2007 Oakland Athletics season

2007 Oakland Athletics
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	McAfee Coliseum
City	Oakland, California
Record	76–86 (.469)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Lewis Wolff
General managers	Billy Beane
Managers	Bob Geren
Television	FSN Bay Area KICU (Action 36)
Radio	KYCY KNTS KFRC-FM
Seasons

The Oakland Athletics' 2007 season was their first since 2004 in which they defended a title. The A's were without Frank Thomas (Toronto) and ace Barry Zito (San Francisco), both players who the A's lost to free agency. They filled the space left by Frank Thomas by signing free agent catcher Mike Piazza to a one-year contract worth $8.5 million to be the team's designated hitter. They were also without Ken Macha, their former manager who was fired after four seasons with the team and replaced by Bob Geren, as well as third-base coach Ron Washington, who accepted the managerial position of the Texas Rangers. It was their first losing season since 1998.

Offseason

• December 6, 2006: Alan Embree was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.
• December 7, 2006: Jared Burton was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds from the Oakland Athletics in the 2006 rule 5 draft.
• February 5, 2007: Ricky Ledée signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.

Regular season

Season standings

AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	94	68	.580	—	54‍–‍27	40‍–‍41
Seattle Mariners	88	74	.543	6	49‍–‍33	39‍–‍41
Oakland Athletics	76	86	.469	18	40‍–‍41	36‍–‍45
Texas Rangers	75	87	.463	19	47‍–‍34	28‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

2007 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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

Roster

2007 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 55 Joe Blanton 64 Jerry Blevins 61 Dallas Braden 54 Andrew Brown 50 Kiko Calero 44 Santiago Casilla 56 Lenny DiNardo 58 Justin Duchscherer 41 Alan Embree 47 Ron Flores 57 Chad Gaudin 40 Rich Harden 15 Dan Haren 37 Joe Kennedy 60 Shane Komine 46 Colby Lewis 25 Esteban Loaiza 45 Ruddy Lugo 52 Jay Marshall 30 Dan Meyer 54,61 Erasmo Ramirez 62 Connor Robertson 20 Huston Street 45 Jay Witasick		Catchers 17 Rob Bowen 18 Jason Kendall 17 Adam Melhuse 28 Kurt Suzuki Infielders 10 Daric Barton  3 Eric Chavez  7 Bobby Crosby 14 Mark Ellis 22 Jack Hannahan 29 Dan Johnson  8 Kevin Melillo 12 Donnie Murphy 19 Marco Scutaro 12 Todd Walker		Outfielders 44 Hiram Bocachica 22 Milton Bradley 18 Dee Brown  6 Travis Buck 32 Jack Cust 37 Jeff DaVanon  8 J. J. Furmaniak 23 Bobby Kielty 21 Mark Kotsay 11 Ryan Langerhans 26 Danny Putnam 11 Chris Snelling 24 Shannon Stewart 33 Nick Swisher 51 Kevin Thompson Other batters 31 Mike Piazza		Manager 53 Bob Geren Coaches 48 Brad Fischer (bullpen)  4 Rene Lachemann (third base) 38 Bob Schaefer (bench) 39 Ty Van Burkleo (hitting) 36 Tye Waller (first base) 41 Curt Young (pitching)

