# 2007 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 2007 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 31st season of Major League Baseball. The Blue Jays tried to improve on their 87-win 2006 season, hoping to make the playoffs for the first time since 1993.
In the offseason, the Jays signed All Star outfielder Vernon Wells to one of the richest contracts in MLB history, giving him a seven-year contract worth $126 million. Toronto also extended the contract of first baseman Lyle Overbay, and signed veteran designated hitter Frank Thomas. To offset the loss of starter Ted Lilly to the Chicago Cubs, Toronto signed Japanese pitcher Tomo Ohka and former Atlanta starter John Thomson to one-year contracts and inked former New York Mets hurler Víctor Zambrano to a minor-league deal. All three men, however, were eventually designated for assignment and released. The Jays also picked up infielder Jason Smith from the Rule 5 draft, but he too was released from his contract.

## Regular season
### Summary

During the month of January, Toronto signed starting pitchers John Thomson and then Tomo Ohka to incentive-based one-year contracts in an effort to strengthen their 4th and 5th rotational slots. On January 30 Toronto also signed starting pitcher Víctor Zambrano to a minor league contract, and invited him to spring training. All three were eventually released. When Brandon League, who was being considered for the main setup role, arrived to Spring training with a strained lat muscle, Zambrano took the empty spot in the bullpen. Thomson injured himself in spring training, so the Blue Jays named Ohka and Towers as their fourth and fifth starters. After four mediocre starts, Josh Towers was sent to the bullpen and replaced by Dustin McGowan. Towers returned to the rotation later in the year replacing released pitcher Tomo Ohka. When Gustavo Chacín was injured, he was replaced in the rotation by Shaun Marcum, who had a breakout year.
The season was blighted by persistent injuries, with 12 Blue Jays landing on the DL. The most serious injury was that of B. J. Ryan, who was out for the entire season having had Tommy John Surgery. However, due to the emergence of young pitchers like Dustin McGowan, Casey Janssen and Jeremy Accardo, the Jays finished 4 games above .500.
One of the most memorable games this season for the Jays was on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 when they rallied from being down 11–6 in the bottom of the ninth inning against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to win 12–11 on an RBI walk-off base on balls by Aaron Hill, a victory that moved them to within 1 game under .500
Another memorable moment of this season was Dustin McGowan's complete game one-hitter on Sunday, June 24 against the Colorado Rockies at the Rogers Centre. McGowan carried a no-hitter into the ninth inning when outfielder Jeff Baker hit a single with no out to break it up. This was the first Jays' one-hitter since September 27, 1998, in which Roy Halladay threw against the Detroit Tigers. The Jays won 5–0 and moved themselves up to .500 for the first time since May 1 of the season. The game was also notable for Frank Thomas hitting the 499th home run of his career. The day after McGowan's gem, the Jays defeated the Minnesota Twins 8–5 to climb over the .500 mark for the first time since April and get their first four-game winning streak of the season.
On June 28, Frank Thomas became the 21st Major Leaguer to hit 500 career home runs. The pitcher who surrendered the homer was Minnesota Twins' starter Carlos Silva. Despite jumping out to an early lead the Jays couldn't hold on and ended up losing 8–5. In addition, Thomas was ejected from the game in the ninth inning by home plate umpire Mark Wegner for arguing balls and strikes.
On July 6, Reed Johnson returned to the lineup after spending three months on the DL. Johnson had been suffering back problems early in the season and received surgery, which forced him onto the 60-Day DL. This situation left Adam Lind the odd-man out in the lineup and he was optioned down to Triple-A. In his first game back Johnson went 1–3 at the plate, and made a game-saving catch in the ninth which prevented two runs (only one run scored on a sac-fly) from scoring and a runner on second (possibly third) and a one-run lead with only one out. The Jays won the game 8–6 against the Cleveland Indians.
On September 16, Aaron Hill broke the Blue Jays club record for most doubles by a second baseman in one season, set by Roberto Alomar in 1991 with 41 doubles that season. Hill recorded his 42nd double of the season against the Baltimore Orioles.
On September 17, Frank Thomas hit three home runs in a game for only the second time in his career, both times against the Boston Red Sox.

