2007 Pittsburgh Pirates season

2007 Pittsburgh Pirates
Division	Central Division
Ballpark	PNC Park
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	68–94 (.420)
Owners	Robert Nutting Kevin McClatchy
Managers	Jim Tracy
Television	FSN Pittsburgh
Radio	WPGB-FM (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk, John Wehner)
Seasons

The 2007 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 126th season of the franchise; the 121st in the National League. This was their seventh season at PNC Park. The Pirates finished sixth and last in the National League Central with a record of 68–94.

Overview

The Pirates began 2007 with a new majority owner, Robert Nutting, and the dreary fact that they could surpass the Philadelphia Phillies as owners of the longest consecutive losing seasons record in baseball, having last had a winning season in 1992. However, in spite of finishing 5th in the NL Central, the Pirates were hoping that their 2nd half momentum from 2006 would carry over into 2007.

In addition to NL batting champion Freddy Sanchez and slugger Jason Bay, the Bucs acquired Adam LaRoche from Atlanta in January, hoping to boost offensive power. In addition, they re-signed pitcher Shawn Chacón, acquired from the Yankees last summer, and signed Tony Armas Jr. to help bolster their starting rotation, led by Ian Snell and Tom Gorzelanny.

Just before the All Star game, team CEO Kevin McClatchy announced at the end of the season he would be stepping down from the position. He maintained that he would "remain as the active leader of the organization" to give the team ample time to find a successor and "ensure a smooth transition into the next chapter of Pirates history."

Regular season

The Pirates' season started well, as they swept the Houston Astros in Houston for the first time since 1991, when the Astros played in the Astrodome. However, that initial success didn't carry for very long, as the Bucs proceeded to lose 11 of their next 13 games. The Pirates pulled out of their early slump to post a 12-12 record at the end of April. May, however, would to be quite tumultuous, as Tony Armas was sent to the bullpen for poor performance, Zach Duke struggled mightily, the bullpen blew several late leads, and closer Salomón Torres was stripped of his closer's duties, in favor of youngster Matt Capps after Torres blew a 2-run ninth-inning lead against the San Diego Padres on May 31.

After the All-Star Break, the Pirates started off by losing 7 games in a row, and 8 out of 9 overall. Paul "Big Poison" Waner's number 11 was retired in a pregame ceremony at PNC Park July 21, 2007, conducted in part by members of his family and Pirate greats Bill Mazeroski and Ralph Kiner.

Fans protest

Frustrated by the consistent losing, poor drafting, and the ownership's inability to retain players due to payroll constraints, fans led by Pittsburgh Business Executive Andrew Chomos organized a much-publicized walkout for June 30. There were also a pre-game protest rally outside the stadium, including the appearance and speaking of former Pirate Doc Ellis, who stated he has been "embarrassed to be called a Pirate over the last 15 years". Despite the best efforts by the Pirates to downplay the protest, it became so publicized that management was forced to acknowledge its existence. Then Pirate CEO Kevin McClatchy resigned 2 days after the protest. The protest periodically appeared in news articles as it did in the August 2010 issue of Sports Illustrated and was also a topical conversation on ESPN and CNN programs.

Season standings

NL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	85	77	.525	—	44‍–‍37	41‍–‍40
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	.512	2	51‍–‍30	32‍–‍49
St. Louis Cardinals	78	84	.481	7	43‍–‍38	35‍–‍46
Houston Astros	73	89	.451	12	42‍–‍39	31‍–‍50
Cincinnati Reds	72	90	.444	13	39‍–‍42	33‍–‍48
Pittsburgh Pirates	68	94	.420	17	37‍–‍44	31‍–‍50

