2007 Colorado Rockies season explained

Colorado Rockies
Season:	2007
Misc:	National League Champions National League Wild Card Winners
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Coors Field
City:	Denver, Colorado
Record:	90–73 (.552)
Divisional Place:	2nd
Owners:	Charles & Dick Monfort
Managers:	Clint Hurdle
General Managers:	Dan O'Dowd
Television:	FSN Rocky Mountain KTVD (My20) Drew Goodman, Jeff Huson, George Frazier
Radio:	KOA AM Jeff Kingery, Jack Corrigan

The Colorado Rockies' 2007 season started off with the team trying to improve on their 2006 record (76-86). They finished second in the National League West with a franchise record of 90 wins in 163 games and earned a playoff berth as the National League Wild Card team. The team would go on to lose the World Series to the Boston Red Sox, four games to none.

The team's stretch run was among the greatest ever for a Major League Baseball team. Having a record of 76–72 at the start of play on September 16, the Rockies proceeded to win 14 of their final 15 regular season games.^[1] The stretch culminated with a 9–8, 13-inning victory over the San Diego Padres in a one-game playoff for the wild card berth, a game that is considered to be part of the regular season. The Rockies then swept their first seven playoff games to win the National League pennant — the franchise's first-ever pennant. Thus, at the start of the World Series, the Rockies had won a total of 21 out of 22 games. Fans and media nicknamed the Rockies improbable run in October, Rocktober,^[2] a play off the two names.

The streak then ended, as the Rockies were swept in the World Series by the Boston Red Sox. The Rockies drew 2,376,250 fans for the season, their highest total since 2002. The average home attendance was 28,978.

As of 2024 this was the only season the Rockies have ever made the World Series.

Offseason

December 5, 2006: LaTroy Hawkins was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[3]
December 12, 2006: Jason Jennings was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Miguel Asencio to the Houston Astros for Willy Taveras, Taylor Buchholz and Jason Hirsh.^[4]
January 30, 2007: Choo Freeman was released by the Colorado Rockies.^[5]
February 18, 2007: Matt Herges was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[6]
February 24, 2007: Steve Finley was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[4]

Regular season

Wild Card standings

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Colorado Rockies	90	73	.552	-
	89	74	.546	-
	88	74	.543	½
	84	78	.518	4½
	83	79	.512	5½
	82	80	.506	6½
	78	84	.481	10½

Wild card tie-breaker

The Rockies ended the 162-game regular season with 89 wins and 73 losses. They were tied with the San Diego Padres for second place in the NL West and first in the NL Wild Card. A tie-breaker game was played on October 1, 2007, at Coors Field in Denver to determine which team would continue on to post-season play. The game lasted 13 innings, spanning four hours and 40 minutes. The Rockies won the game with a controversial play at home plate where Matt Holliday appeared to not touch home plate but was called safe resulting in a final score of 9–8, sending them to only their second post-season in franchise history. The tie-breaker game counts toward all team and player statistics in the regular season; so, the Rockies' official 2007 win–loss record stands at 90-73.

Transactions

May 13, 2007: Byung-hyun Kim was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Florida Marlins for Jorge Julio.^[7]
June 13, 2007: Steve Finley was released by the Colorado Rockies.^[8]
August 15, 2007: Ramón Ortiz was traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Colorado Rockies for Matt Macri.^[9]
August 19, 2007: Mark Redman was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[10]

Major League debuts

Batters:
- Sean Barker (Jun 6)
- Edwin Bellorín (Aug 7)
- Ian Stewart (Aug 11)
- Joe Koshansky (Sep 1)
- Seth Smith (Sep 16)
Pitchers:
- Zach McClellan (Apr 16)
- Alberto Árias (May 1)
- Darren Clarke (May 18)
- Franklin Morales (Aug 18)
- Josh Newman (Sep 12)^[11]

