# 2007 New York Yankees season

The 2007 New York Yankees season was the 105th season for the New York Yankees franchise. The season started with the Yankees trying to win the American League East championship, a title they had won every season since the 1998 season, but ultimately they came in second place to the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees instead won the American League wild card, beating out the Seattle Mariners and the Detroit Tigers.
This was Joe Torre's final season as Yankees manager.

## Offseason

The offseason started with news of the unexpected death of Cory Lidle, who was an occupant in his own plane that crashed into a Manhattan high rise shortly after the Yankees were eliminated in the 2006 ALDS. The Yankees made news by trading right fielder Gary Sheffield to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for pitching prospects. The Yankees also traded away pitcher Jaret Wright to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for reliever Chris Britton. On December 21, 2006, Andy Pettitte signed as a free agent with the Yankees. However, no offseason move was bigger for the team than trading Randy Johnson back to the Arizona Diamondbacks, the team who he was with when he won the 2001 World Series against the Yankees, for pitcher Luis Vizcaíno and three minor league prospects. Joe Torre is managing the team for the 12th consecutive season.

## Regular season
### Season summary
#### April

Injuries sidelined starting pitchers Mike Mussina, Carl Pavano, and Chien-Ming Wang, leaving only original starters Andy Pettitte and Kei Igawa active. The team set a major league record with 10 different starters in the first 30 games, including a record 6 rookies. Even the rookie hurlers were not immune in the early going. Jeff Karstens was hit by a line drive off his first pitch on April 28, fracturing his right fibula. Phil Hughes pitched a hitless 6+1⁄3 innings against the Rangers on May 1 before leaving the game with a pulled hamstring. Closer Mariano Rivera blew 2 of his first 3 save opportunities and struggled in other appearances. Kei Igawa, acquired during the off-season for $46 million from Japan's Hanshin Tigers, allowed 26 earned runs in 6 appearances for an ERA of 7.63. He was then sent to the Tampa Yankees, the Single A affiliate of the Yankees.
Meanwhile, the offense led the American League in hits, home runs, and runs scored. Alex Rodríguez tied a record (set by Albert Pujols), by hitting 14 home runs in April. Nonetheless, the Yankees suffered a seven-game losing streak after sweeping the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium and ended April with a record of 9–14, last place in the AL East and 6+1⁄2 games behind the Red Sox.

#### May

By early May, Mike Mussina and Chien-Ming Wang joined Andy Pettitte with newcomers Darrell Rasner and Matt DeSalvo filling in the remaining two positions in the rotation. Alex Rodriguez's remarkable April had come to an end, but the bats kept up their pace and, with the bullpen getting some needed rest, the Yankees began May 7–2. However, at the end of the month, the Yankees were tied for last place with the Devil Rays and were 22–29, 13+1⁄2 games behind the Red Sox in the AL East. On May 6, Roger Clemens announced his return to the Yankees after a three-year absence from the team.

#### June

The Yankees began June with a strong 8–2 start. They opened with a series victory over the Red Sox in Boston, including a game-winning home run by Alex Rodriguez off closer Jonathan Papelbon in the final game of the set with Boston. They were struck by injuries again that weekend, as Doug Mientkiewicz was injured in a collision at first with Mike Lowell and Roger Clemens's first start was delayed by a groin injury. Nonetheless, the Yankees took 3 of 4 from the White Sox heading into an interleague series with the Pirates. Roger Clemens made his season debut on June 9 and earned the victory. The Yankees swept the Pirates and took a 9-game winning streak, their longest since May 2005, into a subway series with the Mets. Roger Clemens pitched strongly in the series opener, but the Yankees were shut out 2–0. The Yankees would rebound and take the next game 11–8. Later that day, the Yankees received news that Kei Igawa would be ready to return to the Major Leagues. On July 1, they were 11 games behind the division-leading Red Sox and 8 games behind the Wild Card-leading Tigers.