Game log

2007 Game Log (68–94)
April (12–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 2 @ Astros 4–2 (10) Capps (1–0) Qualls (0–1) S. Torres (1) 43,803 1–0 2 April 3 @ Astros 3–2 Bayliss (1–0) Wheeler (0–1) S. Torres (2) 31,238 2–0 3 April 4 @ Astros 5–4 Gorzelanny (1–0) W. Williams (0–1) S. Torres (3) 25,961 3–0 4 April 6 @ Reds 1–6 Belisle (1–0) Maholm (0–1) — 17,837 3–1 5 April 7 @ Reds 5–7 Harang (2–0) Armas (0–1) Weathers (2) 15,825 3–2 6 April 8 @ Reds 6–3 Duke (1–0) Milton (0–1) S. Torres (4) 14,001 4–2 7 April 9 Cardinals 0–3 Looper (1–1) Snell (0–1) Isringhausen (2) 38,429 4–3 8 April 10 Cardinals 2–3 (12) B. Thompson (1–0) Wasdin (0–1) Isringhausen (3) 12,468 4–4 9 April 11 Cardinals 2–3 Franklin (1–0) S. Torres (0–1) — 9,959 4–5 10 April 13 Giants 5–8 Ortiz (1–1) Duke (1–1) — 22,117 4–6 – April 14 Giants Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 13 4–6 – April 15 Giants Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 13 4–6 11 April 16 @ Cardinals 3–2 Snell (1–1) An. Reyes (0–2) S. Torres (5) 43,026 5–6 12 April 17 @ Cardinals 6–1 Gorzelanny (2–0) Wainwright (1–1) — 42,446 6–6 13 April 18 @ Brewers 3–7 C. Vargas (1–0) Maholm (0–2) — 22,331 6–7 14 April 19 @ Brewers 5–7 Suppan (2–2) Duke (1–2) F. Cordero (5) 17,386 6–8 15 April 20 @ Dodgers 2–10 Wolf (3–1) Armas (0–2) — 43,845 6–9 16 April 21 @ Dodgers 3–7 (10) Broxton (1–0) Bayliss (1–1) — 48,995 6–10 17 April 22 @ Dodgers 7–5 Gorzelanny (3–0) Tomko (0–1) S. Torres (6) 46,741 7–10 18 April 24 Astros 3–0 Maholm (1–2) W. Williams (0–3) — 13,062 8–10 19 April 25 Astros 4–3 (16) Wasdin (1–1) Moehler (0–1) — 8,201 9–10 20 April 26 Astros 5–3 Bayliss (2–1) W. Rodríguez (0–3) Grabow (1) 12,056 10–10 21 April 27 Reds 3–1 Snell (2–1) Milton (0–4) S. Torres (7) 22,638 11–10 22 April 28 Reds 1–8 Belisle (3–1) Gorzelanny (3–1) — 29,514 11–11 23 April 29 Reds 5–9 Harang (4–0) Maholm (1–3) — 18,409 11–12 24 April 30 Cubs 3–2 Capps (2–0) Wuertz (0–1) S. Torres (8) 11,437 12–12
May (11–18) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Record 25 May 1 Cubs 6–8 Cherry (1–1) Bayliss (2–2) — 13,082 12–13 26 May 2 Cubs 1–7 Marquis (4–1) Snell (2–2) — 21,765 12–14 27 May 3 @ Brewers 4–2 Gorzelanny (4–1) Bush (2–3) S. Torres (9) 15,602 13–14 28 May 4 @ Brewers 0–10 C. Vargas (3–0) Maholm (1–4) — 40,190 13–15 29 May 5 @ Brewers 3–6 Suppan (5–2) Duke (1–3) F. Cordero (11) 40,361 13–16 30 May 6 @ Brewers 4–6 Villanueva (3–0) Grabow (0–1) F. Cordero (12) 37,761 13–17 31 May 8 @ Cubs 4–3 (15) Bayliss (3–2) Cotts (0–1) S. Torres (10) 39,708 14–17 32 May 9 @ Cubs 0–1 Marquis (5–1) Gorzelanny (4–2) — 40,264 14–18 33 May 10 @ Cubs 6–4 Maholm (2–4) C. Zambrano (3–3) S. Torres (11) 41,101 15–18 34 May 11 Braves 1–4 Davies (1–1) Duke (1–4) M. González (2) 23,376 15–19 35 May 12 Braves 2–9 James (4–3) Armas (0–3) — 34,775 15–20 36 May 13 Braves 13–2 Snell (3–2) Lerew (0–1) — 19,484 16–20 37 May 14 Marlins 7–0 Gorzelanny (5–2) Willis (5–3) — 12,958 17–20 38 May 15 Marlins 3–9 Mitre (1–2) Maholm (2–5) — 12,769 17–21 39 May 16 Marlins 3–4 Tankersley (3–1) Capps (2–1) Gregg (2) 15,086 17–22 40 May 17 Marlins 7–2 Chacón (1–0) Nolasco (1–2) — 9,582 18–22 