### 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 |

### Detailed record

| Team | Home | Away | Total | Gms Left |
| AL East |||||
| Baltimore Orioles | 6-3 | 4-5 | 10-8 | - |
| Boston Red Sox | 4-5 | 5-4 | 9-9 | - |
| New York Yankees | 4-5 | 4-5 | 8-10 | - |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 5-4 | 4-5 | 9-9 | - |
| | 19-17 | 17-19 | 36-36 | - |
| AL Central |||||
| Chicago White Sox | 3-1 | 1-2 | 4-3 | - |
| Cleveland Indians | 2-1 | 0-3 | 2-4 | - |
| Detroit Tigers | 2-2 | 1-2 | 3-4 | - |
| Kansas City Royals | 2-1 | 2-2 | 4-3 | - |
| Minnesota Twins | 3-0 | 3-4 | 6-4 | - |
| | 12-5 | 7-13 | 19-18 | - |
| AL West |||||
| Los Angeles Angels | 2-1 | 2-2 | 4-3 | - |
| Oakland Athletics | 0-3 | 4-2 | 4-5 | - |
| Seattle Mariners | 5-1 | 0-3 | 5-4 | - |
| Texas Rangers | 5-2 | 0-3 | 5-5 | - |
| | 12-7 | 6-10 | 18-17 | - |
| National League |||||
| Colorado Rockies | 3-0 | N/A | 3-0 | - |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 1-2 | 2-1 | 3-3 | - |
| Philadelphia Phillies | N/A | 1-2 | 1-2 | - |
| San Francisco Giants | N/A | 1-2 | 1-2 | - |
| Washington Nationals | 2-1 | N/A | 2-1 | - |
| | 6-3 | 4-5 | 10-8 | - |
| Month | Games | Won | Lost |
| April | 25 | 13 | 12 |
| May | 28 | 12 | 16 |
| June | 27 | 14 | 13 |
| July | 26 | 14 | 12 |
| August | 28 | 15 | 13 |
| September | 28 | 15 | 13 |
| | 162 | 83 | 79 |

### 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 |

### 2007 draft picks

Source
The 2007 MLB draft was held on June 7–8. The Blue Jays had two first round picks, along with five compensation picks.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College/School | Signed |
| 1 | 16* | Kevin Ahrens | 3B | Memorial High School (TX) | 2007–06–15 |
| 1 | 21 | J. P. Arencibia | C | Tennessee | 2007–06–15 |
| C-A | 38* | Brett Cecil | LHP | Maryland | 2007–06–15 |
| C-A | 45* | Justin Jackson | SS | Roberson High School (NC) | 2007–07–07 |
| C-A | 56* | Trystan Magnuson | RHP | Louisville | 2007–07–07 |
| 2 | 85 | John Tolisano | 2B | Estero High School (FL) | 2007–06–15 |
| 2 | 88* | Eric Eiland | OF | Lamar High School (TX) | 2007–06–15 |
| 3 | 115 | Alan Farina | RHP | Clemson | 2007–07–07 |
| 4 | 145 | Brad Mills | LHP | Arizona | 2007–06–15 |
| 5 | 175 | Marc Rzepczynski | LHP | Cal-Riverside | 2007–06–15 |
| 6 | 205 | Mike McDade | 1B | Silverado High School (NV) | 2007–06–12 |
| 7 | 235 | Randy Boone | RHP | Texas | – |
| 8 | 265 | Scott Leffler | RHP | Tampa | 2007–07–07 |
| 9 | 295 | Marcus Walden | RHP | Fresno City College | 2007–06–12 |
| 10 | 325 | Joel Collins | C | South Alabama | 2007–06–15 |
* * The Blue Jays received the 16th pick from the Texas Rangers as compensation for signing of free agent Frank Catalanotto
* * The Blue Jays received the 38th pick as compensation for loss of free agent Justin Speier
* * The Blue Jays received the 45th pick as compensation for loss of free agent Frank Catalanotto
* * The Blue Jays received the 56th pick as compensation for loss of free agent Ted Lilly
* * The Blue Jays received the 88th pick from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim as compensation for signing of free agent Justin Speier