Game log

|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 1 || April 2 || D-backs || 8 – 6 || Cruz (1-0) || Hawkins (0-1) || Valverde (1) || 48,169 || 0–1|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 2 || April 3 || D-backs || 4 – 3 || Kim (1-0) || Valverde (0-1) || || 20,547 || 1–1|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 3 || April 4 || D-backs || 11 – 4 || López (1-0) || Davis (0-1) || || 19,352 || 2–1|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 4 || April 6 || @ Padres || 4 – 3 || Hirsh (1-0) || Maddux (0-1) || Fuentes (1) || 44,267 || 3–1|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 5 || April 7 || @ Padres || 3 – 2 || Hoffman (1-0) || Corpas (0-1) || || 40,504 || 3–2|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 6 || April 8 || @ Padres || 2 – 1 || Linebrink (1-0) || Hawkins (0-2) || || 27,086 || 3–3|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 7 || April 9 || @ Dodgers || 6 – 3 || Francis (1-0) || Schmidt (1-1) || || 56,000 || 4–3|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 8 || April 10 || @ Dodgers || 2 – 1 || Beimel (1-0) || Kim (1-1) || Saito (4) || 40,560 || 4–4|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 9 || April 11 || @ Dodgers || 3 – 0 || Penny (2-0) || Hirsh (1-1) || Saito (5) || 35,852 || 4–5|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 10 || April 13 || @ D-backs || 6 – 3 || Affeldt (1-0) || Webb (1-1) || Fuentes (2) || 20,219 || 5–5|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 11 || April 14 || @ D-backs || 5 – 4 || Lyon (2-0) || Hawkins (0-3) || Valverde (5) || 27,721 || 5–6|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 12 || April 15 || @ D-backs || 6 – 4 || Davis (1-1) || Kim (1-2) || Valverde (6) || 21,904 || 5–7|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 13 || April 16 || Giants || 8 – 0 || Zito (1-2) || Francis (1-1) || || 18,222 || 5–8|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 14 || April 17 || Giants || 5 – 3 || Ramírez (1-0) || Correia (0-1) || Fuentes (3) || 18,207 || 6–8|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 15 || April 18 || Dodgers || 7 – 2 || Buchholz (1-0) || Lowe (2-2)|| || 20,366 || 7–8|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 16 || April 19 || Dodgers || 8 – 1 || Hendrickson (1-0) || Cook (0-1) || || 19,135 || 7–9|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 17 || April 20 || Padres || 11 – 1 || Young (2-1) || Fogg (0-1) || || 22,338 || 7–10|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 18 || April 21 || Padres || 7 – 3 || Hensley (1-3) || Francis (1-2) || || 22,795 || 7–11|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 19 || April 22 || Padres || 4 – 2 || Hirsh (2-1) || Maddux (1-2) || Fuentes (4) || 25,746 || 8–11|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 20 || April 23 || @ Mets || 6 – 1 || Maine (3-0) || Buchholz (1-1) || || 32,154 || 8–12|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 21 || April 24 || @ Mets || 2 – 1 || Smith (1-0) || Speier (0-1) || || 38,500 || 8–13|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 22 || April 25 || @ Mets || 11 – 5 || Fogg (1-1) || Pelfrey (0-2) || || 33,522 || 9–13|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 23 || April 27 || Braves || 9 – 7 || James (3-2) || Francis (1-3) || Moylan (1) || 25,079 || 9–14|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 24 || April 28 || Braves || 6 – 2 || Smoltz (3-1) || Hirsh (2-2) || || 28,178 || 9–15|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 25 || April 29 || Braves || 9 – 7 || Bautista (1-0) || Colyer (0-1) || || 31,445 || 10–15|- align="center" |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb"| 26 || April 30 || @ Giants || 9 – 5 || Lowry (3-2) || Fogg (1-2) || || 34,569 || 10–16|- style="text-align:center;"|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 27 || May 1 || @ Giants || 9 – 7 || Árias (1-0) || Ortiz (2-2) || Fuentes (5) || 33,210 || 11–16|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 28 || May 2 || @ Giants || 5 – 3 || Hennessey (1-1) || Francis (1-4) || || 32,557 || 11–17|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 29 || May 4 || @ Reds || 6 – 5 || Bautista (2-0) || Stanton (1-2) || Fuentes (6) || 23,920 || 12–17|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 30 || May 5 || @ Reds || 9 – 7 || Cook (1-1) || Harang (4-1) || Fuentes (7) || 26,663 || 13–17|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 31 || May 6 || @ Reds || 9 – 3 || Arroyo (2-2) || Fogg (1-3) || Weathers (6) || 27,915 || 13–18|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 32 || May 7 || @ Cardinals || 3 – 2 || McClellan (1-0) || Falkenborg (0-1) || Fuentes (8) || 42,285 || 14–18|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 33 || May 8 || @ Cardinals || 4 – 1 || Jiménez (1-0) || Bautista (2-1) || Isringhausen (9) || 42,763 || 