# 2007 Cleveland Indians season

The 2007 Cleveland Indians season was the 107th season for the franchise. The Indians won the American League Central title for the first time since 2001 on September 23, 2007, with a win over the Oakland Athletics. They played for the American League title before losing to the Boston Red Sox in seven games.
To prepare for 2007, Indians General Manager Mark Shapiro signed relievers Aaron Fultz, Joe Borowski, and Roberto Hernández to fix a bullpen that had the fewest saves (and most blown saves) in 2006. He also traded third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff for second baseman Josh Barfield. On January 2, Luis Rivas was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.

## Regular season
### Season summary

The Indians began the 2007 season on the road in Chicago for a three-game series with the White Sox. The lineup supplied plenty of offense as the Indians won the first two games of the series. Grady Sizemore hit three home runs in the series, but the White Sox won the third game, leaving the Indians with a record of 2–1 as they head home.
However, their home opener, as well as the remainder of a four-game series with the Seattle Mariners, was postponed due to heavy snow. After a discussion about a possible relocation of the following series between the Indians and the Angels to Anaheim, the Indians decided to relocate the three-game series to Miller Park in Milwaukee. The three-game series averaged a surprising 17,498 fans in attendance, and featured several homages to the fact that the film Major League was shot in Milwaukee, including closer Joe Borowski entering the game to "Wild Thing".
In that series, the Indians got a solid outing by CC Sabathia, and although the Angels roughed up the bullpen, closer Joe Borowski held on in the 9th inning to give the Indians a 7–6 victory. Angels' pitcher Joe Saunders dominated the second game, and the Angels won 4–1. In the final game of the series, Travis Hafner hit a 3-run home run in the bottom of the 8th inning to put the Indians ahead 4–2 for a comeback win.
On April 13, the Indians announced they had signed starter Jake Westbrook to a three-year contract extension. Westbrook would have been eligible for free agency at the end of the season.
On April 28, the Indians had a six-game winning streak snapped in part because of a rare scoring decision. The umpires retroactively added a run to the Baltimore Orioles' score three innings after the play had occurred. Manager Eric Wedge immediately appealed the decision to the MLB commissioner's office. The game will remain as originally played, as the commissioner's office has upheld the umpire's decision. The Indians won the following game to end the month of April with a 14–8 record, having won seven of their last eight games.
The Indians continued their fast start into May, with a three-game sweep of the Blue Jays at home. They struggled on the ensuing road trip, however, going 4–6 against the Orioles, Angels, and Athletics, including a game in which the Indians led the Athletics 7–5 going into the bottom of the 9th. The bullpen gave up home runs to Milton Bradley and Jack Cust and went on to lose 10–7.
However, when they returned to Jacobs Field, the Indians got hot again, going 6–1 against the Twins, Reds, and Mariners. After a series loss to the Royals on the road, the Indians swept the contending Tigers at Comerica Park, and went on to finish 19–11 in the month of May.
June began memorably for the Indians, when in the bottom of the 9th inning, they rallied from a 4-run deficit to defeat the Tigers 12–11 in front of a near-capacity crowd at Jacobs Field. Entering interleague play, however, the Indians began to struggle, losing a series on the road to the last place Reds, at home to the Braves and to the last-place Nationals. They had a mediocre 9–9 record in interleague play, but finished the month strong by taking three of four from the Athletics, and sweeping a 4-game set from the Devil Rays, and went 15–11 in June, still in first place over the Detroit Tigers. Named to the All Star team this month were Víctor Martínez, CC Sabathia and Grady Sizemore.
July started with a critical away series against the Tigers with first place on the line. Starting the series with a two-game lead, they won the first game. However, they lost the next two games as well as dropped 2 out of 3 to Toronto to reach the All-Star break 1 game behind Detroit.
The Indians sent 3 players to the 2007 All Star game in San Francisco. CC Sabathia pitched one inning, in which he gave up 1 hit and 0 runs. Grady Sizemore went 0–1 with a strikeout and played the both left and center field during the late innings. Victor Martinez came into the game right after Sizemore's at bat to pinch hit for the pitcher, and hit a 2-run homer that gave the A.L. a 5–2 lead in the 8th inning. This home run proved to be the game winner as the American League defeated the National League 5–4.
After the All-Star Break, the Indians went 3–3 on their homestand with the Royals and White Sox. After taking 3 of 4 from the Rangers on the road, Cleveland went into a slump, losing the next three series' at home to the Red Sox, Twins, and Rangers, going 3–7 overall. On July 27, the Indians traded catcher Max Ramirez to the Texas Rangers for OF Kenny Lofton. Lofton played later that night and went 3–5 with 1 RBI.
On the ensuing road trip, Cleveland's play improved, going 5–4 against the Twins and White Sox. When they returned home, however, the Indians went into another slide. They were swept for the second time in the season by the New York Yankees, and fell out of first place. But on the next road trip, Cleveland began to play much better, winning series' against the Devil Rays, Tigers, and Royals. They finished the trip 6–3 and took a two-and-a-half-game lead for the AL Central. A key factor for the Tribe was replacing Josh Barfield at second base with rookie Asdrúbal Cabrera. The Indians pressed their Central Division advantage by sweeping Minnesota at home, beating Seattle at home in a make-up game, and winning the first of a three-game series at home against the White Sox.
Cleveland started September in the middle of a stretch of 23 games in 23 days due to adjustments for the snowed-out games in April. They won the series with the White Sox that started in August two games to one, then, on the road, proceeded to beat Johan Santana of the Twins for the fifth time in the same season. The Indians went on to sweep the Twins, then split a four-game series in Anaheim against the Angels and take two out of three from the White Sox in Chicago, making the Tribe 7–3 on the road trip and 17–6 over the long stretch. The Indians took two of three from Kansas City to start the last home stand of the regular season, winning the first game on a ninth-inning walk-off home run by Casey Blake. The last series of the year against the Tigers started off dramatically with a come from behind win in extra innings, again with a walk-off home run by Casey Blake. The Indians would go on to sweep the series and bring their lead in the Central Division up to 7+1⁄2 games once again, essentially ending Detroit's hopes of a playoff berth. The Indians clinched the Central Division title on September 23, 2007. It was their first playoff berth since 2001. The Indians finished tied with the Boston Red Sox for the best record in Major League Baseball; however, Boston was awarded the #1 seed in American League due to a better head-to-head record (5–2).