### Game log

2007 Game Log :
April: 13–12 (Home: 7–6; Away: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2@ Tigers5–3 (10)Frasor (1–0)Rodney (0–1)Ryan (1)44,2971–0
2April 4@ Tigers10–9Robertson (1–0)Burnett (0–1)Jones (1)24,8811–1
--April 5@ TigersPostponed (cold weather) Rescheduled for September 10
3April 6@ Devil Rays6–5Ryu (1–0)Ryan (0–1)38,4371–2
4April 7@ Devil Rays8–5Marcum (1–0)Fossum (0–1)Ryan (2)18,4952–2
5April 8@ Devil Rays6–3Halladay (1–0)Kazmir (0–1)Janssen (1)12,4363–2
6April 9Royals9–1Burnett (1–1)Pérez (0–2)50,1254–2
7April 10Royals6–3Greinke (1–1)Towers (0–1)Soria (1)22,1064–3
8April 11Royals7–4Chacín (1–0)de la Rosa (1–1)Ryan (3)15,2185–3
9April 12Tigers5–4Maroth (2–0)Ohka (0–1)Zumaya (1)20,4165–4
10April 13Tigers2–1 (10)Halladay (2–0)Rodney (1–2)26,2686–4
11April 14Tigers10–7Ledezma (2–0)Ryan (0–2)Jones (6)28,2036–5
12April 15Tigers2–1Towers (1–1)Robertson (2–1)Marcum (1)25,9837–5
13April 17Red Sox2–1Chacín (2–0)Matsuzaka (1–2)Frasor (1)42,1628–5
14April 18Red Sox4–1Wakefield (2–1)Ohka (0–2)Papelbon (3)20,1888–6
15April 19Red Sox5–3Timlin (1–0)Marcum (1–1)Papelbon (4)33,2978–7
16April 20@ Orioles5–4Ray (2–1)Zambrano (0–1)25,0258–8
17April 21@ Orioles5–2Loewen (2–0)Towers (1–2)Ray (6)25,8988–9
18April 22@ Orioles7–3Trachsel (1–1)Chacín (2–1)27,2858–10
19April 23@ Red Sox7–3Ohka (1–2)Wakefield (2–2)Frasor (2)36,6699–10
20April 24@ Red Sox10–3Halladay (3–0)Tavárez (0–2)37,16110–10
--April 25@ YankeesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 24
21April 26@ Yankees6–0Burnett (2–0)Hughes (0–1)45,11811–10
22April 27Rangers5–3Tejeda (3–1)Towers (1–3)Otsuka (3)24,79511–11
23April 28Rangers9–8 (10)Otsuka (1–0)Tallet (0–1)Benoit (1)24,11911–12
24April 29Rangers7–3Ohka (2–2)McCarthy (1–4)27,51612–12
25April 30Rangers6–1Halladay (4–0)Padilla (0–4)19,04113–12 :
May: 12–16 (Home: 8–5; Away: 4–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1@ Indians12–4Sabathia (4–0)Burnett (2–2)13,38913–13
27May 2@ Indians7–6 (11)Mastny (2–0)Marcum (1–2)14,16313–14
28May 3@ Indians6–5Fultz (3–0)Frasor (1–1)Borowski (10)16,28413–15
29May 4@ Rangers7–1McCarthy (2–4)Ohka (2–3)Eyre (1)24,34213–16
30May 5@ Rangers11–4Padilla (1–4)Halladay (4–1)27,42113–17
31May 6@ Rangers3–2Benoit (1–1)Burnett (2–3)Otsuka (4)19,10313–18
32May 8Red Sox9–2Beckett (7–0)Zambrano (0–2)41,20313–19
33May 9Red Sox9–3Matsuzaka (4–2)Ohka (2–4)21,78413–20
34May 10Red Sox8–0Wakefield (4–3)Halladay (4–2)22,29013–21
35May 11Devil Rays5–1Burnett (3–3)Kazmir (2–2)20,54214–21
36May 12Devil Rays5–4Downs (1–0)Stokes (1–5)Accardo (1)23,20815–21
37May 13Devil Rays2–1Seo (2–3)Frasor (1–2)Reyes (11)25,45315–22
38May 14Orioles5–3Janssen (1–0)Báez (0–2)Accardo (2)19,81916–22
39May 15Orioles2–1Litsch (1–0)Cabrera (3–4)Accardo (3)30,95817–22
40May 16Orioles2–1Burnett (4–3)Burres (1–2)24,33918–22
