| 2007 Los Angeles Dodgers | ||||
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| League | National League | |||
| Division | West | |||
| Ballpark | Dodger Stadium | |||
| City | Los Angeles | |||
| Record | 82–80 (.506) | |||
| Divisional place | 4th | |||
| Owners | Frank McCourt | |||
| President | Jamie McCourt | |||
| General managers | Ned Colletti | |||
| Managers | Grady Little | |||
| Television | FSN Prime Ticket KCAL-TV (9) Vin Scully,Charley Steiner,Steve Lyons | |||
| Radio | KFWB Vin Scully,Rick Monday,Charley Steiner KWKW Jaime Jarrín,Pepe Yñiguez,Fernando Valenzuela | |||
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The2007Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 118th for the franchise inMajor League Baseball, and their 50th season inLos Angeles, California. It started off promisingly with the Dodgers holding theNational League West lead for most of the first half of the season. However, the team faded down the stretch and finished the season in fourth place. Two of the teams big free agent signings, pitchersJason Schmidt andRandy Wolf were injured and missed most of the season. A promising development was the play of several rookies includingJames Loney andMatt Kemp and the further development of second year catcherRussell Martin, who was named to his first All-Star Game.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Arizona Diamondbacks | 90 | 72 | .556 | — | 50–31 | 40–41 |
| Colorado Rockies | 90 | 73 | .552 | ½ | 51–31 | 39–42 |
| San Diego Padres | 89 | 74 | .546 | 1½ | 47–34 | 42–40 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 82 | 80 | .506 | 8 | 43–38 | 39–42 |
| San Francisco Giants | 71 | 91 | .438 | 19 | 39–42 | 32–49 |
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| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WAS | AL |
| Arizona | — | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 8–10 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 8–10 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 8–7 |
| Atlanta | 2–4 | — | 5–4 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 10–8 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 11–7 | 4–11 |
| Chicago | 2–4 | 4–5 | — | 9–9 | 5–2 | 0–6 | 8–7 | 2–5 | 9–6 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 8–7 | 3–5 | 5–2 | 11–5 | 6–1 | 8–4 |
| Cincinnati | 4–2 | 6–1 | 9–9 | — | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–11 | 2–4 | 8–7 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 9–7 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 6–9 | 1–6 | 7-11 |
| Colorado | 10–8 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–2 | — | 3–3 | 3–4 | 12–6 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 10–8 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 10–8 |
| Florida | 1–6 | 8–10 | 6–0 | 3–4 | 3–3 | — | 2–3 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 8–10 | 9–9 |
| Houston | 2–5 | 3–3 | 7–8 | 11–4 | 4–3 | 3-2 | — | 4–3 | 5–13 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 5–10 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 7–9 | 2–5 | 9–9 |
| Los Angeles | 10–8 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 6–12 | 3–4 | 3–4 | — | 3–3 | 5–5 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–10 |
| Milwaukee | 5–2 | 2–5 | 6–9 | 7–8 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 13–5 | 3–3 | — | 2–4 | 3–4 | 10–6 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 7–8 | 4–2 | 8–7 |
| New York | 4–3 | 9–9 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 11–7 | 5–2 | 5–5 | 4–2 | — | 6–12 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 9–9 | 8–7 |
| Philadelphia | 1-5 | 9–9 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 9–9 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 12–6 | — | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–4 | 6–3 | 12–6 | 8–7 |
| Pittsburgh | 4–5 | 1–5 | 7–8 | 7–9 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 10–5 | 2–5 | 6–10 | 2–4 | 2–4 | — | 1–6 | 4–2 | 6–12 | 4–2 | 5–10 |
| San Diego | 8–10 | 2–5 | 5–3 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 10–8 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 6–1 | — | 14–4 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 6–9 |
| San Francisco | 8–10 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 8–10 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 8–10 | 5–4 | 2–4 | 4–4 | 2–4 | 4–14 | — | 4–1 | 3–4 | 5–10 |
| St. Louis | 3–4 | 4–3 | 5–11 | 9–6 | 4–3 | 4-2 | 9–7 | 3–3 | 8–7 | 2–5 | 3–6 | 12–6 | 4–3 | 1–4 | — | 1–5 | 6–9 |
| Washington | 1–6 | 7–11 | 1–6 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 10-8 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 5–1 | — | 9–9 |
The Dodgers began their 2007 season on the road as they went to Milwaukee to begin a three-game series with theBrewers. But the Brewers pitching shut down the Dodgers offense for the first two games of the series. They got their own pitching settled down as they enjoyed a four-game winning streak, including a three-game sweep of theGiants in San Francisco. The Dodgers went toDodger Stadium for the first time of the season and had a successful 4-2 homestand.
