# 2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays' 2007 season, the tenth season in franchise history, involved the Devil Rays trying to improve on their 2006 season, where they finished last in the American League East, and managed to finish the season with a league-worst record of 66–96. During the offseason they signed Japanese infielder Akinori Iwamura to a three-year deal. Their manager was Joe Maddon, who entered his second season with the Devil Rays.
Although the Devil Rays again finished last in the division, they improved their record by five games, to 66-96. Their season attendance increased by 18,653 to 1,387,603. This marks the first time home attendance has increased in consecutive seasons. Joe Maddon's option years through 2009 were picked up by the club on September 8, 2007. The season was marked by incredible pitching performances by club ace Scott Kazmir and rookie James Shields, and the bats of club standby Carl Crawford; rookies Delmon Young, B.J. Upton and Brendan Harris; and free agents Akinori Iwamura and Carlos Peña. Several club single-season records fell during the course of the season.
This was also the tenth and last season with the team being named the Devil Rays. The team dropped the "Devil" from the name. The following year, the team would win the AL East, beating the usual contenders in the Yankees and the Red Sox. The team would win the pennant, but lost to the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series.

## Regular season

The Devil Rays opened their 2007 season April 2, on the road against the defending division champion New York Yankees. The bullpen blew a lead and Tampa Bay lost, 9-5, but came back to win the third game, 7-6 (the second of the opening series was rained out). They suffered a setback in the middle of April when new third baseman Iwamura, off to a hot start with a .339 batting average to that point, suffered an oblique strain and went on the disabled list. However, the team continued to play better than in past years, and on May 4 moved into a tie for second place, the latest that Tampa Bay had been that high in the standings since the 1999 season.
The Rays trailed off going into May, falling eventually back into last place, but surged into their series in Orlando, Florida, against the Texas Rangers, which they swept. After the series with the Rangers, they won only one of the next seven games, skidding to a then season low, nine games below .500.
After a 9-4 win against the Dodgers to improve their record to 33-40 on June 24, the Devil Rays went on to lose 11 straight games and went on to lose 13 of 14 games since the Dodgers series and went into the All-Star Break 34-53. After the break it wasn't much better losing 3 games out of 4 against the Yankees in their 1st series after the break and went on to lose 8 straight games between July 21 to 28. The low point of that losing streak were two dismal losses to the Yankees. One game losing 17-5 and the other 21-4. The Rays' lack of pitching between their two aces and closer Al Reyes led to the coining of the idiom, "Kazmir and Shields, then off come the wheels."
For the Devil Rays it was a July to forget but things were getting better in August. Improvements made to the bullpen at the trade deadline led to shorter losing streaks and, eventually, more series wins. On August 11, Starting pitcher Edwin Jackson pitched the Devil Rays 1st complete game shutout of the year in a 3-0 win against the Rangers. On August 25, Pitcher Scott Kazmir went 8 innings with a career high 13 strikeouts in a 14-3 win against the Oakland Athletics and in that series the Rays took 3 of 4 games out scoring the A's 33 to 9 in the last three games of that series. The hot streak continued with a sweep of the tailspinning Baltimore Orioles and series wins at the Yankees and home against the Orioles and the Blue Jays before finally losing 2 of 3 at the Boston Red Sox and splitting a 4-game series at the Seattle Mariners.
Their September upswing ensured that they would finish the 2007 season with a better record than the 2006 season. They did, however, hobble into the end of the season, with Carl Crawford's season-ending groin pull in late-September contributing to a 5-13 finish. They did win their final game of the season, though, giving hope for next year.

## New team records

Andy Sonnanstine broke a team record with seven consecutive strikeouts on June 10 in a victory over the Florida Marlins, his first win of the season.
