burnett (5-4)Nathan (11)25,78122-27
50May 28Yankees7 – 2McGowan (1-2)DeSalvo (1-2)28,79123-27
51May 29Yankees3 – 2Accardo (1-0)Pettitte (3-4)30,11624-27
52May 30Yankees10 – 5Clippard (2-1)Litsch (1-2)Rivera (4)29,18724-28
53May 31White Sox2 – 0Halladay (5-2)Buehrle (2-2)Accardo (6)22,43625-28
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1White Sox3 – 0Vázquez (3-3)Burnett (5-5)Jenks (15)20,05125-29
55June 2White Sox9 – 3McGowan (2-2)MacDougal (1-3)Janssen (2)25,69126-29
56June 3White Sox4 – 3Tallet (2-1)Masset (1-2)Accardo (7)30,88627-29
57June 5Devil Rays12 – 11Towers (2-3)Fossum (3-6)19,06328-29
58June 6Devil Rays6 – 2Kazmir (4-3)Ohka (2-5)16,66328-30
59June 7Devil Rays5 – 3Glover (3-2)Accardo (1-1)Reyes (15)37,10528-31
60June 8@ Dodgers4 – 3 (10)Seánez (3-1)Accardo (1-2)52,17328-32
61June 9@ Dodgers1 – 0Marcum (3-2)Lowe (6-6)Janssen (3)51,05729-32
62June 10@ Dodgers11 – 5Halladay (6-2)Schmidt (1-3)50,18330-32
63June 11@ Giants4 – 3Morris (7-3)Towers (2-4)38,03030-33
64June 12@ Giants3 – 2Lowry (6-5)Burnett (5-6)Hennessey (3)37,57430-34
65June 13@ Giants7 – 4McGowan (3-2)Lincecum (2-1)Accardo (7)40,08631-34
66June 15Nationals7 – 2Halladay (7-2)Bacsik (1-4)22,04232-34
67June 16Nationals7 – 3Marcum (4-2)Speigner (2-3)26,34233-34
68June 17Nationals4 – 2Bowie (4-2)Towers (2-5)Cordero (11)28,86733-35
69June 19Dodgers10 – 1Penny (9-1)McGowan (3-3)22,76333-36
70June 20Dodgers12 – 1Halladay (8-2)Kuo (1-2)24,41334-36
71June 21Dodgers8 – 4Seánez (4-1)Janssen (2-1)25,26534-37
72June 22Rockies9 – 8 (10)Wolfe (1-0)Fuentes (0-1)27,36935-37
73June 23Rockies11 – 6Wolfe (2-0)Cook (4-5)32,48236-37
74June 24Rockies5 – 0McGowan (4-3)Fogg (3-6)33,91037-37
75June 25@ Twins8 – 5Halladay (9-2)Guerrier (1-3)Accardo (9)24,24038-37
76June 26@ Twins2 – 1 (12)Rincón (3-1)Tallet (2-2)27,00038-38
77June 27@ Twins5 – 4Towers (3-5)Bonser (5-4)Accardo (10)30,95939-38
78June 28@ Twins8 – 5Silva (6-8)Frasor (1-3)Nathan (15)31,03839-39
79June 29@ Mariners5 – 3Washburn (7-6)McGowan (4-4)Putz (23)41,86239-40
80June 30@ Mariners8 – 3Batista (8-6)Halladay (9-3)36,10239-41
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1@ Mariners2 – 1Putz (1-0)Accardo (1-3)38,77839-42
82July 2@ Athletics11 – 7Towers (4-5)DiNardo (3-5)13,28140-42
83July 3@ Athletics3 – 1Blanton (8-4)Litsch (1-3)35,07740-43
84July 4@ Athletics10 – 3McGowan (5-4)Kennedy (2-7)26,56641-43
85July 6Indians8 – 6Halladay (10-3)Lee (5-5)Accardo (11)28,52642-43
86July 7Indians9 – 4Carmona (10-4)Marcum (4-3)25,74442-44
87July 8Indians1 – 0Accardo (2-3)Byrd (7-4)28,23943-44
88July 12@ Red Sox7 – 4Wakefield (10-8)Halladay (10-4)Papelbon (21)36,88743-45
89July 13@ Red Sox6 – 5Marcum (5-3)Snyder (1-2)Accardo (12)36,90844-45
90July 14@ Red Sox9 – 4Matsuzaka (11-6)McGowan (5-5)36,83044-46
91July 15@ Red Sox2 – 1Litsch (2-3)Beckett (12-3)Accardo (13)36,30145-46
92July 16@ Yankees6 – 4Proctor (2-5)Towers (4-6)Rivera (14)52,99345-47
93July 17@ Yankees3 – 2 (10)Vizcaíno (6-2)Janssen (2-2)51,96145-48
94July 18@ Yankees6 – 2Myers (1-0)Marcum (5-4)Rivera (15)52,14745-49
95July 19@ Yankees3 – 2McGowan (6-5)Wang (10-5)Accardo (14)53,85746-49
96July 20Mariners4 – 2Batista (10-7)Litsch (2-4)Putz (29)27,07946-50
97July 21Mariners1 – 0Towers (5-6)Weaver (2-8)Accardo (15)28,92147-50
98July 22Mariners8 – 0Halladay (11-4)Hernández (6-6)29,08348-50