A two-game mini-series sweep in Arizona against theDiamondbacks followed by a split of a two-game series against theRockies saw the Dodgers go 3-1 on the road-trip. Back in Los Angeles, the Dodgers won the first two games of a three-game series with thePirates, improving their record to a league-leading 13-5 in the process before a four-game losing streak, including being swept by the Giants, dropped their record to 13-9. They ended their April with a 15-11 record, leading theNL West.
May began with the Dodgers concluding their three-game series with the Diamondbacks with a pair of 2-1 victories. After splitting the first two games of a three-game series with theBraves, the Dodgers blew a late lead in the third game of the series due to poor relief pitching. The Braves won the game 6-4 and took the series two games to one. The Dodgers continued their roadtrip with theMarlins, splitting the four game series. The Dodgers then began a 6-game homestand against the Reds and the Cardinals. They went on to have a 5-1 homestand, sweepingReds and taking 2 out of 3 from theCardinals. The Dodgers were then swept in a 3-game weekend series with theAngels played inAnaheim. The Dodgers returned home to face theBrewers whom they beat two in a row after dropping the first game of the series. The Dodgers then took two of the three games they played with theCubs atDodger Stadium. InWashington, they took two out of three games, shutting out theNationals in the first two games.
The Dodgers beat thePirates in the first game of a four-game series inPittsburgh, the Pirates held the Dodgers to just one run in a 3-1 victory. The next day the Dodgers came from a 4-0 deficit to win 5-4. The Dodgers then went toSan Diego to play thePadres and were swept there despite having a 5-1 lead in the 9th inning of the last game. The Dodgers also dropped out of first place during this time.Interleague play then begun with theBlue Jays coming to Los Angeles. The Dodgers were able to end a three-game losing streak in 10 innings, with a walk off home run but then lost the next two games from the Blue Jays. They then swept the 1st Place team of the NL East, theMets in a three-game series atDodger Stadium. TheFreeway Series then returned, this time to Dodger Stadium where the Dodgers stole the first game from the Angels, but then lost the next two. The Dodgers then had a ten-game road trip toToronto,Tampa Bay, andArizona. They went 6-4 on the road trip. They returned home to play their division rivals, thePadres and lost the first two games. They ended June with an even 14-14 record.
The Dodgers went 3-4 before the All Star Break, dropping two out of four games from theAtlanta Braves and two out of three games from theFlorida Marlins. After the All Star Break, the Dodgers completed a sweep of theGiants in San Francisco. This year in San Francisco, they are 6-0. The Dodgers got 2 out of 3 games from thePhiladelphia Phillies and took 1 out of 3 from theNew York Mets. Relief pitching became a great concern for the Dodgers after the All Star Break, with some relievers pitching an entire series, or more consecutive games.
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| Stat | Player | Total |
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| Avg. | Jeff Kent | .302 |
| HR | Jeff Kent | 20 |
| RBI | Russell Martin | 87 |
| R | Juan Pierre | 96 |
| SB | Juan Pierre | 64 |
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| W | Brad Penny | 16 |
| SV | Takashi Saito | 39 |
| IP | Brad Penny | 208 |
| ERA | Brad Penny | 3.03 |
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Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games
| Name | G | GS | IP | W/L | ERA | BB | SO | CG |
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| Brad Penny | 33 | 33 | 208.0 | 16-4 | 3.03 | 73 | 135 | 0 |
| Derek Lowe | 33 | 33 | 199.1 | 12-14 | 3.88 | 59 | 147 | 3 |
| Chad Billingsley | 43 | 20 | 147.0 | 12-5 | 3.31 | 64 | 141 | 1 |
| Randy Wolf | 18 | 18 | 102.2 | 9-6 | 4.73 | 39 | 94 | 0 |
| David Wells | 7 | 7 | 38.2 | 4-1 | 5.12 | 9 | 19 | 0 |
| Hong-Chih Kuo | 8 | 6 | 30.1 | 1-4 | 7.42 | 15 | 27 | 0 |
| Jason Schmidt | 6 | 6 | 25.2 | 1-4 | 6.31 | 14 | 22 | 0 |
| Esteban Loaiza | 5 | 5 | 22.2 | 1-4 | 8.34 | 16 | 15 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves
| Name | G | GS | IP | W/L | ERA | BB | SO | SV |
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| Takashi Saito | 63 | 0 | 64.1 | 2-1 | 1.40 | 13 | 78 | 39 |
| Joe Beimel | 83 | 0 | 67.1 | 4-2 | 3.88 | 24 | 39 | 1 |
| Jonathan Broxton | 83 | 0 | 82.0 | 4-4 | 2.85 | 25 | 99 | 2 |
| Rudy Seánez | 73 | 0 | 76.0 | 6-3 | 3.79 | 27 | 73 | 1 |