### Season standings

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cleveland Indians | 96 | 66 | .593 | — | 51‍–‍29 | 45‍–‍37 |
| Detroit Tigers | 88 | 74 | .543 | 8 | 45‍–‍36 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Minnesota Twins | 79 | 83 | .488 | 17 | 41‍–‍40 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Chicago White Sox | 72 | 90 | .444 | 24 | 38‍–‍43 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Kansas City Royals | 69 | 93 | .426 | 27 | 35‍–‍46 | 34‍–‍47 |

### 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 Regular Season: 96–66 (Home: 51–29; Away: 45–37) Game Log :
April: 14–8 (Home: 8–3; Away: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2@ White Sox12–5Sabathia (1–0)Contreras (0–1)38,0881–0
2April 4@ White Sox8–7Fultz (1–0)Thornton (0–1)Borowski (1)26,3372–0
3April 5@ White Sox4–3Jenks (1–0)Hernández (0–1)24,1412–1
–April 6MarinersPostponed (snow) Rescheduled for May 212–1
–April 7MarinersPostponed (snow) Rescheduled for June 112–1
–April 8MarinersPostponed (snow) Rescheduled for August 302–1
–April 9MarinersPostponed (snow) Rescheduled for September 262–1
4April 10Angels*7–6Sabathia (2–0)Santana (1–1)Borowski (2)19,0313–1
5April 11Angels*4–1Saunders (1–0)Westbrook (0–1)Rodríguez (4)16,3753–2
6April 12Angels*4–2Fultz (2–0)Shields (0–1)Borowski (3)17,0904–2
7April 13White Sox6–4Vázquez (2–0)Carmona (0–1)Jenks (3)16,7894–3
8April 14White Sox4–0Byrd (1–0)Danks (0–2)Borowski (4)18,0825–3
9April 15White Sox2–1Sabathia (3–0)Contreras (1–2)Borowski (5)14,8876–3
10April 17@ Yankees10–3Wright (1–0)Westbrook (0–2)38,4386–4
11April 18@ Yankees9–2Igawa (1–0)Sowers (0–1)41,3796–5
12April 19@ Yankees8–6Henn (1–0)Borowski (0–1)40,8726–6
13April 20@ Devil Rays4–3Hernández (1–1)Salas (0–1)Borowski (6)13,3917–6
14April 21@ Devil Rays6–5Seo (1–1)Byrd (1–1)Reyes (6)22,8057–7
15April 22@ Devil Rays6–4Mastny (1–0)Stokes (1–3)Borowski (7)18,1318–7
16April 23@ Twins7–3 (12)Hernández (2–1)Crain (0–1)16,0679–7
17April 24@ Twins5–3Carmona (1–1)Santana (3–2)Borowski (8)20,84910–7
18April 25Rangers8–7 (11)Cabrera (1–0)Eyre (1–1)13,84311–7
19April 26Rangers9–4Byrd (2–1)Loe (1–1)14,06612–7
20April 27Orioles5–4Westbrook (1–2)Trachsel (1–2)Borowski (9)20,48413–7
21April 28Orioles7–4Walker (1–0)Cabrera (1–1)Ray (7)25,06513–8
22April 29Orioles6–1Carmona (2–1)Wright (0–3)25,40214–8
*At Miller Park in Milwaukee :
May: 19–11 (Home: 10–1; Away: 9–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
23May 1Blue Jays12–4Sabathia (4–0)Burnett (2–2)13,38915–8
24May 2Blue Jays7–6 (11)Mastny (2–0)Marcum (1–2)14,16316–8
25May 3Blue Jays6–5Fultz (3–0)Frasor (1–1)Borowski (10)16,28417–8
26May 4@ Orioles3–2 (10)Ray (3–2)Mastny (2–1)28,57517–9
27May 5@ Orioles8–2Cabrera (2–3)Sowers (0–2)25,75217–10
28May 6@ Orioles9–6Sabathia (5–0)Burres (0–1)Borowski (11)37,46418–10
29May 7@ Orioles10–1Carmona (3–1)Bradford (0–1)17,94419–10
30May 8@ Angels5–1Lee (1–0)Santana (2–5)41,73120–10
31May 9@ Angels3–2Moseley (3–0)Cabrera (1–2)Rodríguez (11)40,00720–11
32May 10@ Angels8–0Escobar (4–1)Sowers (0–3)33,69820–12
33May 11@ Athletics8–2Blanton (4–1)Sabathia (5–1)20,39320–13
34May 12@ Athletics6–3Carmona (4–1)Braden (1–2)Borowski (12)22,70521–13
35May 13@ Athletics10–7Witasick (1–0)Borowski (0–2)24,69221–14
36May 15Twins15–7Byrd (3–1)Ortiz (3–4)23,32522–14
37May 16Twins7–1Sabathia (6–1)Silva (2–4)17,67823–14
38May 17Twins2–0Carmona (5–1)Santana (4–4)28,60924–14
39May 18Reds9–4Lee (2–0)Lohse (1–5)34,23025–14
40May 19Reds10–5Belisle (4–3)Sowers (0–4)Weathers (8)35,26225–15
41May 20Reds5–3Byrd (4–1)Harang (5–2)Borowski (13)32,52426–15
42May 21Mariners5–2Mastny (3–1)Baek (1–2)Borowski (14)38,64527–15
43May 22@ Royals4–3Greinke (2–4)Mastny (3–2)19,77627–16
44May 23@ Royals11–7Duckworth (2–3)Lee (2–1)11,50627–17
45May 24@ Royals10–3Sowers (1–4)de la Rosa (4–4)11,68128–17
46May 25@ Tigers7–4Byrd (5–1)Robertson (4–4)Borowski (15)40,07429–17
47May 26@ Tigers6–3Sabathia (7–1)Grilli (2–2)Borowski (16)40,37530–17
48May 27@ Tigers5–3Carmona (6–1)Maroth (3–2)Borowski (17)40,72331–17