Game log

2007 Game Log
April: 12-13 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 2 @ Mariners 4 – 0 Hernández (1-0) Haren (0-1) 46,003 0-1 2 April 3 @ Mariners 8 – 4 Mateo (1-0) Calero (0-1) 25,287 0-2 3 April 4 @ Mariners 9 – 0 Harden (1-0) Batista (0-1) 22,816 1-2 4 April 5 @ Angels 4 – 3 Duchscherer (1-0) Rodríguez (0-1) Street (1) 39,234 2-2 5 April 6 @ Angels 5 – 2 Moseley (1-0) Kennedy (0-1) Rodríguez (3) 43,534 2-3 6 April 7 @ Angels 2 – 1 Lackey (2-0) Haren (0-2) Shields (1) 44,007 2-4 7 April 8 @ Angels 2 – 1 Blanton (1-0) Escobar (1-1) Street (2) 37,783 3-4 8 April 9 White Sox 4 – 1 Contreras (1-1) Harden (1-1) 35,077 3-5 9 April 10 White Sox 2 – 1 Street (1-0) Jenks (1-1) 15,153 4-5 10 April 11 White Sox 6 – 3 Aardsma (1-0) Street (1-1) Jenks (2) 19,130 4-6 11 April 13 Yankees 5 – 4 (11) Street (2-1) Bruney (0-1) 35,077 5-6 12 April 14 Yankees 4 – 3 (13) Bruney (1-1) DiNardo (0-1) 35,077 5-7 13 April 15 Yankees 5 – 4 Marshall (1-0) Rivera (1-1) 35,077 6-7 14 April 17 Angels 4 – 1 Gaudin (1-0) Weaver (0-1) Street (3) 20,174 7-7 15 April 18 Angels 3 – 0 Haren (1-2) Lackey (2-2) Street (4) 17,322 8-7 16 April 20 @ Rangers 16 – 4 Blanton (2-0) McCarthy (1-3) 29,782 9-7 17 April 21 @ Rangers 7 – 0 Loe (1-0) Kennedy (0-2) 42,945 9-8 18 April 22 @ Rangers 4 – 3 Eyre (1-0) Duchscherer (1-1) Otsuka (2) 37,002 9-9 19 April 23 @ Orioles 6 – 5 Haren (2-2) Bédard (3-2) Street (5) 13,862 10-9 20 April 24 @ Orioles 4 – 2 Braden (1-0) Guthrie (1-1) Street (6) 14,452 11-9 21 April 25 Mariners 2 – 0 Washburn (1-2) Blanton (2-1) 19,674 11-10 22 April 26 Mariners 4 – 2 Batista (2-2) Calero (0-2) Putz (2) 14,683 11-11 23 April 27 Devil Rays 4 – 1 Shields (2-0) Gaudin (1-1) Reyes (8) 15,388 11-12 24 April 28 Devil Rays 12 – 5 Haren (3-2) Fossum (2-2) 26,760 12-12 25 April 29 Devil Rays 5 – 3 Kazmir (2-1) Braden (1-1) Reyes (9) 23,827 12-13
May: 14-13 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 26 May 1 @ Red Sox 5 – 4 (10) Duchscherer (2-1) Donnelly (0-1) Street (7) 37,052 13-13 27 May 2 @ Red Sox 6 – 4 Beckett (6-0) Marshall (1-1) Timlin (1) 37,006 13-14 28 May 4 @ Devil Rays 5 – 2 Duchscherer (3-1) Glover (0-2) Street (8) 11,546 14-14 29 May 5 @ Devil Rays 3 – 2 (12) Lugo (2-0) Marshall (1-2) 16,604 14-15 30 May 6 @ Devil Rays 5 – 3 Blanton (3-1) Jackson (0-5) Street (9) 16,880 15-15 31 May 8 @ Royals 6 – 1 Gaudin (2-1) de la Rosa (3-3) 10,989 16-15 32 May 9 @ Royals 3 – 2 Gobble (1-1) Duchscherer (3-2) Soria (6) 10,974 16-16 33 May 10 @ Royals 17 – 3 Kennedy (1-2) Hudson (0-1) 31,006 17-16 34 May 11 Indians 8 – 2 Blanton (4-1) Sabathia (5-1) 20,393 18-16 35 May 12 Indians 6 – 3 Carmona (4-1) Braden (1-2) Borowski (12) 22,705 18-17 36 May 13 Indians 10 – 7 Witasick (1-0) Borowski (0-1) 24,692 19-17 37 May 14 Royals 2 – 1 Gobble (2-1) Duchscherer (3-3) Soria (7) 12,477 19-18 38 May 15 Royals 5 – 4 (11) DiNardo (1-1) Soria (1-2) 14,966 20-18 39 May 16 Royals 4 – 3 Gobble (3-1) Calero (0-3) Riske (3) 16,242 20-19 40 May 17 Royals 7 – 4 Elarton (1-0) Braden (1-3) Soria (8) 21,037 20-20 41 May 18 Giants 15 – 3 Gaudin (3-1) Zito (3-5) 35,077 21-20 42 May 19 Giants 4 – 2 Haren (4-2) Cain (2-4) Embree (1) 35,077 22-20 43 May 20 Giants 4 – 1 Morris (5-1) Kennedy (1-3) 35,077 22-21 44 May 21 @ White Sox 8 – 5 Contreras (4-4) Blanton (4-2) Jenks (14) 35,327 22-22 45 May 22 @ White Sox 10 – 4 Danks (2-4) Lewis (0-1) 34,122 22-23 46 May 23 @ White Sox 4 – 0 Gaudin (4-1) Garland (3-3) 23-23 47 May 25 @ Orioles 3 - 2 Haren (5-2) Bédard (3-3) Embree (2) 30,382 24-23 48 May 26 @ Orioles 8 – 3 Burres (2-2) Kennedy (1-4) 29,194 24-24 49 May 27 @ Orioles 8 – 4 Cabrera (4-5) Blanton (4-3) 30,140 24-25 50 May 28 Rangers 5 – 3 Gaudin (5-1) Tejeda (4-5) Embree (3) 18,230 25-25 51 May 29 Rangers 4 – 0 Wood (1-1) DiNardo (1-2) Gagné (3) 18,006 25-26 52 May 30 Rangers 6 – 1 Haren (6-2) Koronka (0-2) 25,674 26-26
June: 15-13 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 53 June 1 Twins 3 – 2 (10) Neshek (3-0) Calero (0-4) Nathan (12) 20,219 26-27 54 June 2 Twins 1 – 0 Blanton (5-3) Silva (3-6) 30,576 27-27 55 June 3 Twins 4 – 2 Gaudin (6-1) Santana (6-5) Embree (4) 25,388 28-27 56 June 4 Red Sox 5 – 4 (11) Castilla (1-0) Snyder (1-1) 28,177 28-27 57 June 5 Red Sox 2 – 0 DiNardo (2-2) Matsuzaka (7-3) Embree (5) 31,127 29-27 58 June 6 Red Sox 3 – 2 Kennedy (2-4) Wakefield (5-7) Casilla (1) 32,280 30-27 59 June 7 Red Sox 1 – 0 Schilling (6-2) Blanton (5-4) 31,211 30-28 60 June 8 @ Giants 5 – 3 (10) Calero (1-4) Hennessey (1-2) Embree (6) 42,427 31-28 61 June 9 @ Giants 6 – 0 Haren (7-2) Zito (6-6) 42,526 32-28 62 June 10 @ Giants 2 – 0 Casilla (2-0) Cain (2-6) 42,345 33-28 63 June 12 @ Astros 5 – 4 (11) Borkowski (1-0) Flores (0-1) 33,637 33-29 64 June 13 @ Astros 7 – 3 Blanton (6-4) Wheeler (0-3) 34,611 34-29 65 June 14 @ Astros 6 – 5 (11) Embree (1-0) Moehler (0-2) Casilla (2) 42,024 35-29 66 June 15 Cardinals 14 – 3 Haren (8-2) Looper (6-6) 24,241 36-29 67 June 16 Cardinals 15 – 6 Springer (2-0) DiNardo (2-3) 28,572 36-30 68 June 17 Cardinals 10 – 6 Springer (3-0) Lewis (0-2) 35,077 36-31 69 June 18 Reds 6 – 1 Blanton (7-4) Lohse (3-9) 16,466 37-31 70 June 19 Reds 5 – 2 Bailey (2-0) Gaudin (6-2) Weathers (14) 19,351 37-32 71 June 20 Reds 5 – 3 Haren (9-2) McBeth (1-1) Embree (8) 25,872 38-32 72 June 22 @ Mets 9 – 1 Glavine (6-5) DiNardo (2-4) 43,029 38-33 73 June 23 @ Mets 1 – 0 Wagner (1-0) Casilla (2-1) 52,920 38-34 74 June 24 @ Mets 10 – 2 Maine (8-4) Kennedy (2-5) 50,143 38-35 75 June 25 @ Indians 5 – 2 Sabathia (11-2) Gaudin (6-3) 17,737 38-36 76 June 26 @ Indians 8 – 5 Betancourt (1-0) Embree (1-1) 18,494 38-37 77 June 27 @ Indians 13 – 2 DiNardo (3-4) Carmona (8-4) 18,614 40-37 78 June 28 @ Indians 4 – 3 Byrd (7-3) Flores (0-2) Borowski (22) 22,921 40-38 79 June 29 @ Yankees 2 – 1 Mussina (4-5) Kennedy (2-6) Rivera (10) 52,622 40-39 80 June 30 @ Yankees 7 – 0 Gaudin (7-3) Igawa (2-2) 54,150 41-39
