2007 National League

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The 2007 season of the National League was the one hundred thirty-second season of the league.

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Standings

An asterisk (*) indicates the team won its league's wild card, Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
Central Division
1	Chicago Cubs	162	85	77	0	.525	-.-	752 (4.64)	690 (4.26)	0.271	0.333	0.422	4.04	0.984
2	Milwaukee Brewers	162	83	79	0	.512	2.0	801 (4.94)	776 (4.79)	0.262	0.329	0.456	4.41	0.982
3	St. Louis Cardinals	162	78	84	0	.481	7.0	725 (4.48)	829 (5.12)	0.274	0.337	0.405	4.65	0.980
4	Houston Astros	162	73	89	0	.451	12.0	723 (4.46)	813 (5.02)	0.260	0.330	0.412	4.68	0.983
5	Cincinnati Reds	162	72	90	0	.444	13.0	783 (4.83)	853 (5.27)	0.267	0.335	0.436	4.94	0.984
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	68	94	0	.420	17.0	724 (4.47)	846 (5.22)	0.263	0.325	0.411	4.93	0.986
Eastern Division
1	Philadelphia Phillies	162	89	73	0	.549	-.-	892 (5.51)	821 (5.07)	0.274	0.354	0.458	4.73	0.986
2	New York Mets	162	88	74	0	.543	1.0	804 (4.96)	750 (4.63)	0.275	0.342	0.432	4.26	0.983
3	Atlanta Braves	162	84	78	0	.519	5.0	810 (5.00)	733 (4.52)	0.270	0.339	0.435	4.11	0.983
4	Washington Nationals	162	73	89	0	.451	16.0	673 (4.15)	783 (4.83)	0.256	0.325	0.390	4.58	0.982
5	Florida Marlins	162	71	91	0	.438	18.0	790 (4.88)	891 (5.50)	0.267	0.336	0.448	4.94	0.977
Western Division
1	Arizona Diamondbacks	162	90	72	0	.556	-.-	712 (4.40)	732 (4.52)	0.250	0.321	0.413	4.13	0.983
2	Colorado Rockies*	163	90	73	0	.552	0.5	860 (5.28)	758 (4.65)	0.280	0.354	0.437	4.32	0.989
3	San Diego Padres	163	89	74	0	.546	1.5	741 (4.55)	666 (4.09)	0.251	0.322	0.411	3.70	0.985
4	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	82	80	0	.506	8.0	735 (4.54)	727 (4.49)	0.275	0.337	0.406	4.20	0.981
5	San Francisco Giants	162	71	91	0	.438	19.0	683 (4.22)	720 (4.44)	0.254	0.322	0.387	4.19	0.986

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Juan Pierre Carlos Lee Jeff Zimmerman Jeff Francoeur Jimmy Rollins	Los Angeles Dodgers Houston Astros Washington Nationals Atlanta Braves Philadelphia Phillies	162
At Bats	Jimmy Rollins	Philadelphia Phillies	716
Runs Scored	Jimmy Rollins	Philadelphia Phillies	139
Hits	Matt Holliday	Colorado Rockies	216
Doubles	Matt Holliday	Colorado Rockies	50
Triples	Jimmy Rollins	Philadelphia Phillies	20
Home Runs	Prince Fielder	Milwaukee Brewers	50
Total Bases	Matt Holliday	Colorado Rockies	386
Runs Batted In	Matt Holliday	Colorado Rockies	137
Stolen Bases	Jose Reyes	New York Mets	78
Caught Stealing	Jose Reyes	New York Mets	21
Walks	Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants	132
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants	43
Hit by Pitch	Chase Utley	Philadelphia Phillies	25
Strikeouts	Ryan Howard	Philadelphia Phillies	199
Sacrifice Hits	Juan Pierre	Los Angeles Dodgers	20
Sacrifice Flies	Carlos Lee	Houston Astros	13
Grounded into Double Plays	Carlos Lee Albert Pujols	Houston Astros St. Louis Cardinals	27
Batting Average	Matt Holliday	Colorado Rockies	0.340
On-Base Percentage	Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants	0.480
Slugging Percentage	Ryan Braun	Milwaukee Brewers	0.634
On-Base plus Slugging	Andruw Jones	Atlanta Braves	1.029
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Andruw Jones	Atlanta Braves	165

