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selflink">2007</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_in_baseball" title="2008 in baseball">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_in_baseball" title="2009 in baseball">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_in_baseball" title="2010 in baseball">2010</a> <a href="/wiki/Category:Baseball_by_year" title="Category:Baseball by year">→</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size:larger; line-height:1.8em;"> <hr /><a href="/wiki/2007_in_sports" title="2007 in sports">2007 in sports</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_air_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 in air sports (page does not exist)">Air sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_in_American_football" title="2007 in American football">American football</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_aquatic_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 in aquatic sports (page does not exist)">Aquatic sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_in_association_football" title="2007 in association football">Association football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_in_the_sport_of_athletics" title="2007 in the sport of athletics">Athletics</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_Australian_rules_football&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 in Australian rules football (page does not exist)">Australian rules football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_in_badminton" title="2007 in badminton">Badminton</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Baseball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_in_basketball" title="2007 in basketball">Basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_Canadian_football&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 in Canadian football (page does not exist)">Canadian football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_in_chess" title="2007 in chess">Chess</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_sport_climbing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 in sport climbing (page does not exist)">Climbing</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_combat_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 in combat sports (page does not exist)">Combat sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2007_in_sumo" title="2007 in sumo">Sumo</a></li></ul></li> <li>Cricket <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_cricket_in_2006%E2%80%9307" title="International cricket in 2006–07">2006–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_cricket_in_2007" title="International cricket in 2007">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_cricket_in_2007%E2%80%9308" title="International cricket in 2007–08">2007–08</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_cycling&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 in cycling (page does not exist)">Cycling</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_dance_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 in dance sports (page does not exist)">Dance sports</a></li> <li><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_sailing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 in sailing (page does not exist)">Sailing</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_skiing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 in skiing (page does not exist)">Skiing</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_speedway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 in speedway (page does not exist)">Speedway</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=International_rugby_league_in_2007&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="International rugby league in 2007 (page does not exist)">Rugby league‎</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_in_rugby_union" title="2007 in rugby union">Rugby union</a></li> <li>Snooker <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_snooker_season" title="2006–07 snooker season">2006–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_snooker_season" title="2007–08 snooker season">2007–08</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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<th>Wild Card Qualifier </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim">Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Diamondbacks" title="Arizona Diamondbacks">Arizona Diamondbacks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Rockies" title="Colorado Rockies">Colorado Rockies</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2007_World_Series" title="2007 World Series">World Series</a> Champion – <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a></li> <li>Postseason – October 2 to October 28</li></ul> <table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Division Series<br />(<a href="/wiki/2007_American_League_Division_Series" title="2007 American League Division Series">ALDS</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007_National_League_Division_Series" title="2007 National League Division Series">NLDS</a>) </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid 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style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2007_Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season">LA Angels</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Boston</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Cleveland </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/2007_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="2007 Cleveland Indians season">Cleveland</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2007_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2007 New York Yankees season">NY Yankees</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">AL1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Boston</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">NL4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Colorado </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/2007_Arizona_Diamondbacks_season" title="2007 Arizona Diamondbacks season">Arizona</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2007_Chicago_Cubs_season" title="2007 Chicago Cubs season">Chicago Cubs</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Arizona </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Colorado</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2007_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2007 Philadelphia Phillies season">Philadelphia</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/2007_Colorado_Rockies_season" title="2007 Colorado Rockies season">Colorado</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/2007_World_Series" title="2007 World Series">World Series</a> MVP – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Lowell" title="Mike Lowell">Mike Lowell</a> (<a href="/wiki/2007_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="2007 Boston Red Sox season">Boston Red Sox</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2007 American League Championship Series">ALCS</a> MVP – <a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Josh Beckett</a> (<a href="/wiki/2007_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="2007 Boston Red Sox season">Boston Red Sox</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2007 National League Championship Series">NLCS</a> MVP – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Holliday" title="Matt Holliday">Matt Holliday</a> (<a href="/wiki/2007_Colorado_Rockies_season" title="2007 Colorado Rockies season">Colorado Rockies</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a>, July 10 at <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T Park">AT&T Park</a> – American League, 5–4; <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichiro Suzuki</a> (<a href="/wiki/2007_Seattle_Mariners_season" title="2007 Seattle Mariners season">Seattle Mariners</a>), MVP <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2007_Major_League_Baseball_Home_Run_Derby" title="2007 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby">State Farm Insurance Home Run Derby</a>, July 9 – <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Guerrero" title="Vladimir Guerrero">Vladimir Guerrero</a> (<a href="/wiki/2007_Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season">Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_champions">Other champions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Other champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">Minor League Baseball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bricktown_Showdown" class="mw-redirect" title="Bricktown Showdown">Triple-A Championship</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_River_Cats" title="Sacramento River Cats">Sacramento River Cats</a> (Athletics) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_League" title="International League">International League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Richmond_Braves" title="Richmond Braves">Richmond Braves</a> (Braves)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a>: Sacramento River Cats (Athletics)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_League" title="Mexican League">Mexican League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sultanes_de_Monterrey" title="Sultanes de Monterrey">Sultanes de Monterrey</a></li></ul></li> <li>AA <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_League_(1938%E2%80%932020)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern League (1938–2020)">Eastern League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Erie_SeaWolves" title="Erie SeaWolves">Erie SeaWolves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_League_(1964%E2%80%932020)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern League (1964–2020)">Southern League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_Biscuits" title="Montgomery Biscuits">Montgomery Biscuits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_League" title="Texas League">Texas League</a>: <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Missions" title="San Antonio Missions">San Antonio Missions</a></li></ul></li> <li>A-Advanced <ul><li><a href="/wiki/California_League" title="California League">California League</a>: <a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Giants" title="San Jose Giants">San Jose Giants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolina_League" title="Carolina League">Carolina League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Keys" title="Frederick Keys">Frederick Keys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_State_League" title="Florida State League">Florida State League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Clearwater_Threshers" title="Clearwater Threshers">Clearwater Threshers</a></li></ul></li> <li>Class A <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Midwest_League" title="Midwest League">Midwest League</a>: <a href="/wiki/West_Michigan_Whitecaps" title="West Michigan Whitecaps">West Michigan Whitecaps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Atlantic_League" title="South Atlantic League">South Atlantic League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Columbus_Catfish" title="Columbus Catfish">Columbus Catfish</a></li></ul></li> <li>Class A Short Season <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_York%E2%80%93Penn_League" title="New York–Penn League">New York–Penn League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Auburn_Doubledays" title="Auburn Doubledays">Auburn Doubledays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_League" title="Northwest League">Northwest League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Salem-Keizer_Volcanoes" title="Salem-Keizer Volcanoes">Salem-Keizer Volcanoes</a></li></ul></li> <li>Rookie <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Appalachian_League" title="Appalachian League">Appalachian League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Elizabethton_Twins" title="Elizabethton Twins">Elizabethton Twins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf Coast League">Gulf Coast League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast_Yankees" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf Coast Yankees">Gulf Coast Yankees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_League_(baseball)" title="Pioneer League (baseball)">Pioneer League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Orem_Owlz" title="Orem Owlz">Orem Owlz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arizona_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Arizona League">Arizona League</a>: <a href="/wiki/AZL_Mariners" class="mw-redirect" title="AZL Mariners">AZL Mariners</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent baseball">Independent baseball leagues</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alaska_Baseball_League" title="Alaska Baseball League">Alaska Baseball League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fairbanks_AIA_Fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Fairbanks AIA Fire">Fairbanks AIA Fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Association_(21st_century)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Association (21st century)">American Association</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth_Cats" title="Fort Worth Cats">Fort Worth Cats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_League_of_Professional_Baseball" title="Atlantic League of Professional Baseball">Atlantic League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Newark_Bears" title="Newark Bears">Newark Bears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian-American_Association_of_Professional_Baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball">Canadian-American Association</a>: <a href="/wiki/Nashua_Pride" title="Nashua Pride">Nashua Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontier_League" title="Frontier League">Frontier League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Windy_City_ThunderBolts" title="Windy City ThunderBolts">Windy City ThunderBolts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Baseball_League" title="Golden Baseball League">Golden Baseball League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chico_Outlaws" title="Chico Outlaws">Chico Outlaws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_League_(baseball,_1993%E2%80%932010)" title="Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010)">Northern League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gary_SouthShore_RailCats" title="Gary SouthShore RailCats">Gary SouthShore RailCats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_League_Baseball" title="United League Baseball">United League Baseball</a>: <a href="/wiki/Alexandria_Aces" title="Alexandria Aces">Alexandria Aces</a></li></ul></li> <li>Amateur <ul><li><a href="/wiki/College_baseball" title="College baseball">College baseball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2007_College_World_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 College World Series">College World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Oregon_State_Beavers_baseball" title="Oregon State Beavers baseball">Oregon State University</a> def. <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels" title="North Carolina Tar Heels">University of North Carolina</a> 2 games to 0</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">NCAA Division II</a>: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tampa" title="University of Tampa">University of Tampa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III" title="NCAA Division III">NCAA Division III</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kean_University" title="Kean University">Kean University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics" title="National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics">NAIA</a>: <a href="/wiki/Lewis-Clark_State_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis-Clark State College">Lewis-Clark State College</a></li></ul></li> <li>Youth <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2007_Big_League_World_Series" title="2007 Big League World Series">Big League World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Easley,_South_Carolina" title="Easley, South Carolina">Easley, South Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Junior_League_World_Series" title="2007 Junior League World Series">Junior League World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Warner_Robins,_Georgia" title="Warner Robins, Georgia">Warner Robins, Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Little_League_World_Series" title="2007 Little League World Series">Little League World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pearl_City,_Hawaii" title="Pearl City, Hawaii">Pearl City, Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Senior_League_World_Series" title="2007 Senior League World Series">Senior League World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cartersville,_Georgia" title="Cartersville, Georgia">Cartersville, Georgia</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>International <ul><li>National teams <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2007_Baseball_World_Cup" title="2007 Baseball World Cup">Baseball World Cup</a>: <a href="/wiki/United_States_national_baseball_team" title="United States national baseball team">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Asian_Baseball_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Asian Baseball Championships">Asian Baseball Championship</a>: <a href="/wiki/Japan_national_baseball_team" title="Japan national baseball team">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_European_Baseball_Championship" title="2007 European Baseball Championship">European Baseball Championship</a>: <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_national_baseball_team" title="Netherlands national baseball team">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_at_the_2007_Pan_American_Games" title="Baseball at the 2007 Pan American Games">Pan-Am Games</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cuba_national_baseball_team" title="Cuba national baseball team">Cuba</a></li></ul></li> <li>International club team competitions <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2007_Caribbean_Series" title="2007 Caribbean Series">Caribbean Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/%C3%81guilas_Cibae%C3%B1as" title="Águilas Cibaeñas">Águilas Cibaeñas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_European_Cup_(baseball)" title="2007 European Cup (baseball)">European Cup</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kinheim" title="Kinheim">Corendon Kinheim</a> (Netherlands) [1]</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konami_Cup_Asia_Series_2007" class="mw-redirect" title="Konami Cup Asia Series 2007">Konami Cup Asia Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chunichi_Dragons" title="Chunichi Dragons">Chunichi Dragons</a> (Japan)</li></ul></li> <li>Domestic leagues <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Baseball_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Baseball Federation">Australia</a> – <a href="/wiki/Claxton_Shield_2007" class="mw-redirect" title="Claxton Shield 2007">Claxton Shield</a> : <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Aces" title="Victoria Aces">Victoria Aces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China_Baseball_League" title="China Baseball League">China Baseball League</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tianjin_Lions" title="Tianjin Lions">Tianjin Lions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006-07_Cuban_National_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="2006-07 Cuban National Series">Cuban National Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Santiago_de_Cuba_(baseball_team)" class="mw-redirect" title="Santiago de Cuba (baseball team)">Santiago de Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Winter_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Dominican Winter League">Dominican Winter League</a>: <a href="/wiki/%C3%81guilas_Cibae%C3%B1as" title="Águilas Cibaeñas">Águilas Cibaeñas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holland_Series" title="Holland Series">Holland Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kinheim" title="Kinheim">Corendon Kinheim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serie_A1_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Serie A1 (baseball)">Italian Serie A1 <i>Scudetto</i></a> – <a href="/wiki/Grosseto" title="Grosseto">Grosseto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Japan_Series" title="2007 Japan Series">Japan Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chunichi_Dragons" title="Chunichi Dragons">Chunichi Dragons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Korean_Series" title="2007 Korean Series">Korean Series</a> – <a href="/wiki/SK_Wyverns" class="mw-redirect" title="SK Wyverns">SK Wyverns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Pacific_League" title="Mexican Pacific League">Mexican Pacific League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Naranjeros_de_Hermosillo" title="Naranjeros de Hermosillo">Naranjeros de Hermosillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rican_Professional_Baseball_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League">Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gigantes_de_Carolina_(baseball)" title="Gigantes de Carolina (baseball)">Gigantes de Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Series" title="Taiwan Series">Taiwan Series</a> – <a href="/wiki/Uni-President_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="Uni-President Lions">Uni-President Lions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_Professional_Baseball_League" title="Venezuelan Professional Baseball League">Venezuelan Professional Baseball League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Tigres_de_Aragua" title="Tigres de Aragua">Tigres de Aragua</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <p>1 – The appearance by the Huskies of Rouen, France in the final marks the first time since 1976 that a team from outside the professional leagues of <a href="/wiki/Hoofdklasse_Honkbal" class="mw-redirect" title="Hoofdklasse Honkbal">the Netherlands</a> or <a href="/wiki/Serie_A1_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Serie A1 (baseball)">Italy</a> has finished in the top two. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_balloting,_2007" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2007">Baseball Hall of Fame honors</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cal_Ripken_Jr." title="Cal Ripken Jr.">Cal Ripken Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Gwynn" title="Tony Gwynn">Tony Gwynn</a> are elected by the <a href="/wiki/BBWAA" class="mw-redirect" title="BBWAA">BBWAA</a> in their first year of eligibility.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Hummel" title="Rick Hummel">Rick Hummel</a>, columnist for the <i><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Post-Dispatch" title="St. Louis Post-Dispatch">St. Louis Post-Dispatch</a></i> who covered the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> for three decades, received the <a href="/wiki/J._G._Taylor_Spink_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="J. G. Taylor Spink Award">J. G. Taylor Spink Award</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denny_Matthews" title="Denny Matthews">Denny Matthews</a>, broadcaster for the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> since the team's 1969 formation, received the <a href="/wiki/Ford_C._Frick_Award" title="Ford C. Frick Award">Ford C. Frick Award</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award#Baseball_Writers'_Association_of_America's_Most_Valuable_Player" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">MVP Awards</a> <ul><li><i>National League</i> <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rollins" title="Jimmy Rollins">Jimmy Rollins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a></li> <li><i>American League</i> <a href="/wiki/Alex_Rodriguez" title="Alex Rodriguez">Alex Rodriguez</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award#List_of_Cy_Young_Award_Winners" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Awards</a> <ul><li><i>National League</i> <a href="/wiki/Jake_Peavy" title="Jake Peavy">Jake Peavy</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a></li> <li><i>American League</i> <a href="/wiki/CC_Sabathia" title="CC Sabathia">CC Sabathia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award#Winners" title="Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award">Rookie of the Year Awards</a> <ul><li><i>National League</i> <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Braun" title="Ryan Braun">Ryan Braun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a></li> <li><i>American League</i> <a href="/wiki/Dustin_Pedroia" title="Dustin Pedroia">Dustin Pedroia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manager_of_the_Year_Award#Manager_of_the_Year_Awards_(1983–present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Manager of the Year Award">Manager of the Year Awards</a> <ul><li><i>National League</i> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Melvin" title="Bob Melvin">Bob Melvin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Diamondbacks" title="Arizona Diamondbacks">Arizona Diamondbacks</a></li> <li><i>American League</i> <a href="/wiki/Eric_Wedge" title="Eric Wedge">Eric Wedge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a></li></ul></li> <li>Woman Executive of the Year (major or minor league): Shari Massengill, <a href="/wiki/Kinston_Indians" title="Kinston Indians">Kinston Indians</a>, Carolina League</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silver_Slugger#American_League_winners" class="mw-redirect" title="Silver Slugger">Silver Slugger Awards</a> <ul><li><i>American League</i> <ul><li>DH: <a href="/wiki/David_Ortiz" title="David Ortiz">David Ortiz</a></li> <li>C: <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Posada" title="Jorge Posada">Jorge Posada</a></li> <li>1B: <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Pe%C3%B1a" title="Carlos Peña">Carlos Peña</a></li> <li>2B: <a href="/wiki/Pl%C3%A1cido_Polanco" title="Plácido Polanco">Plácido Polanco</a></li> <li>3B: <a href="/wiki/Alex_Rodriguez" title="Alex Rodriguez">Alex Rodriguez</a></li> <li>SS: <a href="/wiki/Derek_Jeter" title="Derek Jeter">Derek Jeter</a></li> <li>OF: <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Guerrero" title="Vladimir Guerrero">Vladimir Guerrero</a></li> <li>OF: <a href="/wiki/Magglio_Ord%C3%B3%C3%B1ez" title="Magglio Ordóñez">Magglio Ordóñez</a></li> <li>OF: <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichiro Suzuki</a></li></ul></li> <li><i>National League</i> <ul><li>P: <a href="/wiki/Micah_Owings" title="Micah Owings">Micah Owings</a></li> <li>C: <a href="/wiki/Russell_Martin_(baseball)" title="Russell Martin (baseball)">Russell Martin</a></li> <li>1B: <a href="/wiki/Prince_Fielder" title="Prince Fielder">Prince Fielder</a></li> <li>2B: <a href="/wiki/Chase_Utley" title="Chase Utley">Chase Utley</a></li> <li>3B: <a href="/wiki/David_Wright" title="David Wright">David Wright</a></li> <li>SS: <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rollins" title="Jimmy Rollins">Jimmy Rollins</a></li> <li>OF: <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Beltr%C3%A1n" title="Carlos Beltrán">Carlos Beltrán</a></li> <li>OF: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Holliday" title="Matt Holliday">Matt Holliday</a></li> <li>OF: <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Lee" title="Carlos Lee">Carlos Lee</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Youkilis_in_the_field.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Youkilis_in_the_field.jpg/220px-Youkilis_in_the_field.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="243" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Youkilis_in_the_field.jpg/330px-Youkilis_in_the_field.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Youkilis_in_the_field.jpg/440px-Youkilis_in_the_field.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1087" data-file-height="1199" /></a><figcaption>Gold Glove first baseman <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Youkilis" title="Kevin Youkilis">Kevin Youkilis</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Glove#American_League_winners" class="mw-redirect" title="Gold Glove">Gold Glove Awards</a> <ul><li><i>American League</i> <ul><li>P: <a href="/wiki/Johan_Santana" title="Johan Santana">Johan Santana</a></li> <li>C: <a href="/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Iván Rodríguez">Iván Rodríguez</a></li> <li>1B: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Youkilis" title="Kevin Youkilis">Kevin Youkilis</a></li> <li>2B: <a href="/wiki/Pl%C3%A1cido_Polanco" title="Plácido Polanco">Plácido Polanco</a></li> <li>3B: <a href="/wiki/Adri%C3%A1n_Beltr%C3%A9" title="Adrián Beltré">Adrián Beltré</a></li> <li>SS: <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Cabrera" title="Orlando Cabrera">Orlando Cabrera</a></li> <li>OF: <a href="/wiki/Torii_Hunter" title="Torii Hunter">Torii Hunter</a></li> <li>OF: <a href="/wiki/Grady_Sizemore" title="Grady Sizemore">Grady Sizemore</a></li> <li>OF: <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichiro Suzuki</a></li></ul></li> <li><i>National League</i> <ul><li>P: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Maddux" title="Greg Maddux">Greg Maddux</a> (his record 17th)</li> <li>C: <a href="/wiki/Russell_Martin_(baseball)" title="Russell Martin (baseball)">Russell Martin</a></li> <li>1B: <a href="/wiki/Derrek_Lee" title="Derrek Lee">Derrek Lee</a></li> <li>2B: <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Hudson" title="Orlando Hudson">Orlando Hudson</a></li> <li>3B: <a href="/wiki/David_Wright" title="David Wright">David Wright</a></li> <li>SS: <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rollins" title="Jimmy Rollins">Jimmy Rollins</a></li> <li>OF: <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Beltr%C3%A1n" title="Carlos Beltrán">Carlos Beltrán</a></li> <li>OF: <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Francoeur" title="Jeff Francoeur">Jeff Francoeur</a> *</li> <li>OF: <a href="/wiki/Andruw_Jones" title="Andruw Jones">Andruw Jones</a></li> <li>OF: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Rowand" title="Aaron Rowand">Aaron Rowand</a> *</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <p>* Francoeur and Rowand finished tied in the voting </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_league_baseball_final_standings">Major league baseball final standings</h2><span 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title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a></b></td> <td>96</td> <td>66</td> <td>.593</td> <td>   – </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a><sup>†</sup></td> <td>94</td> <td>68</td> <td>.580</td> <td>  2.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a></td> <td>83</td> <td>79</td> <td>.512</td> <td>13.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a></td> <td>69</td> <td>93</td> <td>.426</td> <td>27.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Devil_Rays" class="mw-redirect" title="Tampa Bay Devil Rays">Tampa Bay Devil Rays</a></td> <td>66</td> <td>96</td> <td>.407</td> <td>30.0 </td></tr> <tr align="center" style="background:lightblue;"> <th colspan="6"><a href="/wiki/American_League_Central" title="American League Central">Central Division</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1st</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a></td> <td>96</td> <td>66</td> <td>.593</td> <td>   – </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a></td> <td>88</td> <td>74</td> <td>.543</td> <td>  8.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a></td> <td>79</td> <td>83</td> <td>.488</td> <td>17.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a></td> <td>72</td> <td>90</td> <td>.444</td> <td>24.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a></td> <td>69</td> <td>93</td> <td>.426</td> <td>27.0 </td></tr> <tr align="center" style="background:lightblue;"> <th colspan="6"><a href="/wiki/American_League_West" title="American League West">West Division</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1st</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Los Angeles Angels</a></td> <td>94</td> <td>68</td> <td>.580</td> <td>   – </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a></td> <td>88</td> <td>74</td> <td>.543</td> <td>  6.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a></td> <td>76</td> <td>86</td> <td>.469</td> <td>18.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a></td> <td>75</td> <td>87</td> <td>.463</td> <td>19.0 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break" style="padding-left: 2em;"> <table cellpadding="1" style="width:auto;font-size: 90%; border: 1px solid gray;"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="font-size: larger;"> <th colspan="6"><a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> </th></tr> <tr style="background:lightblue;"> <th>Rank</th> <th>Club</th> <th>Wins</th> <th>Losses</th> <th>Win %</th> <th>  GB </th></tr> <tr align="center" style="background:lightblue;"> <th colspan="6"><a href="/wiki/National_League_East" title="National League East">East Division</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1st</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a></td> <td>89</td> <td>73</td> <td>.549</td> <td>   – </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a></td> <td>88</td> <td>74</td> <td>.543</td> <td>  1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a></td> <td>84</td> <td>78</td> <td>.519</td> <td>  5.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_Nationals" title="Washington Nationals">Washington Nationals</a></td> <td>73</td> <td>89</td> <td>.451</td> <td>16.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florida_Marlins" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Marlins">Florida Marlins</a></td> <td>71</td> <td>91</td> <td>.438</td> <td>18.0 </td></tr> <tr align="center" style="background:lightblue;"> <th colspan="6"><a href="/wiki/National_League_Central" title="National League Central">Central Division</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1st</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a></td> <td>85</td> <td>77</td> <td>.525</td> <td>   – </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a></td> <td>83</td> <td>79</td> <td>.512</td> <td>  2.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a></td> <td>78</td> <td>84</td> <td>.481</td> <td>  7.