14–19|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 34 || May 9 || @ Cardinals || 9 – 2 || Wainwright (3-2) || Hirsh (2-3) || || 43,001 || 14–20|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 35 || May 10 || Giants || 5 – 3 || Cook (2-1) || Lowry (4-3) || Fuentes (9) || 20,120 || 15–20|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 36 || May 11 || Giants || 8 – 3 || Lincecum (1-0) || Fogg (1-4) || || 26,162 || 15–21|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 37 || May 12 || Giants || 6 – 2 || Francis (2-4) || Zito (3-4) || || 33,569 || 16–21|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 38 || May 13 || Giants || 15 – 2 || Cain (2-3) || Buchholz (1-2) || || 24,243 || 16–22|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 39 || May 15 || D-backs || 3 – 0 || Johnson (1-2) || Hirsh (2-4) || Valverde (13) || 20,178 || 16–23|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 40 || May 16 || D-backs || 5 – 3 || Cook (3-1) || Webb (3-3) || Fuentes (10) || 20,023 || 17–23|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 41 || May 17 || D-backs || 3 – 1 || Hernández (4-2) || Fogg (1-5) || Valverde (14) || 23,610 || 17–24|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 42 || May 18 || Royals || 5 – 2 || Duckworth (1-3) || Corpas (0-2) || Soria (9) || 22,399 || 17–25|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 43 || May 19 || Royals || 6 – 4 || Buchholz (2-2) || Meche (3-2) || Fuentes (11) || 24,017 || 18–25|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 44 || May 20 || Royals || 10 – 5 || Peralta (1-2) || Ramírez (1-1) || || 25,829 || 18–26|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 45 || May 21 || @ D-backs || 6 – 5 || Slaten (2-0) || Affeldt (1-1) || Valverde (17) || 19,782 || 18–27|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 46 || May 22 || @ D-backs || 3 – 1 || Corpas (1-2) || Lyon (3-2) || Fuentes (11) || 23,058 || 19–27|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 47 || May 23 || @ D-backs || 2 – 0 || Francis (3-4) || Davis (2-6) || Fuentes (13) || 18,373 || 20–27|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 48 || May 25 || @ Giants || 5 – 3 || Affeldt (2-1) || Benítez (0-2) || Fuentes (14) || 41,274 || 21–27|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 49 || May 26 || @ Giants || 6 – 1 || Cook (4-1) || Morris (5-2) || || 38,212 || 22–27|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 50 || May 27 || @ Giants || 6 – 4 || Ramírez (2-1) || Kline (0-1) || Fuentes (15) || 41,708 || 23–27|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 51 || May 28 || Cardinals || 6 – 2 || Francis (4-4) || Wells (2-9) || || 31,575 || 24–27|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 52 || May 29 || Cardinals || 8 – 3 || López (2-0) || Looper (6-4) || || 18,213 || 25–27|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 53 || May 30 || Cardinals || 8 – 4 || Wellemeyer (1-0) || Hirsh (2-5) || || 19,062 || 25–28|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 54 || May 31 || Cardinals || 7 – 3 || Thompson (4-1) || Cook (4-2) || || 19,097 || 25–29|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 55 || June 1 || Reds || 4 – 2 || Livingston (1-0) || Buchholz (2-3) || Weathers (12) || 22,265 || 25–30|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 56 || June 2 || Reds || 4 – 1 || Francis (5-4) || Lohse (2-7) || Fuentes (16) || 30,076 || 26–30|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 57 || June 3 || Reds || 10 – 9 || Corpas (2-2) || Santos (1-1) || || 26,071 || 27–30|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 58 || June 5 || Astros || 4 – 1 || Rodríguez (3-5) || Hirsh (2-6) || Wheeler (10) || 27,101 || 27–31|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 59 || June 6 || Astros || 8 – 7 || Buchholz (3-3) || Williams (2-8) || Fuentes (17) || 22,471 || 28–31|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 60 || June 7 || Astros || 7 – 6 || Affeldt (3-1) || Wheeler (0-3) || || 22,103 || 29–31|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 61 || June 8 || @ Orioles || 4 – 2 || Trachsel (5-4) || Francis (5-5) || Ray (13) || 22,375 || 29–32|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 62 || June 9 || @ Orioles || 3 – 2 || Affeldt (4-1) || Williams (0-1) || Fuentes (18) || 27,320 || 30–32|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 63 || June 10 || @ Orioles || 6 – 1 || Hirsh (3-6) || Bédard (4-4) || || 34,784 || 31–32|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 64 || June 12 || @ Red Sox || 2 – 1 || Wakefield (6-7) || Cook (4-3) || Papelbon (15) || 37,008 || 31–33|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 65 || June 13 || @ Red Sox || 12 – 2 || Fogg (2-5) || Schilling (6-3) || || 36,808 || 32–33|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 66 || June 14 || @ Red Sox || 7 – 1 || Francis (6-5) || Beckett (9-1) || || 36,936 || 33–33|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 