On September 3, Carlos Peña broke the club single-season home run record, previously 34, held by José Canseco (1999) and Aubrey Huff (2003). Peña's 35th was a two-run homer off Jim Hoey in the seventh inning of a 9-7 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. On September 16, he became the first Rays player to hit 40 home runs in a season, the 40th being a leadoff homer coming off Jarrod Washburn in the 4th inning of a 9-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners. His 45th home run came off Dustin McGowan in the 5th inning of a 5-4 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays; it was the second of back-to-back homers, following Jorge Velandia's second homer of the season.
On September 27, Peña took the RBI record, previously set by Jorge Cantú at 117 in 2005. He tied it with an RBI single in the 1st inning for his 117th, and broke it with a solo home run in the 5th inning for his 118th. Both RBIs were off Chien-Ming Wang in a 12-4 loss to the New York Yankees. He finished the season with 46 home runs, 121 RBIs and a 1.037 OPS (.411 OBP, .627 SLG, both Rays season records), becoming the first Devil Ray to finish a season with at least a 1.000 OPS. Peña went on to win Comeback Player of the Year honors for the American League.
Carl Crawford approached the 1,000-hit plateau, but a groin pull in late September ended his season early, leaving him stuck at 990 career hits. He will most likely become the first Devil Ray to hit 1,000 hits with the club early next season. It will not be the first four-digit hit milestone for the club; Wade Boggs got his 3,000th hit while with the team in 1999. His injury, however, did not prevent him from finishing the season with a share of the AL stolen base title with Brian Roberts of the Baltimore Orioles. Both players finished the year with 50, marking the fourth time he's led or shared the lead in that category for a year.
Delmon Young became the first Rays rookie to play in every game of a 162-game season, setting a team record for most at bats taken in a season with 645. He is the second Rays player ever to play in every game in a season, after Aubrey Huff in 2003. Young was held from the lineup for the last game of the season after not hustling to first on a ground ball during the previous game, but apologized for not giving that game his all and entered the final game as a mid-game replacement. At the end of the season, he was considered a leading candidate for the AL Rookie of the Year award.
On September 10, Scott Kazmir became the first Rays pitcher to record 200 strikeouts in a season, in a 1-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox. His 200th strikeout victim for the year was Coco Crisp. He ultimately claimed the A.L. strikeout title, finishing the year with 239. (A one-game playoff permitted Jake Peavy to take the MLB strikeout title with 240.) Kazmir is also the first D-Ray starter to finish a season with at least 10 strikeouts per 9 innings (10.41).