41May 18@ Phillies5–3Lieber (2–2)McGowan (0–1)Myers (5)34,72318–23
42May 19@ Phillies13–2Marcum (2–2)Moyer (4–3)32,00419–23
43May 20@ Phillies5–3Eaton (4–3)Litsch (1–1)Myers (6)39,03019–24
44May 22@ Orioles6–4Burnett (5–3)Cabrera (3–5)Accardo (4)17,85220–24
45May 23@ Orioles5–2Trachsel (3–3)McGowan (0–2)Ray (11)16,93820–25
46May 24@ Orioles5–4 (10)Janssen (2–0)Báez (0–4)Accardo (5)15,18221–25
47May 25@ Twins4–3Guerrier (1–1)Downs (1–1)Nathan (10)26,78121–26
48May 26@ Twins9–8 (13)Tallet (1–1)Guerrier (1–2)31,43422–26
49May 27@ Twins4–2Silva (3–5)Burnett (5–4)Nathan (11)25,78122–27
50May 28Yankees7–2McGowan (1–2)DeSalvo (1–2)28,79123–27
51May 29Yankees3–2Accardo (1–0)Pettitte (3–4)30,11624–27
52May 30Yankees10–5Clippard (2–1)Litsch (1–2)Rivera (4)29,18724–28
53May 31White Sox2–0Halladay (5–2)Buehrle (2–2)Accardo (6)22,43625–28 :
June: 14–13 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1White Sox3–0Vázquez (3–3)Burnett (5–5)Jenks (15)20,05125–29
55June 2White Sox9–3McGowan (2–2)MacDougal (1–3)Janssen (2)25,69126–29
56June 3White Sox4–3Tallet (2–1)Masset (1–2)Accardo (7)30,88627–29
57June 5Devil Rays12–11Towers (2–3)Fossum (3–6)19,06328–29
58June 6Devil Rays6–2Kazmir (4–3)Ohka (2–5)16,66328–30
59June 7Devil Rays5–3Glover (3–2)Accardo (1–1)Reyes (15)37,10528–31
60June 8@ Dodgers4–3 (10)Seánez (3–1)Accardo (1–2)52,17328–32
61June 9@ Dodgers1–0Marcum (3–2)Lowe (6–6)Janssen (3)51,05729–32
62June 10@ Dodgers11–5Halladay (6–2)Schmidt (1–3)50,18330–32
63June 11@ Giants4–3Morris (7–3)Towers (2–4)38,03030–33
64June 12@ Giants3–2Lowry (6–5)Burnett (5–6)Hennessey (3)37,57430–34
65June 13@ Giants7–4McGowan (3–2)Lincecum (2–1)Accardo (7)40,08631–34
66June 15Nationals7–2Halladay (7–2)Bacsik (1–4)22,04232–34
67June 16Nationals7–3Marcum (4–2)Speigner (2–3)26,34233–34
68June 17Nationals4–2Bowie (4–2)Towers (2–5)Cordero (11)28,86733–35
69June 19Dodgers10–1Penny (9–1)McGowan (3–3)22,76333–36
70June 20Dodgers12–1Halladay (8–2)Kuo (1–2)24,41334–36
71June 21Dodgers8–4Seánez (4–1)Janssen (2–1)25,26534–37
72June 22Rockies9–8 (10)Wolfe (1–0)Fuentes (0–1)27,36935–37
73June 23Rockies11–6Wolfe (2–0)Cook (4–5)32,48236–37
74June 24Rockies5–0McGowan (4–3)Fogg (3–6)33,91037–37
75June 25@ Twins8–5Halladay (9–2)Guerrier (1–3)Accardo (9)24,24038–37
76June 26@ Twins2–1 (12)Rincón (3–1)Tallet (2–2)27,00038–38
77June 27@ Twins5–4Towers (3–5)Bonser (5–4)Accardo (10)30,95939–38
78June 28@ Twins8–5Silva (6–8)Frasor (1–3)Nathan (15)31,03839–39
79June 29@ Mariners5–3Washburn (7–6)McGowan (4–4)Putz (23)41,86239–40
80June 30@ Mariners8–3Batista (8–6)Halladay (9–3)36,10239–41 :
July: 14–12 (Home: 7–2; Away: 7–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1@ Mariners2–1Putz (1–0)Accardo (1–3)38,77839–42
82July 2@ Athletics11–7Towers (4–5)DiNardo (3–5)13,28140–42
83July 3@ Athletics3–1Blanton (8–4)Litsch (1–3)35,07740–43