49May 28@ Red Sox5–3Schilling (5–2)Lee (2–2)Papelbon (13)36,91031–18
50May 29@ Red Sox4–2Beckett (8–0)Sowers (1–5)Okajima (4)37,07631–19
51May 30@ Red Sox8–4Byrd (6–1)Matsuzaka (7–3)37,09132–19
52May 31Tigers11–5Sabathia (8–1)Verlander (5–2)30,03833–19 :
June: 15–13 (Home: 11–8; Away: 4–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 1Tigers12–11Hernández (1–3)Jones (1–3)41,36534–19
54June 2Tigers9–5Durbin (5–1)Lee (2–3)38,25434–20
55June 3Tigers9–2Bonderman (5–0)Sowers (1–6)30,26834–21
56June 5Royals1–0Sabathia (9–1)de la Rosa (4–6)14,03635–21
57June 6Royals4–3Bannister (2–3)Byrd (6–2)Dotel (2)17,63235–22
58June 7Royals8–3Carmona (7–1)Pérez (3–6)19,31536–22
59June 8@ Reds4–3Bailey (1–0)Lee (2–4)Weathers (12)38,69636–23
60June 9@ Reds8–6 (11)Mastny (4–2)Santos (1–2)Borowski (18)37,93537–23
61June 10@ Reds1–0 (12)McBeth (1–0)Miller (0–1)30,84237–24
62June 11Mariners8–7Morrow (3–0)Borowski (0–3)22,32537–25
63June 12@ Marlins3–0Olsen (5–5)Carmona (7–2)Gregg (10)15,14437–26
64June 13@ Marlins7–3Lee (3–4)Kim (3–3)13,80538–26
65June 14@ Marlins3–2Stanford (1–0)Willis (7–6)Borowski (19)23,81139–26
66June 15Braves5–4Soriano (2–0)Sabathia (9–2)Wickman (12)34,84839–27
67June 16Braves6–2Smoltz (8–3)Byrd (6–3)35,15339–28
68June 17Braves5–2Carmona (8–2)Davies (3–6)Borowski (20)33,42940–28
69June 18Phillies10–1Lee (3–4)Hamels (9–3)18,71041–28
70June 19Phillies9–6Kendrick (0–1)Stanford (1–1)17,37141–29
71June 20Phillies10–6Sabathia (10–2)Lieber (3–6)24,27842–29
72June 22@ Nationals4–1Rivera (2–2)Carmona (8–3)Cordero (12)24,53442–30
73June 23@ Nationals4–3Mastny (5–2)Cordero (1–2)Borowski (21)32,53943–30
74June 24@ Nationals3–1Simontacchi (5–5)Westbrook (1–3)Cordero (13)26,41343–31
75June 25Athletics5–2Sabathia (11–2)Gaudin (6–3)17,73744–31
76June 26Athletics8–5Betancourt (1–0)Embree (1–1)18,49445–31
77June 27Athletics13–2DiNardo (3–4)Carmona (8–4)18,61445–32
78June 28Athletics4–3Byrd (7–3)Flores (0–2)Borowski (22)22,92146–32
79June 29Devil Rays2–1Borowski (1–3)Shawn Camp (0–2)34,55747–32
80June 30Devil Rays8–6Sabathia (12–2)Howell (1–2)Borowski (23)36,72648–32 :
July: 12–14 (Home: 7–9; Away: 5–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1Devil Rays3–2Lee (5–4)Shields (6–4)Borowski (24)30,41049–32
82July 2Devil Rays10–2Carmona (9–4)Sonnanstine (1–3)34,37250–32
83July 3@ Tigers5–4 (11)Mastny (6–2)Capellán (0–3)Borowski (25)40,74151–32
84July 4@ Tigers6–4Rogers (3–0)Westbrook (1–4)Jones (21)40,78251–33
85July 5@ Tigers12–3Verlander (10–3)Sabathia (12–3)40,92351–34
86July 6@ Blue Jays8–6Halladay (10–3)Lee (5–5)Accardo (11)28,52651–35
87July 7@ Blue Jays9–4Carmona (10–4)Marcum (4–3)25,74452–35
88July 8@ Blue Jays1–0Accardo (2–3)Byrd (7–4)28,23952–36
89July 13Royals5–4Borowski (2–3)Greinke (4–5)32,62453–36
90July 14Royals6–5Meche (6–6)Sabathia (12–4)Dotel (9)31,59953–37
91July 15Royals5–3Carmona (11–4)de la Rosa (7–10)Borowski (26)29,65754–37
92July 16White Sox11–10Danks (6–6)Lee (5–6)Jenks (25)21,46054–38
93July 17White Sox6–5 (11)Betancourt (2–0)Day (0–1)21,32155–38
94July 18White Sox5–1Buehrle (7–5)Westbrook (1–5)29,82255–39
95July 19@ Rangers7–5Sabathia (13–4)Loe (5–8)Borowski (27)28,10856–39
96July 20@ Rangers3–2Carmona (12–4)McCarthy (4–7)Borowski (28)32,10357–39
97July 21@ Rangers8–5Mahay (2–0)Lee (5–7)44,55457–40
98July 22@ Rangers8–3Byrd (8–4)Tejeda (5–9)27,22758–40
99July 23Red Sox6–2Lester (1–0)Westbrook (1–6)Delcarmen (1)32,43958–41
100July 24Red Sox1–0Matsuzaka (12–7)Sabathia (13–5)Papelbon (23)39,33958–42
101July 25Red Sox1–0Carmona (13–4)
Beckett (13–4)Borowski (29)29,61459–42
102July 26Red Sox14–9Tavárez (6–8)Lee (5–8)34,28659–43
103July 27Twins10–4Byrd (9–4)Bonser (5–7)37–29260–43
104July 28Twins3–2Neshek (6–1)Borowski (2–4)Nathan (21)41,20360–44
105July 29Twins4–1Reyes (2–1)Sabathia (13–6)Nathan (22)37,10260–45
106July 31Rangers3–1McCarthy (5–7)Carmona (13–5)Wilson (1)21,81160–46 :
August: 17–11 (Home: 7–5; Away: 10–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1Rangers9–6 (10)Benoit (5–3)Lewis (0–1)Wilson (2)25,72160–47