During the course of the season, Scott Kazmir became the first Rays starting pitcher to log enough starts and innings to begin compiling rate-based team all-time pitching records, such as ERA.

## Season standings

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

### Record vs. opponents

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

## Game log

2007 Game Log :
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2@ Yankees9 – 5Vizcaíno (1-0)Stokes (0-1)55,0350-1
--April 4@ YankeesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 210-1
2April 5@ Yankees7 – 6Lugo (1-0)Vizcaíno (1-1)Reyes (1)52,0961-1
3April 6Blue Jays6 – 5Ryu (1-0)Ryan (0-1)38,4372-1
4April 7Blue Jays8 – 5Marcum (1-0)Fossum (0-1)Ryan (2)18,4952-2
5April 8Blue Jays6 – 3Halladay (1-0)Kazmir (0-1)Janssen (1)12,4362-3
6April 9@ Rangers8 – 4McCarthy (1-1)Jackson (0-1)21,5472-4
7April 10@ Rangers12 – 9Feldman (1-0)Seo (0-1)23,8972-5
8April 11@ Rangers6 – 5Shields (1-0)Tejeda (1-1)33,6743-5
9April 12@ Twins3 – 2Nathan (1-0)Stokes (0-2)15,8693-6
10April 13@ Twins4 – 2Kazmir (2-0)Santana (2-1)Reyes (3)27,7834-6
11April 14@ Twins12 – 5Ponson (1-1)Jackson (0-2)35,2694-7
12April 15@ Twins6 – 4Stokes (1-2)Nathan (1-1)Reyes (4)27,0245-7
13April 16Orioles9 – 7Guthrie (1-0)Ryu (1-1)Ray (4)9,1575-8
14April 17Orioles6 – 4Fossum (1-1)Trachsel (0-1)Reyes (5)9,5756-8
15April 18Orioles6 – 4Bédard (3-1)Glover (0-1)Ray (5)10,5406-9
16April 20Indians4 – 3Hernández (1-1)Salas (0-1)Borowski (6)13,3916-10
17April 21Indians6 – 5Seo (1-1)Byrd (1-1)Reyes (6)22,8057-10
18April 22Indians6 – 4Mastny (1-0)Stokes (1-3)Borowski (7)18,1317-11
19April 23Yankees10 – 8Fossum (2-1)Igawa (1-1)20,4098-11
20April 24Yankees4 – 6Salas (1-1)Wang (0-1)Reyes (7)22,3289-11
21April 25@ Angels9 – 1Lackey (3-2)Jackson (0-3)36,8509-12
22April 26@ Angels11 – 3Colón (2-0)Seo (1-2)35,5979-13
23April 27@ Athletics4 – 1Shields (2-0)Gaudin (1-1)Reyes (8)15,38810-13
24April 28@ Athletics12 – 5Haren (3-2)Fossum (2-2)26,76010-14
25April 29@ Athletics5 – 3Kazmir (2-1)Braden (1-1)Reyes (9)23,82711-14 :
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1Twins9 – 1Ponson (2-3)Jackson (0-4)8,77311-15
27May 2Twins4 – 3 (10)Reyes (1-0)Guerrier (0-1)9,10112-15
28May 3Twins6 – 4Shields (3-0)Ortiz (3-2)Reyes (10)8,79313-15
29May 4Athletics5 – 2Duchscherer (3-1)Glover (0-2)Street (8)11,54613-16
30May 5Athletics3 – 2 (12)Lugo (2-0)Marshall (1-2)16,60414-16
31May 6Athletics5 – 3Blanton (3-1)Jackson (0-5)Street (9)16,88014-17
32May 8@ Orioles8 – 3Guthrie (2-1)Seo (1-3)17,81814-18
33May 9@ Orioles1 – 0 (10)Parrish (1-0)Stokes (1-4)14,78014-19
34May 10@ Orioles11 – 6Cabrera (3-3)Fossum (2-3)15,91514-20
35May 11@ Blue Jays5 – 1Burnett (3-3)Kazmir (2-2)20,54214-21
36May 12@ Blue Jays5 – 4Downs (1-0)Stokes (1-5)Accardo (1)23,20814-22
37May 13@ Blue Jays2 – 1Seo (2-3)Frasor (1-2)Reyes (11)25,45315-22
38May 15Rangers*4 – 3 (10)Stokes (2-5)Feldman (1-2)8,44316-22
39May 16Rangers*11 – 8Fossum (3-3)Padilla (1-6)Reyes (12)8,83917-22
40May 17Rangers*8 – 6 (10)Glover (1-2)Eyre (1-2)9,63518-22