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a></td> <td>73</td> <td>89</td> <td>.451</td> <td>12.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a></td> <td>72</td> <td>90</td> <td>.444</td> <td>13.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a></td> <td>68</td> <td>94</td> <td>.420</td> <td>17.0 </td></tr> <tr align="center" style="background:lightblue;"> <th colspan="6"><a href="/wiki/National_League_West" title="National League West">West Division</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1st</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Diamondbacks" title="Arizona Diamondbacks">Arizona Diamondbacks</a></td> <td>90</td> <td>72</td> <td>.556</td> <td>   – </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Rockies" title="Colorado Rockies">Colorado Rockies</a></b><sup>†</sup></td> <td>90</td> <td>73</td> <td>.552</td> <td>  0.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a></td> <td>89</td> <td>74</td> <td>.546</td> <td>  1.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a></td> <td>82</td> <td>80</td> <td>.506</td> <td>  8.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a></td> <td>71</td> <td>91</td> <td>.438</td> <td>19.0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>†<i>Denotes the club that won the <a href="/wiki/Wild_card_(sports)" title="Wild card (sports)">wild card</a> for its respective league. The Rockies defeated the Padres 9–8 (13) in a <a href="/wiki/One-game_playoff" title="One-game playoff">one-game playoff</a> for the NL wild card.</i> </p><p>The 90 wins by the Diamondbacks and Rockies were the fewest to lead the NL since 1959, with the exception of the strike-shortened seasons of 1981, 1994 and 1995. No NL team won or lost 95 games for the first time since 1983. </p><p>Also, this was the second consecutive season in which no team won at least 60% of its games, the first time that this has happened in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> history. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January–March"><span id="January.E2.80.93March"></span>January–March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: January–March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 9 – As the result of questions regarding his involvement in the ongoing steroids investigations, <a href="/wiki/Mark_McGwire" title="Mark McGwire">Mark McGwire</a> falls well short in his first effort to be elected to the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a>. <a href="/wiki/Cal_Ripken_Jr." title="Cal Ripken Jr.">Cal Ripken Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Gwynn" title="Tony Gwynn">Tony Gwynn</a>, meanwhile, are elected easily.</li> <li>January 11 – The <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Daily_News" title="New York Daily News">New York Daily News</a></i> reports that <a href="/wiki/Barry_Bonds" title="Barry Bonds">Barry Bonds</a> tests positive for <a href="/wiki/Amphetamines" class="mw-redirect" title="Amphetamines">amphetamines</a> at some point during the <a href="/wiki/2006_in_baseball" title="2006 in baseball">2006 season</a> and that Bonds initially cites a supplement he receives from <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> teammate <a href="/wiki/Mark_Sweeney" title="Mark Sweeney">Mark Sweeney</a> as a possible reason for the positive test. Testing rules established in 2006 require that first positive tests must remain confidential.</li> <li>February 4 – The <a href="/wiki/Israel_Baseball_League" title="Israel Baseball League">Israel Baseball League</a> announces the official teams of the inaugural season: <a href="/wiki/Bet_Shemesh_Blue_Sox" title="Bet Shemesh Blue Sox">Bet Shemesh Blue Sox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Modi%27in_Miracle" title="Modi'in Miracle">Modi'in Miracle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netanya_Tigers" title="Netanya Tigers">Netanya Tigers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Petach_Tikva_Pioneers" title="Petach Tikva Pioneers">Petach Tikva Pioneers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ra%27anana_Express" title="Ra'anana Express">Ra'anana Express</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv_Lightning" title="Tel Aviv Lightning">Tel Aviv Lightning</a>. Dropped from the league are the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Haifa_Stingrays&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Haifa Stingrays (page does not exist)">Haifa Stingrays</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_Lions" title="Jerusalem Lions">Jerusalem Lions</a>.</li> <li>March 31 – The <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> defeat the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> 5–1 in the inaugural <a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Game" title="Civil Rights Game">Civil Rights Game</a>, held at <a href="/wiki/AutoZone_Park" title="AutoZone Park">AutoZone Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis, Tennessee</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 2: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Froemming" title="Bruce Froemming">Bruce Froemming</a> works behind home plate for the opener between the Athletics and Mariners, tying <a href="/wiki/Bill_Klem" title="Bill Klem">Bill Klem</a>'s major league record of 37 seasons as an umpire.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Tribune_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Tribune Company">Tribune Company</a>, after agreeing to a buyout of $8.2 billion by real estate magnate <a href="/wiki/Sam_Zell" title="Sam Zell">Sam Zell</a>, announces that the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> are to be sold following the 2007 season.</li></ul></li> <li>April 10 – 12 – In a case of life imitating art, the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a>, displaced by a freak spring snowstorm, play a series against the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Los Angeles Angels</a> in <a href="/wiki/Miller_Park_(Milwaukee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Miller Park (Milwaukee)">Milwaukee</a>. Most of the game action in the 1989 film <i><a href="/wiki/Major_League_(film)" title="Major League (film)">Major League</a></i>, in which the Indians are the featured team, is actually filmed in Milwaukee at the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Brewers'</a> home at that time, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_County_Stadium" title="Milwaukee County Stadium">County Stadium</a>.</li> <li>April 15 – To celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a>'s first major league game, dozens of players wear his league-wide retired number, 42. The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> are one of six teams whose entire roster wears number 42 for their games.</li> <li>April 15 – <a href="/wiki/Marco_Scutaro" title="Marco Scutaro">Marco Scutaro</a> hits a three-run, <a href="/wiki/Walk-off_home_run" title="Walk-off home run">walk-off home run</a> against <a href="/wiki/Mariano_Rivera" title="Mariano Rivera">Mariano Rivera</a> with two outs in the bottom of ninth inning to lead the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> to a 5–4 victory against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2007/B04150OAK2007.htm">[1]</a></li> <li>April 18 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Buehrle" title="Mark Buehrle">Mark Buehrle</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> pitches a <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a>, becoming the team's first pitcher since <a href="/wiki/Wilson_%C3%81lvarez" title="Wilson Álvarez">Wilson Álvarez</a> in <a href="/wiki/1991_in_baseball" title="1991 in baseball">1991</a>, and the 16th in franchise history, to throw a no-hitter.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>April 20 – <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Froemming" title="Bruce Froemming">Bruce Froemming</a> umpires at first base in the Cleveland Indians-Tampa Bay Devil Rays game, passing <a href="/wiki/Bill_Klem" title="Bill Klem">Bill Klem</a> to become – at age 67 years, 204 days – the oldest umpire in major league history.</li> <li>April 22 – <a href="/wiki/Chase_Wright_(baseball)" title="Chase Wright (baseball)">Chase Wright</a> of the New York Yankees gives up four consecutive home runs in the third inning against the Boston Red Sox, joining <a href="/wiki/Paul_Foytack" title="Paul Foytack">Paul Foytack</a> to become only the second player to accomplish this dubious feat. <a href="/wiki/Manny_Ram%C3%ADrez" class="mw-redirect" title="Manny Ramírez">Manny Ramírez</a>, <a href="/wiki/J._D._Drew" title="J. D. Drew">J. D. Drew</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Lowell" title="Mike Lowell">Mike Lowell</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jason_Varitek" title="Jason Varitek">Jason Varitek</a> hit the home runs.</li> <li>April 23 – <a href="/wiki/Alex_Rodriguez" title="Alex Rodriguez">Alex Rodriguez</a> of the New York Yankees hits two home runs, his 13th and 14th of the season, in a 10–8 loss to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, surpassing the American League record and tying the Major League record for most home runs hit in the month of April.</li> <li>April 29: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manny_Ram%C3%ADrez" class="mw-redirect" title="Manny Ramírez">Manny Ramírez</a> becomes the fifth player to hit at least 50 career home runs against the New York Yankees, leading his Red Sox to a 7–4 victory.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Tulowitzki" title="Troy Tulowitzki">Troy Tulowitzki</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Rockies" title="Colorado Rockies">Colorado Rockies</a> performs the 13th <a href="/wiki/Unassisted_triple_play" title="Unassisted triple play">unassisted triple play</a> in MLB history, catching a <a href="/wiki/Chipper_Jones" title="Chipper Jones">Chipper Jones</a> line drive, tagging second base to force <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Johnson_(baseball)" title="Kelly Johnson (baseball)">Kelly Johnson</a> out off the bag, then tagging out <a href="/wiki/%C3%89dgar_Renter%C3%ADa" title="Édgar Rentería">Édgar Rentería</a> in the 7th inning of an 11-inning 9–7 Rockies victory over the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a>.</li> <li>The Sunday night game between the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> is postponed due to the death of Cardinals relief pitcher <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hancock" title="Josh Hancock">Josh Hancock</a> early that morning.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 6 – <a href="/wiki/Roger_Clemens" title="Roger Clemens">Roger Clemens</a> announces to the crowd at <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium_(1923)" title="Yankee Stadium (1923)">Yankee Stadium</a> that he has signed a contract to play for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> for the remainder of the season.</li> <li>May 13: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Lewis" title="Fred Lewis">Fred Lewis</a> of the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> <a href="/wiki/Hitting_for_the_cycle" title="Hitting for the cycle">hits for the cycle</a> at <a href="/wiki/Coors_Field" title="Coors Field">Coors Field</a> in a 15–2 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Rockies" title="Colorado Rockies">Colorado Rockies</a>. He led the game off with a double in the 1st, then hit a three-run home run—the first of his career—in the 4th, an RBI triple in the 5th, and capped the cycle off with a single in the 7th.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miguel_Tejada" title="Miguel Tejada">Miguel Tejada</a> plays in his 1,118th consecutive game, passing <a href="/wiki/Billy_Williams_(left_fielder)" class="mw-redirect" title="Billy Williams (left fielder)">Billy Williams</a> for 5th place all time. However, the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> come back from a 5–0 deficit in the ninth inning en route to a 6–5 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>May 21 – In the Hall of Fame Game at <a href="/wiki/Doubleday_Field" title="Doubleday Field">Doubleday Field</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cooperstown,_New_York" title="Cooperstown, New York">Cooperstown, New York</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> defeat the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a> 13–7 with five home runs, including two by minor league catcher <a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Bock&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brian Bock (page does not exist)">Brian Bock</a>.</li> <li>May 31 – According to the Elias Sports Bureau, for the first time since 1900, the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> lose a game in which the opposing team had no base runners on base at the beginning of any at-bat. Starting pitcher <a href="/wiki/Mark_Buehrle" title="Mark Buehrle">Mark Buehrle</a> surrendered two home runs, but no other hits or walks in a 2–0 loss to the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Blue Jays</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 4 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ellis_(baseball)" title="Mark Ellis (baseball)">Mark Ellis</a> <a href="/wiki/Hitting_for_the_cycle" title="Hitting for the cycle">hits for the cycle</a> at <a href="/wiki/McAfee_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="McAfee Coliseum">McAfee Coliseum</a> as his <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> defeat the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a>, 5–4 in 11 innings. He hit a triple in the 2nd inning, a solo home run in the 4th and a double in the 6th. Although a fielder's choice in the 8th with the A's holding the lead seemingly ended his run for the cycle, a rally by the Red Sox in the 9th pushed extra innings, allowing Ellis to get the single he needed in the 10th inning.</li> <li>June 5 – The <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a> score six runs in the bottom of the 9th when down 11–6 to beat the <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Devil_Rays" class="mw-redirect" title="Tampa Bay Devil Rays">Tampa Bay Devil Rays</a> 12–11, the second five-run deficit overcome in the ninth this season.</li> <li>June 6: <ul><li>In the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a>' 5–2 win over the Dodgers, closer <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Hoffman" title="Trevor Hoffman">Trevor Hoffman</a> becomes the first pitcher to record 500 career saves.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twin</a> <a href="/wiki/Luis_Castillo_(second_baseman)" title="Luis Castillo (second baseman)">Luis Castillo</a> commits an error—his first after 143 errorless games at second base. The record is short-lived, as <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tiger</a> <a href="/wiki/Pl%C3%A1cido_Polanco" title="Plácido Polanco">Plácido Polanco</a> has a similar streak running concurrently, and his ends at 186 games, the new record.</li></ul></li> <li>June 7: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Curt_Schilling" title="Curt Schilling">Curt Schilling</a> carries a <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> into the bottom of the 9th with two outs before surrendering a single to <a href="/wiki/Shannon_Stewart_(baseball)" title="Shannon Stewart (baseball)">Shannon Stewart</a> as the Red Sox defeat the A's 1–0. Schilling becomes the first pitcher to give up a no-hitter with two out in the 9th since <a href="/wiki/Mike_Mussina" title="Mike Mussina">Mike Mussina</a> blew a <a href="/wiki/Perfect_game_(baseball)" title="Perfect game (baseball)">perfect game</a> in 2001.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Torre" title="Joe Torre">Joe Torre</a> of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> becomes the tenth manager to win 2,000 major league games.</li></ul></li> <li>June 12 – <a href="/wiki/Justin_Verlander" title="Justin Verlander">Justin Verlander</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> pitches a 4–0 <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a>. It is the third no-hitter in regular interleague play, the first at <a href="/wiki/Comerica_Park" title="Comerica Park">Comerica Park</a>, and the first for the Tigers since 1984.</li> <li>June 15 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>' 44-year old <a href="/wiki/Roger_Clemens" title="Roger Clemens">Roger Clemens</a> faces the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>' 49-year old <a href="/wiki/Julio_Franco" title="Julio Franco">Julio Franco</a> in the top of the second inning of what is eventually a Yankee 2–0 shutout win and Franco flies out to right. In what is an otherwise nondescript moment, this is the oldest combined batter-pitcher occurrence ever in the major leagues to date.</li> <li>June 16 – The Cubs and Padres each collect only two hits as <a href="/wiki/Russell_Branyan" title="Russell Branyan">Russell Branyan</a>'s home run in the ninth inning gives San Diego a 1–0 win. The Cubs' <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Zambrano" title="Carlos Zambrano">Carlos Zambrano</a> takes a no-hitter into the eighth, while Padres starter <a href="/wiki/Chris_Young_(pitcher)" title="Chris Young (pitcher)">Chris Young</a> allows no hits before being ejected in the fourth following a brawl.