108August 2Rangers5–0Westbrook (2–6)Gabbard (4–1)27,25061–47
109August 3@ Twins5–2Sabathia (14–6)Santana (11–9)Borowski (30)31,66462–47
110August 4@ Twins3–2Ortiz (4–4)Laffey (0–1)Nathan (25)33,66362–48
111August 5@ Twins1–0Baker (6–4)Carmona (13–6)Nathan (26)38,33462–49
112August 6@ Twins4–0Byrd (10–4)Silva (9–12)28,31463–49
113August 7@ White Sox2–1Westbrook (3–6)Danks (6–9)Borowski (31)32,31564–49
114August 8@ White Sox6–4 (13)Contreras (6–14)Fultz (3–2)33,14764–50
115August 9@ White Sox7–5Laffey (1–1)Buehrle (9–7)Borowski (32)36,39965–50
116August 10Yankees6–1Hughes (2–1)Carmona (13–7)41,67565–51
117August 11Yankees11–2Mussina (8–7)Byrd (10–5)41,97765–52
118August 12Yankees5–3Pettitte (9–7)Westbrook (3–7)Rivera (19)41,61265–53
119August 14Tigers6–2 (10)Rodney (2–5)Borowski (2–5)37,57065–54
120August 15Tigers5–2Carmona (14–7)Jurrjens (0–1)Borowski (33)39,25066–54
121August 17@ Devil Rays2–1Byrd (11–5)Jackson (3–12)Borowski (34)15,34367–54
122August 18@ Devil Rays8–1Westbrook (4–7)Hammel (1–3)24,39768–54
123August 19@ Devil Rays4–3 (12)Dohmann (2–0)Pérez (0–1)22,32868–55
124August 21@ Tigers2–1Jurrjens (1–1)Carmona (14–8)Jones (32)42,86868–56
125August 22@ Tigers11–8Byrd (12–5)Verlander (13–5)Borowski (35)40,91469–56
126August 23@ Tigers3–1 (10)Pérez (1–1)Zumaya (1–2)Borowski (36)40,94670–56
127August 24@ Royals2–1Bale (1–1)Sabathia (14–7)Soria (14)25,64070–57
128August 25@ Royals9–4Laffey (2–1)Davies (5–11)23,16771–57
129August 26@ Royals5–3 (11)Betancourt (3–0)Peralta (1–3)Borowski (37)18,26872–57
130August 27Twins8–3Byrd (13–5)Silva (10–13)23,17873–57
131August 28Twins6–5Westbrook (5–7)Bonser (6–11)Borowski (38)24,78474–57
132August 29Twins4–3Sabathia (15–7)Santana (14–10)Borowski (39)27,30375–57
133August 30Mariners6–5Borowski (3–5)O'Flaherty (7–1)25,94976–57
134August 31White Sox8–5Fultz (4–2)MacDougal (1–5)Betancourt (1)38,32577–57 :
September: 19–9 (Home: 8–3; Away: 11–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1White Sox7–0Byrd (14–5)Vázquez (11–8)41,13178–57
136September 2White Sox8–0Contreras (8–16)Westbrook (5–8)37,71878–58
137September 3@ Twins5–0Sabathia (16–7)Santana (14–11)24,10579–58
138September 4@ Twins7–5 (11)Betancourt (4–0)DePaula (0–1)Borowski (40)16,21880–58
139September 5@ Twins6–2Carmona (15–8)Baker (8–7)Pérez (1)13,97781–58
140September 6@ Angels10–3Escobar (16–7)Byrd (14–6)41,72081–59
141September 7@ Angels3–2 (10)Shields (4–5)Betancourt (4–1)40,02081–60
142September 8@ Angels6–1Sabathia (17–7)Santana (6–13)43,54482–60
143September 9@ Angels6–2Laffey (3–1)Weaver (11–7)40,03783–60
144September 10@ White Sox6–2Carmona (16–8)Floyd (1–3)30,12684–60
145September 11@ White Sox8–3Byrd (15–6)Broadway (0–1)31,93985–60
146September 12@ White Sox7–4J. Vázquez (12–8)Westbrook (5–9)23,53785–61
147September 14Royals5–4Borowski (4–5)Riske (1–4)35,23086–61
148September 15Royals6–0Carmona (17–8)Greinke (6–6)32,11387–61
149September 16Royals4–3Buckner (1–1)Laffey (3–2)Soria (15)30,11287–62
150September 17Tigers6–5 (11)Betancourt (5–1)Miner (3–4)28,82588–62
151September 18Tigers7–4Lewis (1–1)Verlander (17–6)Borowski (41)41,10389–62
152September 19Tigers4–2Sabathia (18–7)Robertson (8–12)Borowski (42)32,51190–62
153September 21Athletics4–3Carmona (18–8)Blanton (14–10)Borowski (43)36,01691–62
154September 22Athletics9–3Haren (15–8)Byrd (15–7)40,66391–63
155September 23Athletics6–2Westbrook (6–9)Braden (1–8)Betancourt (2)40,25092–63
156September 25@ Mariners4–3 (12)Mastny (7–2)Morrow (3–4)Betancourt (3)22,20093–63
157September 26Mariners12–4Carmona (19–8)Feierabend (1–6)n/a94–63
158September 26@ Mariners3–2 (10)Putz (5–1)Fultz (4–3)26,80194–64
159September 27@ Mariners4–2Baek (4–3)Byrd (15–8)Sherrill (3)21,28594–65
160September 28@ Royals5–3Sabathia (19–7)Davies (7–15)Borowski (44)29,84695–65
161September 29@ Royals4–3Soria (2–3)Pérez (1–2)24,27495–66
162September 30@ Royals4–2Laffey (4–2)Hochevar (0–1)Borowski (45)19,10496–66 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Indians team member :

## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
| Josh Barfield | 130 | 420 | 53 | 102 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 50 | .243 | 14 |
| Rafael Betancourt | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Casey Blake | 156 | 588 | 81 | 159 | 36 | 4 | 18 | 78 | .270 | 4 |
| Joe Borowski | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Paul Byrd | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Asdrúbal Cabrera | 45 | 159 | 30 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | .283 | 0 |
| Fernando Cabrera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Fausto Carmona | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | 6 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .294 | 0 |
| David Dellucci | 56 | 178 | 25 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 20 | .230 | 2 |
| Ben Francisco | 25 | 62 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .274 | 0 |
| Aaron Fultz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ryan Garko | 138 | 484 | 62 | 140 | 29 | 1 | 21 | 61 | .289 | 0 |
| Chris Gomez | 19 | 53 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .283 | 0 |
| Franklin Gutierrez | 100 | 271 | 41 | 72 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 36 | .266 | 8 |
| Travis Hafner | 152 | 545 | 80 | 145 | 25 | 2 | 24 | 100 | .266 | 1 |
| Roberto Hernández | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Cliff Lee | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Kenny Lofton | 52 | 173 | 24 | 49 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 15 | .283 | 2 |
| Andy Marte | 20 | 57 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .193 | 0 |
| Victor Martinez | 147 | 562 | 78 | 169 | 40 | 0 | 25 | 114 | .301 | 0 |
| Tom Mastny | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Jason Michaels | 105 | 267 | 43 | 72 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 39 | .270 | 3 |
| Matt Miller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Trot Nixon | 99 | 307 | 30 | 77 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 31 | .251 | 0 |
| Jhonny Peralta | 152 | 574 | 87 | 155 | 27 | 1 | 21 | 72 | .270 | 4 |
| Rafael Perez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Luis Rivas | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .273 | 0 |
| Mike Rouse | 41 | 67 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .119 | 1 |
| CC Sabathia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | 0 |
| Kelly Shoppach | 59 | 161 | 26 | 42 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 30 | .261 | 0 |
| Grady Sizemore | 162 | 628 | 118 | 174 | 34 | 5 | 24 | 78 | .277 | 33 |
| Jeremy Sowers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 |
| Jason Stanford | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Jake Westbrook | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5604 | 811 | 1504 | 305 | 27 | 178 | 784 | .268 | 72 |