41May 18Marlins8 – 4Kim (2-2)Jackson (0-6)13,00318-23
42May 19Marlins7 – 2Willis (6-3)Seo (2-4)19,56618-24
43May 20Marlins4 – 3Mitre (2-2)Shawn Camp (0-1)Gregg (3)23,55418-25
44May 22Mariners5 – 2Washburn (4-4)Orvella (0-1)Putz (11)9,25418-26
45May 23Mariners5 – 1Batista (4-4)Fossum (3-4)8,44018-27
46May 24Mariners13 – 12Seo (3-4)White (1-1)9,14919-27
47May 25@ White Sox5 – 4Jenks (2-1)Orvella (0-2)34,53819-28
--May 26@ White SoxPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 2719-28
48May 27@ White Sox11 – 5Kazmir (3-2)Vázquez (2-3)38,10320-28
49May 28Tigers6 – 5Glover (2-2)Jones (1-2)14,76921-28
50May 29Tigers14 – 2Bonderman (4-0)Fossum (3-5)11,51821-29
51May 30Tigers5 – 3Shields (4-0)Robertson (4-5)12,43522-29
*At Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida :
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 1Royals4 – 1Bannister (1-3)Kazmir (3-3)Dotel (1)12,03222-30
53June 2Royals9 – 4Pérez (3-5)Jackson (0-7)14,40322-31
54June 3Royals5 – 1Howell (1-0)Elarton (1-2)12,22023-31
55June 4Royals4 – 2Shields (5-0)Meche (3-5)Reyes (14)9,43524-31
56June 5@ Blue Jays12 – 11Towers (2-3)Fossum (3-6)19,06324-32
57June 6@ Blue Jays6 – 2Kazmir (4-3)Ohka (2-5)16,66325-32
58June 7@ Blue Jays5 – 3Glover (3-2)Accardo (1-1)Reyes (15)37,10526-32
59June 8@ Marlins14 – 8Miller (2-0)Stokes (2-6)13,52026-33
60June 9@ Marlins7 – 2Shields (6-0)Willis (7-5)20,18927-33
61June 10@ Marlins9 – 4Sonnanstine (1-0)VandenHurk (1-2)11,52528-33
62June 12Padres11 – 4Fossum (4-6)Meredith (2-5)12,87029-33
63June 13Padres9 – 0Peavy (8-1)Jackson (0-8)12,02029-34
64June 14Padres7 – 1Germano (5-0)Howell (1-1)19,27029-35
65June 15@ Rockies12 – 2López (3-0)Shields (6-1)25,76229-36
66June 16@ Rockies10 – 5Buchholz (4-3)Sonnanstine (1-1)30,10129-37
67June 17@ Rockies7 – 4Kazmir (5-3)Cook (4-4)Reyes (16)31,19030-37
68June 18@ D-backs10 – 2Hammel (1-0)Hernández (5-5)18,96331-37
69June 19@ D-backs10 – 8 (10)Lyon (5-2)Reyes (1-1)19,76131-38
70June 20@ D-backs7 – 4Owings (5-1)Shields (6-2)Valverde (23)31,80531-39
71June 22Dodgers6 – 3Lowe (8-6)Sonnanstine (1-2)Saito (20)14,96131-40
72June 23Dodgers4 – 3Fossum (5-6)Wolf (8-6)Reyes (17)24,06832-40
73June 24Dodgers9 – 4Jackson (1-8)Kuo (1-3)18,24833-40
74June 25White Sox5 – 4Danks (4-6)Fossum (5-7)Jenks (19)10,51433-41
75June 26White Sox6 – 1Garland (5-5)Shields (6-3)11,95433-42
76June 27White Sox5 – 3Buehrle (5-4)Glover (3-3)Jenks (20)10,49233-43
77June 28White Sox5 – 1Vázquez (4-5)Kazmir (5-4)13,49633-44
78June 29@ Indians2 – 1Borowski (1-3)Shawn Camp (0-2)34,55733-45
79June 30@ Indians8 – 6Sabathia (12-2)Howell (1-2)Borowski (23)36,72633-46 :
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1@ Indians3 – 2Lee (5-4)Shields (6-4)Borowski (24)30,41033-47
81July 2@ Indians10 – 2Carmona (9-4)Sonnanstine (1-3)34,37233-48
82July 3@ Red Sox4 – 1Matsuzaka (10-5)Kazmir (5-5)37,00533-49
83July 4@ Red Sox7 – 5Wakefield (9-8)Jackson (1-9)Papelbon (20)36,62933-50
84July 5@ Red Sox15 – 4Beckett (12-2)Howell (1-3)37,04433-51