67 || June 15 || Devil Rays || 12 – 2 || López (3-0) || Shields (6-1) || || 25,762 || 34–33|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 68 || June 16 || Devil Rays || 10 – 5 || Buchholz (4-3) || Sonnanstine (1-1) || || 30,101 || 35–33|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 69 || June 17 || Devil Rays || 7 – 4 || Kazmir (5-3) || Cook (4-4) || Reyes (16) || 31,190 || 35–34|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 70 || June 19 || Yankees || 3 – 1 || Fogg (3-5) || Mussina (3-4) || Fuentes (19) || 48,077 || 36–34|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 71 || June 20 || Yankees || 6 – 1 || Francis (7-5) || Pettitte (4-5) || || 48,440 || 37–34|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 72 || June 21 || Yankees || 4 – 3 || López (4-0) || Clemens (1-2) || Fuentes (20) || 48,611 || 38–34|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 73 || June 22 || @ Blue Jays || 9 – 8 || Wolfe (1-0) || Fuentes (0-1) || || 27,369 || 38–35|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 74 || June 23 || @ Blue Jays || 11 – 6 || Wolfe (2-0) || Cook (4-5) || || 32,482 || 38–36|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 75 || June 24 || @ Blue Jays || 5 – 0 || McGowan (4-3) || Fogg (3-6) || || 33,910 || 38–37|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 76 || June 25 || @ Cubs || 10 – 9 || Howry (4-4) || Fuentes (0-2) || || 40,269 || 38–38|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 77 || June 26 || @ Cubs || 8 – 5 || Lilly (6-4) || López (4-1) || Ohman (1) || 40,121 || 38–39|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 78 || June 27 || @ Cubs || 6 – 4 || Zambrano (9-6) || Hirsh (3-7) || Mármol (1) || 39,972 || 38–40|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 79 || June 28 || @ Astros || 8 – 5 || Moehler (1-2) || Fuentes (0-3) || || 42,537 || 38–41|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 80 || June 29 || @ Astros || 9 – 8 || Borkowski (2-3) || Fuentes (0-4) || || 42,861 || 38–42|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 81 || June 30 || @ Astros || 5 – 0 || Francis (8-5) || Jennings (1-3) || || 43,071 || 39–42|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 82 || July 1 || @ Astros || 12 – 0 || Rodríguez (4-7) || López (4-2) || || 35,260 || 39–43|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 83 || July 2 || Mets || 6 – 2 || Hirsh (4-7) || Glavine (7-6) || || 27,252 || 40–43|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 84 || July 3 || Mets || 11 – 3 || Cook (5-5) || Vargas (0-1) || || 48,040 || 41–43|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 85 || July 4 || Mets || 17 – 7 || Fogg (4-6) || Hernández (4-4) || || 48,123 || 42–43|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 86 || July 6 || Phillies || 7 – 6 || Corpas (3-2) || Durbin (0-2) || || 29,239 || 43–43|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 87 || July 7 || Phillies || 6 – 3 || López (5-2) || Moyer (7-7) || Corpas (1) || 35,196 || 44–43|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 88 || July 8 || Phillies || 8 – 4 || Eaton (8-5) || Cook (5-6) || Madson (1) || 25,119 || 44–44|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 89 || July 13 || @ Brewers || 10 – 6 || Francis (9-5) || Villanueva (6-1) || || 37,690 || 45–44|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 90 || July 14 || @ Brewers || 2 – 1 || Turnbow (2-3) || Hawkins (0-4) || || 42,559 || 45–45|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 91 || July 15 || @ Brewers || 4 – 3 || Wise (3-1) || Affeldt (4-2) || Cordero (28) || 42,754 || 45–46|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 92 || July 16 || @ Pirates || 10 – 8 || Hawkins (1-4) || Van Benschoten (0-4) || Corpas (2) || 16,423 || 46–46|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 93 || July 17 || @ Pirates || 6 – 2 || Fogg (5-6) || Youman (2-1) || || 21,604 || 47–46|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 94 || July 18 || @ Pirates || 5 – 3 || Francis (10-5) || Snell (7-7) || Corpas (3) || 19,285 || 48–46|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 95 || July 19 || @ Nationals || 5 – 4 || Rauch (4-2) || Hawkins (1-5) || || 20,573 || 48–47|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 96 || July 20 || @ Nationals || 3 – 1 || Cook (6-6) || Traber (2-1) || Corpas (4) || 27,581 || 49–47|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 97 || July 21 || @ Nationals || 3 – 0 || Bacsik (3-6) || López (5-3) || Cordero (18) || 31,674 || 49–48|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 98 || July 22 || @ Nationals || 3 – 0 || Rauch (5-2) || Julio (0-3) || Cordero (19) || 21,793 || 49–49|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 99 || July 23 || Padres || 7 – 5 || Buchholz (5-3) || Linebrink (3-3) || Corpas (5) || 31,047 || 50–49|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 