July: 9-18 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 81 July 1 @ Yankees 11 – 5 Haren (10-2) Pettitte (4-6) 54,266 42-39 82 July 2 Blue Jays 11 – 7 Towers (4-5) DiNardo (3-5) 13,281 42-40 83 July 3 Blue Jays 3 – 1 Blanton (8-4) Litsch (1-3) 35,077 43-40 84 July 4 Blue Jays 10 – 3 McGowan (5-4) Kennedy (2-7) 26,566 43-41 85 July 5 Mariners 3 – 2 Gaudin (8-3) Batista (8-7) Embree (9) 15,654 44-41 86 July 6 Mariners 7 – 1 O'Flaherty (6-0) Haren (10-3) 19,158 44-42 87 July 7 Mariners 4 – 0 Hernández (5-4) Harden (1-2) 29,225 44-43 88 July 8 Mariners 7 – 3 Green (2-1) Blanton (8-5) 27,059 44-44 89 July 12 @ Twins 6 – 2 Baker (4-3) Gaudin (8-4) 25,207 44-45 90 July 13 @ Twins 5 – 3 Santana (11-6) DiNardo (3-6) Nathan (17) 36,338 44-46 91 July 14 @ Twins 4 – 3 Silva (6-10) Blanton (8-6) Nathan (18) 36,066 44-47 92 July 15 @ Twins 4 – 3 Neshek (4-1) Kennedy (2-8) 36,737 44-48 93 July 16 Rangers 4-1 Wright (3-2) Braden (1-4) Gagné (13) 18,160 44-49 94 July 17 Rangers 11 – 4 Eyre (3-3) Gaudin (8-5) Mahay (1) 20,209 44-50 95 July 18 Rangers 6 – 0 DiNardo (4-6) Millwood (6-8) 23,440 45-50 96 July 20 Orioles 6 – 1 Bédard (9-4) Blanton (8-7) 18,444 45-51 97 July 21 Orioles 4 – 3 Haren (11-3) Trachsel (5-7) Embree (10) 30,828 46-51 98 July 22 Orioles 2 – 0 Guthrie (6-3) Braden (1-5) Walker (1) 25,552 46-52 99 July 23 @ Angels 12 – 6 Kennedy (3-8) Colón (6-6) 43,847 47-52 100 July 24 @ Angels 4 – 3 DiNardo (5-6) Escobar (11-4) Embree (11) 43,784 48-52 101 July 25 @ Angels 7 – 6 Rodríguez (4-2) Kennedy (3-9) 44,252 48-53 102 July 26 @ Mariners 6 – 2 Haren (12-3) Weaver (2-9) 34,250 49-53 103 July 27 @ Mariners 7 – 1 Hernández (7-6) Braden (1-6) 37,643 49-54 104 July 28 @ Mariners 4 – 3 Ramírez (6-3) Gaudin (8-6) Putz (30) 41,260 49-55 105 July 29 @ Mariners 14 – 10 Green (4-1) Street (2-2) 41,961 49-56 106 July 30 Tigers 5 – 2 Tata (1-0) Blanton (8-8) Jones (28) 18,468 49-57 107 July 31 Tigers 7 – 3 Haren (13-3) Verlander (11-4) 21,305 50-57
August: 17-12 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 108 August 1 Tigers 3 – 2 Brown (1-0) Robertson (6-9) Embree (12) 27,118 51-57 109 August 2 Angels 6 – 4 Saunders (5-0) Gaudin (8-7) Rodríguez (26) 21,654 51-58 110 August 3 Angels 8 – 4 Casilla (3-1) Shields (3-4) 21,552 52-58 111 August 4 Angels 2 – 1 Blanton (9-8) Escobar (11-6) Embree (13) 29,144 53-58 112 August 5 Angels 4 – 3 Lackey (14-6) Calero (1-5) Rodríguez (27) 26,782 53-59 113 August 6 @ Rangers 9 – 7 (13) Brown (2-0) Eyre (3-5) Calero (1) 24,737 54-59 114 August 7 @ Rangers 8 – 6 Gabbard (5-1) Gaudin (8-8) Wilson (3) 25,122 54-60 115 August 8 @ Rangers 6 – 3 DiNardo (6-6) Murray (0-1) Embree (14) 29,647 55-60 116 August 10 @ Tigers 16 – 10 Lugo (3-0) McBride (1-1) 40,922 56-60 117 August 11 @ Tigers 5 – 2 Verlander (12-4) Haren (13-4) Jones (31) 42,016 56-61 118 August 12 @ Tigers 11 – 6 Robertson (7-9) Braden (1-7) 39,960 56-62 119 August 13 @ Tigers 7 – 2 Gaudin (9-8) Durbin (7-5) 37,229 57-62 120 August 14 White Sox 4 – 3 DiNardo (7-6) Garland (8-8) Embree (15) 24,082 58-62 121 August 15 White Sox 3 – 2 Blanton (10-8) Buehrle (9-8) Street (10) 25,295 59-62 122 August 16 White Sox 8 – 5 (10) Lugo (4-0) Thornton (3-4) 20,218 60-62 123 August 17 Royals 8 – 2 Bannister (9-7) Meyer (0-1) 18,185 60-63 124 August 18 Royals 7 – 3 Pérez (8-11) Gaudin (9-9) 24,638 60-64 