#### July

The Yankees began the first week of July strongly. They lost the final game of a series with Oakland before taking 3 out of 4 from the Minnesota Twins and 2 of 3 from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Alex Rodriguez was injured during the series with Minnesota, suffering a strained left hamstring. He missed one game before returning to action that weekend against the Angels. After winning the weekend series with the Angels, the Yankees went into the break with a 42–43 record and a 10-game deficit in the division behind the Boston Red Sox. This is the first time since 1995 that the New York Yankees were under .500 before the All Star Break. After the break, the Yankees took three out of four games from the Toronto Blue Jays and the last place Tampa Bay Devil Rays, twice. In the month of July, the Yankees traded Scott Proctor for Wilson Betemit of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Yankees also traded Jeff Kennard for Jose Molina.

#### August

The beginning of August saw the Yankees, along with all of Major League Baseball, eagerly awaiting home run number 500 from Alex Rodriguez. During the home run milestone chase George Steinbrenner's health once again came into question when the New York Post and the New York Daily News each reported that Steinbrenner, during a recent interview, appeared to be suffering from dementia.
   [Steinbrenner] repeats, "Great to see ya", each time McEwen, 84, asks different questions about the Boss' family members.
   After gruffly responding to the Condé Nast reporter's question about the Yankees, he continues to repeat "Great to see ya", to each of McEwen's questions.
On August 4, 2007, during the first inning Alex Rodriguez hit his 500th career home run. Rodriguez became the youngest player ever to do so at 32 years, 8 days. On August 6, 2007, the Yankees cut relief pitcher Mike Myers and brought up Jim Brower. They had just completed a season sweep of the Cleveland Indians, winning all 6 games they played against them in 2007. This was a good start to the Yankees' upcoming tough schedule, where they played 17 games out of a 20-game span against playoff contenders. This included 8 games against the Detroit Tigers (4 at home, 4 at Detroit), 3 games against the Cleveland Indians, 3 games against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and 3 games against the Boston Red Sox.
August also saw rookie Phil Hughes rejoin the starting rotation, as well as the much anticipated debut of Joba Chamberlain, a future starter who gave the Yankees' bullpen some much needed help during the pennant race (an 0.38 ERA in 23.2 innings).
Hall of Fame Yankee shortstop Phil Rizzuto, who was also the long-time voice of the Yankees on television and radio, died on August 13. The Yankees wore his number 10 on their left sleeves for the remainder of the season.
The Yankees swept Boston at Yankee Stadium after dropping to eight games back in AL East standings. Coupled with losses by the Seattle Mariners, the Yankees' wins put them on top of the AL Wild Card race.

#### September

The Yankees' first game of September showcased rookie pitcher Ian Kennedy in his first career Major League start. Kennedy had replaced veteran Mike Mussina after Mussina had struggled in his previous three starts. Over seven innings pitched, Kennedy was charged with three runs, only one of which was earned, and the Yankees' offense was led by Alex Rodriguez's 45th home run of the season on the way to a 9–6 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The game against the Boston Red Sox on September 14 was 4 hours and 43 minutes, 2 minutes short of a nine inning game record, which is held by the Yankees and Red Sox. While the Yankees lost the American League East title to the Boston Red Sox on September 27, the Yankees clinched the wild card berth and appeared in the postseason for a 13th straight year. They faced the AL Central champions, the Cleveland Indians, in the ALDS, losing the series three games to one.