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
| Rafael Betancourt | 5 | 1 | 1.47 | 68 | 0 | 3 | 79.1 | 51 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 80 |
| Joe Borowski | 4 | 5 | 5.07 | 69 | 0 | 45 | 65.2 | 77 | 39 | 37 | 17 | 58 |
| Paul Byrd | 15 | 8 | 4.59 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 192.1 | 239 | 107 | 98 | 28 | 88 |
| Fernando Cabrera | 1 | 2 | 5.61 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 33.2 | 38 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 39 |
| Fausto Carmona | 19 | 8 | 3.06 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 215.0 | 199 | 78 | 73 | 61 | 137 |
| Jason Davis | 0 | 0 | 4.76 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
| Aaron Fultz | 4 | 3 | 2.92 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 28 |
| Roberto Hernández | 3 | 1 | 6.23 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 33 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 18 |
| Mike Koplove | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Aaron Laffey | 4 | 2 | 4.56 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 49.1 | 54 | 26 | 25 | 12 | 25 |
| Juan Lara | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Cliff Lee | 5 | 8 | 6.29 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 97.1 | 112 | 73 | 68 | 36 | 66 |
| Jensen Lewis | 1 | 1 | 2.15 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 29.1 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
| Tom Mastny | 7 | 2 | 4.68 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 57.2 | 63 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 52 |
| Matt Miller | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edward Mujica | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 7 |
| Rafael Perez | 1 | 2 | 1.78 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 60.2 | 41 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 62 |
| CC Sabathia | 19 | 7 | 3.21 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 241.0 | 238 | 94 | 86 | 37 | 209 |
| Jeremy Sowers | 1 | 6 | 6.42 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 67.1 | 84 | 49 | 48 | 21 | 24 |
| Jason Stanford | 1 | 1 | 4.78 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26.1 | 32 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 16 |
| Jake Westbrook | 6 | 9 | 4.32 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 152.0 | 159 | 78 | 73 | 55 | 93 |
| Team Totals | 96 | 66 | 4.05 | 162 | 162 | 49 | 1462.2 | 1519 | 704 | 659 | 410 | 1047 |