125 August 19 Royals 6 – 1 DiNardo (8-6) Davies (5-10) 26,445 61-64 126 August 20 @ Blue Jays 6 – 4 Blanton (11-8) Marcum (10-5) Street (11) 27,193 62-64 127 August 21 @ Blue Jays 6 – 4 Haren (14-4) Tallet (2-3) Street (12) 32,639 63-64 128 August 22 @ Blue Jays 4 – 1 Loaiza (1-0) Burnett (7-7) Embree (16) 31,145 64-64 129 August 23 @ Devil Rays 12 – 2 Gaudin (10-9) Hammel (1-4) 9,444 65-64 130 August 24 @ Devil Rays 12 – 2 Shields (10-8) DiNardo (8-7) 9,592 65-65 131 August 25 @ Devil Rays 14 – 3 Kazmir (10-8) Blanton (11-9) 18,163 65-66 132 August 26 @ Devil Rays 7 – 4 Sonnanstine (3-9) Haren (14-5) Reyes (20) 19,044 65-67 133 August 27 Blue Jays 6 – 2 (12) Accardo (3-3) Embree (1-2) 18,092 65-68 134 August 28 Blue Jays 5 – 4 Wolfe (3-1) Brown (2-1) Janssen (4) 20,542 65-69 135 August 29 Blue Jays 5 – 4 (11) Lugo (5-0) Frasor (1-4) 16,015 66-69 136 August 31 Tigers 5 – 4 (10) Street (3-2) Zumaya (1-3) 27,250 67-69
September: 9-17 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 137 September 1 Tigers 6 – 1 Verlander (15-5) Haren (14-6) 21,336 67-70 138 September 2 Tigers 8 – 7 (10) Street (4-2) Bazardo (0-1) 23,195 68-70 139 September 3 @ Angels 9 – 5 Santana (6-12) Gaudin (10-10) 39,164 68-71 140 September 4 @ Angels 4 – 3 Weaver (11-6) DiNardo (8-8) Rodríguez (34) 39,017 68-72 141 September 5 @ Angels 6 – 2 Blanton (12-9) Saunders (7-3) 34,000 69-72 142 September 7 @ Rangers 5 – 3 Vólquez (2-0) Haren (14-7) Benoit (4) 22,318 69-73 143 September 8 @ Rangers 7 – 3 Murray (1-1) Gaudin (10-11) 32,476 69-74 144 September 9 @ Rangers 12 – 9 White (1-0) DiNardo (8-9) 25,054 69-75 145 September 10 @ Mariners 9 – 3 Blanton (13-9) Ramírez (8-9) Street (13) 26,698 70-75 146 September 11 @ Mariners 7 – 4 Lugo (6-0) Washburn (9-14) Street (14) 26,676 71-75 147 September 12 @ Mariners 6 – 5 Putz (3-1) Brown (2-2) 26,194 71-76 148 September 13 Rangers 6 – 5 Gaudin (11-11) Millwood (9-12) Street (15) 16,240 72-76 149 September 14 Rangers 11 – 9 Brown (3-2) Rheinecker (2-2) Street (16) 19,346 73-76 150 September 15 Rangers 7 – 3 Blanton (14-9) McCarthy (5-10) Embree (17) 24,517 74-76 151 September 16 Rangers 11 – 9 Rheinecker (3-2) Brown (3-3) Benoit (5) 23,770 74-77 152 September 17 Mariners 4 – 0 Batista (14-11) Haren (14-8) 17,228 74-78 153 September 18 Mariners 8 – 7 Weaver (7-12) Gaudin (11-12) Sherrill (2) 18,145 74-79 154 September 19 Mariners 9 – 5 Hernández (13-7) Meyer (0-2) 21,171 74-80 155 September 21 @ Indians 4 – 3 Carmona (18-8) Blanton (14-10) Borowski (43) 36,016 74-81 156 September 22 @ Indians 9 – 3 Haren (15-8) Byrd (15-7) 40,663 75-81 157 September 23 @ Indians 6 – 2 Westbrook (6-9) Braden (1-8) Betancourt (2) 40,250 75-82 158 September 25 @ Red Sox 7 – 3 Schilling (9-8) Gaudin (11-13) 36,708 75-83 159 September 26 @ Red Sox 11 – 6 Timlin (2-1) Blevins (0-1) 36,570 75-84 160 September 28 Angels 2 – 0 Lackey (19-9) Haren (15-9) Rodríguez (39) 32,287 75-85 161 September 29 Angels 3 – 2 Escobar (18-7) DiNardo (8-10) Rodríguez (40) 26,480 75-86 162 September 30 Angels 3 – 2 Street (5-2) Bootcheck (3-3) 28,062 76-86