84July 4@ Athletics10–3McGowan (5–4)Kennedy (2–7)26,56641–43
85July 6Indians8–6Halladay (10–3)Lee (5–5)Accardo (11)28,52642–43
86July 7Indians9–4Carmona (10–4)Marcum (4–3)25,74442–44
87July 8Indians1–0Accardo (2–3)Byrd (7–4)28,23943–44
88July 12@ Red Sox7–4Wakefield (10–8)Halladay (10–4)Papelbon (21)36,88743–45
89July 13@ Red Sox6–5Marcum (5–3)Snyder (1–2)Accardo (12)36,90844–45
90July 14@ Red Sox9–4Matsuzaka (11–6)McGowan (5–5)36,83044–46
91July 15@ Red Sox2–1Litsch (2–3)Beckett (12–3)Accardo (13)36,30145–46
92July 16@ Yankees6–4Proctor (2–5)Towers (4–6)Rivera (14)52,99345–47
93July 17@ Yankees3–2 (10)Vizcaíno (6–2)Janssen (2–2)51,96145–48
94July 18@ Yankees6–2Myers (1–0)Marcum (5–4)Rivera (15)52,14745–49
95July 19@ Yankees3–2McGowan (6–5)Wang (10–5)Accardo (14)53,85746–49
96July 20Mariners4–2Batista (10–7)Litsch (2–4)Putz (29)27,07946–50
97July 21Mariners1–0Towers (5–6)Weaver (2–8)Accardo (15)28,92147–50
98July 22Mariners8–0Halladay (11–4)Hernández (6–6)29,08348–50
99July 23Twins6–4Marcum (6–4)Santana (11–8)Accardo (16)26,09149–50
100July 24Twins7–0McGowan (7–5)Baker (4–4)30,66950–50
101July 25Twins13–1Litsch (3–4)Silva (8–11)37,34251–50
102July 27@ White Sox4–3Garland (8–7)Towers (5–7)Jenks (29)34,59051–51
103July 28@ White Sox2–0Buehrle (8–6)Halladay (11–5)Jenks (30)37,74451–52
104July 29@ White Sox4–1Marcum (7–4)Vázquez (8–6)Accardo (17)36,57152–52
105July 30@ Devil Rays5–4 (11)Dohmann (1–0)Wolfe (2–1)8,80752–53
106July 31@ Devil Rays2–0Litsch (4–4)Jackson (2–11)Accardo (18)10,56953–53 :
August: 15–13 (Home: 9–7; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1@ Devil Rays6–2Glover (5–3)Towers (5–8)10,10953–54
108August 3Rangers6–4Halladay (12–5)Wright (3–4)Accardo (19)23,77754–54
109August 4Rangers9–5Marcum (8–4)Eyre (3–4)25,23155–54
110August 5Rangers4–1McGowan (8–5)McCarthy (5–8)Accardo (20)29,59356–54
111August 6Yankees5–4Pettitte (8–7)Downs (1–2)Rivera (18)42,71456–55
112August 7Yankees9–2Clemens (4–5)Towers (5–9)38,07856–56
113August 8Yankees15–4Halladay (13–5)Wang (13–6)40,81157–56
114August 10@ Royals2–1Marcum (9–4)Meche (7–10)Accardo (21)21,27658–56
115August 11@ Royals4–1Núñez (2–0)McGowan (8–6)Soria (13)25,93458–57
116August 12@ Royals4–1Burnett (6–6)Bannister (8–7)Accardo (22)18,38159–57
117August 13@ Royals6–2Pérez (7–11)Litsch (4–5)14,84559–58
118August 14Angels4–1Halladay (14–5)Saunders (6–1)31,97860–58
119August 15Angels2–1Marcum (10–4)Moseley (4–2)Accardo (23)30,35361–58
120August 16Angels4–3Escobar (13–6)McGowan (8–7)Rodríguez (30)27,86161–59
121August 17Orioles5–2Burnett (7–6)Olson (1–2)Accardo (24)25,52462–59
122August 18Orioles5–3Trachsel (6–7)Litsch (4–6)Báez (2)33,38762–60
123August 19Orioles3–2 (10)Downs (2–2)Bradford (2–6)38,13263–60
124August 20Athletics6–4Blanton (11–8)Marcum (10–5)Street (11)27,19363–61