100 || July 24 || Padres || 5 – 3 || Bell (4-2) || Ramírez (2-2) || Hoffman (28) || 37,127 || 50–50|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 101 || July 25 || Padres || 10 – 2 || Cook (7-6) || Germano (6-5) || || 28,162 || 51–50|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 102 || July 26 || Dodgers || 5 – 4 || Penny (13-1) || López (5-4) || Saito (26) || 49,124 || 51–51|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbbbbb"| -- || July 27 || Dodgers || colspan=5|Postponed (rain) || 51–51|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 103 || July 28 || Dodgers || 6 – 2 || Francis (11-5) || Tomko (2-8) || || 46,039 || 52–51|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 104 || July 29 || Dodgers || 9 – 6 || Jiménez (1-0) || Billingsley (7-1) || Corpas (6) || 38,167 || 53–51|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 105 || July 31 || @ Marlins || 6 – 3 || Cook (8-6) || Olsen (8-9) || Corpas (7) || 11,534 || 54–51|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 106 || August 1 || @ Marlins || 4 – 3 || Kim (6-5) || Fogg (5-7) || Gregg (22) || 11,556 || 54–52|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 107 || August 2 || @ Marlins || 4 – 3 || Hawkins (2-5) || Benítez (2-7) || Corpas (8) || 11,927 || 55–52|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 108 || August 3 || @ Braves || 9 – 2 || Francis (12-5) || Smoltz (10-6) || || 37,481 || 56–52|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 109 || August 4 || @ Braves || 6 – 4 || Hudson (12-5) || Jiménez (1-1) || Wickman (18) || 50,647 || 56–53|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 110 || August 5 || @ Braves || 6 – 5 || Villarreal (2-1) || Buchholz (5-4) || || 37,089 || 56–54|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 111 || August 6 || Brewers || 6 – 2 || Fogg (6-7) || Vargas (9-4) || || 29,555 || 57–54|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 112 || August 7 || Brewers || 11 – 4 || Hirsh (5-7) || Capuano (5-9) || || 30,280 || 58–54|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 113 || August 8 || Brewers || 19 – 4 || Francis (13-5) || Gallardo (4-2) || || 26,613 || 59–54|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 114 || August 9 || Cubs || 10 – 2 || Lilly (13-5) || Jiménez (1-2) || || 40,738 || 59–55|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 115 || August 10 || Cubs || 6 – 2 || Marquis (9-7) || Cook (8-7) || || 41,282 || 59–56|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 116 || August 11 || Cubs || 15 – 2 || Fogg (7-7) || Hill (6-7) || || 48,095 || 60–56|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 117 || August 12 || Cubs || 6 – 3 || Herges (1-0) || Wood (0-1) || Corpas (9) || 39,176 || 61–56|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 118 || August 14 || @ Padres || 8 – 0 || Maddux (8-9) || Francis (13-6) || || 32,049 || 61–57|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 119 || August 15 || @ Padres || 3 – 0 || Jiménez (2-2) || Meredith (4-6) || Corpas (10) || 36,864 || 62–57|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 120 || August 16 || @ Padres || 11 – 9 || Hensley (2-3) || Affeldt (4-3) || Hoffman (30) || 28,198 || 62–58|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 121 || August 17 || @ Dodgers || 6 – 4 || Stults (1-1) || Fogg (7-8) || Saito (32) || 48,072 || 62–59|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 122 || August 18 || @ Dodgers || 7 – 4 || Herges (2-0) || Hernández (3-3) || Corpas (11) || 52,508 || 63–59|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 123 || August 19 || @ Dodgers || 4 – 3 || Proctor (4-5) || Julio (0-4) || Saito (33) || 48,732 || 63–60|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 124 || August 20 || Pirates || 4 – 2 || Marte (2-0) || Fuentes (0-5) || Capps (12) || 22,682 || 63–61|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 125 || August 21 || Pirates || 9 – 2 || Buchholz (6-4) || Armas (2-4) || || 21,136 || 64–61|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 126 || August 22 || Pirates || 11 – 2 || Gorzelanny (12-7) || Fogg (7-9) || || 20,629 || 64–62|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 127 || August 23 || Pirates || 5 – 1 || Maholm (10-14) || Morales (0-1) || || 20,380 || 64–63|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 128 || August 24 || Nationals || 6 – 5 || Fuentes (1-5) || Cordero (2-3) || || 25,232 || 65–63|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 129 || August 25 || Nationals || 5 – 1 || Jiménez (3-2) || Redding (3-4) || || 27,179 || 66–63|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 130 || August 26 || Nationals || 10 – 5 || Dessens (2-1) || Hanrahan (3-2) || || 24,086 || 67–63|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 131 || August 27 || @ Giants || 4 – 1 || Wilson (1-0) || Julio (0-5) || Hennessey (15) || 35,726 || 