41 May 18 D-backs 11–5 Snell (4–2) D. Davis (2–5) — 32,682 19–22 42 May 19 D-backs 8–9 Slaten (1–0) Capps (2–2) Valverde (15) 30,677 19–23 43 May 20 D-backs 2–5 Ra. Johnson (2–2) Maholm (2–6) Valverde (16) 24,282 19–24 44 May 22 @ Cardinals 4–9 Wainwright (4–3) Duke (1–5) — 42,679 19–25 45 May 23 @ Cardinals 3–5 K. Wells (2–8) Snell (4–3) Isringhausen (11) 42,245 19–26 46 May 24 @ Cardinals 1–3 Looper (6–3) Gorzelanny (5–3) Isringhausen (12) 44,296 19–27 47 May 25 @ Reds 10–4 (10) Bayliss (4–2) Weathers (1–3) — 36,455 20–27 48 May 26 @ Reds 9–5 Grabow (1–1) Arroyo (2–5) — 32,280 21–27 49 May 27 @ Reds 14–10 Duke (2–5) Saarloos (0–4) — 27,209 22–27 50 May 28 @ Reds 0–4 Lohse (2–6) Snell (4–4) — 17,905 22–28 51 May 29 Padres 4–1 Gorzelanny (6–3) D. Wells (2–3) S. Torres (12) 15,794 23–28 52 May 30 Padres 0–9 C. Young (6–3) Maholm (2–7) — 12,734 23–29 53 May 31 Padres 2–4 (11) Meredith (3–2) Sharpless (0–1) Hoffman (16) 14,966 23–30
June (12–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 54 June 1 Dodgers 4–5 Wolf (7–3) Duke (2–6) Saito (16) 20,164 23–31 55 June 2 Dodgers 3–1 Snell (5–4) Kuo (0–1) Capps (1) 31,931 24–31 56 June 3 Dodgers 4–5 Billingsley (4–0) S. Torres (0–2) Beimel (1) 23,458 24–32 57 June 4 Dodgers 5–6 D. Lowe (6–5) Maholm (2–8) Broxton (1) 15,836 24–33 58 June 5 @ Nationals 7–6 Chacón (2–0) Bacsik (1–2) Capps (2) 19,169 25–33 59 June 6 @ Nationals 5–6 C. Cordero (1–0) S. Torres (0–3) — 24,755 25–34 60 June 7 @ Nationals 3–2 Capps (3–2) C. Cordero (1–1) — 25,622 26–34 61 June 8 @ Yankees 4–5 (10) M. Rivera (2–3) Capps (3–3) — 54,240 26–35 62 June 9 @ Yankees 3–9 Clemens (1–0) Maholm (2–9) — 54,296 26–36 63 June 10 @ Yankees 6–13 Henn (2–0) Chacón (2–1) — 54,292 26–37 64 June 12 Rangers 7–5 Duke (3–6) Millwood (2–6) Capps (3) 21,158 27–37 65 June 13 Rangers 8–1 Snell (6–4) R. Tejeda (5–7) — 16,110 28–37 66 June 14 Rangers 0–6 Loe (2–6) Gorzelanny (6–4) — 17,214 28–38 67 June 15 White Sox 4–2 Maholm (3–9) Garland (4–4) Capps (4) 26,647 29–38 68 June 16 White Sox 1–6 Buehrle (4–3) Van Benschoten (0–1) — 36,610 29–39 69 June 17 White Sox 8–7 Chacón (3–1) Masset (2–3) Capps (5) 26,830 30–39 70 June 19 @ Mariners 5–3 Gorzelanny (7–4) M. Batista (7–6) Chacón (1) 24,520 31–39 71 June 20 @ Mariners 0–7 Jeff Weaver (1–6) Maholm (3–10) — 23,553 31–40 72 June 21 @ Mariners 0–3 F. Hernández (4–4) Van Benschoten (0–2) Putz (20) 22,950 31–41 73 June 22 @ Angels 4–5 (11) S. Shields (1–2) Bayliss (4–3) — 43,545 31–42 74 June 23 @ Angels 1–10 K. Escobar (9–3) Snell (6–5) — 44,010 31–43 75 June 24 @ Angels 3–4 (10) Bootcheck (2–1) Capps (3–4) — 42,346 31–44 76 June 26 @ Marlins 3–2 Maholm (4–10) Willis (7–7) Capps (6) 11,044 32–44 77 June 27 @ Marlins 7–5 (10) Chacón (4–1) Gregg (0–3) Capps (7) 11,222 33–44 78 June 28 @ Marlins 7–9 Olsen (6–6) Duke (3–7) — 31,628 33–45 79 June 29 Nationals 3–2 Capps (4–4) Rauch (3–2) — 32,361 34–45 80 June 30 Nationals 7–2 Gorzelanny (8–4) Bergmann (1–5) — 26,959 35–45