125August 21Athletics6–4Haren (14–4)Tallet (2–3)Street (12)32,63963–62
126August 22Athletics4–1Loaiza (1–0)Burnett (7–7)Embree (16)31,14563–63
127August 23@ Angels5–4Litsch (5–6)Santana (5–12)Accardo (25)41,00964–63
128August 24@ Angels3–0Weaver (9–6)Halladay (14–6)Rodríguez (32)41,13164–64
129August 25@ Angels9–2Marcum (11–5)Saunders (7–2)41,63165–64
130August 26@ Angels3–1Escobar (15–6)McGowan (8–8)Rodríguez (33)40,56565–65
131August 27@ Athletics6–2 (12)Accardo (3–3)Embree (1–2)18,09266–65
132August 28@ Athletics5–4Wolfe (3–1)Brown (2–1)Janssen (4)20,54267–65
133August 29@ Athletics5–4 (11)Lugo (5–0)Frasor (1–4)16,01567–66
134August 31Mariners7–5Marcum (12–5)Washburn (9–12)Accardo (26)34,51868–66 :
September: 17–13 (Home: 9–5; Away: 8–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1Mariners2–1McGowan (9–8)Green (5–2)Accardo (27)30,67269–66
136September 2Mariners6–4Burnett (8–7)Weaver (6–11)Janssen (5)32,16670–66
137September 3@ Red Sox13–10Matsuzaka (14–11)Litsch (5–7)Papelbon (32)36,63970–67
138September 4@ Red Sox5–3Beckett (17–6)Halladay (14–7)Papelbon (33)36,83970–68
139September 5@ Red Sox6–4Accardo (4–3)Okajima (3–2)37,10671–68
140September 7@ Devil Rays7–2McGowan (10–8)Jackson (4–14)18,61772–68
141September 8@ Devil Rays5–4Reyes (2–2)Accardo (4–4)19,82272–69
142September 9@ Devil Rays3–2Shields (10–8)Litsch (5–8)Reyes (23)20,55672–70
143September 10@ Tigers5–4Bazardo (1–1)Janssen (2–3)35,68972–71
144September 11Yankees9–2Hughes (3–3)Marcum (12–6)30,47272–72
145September 12Yankees4–1Mussina (9–10)McGowan (10–9)Rivera (26)27,08272–73
146September 13Yankees2–1Downs (3–2)Britton (0–1)32,63273–73
147September 14Orioles6–2Burres (6–5)Litsch (5–9)31,10673–74
148September 15Orioles8–3Halladay (15–7)Birkins (1–2)37,44174–74
149September 16Orioles8–6 (12)Bell (4–3)Frasor (1–5)Cabrera (1)38,93474–75
150September 17Red Sox6–1McGowan (11–9)Wakefield (16–11)29,31675–75
151September 18Red Sox4–3Burnett (9–7)Gagné (3–2)Downs (1)32,39076–75
152September 19Red Sox6–1Litsch (6–9)Buchholz (3–1)Accardo (28)34,92777–75
153September 21@ Yankees5–4 (14)Kennedy (4–9)Bruney (3–2)Frasor (3)54,15178–75
154September 22@ Yankees12–11 (10)Karstens (1–3)Towers (5–10)54,88778–76
155September 23@ Yankees7–5Mussina (11–10)McGowan (11–10)Chamberlain (1)54,98378–77
156September 24@ Yankees4–1Litsch (7–9)Pettitte (14–9)Janssen (6)53,26179–77
157September 25@ Orioles11–4Burnett (10–7)Burres (6–7)15,86780–77
158September 26@ Orioles8–5Halladay (16–7)Zambrano (0–3)Accardo (29)15,42481–77
159September 27@ Orioles8–5Hoey (3–4)Tallet (2–4)Walker (7)15,81781–78
160September 28Devil Rays5–4McGowan (12–10)Sonnanstine (6–10)Accardo (30)34,67082–78
161September 29Devil Rays5–3Downs (4–2)Wheeler (1–9)37,68183–78
162September 30Devil Rays8–5Hammel (3–5)Burnett (10–8)Reyes (26)44,15683–79 :