67–64|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 132 || August 28 || @ Giants || 3 – 1 || Cain (7-13) || Morales (0-2) || Hennessey (16) || 37,844 || 67–65|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 133 || August 29 || @ Giants || 8 – 0 || Francis (14-6) || Lowry (14-8) || || 38,397 || 68–65|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 134 || August 31 || @ D-backs || 7 – 3 || Herges (3-0) || Peña (5-3) || || 26,127 || 69–65|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 135 || September 1 || @ D-backs || 13 – 7 || González (7-2) || Dessens (2-2) || || 29,119 || 69–66|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 136 || September 2 || @ D-backs || 4 – 3 || Fogg (8-9) || Webb (14-10) || Corpas (12) || 26,776 || 70–66|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 137 || September 3 || Giants || 7 – 4 || Francis (15-6) || Cain (7-14) || Corpas (13) || 30,168 || 71–66|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 138 || September 4 || Giants || 6 – 5 || Corpas (4-2) || Hennessey (2-4) || || 20,553 || 72–66|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 139 || September 5 || Giants || 5 – 3 || Correia (4-6) || Jiménez (3-3) || Hennessey (18) || 22,157 || 72–67|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 140 || September 7 || Padres || 10 – 4 || Herges (4-0) || Germano (7-9) || || 27,247 || 73–67|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 141 || September 8 || Padres || 3 – 1 || Maddux (12-9) || Francis (15-7) || Hoffman (37) || 30,429 || 73–68|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 142 || September 9 || Padres || 4 – 2 || Fogg (9-9) || Young (9-7) || Corpas (14) || 20,260 || 74–68|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 143 || September 10 || @ Phillies || 6 – 5 || Myers (4-6) || Buchholz (6-5) || || 25,046 || 74–69|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 144 || September 11 || @ Phillies || 8 – 2 || Morales (1-2) || Eaton (9-9) || || 25,263 || 75–69|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 145 || September 12 || @ Phillies || 12 – 0 || Redman (1-4) || Kendrick (8-4) || || 31,541 || 76–69|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 146 || September 13 || @ Phillies || 12 – 4 || Geary (2-2) || Francis (15-8) || || 42,623 || 76–70|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 147 || September 14 || Marlins || 7 – 6 || Willis (9-15) || Herges (4-1) || Gregg (30) || 22,400 || 76–71|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 148 || September 15 || Marlins || 10 – 2 || Kensing (1-0) || Jiménez (3-4) || || 26,079 || 76–72|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 149 || September 16 || Marlins || 13 – 0 || Morales (2-2) || Olsen (9-14) || || 19,161 || 77–72|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 150 || September 18 || Dodgers || 3 – 1 || Francis (16-8) || Billingsley (11-5) || Corpas (15) || 23,282 || 78–72|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 151 || September 18 || Dodgers || 9 – 8 || Speier (1-1) || Saito (1-1) || || 23,271 || 79–72|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 152 || September 19 || Dodgers || 6 – 5 || Fuentes (2-5) || Broxton (4-4) || Corpas (16) || 26,184 || 80–72|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 153 || September 20 || Dodgers || 9 – 4 || Jiménez (4-4) || Lowe (12-13) || || 23,147 || 81–72|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 154 || September 21 || @ Padres || 2 – 1 || Herges (5-1) || Thatcher (0-1) || || 31,288 || 82–72|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 155 || September 22 || @ Padres || 6 – 2 || Speier (2-1) || Cassel (1-1) || || 35,020 || 83–72|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 156 || September 23 || @ Padres || 7 – 3 || Francis (17-8) || Maddux (13-11) || || 37,984 || 84–72|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 157 || September 25 || @ Dodgers || 9 – 7 || Speier (3-1) || Hendrickson (4-8) || Corpas (17) || 44,660 || 85–72|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 158 || September 26 || @ Dodgers || 2 – 0 || Fogg (10-9) || Lowe (12-14) || Corpas (18) || 45,036 || 86–72|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 159 || September 27 || @ Dodgers || 10 – 4 || Morales (3-2) || Loaiza (2-4) || || 51,999 || 87–72|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb"| 160 || September 28 || D-backs || 4 – 2 || Webb (18-10) || Francis (17-9) || Valverde (47) || 48,190 || 87–73|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 161 || September 29 || D-backs || 11 – 1 || Redman (2-4) || González (8-4) || || 47,368 || 88–73|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 162 || September 30 || D-backs || 4 – 3 || Fuentes (3-5) || Nippert (1-1) || Corpas (19) || 46,375 || 89–73|- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb"| 163 || October 1 || Padres || 9 – 8 || Ortiz (5-4) || Hoffman (4-5) || || 48,404 || 90–73