</li> <li>June 18 – In the longest game in <a href="/wiki/College_World_Series" title="College World Series">College World Series</a> history (5 hours 40 minutes), <a href="/wiki/UC_Irvine_Anteaters" title="UC Irvine Anteaters">UC Irvine</a> eliminates <a href="/wiki/California_State_University,_Fullerton" title="California State University, Fullerton">Cal State Fullerton</a> with a 5–4 win in 13 innings.</li> <li>June 20 – <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Sosa" title="Sammy Sosa">Sammy Sosa</a> becomes the fifth major leaguer to hit <a href="/wiki/500_home_run_club" title="500 home run club">600 home runs</a> when he connects against <a href="/wiki/Jason_Marquis" title="Jason Marquis">Jason Marquis</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a>' 7–3 win over the Cubs. It is his first home run against his former club, giving him at least one against every major league team.</li> <li>June 24: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Modi%27in_Miracle" title="Modi'in Miracle">Modi'in Miracle</a> win the first ever regular-season game in the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Baseball_League" title="Israel Baseball League">Israel Baseball League</a>, beating the <a href="/wiki/Petach_Tikva_Pioneers" title="Petach Tikva Pioneers">Petach Tikva Pioneers</a>, 9–1, at <a href="/wiki/Yarkon_Sports_Complex" title="Yarkon Sports Complex">Yarkon Sports Complex</a> in <a href="/wiki/Petah_Tikva" title="Petah Tikva">Petach Tikva</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dustin_McGowan" title="Dustin McGowan">Dustin McGowan</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a> has what would have been the second <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> in franchise history broken up in the ninth in a 5–0 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Rockies" title="Colorado Rockies">Colorado Rockies</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Centre" title="Rogers Centre">Rogers Centre</a>. <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Baker" title="Jeff Baker">Jeff Baker</a> singles to lead off the inning; the hit is the only one McGowan will allow. <a href="/wiki/Dave_Stieb" title="Dave Stieb">Dave Stieb</a> has currently hurled the only no-hitter in Blue Jay history, in <a href="/wiki/1990_in_baseball" title="1990 in baseball">1990</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>June 27: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Howard" title="Ryan Howard">Ryan Howard</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> becomes the fastest player in major league history to reach 100 career home runs, taking only 325 games to do so. He surpasses <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Kiner" title="Ralph Kiner">Ralph Kiner</a>, who took 385 games.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Maddux" title="Greg Maddux">Greg Maddux</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Glavine" title="Tom Glavine">Tom Glavine</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Smoltz" title="John Smoltz">John Smoltz</a>, the core of the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a>' pitching staff from <a href="/wiki/1993_in_baseball" title="1993 in baseball">1993</a> to <a href="/wiki/2002_in_baseball" title="2002 in baseball">2002</a>, all record victories on the same day. At <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T Park">AT&T Park</a>, Maddux gives up only five hits in seven innings in the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a>' 4–2 victory over the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a>. At <a href="/wiki/Shea_Stadium" title="Shea Stadium">Shea Stadium</a>, Glavine, pitching for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>, shuts out the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> 2–0 in a game that is called after 5 1/2 innings; a second-inning infield single by <a href="/wiki/Scott_Rolen" title="Scott Rolen">Scott Rolen</a> is the only hit he allows. At <a href="/wiki/Turner_Field" title="Turner Field">Turner Field</a>, Smoltz, the only member of the trio still pitching for the Braves, pitches five innings of shutout ball as the Braves defeat the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Nationals" title="Washington Nationals">Washington Nationals</a> 13–0.</li></ul></li> <li>June 28: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Thomas_(designated_hitter)" title="Frank Thomas (designated hitter)">Frank Thomas</a> becomes the 21st player in major league history to record <a href="/wiki/500_home_run_club" title="500 home run club">500 home runs</a> with a first-inning homer off the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a>' <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Silva_(baseball)" title="Carlos Silva (baseball)">Carlos Silva</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Hubert_H._Humphrey_Metrodome" title="Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome">Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Biggio" title="Craig Biggio">Craig Biggio</a> becomes the 27th player in major league history to record <a href="/wiki/3,000_hit_club" class="mw-redirect" title="3,000 hit club">3,000 hits</a> with a seventh-inning single – his third hit of the game – against the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Rockies" title="Colorado Rockies">Colorado Rockies</a> at <a href="/wiki/Minute_Maid_Park" title="Minute Maid Park">Minute Maid Park</a>. Biggio becomes the first member of the 3,000 hit club to be called out at the end of his milestone hit, having been caught trying to stretch the hit into a double. He is the 14th player to record 3,000 hits with his initial team, and in September ends his career with 3,060 hits.</li></ul></li> <li>June 29 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aubrey_Huff" title="Aubrey Huff">Aubrey Huff</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> <a href="/wiki/Hitting_for_the_cycle" title="Hitting for the cycle">hits for the cycle</a> at <a href="/wiki/Oriole_Park_at_Camden_Yards" title="Oriole Park at Camden Yards">Oriole Park at Camden Yards</a> in a 9–7 loss to the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim">Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim</a>. Huff becomes the third Orioles player to do so, joining <a href="/wiki/Brooks_Robinson" title="Brooks Robinson">Brooks Robinson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cal_Ripken_Jr." title="Cal Ripken Jr.">Cal Ripken Jr.</a>, and the first Oriole to hit for the cycle at home in Baltimore. In addition, the triple is his 1000th hit and the double is his 200th double.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Bonds" title="Barry Bonds">Barry Bonds</a> hits his 750th home run off of <a href="/wiki/Liv%C3%A1n_Hern%C3%A1ndez" title="Liván Hernández">Liván Hernández</a> in the 8th inning at <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T Park">AT&T Park</a> as his <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> lose 6–4 to the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Diamondbacks" title="Arizona Diamondbacks">Arizona Diamondbacks</a>. Before his historic at-bat, he is hugged in right field by a drunken fan in the top of the 8th, and he assists the fan off the field without incident.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 2 – <a href="/wiki/Roger_Clemens" title="Roger Clemens">Roger Clemens</a> becomes the eighth major league pitcher to win 350 games, in the Yankees' 5–1 win over the Minnesota Twins.</li> <li>July 6 – With wins of 20–14 and 12–0, the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> score the most runs in a doubleheader since the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> scored 35 times and swept <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia</a> on July 4, 1939. The Twins are led in the nightcap by <a href="/wiki/Justin_Morneau" title="Justin Morneau">Justin Morneau</a>, who hit three homers. He is the fourth Twin to homer three times in a game, and the first since <a href="/wiki/Tony_Oliva" title="Tony Oliva">Tony Oliva</a> in 1973.</li> <li>July 9 – <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Guerrero" title="Vladimir Guerrero">Vladimir Guerrero</a> of the Los Angeles Angels wins the 2007 Home Run Derby in San Francisco. Despite the highly publicized presence of <a href="/wiki/McCovey_Cove" title="McCovey Cove">McCovey Cove</a> beyond the right field fence, not a single home run touches the water.</li> <li>July 10 – The <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> beats the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> 5–4 in the <a href="/wiki/2007_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2007 MLB All-Star Game</a> in San Francisco; <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichiro Suzuki</a> of the Seattle Mariners is named MVP after hitting the first-ever <a href="/wiki/Inside-the-park_home_run" title="Inside-the-park home run">inside-the-park home run</a> in All-Star Game history.</li> <li>July 15 – The <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> 10–2, making the Phillies the first team in professional sports history to lose 10,000 games.</li> <li>July 20 – <a href="/wiki/Cuba_national_baseball_team" title="Cuba national baseball team">Cuba</a> defeats the <a href="/wiki/United_States_national_baseball_team" title="United States national baseball team">United States</a> 3–1 to win its 10th consecutive gold medal at the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_at_the_Pan_American_Games" title="Baseball at the Pan American Games">Pan-Am Games</a>.</li> <li>July 22 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Coolbaugh" title="Mike Coolbaugh">Mike Coolbaugh</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Texas_League" title="Texas League">Texas League</a> <a href="/wiki/Tulsa_Drillers" title="Tulsa Drillers">Tulsa Drillers</a> is killed when he is struck in the neck by a line drive foul ball while coaching at first base.</li> <li>July 31 – In routing the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> 16–3 at <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium_(1923)" title="Yankee Stadium (1923)">Yankee Stadium</a>, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> tie a 68-year, single-game franchise record by hitting eight home runs.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had also hit eight home runs (then setting a Major League record) on June 28, <a href="/wiki/1939_in_baseball" title="1939 in baseball">1939</a>, in the first game of a doubleheader against the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 4: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Rodriguez" title="Alex Rodriguez">Alex Rodriguez</a> becomes the 22nd player to hit <a href="/wiki/500_home_run_club" title="500 home run club">500 career home runs</a> in the Yankees' 16–8 victory over the Royals, and at age 32 becomes the youngest player to reach the milestone.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Bonds" title="Barry Bonds">Barry Bonds</a> ties <a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron">Hank Aaron</a>'s record of 755 <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_career_home_run_leaders" title="List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders">career home runs</a> with a second-inning shot off San Diego's <a href="/wiki/Clay_Hensley" title="Clay Hensley">Clay Hensley</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>August 5 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Glavine" title="Tom Glavine">Tom Glavine</a> becomes the 23rd pitcher, and just the fifth left-hander, to earn <a href="/wiki/300_win_club" class="mw-redirect" title="300 win club">300 career wins</a> as the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> defeat the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> 8–3 at <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a>.</li> <li>August 7 – <a href="/wiki/Barry_Bonds" title="Barry Bonds">Barry Bonds</a> surpasses <a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron">Hank Aaron</a>'s record of 755 <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_career_home_run_leaders" title="List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders">career home runs</a> with a fifth-inning shot off Washington's <a href="/wiki/Mike_Bacsik_(left-handed_pitcher)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Bacsik (left-handed pitcher)">Mike Bacsik</a>.</li> <li>August 8 – <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Tejada" title="Miguel Tejada">Miguel Tejada</a> records his 1,000th career <a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">run batted in</a>.</li> <li>August 9: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Clemens" title="Roger Clemens">Roger Clemens</a> is suspended for the fourth time in his career for hitting Toronto's <a href="/wiki/Alex_R%C3%ADos" title="Alex Ríos">Alex Ríos</a> with a pitch after both teams were warned.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Ankiel" title="Rick Ankiel">Rick Ankiel</a>, formerly a pitcher with infamous control problems, returns to the major leagues as an outfielder for the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>, hitting a 3-run home run in his fourth at-bat.</li></ul></li> <li>August 14 – <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> manager <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Cox" title="Bobby Cox">Bobby Cox</a> is ejected by umpire <a href="/wiki/Ted_Barrett" title="Ted Barrett">Ted Barrett</a> at the end of the fifth inning after arguing a called third strike against <a href="/wiki/Chipper_Jones" title="Chipper Jones">Chipper Jones</a> at <a href="/wiki/Turner_Field" title="Turner Field">Turner Field</a>. The ejection is Cox' 132nd of his career, breaking a record he had shared with <a href="/wiki/John_McGraw" title="John McGraw">John McGraw</a>.</li> <li>August 17: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Webb" title="Brandon Webb">Brandon Webb</a> tosses his third straight shutout to achieve 42 innings of scoreless baseball.</li> <li>After trailing the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> by <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> games in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_Central" title="National League Central">National League Central</a> on June 23, the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> take over sole possession of first place for the first time on the season by defeating the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> 2–1 at <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a>, while the Brewers lose to the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> 8–3 at <a href="/wiki/Miller_Park_(Milwaukee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Miller Park (Milwaukee)">Miller Park</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>August 19 – <a href="/wiki/Johan_Santana" title="Johan Santana">Johan Santana</a> picks up his 13th win of the year behind a career-best and club-record 17 <a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">strikeouts</a> in eight innings, helping the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Twins</a> wrap up their three-game series at home with the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Rangers</a>. <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Sosa" title="Sammy Sosa">Sammy Sosa</a> notches the only two Rangers hits.</li> <li>August 20 – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jenks" title="Bobby Jenks">Bobby Jenks</a>' tied record of 41 consecutive retired batters comes to an end when <a href="/wiki/Joey_Gathright" title="Joey Gathright">Joey Gathright</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> hits a single to lead off the top of the ninth inning of a game between the Royals and White Sox.</li> <li>August 22 – In the first game of a doubleheader, the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> 30–3, setting a new record for runs scored by a single team in a game in the modern (post-1900) era, and the American League all-time record. The Rangers' 30 runs were the most in a game since the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Colts" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Colts">Chicago Colts</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/Louisville_Colonels" title="Louisville Colonels">Louisville Colonels</a> 36–7 on June 29, 1897. With a 9–7 victory in the second game, the Rangers also set the record for most runs scored by a single team in a doubleheader, with 39.</li> <li>August 31 – <a href="/wiki/Scott_Baker_(right-handed_pitcher)" title="Scott Baker (right-handed pitcher)">Scott Baker</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> takes a <a href="/wiki/Perfect_game_(baseball)" title="Perfect game (baseball)">perfect game</a> into the ninth inning against the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a>, but walks <a href="/wiki/John_Buck_(baseball)" title="John Buck (baseball)">the first batter</a> and eventually settles for a 5–0 one-hitter (surrendering a single to <a href="/wiki/Mike_Sweeney" title="Mike Sweeney">Mike Sweeney</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 1 – In his second major league start, Red Sox rookie <a href="/wiki/Clay_Buchholz" title="Clay Buchholz">Clay Buchholz</a> pitches a 10–0 <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> over the Orioles at <a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a>, becoming the third pitcher to throw a no-hitter in his first or second career start since 1900. <a href="/wiki/Bobo_Holloman" title="Bobo Holloman">Bobo Holloman</a> (first, <a href="/wiki/1953_in_baseball" title="1953 in baseball">1953</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Wilson_%C3%81lvarez" title="Wilson Álvarez">Wilson Álvarez</a> (second, <a href="/wiki/1991_in_baseball" title="1991 in baseball">1991</a>) are the others.