### 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 2Devil Rays9–5Vizcaíno (1–0)Stokes (0–1)55,0351–0
--April 4Devil RaysPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 211–0
2April 5Devil Rays7–6Lugo (1–0)Vizcaíno (1–1)Reyes (1)52,0961–1
3April 6Orioles6–4Loewen (1–0)Mussina (0–1)Ray (1)50,0741–2
4April 7Orioles10–7Rivera (1–0)Ray (0–1)50,5102–2
5April 8Orioles6–4Bédard (1–1)Rasner (0–1)Ray (2)47,6792–3
6April 9@ Twins8–2Pavano (1–0)Ponson (0–1)26,0473–3
7April 10@ Twins10–1Pettitte (1–0)Bonser (0–1)24,5524–3
8April 11@ Twins5–1Ortiz (2–0)Farnsworth (0–1)30,1314–4
9April 13@ Athletics5–4 (11)Street (2–1)Bruney (0–1)35,0774–5
10April 14@ Athletics4–3 (13)Bruney (1–1)DiNardo (0–1)35,0775–5
11April 15@ Athletics5–4Marshall (1–0)Rivera (1–1)35,0775–6
12April 17Indians10–3Wright (1–0)Westbrook (0–2)38,4386–6
13April 18Indians9–2Igawa (1–0)Sowers (0–1)41,3797–6
14April 19Indians8–6Henn (1–0)Borowski (0–1)48,0728–6
15April 20@ Red Sox7–6Snyder (1–0)Rivera (1–2)Okajima (1)36,7868–7
16April 21@ Red Sox7–5Beckett (4–0)Karstens (0–1)Papelbon (5)36,3428–8
17April 22@ Red Sox7–6Matsuzaka (2–2)Proctor (0–1)Papelbon (6)36,9058–9
18April 23@ Devil Rays10–8Fossum (2–1)Igawa (1–1)20,4098–10
19April 24@ Devil Rays6–4Salas (1–1)Wang (0–1)Reyes (7)22,3288–11
--April 25Blue JaysPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 248–11
20April 26Blue Jays6–0Burnett (2–0)Hughes (0–1)45,1188–12
21April 27Red Sox11–4Matsuzaka (3–2)Pettitte (1–1)55,0058–13
22April 28Red Sox3–1Igawa (2–1)Wakefield (2–3)Rivera (1)55,0269–13
23April 29Red Sox7–4Tavárez (1–2)Wang (0–2)Papelbon (8)54,8569–14 :
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 1@ Rangers10–1Hughes (1–1)Loe (1–2)32,31010–14
--May 2@ RangersPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 310–14
25May 3@ Rangers4–3Vizcaíno (2–1)Benoit (0–1)Rivera (2)-----11–14
26May 3@ Rangers5–2Mussina (1–1)Tejeda (3–2)Rivera (3)40,67112–14
27May 4Mariners15–11O'Flaherty (1–0)Bean (0–1)Putz (6)49,51912–15
28May 5Mariners8–1Wang (1–2)Weaver (0–5)51,70213–15
29May 6Mariners5–0Rasner (1–1)Washburn (2–3)52,55314–15
30May 7Mariners3–2Sherrill (1–0)Rivera (1–3)Putz (7)47,42414–16
31May 8Rangers8–2Pettitte (2–1)Wood (2–1)50,70515–16
32May 9Rangers6–2Mussina (2–1)Tejeda (3–3)47,93016–16
33May 10Rangers14–2McCarthy (2–4)Wang (1–3)52,14716–17
34May 11@ Mariners3–0Washburn (3–3)Rasner (1–2)Putz (8)44,21416–18
35May 12@ Mariners7–2DeSalvo (1–0)M. Batista (3–3)46,15317–18
36May 13@ Mariners2–1Ramírez (3–2)Pettitte (2–2)Putz (9)46,18117–19
--May 15@ White SoxPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 1617–19
37May 16@ White Sox5–3Danks (2–4)Mussina (2–2)Thornton (1)30,95317–20
38May 16@ White Sox8–1Wang (2–3)Contreras (3–4)34,60918–20