Roster

2007 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (pitching) (hitting) (third base) (first base) (bullpen) (bench) (bullpen catcher)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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	Yorvit Torrealba	113	396	101	.255	8	47
1B	Todd Helton	154	557	178	.320	17	91
2B	Kazuo Matsui	104	410	118	.288	4	37
SS	Troy Tulowitzki	155	609	177	.291	24	99
3B	Garrett Atkins	157	605	182	.301	25	111
LF	Matt Holliday	158	636	216	.340	36	137
CF	Willy Taveras	97	372	119	.320	2	24
RF		152	516	150	.291	29	116

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
97	264	79	.299	11	51
108	227	51	.225	2	22
67	197	43	.218	4	27
85	144	32	.222	4	12
72	140	40	.286	2	14
43	94	17	.181	1	2
27	70	16	.229	0	5
35	43	9	.209	1	9
27	37	8	.216	0	1
28	34	4	.118	1	5
5	14	1	.071	0	0
17	12	1	.083	0	2
7	8	5	.625	0	0
3	2	0	.000	0	0
3	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
34	215.1	17	9	4.22	165
25	166.0	8	7	4.12	61
30	165.2	10	9	4.94	94
19	112.1	5	7	4.81	75
15	82.0	4	4	4.28	68
14	79.1	5	4	4.42	43
8	39.1	3	2	3.43	26
5	19.0	1	1	7.58	10
1	3.1	0	0	8.10	2

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
41	93.2	6	5	4.23	61
5	19.2	2	0	3.20	14
3	6.0	1	2	10.50	2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
64	3	5	20	3.08	56
78	4	2	19	2.08	58
75	4	3	0	3.51	46
62	2	5	0	3.42	29
58	0	3	0	3.93	50
35	5	1	0	2.96	30
26	0	0	0	4.91	10
22	2	2	0	8.31	15
20	3	1	0	4.00	13
12	1	0	0	5.79	13
10	1	0	0	7.62	7
9	2	1	0	12.46	8
6	1	0	0	4.91	3
4	0	0	0	11.25	1
4	0	0	0	9.82	3
3	0	0	0	54.00	0
2	0	0	0	4.50	3
2	0	0	0	0.00	1

Notes

Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki turned an unassisted triple play on April 29, 2007, in the top of the 7th inning in a 9-7 victory over the Atlanta Braves.^[12] ^[13] He became only the 13th player in Major League Baseball history to accomplish the feat.
First baseman Todd Helton hit his 300th career home run on September 16, 2007, in a 13-0 home win over the Florida Marlins.^[14] ^[15] He became the first player to hit 300 home runs for the Colorado Rockies.
Colorado had an 11-game winning streak toward the end of the 2007 regular season, which set a franchise record for most consecutive wins in a season.^[16]
The Rockies finished ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the division for the first time in franchise history.^[17]
Colorado set an MLB record for fielding percentage in one season (.98925).^[18] Despite the Rockies record-setting performance, the National League coaches and players didn't vote in any of Colorado's players for the NL Gold Glove award. The two most puzzling omissions were first baseman Todd Helton and shortstop Troy Tulowitzki. Both players had a better fielding percentage, more total chances, better zone rating, more putouts, more double plays turned, better range factor and more assists than their counterparts who won the award instead (Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee and Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins). Helton also had fewer errors (2) than Lee (7), while Tulowitzki had as many errors as Rollins (11), but did so on 834 total chances compared to Rollins' 717.^[19]
The Rockies became the first team in MLB history to sweep the New York Yankees (on June 19–21) and New York Mets (on July 2–4), both at home, in one season and second team to sweep two New York City teams in one season after the Milwaukee Braves in 1956.^[20] ^[21]
Baseball America named the Colorado Rockies the "Organization of the Year" for their accomplishments during the 2007 season.^[22] "We knew they were bringing great talent through their farm system, but we certainly didn't expect it to pay off with big-league success so quickly", said Will Lingo, editor of Baseball America. "They won with homegrown players, have more talent on the way and have maintained stability in their front office, so they had pretty much everything we look for in an organization."

