2007 San Diego Padres season

The 2007 San Diego Padres season was the 39th season in franchise history. It began with the Padres' attempt to win a third consecutive National League West title. After finishing the regular season with 89 wins and 73 losses, they were in a tie with the Colorado Rockies for both the NL wild card and second place in the NL West, they were defeated in a [2007 NL Wild card (sports)|Wild Card tie-breaker|tie-breaker] which placed them third overall in the division and out of playoff competition.

Offseason

November 8, 2006: Kevin Kouzmanoff was traded by the Cleveland Indians with Andrew Brown to the San Diego Padres for Josh Barfield.
December 20, 2006: Marcus Giles was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.
January 3, 2007: Pete LaForest was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.

Player stats

Note: Team batting and pitching leaders are in bold.

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	Josh Bard	118	389	111	.285	5	51
1B	Adrián González	161	646	182	.282	30	100
2B	Marcus Giles	116	420	96	.229	4	39
SS	Khalil Greene	153	611	155	.254	27	97
3B	Kevin Kouzmanoff	145	484	133	.275	18	74
LF	Termel Sledge	100	200	42	.210	7	23
CF	Mike Cameron	151	571	138	.242	21	78
RF	Brian Giles	121	483	131	.271	13	51

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
Geoff Blum	122	330	83	.252	5	33
José Cruz Jr.	91	256	60	.234	6	21
Milton Bradley	42	144	45	.313	11	30
Michael Barrett	44	133	30	.226	0	12
Russell Branyan	61	122	24	.197	7	19
Scott Hairston	31	87	25	.287	8	20
Rob Bowen	30	82	22	.268	2	11
Hiram Bocachica	27	63	15	.238	1	2
Morgan Ensberg	30	58	13	.224	4	8
Rob Mackowiak	28	56	11	.196	0	2
Brady Clark	21	49	15	.306	0	6
Paul McAnulty	20	40	8	.200	1	5
Oscar Robles	24	26	6	.231	0	2
Pete LaForest	10	25	9	.360	1	3
Chase Headley	8	18	4	.222	0	0
Brian Myrow	12	10	1	.100	0	1
Craig Stansberry	11	7	2	.286	0	1
Jason Lane	3	2	0	.000	0	0
Colt Morton	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Drew Macias	1	0	0	----	0	0

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
Jake Peavy	34	223.1	19	6	2.54	240
Greg Maddux	34	198.0	14	11	4.14	104
Chris Young	30	173.0	9	8	3.12	167
Justin Germano	26	133.1	7	10	4.46	78
David Wells	22	118.2	5	8	5.54	63
Tim Stauffer	2	7.2	0	1	21.13	6

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
Clay Hensley	13	50.0	2	3	6.84	30
Brett Tomko	7	27.1	2	1	4.61	26
Jack Cassel	6	22.2	1	1	3.97	11

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
Trevor Hoffman	61	4	5	42	2.98	44
Heath Bell	81	6	4	2	2.02	102
Cla Meredith	80	5	6	0	3.50	59
Doug Brocail	67	5	1	0	3.05	43
Kevin Cameron	48	2	0	0	2.79	50
Scott Linebrink	44	3	3	1	3.80	25
Justin Hampson	39	2	3	0	2.70	34
Joe Thatcher	22	2	2	0	1.29	16
Royce Ring	15	1	0	0	3.60	17
Wil Ledezma	9	0	0	0	6.28	16
Mike Thompson	7	0	1	0	6.89	5
Aaron Rakers	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Wild Card tie-breaker

The Padres ended tied with the Colorado Rockies for both second place in the NL West as well as the National League Wild Card. A tie-breaker was played on October 1, 2007 in Denver to determine which team would continue on to post-season play. The game lasted 13 innings through four hours and 40 minutes. The Rockies won the Wild Card spot with a final score of 9 to 8, and the Padres' season was over.

Transactions

September 4, 2007: Pete LaForest was selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the San Diego Padres.

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Antonio