</li> <li>September 3 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichiro Suzuki</a> of the Mariners records his 200th hit of the season, a home run off the Yankees' <a href="/wiki/Roger_Clemens" title="Roger Clemens">Roger Clemens</a>. It is the seventh consecutive season he has reached this mark, tying him with <a href="/wiki/Wade_Boggs" title="Wade Boggs">Wade Boggs</a> for the modern major league record.</li> <li>Mets pitcher <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Pedro Martínez">Pedro Martínez</a> records his <a href="/wiki/3000_strikeout_club" class="mw-redirect" title="3000 strikeout club">3000th career strikeout</a> in his first appearance in nearly a year. <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Harang" title="Aaron Harang">Aaron Harang</a>, the opposing pitcher for the Reds, is the victim as the Mets win 10–4 in Cincinnati.</li></ul></li> <li>September 5 – <a href="/wiki/Barry_Bonds" title="Barry Bonds">Barry Bonds</a> hits his 762nd and final career home run, an opposite-field shot off <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Rockies" title="Colorado Rockies">Colorado Rockies</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Ubaldo_Jim%C3%A9nez" title="Ubaldo Jiménez">Ubaldo Jiménez</a>.</li> <li>September 6 – <a href="/wiki/Rick_Ankiel" title="Rick Ankiel">Rick Ankiel</a>'s stunning one-month return to baseball as a hitter is mired by controversy when the <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Daily_News" title="New York Daily News">New York Daily News</a></i> reports that he purchased 12 months' worth of <a href="/wiki/Growth_hormone_treatment" class="mw-redirect" title="Growth hormone treatment">HGH</a> from a Florida pharmacy from January to December <a href="/wiki/2004_in_baseball" title="2004 in baseball">2004</a>. A few days later, <a href="/wiki/Jay_Gibbons" title="Jay Gibbons">Jay Gibbons</a> of the Orioles is reported to also have received HGH from the same pharmacy. Ankiel did not deny using HGH prior to MLB's official banning of the substance in <a href="/wiki/2005_in_baseball" title="2005 in baseball">2005</a>, stating he used it during that time under the care of a licensed physician.</li> <li>September 7 – <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Granderson" title="Curtis Granderson">Curtis Granderson</a> of the Tigers hits his 20th home run of the season, becoming the sixth player in major league history, and the first since 1979, to join the <a href="/wiki/20%E2%80%9320%E2%80%9320_club" title="20–20–20 club">20–20–20 club</a>, indicating 20 doubles, 20 triples, and 20 home runs in the same season. He ends the season with 38 doubles, 23 triples, and 23 home runs.</li> <li>September 8 – The 50th and 51st home runs of the season by <a href="/wiki/Alex_Rodriguez" title="Alex Rodriguez">Alex Rodriguez</a> are his 48th and 49th as a third baseman. The first breaks his own AL record for the position, while the second breaks the major league record for the position which had stood since 1980 (<a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a>, tied by <a href="/wiki/Adri%C3%A1n_Beltr%C3%A9" title="Adrián Beltré">Adrián Beltré</a> in 2004). Rodriguez's 50th home run also makes him the first player in major league history to collect 50 home runs, 130 runs scored, 130 RBI and 20 stolen bases in a single season (the previous closest player was <a href="/wiki/Larry_Walker" title="Larry Walker">Larry Walker</a> in <a href="/wiki/1997_in_baseball" title="1997 in baseball">1997</a>, who fell one home run short with 49 HR, 143 runs, 130 RBI and 33 steals).</li> <li>September 9: <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> open the game with consecutive home runs from <a href="/wiki/Rickie_Weeks" class="mw-redirect" title="Rickie Weeks">Rickie Weeks</a>, <a href="/wiki/J._J._Hardy" title="J. J. Hardy">J. J. Hardy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Braun" title="Ryan Braun">Ryan Braun</a> to defeat the Reds 11–5 at <a href="/wiki/Great_American_Ball_Park" title="Great American Ball Park">Great American Ball Park</a>. Weeks, Hardy and Braun connect off <a href="/wiki/Phil_Dumatrait" title="Phil Dumatrait">Phil Dumatrait</a>, as the Brewers become only the third team in major league history to open a game with three straight home runs, joining <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Marvell_Wynne_(baseball)" title="Marvell Wynne (baseball)">Marvell Wynne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Gwynn" title="Tony Gwynn">Tony Gwynn</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Kruk" title="John Kruk">John Kruk</a> (April 13, <a href="/wiki/1987_in_baseball" title="1987 in baseball">1987</a> vs. the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Furcal" title="Rafael Furcal">Rafael Furcal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_DeRosa" title="Mark DeRosa">Mark DeRosa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gary_Sheffield" title="Gary Sheffield">Gary Sheffield</a> (at Cincinnati on May 28, 2003).</li> <li>At <a href="/wiki/Comerica_Park" title="Comerica Park">Comerica Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Granderson" title="Curtis Granderson">Curtis Granderson</a> collects his 20th stolen base during the first inning of a 14–7 Seattle victory over Detroit. Granderson joins <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a> (<a href="/wiki/1957_in_baseball" title="1957 in baseball">1957</a>) [26–20–35–38, respectively below] and <a href="/wiki/Wildfire_Schulte" class="mw-redirect" title="Wildfire Schulte">Frank "Wildfire" Schulte</a> (<a href="/wiki/1911_in_baseball" title="1911 in baseball">1911</a>) [30–21–21–23, respectively below] as the only players in major league history with 20 doubles, 20 triples, 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases during a regular season—ending his season with 38 doubles, 23 triples, 23 home runs, and 26 stolen bases.</li></ul></li> <li>September 16: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Thome" title="Jim Thome">Jim Thome</a> of the White Sox, playing in his 2,000th game, becomes the 23rd player in major league history to reach the <a href="/wiki/500_home_run_club" title="500 home run club">500 home run</a> milestone when he hits a <a href="/wiki/Walk-off_home_run" title="Walk-off home run">walk-off home run</a> off <a href="/wiki/Dustin_Moseley" title="Dustin Moseley">Dustin Moseley</a> of the Angels to win the game 9–7, making 2007 the first season in history in which three players have hit their 500th homer in the same season. It is also the first time that the 500-homer mark has been reached with a walk-off shot.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Wright" title="David Wright">David Wright</a> of the Mets hits his 30th home run of the season to go with 31 stolen bases, becoming only the fifth player in major league history to become a member of the <a href="/wiki/30%E2%80%9330_club" title="30–30 club">30–30 club</a> before the age of 25, in a 10–6 loss to the Phillies.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_Jones" title="Todd Jones">Todd Jones</a> of the Tigers becomes the 21st pitcher in major league history to record 300 saves.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_Helton" title="Todd Helton">Todd Helton</a> hits his 300th career home run.</li></ul></li> <li>September 17 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Thomas_(designated_hitter)" title="Frank Thomas (designated hitter)">Frank Thomas</a> of the Blue Jays hits three home runs in a 6–1 win over the Red Sox, tying him for 18th all-time with <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Banks" title="Ernie Banks">Ernie Banks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Mathews" title="Eddie Mathews">Eddie Mathews</a> with 512. Two of the homers are hit off <a href="/wiki/Tim_Wakefield" title="Tim Wakefield">Tim Wakefield</a>, who gave up all three shots in Thomas' only previous three-homer game in 1996.</li> <li>September 18 – <a href="/wiki/Mois%C3%A9s_Alou" title="Moisés Alou">Moisés Alou</a> of the Mets, age 41, hits in his 22nd consecutive game, a modern era record for a player over 40.</li> <li>September 19 – <a href="/wiki/Andy_Pettitte" title="Andy Pettitte">Andy Pettitte</a> becomes the 110th pitcher to earn 200 major league victories in the Yankees' 2–1 win over the Orioles.</li> <li>September 21 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Bonds" title="Barry Bonds">Barry Bonds</a> announces that his tenure (1993–2007) with the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> has ended, after the team indicates it will not sign him for 2008.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mois%C3%A9s_Alou" title="Moisés Alou">Moisés Alou</a> extends his hitting streak to 25 games, breaking the Mets single-season record shared by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Piazza" title="Mike Piazza">Mike Piazza</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brooks" title="Hubie Brooks">Hubie Brooks</a>. In the same game, the Marlins commit a franchise-high six errors in a 9–6 loss. Eight of the nine runs were unearned as a result of the errors, two of them by <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Cabrera" title="Miguel Cabrera">Miguel Cabrera</a>. Two days later, Alou surpasses David Wright's overall club mark of 26 games, which spanned two seasons. The streak ends at 30 games on the 26th, a new major league record for a player over 40.</li></ul></li> <li>September 22 – The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> become the first major league team to earn a playoff spot with an 8–6 defeat of the Devil Rays.</li> <li>September 23 <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> clinch their first <a href="/wiki/American_League_Central" title="American League Central">American League Central</a> title since <a href="/wiki/2001_in_baseball" title="2001 in baseball">2001</a> with a 6–2 victory over the Athletics. They are also the first team to clinch a division, as the Red Sox have so far only secured a playoff spot.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Los Angeles Angels</a> clinch the <a href="/wiki/American_League_West" title="American League West">American League West</a> title with a 7–4 victory over the Mariners.</li> <li>In the Yankees' 7–5 win over the Blue Jays, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Mussina" title="Mike Mussina">Mike Mussina</a> becomes the first pitcher in major league history to win 250 games without ever winning 20 in a single season.</li> <li>After being home to the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%9371)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Senators (1961–71)">Washington Senators</a> from 1961 to 1971 and the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Nationals" title="Washington Nationals">Washington Nationals</a> since 2005, <a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Memorial_Stadium" title="Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium">Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium</a> hosts its final major league game, a 5–3 Nationals victory over the visiting Phillies before a season-high crowd of 40,519.</li></ul></li> <li>September 25 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rollins" title="Jimmy Rollins">Jimmy Rollins</a> joins <a href="/wiki/David_Wright" title="David Wright">David Wright</a> as the second member of 2007's <a href="/wiki/30%E2%80%9330_club" title="30–30 club">30–30 club</a> when he leads off the bottom of the first inning with his 30th home run of the season off Braves pitcher <a href="/wiki/Chuck_James" title="Chuck James">Chuck James</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Green" title="Shawn Green">Shawn Green</a> gets his 2,000th hit when he singles up the middle off of Nationals pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jason_Bergmann" title="Jason Bergmann">Jason Bergmann</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Fielder" title="Prince Fielder">Prince Fielder</a> becomes, at age 23, the youngest player ever to hit 50 home runs after connecting twice in the Brewers' 9–1 victory over the Cardinals. He also becomes part of the first father-son duo to hit 50 home runs in one season, his father <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Fielder" title="Cecil Fielder">Cecil</a> having hit 51 in <a href="/wiki/1990_in_baseball" title="1990 in baseball">1990</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>September 26 <ul><li>Cardinals slugger <a href="/wiki/Albert_Pujols" title="Albert Pujols">Albert Pujols</a> hits his 32nd home run of the season in the first inning against the Brewers, giving him 100 RBI and making him the first player in major league history to have at least a .300 batting average with 30 homers and 100 RBI in his first seven seasons.</li> <li>Reds second baseman <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Phillips" title="Brandon Phillips">Brandon Phillips</a> homers in the first inning off <a href="/wiki/Juan_Guti%C3%A9rrez_(baseball)" title="Juan Gutiérrez (baseball)">Juan Gutiérrez</a> of the Astros, making him only the second player at his position to collect 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in the same season. <a href="/wiki/Alfonso_Soriano" title="Alfonso Soriano">Alfonso Soriano</a> has accomplished the feat three times at the same position. Phillips joins <a href="/wiki/David_Wright" title="David Wright">David Wright</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rollins" title="Jimmy Rollins">Jimmy Rollins</a> as the third member of 2007's <a href="/wiki/30%E2%80%9330_club" title="30–30 club">30–30 club</a>.</li> <li>Red Sox third baseman <a href="/wiki/Mike_Lowell" title="Mike Lowell">Mike Lowell</a> collects five RBI in an 11–6 Boston victory over the Athletics, raising his total to 116 and setting a new team record for most RBI in a season by a third baseman; <a href="/wiki/Butch_Hobson" title="Butch Hobson">Butch Hobson</a> collected 112 RBI in 1977.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> secure their 13th consecutive postseason berth with a 12–4 rout of the Devil Rays.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Bonds" title="Barry Bonds">Barry Bonds</a> goes 0-for-3 in his final game with the Giants, an 11–3 loss to the visiting Padres.</li></ul></li> <li>September 27 – Phillies first baseman <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Howard" title="Ryan Howard">Ryan Howard</a> <a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">strikes out</a> for the 196th and 197th times of the season, surpassing <a href="/wiki/Adam_Dunn" title="Adam Dunn">Adam Dunn</a>'s single-season record of 195 strikeouts in <a href="/wiki/2004_in_baseball" title="2004 in baseball">2004</a>. He ends the season with a new record of 199 strikeouts.</li> <li>September 28 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rollins" title="Jimmy Rollins">Jimmy Rollins</a> of the Phillies collects his 705th–709th <a href="/wiki/At_bat" title="At bat">at bats</a> of the season, breaking <a href="/wiki/Willie_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Willie Wilson (baseball)">Willie Wilson</a>'s <a href="/wiki/1980_in_baseball" title="1980 in baseball">1980</a> single-season record of 705; he ends the season with 716 at bats.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> clinch the <a href="/wiki/National_League_Central" title="National League Central">National League Central</a> title with a 6–0 blanking of the Reds.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> clinch their first <a href="/wiki/American_League_East" title="American League East">American League East</a> title since <a href="/wiki/1995_in_baseball" title="1995 in baseball">1995</a> and break the Yankees' streak of nine straight division crowns when they defeat the Twins 5–2 and the Bronx Bombers drop a 10–9 decision to the Orioles in 10 innings.</li> <li>In just their tenth year of play, the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Diamondbacks" title="Arizona Diamondbacks">Arizona Diamondbacks</a> secure a playoff spot for the fourth time in franchise history.</li></ul></li> <li>September 29 <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Diamondbacks" title="Arizona Diamondbacks">Arizona Diamondbacks</a> clinch their fourth <a href="/wiki/National_League_West" title="National League West">National League West</a> title even before taking the field against the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Rockies" title="Colorado Rockies">Colorado Rockies</a>, when San Diego loses to Milwaukee 4–3.</li> <li>In his second-to-last major league game, <a href="/wiki/Craig_Biggio" title="Craig Biggio">Craig Biggio</a> plays at his original position of catcher for the first two innings, playing behind the plate for the first time in 16 years after spending his first four seasons there.