Notable games

• April 5, 2007 – Mike Piazza hits a go-ahead home run to center field giving the A's a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. It was notable because it was his first home run of the season, his first as an Oakland Athletic, and his first ever at Angel Stadium.
• April 15, 2007 – Trailing 4-2 in the bottom of the ninth with two outs against the New York Yankees, Todd Walker got a hit and Jason Kendall was walked to put two men on base. Backup Marco Scutaro who was then 1 for 20 on the season hit a home run to left field which gave the A's a remarkable 5-4 win as well as the series vs. the Yankees.
• May 13, 2007 – Again trailing by two in the bottom of the ninth with two outs, the Athletics seemed to be out vs. the Cleveland Indians. However Chavez overcame a 0-2 strike count to hit a single and get on board. Milton Bradley then hit a home run to right field to tie the game. After Dan Johnson and Bobby Crosby got on base, Jack Cust, coming off a hot streak after being in the lineup for seven days at the time, hit a three-run shot to center field which gave the A's another dramatic comeback at home for a 10-7 victory.
• May 18, 2007 – The first game of the season against the San Francisco Giants saw former A's pitcher Barry Zito return to Oakland and try to beat his former team. However, the A's would not allow that. Zito allowed seven runs and six hits in four-plus innings, and walked seven. The A's would pound the Giants even harder, scoring eight runs on the Giants bullpen, including a Mark Ellis grand slam for a 15-3 win.
• June 2, 2007 – Joe Blanton hit nine scoreless innings for his fifth complete game against the Minnesota Twins. The Twins' pitcher Carlos Silva also pitched the entire eight innings in which the Twins were on the field. (The A's were at home, so the bottom of the ninth was not necessary.) The one run Silva allowed was the difference as the A's won 1-0.
• June 4, 2007 – Mark Ellis was having a great day for the entire game vs. the Boston Red Sox. After hitting a triple in the bottom of the 2nd which gave the A's the lead, he would hit a home run in the fourth, and a double in the sixth. With a chance to hit for the cycle in the bottom of the eighth, Ellis grounded the ball into a fielder's choice and was not awarded a single, despite that no one was out as a result of the play. With the A's having a 4-2 lead it seemed like Ellis would not hit for the cycle. However, the Red Sox would tie the game in the top of the ninth, and the A's were unable to break the tie in the bottom of the inning. This was a blessing in disguise as Mark Ellis had another chance to hit for the cycle, which he did with a single to midfield. He was the sixth player in the Oakland Athletics to hit for the cycle (not including when the A's were in Philadelphia and Kansas City). Eric Chavez, who has also hit for the cycle in 2000, won the game with a solo home run in the 11th.
• June 7, 2007 – Shannon Stewart broke up a hitless game for the A's in the bottom of the ninth. This spoiled Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's bid for his first career no-hitter. The A's however could not score, and Schilling still walked away with a complete game 1-0 shutout. It was Boston's only win of the four-game series.