| Scott Proctor | 31 | 0 | 32.0 | 3-0 | 3.38 | 15 | 27 | 0 |
| Mark Hendrickson | 39 | 15 | 122.2 | 4-8 | 5.21 | 29 | 92 | 0 |
| Brett Tomko | 33 | 15 | 104.0 | 2-11 | 5.80 | 42 | 79 | 0 |
| Eric Stults | 12 | 5 | 38.2 | 1-4 | 5.82 | 17 | 30 | 0 |
| D.J. Houlton | 18 | 0 | 28.0 | 0-2 | 4.18 | 7 | 21 | 0 |
| Chin-hui Tsao | 21 | 0 | 24.2 | 0-1 | 4.38 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
| Roberto Hernández | 22 | 0 | 20.1 | 0-2 | 6.64 | 9 | 13 | 0 |
| Jonathan Meloan | 5 | 0 | 7.1 | 0-0 | 11.05 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| Eric Hull | 5 | 0 | 6.2 | 0-0 | 4.05 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Yhency Brazobán | 4 | 0 | 1.2 | 0-0 | 16.20 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
| Name | Pos | G | AB | Avg. | R | H | HR | RBI | SB |
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| Russell Martin | C | 151 | 540 | .293 | 87 | 158 | 19 | 87 | 21 |
| Mike Lieberthal | C | 38 | 77 | .234 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chad Moeller | C | 7 | 8 | .125 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Loney | 1B | 96 | 344 | .331 | 41 | 114 | 15 | 67 | 0 |
| Jeff Kent | 2B | 136 | 494 | .302 | 78 | 149 | 20 | 79 | 1 |
| Rafael Furcal | SS | 138 | 581 | .270 | 87 | 157 | 6 | 47 | 25 |
| Nomar Garciaparra | 3B/1B | 121 | 431 | .283 | 39 | 122 | 7 | 59 | 3 |
| Tony Abreu | 3B/2B/SS | 59 | 166 | .271 | 19 | 45 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Wilson Betemit | 3B/2B/SS/RF | 84 | 156 | .231 | 22 | 36 | 10 | 26 | 0 |
| Ramón Martínez | 2B/3B/SS/1B | 67 | 129 | .194 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| Olmedo Sáenz | 1B/3B | 92 | 110 | .191 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 18 | 0 |
| Andy LaRoche | 3B/LF | 35 | 93 | .226 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| Wilson Valdéz | SS/2B/3B/LF/CF | 41 | 74 | .216 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Shea Hillenbrand | 3B/1B | 20 | 70 | .243 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Mark Sweeney | 1B | 30 | 33 | .273 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chin-Lung Hu | SS | 12 | 29 | .241 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Marlon Anderson | 1B/2B | 23 | 26 | .231 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Luis Gonzalez | LF | 139 | 464 | .278 | 70 | 129 | 15 | 68 | 6 |
| Juan Pierre | CF | 162 | 668 | .293 | 96 | 196 | 0 | 41 | 64 |
| Andre Ethier | RF/LF | 153 | 447 | .284 | 50 | 127 | 13 | 64 | 0 |
| Matt Kemp | RF/CF | 98 | 292 | .342 | 47 | 100 | 10 | 42 | 10 |
| Brady Clark | RF/LF/CF | 47 | 58 | .224 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Delwyn Young | LF/2B | 19 | 34 | .382 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
The Dodgers selected 40 players in this draft. Of those, five of them would eventually play Major League baseball. The Dodgers lost their own first round pick to theSan Francisco Giants as a result of signing free agent pitcherJason Schmidt but gained a first round pick as well as a supplemental first round pick because of the loss of free agentJulio Lugo.
The top draft pick was right-handed pitcherChris Withrow fromMidland High School inMidland, Texas. He made his Major League debut in 2013 with the Dodgers. He pitched in 46 games for them over parts of two seasons, with a 2.73 ERA before he was traded to theAtlanta Braves.
The supplemental pick was right-handed pitcherJames Adkins from theUniversity of Tennessee. He was a 1st team Freshman All-American at Tennessee in 2006 and was MVP of the Knoxville Regional at theCollege World Series. Adkins is Tennessee's all-time leader in strikeouts with 350 career strikeouts.[1] He played for theGreat Lakes Loons of theMidwest League in 2007, starting 11 games for the Loons and finishing with an 0-1 record and a 2.42 ERA in 26 innings of work during his first season of professional baseball. In 2008, he was 5-8 with a 5.34 ERA for Single-AInland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino and 1-3 with a 4.74 ERA in 8 starts for the Double-AJacksonville Suns. He started 26 games for theChattanooga Lookouts in 2009, with a 6-10 record and 4.48 ERA. He was converted exclusively to a reliever in 2010, making 40 appearances for the Lookouts and 5 for the Triple-AAlbuquerque Isotopes. He was released by the Dodgers on April 5, 2011. He signed with theCincinnati Reds on May 4, but was released in August.[2] After taking the 2012 season off, Adkins spent 2013 with theGrand Prairie AirHogs andGary SouthShore RailCats, both part of theAmerican Association of Independent Professional Baseball.
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