85July 6@ Royals6 – 5Shields (7-4)Pérez (4-8)Glover (1)18,75334-51
86July 7@ Royals8 – 7Dotel (2-1)Shawn Camp (0-3)20,45834-52
87July 8@ Royals12 – 4de la Rosa (7-9)Kazmir (5-6)14,72634-53
88July 12Yankees7 – 3Pettitte (5-6)Shields (7-5)21,90734-54
89July 13Yankees6 – 4Kazmir (6-6)Clemens (2-4)Glover (2)29,80335-54
90July 14Yankees6 – 4Wang (10-4)Sonnanstine (1-4)Rivera (12)36,04835-55
91July 15Yankees7 – 6Vizcaíno (5-2)Fossum (5-8)Rivera (13)36,04835-56
92July 17Angels8 – 3Shields (8-5)Santana (5-11)9,43036-56
93July 18Angels7 – 2Kazmir (7-6)Colón (6-5)13,52137-56
94July 19Angels3 – 0Escobar (11-3)Sonnanstine (1-5)Rodríguez (25)18,16337-57
95July 20@ Yankees14 – 4Jackson (2-9)Mussina (4-7)53,95738-57
96July 21@ Yankees7 – 3Vizcaíno (7-2)Ryu (1-2)54,41238-58
97July 21@ Yankees17 – 5Vizcaíno (8-2)Howell (1-4)52,98338-59
98July 22@ Yankees21 – 4Pettitte (6-6)Shields (8-6)54,75138-60
99July 24@ Orioles3 – 0Cabrera (7-10)Kazmir (7-7)Walker (2)42,57938-61
100July 25@ Orioles6 – 1Bédard (10-4)Sonnanstine (1-6)21,42738-62
101July 26@ Orioles10 – 7Bell (3-1)Jackson (2-10)22,39338-63
102July 27Red Sox7 – 1Wakefield (12-9)Hammel (1-1)33,14438-64
103July 28Red Sox12 – 6 (12)Snyder (2-2)Stokes (2-7)36,04838-65
104July 29Red Sox5 – 2Glover (4-3)Matsuzaka (12-8)34,81339-65
105July 30Blue Jays5 – 4 (11)Dohmann (1-0)Wolfe (2-1)8,80740-65
106July 31Blue Jays2 – 0Litsch (4-4)Jackson (2-11)Accardo (18)10,56940-66 :
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1Blue Jays6 – 2Glover (5-3)Towers (5-8)10,10941-66
108August 3Orioles3 – 1Cabrera (8-11)Shields (8-7)Báez (1)15,54241-67
109August 4Orioles9 – 2Kazmir (8-7)Burres (5-5)18,23042-67
110August 5Orioles11 – 3Bédard (12-4)Sonnanstine (1-7)19,84542-68
111August 6@ Tigers6 – 4Miner (2-3)Glover (5-4)Jones (29)39,28942-69
112August 7@ Tigers9 – 6Byrdak (1-0)Wheeler (1-5)Jones (30)35,28842-70
113August 8@ Tigers7 – 1Shields (9-7)Durbin (7-4)37,77743-70
114August 9@ Tigers8 – 1Kazmir (9-7)Bonderman (10-5)38,78944-70
115August 10@ Rangers7 – 4Wood (2-1)Sonnanstine (1-8)Wilson (4)28,31444-71
116August 11@ Rangers3 – 0Jackson (3-11)Rheinecker (1-1)36,70945-71
117August 12@ Rangers9 – 1Eyre (4-5)Hammel (1-2)24,04245-72
118August 13@ Red Sox3 – 0Wakefield (14-10)Shields (9-8)Papelbon (28)36,80845-73
119August 14@ Red Sox2 – 1Gagné (3-0)Reyes (1-2)36,83745-74
120August 15@ Red Sox6 – 5Sonnanstine (2-8)Matsuzaka (13-9)Reyes (18)36,41346-74
121August 17Indians2 – 1Byrd (11-5)Jackson (3-12)Borowski (34)15,34346-75
122August 18Indians8 – 1Westbrook (4-7)Hammel (1-3)24,39746-76
123August 19Indians4 – 3 (12)Dohmann (2-0)Pérez (0-1)22,32847-76
124August 20Red Sox6 – 0Wakefield (15-10)Kazmir (9-8)16,84347-77
125August 21Red Sox8 – 6Lester (2-0)Sonnanstine (2-9)Papelbon (30)16,39347-78
126August 22Red Sox2 – 1Jackson (4-12)Matsuzaka (13-10)Reyes (19)17,83948-78
127August 23Athletics12 – 2Gaudin (10-9)Hammel (1-4)9,44448-79
128August 24Athletics12 – 2Shields (10-8)DiNardo (8-7)9,59249-79
129August 25Athletics14 – 3Kazmir (10-8)Blanton (11-9)18,16350-79