July (7–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 81 July 1 Nationals 2–3 Bacsik (2–5) Maholm (4–11) C. Cordero (14) 19,149 35–46 82 July 2 Brewers 3–10 Villanueva (6–0) Kuwata (0–1) — 14,455 35–47 83 July 3 Brewers 6–2 Youman (1–0) Gallardo (1–1) — 25,416 36–47 84 July 4 Brewers 5–3 Snell (7–5) C. Vargas (6–2) Capps (8) 35,878 37–47 85 July 5 Brewers 6–3 Gorzelanny (9–4) Sheets (10–4) Capps (9) 15,134 38–47 86 July 6 Cubs 8–4 Maholm (5–11) Marquis (6–5) — 27,868 39–47 87 July 7 Cubs 1–7 Lilly (8–4) Van Benschoten (0–3) — 33,293 39–48 88 July 8 Cubs 6–2 Youman (2–0) C. Zambrano (10–7) — 22,470 40–48 89 July 13 @ Braves 1–9 T. Hudson (9–5) Snell (7–6) — 38,922 40–49 90 July 14 @ Braves 4–5 Wickman (2–2) Chacón (4–2) — 44,041 40–50 91 July 15 @ Braves 1–5 Carlyle (4–2) Maholm (5–12) — 30,756 40–51 92 July 16 Rockies 8–10 Hawkins (1–4) Van Benschoten (0–4) Corpas (2) 16,423 40–52 93 July 17 Rockies 2–6 Fogg (5–6) Youman (2–1) — 21,604 40–53 94 July 18 Rockies 3–5 Francis (10–5) Snell (7–7) Corpas (3) 19,285 40–54 95 July 20 Astros 1–2 Oswalt (9–6) Gorzelanny (9–5) Lidge (2) 33,541 40–55 96 July 21 Astros 7–3 Maholm (6–12) W. Rodríguez (6–9) — 32,068 41–55 97 July 22 Astros 0–1 W. Williams (5–11) Youman (2–2) Lidge (3) 22,404 41–56 98 July 24 @ Mets 4–8 Maine (11–5) Snell (7–8) — 49,122 41–57 99 July 25 @ Mets 3–6 Glavine (9–6) Gorzelanny (9–6) B. Wagner (23) 44,906 41–58 100 July 26 @ Mets 8–4 Maholm (7–12) Ól. Pérez (9–7) — 52,150 42–58 101 July 27 @ Phillies 1–8 (7) Moyer (9–8) Van Benschoten (0–5) — 37,136 42–59 102 July 28 @ Phillies 5–10 Durbin (3–2) Youman (2–3) — 45,149 42–60 103 July 29 @ Phillies 1–5 Kendrick (5–1) Snell (7–9) — 40,030 42–61 104 July 31 Cardinals 4–6 Wainwright (10–8) Maholm (7–13) Isringhausen (21) 24,085 42–62
August (17–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 105 August 1 Cardinals 15–1 Armas (1–3) Looper (8–9) — 17,041 43–62 106 August 2 Cardinals 5–4 (11) S. Torres (1–3) B. Thompson (6–5) — 19,132 44–62 107 August 3 Reds 4–13 Belisle (6–8) Snell (7–10) — 22,874 44–63 108 August 4 Reds 8–9 (10) Burton (3–1) Capps (4–5) Weathers (21) 33,466 44–64 – August 5 Reds Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 28 44–64 109 August 7 @ D-backs 8–3 Gorzelanny (10–6) Owings (5–6) — 25,340 45–64 110 August 8 @ D-backs 6–10 Éd. González (5–2) Maholm (7–14) Valverde (34) 23,082 45–65 111 August 9 @ D-backs 2–4 S. Davis (9–10) Chacón (4–3) Valverde (35) 22,316 45–66 112 August 10 @ Giants 8–7 Grabow (2–1) Chulk (4–4) Capps (10) 41,923 46–66 113 August 11 @ Giants 13–3 Armas (2–3) Lincecum (6–3) — 43,105 47–66 114 August 12 @ Giants 5–0 Gorzelanny (11–6) Zito (8–11) — 41,976 48–66 115 August 13 Giants 3–1 Maholm (8–14) Cain (4–13) — 49–66 116 August 13 Giants 3–10 Lowry (13–7) Youman (2–4) — 25,434 49–67 117 August 14 Mets 4–5 J. Sosa (9–6) Torres (1–4) B. Wagner (27) 25,277 49–68 118 August 15 Mets 8–10 Maine (13–7) Morris (7–8) B. Wagner (28) 18,241 49–69 119 August 16 Mets 10–7 D. Marte (1–0) Heilman (7–5) Capps (11) 36,447 50–69 120 August 17 Phillies 8–11 J. D. Durbin (5–2) Gorzelanny (11–7) — 37,072 50–70 121 August 18 Phillies 11–6 Maholm (9–14) Moyer (11–9) — 38,152 51–70 122 August 19 Phillies 8–4 Snell (8–10) Romero (1–1) 31,277 52–70 123 August 20 @ Rockies 4–2 D. Marte (2–0) Fuentes (0–5) Capps (12) 22,682 53–70 124 August 21 @ Rockies 2–9 T. Buchholz (6–4) Armas (2–4) — 21,136 53–71 125 August 22 @ Rockies 11–2 Gorzelanny (12–7) Fogg (7–9) — 20,629 54–71 126 August 23 @ Rockies 5–1 Maholm (10–14) F. Morales (0–1) — 20,380 55–71 127 August 24 @ Astros 8–3 (15) Youman (3–4) Driskill (0–1) — 41,403 56–71 128 August 25 @ Astros 4–1 Morris (8–8) Patton (0–1) Capps (13) 41,109 57–71 129 August 26 @ Astros 4–5 McLemore (3–0) Chacón (4–4) Lidge (13) 42,564 57–72 130 August 28 Reds 6–4 Gorzelanny (13–7) El. Ramírez (0–2) Capps (14) — 58–72 131 August 28 Reds 3–2 Chacón (5–4) Bray (3–1) Capps (15) 17,669 59–72 132 August 29 Reds 0–8 Harang (14–3) Snell (8–11) — 14,191 59–73 133 August 30 Reds 4–5 Burton (4–1) Capps (4–6) Weathers (29) 12,643 59–74 134 August 31 @ Brewers 2–3 Gallardo (6–4) Armas (2–5) F. Cordero (38) 35,689 59–75
September (9–19) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 135 September 1 @ Brewers 3–12 Bush (11–9) Youman (3–5) — 34,190 59–76 136 September 2 @ Brewers 4–7 Suppan (9–11) Osoria (0–1) F. Cordero (39) 39,339 59–77 137 September 3 @ Cardinals 11–0 Snell (9–11) K. Wells (6–16) — 42,238 60–77 138 September 4 @ Cardinals 2–6 Piñeiro (5–3) Morris (8–9) Franklin (1) 42,300 60–78 139 September 5 @ Cardinals 8–2 Armas (3–5) Mulder (0–1) — 42,299 61–78 140 September 6 @ Cardinals 4–16 Jiménez (2–0) Bullington (0–1) — 42,330 61–79 141 September 7 Cubs 6–1 Gorzelanny (14–7) R. Hill (8–8) — 24,489 62–79 142 September 8 Cubs 1–5 C. Zambrano (15–12) Snell (9–12) — 33,373 62–80 143 September 9 Cubs 10–5 Morris (9–9) Trachsel (6–10) — 21,861 63–80 144 September 10 Brewers 9–0 Armas (4–5) Villanueva (7–4) — 13,683 64–80 145 September 11 Brewers 1–6 Gallardo (8–4) Bullington (0–2) — 11,962 64–81 146 September 12 Brewers 7–4 Grabow (3–1) Turnbow (4–5) Capps (16) 10,566 65–81 147 September 14 @ Astros 4–3 Sánchez (1–0) Qualls (6–5) Capps (17) 35,352 66–81 148 September 15 @ Astros 7–9 Gutiérrez (1–1) Morris (9–10) Lidge (15) 40,425 66–82 149 September 16 @ Astros 3–15 Backe (1–1) Maholm (10–15) — 35,715 66–83 150 September 17 @ Padres 0–3 Cassel (1–0) Van Benschoten (0–6) Hoffman (38) 33,557 66–84 151 September 18 @ Padres 3–5 Maddux (13–10) Gorzelanny (14–8) Hoffman (39) 30,629 66–85 152 September 19 @ Padres 3–5 Meredith (5–6) Capps (4–7) — 26,354 66–86 153 September 20 @ Padres 3–6 Tomko (4–11) Morris (9–11) Hoffman (40) 27,020 66–87 154 September 21 @ Cubs 8–13 Eyre (2–1) Osoria (0–2) — 41,591 66–88 155 September 22 @ Cubs 5–9 Hill (10–8) Duke (3–8) — 41,271 66–89 156 September 23 @ Cubs 0–8 Zambrano (17–13) Gorzelanny (14–9) — 41,364 66–90 157 September 25 D-backs 6–5 Torres (2–4) Lyon (6–4) Capps (18) 14,569 67–90 158 September 26 D-backs 5–1 Morris (10–11) Hernández (11–11) — 16,289 68–90 159 September 27 D-backs 0–8 Owings (8–8) Van Benschoten (0–7) — 11,335 68–91 160 September 28 Cardinals 1–6 Springer (8–1) Grabow (3–2) — 30,603 68–92 161 September 29 Cardinals 3–7 Wainwright (14–12) Gorzelanny (14–10) — 35,169 68–93 162 September 30 Cardinals 5–6 Wells (7–17) Bullington (0–3) Isringhausen (32) 25,664 68–94
Legend:         = Win         = Loss         = Postponement Bold = Pirates team member       Source = baseball-reference.com