99July 23Twins6 – 4Marcum (6-4)Santana (11-8)Accardo (16)26,09149-50
100July 24Twins7 – 0McGowan (7-5)Baker (4-4)30,66950-50
101July 25Twins13 – 1Litsch (3-4)Silva (8-11)37,34251-50
102July 27@ White Sox4 – 3Garland (8-7)Towers (5-7)Jenks (29)34,59051-51
103July 28@ White Sox2 – 0Buehrle (8-6)Halladay (11-5)Jenks (30)37,74451-52
104July 29@ White Sox4 – 1Marcum (7-4)Vázquez (8-6)Accardo (17)36,57152-52
105July 30@ Devil Rays5 – 4 (11)Dohmann (1-0)Wolfe (2-1)8,80752-53
106July 31@ Devil Rays2 – 0Litsch (4-4)Jackson (2-11)Accardo (18)10,56953-53
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1@ Devil Rays6 – 2Glover (5-3)Towers (5-8)10,10953-54
108August 3Rangers6 – 4Halladay (12-5)Wright (3-4)Accardo (19)23,77754-54
109August 4Rangers9 – 5Marcum (8-4)Eyre (3-4)25,23155-54
110August 5Rangers4 – 1McGowan (8-5)McCarthy (5-8)Accardo (20)29,59356-54
111August 6Yankees5 – 4Pettitte (8-7)Downs (1-2)Rivera (18)42,71456-55
112August 7Yankees9 – 2Clemens (4-5)Towers (5-9)38,07856-56
113August 8Yankees15 – 4Halladay (13-5)Wang (13-6)40,81157-56
114August 10@ Royals2 – 1Marcum (9-4)Meche (7-10)Accardo (21)21,27658-56
115August 11@ Royals4 – 1Núñez (2-0)McGowan (8-6)Soria (13)25,93458-57
116August 12@ Royals4 – 1Burnett (6-6)Bannister (8-7)Accardo (22)18,38159-57
117August 13@ Royals6 – 2Pérez (7-11)Litsch (4-5)14,84559-58
118August 14Angels4 – 1Halladay (14-5)Saunders (6-1)31,97860-58
119August 15Angels2 – 1Marcum (10-4)Moseley (4-2)Accardo (23)30,35361-58
120August 16Angels4 – 3Escobar (13-6)McGowan (8-7)Rodríguez (30)27,86161-59
121August 17Orioles5 – 2Burnett (7-6)Olson (1-2)Accardo (24)25,52462-59
122August 18Orioles5 – 3Trachsel (6-7)Litsch (4-6)Báez (2)33,38762-60
123August 19Orioles3 – 2 (10)Downs (2-2)Bradford (2-6)38,13263-60
124August 20Athletics6 – 4Blanton (11-8)Marcum (10-5)Street (11)27,19363-61
125August 21Athletics6 – 4Haren (14-4)Tallet (2-3)Street (12)32,63963-62
126August 22Athletics4 – 1Loaiza (1-0)Burnett (7-7)Embree (16)31,14563-63
127August 23@ Angels5 – 4Litsch (5-6)Santana (5-12)Accardo (25)41,00964-63
128August 24@ Angels3 – 0Weaver (9-6)Halladay (14-6)Rodríguez (32)41,13164-64
129August 25@ Angels9 – 2Marcum (11-5)Saunders (7-2)41,63165-64
130August 26@ Angels3 – 1Escobar (15-6)McGowan (8-8)Rodríguez (33)40,56565-65
131August 27@ Athletics6 – 2 (12)Accardo (3-3)Embree (1-2)18,09266-65
132August 28@ Athletics5 – 4Wolfe (3-1)Brown (2-1)Janssen (4)20,54267-65
133August 29@ Athletics5 – 4 (11)Lugo (5-0)Frasor (1-4)16,01567-66
134August 31Mariners7 – 5Marcum (12-5)Washburn (9-12)Accardo (26)34,51868-66
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1Mariners2 – 1McGowan (9-8)Green (5-2)Accardo (27)30,67269-66
136September 2Mariners6 – 4Burnett (8-7)Weaver (6-11)Janssen (5)32,16670-66
137September 3@ Red Sox13 – 10Matsuzaka (14-11)Litsch (5-7)Papelbon (32)36,63970-67
138September 4@ Red Sox5 – 3Beckett (17-6)Halladay (14-7)Papelbon (33)36,83970-68
139September 5@ Red Sox6 – 4Accardo (4-3)Okajima (3-2)37,10671-68
140September 7@ Devil Rays7 – 2McGowan (10-8)Jackson (4-14)18,61772-68
141September 8@ Devil Rays5 – 4Reyes (2-2)Accardo (4-4)19,82272-69
142September 9@ Devil Rays3 – 2Shields (10-8)Litsch (5-8)Reyes (23)20,55672-70
143September 10@ Tigers5 – 4Bazardo (1-1)Janssen (2-3)35,68972-71
144September 11Yankees9 – 2Hughes (3-3)Marcum (12-6)30,47272-72