130August 26Athletics7 – 4Sonnanstine (3-9)Haren (14-5)Reyes (20)19,04451-79
131August 27@ White Sox5 – 4Contreras (7-16)Wheeler (1-6)Jenks (36)37,03051-80
132August 28@ Orioles15 – 8Dohmann (3-0)Hoey (1-3)17,78152-80
133August 29@ Orioles5 – 4 (12)Balfour (1-2)Bell (3-3)Reyes (21)16,94453-80
134August 30@ Orioles8 – 6Kazmir (11-8)Guthrie (7-5)Reyes (22)17,54654-80
135August 31@ Yankees9 – 1Sonnanstine (4-9)Hughes (2-3)53,27555-80 :
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1@ Yankees9 – 6Kennedy (1-0)Jackson (4-13)Rivera (23)53,63755-81
137September 2@ Yankees8 – 2Hammel (2-4)Pettitte (12-8)53,95756-81
138September 3Orioles9 – 7Shields (11-8)Hoey (1-4)10,35057-81
139September 4Orioles8 – 4Bradford (3-6)Wheeler (1-7)9,11257-82
140September 5Orioles17 – 2Sonnanstine (5-9)Liz (0-2)9,85658-82
141September 7Blue Jays7 – 2McGowan (10-8)Jackson (4-14)18,61758-83
142September 8Blue Jays5 – 4Reyes (2-2)Accardo (4-4)19,82259-83
143September 9Blue Jays3 – 2Shields (10-8)Litsch (5-8)Reyes (23)20,55660-83
144September 10@ Red Sox2 – 1Kazmir (12-8)Schilling (8-7)Reyes (24)36,90761-83
145September 11@ Red Sox16 – 10Corey (1-0)Switzer (0-1)36,64061-84
146September 12@ Red Sox5 – 4Papelbon (1-2)Reyes (2-3)36,93161-85
147September 13@ Mariners8 – 7Rowland-Smith (1-0)Wheeler (1-8)Putz (38)23,99161-86
148September 14@ Mariners2 – 1Putz (4-1)Glover (5-5)30,16461-87
149September 15@ Mariners6 – 2Kazmir (13-8)H. Ramírez (8-7)33,79362-87
150September 16@ Mariners9 – 2Sonnanstine (6-9)Washburn (9-15)36,23463-87
151September 17@ Angels10 – 7Oliver (3-0)Jackson (4-15)37,53063-88
152September 18@ Angels2 – 1Lackey (17-9)Hammel (2-5)Rodríguez (36)36,31363-89
153September 19@ Angels2 – 1Santana (7-13)Howell (1-5)Rodríguez (37)33,69963-90
154September 21Red Sox8 – 1Beckett (20-6)Kazmir (13-9)27,36963-91
155September 22Red Sox8 – 6Gagné (4-2)Reyes (2-4)Papelbon (36)34,62663-92
156September 23Red Sox5 – 4Jackson (5-15)Wakefield (16-12)Reyes (25)30,31064-92
157September 25Yankees7 – 6 (10)Glover (6-5)Karstens (1-4)24,50365-92
158September 26Yankees12 – 4Wang (19-7)Howell (1-6)21,62165-93
159September 27Yankees3 – 1Hughes (5-3)Switzer (0-2)Veras (1)28,96265-94
160September 28@ Blue Jays5 – 4McGowan (12-10)Sonnanstine (6-10)Accardo (30)34,67065-95
161September 29@ Blue Jays5 – 3Downs (4-2)Wheeler (1-9)37,68165-96
162September 30@ Blue Jays8 – 5Hammel (3-5)Burnett (10-8)Reyes (26)44,15666-96 :

## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Dioner Navarro | 119 | 388 | 88 | .227 | 9 | 44 |
| 1B | Carlos Peña | 148 | 490 | 138 | .282 | 46 | 121 |
| 2B | Ty Wigginton | 98 | 378 | 104 | .275 | 16 | 49 |
| SS | Brendan Harris | 137 | 521 | 149 | .286 | 12 | 59 |
| 3B | Akinori Iwamura | 123 | 491 | 140 | .285 | 7 | 34 |
| LF | Carl Crawford | 143 | 584 | 184 | .315 | 11 | 80 |
| CF | B.J. Upton | 129 | 474 | 142 | .300 | 24 | 82 |
| RF | Delmon Young | 162 | 645 | 186 | .288 | 13 | 93 |
| DH | Greg Norton | 75 | 202 | 49 | .243 | 4 | 23 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Jonny Gomes | 107 | 348 | 85 | .244 | 17 | 49 |
