2007 Florida Marlins season
2007 Florida Marlins | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Dolphin Stadium | |
City | Miami Gardens, Florida | |
Record | 71–91 (.438) | |
Divisional place | 5th | |
Owners | Jeffrey Loria | |
General managers | Larry Beinfest | |
Managers | Fredi González | |
Television | FSN Florida Sun Sports Rich Waltz, Tommy Hutton, Craig Minervini | |
Radio | WQAM Dave Van Horne, Roxy Bernstein WQBA (Spanish) | |
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The 2007 Florida Marlins season was the 15th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their promising 78–84 record in 2006. Despite the success of the team under manager Joe Girardi, he was fired and replaced with Fredi González.
Marlins general manager Larry Beinfest said that the team's goal from the start of the season was to compete in the playoffs. However, failed to make the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.[1]
The Marlins had two goals to address during the 2006 offseason: they needed a new closer because '06 closer Joe Borowski signed with the Cleveland Indians as a free agent, and the Marlins saw the need for a new center fielder. They had platooned Eric Reed, Reggie Abercrombie, Chris Aguila, Cody Ross, and Alfredo Amézaga in the position in 2006, with backup shortstop Amézaga making most of the starts at that position later in the season. The Marlins had added some new relief pitchers since 2006, trading Chris Resop to the Los Angeles Angels for Kevin Gregg and shipping prospects Jason Vargas and Adam Bostick to the New York Mets for Henry Owens and Matt Lindstrom. Lindstrom has been a closer during his time in the minors and has a fastball that reached 100 mph on radar guns in winter league play during the 2006 offseason.[1] The Marlins saw much competition for their closer role, with Ricky Nolasco, Renyel Pinto, Mike Koplove, Gregg, Lindstrom, and Owens all candidates for the job.[1] In April, newly acquired Jorge Julio was named closer, but on May 13, he was traded to the Colorado Rockies for Byung-hyun Kim.
The Marlins signed center fielder Alex Sánchez to a minor league deal in the offseason, who competed for the Marlins' center field job with Reed, Abercrombie, Ross, and Amézaga. Beinfest said that the Marlins tried to trade for a proven center fielder but were asked for too much in order to get one.[1] However, Sánchez was released at the end of spring training and the starting role was handed to rookie Alejandro De Aza.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]National League East
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Phillies | 89 | 73 | .549 | — | 47–34 | 42–39 |
New York Mets | 88 | 74 | .543 | 1 | 41–40 | 47–34 |
Atlanta Braves | 84 | 78 | .519 | 5 | 44–37 | 40–41 |
Washington Nationals | 73 | 89 | .451 | 16 | 40–41 | 33–48 |
Florida Marlins | 71 | 91 | .438 | 18 | 36–45 | 35–46 |
Record vs. opponents
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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 |
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Roster
[edit]Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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C | Miguel Olivo | 122 | 452 | 107 | .237 | 16 | 60 |
1B | Mike Jacobs | 114 | 426 | 113 | .265 | 17 | 54 |
2B | Dan Uggla | 159 | 632 | 155 | .245 | 31 | 88 |
SS | Hanley Ramírez | 154 | 639 | 212 | .332 | 29 | 81 |
3B | Miguel Cabrera | 157 | 588 | 188 | .320 | 34 | 119 |
LF | Josh Willingham | 144 | 521 | 138 | .265 | 21 | 89 |
CF | Alfredo Amézaga | 133 | 400 | 105 | .263 | 2 | 30 |
RF | Jeremy Hermida | 123 | 429 | 127 | .296 | 18 | 63 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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Aaron Boone | 69 | 189 | 54 | .286 | 5 | 28 |
Joe Borchard | 85 | 179 | 35 | .196 | 4 | 19 |
Cody Ross | 66 | 173 | 58 | .335 | 12 | 39 |
Matt Treanor | 55 | 171 | 46 | .269 | 4 | 19 |
Alejandro De Aza | 45 | 144 | 33 | .229 | 0 | 8 |
Todd Linden | 85 | 129 | 35 | .271 | 1 | 8 |
Jason Wood | 98 | 117 | 28 | .239 | 3 | 26 |
Reggie Abercrombie | 35 | 76 | 15 | .197 | 2 | 5 |
Brett Carroll | 23 | 49 | 9 | .184 | 0 | 2 |
Eric Reed | 18 | 20 | 2 | .100 | 0 | 0 |
Robert Andino | 7 | 13 | 5 | .385 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Hoover | 3 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 0 |
John Gall | 3 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Dontrelle Willis | 35 | 205.1 | 10 | 15 | 5.17 | 146 |
Scott Olsen | 33 | 176.2 | 10 | 15 | 5.81 | 133 |
Sergio Mitre | 27 | 149.0 | 5 | 8 | 4.65 | 80 |
Byung-Hyun Kim | 23 | 109.2 | 9 | 5 | 5.42 | 102 |
Rick VandenHurk | 18 | 81.2 | 4 | 6 | 6.83 | 82 |
Aníbal Sánchez | 6 | 30.0 | 2 | 1 | 4.80 | 14 |
Ricky Nolasco | 5 | 21.1 | 1 | 2 | 5.48 | 11 |
Josh Johnson | 4 | 15.2 | 0 | 3 | 7.47 | 14 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Wes Obermueller | 18 | 59.0 | 2 | 3 | 6.56 | 35 |
Daniel Barone | 16 | 41.0 | 1 | 3 | 5.71 | 18 |
Chris Seddon | 7 | 17.1 | 0 | 2 | 8.83 | 10 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Kevin Gregg | 74 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 3.54 | 87 |
Matt Lindstrom | 71 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3.09 | 62 |
Taylor Tankersley | 67 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3.99 | 49 |
Lee Gardner | 62 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1.94 | 52 |
Justin Miller | 62 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.65 | 74 |
Renyel Pinto | 57 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3.68 | 56 |
Armando Benítez | 36 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5.73 | 39 |
Randy Messenger | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.66 | 12 |
Henry Owens | 22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.96 | 16 |
Ross Wolf | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.68 | 6 |
Jorge Julio | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12.54 | 6 |
Logan Kensing | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.35 | 13 |
Harvey García | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.38 | 15 |
Mauro Zárate | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 3 |
Erasmo Ramirez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 |
Marcos Carvajal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 |
Carlos Martínez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 |
Jason Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Nate Field | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 2 |
Draft
[edit]This is a partial list. For the full draft, see here.
Players selected
[edit]Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School |
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1 | 12 | Matt Dominguez (3B) | United States | Chatsworth High School |
2 | 76 | Michael Stanton (CF) | United States | Notre Dame High School |
3 | 106 | Jameson Smith (C) | United States | Fresno CC |
4 | 136 | Bryan Peterson (RF) | United States | UC-Irvine |
5 | 166 | Steven Cishek (RHP) | United States | Carson-Newman College |
Farm system
[edit]References
[edit]- Game Logs:
- 1st Half: Florida Marlins Game Log[dead link ] on ESPN.com
- 2nd Half: Florida Marlins Game Log[dead link ] on ESPN.com
- Batting Statistics: Florida Marlins Batting Stats[dead link ] on ESPN.com
- Pitching Statistics: Florida Marlins Pitching Stats on ESPN.com
- ^ a b c d "The Official Site of the Florida Marlins". GM: Closer, center to come from within. Archived from the original on February 10, 2007. Retrieved February 8, 2007.