39May 17@ White Sox4–1Garland (3–2)DeSalvo (1–1)Jenks (13)30,48818–21
40May 18@ Mets3–2Pérez (5–3)Pettitte (2–3)B. Wagner (10)56,33718–22
41May 19@ Mets10–7Glavine (5–1)Rasner (1–3)56,13718–23
42May 20@ Mets6–2Clippard (1–0)Maine (5–2)56,43819–23
43May 21Red Sox6–2Wang (3–3)Wakefield (4–5)55,07820–23
44May 22Red Sox7–3Tavárez (2–4)Mussina (2–3)54,73920–24
45May 23Red Sox8–3Pettitte (3–3)Schilling (4–2)55,00021–24
46May 25Angels10–6Weaver (4–3)Clippard (1–1)50,36321–25
47May 26Angels3–1Escobar (6–2)Wang (3–4)Rodríguez (15)52,53621–26
48May 27Angels4–3Lackey (8–3)Proctor (0–2)Rodríguez (16)53,50821–27
49May 28@ Blue Jays7–2McGowan (1–2)DeSalvo (1–2)28,79121–28
50May 29@ Blue Jays3–2Accardo (1–0)Pettitte (3–4)30,11621–29
51May 30@ Blue Jays10–5Clippard (2–1)Litsch (1–2)Rivera (4)29,18722–29 :
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 1@ Red Sox9–5Wang (4–4)Wakefield (5–6)36,78523–29
53June 2@ Red Sox11–6Okajima (1–0)Proctor (0–3)36,29423–30
54June 3@ Red Sox6–5Bruney (2–1)Papelbon (0–1)Rivera (5)36,79324–30
55June 4@ White Sox6–4Garland (4–3)DeSalvo (1–3)Jenks (16)32,70324–31
56June 5@ White Sox7–3Clippard (3–1)Buehrle (2–3)Rivera (6)30,89525–31
57June 6@ White Sox5–1Wang (5–4)Vázquez (3–4)30,82926–31
58June 7@ White Sox10–3Proctor (1–3)Contreras (4–6)Rivera (7)32,68827–31
59June 8Pirates5–4 (10)Rivera (2–3)Capps (3–3)54,24028–31
60June 9Pirates9–3Clemens (1–0)Maholm (2–9)54,29629–31
61June 10Pirates13–6Henn (2–0)Chacón (2–1)54,29230–31
62June 12D-backs4–1Wang (6–4)Webb (6–4)Rivera (8)51,57731–31
63June 13D-backs7–2Mussina (3–3)Hernández (5–4)53,89132–31
64June 14D-backs7–1Pettitte (4–4)Davis (4–8)53,71233–31
65June 15Mets2–0Pérez (7–5)Clemens (1–1)Wagner (15)55,15933–32
66June 16Mets11–8Vizcaíno (3–1)Glavine (5–5)55,06434–32
67June 17Mets8–2Wang (7–4)Hernández (3–3)55,06035–32
68June 19@ Rockies3–1Fogg (3–5)Mussina (3–4)Fuentes (19)48,07735–33
69June 20@ Rockies6–1Francis (7–5)Pettitte (4–5)48,44035–34
70June 21@ Rockies4–3López (4–0)Clemens (1–2)Fuentes (20)48,61135–35
71June 22@ Giants7–3L. Vizcaíno (4–1)Cain (2–8)Rivera (9)43,42536–35
72June 23@ Giants6–5 (13)Chulk (2–2)Proctor (1–4)43,48536–36
73June 24@ Giants7–2Lowry (7–6)Mussina (3–5)43,50336–37
74June 26@ Orioles3–2Ray (4–5)Proctor (1–5)39,93436–38
75June 27@ Orioles4–0Bédard (6–4)Clemens (1–3)35,77636–39
76June 28@ Orioles8–7 *Myers (1–0)Parrish (2–1)Rivera (10)40,73737–39
77June 29Athletics2–1Mussina (4–5)Kennedy (2–6)Rivera (11)52,62238–39
78June 30Athletics7–0Gaudin (7–3)Igawa (2–2)54,15038–40
*Game suspended, completed July 27 :
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1Athletics11–5Haren (10–2)Pettitte (4–6)54,26638–41
80July 2Twins5–1Clemens (2–3)Bonser (1–5)53,03639–41
81July 3Twins8–0Wang (8–4)Silva (6–9)53,86240–41