| Josh Wilson | 90 | 263 | 66 | .251 | 2 | 24 |
| Elijah Dukes | 52 | 184 | 35 | .190 | 10 | 21 |
| Rocco Baldelli | 35 | 137 | 28 | .204 | 5 | 12 |
| Josh Paul | 35 | 105 | 20 | .190 | 1 | 9 |
| Ben Zobrist | 31 | 97 | 15 | .155 | 1 | 9 |
| Raul Casanova | 29 | 79 | 20 | .253 | 6 | 11 |
| Jorge Cantú | 25 | 58 | 12 | .207 | 0 | 4 |
| Jorge Velandia | 14 | 50 | 16 | .320 | 2 | 11 |
| Joel Guzmán | 16 | 37 | 9 | .243 | 0 | 4 |
| Dustan Mohr | 7 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 1 | 2 |
| Justin Ruggiano | 7 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 3 |
| Shawn Riggans | 3 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 2 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| James Shields | 31 | 215.0 | 12 | 8 | 3.85 | 184 |
| Scott Kazmir | 34 | 206.2 | 13 | 9 | 3.48 | 239 |
| Edwin Jackson | 32 | 161.0 | 5 | 15 | 5.76 | 128 |
| Andy Sonnanstine | 22 | 130.2 | 6 | 10 | 5.85 | 97 |
| Jae Weong Seo | 11 | 52.0 | 3 | 4 | 8.13 | 28 |
| J.P. Howell | 10 | 51.0 | 1 | 6 | 7.59 | 49 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Jason Hammel | 24 | 85.0 | 3 | 5 | 6.14 | 64 |
| Casey Fossum | 40 | 76.0 | 5 | 8 | 7.70 | 53 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Al Reyes | 61 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 4.90 | 70 |
| Gary Glover | 67 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4.89 | 51 |
| Brian Stokes | 59 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7.07 | 35 |
| Shawn Camp | 50 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7.20 | 36 |
| Juan Salas | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.72 | 26 |
| Scott Dohmann | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.31 | 26 |
| Dan Wheeler | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.76 | 26 |
| Grant Balfour | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.14 | 27 |
| Jon Switzer | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.05 | 13 |
| Jay Witasick | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.61 | 8 |
| Jae Kuk Ryu | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.33 | 14 |
| Ruddy Lugo | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.28 | 8 |
| Chad Orvella | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14.63 | 6 |
| Tim Corcoran | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 6 |
| Jeff Ridgway | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 189.00 | 0 |
| Josh Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Durham Bulls | International League | Charlie Montoyo |
| AA | Montgomery Biscuits | Southern League | Billy Gardner Jr. |
| A | Vero Beach Devil Rays | Florida State League | Joe Szekely |
| A | Columbus Catfish | South Atlantic League | Jim Morrison |
| A-Short Season | Hudson Valley Renegades | New York–Penn League | Matt Quatraro |
| Rookie | Princeton Devil Rays | Appalachian League | Jamie Nelson |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Montgomery, Columbus