Player stats

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	Jason Kendall	80	292	66	.226	2	22
1B	Dan Johnson	117	416	98	.236	18	62
2B	Mark Ellis	150	583	161	.276	19	76
SS	Bobby Crosby	93	349	79	.226	8	31
3B	Eric Chavez	90	341	82	.240	15	46
LF	Shannon Stewart	146	576	167	.290	12	48
CF	Nick Swisher	150	539	141	.262	22	78
RF	Travis Buck	82	285	82	.288	7	34
DH	Mike Piazza	83	309	85	.275	8	44

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
Jack Cust	124	395	101	.256	26	82
Marco Scutaro	104	338	88	.260	7	41
Kurt Suzuki	68	213	53	.249	7	39
Mark Kotsay	56	206	44	.214	1	20
Jack Hannahan	41	144	40	.278	3	24
Donnie Murphy	42	118	26	.220	6	21
Daric Barton	18	72	25	.347	4	8
Milton Bradley	19	65	19	.292	2	7
Jeff DaVanon	26	63	15	.238	0	5
Todd Walker	18	48	13	.271	0	4
Rob Bowen	21	43	12	.279	2	5
Bobby Kielty	13	35	7	.200	0	3
Danny Putnam	11	28	6	.214	1	2
Adam Melhuse	12	26	6	.231	0	2
Chris Snelling	6	20	7	.350	0	0
J.J. Furmaniak	16	17	3	.176	0	1
Hiram Bocachica	6	17	1	.059	1	3
Kevin Thompson	9	14	1	.071	0	1
Ryan Langerhans	2	4	0	.000	0	0
Dee Brown	8	3	0	.000	0	0
Kevin Melillo	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
Joe Blanton	34	230.0	14	10	3.95	140
Dan Haren	34	222.2	15	9	3.07	192
Chad Gaudin	34	199.1	11	13	4.42	154
Esteban Loaiza	2	14.2	1	0	1.84	5

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
Lenny DiNardo	35	131.1	8	10	4.11	59
Joe Kennedy	27	101.0	3	9	4.37	42
Dallas Braden	20	72.1	1	8	6.72	55
Rich Harden	7	25.2	1	2	2.45	27
Dan Meyer	6	16.1	0	2	8.82	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
Huston Street	48	5	2	16	2.88	63
Alan Embree	68	1	2	7	3.97	51
Jay Marshall	51	1	2	0	6.43	18
Santiago Casilla	46	3	1	2	4.44	52
Kiko Calero	46	1	5	1	5.75	31
Andrew Brown	33	3	3	0	4.54	43
Ruddy Lugo	27	4	0	0	4.30	26
Colby Lewis	26	0	2	0	6.45	23
Ron Flores	17	0	2	0	3.57	15
Justin Duchscherer	17	3	3	0	4.96	13
Jay Witasick	16	1	0	0	3.60	10
Jerry Blevins	6	0	1	0	9.64	3
Erasmo Ramirez	3	0	0	0	0.00	0
Connor Robertson	3	0	0	0	18.00	2
Shane Komine	2	0	0	0	4.70	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pacific Coast League	Tony DeFrancesco
AA	Midland RockHounds	Texas League	Todd Steverson
A	Stockton Ports	California League	Darren Bush
A	Kane County Cougars	Midwest League	Aaron Nieckula
A-Short Season	Vancouver Canadians	Northwest League	Rick Magnante
Rookie	AZL Athletics	Arizona League	Ruben Escalera

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sacramento

References

• Game Logs + Notable Games:

1st Half: Oakland Athletics Game Log on ESPN.com

2nd Half: Oakland Athletics Game Log on ESPN.com

• 2007 Oakland As at Baseball Reference