145September 12Yankees4 – 1Mussina (9-10)McGowan (10-9)Rivera (26)27,08272-73
146September 13Yankees2 – 1Downs (3-2)Britton (0-1)32,63273-73
147September 14Orioles6 – 2Burres (6-5)Litsch (5-9)31,10673-74
148September 15Orioles8 – 3Halladay (15-7)Birkins (1-2)37,44174-74
149September 16Orioles8 – 6 (12)Bell (4-3)Frasor (1-5)Cabrera (1)38,93474-75
150September 17Red Sox6 – 1McGowan (11-9)Wakefield (16-11)29,31675-75
151September 18Red Sox4 – 3Burnett (9-7)Gagné (3-2)Downs (1)32,39076-75
152September 19Red Sox6 – 1Litsch (6-9)Buchholz (3-1)Accardo (28)34,92777-75
153September 21@ Yankees5 – 4 (14)Kennedy (4-9)Bruney (3-2)Frasor (3)54,15178-75
154September 22@ Yankees12 – 11 (10)Karstens (1-3)Towers (5-10)54,88778-76
155September 23@ Yankees7 – 5Mussina (11-10)McGowan (11-10)Chamberlain (1)54,98378-77
156September 24@ Yankees4 – 1Litsch (7-9)Pettitte (14-9)Janssen (6)53,26179-77
157September 25@ Orioles11 – 4Burnett (10-7)Burres (6-7)15,86780-77
158September 26@ Orioles8 – 5Halladay (16-7)Zambrano (0-3)Accardo (29)15,42481-77
159September 27@ Orioles8 – 5Hoey (3-4)Tallet (2-4)Walker (7)15,81781-78
160September 28Devil Rays5 – 4McGowan (12-10)Sonnanstine (6-10)Accardo (30)34,67082-78
161September 29Devil Rays5 – 3Downs (4-2)Wheeler (1-9)37,68183-78
162September 30Devil Rays8 – 5Hammel (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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI R SB
Russ Adams276014.233212142
Howie Clark314910.2040261
Royce Clayton6918948.254112232
Sal Fasano16458.1781450
Troy Glaus115385101.2622062600
John-Ford Griffin6103.3001340
Aaron Hill160608177.2911778874
Joe Inglett253.6000201
Reed Johnson7927565.236214314
Adam Lind8929069.2381146341
Hector Luna22427.1671452
John McDonald12332782.251131327
Ray Olmedo275111.2160160
Lyle Overbay122425102.2401044492
Jason Phillips5514430.208112110
Alex Ríos161643191.297248511417
Ryan Roberts8131.0770020
Jason Smith275211.2120470
Matt Stairs125357103.2892164582
Curtis Thigpen4710124.238011132
Frank Thomas155531147.2772695630
Vernon Wells149584143.24516808510
Gregg Zaun11033180.2421052430
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

Player GS IP W L ERA BB SO
Josh Banks17.1007.3622
A. J. Burnett25165.21083.7566176
Gustavo Chacín527.1215.60711
Roy Halladay31225.11673.7148139
Jesse Litsch20111.0793.813650
Shaun Marcum (1 HLD)25159.01264.1349122
Dustin McGowan27169.212104.0861144
Tomo Ohka1056.0255.792221
Ty Taubenheim15.0009.0044
Josh Towers15107.05105.382276
Víctor Zambrano210.20210.97115

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

Player G IP W L SV HLD ERA BB SO
Jeremy Accardo6467.1443022.142457
Jordan De Jong69.000008.0057
Scott Downs8158.0421242.172457
Jason Frasor5157.015344.582359
Lee Gronkiewicz14.000002.2522
Casey Janssen7072.2236242.352039
Joe Kennedy97.010025.1458
Brandon League1411.200006.1777
B. J. Ryan54.1023012.4643
Brian Tallet4862.124013.472854
Jamie Vermilyea26.000000.0002
Brian Wolfe3845.131062.98922
Team Pitching Totals1621448.2837944644.004791067

As of September 30, 2007

Draft

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

Players Selected

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

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
  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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