</li></ul></li> <li>September 30 <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> lose to the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Marlins" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Marlins">Florida Marlins</a> 8–1, completing one of the worst collapses in major league history by squandering a 7-game lead with 17 games remaining in the NL East race, and finish the season one game behind the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>, who defeat the Nationals 6–1 to clinch the division title for the first time since <a href="/wiki/1993_in_baseball" title="1993 in baseball">1993</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rollins" title="Jimmy Rollins">Jimmy Rollins</a> collects his 20th triple of the season, making him the seventh member of the <a href="/wiki/20%E2%80%9320%E2%80%9320_club" title="20–20–20 club">20–20–20 club</a> and the second new member this year along with <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Granderson" title="Curtis Granderson">Curtis Granderson</a>; this also marks the first time in major league history that two batters record 20–20–20 seasons during the same year. He also becomes the fourth member of the <a href="/wiki/20%E2%80%9320%E2%80%9320%E2%80%9320_club" class="mw-redirect" title="20–20–20–20 club">20–20–20–20 club</a>, as well as the first player in major league history to collect at least 20 doubles, 20 triples, 20 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a single season; this also marks the first time that two players record 20–20–20–20 seasons during the same year (Granderson met the mark earlier in September 2007), and the second time that a batter had a <a href="/wiki/30%E2%80%9330_club" title="30–30 club">30–30 season</a> and a 20–20–20–20 season during the same year (<a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a> accomplished the feat in <a href="/wiki/1957_in_baseball" title="1957 in baseball">1957</a>). Rollins ends the season with 38 doubles, 20 triples, 30 home runs, and 41 stolen bases.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Froemming" title="Bruce Froemming">Bruce Froemming</a> receives a standing ovation from his Milwaukee hometown crowd prior to working his last regular-season game after a record 37 full seasons as a major league umpire; his final game overall takes place on October 8 in the Indians–Yankees AL Division Series. In the game, the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> fail to clinch the NL <a href="/wiki/Wild_card_(sports)#Major_League_Baseball" title="Wild card (sports)">wild card</a> spot by losing 11–6 to the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a>. He also extends his record (April 20) for oldest umpire ever in a regular-season game to 68 years, 2 days.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 1 – The <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Rockies" title="Colorado Rockies">Colorado Rockies</a> defeat the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> 9–8 in 13 innings in the <a href="/wiki/2007_NL_Wild_Card_tie-breaker" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 NL Wild Card tie-breaker">2007 NL Wild Card tie-breaker</a> to secure the last of the eight MLB playoff spots, completing a run in which they won 14 of their last 15 games, tying the best 15-game finish in major league history. Despite an error in the game, the Rockies also set a major league record for team fielding percentage (.9893), breaking the <a href="/wiki/2006_in_baseball" title="2006 in baseball">2006</a> <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> mark of .9891.</li> <li>October 2 – <a href="/wiki/Dmitri_Young" title="Dmitri Young">Dmitri Young</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Nationals" title="Washington Nationals">Washington Nationals</a> is named the NL Comeback Player of the Year. <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Pe%C3%B1a" title="Carlos Peña">Carlos Peña</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Devil_Rays" class="mw-redirect" title="Tampa Bay Devil Rays">Tampa Bay Devil Rays</a> is named the AL Comeback Player of the Year.</li> <li>October 18 – After the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> offer him only a one-year contract at a base salary one-third less than what he earned in 2007, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Torre" title="Joe Torre">Joe Torre</a> leaves after 12 seasons as manager.</li> <li>October 22 – <a href="/wiki/Tony_La_Russa" title="Tony La Russa">Tony La Russa</a> agrees to a new two-year deal to stay on as manager of the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>.</li> <li>October 24 – The National Baseball Hall of Fame announces that it will honor <a href="/wiki/Buck_O%27Neil" title="Buck O'Neil">Buck O'Neil</a> by establishing a <a href="/wiki/Buck_O%27Neil_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award">lifetime achievement award</a> in his name. O'Neil, a Negro league first baseman and manager who died in October 2006, will be honored with a statue to be dedicated at the next Hall of Fame induction in Cooperstown, N.Y. After leaving the Negro leagues, O'Neil became the first African American coach in the majors by joining the Cubs staff in 1962, and was later an influential figure in the promotion of baseball and study of Negro leagues history. He was nominated to a special Hall ballot for Negro league players, managers, and executives in 2006, but didn't receive the necessary number of votes to gain admission into the Hall.</li> <li>October 28 <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> complete a 4–0 sweep of the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Rockies" title="Colorado Rockies">Colorado Rockies</a> to win the <a href="/wiki/2007_World_Series" title="2007 World Series">2007 World Series</a>. The Bosox' <a href="/wiki/Mike_Lowell" title="Mike Lowell">Mike Lowell</a> is named <a href="/wiki/World_Series_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="World Series Most Valuable Player Award">Series MVP</a>.</li> <li>During the early innings of Game 4 of the World Series, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Boras" title="Scott Boras">Scott Boras</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Sports_agent" title="Sports agent">agent</a> for <a href="/wiki/Alex_Rodriguez" title="Alex Rodriguez">Alex Rodriguez</a>, announces that A-Rod will exercise his option to void the remaining four years of his contract with the Yankees and will become a <a href="/wiki/Free_agent" title="Free agent">free agent</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>October 30 – The Yankees sign <a href="/wiki/Joe_Girardi" title="Joe Girardi">Joe Girardi</a> to a three-year deal as their new manager. In the meantime, amid rumors that Torre will be hired as the team's new manager, <a href="/wiki/Grady_Little" title="Grady Little">Grady Little</a> resigns as manager of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 1 – The <a href="/wiki/Chunichi_Dragons" title="Chunichi Dragons">Chunichi Dragons</a> win the <a href="/wiki/2007_Japan_Series" title="2007 Japan Series">2007 Japan Series</a> over the <a href="/wiki/Hokkaido_Nippon_Ham_Fighters" class="mw-redirect" title="Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters">Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters</a> 4–1, losing the first game and sweeping the next four. The Dragons' <a href="/wiki/Norihiro_Nakamura" title="Norihiro Nakamura">Norihiro Nakamura</a> is the series MVP. This was a rematch of the <a href="/wiki/2006_Japan_Series" title="2006 Japan Series">2006 series</a>, won by the Fighters in the same fashion. Game five was a combined perfect game, with starter <a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Yamai" title="Daisuke Yamai">Daisuke Yamai</a> throwing eight innings, and <a href="/wiki/Hitoki_Iwase" title="Hitoki Iwase">Hitoki Iwase</a> closing out the ninth. <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball">Nippon Professional Baseball</a> does not officially recognize no-hit or perfect games thrown by multiple pitchers.</li> <li>November 6: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Maddux" title="Greg Maddux">Greg Maddux</a> wins his 17th <a href="/wiki/Gold_Glove_Award" title="Gold Glove Award">Gold Glove Award</a>, breaking a record he had previously shared with <a href="/wiki/Jim_Kaat" title="Jim Kaat">Jim Kaat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brooks_Robinson" title="Brooks Robinson">Brooks Robinson</a>.</li> <li>By a vote of 25–5, major league general managers endorse the use of <a href="/wiki/Instant_replay" title="Instant replay">instant replay</a> for the first time, with the condition that its scope be limited to determining where a potential home run ball left the park or the possibility of fan interference on a home run.</li></ul></li> <li>November 8: <ul><li>General managers decide to mandate head protection for first- and third-base coaches during games, starting in 2008. This was prompted by the death on July 22 of minor-league first-base coach <a href="/wiki/Mike_Coolbaugh" title="Mike Coolbaugh">Mike Coolbaugh</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Tulsa_Drillers" title="Tulsa Drillers">Tulsa Drillers</a>, a Double-A affiliate of the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Rockies" title="Colorado Rockies">Colorado Rockies</a>, who was hit in the neck by a foul line drive, killing him on impact.</li> <li>The Tampa Bay Devil Rays officially drop the "Devil" from their name, becoming the <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays">Tampa Bay Rays</a>. In addition to the name change, they also change their colors from green and black to navy blue, Columbia blue, and gold, and design new uniforms that will be worn starting in 2008.</li></ul></li> <li>November 9 – <a href="/wiki/Italy_national_baseball_team" title="Italy national baseball team">Italy</a> handed the <a href="/wiki/United_States_national_baseball_team" title="United States national baseball team">U.S. team</a> their only loss in Team USA's route to win the <a href="/wiki/2007_Baseball_World_Cup" title="2007 Baseball World Cup">2007 Baseball World Cup</a> in <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>. It was the U.S.'s first loss to Italy in 21 years and the first time it ever lost to Italy with professional players, as the team consisted of <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> players and top <a href="/wiki/Minor_league" title="Minor league">minor league</a> prospects.</li> <li>November 12: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Braun" title="Ryan Braun">Ryan Braun</a> of the Milwaukee Brewers edges <a href="/wiki/Troy_Tulowitzki" title="Troy Tulowitzki">Troy Tulowitzki</a> of the Colorado Rockies in the closest balloting since <a href="/wiki/1980_in_baseball" title="1980 in baseball">1980</a> (128–126) for the NL Rookie of the Year Award. <a href="/wiki/Dustin_Pedroia" title="Dustin Pedroia">Dustin Pedroia</a> of the Boston Red Sox is a clear choice in the AL.</li> <li>The New York Yankees re-sign catcher <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Posada" title="Jorge Posada">Jorge Posada</a> for $52.4 million over four years. This makes Posada the highest-paid catcher in MLB history, edging out <a href="/wiki/Mike_Piazza" title="Mike Piazza">Mike Piazza</a>'s $13 million average from 1999 to 2005.</li></ul></li> <li>November 15: <ul><li>San Diego Padres pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jake_Peavy" title="Jake Peavy">Jake Peavy</a> wins the NL Cy Young Award by unanimous vote.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Rodriguez" title="Alex Rodriguez">Alex Rodriguez</a> agrees to an outline of a deal with the New York Yankees (10 years, $275 million, with extra money if he breaks the career home run record with the Yankees. In total the deal could reach $300 million.)</li></ul></li> <li>November 16 – <a href="/wiki/Barry_Bonds" title="Barry Bonds">Barry Bonds</a> is indicted on charges of perjury and obstructing justice.</li> <li>November 19 – Just four days after agreeing to his new contract with the New York Yankees, <a href="/wiki/Alex_Rodriguez" title="Alex Rodriguez">Alex Rodriguez</a> wins his 3rd career AL Most Valuable Player Award.</li> <li>November 20 – Philadelphia Phillies shortstop <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rollins" title="Jimmy Rollins">Jimmy Rollins</a> wins the NL Most Valuable Player Award.</li> <li>November 26 – The <a href="/wiki/Lotte_Giants" title="Lotte Giants">Lotte Giants</a> hire <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Royster" title="Jerry Royster">Jerry Royster</a> as their new manager. Royster, a former major league player and longtime minor league manager, is the first foreigner ever hired to manage a team in the Korea Baseball Organization. Another Lotte-owned team, the <a href="/wiki/Chiba_Lotte_Marines" title="Chiba Lotte Marines">Chiba Lotte Marines</a>, of Nippon Pro Baseball, had had their best run ever thanks to an American manager, <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Valentine" title="Bobby Valentine">Bobby Valentine</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 4 – The <a href="/wiki/Florida_Marlins" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Marlins">Florida Marlins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> strike a blockbuster deal. Florida sends <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Cabrera" title="Miguel Cabrera">Miguel Cabrera</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dontrelle_Willis" title="Dontrelle Willis">Dontrelle Willis</a> to Detroit for <a href="/wiki/Burke_Badenhop" title="Burke Badenhop">Burke Badenhop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eulogio_De_La_Cruz" class="mw-redirect" title="Eulogio De La Cruz">Eulogio De La Cruz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Maybin" title="Cameron Maybin">Cameron Maybin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Miller_(baseball)" title="Andrew Miller (baseball)">Andrew Miller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Rabelo" title="Mike Rabelo">Mike Rabelo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Trahern" title="Dallas Trahern">Dallas Trahern</a>.</li> <li>December 13 – Former <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/George_J._Mitchell" title="George J. Mitchell">George J. Mitchell</a> releases his long-awaited (409-page) <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Report_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitchell Report (baseball)">report</a>, 20 months in the making at an estimated cost of $40 million, on <a href="/wiki/Banned_substances_in_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Banned substances in baseball">use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball</a>, naming 89 current and former players. <a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioner of Baseball">MLB Commissioner</a> <a href="/wiki/Bud_Selig" title="Bud Selig">Bud Selig</a> and <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Players_Association" title="Major League Baseball Players Association">Players Association</a> <a href="/wiki/Executive_director" title="Executive director">Executive Director</a> <a href="/wiki/Donald_Fehr" title="Donald Fehr">Donald Fehr</a> replied with their own separate statements later in the day.</li> <li>December 28 – Retired <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">major league</a> <a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">catcher</a> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Leyritz" title="Jim Leyritz">Jim Leyritz</a> drove his sport utility vehicle through a red light in <a href="/wiki/Fort_Lauderdale,_Florida" title="Fort Lauderdale, Florida">Fort Lauderdale, Florida</a>, crashing into Fredia Ann Veitch's car and killing her. Blood-test results showed Leyritz's <a href="/wiki/Blood_alcohol_content" title="Blood alcohol content">blood alcohol content</a> three hours after the crash was 0.14 percent, above Florida's legal limit of 0.08.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/American_Pastime_(film)" title="American Pastime (film)">American Pastime</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bronx_Is_Burning" title="The Bronx Is Burning">Bronx Is Burning, The</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Final_Season" title="The Final Season">Final Season, The</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sandlot:_Heading_Home" title="The Sandlot: Heading Home">Sandlot 3</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 1 – <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Koy" title="Ernie Koy">Ernie Koy</a>, 97, well-traveled outfielder who played with the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1938 to 1939 before joining the St. Louis Cardinals (1940–41), Cincinnati Reds (1941–42) and Philadelphia Phillies (1942), compiling a .279/.332/.427 <a href="/wiki/Slash_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Slash line">line</a> and 36 home runs in 558 games, including a homer in his first major league at-bat, whose career finished when entered military service during World War II.</li> <li>January 4 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Milliken" title="Bob Milliken">Bob Milliken</a>, 80, pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1953 and 1954 seasons; later a longtime St. Louis Cardinals coach and instructor.</li> <li>January 9 – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Callahan" title="Ben Callahan">Ben Callahan</a>, 49, pitcher who worked in four games for the 1983 Oakland Athletics.