Playoffs

|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 1 || October 3 || @ Phillies || 4 - 2 || Francis (1-0) || Hamels (0-1) || Corpas (1) || 45,655 || 1-0|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 2 || October 4 || @ Phillies || 10 - 5 || Fogg (1-0) || Kendrick (0-1) || Corpas (2) || 45,991 || 2-0|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 3 || October 6 || Phillies || 2 - 1|| Fuentes (1-0) || Romero (0-1) || Corpas (3) || 50,724 || 3-0|-|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 1 || October 11 || @ Diamondbacks || 5 - 1 || Francis (2-0) || Webb (1-1) || || 48,142 || 1-0 (4-0)|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 2 || October 12 || @ Diamondbacks || 3 - 2 (11) || Corpas (1-0) || Valverde (0-1) || Speier (1) || 48,219 || 2-0 (5-0)|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 3 || October 14 || Diamondbacks || 4 - 1 || Fogg (2-0) || Hernández (1-1) || Corpas (4) || 50,137 || 3-0 (6-0)|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 4 || October 15 || Diamondbacks || 6 - 4 || Herges (1-0) || Owings (0-1) || Corpas (5) || 50,213 || 4-0 (7-0)|-|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 1 || October 24 || @ Red Sox || 13 - 1 || Beckett (1-0) || Francis (0-1) || || 36,733 || 0-1 (7-1) |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 2 || October 25 || @ Red Sox || 2 - 1 || Schilling (1-0) || Jiménez (0-1) || Papelbon (1) || 36,730 || 0-2 (7-2) |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 3 || October 27 || Red Sox || 10 - 5 || Matsuzaka (1-0) || Fogg (0-1) || Papelbon (2) || 49,983 || 0-3 (7-3) |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 4 || October 28 || Red Sox || 4 - 3 || Lester (1-0) || Cook (0-1) || Papelbon (3) || 50,041 || 0-4 (7-4) |-

National League Division Series: vs. Philadelphia Phillies

Colorado started the series with the Philadelphia Phillies on October 3, 2007, at Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies had a potent offense with NL MVP candidates Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley. The Rockies swept the series in three games with scores of 4-2 in Game 1 and 10-5 in Game 2 in Philadelphia. In Game 3, with the score tied in the bottom of the 8th and two outs, Jeff Baker singled to bring in the go-ahead run. Manny Corpas then pitched a perfect ninth inning to seal the Rockies' first postseason series victory.

National League Championship Series: vs. Arizona Diamondbacks

Colorado started the series with the Arizona Diamondbacks on October 11, 2007, at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. The Diamondbacks came into the game having swept the Chicago Cubs in the NLDS in three games. Colorado took the first two games, including a 3-2 extra-inning victory in Game 2.

On Sunday, October 14, the Rockies would play in a cold, wet Coors Field in Denver. There, they would find a way to hit the ball over the wall even in the harsh weather. The Rockies hit two homers that night, one in the 1st inning from Matt Holliday and the other in the 6th inning from Yorvit Torrealba. Colorado won the game 4-1. This win gave the Rockies a 20-1 record over their last 21 games. This made them only the third team in the last half-century, and the first in the National League since the 1936, to have a 20-1 stretch at any point of a season.^[23]

Colorado won its first NL Pennant on Monday, October 15, at home, with the deciding blow, a 3-run HR by Matt Holliday, to sweep the AZ Diamondbacks (6-4) in the midst of a historic 21-1 sprint with only one loss (September 28) since September 15.

Matt Holliday was the 2007 NLCS MVP Award winner. The Rockies became the first team to win their first 7 playoff games in 31 years. It should also be noted that they also became the first team to do it since MLB added the division series to the playoffs. The 2014 Kansas City Royals passed the record with winning their first 8 playoff games in the wild card game, the ALDS, and the ALCS.

World Series vs. Boston Red Sox

The Rockies lost the first two games at Fenway Park, by a score of 13-1 in Game One and a score of 2-1 in Game Two. The 13 runs are the most ever scored by a team in the first game of a World Series. Returning to Coors Field for the final two games, the Rockies lost Game Three by a score of 10-5 and Game Four by a score of 4-3.

Farm system

External links

Game logs:

1st half: Colorado Rockies Game Log on ESPN.com

2nd half: Colorado Rockies Game Log on ESPN.com

Batting statistics: Colorado Rockies Batting Stats on ESPN.com
Pitching statistics: Colorado Rockies Pitching Stats on ESPN.com
2007 Colorado Rockies at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/COL/2007-schedule-scores.shtml 2007 Colorado Rockies Schedule and Results
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Web site: LaTroy Hawkins Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . October 19, 2012.
Web site: Willy Taveras Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . October 19, 2012.
Web site: Choo Freeman Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . October 19, 2012.
Web site: Matt Herges Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . October 19, 2012.
Web site: Jorge Julio Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . October 19, 2012.
Web site: Steve Finley Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . October 19, 2012.
Web site: Ramon Ortiz Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . October 19, 2012.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20170805144022/http://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270429127 ESPN - Braves vs. Rockies - Recap - April 29, 2007
https://web.archive.org/web/20160819104600/http://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270916127 ESPN - Marlins vs. Rockies - Recap - September 16, 2007
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https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=3041080 ESPN - Rockies 11-game winning streak has city thinking playoffs - MLB
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