82July 4Twins6–2Santana (10–6)Mussina (4–6)52,04040–42
83July 5Twins7–6Farnsworth (1–1)Neshek (3–1)Rivera (12)52,47141–42
84July 6Angels14–9Ramírez (1–0)Bootcheck (2–2)52,05942–42
85July 7Angels2–1 (13)Rodríguez (2–2)Vizcaíno (4–2)54,49742–43
86July 8Angels12–0Wang (9–4)Santana (5–10)53,92143–43
87July 12@ Devil Rays7–3Pettitte (5–6)Shields (7–5)21,90744–43
88July 13@ Devil Rays6–4Kazmir (6–6)Clemens (2–4)Glover (2)29,80344–44
89July 14@ Devil Rays6–4Wang (10–4)Sonnanstine (1–4)Rivera (13)36,04845–44
90July 15@ Devil Rays7–6Vizcaíno (5–2)Fossum (5–8)Rivera (14)36,04846–44
91July 16Blue Jays6–4Proctor (2–5)Towers (4–6)Rivera (15)52,99347–44
92July 17Blue Jays3–2 (10)Vizcaíno (6–2)Janssen (2–2)51,96148–44
93July 18Blue Jays6–1Myers (2–0)Marcum (5–4)Rivera (16)52,14749–44
94July 19Blue Jays3–2McGowan (6–5)Wang (10–5)Accardo (14)53,85749–45
95July 20Devil Rays14–4Jackson (2–9)Mussina (4–7)53,95749–46
96July 21Devil Rays7–3Vizcaíno (7–2)Ryu (1–2)54,41250–46
97July 21Devil Rays17–5Vizcaíno (8–2)Howell (1–4)52,98351–46
98July 22Devil Rays21–4Pettitte (6–6)Shields (8–6)54,75152–46
99July 23@ Royals9–2Clemens (3–4)Pérez (5–9)30,74653–46
100July 24@ Royals9–4Wang (11–5)Elarton (2–4)38,21254–46
101July 25@ Royals7–1Mussina (5–7)Meche (7–7)28,46055–46
102July 26@ Royals7–0de la Rosa (8–10)Igawa (2–3)37,03655–47
103July 27@ Orioles4–2Guthrie (7–3)Pettitte (6–7)Bradford (1)47,95255–48
104July 28@ Orioles7–5Burres (5–4)Clemens (3–5)Walker (3)48,40255–49
105July 29@ Orioles10–6Wang (12–5)Cabrera (7–11)47,93656–49
106July 31White Sox16–3Mussina (6–7)Contreras (5–14)53,95857–49 :
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1White Sox8–1Pettitte (7–7)Danks (6–8)53,34258–49
108August 2White Sox13–9Logan (2–0)Karstens (0–2)54,86958–50
109August 3Royals7–1Wang (13–5)Pérez (6–10)54,24659–50
110August 4Royals16–8Myers (3–0)Bale (0–1)54,02660–50
111August 5Royals8–5Mussina (7–7)Meche (7–9)Rivera (17)54,52561–50
112August 6@ Blue Jays5–4Pettitte (8–7)Downs (1–2)Rivera (18)42,71462–50
113August 7@ Blue Jays9–2Clemens (4–5)Towers (5–9)38,07863–50
114August 8@ Blue Jays15–4Halladay (13–5)Wang (13–6)40,81163–51
115August 10@ Indians6–1Hughes (2–1)Carmona (13–7)41,67564–51
116August 11@ Indians11–2Mussina (8–7)Byrd (10–5)41,79965–51
117August 12@ Indians5–3Pettitte (9–7)Westbrook (3–7)Rivera (19)41,61266–51
118August 13Orioles7–6Rivera (3–3)Bradford (1–5)54,39867–51
119August 14Orioles12–0Cabrera (9–12)Karstens (0–3)52,56767–52
120August 15Orioles6–3 (10)Bradford (2–5)Rivera (3–4)53,36367–53
121August 16Tigers8–5Verlander (13–4)Mussina (8–8)53,91467–54
122August 17Tigers6–1Pettitte (10–7)Robertson (7–10)54,29068–54
123August 18Tigers5–2Clemens (5–5)Durbin (7–6)Rivera (20)54,70269–54
124August 19Tigers9–3Wang (14–6)Bonderman (10–6)Ramírez (1)55,07170–54