Record vs. opponents

2007 National League record Source: [1]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	4–2	4–2	2–4	8–10	6–1	5–2	8–10	2–5	3–4	5–1	5–4	10–8	10–8	4–3	6–1	8–7
Atlanta	2–4	—	5–4	1–6	4–2	10–8	3–3	4–3	5–2	9–9	9–9	5–1	5–2	4–3	3–4	11–7	4–11
Chicago	2–4	4–5	—	9–9	5–2	0–6	8–7	2–5	9–6	2–5	3–4	8–7	3–5	5–2	11–5	6–1	8–4
Cincinnati	4–2	6–1	9–9	—	2–4	4–3	4–11	2–4	8–7	2–5	2–4	9–7	2–4	4–3	6–9	1–6	7-11
Colorado	10–8	2–4	2–5	4–2	—	3–3	3–4	12–6	4–2	4–2	4–3	4–3	11–8	10–8	3–4	4–3	10–8
Florida	1–6	8–10	6–0	3–4	3–3	—	2–3	4–3	2–5	7–11	9–9	3–4	3–4	1–6	2–4	8–10	9–9
Houston	2–5	3–3	7–8	11–4	4–3	3-2	—	4–3	5–13	2–5	3–3	5–10	4–3	2–4	7–9	2–5	9–9
Los Angeles	10–8	3–4	5–2	4–2	6–12	3–4	3–4	—	3–3	5–5	4–2	5–2	8–10	10–8	3–3	5–1	5–10
Milwaukee	5–2	2–5	6–9	7–8	2–4	5–2	13–5	3–3	—	2–4	3–4	10–6	2–5	4–5	7–8	4–2	8–7
New York	4–3	9–9	5–2	5–2	2–4	11–7	5–2	5–5	4–2	—	6–12	4–2	2–4	4–2	5–2	9–9	8–7
Philadelphia	1-5	9–9	4–3	4–2	3–4	9–9	3–3	2–4	4–3	12–6	—	4–2	4–3	4–4	6–3	12–6	8–7
Pittsburgh	4–5	1–5	7–8	7–9	3–4	4–3	10–5	2–5	6–10	2–4	2–4	—	1–6	4–2	6–12	4–2	5–10
San Diego	8–10	2–5	5–3	4–2	8–11	4–3	3–4	10–8	5–2	4–2	3–4	6–1	—	14–4	3–4	4–2	6–9
San Francisco	8–10	3–4	2–5	3–4	8–10	6–1	4–2	8–10	5–4	2–4	4–4	2–4	4–14	—	4–1	3–4	5–10
St. Louis	3–4	4–3	5–11	9–6	4–3	4-2	9–7	3–3	8–7	2–5	3–6	12–6	4–3	1–4	—	1–5	6–9
Washington	1–6	7–11	1–6	6–1	3–4	10-8	5–2	1–5	2–4	9–9	6–12	2–4	2–4	4–3	5–1	—	9–9