## Playoffs
### Division Series
#### Game 1

CC Sabathia matched up against Chien-Ming Wang of the New York Yankees, the Wild Card winner. The Indians won 12–3. Sabathia did not pitch particularly well, but turned in a gritty performance that kept the Tribe in the lead until the offense exploded in the fifth against Wang. They had 4 home runs to set the club record for home runs in a postseason game. The home runs were hit by Asdrúbal Cabrera, Travis Hafner, Victor Martinez, and Ryan Garko.

#### Game 2

Fausto Carmona and Andy Pettitte had one of the most memorable pitching duels of ALDS history, with Pettitte allowing no runs over 6+1⁄3 innings and Carmona one run over 9. Cleveland squandered many opportunities to tie or take the lead, eventually tying it in the eighth inning after a walk to Grady Sizemore, followed by a wild pitch, a sacrifice bunt by Asdrúbal Cabrera, and another wild pitch off rookie pitching sensation Joba Chamberlain. The run was controversial as Chamberlain appeared bothered by a swarm of midges. Although TBS sideline reporter Craig Sager reported being told by Cleveland Indians security that they are referred to locally as Canadian Soldiers, the nickname actually refers to the mayfly, which also hatches in swarms, but in June. The Indians won 2–1 in 11 innings on a bases-loaded walk-off single by Hafner.

#### Game 3

Roger Clemens and Jake Westbrook squared off in the Bronx, with Clemens getting into trouble early. He was relieved ably by Phil Hughes. Westbrook struggled in the middle innings, giving up the lead on a home run by Johnny Damon. The Yankees never looked back and cruised to an 8–4 win.

#### Game 4

Wang returned on three days' rest to pitch against Paul Byrd, Eric Wedge electing to trust his third best starter (by wins) and save Sabathia for a game five. Byrd returned the trust by allowing just two runs over five innings. Wang was drummed out after only one full inning, pitching to three batters in the second. The Yankees then paraded a number of relievers to the hill, starting with demoted starter Mike Mussina, and chipped away all the way to the ninth inning. But the Yankees couldn't get all the way back and the Indians won 6–4, advancing to the American League Championship Series against the Boston Red Sox.