### Player stats
#### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; R = Runs; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | R | SB |
| Russ Adams | 27 | 60 | 14 | .233 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 2 |
| Howie Clark | 31 | 49 | 10 | .204 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Royce Clayton | 69 | 189 | 48 | .254 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 2 |
| Sal Fasano | 16 | 45 | 8 | .178 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Troy Glaus | 115 | 385 | 101 | .262 | 20 | 62 | 60 | 0 |
| John-Ford Griffin | 6 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Aaron Hill | 160 | 608 | 177 | .291 | 17 | 78 | 87 | 4 |
| Joe Inglett | 2 | 5 | 3 | .600 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Reed Johnson | 79 | 275 | 65 | .236 | 2 | 14 | 31 | 4 |
| Adam Lind | 89 | 290 | 69 | .238 | 11 | 46 | 34 | 1 |
| Hector Luna | 22 | 42 | 7 | .167 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| John McDonald | 123 | 327 | 82 | .251 | 1 | 31 | 32 | 7 |
| Ray Olmedo | 27 | 51 | 11 | .216 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Lyle Overbay | 122 | 425 | 102 | .240 | 10 | 44 | 49 | 2 |
| Jason Phillips | 55 | 144 | 30 | .208 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 0 |
| Alex Ríos | 161 | 643 | 191 | .297 | 24 | 85 | 114 | 17 |
| Ryan Roberts | 8 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jason Smith | 27 | 52 | 11 | .212 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Matt Stairs | 125 | 357 | 103 | .289 | 21 | 64 | 58 | 2 |
| Curtis Thigpen | 47 | 101 | 24 | .238 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 2 |
| Frank Thomas | 155 | 531 | 147 | .277 | 26 | 95 | 63 | 0 |
| Vernon Wells | 149 | 584 | 143 | .245 | 16 | 80 | 85 | 10 |
| Gregg Zaun | 110 | 331 | 80 | .242 | 10 | 52 | 43 | 0 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 19 | 4 | .211 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5536 | 1434 | .259 | 165 | 719 | 753 | 57 |
As of September 30, 2007