125August 20@ Angels7–6 (10)Oliver (1–0)Henn (2–1)44,24970–55
126August 21@ Angels18–9Escobar (14–6)Mussina (8–9)Gwyn (1)44,26470–56
127August 22@ Angels8–2Pettitte (11–7)Lackey (15–8)44,32671–56
128August 24@ Tigers9–6 (11)Durbin (8–6)Henn (2–2)44,16371–57
129August 25@ Tigers7–2Wang (15–6)Bonderman (10–7)44,25072–57
130August 26@ Tigers5–4Seay (1–0)Hughes (2–2)Jones (33)43,26872–58
131August 27@ Tigers16–0Verlander (14–5)Mussina (8–10)42,42872–59
132August 28Red Sox5–3Pettitte (12–7)Matsuzaka (13–11)Rivera (21)55,03773–59
133August 29Red Sox4–3Clemens (6–5)Beckett (16–6)Rivera (22)54,98674–59
134August 30Red Sox5–0Wang (16–6)Schilling (8–6)55,06775–59
135August 31Devil Rays9–1Sonnanstine (4–9)Hughes (2–3)53,27575–60 :
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1Devil Rays9–6Kennedy (1–0)Jackson (4–13)Rivera (23)53,63776–60
137September 2Devil Rays8–2Hammel (2–4)Pettitte (12–8)53,95776–61
138September 3Mariners7–1Hernández (11–7)Clemens (6–6)54,52276–62
139September 4Mariners12–3Wang (17–6)Ramírez (8–5)52,48777–62
140September 5Mariners10–2Chamberlain (1–0)Washburn (9–13)52,53878–62
141September 7@ Royals3–2Farnsworth (2–1)Musser (0–1)Rivera (24)27,46279–62
142September 8@ Royals11–5Pettitte (13–8)Bannister (12–8)35,51880–62
143September 9@ Royals6–3Wang (18–6)Duckworth (2–5)Rivera (25)24,91081–62
144September 11@ Blue Jays9–2Hughes (3–3)Marcum (12–6)30,47282–62
145September 12@ Blue Jays4–1Mussina (9–10)McGowan (10–9)Rivera (26)27,08283–62
146September 13@ Blue Jays2–1Downs (3–2)Britton (0–1)32,63283–63
147September 14@ Red Sox8–7Bruney (3–1)Papelbon (1–3)Rivera (27)36,59084–63
148September 15@ Red Sox10–1Beckett (19–6)Wang (18–7)36,21584–64
149September 16@ Red Sox4–3Chamberlain (2–0)Schilling (8–8)Rivera (28)36,53385–64
150September 17Orioles8–5Hughes (4–3)Cabrera (9–17)Rivera (29)52,54886–64
151September 18Orioles12–0Mussina (10–10)Leicester (2–2)52,68587–64
152September 19Orioles2–1Pettitte (14–8)Burres (6–6)Rivera (30)53,85788–64
153September 21Blue Jays5–4 (14)Kennedy (4–9)Bruney (3–2)Frasor (3)54,15188–65
154September 22Blue Jays12–11 (10)Karstens (1–3)Towers (5–10)54,88789–65
155September 23Blue Jays7–5Mussina (11–10)McGowan (11–10)Chamberlain (1)54,98390–65
156September 24Blue Jays4–1Litsch (7–9)Pettitte (14–9)Janssen (6)53,26190–66
157September 25@ Devil Rays7–6 (10)Glover (6–5)Karstens (1–4)24,50390–67
158September 26@ Devil Rays12–4Wang (19–7)Howell (1–6)21,62191–67
159September 27@ Devil Rays3–1Hughes (5–3)Switzer (0–2)Veras (1)28,96292–67
160September 28@ Orioles10–9 (10)Bradford (4–7)Ramírez (1–1)38,11392–68
161September 29@ Orioles11–10Pettitte (15–9)Cabrera (9–15)Veras (2)47,61693–68
162September 30@ Orioles10–4Wright (2–0)Burres (6–8)43,58994–68 :

