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 tie-breaker which placed them third overall in the division and out of playoff competition.

The 2007 Padres defensive caught stealing percentage is the lowest by a team in MLB history.

Offseason November 8, 2006: Kevin Kouzmanoff was traded by the Cleveland Indians with Andrew Brown to the San Diego Padres for Josh Barfield.Kevin Kouzmanoff Statistics Baseball-Reference.com 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.

Regular season

Season standings

National League West

Record vs. opponents

Roster 2007 San Diego Padres Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches (bullpen) (pitching) (bench) (third base) (hitting) (first base) (hitting)

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.

Game log

|- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 1 || April 3 || @ Giants || 7–0 || Peavy (1-0) || Zito (0-1) || || 42,773 || 1-0 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 2 || April 4 || @ Giants || 5–3 || Meredith (1-0) || Hennessey (0-1) || Hoffman (1) || 39,938 || 2-0 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 3 || April 5 || @ Giants || 5–3 || Morris (1-0) || Hensley (0-1)|| Benítez (1) || 37,914 || 2-1 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 4 || April 6 || Rockies || 4–3 || Hirsh (1-0) || Maddux (0-1) || Fuentes (1) || 44,267 || 2-2 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 5 || April 7 || Rockies || 3–2 || Hoffman (1-0) || Corpas (0-1) || || 40,504 || 3-2 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 6 || April 8 || Rockies || 2–1 || Linebrink (1-0) || Hawkins (0-2) || || 27,086 || 4-2 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 7 || April 9 || Giants || 1–0 || Young (1-0) || Cain (0-1) || Hoffman (2) || 31,388 || 5-2 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 8 || April 10 || Giants || 6–5 || Morris (2-0) || Hensley (0-2) || Benítez (2) || 28,878 || 5-3 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 9 || April 11 || Giants || 4–0 || Maddux (1-1) || Lowry (0-2) || || 31,568 || 6-3 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 10 || April 13 || @ Dodgers || 9–1 || Lowe (2-1) || Wells (0-1) || || 49,090 || 6-4 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 11 || April 14 || @ Dodgers || 7–2 || Peavy (2-0) || Schmidt (1-2) || || 55,942 || 7-4 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 12 || April 15 || @ Dodgers || 9–3 || Wolf (2-1) || Young (1-1) || || 55,298 || 7-5 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 13 || April 16 || @ Cubs || 12–4 || Marquis (1-1) || Hensley (0-3) || || 32,126 || 7-6 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 14 || April 17 || @ Cubs || 4–3 || Brocail (1-0) || Ohman (0-1) || Hoffman (3) || 36,021 || 8-6 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 15 || April 18 || D-backs || 5–2 || Peña (1-1) || Thompson (0-1) || Valverde (7) || 26,872 || 8-7 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 16 || April 19 || D-backs || 11–6 || Peavy (3-0) || Hernández (1-1) || || 32,224 || 9-7 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 17 || April 20 || @ Rockies || 11–1 || Young (2-1) || Fogg (0-1) || || 22,338 || 10-7 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 18 || April 21 || @ Rockies || 7–3 || Hensley (1-3) || Francis (1-2) || || 22,795 || 11-7 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 19 || April 22 || @ Rockies || 4–2 || Hirsh (2-1) || Maddux (1-2) || Fuentes (4) || 25,746 || 11-8 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 20 || April 24 || @ D-backs || 10–5 || Wells (1-1) || Johnson (0-1) || Hoffman (4) || 19,508 || 12-8 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 21 || April 25 || @ D-backs || 3–2 || Peña (2-1) || Hoffman (1-1) || || 18,307 || 12-9 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 22 || April 26 || @ D-backs || 7–4 || Hernández (2-1) || Young (2-2) || Valverde (8) || 16,792 || 12-10 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 23 || April 27 || Dodgers || 6–5 || Seánez (1-0) || Hoffman (1-2) || Saito (7) || 44,035 || 12-11 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 24 || April 28 || Dodgers || 3–2 || Maddux (2-2) || Tomko (0-2) || Hoffman (5) || 42,385 || 13-11 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 25 || April 29 || Dodgers || 5–4 || Billingsley (1-0) || Hampson (0-1) || || 44,028 || 13-12 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 26 || April 30 || Nationals || 3–2 || Patterson (1-4) || Peavy (3-1) || Cordero (4) || 19,769 || 13-13

|- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 27 || May 1 || Nationals || 3–0 || Young (3-2) || Hill (2-3) || Hoffman (6) || 19,438 || 14-13 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 28 || May 2 || Nationals || 7–3 || Brocail (2-0) || Chico (2-3) || || 22,153 || 15-13 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 29 || May 4 || @ Marlins || 5–4 || Tankersley (1-0) || Linebrink (1-1) || Owens (4) || 24,691 || 15-14 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 30 || May 5 || @ Marlins || 7–6 || Hampson (1-1) || Gardner (0-2) || Hoffman (7) || 21,381 || 16-14 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 31 || May 6 || @ Marlins || 3–1 || Peavy (4-1) || Olsen (3-2) || Hoffman (8) || 15,310 || 17-14 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 32 || May 7 || @ Braves || 4–2 || Young (4-2) || James (3-3) || Hoffman (9) || 19,189 || 18-14 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 33 || May 8 || @ Braves || 3–2 || González (2-0) || Bell (0-1) || Soriano (3) || 21,748 || 18-15 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 34 || May 9 || @ Braves || 3–2 || Smoltz (5-1) || Meredith (1-1) || Soriano (4) || 36,523 || 18-16 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 35 || May 10 || @ Braves || 5–3 || Hudson (4-1) || Wells (1-2) || Soriano (5) || 28,799 || 18-17 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 36 || May 11 || Cardinals || 7–0 || Peavy (5-1) || Wells (1-7) || || 38,901 || 19-17 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 37 || May 12 || Cardinals || 5–0 || Looper (5-2) || Young (4-3) || || 44,082 || 19-18 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 38 || May 13 || Cardinals || 3–0 || Germano (1-0) || Reyes (0-6) || Hoffman (10) || 36,616 || 20-18 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 39 || May 14 || Reds || 7–1 || Maddux (3-2) || Belisle (3-3) || || 20,262 || 21-18 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 40 || May 15 || Reds || 2–1 || Weathers (1-2) || Bell (0-2) || || 26,694 || 21-19 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 41 || May 16 || Reds || 3–2 || Hoffman (2-2) || Arroyo (2-4) || || 23,856 || 22-19 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 42 || May 18 || @ Mariners || 8–1 || Young (5-3) || Batista (3-4) || || 39,531 || 23-19 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 43 || May 19 || @ Mariners || 7–4 || Ramírez (4-2) || Maddux (3-3) || Putz (10) || 34,287 || 23-20 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 44 || May 20 || @ Mariners || 2–1 || Germano (2-0) || Hernández (2-2) || Hoffman (11) || 38,844 || 24-20 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 45 || May 22 || Cubs || 5–1 || Peavy (6-1) || Hill (4-4) || Hoffman (12) || 26,192 || 25-20 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 46 || May 23 || Cubs || 2–1 || Wells (2-2) || Marshall (0-1) || Hoffman (13) || 27,535 || 26-20 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 47 || May 24 || Cubs || 3–1 || Howry (2-3) || Meredith (1-2) || Dempster (10) || 32,258 || 26-21 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 48 || May 25 || Brewers || 8–6 || Maddux (4-3) || Bush (3-5) || Linebrink (1) || 32,130 || 27-21 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 49 || May 26 || Brewers || 6–3 || Germano (3-0) || Vargas (3-1) || Hoffman (14) || 35,975 || 28-21 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 50 || May 27 || Brewers || 3–0 || Peavy (7-1) || Suppan (6-5) || Hoffman (15) || 41,246 || 29-21 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 51 || May 29 || @ Pirates || 4–1 || Gorzelanny (6-3) || Wells (2-3) || Torres (12) || 15,794 || 29-22 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 52 || May 30 || @ Pirates || 9–0 || Young (6-3) || Maholm (2-7) || || 12,734 || 30-22 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 53 || May 31 || @ Pirates || 4–2 || Meredith (3-2) || Sharpless (0-1) || Hoffman (16) || 14,966 || 31-22

|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 54 || June 1 || @ Nationals || 4–3 || Rauch (3-1) || Meredith (2-3) || || 22,354 || 31-23 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 55 || June 2 || @ Nationals || 11–3 || Germano (4-0) || Speigner (1-2) || || 21,635 || 32-23 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 56 || June 3 || @ Nationals || 7–3 || Wells (3-3) || Simontacchi (2-4) || || 26,967 || 33-23 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 57 || June 5 || Dodgers || 1–0 || Linebrink (2-1) || Seánez (2-1) || Hoffman (17) || 31,703 || 34-23 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 58 || June 6 || Dodgers || 5–2 || Maddux (5-3) || Wolf (7-4) || Hoffman (18) || 31,541 || 35-23 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 59 || June 7 || Dodgers || 6–5 || Hampson (2-1) || Broxton (2-2) || || 40,631 || 36-23 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"