</li> <li>January 16 – <a href="/wiki/Betty_Trezza" title="Betty Trezza">Betty Trezza</a>, 81, infielder who batted a historic 14th inning, RBI-single to give the <a href="/wiki/Racine_Belles" title="Racine Belles">Racine Belles</a> the <a href="/wiki/1946_All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League_season" title="1946 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season">1946 AAGPBL championship title</a>.</li> <li>January 19 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Lefebvre" title="Bill Lefebvre">Wilfred "Lefty" Lefebvre</a>, 91, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators in four seasons spanning 1938 to 1944; later a longtime Red Sox scout.</li> <li>January 20 – <a href="/wiki/Vern_Ruhle" title="Vern Ruhle">Vern Ruhle</a>, 55, pitcher who played for the Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians and California Angels during 13 seasons from 1974 to 1986, posting notable starts for Houston in the 1980–1981 playoffs; became a reliable <a href="/wiki/Coach_(baseball)" title="Coach (baseball)">pitching coach</a> for four National League teams over nine seasons between 1997 and 2006; pitching coach of Cincinnati Reds at the time of his death.</li> <li>January 23 – <a href="/wiki/Dick_Joyce_(baseball)" title="Dick Joyce (baseball)">Dick Joyce</a>, 63, pitcher for the 1965 Kansas City Athletics.</li> <li>January 25 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Lang_(sportswriter)" title="Jack Lang (sportswriter)">Jack Lang</a>, 85, sportswriter for New York area newspapers from 1946 to 1989, and also longtime <a href="/wiki/BBWAA" class="mw-redirect" title="BBWAA">BBWAA</a> official who was responsible for notifying Hall of Famers of their election from 1966 to 1988.</li> <li>January 27 – <a href="/wiki/Bing_Devine" title="Bing Devine">Bing Devine</a>, 90, <a href="/wiki/General_manager_(baseball)" title="General manager (baseball)">general manager</a> of the St. Louis Cardinals (1957–1964; 1968–1978) who built St. Louis' NL pennant winners of 1964 and 1967–1968, and as president of the New York Mets (1966–1967) helped construct 1969 "Miracle Mets".</li> <li>January 29 – <a href="/wiki/Art_Fowler" title="Art Fowler">Art Fowler</a>, 84, pitcher for the Cincinnati Redlegs, Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Angels over nine seasons spanning 1954–1964, before becoming a pitching coach for five teams under manager <a href="/wiki/Billy_Martin" title="Billy Martin">Billy Martin</a> in fourteen seasons from 1969 to 1988.</li> <li>January 30 – <a href="/wiki/Max_Lanier" title="Max Lanier">Max Lanier</a>, 91, two-time All-Star pitcher who won 45 games and posted a very solid 2.47 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">earned run average</a> from 1942 to 1944 for the St. Louis Cardinals, leading the National League in ERA in 1943, while winning three consecutive NL pennants and two World Series rings in 1942 and 1944, including the final game of the <a href="/wiki/1944_World_Series" title="1944 World Series">1944 Classic</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> one of the most prominent American players to "jump" his MLB contract (and its reserve clause) to play in outlaw Mexican League in 1946, for which he was suspended from Organized Baseball for over three years; father of <a href="/wiki/Hal_Lanier" title="Hal Lanier">Hal Lanier</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 1 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Berres" title="Ray Berres">Ray Berres</a>, 99, catcher for four NL teams from 1934 to 1945, later a White Sox pitching coach for nearly two decades.</li> <li>February 4 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Barber" title="Steve Barber">Steve Barber</a>, 68, All-Star pitcher for the Orioles who in 1963 became the first 20-game winner in modern Baltimore history.</li> <li>February 4 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Pisoni" title="Jim Pisoni">Jim Pisoni</a>, 77, outfielder, the last player to debut in a St. Louis Browns uniform, who also played for the Kansas City Athletics, Milwaukee Braves and New York Yankees.</li> <li>February 6 – <a href="/wiki/Lew_Burdette" title="Lew Burdette">Lew Burdette</a>, 80, All-Star pitcher for the Braves who was MVP of the 1957 World Series, led NL with 21 wins in 1959; also pitched for Yankees, Cardinals, Cubs and Angels.</li> <li>February 7 – <a href="/wiki/Josephine_Lenard" title="Josephine Lenard">Josephine Lenard</a>, 85, All-Star outfielder who played ten seasons in the <a href="/wiki/AAGPBL" class="mw-redirect" title="AAGPBL">AAGPBL</a></li> <li>February 9 – <a href="/wiki/Hank_Bauer" title="Hank Bauer">Hank Bauer</a>, 84, three-time All-Star right fielder for the New York Yankees, being a member of seven World Series champion teams between 1949 and 1966, who later managed the Baltimore Orioles to the <a href="/wiki/1966_World_Series" title="1966 World Series">1966 World Series</a> title.</li> <li>February 15 – <a href="/wiki/Terry_Enyart" title="Terry Enyart">Terry Enyart</a>, 56, pitcher who appeared in two games for the 1974 Montreal Expos.</li> <li>February 15 – <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Hancken" title="Buddy Hancken">Buddy Hancken</a>, 92, catcher for the 1940 Philadelphia Athletics; later a minor league manager and MLB scout, coach and executive.</li> <li>February 18 – <a href="/wiki/Danny_Reynolds_(baseball)" title="Danny Reynolds (baseball)">Danny Reynolds</a>, 87, infielder for the 1945 Chicago White Sox.</li> <li>February 20 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Malloy_(1940s_pitcher)" title="Bob Malloy (1940s pitcher)">Bob Malloy</a>, 88, pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Browns in a span of five seasons between 1943 and 1949, one of many ballplayers whose career was interrupted during World War conflict.</li> <li>February 20 – <a href="/wiki/Casey_Wise" title="Casey Wise">Casey Wise</a>, 74, infielder who played for the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Braves and Detroit Tigers over four seasons from 1957 to 1960.</li> <li>February 21 – <a href="/wiki/Sherman_Jones" title="Sherman Jones">Sherman Jones</a>, nicknamed "Roadblock", 72, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets in three seasons from 1960 to 1962, who also appeared in the <a href="/wiki/1961_World_Series" title="1961 World Series">1961 World Series</a> with Cincinnati and later served as a Kansas legislator for twelve years.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 2 – <a href="/wiki/Clem_Labine" title="Clem Labine">Clem Labine</a>, 80, two-time All-Star <a href="/wiki/Relief_pitcher" title="Relief pitcher">relief pitcher</a> who played from 1950 through 1962, winning three World Series rings with the <a href="/wiki/1955_World_Series" title="1955 World Series">1955 Brooklyn Dodgers</a>, the <a href="/wiki/1959_World_Series" title="1959 World Series">1959 Los Angeles Dodgers</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/1960_World_Series" title="1960 World Series">1960 Pittsburgh Pirates</a>, as well as National League pennants with <a href="/wiki/1953_Brooklyn_Dodgers_season" title="1953 Brooklyn Dodgers season">Brooklyn in 1953</a> and <a href="/wiki/1956_Brooklyn_Dodgers_season" title="1956 Brooklyn Dodgers season">in 1956</a>, ending his career with the <a href="/wiki/1962_New_York_Mets_season" title="1962 New York Mets season">1962 expansion New York Mets</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>March 3 – <a href="/wiki/Gene_Oliver" title="Gene Oliver">Gene Oliver</a>, 71, catcher and first baseman for five teams in the 1960s who hit 21 home runs for the 1965 Milwaukee Braves.</li> <li>March 7 – <a href="/wiki/Emil_Mailho" title="Emil Mailho">Emil Mailho</a>, 97, outfielder for the 1936 Philadelphia Athletics.</li> <li>March 8 – <a href="/wiki/John_Vukovich" title="John Vukovich">John Vukovich</a>, 59, third baseman for three teams, mainly for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1970 to 1981, coaching later for them during 17 seasons.</li> <li>March 10 – <a href="/wiki/Art_Lopatka" title="Art Lopatka">Art Lopatka</a>, 87, pitcher who played with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1945 and for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1946.</li> <li>March 10 – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Sturgeon" title="Bobby Sturgeon">Bobby Sturgeon</a>, 87, middle infielder for the Chicago Cubs and Boston Braves in part of six seasons spanning 1940–1948, one of many big leaguers whose career was interrupted during World War II.</li> <li>March 12 – <a href="/wiki/Norm_Larker" title="Norm Larker">Norm Larker</a>, 76, All-Star first baseman for Los Angeles Dodgers (1958–1961), runner-up to Dick Groat in 1960 NL batting race, and member of the original (1962) Houston Colt .45s squad.</li> <li>March 15 – <a href="/wiki/Bowie_Kuhn" title="Bowie Kuhn">Bowie Kuhn</a>, 80, Commissioner of Baseball from 1969 to 1984 whose tenure saw strong increases in attendance, the arrival of <a href="/wiki/Free_agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Free agency">free agency</a>, and the sport's first labor strikes.</li> <li>March 15 – <a href="/wiki/Marty_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Marty Martínez">Marty Martínez</a>, 65, utility infielder for six teams from 1962 to 1972; became a coach and scout for the Mariners.</li> <li>March 22 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Dennis" title="Don Dennis">Don Dennis</a>, 65, relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1965 to 1966, who was named St. Louis rookie of the year in 1965.</li> <li>March 22 – <a href="/wiki/Willard_Schmidt" title="Willard Schmidt">Willard Schmidt</a>, 78, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals (1952–1957) and Cincinnati Reds (1958–1959).</li> <li>March 23 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Bailey" title="Ed Bailey">Ed Bailey</a>, 75, six-time All-Star and power hitting catcher, whose 14-year career include a nine-year stint with the Cincinnati Reds from 1953 to 1961, who, like other catchers of his generation, was overshadowed by <a href="/wiki/Yogi_Berra" title="Yogi Berra">Yogi Berra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roy_Campanella" title="Roy Campanella">Roy Campanella</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>March 31 – <a href="/wiki/Patricia_Barringer" title="Patricia Barringer">Patricia Barringer</a>, 82, <a href="/wiki/All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League" title="All-American Girls Professional Baseball League">All-American Girls Professional Baseball League</a> player and manager.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_2">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 1 – <a href="/wiki/Herb_Carneal" title="Herb Carneal">Herb Carneal</a>, 83, broadcaster for the Minnesota Twins since their second season in 1962, who previously called games in Philadelphia both for the Athletics and Phillies, and later for the Baltimore Orioles.</li> <li>April 1 – <a href="/wiki/Lou_Limmer" title="Lou Limmer">Lou Limmer</a>, 82, first baseman who hit the last home run for the Philadelphia Athletics and had the last hit in their final game in Philadelphia.</li> <li>April 6 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Bahr" title="Ed Bahr">Ed Bahr</a>, 87, Canadian pitcher who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1946 to 1947.</li> <li>April 10 – <a href="/wiki/Dick_Kryhoski" title="Dick Kryhoski">Dick Kryhoski</a>, 82, first baseman for four American League teams in six seasons 1949 to 1955, as well one of few players to play for the St. Louis Browns in its 1953 final season and for the Baltimore Orioles in their 1954 inaugural campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>April 15 – <a href="/wiki/Chip_Marshall_(baseball)" title="Chip Marshall (baseball)">Chip Marshall</a>, 87, catcher for the 1941 St. Louis Cardinals.</li> <li>April 16 – <a href="/wiki/Jean_Marlowe" title="Jean Marlowe">Jean Marlowe</a>, 77, pitcher in the <a href="/wiki/All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League" title="All-American Girls Professional Baseball League">All-American Girls Professional Baseball League</a> between the 1948 and 1954 seasons.</li> <li>April 23 – <a href="/wiki/Otis_Davis_(baseball)" title="Otis Davis (baseball)">Otis Davis</a>, 87, <a href="/wiki/Utility_player" title="Utility player">utility man</a> for the <a href="/wiki/1946_Brooklyn_Dodgers_season" title="1946 Brooklyn Dodgers season">1946 Brooklyn Dodgers</a>.</li> <li>April 23 – <a href="/wiki/David_Halberstam" title="David Halberstam">David Halberstam</a>, 73, Pulitzer-winning author and historian, who wrote three non-fiction books on baseball: <i>Summer of '49</i>, <i>October, 1964</i> and <i>The Teammates</i>.</li> <li>April 23 – <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Meeks" title="Sammy Meeks">Sammy Meeks</a>, 84, backup infielder who played for the Washington Senators and Cincinnati Reds over four seasons from 1948 to 1951.</li> <li>April 27 – <a href="/wiki/Ralph_McLeod" title="Ralph McLeod">Ralph McLeod</a>, 90, outfielder for the 1938 Boston Bees.</li> <li>April 28 – <a href="/wiki/Archie_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Archie Wilson (baseball)">Archie Wilson</a>, 83, 1951 International League MVP, who later played from 1951 to 1952 for the New York Yankees, Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox.</li> <li>April 29 – <a href="/wiki/Milt_Bocek" title="Milt Bocek">Milt Bocek</a>, 94, outfielder for the 1933 and 1934 Chicago White Sox.</li> <li>April 29 – <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hancock" title="Josh Hancock">Josh Hancock</a>, 29, relief pitcher who played from 2002 through 2007 for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals, being also a member of the <a href="/wiki/2006_World_Series" title="2006 World Series">2006 World Series Champion Cardinals team</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_2">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 13 – <a href="/wiki/Gomer_Hodge" title="Gomer Hodge">Gomer Hodge</a>, 63, infielder for the 1971 Cleveland Indians, who later coached in Minor League Baseball and managed in the <a href="/wiki/Mexican_Pacific_League" title="Mexican Pacific League">Mexican Pacific League</a>.</li> <li>May 17 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Wight" title="Bill Wight">Bill Wight</a>, 85, pitcher for eight teams between 1946 and 1958, who won 15 games for the <a href="/wiki/1949_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1949 Chicago White Sox season">1949 Chicago White Sox</a>.</li> <li>May 25 – <a href="/wiki/Elaine_Roth" title="Elaine Roth">Elaine Roth</a>, 78, AAGPBL pitcher and outfielder.</li> <li>May 28 – <a href="/wiki/Phyllis_Koehn" title="Phyllis Koehn">Phyllis Koehn</a>, 84, AAGPBL pitcher.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_2">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 4 – <a href="/wiki/Clete_Boyer" title="Clete Boyer">Clete Boyer</a>, 70, Gold Glove third baseman who played for the Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves over 15 seasons spanning 1955–1971, winning five consecutive American League pennants with the Yankees from 1960 to 1964, and a Gold Glove Award with the Braves in 1969; brothers <a href="/wiki/Ken_Boyer" title="Ken Boyer">Ken</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cloyd_Boyer" title="Cloyd Boyer">Cloyd</a> played in the majors.</li> <li>June 15 – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Whiteside" title="Larry Whiteside">Larry Whiteside</a>, 69, pioneering African American journalist known for his coverage of baseball for newspapers in Milwaukee and Boston.</li> <li>June 23 – <a href="/wiki/Rod_Beck" title="Rod Beck">Rod Beck</a>, 38, three-time All-Star relief pitcher who played from 1991 through 2001 for the San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox and San Diego Padres, winning the <a href="/wiki/Rolaids_Relief_Man_Award#National_League_(1976–2012)" title="Rolaids Relief Man Award">1994 NL Rolaids Relief Man Award</a> with the Giants, while setting franchise season records with 24 consecutive <a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">saves</a> and 48 overall in <a href="/wiki/1993_San_Francisco_Giants_season" title="1993 San Francisco Giants season">its 1993 season</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_2">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 7 – <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Sotelo" title="Miguel Sotelo">Miguel Sotelo</a>, 74, Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher and manager who spent more than 25 years in professional baseball, pitching <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitters</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Arizona%E2%80%93Mexico_League" title="Arizona–Mexico League">Arizona–Mexico League</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mexican_League" title="Mexican League">Mexican League</a>, compiling an overall pitching record of 287–221 in eleven seasons and later managing during 27 seasons, while guiding the <a href="/wiki/Broncos_de_Reynosa" title="Broncos de Reynosa">Broncos de Reynosa</a> to their only Mexican League championship in the <a href="/wiki/Mexican_League#Champions" title="Mexican League">1969 campaign</a>, defeating the <a href="/wiki/Sultanes_de_Monterrey" title="Sultanes de Monterrey">Sultanes de Monterrey</a>.