## Playoffs
### ALDS vs. Cleveland Indians

2007 American League Division Series:
| Game | Score | Date | Starting Pitchers | Winning pitcher | Losing pitcher |
| 1 | New York 3 at Cleveland 12 | October 4 | Chien-Ming Wang vs. CC Sabathia | CC Sabathia (1–0) | Chien-Ming Wang (0–1) |
| 2 | New York 1 at Cleveland 2 | October 5 | Andy Pettitte vs. Fausto Carmona | Rafael Pérez (1–0) | Luis Vizcaíno (0–1) |
| 3 | Cleveland 4 at New York 8 | October 7 | Jake Westbrook vs. Roger Clemens | Phil Hughes (1–0) | Jake Westbrook (0–1) |
| 4 | Cleveland 6 at New York 4 | October 8 | Paul Byrd vs. Chien-Ming Wang | Paul Byrd (1–0) | Chien-Ming Wang (0–2) |

## End of an era

On October 14, 2007, George Steinbrenner relinquished control of the Yankees to his two sons, Hank and Hal Steinbrenner. The brothers will take on control not only of the Yankees but also the YES Network and the construction of the new Yankee Stadium. "I'll pay more attention to the baseball part", Hank Steinbrenner said. "The stadium, that's more Hal. But basically everything will be decided jointly." Technically, Steinbrenner is not completely gone. He has given himself chairman-like position on the team. "George has taken on a role like the chairman of a major corporation", team president Randy Levine told the New York Post. "He's been saying for years he's wanted to get his sons involved in the family business. Both of them have stepped up and are taking on the day-to-day duties of what's required to run the Yankees."
After the Yankees were eliminated the postseason, the fate of Joe Torre, the Yankees' manager since 1996, was in question. The team mulled what to do while speculation grew that Torre would not be brought back as manager. The team eventually offered him a contract that had a reduced salary with incentives, but Torre, who felt he was being treated unfairly even after his long tenure with the team, rejected the offer. He subsequently was hired by the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Yankees would hire Joe Girardi as Torre's replacement.

## Player stats

For complete stats click here (external link)

### Batting

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 |
| Bobby Abreu | 158 | 605 | 171 | .283 | 16 | 101 |
| Chris Başak | 5 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilson Betemit | 37 | 84 | 19 | .226 | 4 | 24 |
| Melky Cabrera | 150 | 545 | 149 | .273 | 8 | 73 |
| Miguel Cairo | 54 | 107 | 27 | .252 | 0 | 10 |
| Robinson Canó | 160 | 617 | 189 | .306 | 19 | 97 |
| Johnny Damon | 141 | 533 | 144 | .270 | 12 | 63 |
| Shelley Duncan | 34 | 74 | 19 | .257 | 7 | 17 |
| Jason Giambi | 83 | 254 | 60 | .236 | 14 | 39 |
| Alberto González | 12 | 14 | 1 | .071 | 0 | 1 |
| Derek Jeter | 156 | 639 | 206 | .322 | 12 | 73 |
| Hideki Matsui | 143 | 547 | 156 | .285 | 25 | 103 |
| Doug Mientkiewicz | 72 | 166 | 46 | .277 | 5 | 24 |
| José Molina | 29 | 66 | 21 | .318 | 1 | 9 |
| Wil Nieves | 26 | 61 | 10 | .164 | 0 | 8 |
| Josh Phelps | 36 | 80 | 21 | .263 | 2 | 12 |
| Andy Phillips | 61 | 185 | 54 | .292 | 2 | 25 |
| Jorge Posada | 144 | 506 | 171 | .338 | 20 | 90 |
| Alex Rodriguez | 158 | 583 | 183 | .314 | 54 | 156 |
| Bronson Sardinha | 10 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
| Kevin Thompson | 13 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 2 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 20 | 2 | .100 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5717 | 1656 | .290 | 201 | 929 |