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
NL East
Atlanta Braves	1	5	0.167	22	34
Florida Marlins	4	3	0.571	37	31
New York Mets	2	4	0.333	37	40
Philadelphia Phillies	2	4	0.333	34	44
Washington Nationals	4	2	0.667	27	21
Total	13	18	0.419	157	170
NL Central
Chicago Cubs	7	8	0.467	65	79
Cincinnati Reds	7	9	0.438	79	98
Houston Astros	10	5	0.667	62	56
Milwaukee Brewers	6	10	0.375	65	88
St. Louis Cardinals	6	12	0.333	79	83
Total	36	44	0.450	350	404
NL West
Arizona Diamondbacks	4	5	0.444	48	50
Colorado Rockies	3	4	0.429	35	35
Los Angeles Dodgers	2	5	0.286	28	39
San Diego Padres	1	6	0.143	15	33
San Francisco Giants	4	2	0.667	37	29
Total	14	22	0.389	163	186
American League
Chicago White Sox	2	1	0.667	13	15
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	0	3	0.000	8	19
New York Yankees	0	3	0.000	13	27
Seattle Mariners	1	2	0.333	5	13
Texas Rangers	2	1	0.667	15	12
Total	5	10	0.333	54	86
Season Total	68	94	0.420	724	846

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	24	12	12	0.500	86	106
May	29	11	18	0.379	132	150
June	27	12	15	0.444	112	137
July	24	7	17	0.292	90	127
August	30	17	13	0.567	182	153
September	28	9	19	0.321	122	173
Total	162	68	94	0.420	724	846

	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	37	44	0.457	373	390
Away	81	31	50	0.383	351	456
Total	162	68	94	0.420	724	846

Roster

2007 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 46 Tony Armas Jr. 54 Jonah Bayliss 49 Bryan Bullington 55 Matt Capps 32 Shawn Chacón 50 Dave Davidson 57 Zach Duke 24 Tom Gorzelanny 34 John Grabow 59 Dan Kolb 18 Masumi Kuwata 28 Paul Maholm 43 Dámaso Marte 39 Marty McLeary 35 Matt Morris 36 Juan Pérez 59 Brian Rogers 58 Rómulo Sánchez 44 Josh Sharpless 45 Ian Snell 16 Salomón Torres 47 John Van Benschoten 37 John Wasdin 27 Shane Youman		Catchers 11 Humberto Cota 51 Carlos Maldonado 26 Ronny Paulino Infielders 19 José Bautista 14 José Castillo 35 Brad Eldred  3 César Izturis 53 Matt Kata 29 Don Kelly 25 Adam LaRoche  5 Josh Phelps 12 Freddy Sanchez  2 Jack Wilson		Outfielders 38 Jason Bay 10 Rajai Davis 41 Ryan Doumit  6 Chris Duffy 49,13 Nate McLouth 29 Nyjer Morgan 22 Xavier Nady 18 Steve Pearce		Manager 23 Jim Tracy Coaches 48 Jim Colborn (pitching)  7 Jeff Cox (third base) 17 Bobby Cuellar (bullpen) 15 Jim Lett (bench) 30 Jeff Manto (hitting) 31 John Shelby (first base)

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Chris Duffy	CF
Jack Wilson	SS
Jason Bay	LF
Adam LaRoche	1B
Ronny Paulino	C
Xavier Nady	RF
José Bautista	3B
José Castillo	2B
Zach Duke	SP