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

Note: GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO |
| Josh Banks | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 2 | 2 |
| A. J. Burnett | 25 | 165.2 | 10 | 8 | 3.75 | 66 | 176 |
| Gustavo Chacín | 5 | 27.1 | 2 | 1 | 5.60 | 7 | 11 |
| Roy Halladay | 31 | 225.1 | 16 | 7 | 3.71 | 48 | 139 |
| Jesse Litsch | 20 | 111.0 | 7 | 9 | 3.81 | 36 | 50 |
| Shaun Marcum (1 HLD) | 25 | 159.0 | 12 | 6 | 4.13 | 49 | 122 |
| Dustin McGowan | 27 | 169.2 | 12 | 10 | 4.08 | 61 | 144 |
| Tomo Ohka | 10 | 56.0 | 2 | 5 | 5.79 | 22 | 21 |
| Ty Taubenheim | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 | 4 |
| Josh Towers | 15 | 107.0 | 5 | 10 | 5.38 | 22 | 76 |
| Víctor Zambrano | 2 | 10.2 | 0 | 2 | 10.97 | 11 | 5 |
As of September 30, 2007

##### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; HLD = Holds; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | HLD | ERA | BB | SO |
| Jeremy Accardo | 64 | 67.1 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 2.14 | 24 | 57 |
| Jordan De Jong | 6 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.00 | 5 | 7 |
| Scott Downs | 81 | 58.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 2.17 | 24 | 57 |
| Jason Frasor | 51 | 57.0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4.58 | 23 | 59 |
| Lee Gronkiewicz | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 2 | 2 |
| Casey Janssen | 70 | 72.2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 2.35 | 20 | 39 |
| Joe Kennedy | 9 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.14 | 5 | 8 |
| Brandon League | 14 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.17 | 7 | 7 |
| B. J. Ryan | 5 | 4.1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12.46 | 4 | 3 |
| Brian Tallet | 48 | 62.1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3.47 | 28 | 54 |
| Jamie Vermilyea | 2 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 |
| Brian Wolfe | 38 | 45.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2.98 | 9 | 22 |
| Team Pitching Totals | 162 | 1448.2 | 83 | 79 | 44 | 64 | 4.00 | 479 | 1067 |
As of September 30, 2007

## Draft

This is a partial list. For the full draft, see here.

## Players selected

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School |
| 1 | 16 (for Frank Catalanotto) | Kevin Ahrens (SS) | United States | Memorial High School |
| 1 | 21 | J. P. Arencibia (C) | United States | Tennessee |
| C-A | 38 (for Justin Speier) | Brett Cecil (LHP) | United States | Maryland-College Park |
| C-A | 45 (for Frank Catalanotto) | Justin Jackson (SS) | United States | T.C. Roberson High School |
| C-A | 56 (for Ted Lilly) | Trystan Magnuson (RHP) | Canada | Louisville |
| 2 | 85 | John Tolisano (2B) | United States | Estero High School |
| 2 | 88 (for Justin Speier) | Eric Eiland (CF) | United States | Lamar High School |
| 3 | 115 | Alan Farina (RHP) | United States | Clemson |
| 4 | 145 | Brad Mills (LHP) | United States | Arizona |
| 5 | 175 | Marc Rzepczynski (LHP) | United States | UC-Riverside |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Syracuse Chiefs | International League | Doug Davis |
| AA | New Hampshire Fisher Cats | Eastern League | Bill Masse |
| A | Dunedin Blue Jays | Florida State League | Omar Malavé |
| A | Lansing Lugnuts | Midwest League | Gary Cathcart |
| A-Short Season | Auburn Doubledays | New York–Penn League | Dennis Holmberg |
| Rookie | GCL Blue Jays | Gulf Coast League | Clayton McCullough |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Auburn