### ALCS
#### Game 1

Josh Beckett of the Red Sox pitched well and Sabathia didn't, leading Boston to a 10–3 victory and an early 1–0 advantage in the series. Sabathia uncharacteristically walked 5.

#### Game 2

Curt Schilling squared up against Carmona in a pivotal game in the series. Carmona and reliever Rafael Pérez pitched as poorly as Sabathia the day before, nibbling around the edges and then getting hurt when throwing in hitter's counts. The rest of the Indians realizing this would be important later. Schilling was less than stellar as well, resulting in a see-saw game that was tied after nine. In the tenth inning Tom Mastny shut down the heart of Boston's lineup by throwing strikes, then in the eleventh, the Indians scored 7 runs to win 13–6, tying the series at 1–1.

#### Game 3

Westbrook matched up against Daisuke Matsuzaka and carried forward the first strike first philosophy of the end of game 2 to keep the Boston bats in check. Matsuzaka gave up a two-run homer to Kenny Lofton and didn't get through the fifth inning. The Indians went on to win 4-2 and to take a 2–1 advantage in the series.

#### Game 4

Byrd and Tim Wakefield started game 4 in a match-up Byrd said might have been "the slowest-throwing right-handed match-up of all time in the post-season". It was also for four innings one of the best pitched match-ups, with both throwing shutouts. However, Casey Blake homered to start the fifth, on the way to the Indians scoring seven runs in one inning for the second time in the series. Boston hitting three straight solo home runs in the sixth closed the gap slightly but not nearly enough and the Indians won 7–3 to take a commanding 3–1 series lead.

#### Game 5

Sabathia matched up again with Beckett and while he pitched better than the first game, the Red Sox once again had their way with him and sent the Indians down to defeat 7–1, keeping Boston alive in the series.

#### Game 6

Back in Boston, Schilling pitched much more effectively than his last start while Carmona pitched worse. In the first inning, Boston loaded the bases with no outs. While Manny Ramirez and Mike Lowell were retired without anyone advancing, JD Drew hit a grand slam into the center field bleachers. The crowd went crazy celebrating a 4–0 lead. The Indians defense also played poorly and the team was beaten soundly by the Red Sox 12–2. This knotted the series at 3 and was a portent of the deciding game.

#### Game 7

Matsuzaka pitched well against Westbrook, fortified by an early lead. The Indians threatened to tie the game in the 7th inning when a bizarre play and an error in judgment by the third base coach left the speedy Kenny Lofton on third base and not scoring on a ball hit down the third base line and bounding out to left field. On the very next pitch, Casey Blake hit into an inning ending double play and Boston's 3–2 lead was preserved. In the bottom of the frame, Dustin Pedroia hit a two run homerun over the Green Monster to widen the lead at 5–2. In the eighth, the Sox scored 6 runs to ice the game on a bases clearing double by Pedroia and a capped off by a two run homer by Kevin Youkilis. The game had remained close until Boston broke it open on the previously reliable Rafael Betancourt, cruising to an 11–2 victory and the American League's berth in the World Series. The final out was recorded on a great catch by Coco Crisp going to the deepest part of the triangle in center field. The catch was the perfect exclamation point on a great comeback by Boston to go to return to the World Series.

### Game log

2007 Post Season Game Log :
American League Division Series
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 4Yankees12–3SabathiaWang44,6081–0
2October 5Yankees2–1 $_{(11)}$PérezVizcaíno44,7322–0
3October 7@ Yankees8–4HughesWestbrook56,3582–1
4October 8@ Yankees6–4ByrdWangBorowski56,3153–1 :
American League Championship Series
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 12@ Red Sox10–3BeckettSabathia36,9860–1
2October 13@ Red Sox13–6 (11)MastnyGagné37,0511–1
3October 15Red Sox4–2WestbrookMatsuzakaBorowski44,4022–1
4October 16Red Sox7–3ByrdWakefield44,0083–1
5October 18Red Sox7–1BeckettSabathia44,5883–2
6October 20@ Red Sox12–2SchillingCarmona37,1633–3
7October 21@ Red Sox11–2MatsuzakaWestbrookPapelbon37,1653–4 :

## Minor league affiliates

| Classification level | Team | League |
| AAA | Buffalo Bisons | International League |
| AA | Akron Aeros | Eastern League |
| Advanced A | Kinston Indians | Carolina League |
| A | Lake County Captains | South Atlantic League |
| Short Season A | Mahoning Valley Scrappers | New York–Penn League |
| Rookie | Gulf Coast Indians | Gulf Coast League |