Statistics

Hitting

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

Regular Season

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
M. Capps	72	1	1	1.000	0	0
J. Phelps	58	77	27	0.351	5	19
B. Bullington	5	3	1	0.333	0	0
M. Morris	11	19	6	0.316	1	2
F. Sanchez	147	602	183	0.304	11	81
N. Morgan	28	107	32	0.299	1	7
J. Wilson	135	477	141	0.296	12	56
S. Pearce	23	68	20	0.294	0	6
H. Cota	5	14	4	0.286	0	3
X. Nady	125	431	120	0.278	20	72
C. Izturis	45	123	34	0.276	0	8
R. Doumit	83	252	69	0.274	9	32
S. Chacón	61	11	3	0.273	0	0
A. LaRoche	152	563	153	0.272	21	88
R. Davis	24	48	13	0.271	0	2
R. Paulino	133	457	120	0.263	11	55
N. McLouth	137	329	85	0.258	13	38
J. Bautista	142	532	135	0.254	15	63
Z. Duke	20	32	8	0.250	0	3
M. Kata	47	88	22	0.250	1	10
C. Duffy	70	241	60	0.249	3	22
J. Bay	145	538	133	0.247	21	84
J. Castillo	87	221	54	0.244	0	24
C. Maldonado	13	24	5	0.208	2	4
P. Maholm	27	59	11	0.186	0	5
D. Kelly	25	27	4	0.148	0	0
J. Van Benschoten	10	7	1	0.143	0	0
T. Armas	29	26	3	0.115	0	2
B. Eldred	19	46	5	0.109	2	3
I. Snell	34	57	5	0.088	0	2
S. Youman	16	12	1	0.083	0	0
T. Gorzelanny	29	63	4	0.063	0	3
J. Grabow	59	1	0	0.000	0	0
D. Marte	62	2	0	0.000	0	0
M. McLeary	4	2	0	0.000	0	0
F. Osoria	25	4	0	0.000	0	0
R. Sánchez	16	1	0	0.000	0	0
J. Wasdin	12	4	0	0.000	0	0
J. Bayliss	34	0	0	—	0	0
D. Davidson	2	0	0	—	0	0
D. Kolb	2	0	0	—	0	0
M. Kuwata	14	0	0	—	0	0
J. Pérez	17	0	0	—	0	0
B. Rogers	3	0	0	—	0	0
J. Sharpless	5	0	0	—	0	0
S. Torres	55	0	0	—	0	0
Totals	162	5,569	1,463	0.263	148	694

Pitching

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

Regular Season

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
M. Capps	76	79	4	7	2.28	64
D. Marte	65	451⁄3	2	0	2.38	51
I. Snell	32	208	9	12	3.76	177
T. Gorzelanny	32	2012⁄3	14	10	3.88	135
S. Chacón	64	96	5	4	3.94	79
J. Pérez	17	121⁄3	0	0	4.38	10
J. Grabow	63	512⁄3	3	2	4.53	42
F. Osoria	25	281⁄3	0	2	4.76	13
R. Sánchez	16	18	1	0	5.00	11
P. Maholm	29	1772⁄3	10	15	5.02	105
B. Bullington	5	17	0	3	5.29	7
S. Torres	56	522⁄3	2	4	5.47	45
Z. Duke	20	1071⁄3	3	8	5.53	41
J. Wasdin	12	192⁄3	1	1	5.95	10
S. Youman	16	571⁄3	3	5	5.97	29
T. Armas	31	97	4	5	6.03	73
M. Morris	11	62	3	4	6.10	29
M. McLeary	4	72⁄3	0	0	8.22	5
J. Bayliss	39	372⁄3	4	3	8.36	29
D. Kolb	3	3	0	0	9.00	2
M. Kuwata	19	21	0	1	9.43	12
J. Van Benschoten	11	39	0	7	10.15	26
J. Sharpless	6	41⁄3	0	1	12.46	1
B. Rogers	3	2	0	0	13.50	1
D. Davidson	2	2	0	0	22.50	0
Totals	162	1,4472⁄3	68	94	4.93	997

Source:2007 Pittsburgh Pirates stats at Baseball Reference.com

Awards and honors

2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Freddy Sanchez, 2B, reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	International League	Trent Jewett
AA	Altoona Curve	Eastern League	Tim Leiper
A	Lynchburg Hillcats	Carolina League	Jeff Branson
A	Hickory Crawdads	South Atlantic League	Gary Green
A-Short Season	State College Spikes	New York–Penn League	Turner Ward
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Tom Prince
Rookie	DSL Pirates	Dominican Summer League	N/A
Rookie	VSL Pirates	Venezuelan Summer League	N/A

References

• Game Logs:

1st Half: Pittsburgh Pirates Game Log on ESPN.com

2nd Half: Pittsburgh Pirates Game Log on ESPN.com

• Batting Statistics: Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Stats on ESPN.com
• Pitching Statistics: Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Stats on ESPN.com
• Fans Protest / Walkout:'

Walkout by Pirates fans gets blacked out [2]

Pirates Fan Protest, Walkout Still On For Weekend [3]

Pirates fans group pushing in-game walkout Saturday [4]

'Fans for Change' ready for Pirates protest [5]