</li> <li>July 11 – <a href="/wiki/Shag_Crawford" title="Shag Crawford">Shag Crawford</a>, 90, umpire for 3,082 National League games between 1956 and 1975, who also worked in three World Series, two NL Championship Series, and three All-Star Games, and was the father of NL umpire <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Crawford" title="Jerry Crawford">Jerry Crawford</a>.</li> <li>July 16 – <a href="/wiki/Carl_McNabb" title="Carl McNabb">Carl McNabb</a>, 90, who played briefly for the Detroit Tigers in 1945.</li> <li>July 18 – <a href="/wiki/Orlando_McFarlane" title="Orlando McFarlane">Orlando McFarlane</a>, 69, catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Tigers and California Angels over five seasons spanning 1962–1968.</li> <li>July 19 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Mangan" title="Jim Mangan">Jim Mangan</a>, 77, catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers in <a href="/wiki/1946_Brooklyn_Dodgers_season" title="1946 Brooklyn Dodgers season">its 1946 season</a>.</li> <li>July 22 – <a href="/wiki/Rollie_Stiles" title="Rollie Stiles">Rollie Stiles</a>, 100, pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> in three seasons from 1930 to 1933, the last living person to have pitched to <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a>, and also the oldest living former MLB player at the time of his death.</li> <li>July 22 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Coolbaugh" title="Mike Coolbaugh">Mike Coolbaugh</a>, 35, third baseman (and brother of <a href="/wiki/Scott_Coolbaugh" title="Scott Coolbaugh">Scott Coolbaugh</a>) for the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> in 2001 and 2002; as a coach in the minor leagues, he died when a line drive struck him in the neck as he was standing in the first-base coach's box; professional baseball mandated that base coaches wear helmets as a result.</li> <li>July 29 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Robinson_(outfielder)" title="Bill Robinson (outfielder)">Bill Robinson</a>, 64, outfielder who played 1966 through 1983 for the Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies, collecting three World Series rings as a player for the 1979 Pirates, and as a coach for both the 1986 New York Mets and 2003 Florida Marlins.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_2">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 1 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_Naktenis" title="Pete Naktenis">Pete Naktenis</a>, 93, pitcher who played with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1936 and for the Cincinnati Reds between in 1939.</li> <li>August 3 – <a href="/wiki/Lee_Griffeth" title="Lee Griffeth">Lee Griffeth</a>, 82, pitcher for the 1946 Philadelphia Athletics.</li> <li>August 4 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Mancuso" title="Frank Mancuso">Frank Mancuso</a>, 89, catcher who played with the St. Louis Browns in three seasons from 1944 to 1946 and for the Washington Senators in 1947; member of Browns' 1944 American League championship team; later, served on the Houston City Council from 1963 to 1993; brother of <a href="/wiki/Gus_Mancuso" title="Gus Mancuso">Gus Mancuso</a>.</li> <li>August 5 – <a href="/wiki/Al_Salerno" title="Al Salerno">Al Salerno</a>, 76, American League <a href="/wiki/Umpire_(baseball)" title="Umpire (baseball)">umpire</a> from 1961 to 1968 who worked 1,110 league games and the <a href="/wiki/1964_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1964 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1964 Major League Baseball All-Star Game</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> abruptly fired on September 16, 1968, he and colleague <a href="/wiki/Bill_Valentine" title="Bill Valentine">Bill Valentine</a> filed suit alleging they were singled out for attempts to form an umpires' union for their league.</li> <li>August 7 – <a href="/wiki/Hank_Morgenweck" title="Hank Morgenweck">Hank Morgenweck</a>, 78, American League umpire from 1972 to 1975 who also worked second base in Game 1 of the 1970 NLCS as a strike replacement.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 7 – <a href="/wiki/Mary_Rountree" title="Mary Rountree">Mary Rountree</a>, 85, top-notch catcher who played from 1946 through 1952 in the <a href="/wiki/All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League" title="All-American Girls Professional Baseball League">All-American Girls Professional Baseball League</a>.</li> <li>August 13 – <a href="/wiki/Ox_Miller" title="Ox Miller">Ox Miller</a>, 92, pitcher who hurled in 24 total games for the Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns and Chicago Cubs over four seasons between 1943 and 1947.</li> <li>August 14 – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Rizzuto" title="Phil Rizzuto">Phil Rizzuto</a>, 89, Hall of Fame shortstop who won thirteen American League pennants and seven World Series during his thirteen-season career with the New York Yankees, earning <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">1950 American League MVP Award</a> honors and three <a href="/wiki/MLB_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB All-Star Game">MLB All-Star Game</a> selections, and later broadcasting Yankees games on radio and television during four decades.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 15 – <a href="/wiki/Sam_Pollock" title="Sam Pollock">Sam Pollock</a>, 81, legendary Canadian hockey executive of the 1960s and 1970s (<a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a>) who later was chairman and CEO of MLB's Toronto Blue Jays between 1995 and 2000.</li> <li>August 17 – <a href="/wiki/Chico_Garc%C3%ADa" title="Chico García">Chico García</a>, 82, Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman who played for the 1954 Baltimore Orioles, while winning batting titles in the <a href="/wiki/Arizona%E2%80%93Texas_League" title="Arizona–Texas League">Arizona–Texas League</a> in 1963 and the <a href="/wiki/Mexican_League" title="Mexican League">Mexican League</a> in 1963, before managing in the ML from 1965 to 1976.</li> <li>August 17 – <a href="/wiki/Dee_Sanders" title="Dee Sanders">Dee Sanders</a>, 86, pitcher for the St. Louis Browns in its 1945 season.</li> <li>August 20 – <a href="/wiki/Wild_Bill_Hagy" title="Wild Bill Hagy">Wild Bill Hagy</a>, 68, popular fan noted for leading cheers at Baltimore Orioles games in the 1970s and 1980s.</li> <li>August 23 – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Herrera" title="Bobby Herrera">Bobby Herrera</a>, 81, Mexican pitcher who played in 1951 for the St. Louis Browns.</li> <li>August 26 – <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Comiskey" title="Chuck Comiskey">Chuck Comiskey</a>, 81, vice president of the Chicago White Sox in the 1950s, as well as the last member of the Comiskey dynasty to be involved in the club's operation.</li> <li>August 29 – <a href="/wiki/Margie_Lang" title="Margie Lang">Margie Lang</a>, 83, infielder and pitcher who played in the <a href="/wiki/All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League" title="All-American Girls Professional Baseball League">All-American Girls Professional Baseball League</a>.</li> <li>August 30 – <a href="/wiki/Hal_Jeffcoat" title="Hal Jeffcoat">Hal Jeffcoat</a>, 82, outfielder and pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Redlegs/Reds and St. Louis Cardinals during twelve seasons from 1948 to 1959.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_2">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 1 – <a href="/wiki/Mel_Roberts_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mel Roberts (baseball)">Mel Roberts</a>, 64, first-base coach of the 1992–1995 Philadelphia Phillies, including 1993 NL champions; minor league outfielder, coach and manager who spent 46 years in pro ball.</li> <li>September 6 – <a href="/wiki/Al_Kozar" title="Al Kozar">Al Kozar</a>, 86, second baseman who played for the Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox over a three-year career from 1950 to 1952.</li> <li>September 12 – <a href="/wiki/Lou_Kretlow" title="Lou Kretlow">Lou Kretlow</a>, 86, pitcher who played from 1946 through 1956 with the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Athletics.</li> <li>September 20 – <a href="/wiki/John_Sullivan_(shortstop)" title="John Sullivan (shortstop)">John Sullivan</a>, 86, shortstop who played for the Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns over six seasons spanning 1942–1949.</li> <li>September 22 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Harman" title="Bill Harman">Bill Harman</a>, 88, pitcher and catcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in <a href="/wiki/1941_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1941 Philadelphia Phillies season">its 1941 season</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_2">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 3 – <a href="/wiki/Bunky_Stewart" title="Bunky Stewart">Bunky Stewart</a>, 76, pitcher for the Washington Senators over five seasons from 1952 to 1956.</li> <li>October 4 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Nottebart" title="Don Nottebart">Don Nottebart</a>, 71, pitcher whose major league career included stints with five different clubs between 1960 and 1969, who pitched the first <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> in <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Colt .45s/Astros</a> history on May 17, 1963, though he has the dubious distinction of yielding the first <a href="/wiki/Grand_slam_(baseball)" title="Grand slam (baseball)">grand slam</a> of the 1961 season, and delivering <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a>' 500th home run in 1965.</li> <li>October 6 – <a href="/wiki/Nancy_DeShone" title="Nancy DeShone">Nancy DeShone</a>, 75, outfielder who played for the <a href="/wiki/South_Bend_Blue_Sox" title="South Bend Blue Sox">South Bend Blue Sox</a> of the <a href="/wiki/All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League" title="All-American Girls Professional Baseball League">All-American Girls Professional Baseball League</a> in 1948.</li> <li>October 14 – <a href="/wiki/Fred_Bruckbauer" title="Fred Bruckbauer">Fred Bruckbauer</a>, 69, pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/1969_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="1969 Minnesota Twins season">1969 Minnesota Twins</a>.</li> <li>October 14 – <a href="/wiki/Owen_Friend" title="Owen Friend">Owen Friend</a>, 80, middle infielder and third baseman for the St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs in a span of five seasons from 1955 to 1956.</li> <li>October 17 – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Berroa" title="Billy Berroa">Billy Berroa</a>, 79, Spanish-language broadcaster for the New York Mets, who began announcing major league games in 1963.</li> <li>October 17 – <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Rutner" title="Mickey Rutner">Mickey Rutner</a>, 86, third baseman for the <a href="/wiki/1947_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1947 Philadelphia Athletics season">1947 Philadelphia Athletics</a>.</li> <li>October 23 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Nicholas" title="Don Nicholas">Don Nicholas</a>, 76, shortstop for the Chicago White Sox in the 1952 and 1954 seasons.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November_2">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November   9 – <a href="/wiki/Lorraine_Fisher" title="Lorraine Fisher">Lorraine Fisher</a>, 79, <a href="/wiki/AAGPBL" class="mw-redirect" title="AAGPBL">AAGPBL</a> pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/Rockford_Peaches" title="Rockford Peaches">Rockford Peaches</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids_Chicks" title="Grand Rapids Chicks">Grand Rapids Chicks</a>.</li> <li>November 13 – <a href="/wiki/Kazuhisa_Inao" title="Kazuhisa Inao">Kazuhisa Inao</a>, 70, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame">Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame</a> pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/Seibu_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="Seibu Lions">Nishitetsu Lions</a>, who won the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_League" title="Pacific League">Pacific League</a> MVP Award in 1957 and 1958 and posted a 42–14 record in 1961.</li> <li>November 15 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Nuxhall" title="Joe Nuxhall">Joe Nuxhall</a>, 79, two-time All-Star pitcher who became the youngest man ever to play in the major leagues – a mark he still holds, when he debuted as a 15-year-old with the Cincinnati Reds on June 10, 1944, while pitching for Cincinnati nine more seasons from 1952 to 1960, and remaining in the Reds organization on a second career as a member of the broadcast team, as he called the Reds games including those with which they won the World Series in the 1975, 1976 and 1990, ending his baseball career in 2004, over 60 years after his professional pitching debut.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>November 22 – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Wood_(baseball)" title="Ken Wood (baseball)">Ken Wood</a>, 83, outfielder for the St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators during six seasons from 1948 to 1953.</li> <li>November 23 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Kennedy_(baseball)" title="Joe Kennedy (baseball)">Joe Kennedy</a>, 28, pitcher for five teams since 2001, most recently with the Blue Jays; posted a 9–7 mark with a 3.66 ERA for the 2004 Rockies.</li> <li>November 23 – <a href="/wiki/Al_Yates" title="Al Yates">Al Yates</a>, 62, backup outfielder for the 1971 Milwaukee Brewers.</li> <li>November 27 – <a href="/wiki/Clancy_Smyres" title="Clancy Smyres">Clancy Smyres</a>, 85, pinch hitter in five appearances with the Brooklyn Dodgers in <a href="/wiki/1944_Brooklyn_Dodgers_season" title="1944 Brooklyn Dodgers season">its 1944 season</a>.</li> <li>November 28 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Marquis" title="Bob Marquis">Bob Marquis</a>, 83, backup outfielder who played for the <a href="/wiki/1953_Cincinnati_Redlegs_season" title="1953 Cincinnati Redlegs season">1953 Cincinnati Redlegs</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_2">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 14 – <a href="/wiki/Cuddles_Marshall" title="Cuddles Marshall">Cuddles Marshall</a>, 82, pitcher for the New York Yankees and St. Louis Browns between 1946 and 1950, who was the Yankees pitcher to start the first night game at Yankee Stadium on May 28, 1946.</li> <li>December 17 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Chevrier" title="Don Chevrier">Don Chevrier</a>, 68, Canadian television broadcaster for the Toronto Blue Jays during 20 years, who also spanned <i>The World of Sports</i> variety show for <a href="/wiki/CBC_Sports" title="CBC Sports">CBC Sports</a> for more than 30 years.</li> <li>December 20 – <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Byrne_(baseball)" title="Tommy Byrne (baseball)">Tommy Byrne</a>, 87, All-Star pitcher for four American League teams who earned 72 of his 85 major league victories with the New York Yankees, including three 15-win seasons for pennant winners, earning two World Series with New York in 1949 and 1956.</li> <li>December 21 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Lamabe" title="Jack Lamabe">Jack Lamabe</a>, 71, pitcher from 1962 to 1968 for seven major league teams, mainly with the Boston Red Sox.</li> <li>December 25 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Beauchamp" title="Jim Beauchamp">Jim Beauchamp</a>, 68, outfielder and first baseman for seven major league teams from 1963 to 1974, who later managed in the minor league manager from 1975 to 1990 and coached in the major leagues from 1991 to 1998.</li> <li>December 26 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Castiglia" title="Jim Castiglia">Jim Castiglia</a>, 89, catcher for the <a href="/wiki/1942_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1942 Philadelphia Athletics season">1942 Philadelphia Athletics</a>, also a running back in the <a href="/wiki/NFL" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL">NFL</a> and <a href="/wiki/All-America_Football_Conference" title="All-America Football Conference">AAFC</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_baseball&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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href="/wiki/1965_in_baseball" title="1965 in baseball">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_in_baseball" title="1966 in baseball">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_in_baseball" title="1967 in baseball">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_in_baseball" title="1968 in baseball">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_in_baseball" title="1969 in baseball">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_in_baseball" title="1970 in baseball">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_in_baseball" title="1971 in baseball">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_in_baseball" title="1972 in baseball">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_in_baseball" title="1973 in baseball">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_in_baseball" title="1974 in baseball">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_in_baseball" title="1975 in baseball">1975</a></li> <li><a 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