### Pitching
#### Starting and other pitchers

Note: G = Game pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Roger Clemens | 18 | 99.0 | 6 | 6 | 4.18 | 68 |
| *Tyler Clippard | 6 | 27.0 | 3 | 1 | 6.33 | 18 |
| Matt DeSalvo | 7 | 27.2 | 1 | 3 | 6.18 | 10 |
| Philip Hughes | 13 | 72.2 | 5 | 3 | 4.46 | 58 |
| Kei Igawa | 14 | 67.2 | 2 | 3 | 6.25 | 53 |
| Jeff Karstens | 7 | 14.2 | 1 | 4 | 11.05 | 5 |
| Ian Kennedy | 3 | 19.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.89 | 15 |
| Mike Mussina | 28 | 152.0 | 11 | 10 | 5.15 | 91 |
| *Carl Pavano | 2 | 11.1 | 1 | 0 | 4.76 | 4 |
| Andy Pettitte (1 HLD) | 36 | 215.1 | 15 | 9 | 4.05 | 141 |
| *Darrell Rasner | 6 | 24.2 | 1 | 3 | 4.01 | 11 |
| Chien-Ming Wang | 30 | 199.1 | 19 | 7 | 3.70 | 104 |
| *Chase Wright | 3 | 10.0 | 2 | 0 | 7.20 | 8 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; SV = Saves; W = Wins; L = Losses; H = Holds; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | H | SV | ERA | SO |
| *Colter Bean | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 2 |
| Chris Britton | 11 | 12.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.55 | 5 |
| *Jim Brower | 3 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |
| Brian Bruney | 58 | 50.0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4.68 | 39 |
| Joba Chamberlain | 19 | 24.0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0.38 | 34 |
| Kyle Farnsworth | 64 | 60.0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 4.80 | 48 |
| Sean Henn | 29 | 36.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7.12 | 28 |
| +Mike Myers | 55 | 40.2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.66 | 21 |
| Ross Ohlendorf | 6 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.84 | 9 |
| +Scott Proctor | 52 | 54.1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 3.81 | 37 |
| Edwar Ramírez | 21 | 21.0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8.14 | 31 |
| Mariano Rivera | 67 | 71.1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 3.15 | 74 |
| José Veras | 9 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5.79 | 7 |
| Ron Villone | 37 | 42.1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.25 | 25 |
| Luis Vizcaíno | 77 | 75.1 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 4.30 | 62 |
| Team Pitching Totals | 162 | 1450.2 | 94 | 68 | 70 | 34 | 4.49 | 1009 |
*Ended season not on active roster
+ Ended season playing for different team

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees | International League | Dave Miley |
| AA | Trenton Thunder | Eastern League | Tony Franklin |
| A | Tampa Yankees | Florida State League | Luis Sojo |
| A | Charleston RiverDogs | South Atlantic League | Torre Tyson |
| A-Short Season | Staten Island Yankees | New York–Penn League | Mike Gillespie |
| Rookie | GCL Yankees | Gulf Coast League | Jody Reed |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Yankees