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Jake Peavy	San Diego Padres	19
Losses	Kip Wells	St. Louis Cardinals	17
Win-Loss Percentage	Brad Penny	Los Angeles Dodgers	0.800
Appearances	Jon Rauch	Washington Nationals	88
Games Started	Dontrelle Willis	Florida Marlins	35
Complete Games	Brandon Webb	Arizona Diamondbacks	4
Shutouts	Brandon Webb	Arizona Diamondbacks	3
Games Finished	David Weathers	Cincinnati Reds	60
Saves	Jose Valverde	Arizona Diamondbacks	47
Innings Pitched	Brandon Webb	Arizona Diamondbacks	236.1
Batters Faced	Brandon Webb	Arizona Diamondbacks	975
Hits Allowed	Livan Hernandez	Arizona Diamondbacks	247
Home Runs Allowed	Woody Williams	Houston Astros	35
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Carlos Zambrano	Chicago Cubs	101
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Peter Moylan	Atlanta Braves	12
Hit Batsmen	Byung-Hyun Kim	Colorado Rockies Florida Marlins Arizona Diamondbacks	16
Strikeouts	Jake Peavy	San Diego Padres	240
Wild Pitches	Ian Snell Matt Cain Aaron Harang	Pittsburgh Pirates San Francisco Giants Cincinnati Reds	12
Balks	Rick VandenHurk Chris Young	Florida Marlins San Diego Padres	4
Runs Allowed	Scott Olsen	Florida Marlins	134
Earned Runs Allowed	Dontrelle Willis	Florida Marlins	118
Earned Run Average	Jake Peavy	San Diego Padres	2.54
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Jake Peavy	San Diego Padres	1.061

All-Star Game

The National League lost the 2007 All-Star Game at AT&T Park in San Francisco, CA on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 by a score of 5 to 4. The league's manager was Tony LaRussa.

Postseason

The 2007 National League playoffs featured the champions of the league's three divisions along with a wild card team. The teams competed in a best-of-five Division Series, followed by a best-of-seven League Championship Series. The winner of the League Championship Series represented the league in the World Series.

	Division Series					Championship Series
	West.	Arizona Diamondbacks	3
	Cent.	Chicago Cubs	0
						West.	Arizona Diamondbacks	0
						WC	Colorado Rockies	4
	East.	Philadelphia Phillies	0
	WC.	Colorado Rockies	3

In the World Series, the National League champion Colorado Rockies lost to the American League's Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 0.

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Jimmy Rollins, a shortstop with the Philadelphia Phillies. In the award's voting, he had 353 out of a possible 448 points and 16 first-place votes.

The winner of the league's Cy Young Award, given its best pitcher, was Jake Peavy of the San Diego Padres, by unanimous vote. In the award's voting, he had 160 out of a possible 140 points and all 32 first-place votes.

The winner of the league's Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was Ryan Braun, a third baseman with the Milwaukee Brewers. In the award's voting, he had 128 out of a possible 160 points and 17 first-place votes.

Gold Gloves

The following players won the Gold Glove Award, given to the league's best fielders as voted upon by its managers and coaches, at their respective position.

Position	Player	Team
P	Greg Maddux	San Diego Padres
C	Russell Martin	Los Angeles Dodgers
1B	Derrek Lee	Chicago Cubs
2B	Orlando Hudson	Arizona Diamondbacks
3B	David Wright	New York Mets
SS	Jimmy Rollins	Philadelphia Phillies
OF	Andruw Jones	Atlanta Braves
	Carlos Beltran	New York Mets
	Aaron Rowand	Philadelphia Phillies
	Jeff Francoeur	Atlanta Braves

Silver Sluggers

The following players won the Silver Slugger Award, given to the league's best hitters as voted upon by its managers and coaches, at their respective position.

Position	Player	Team
C	Russell Martin	Los Angeles Dodgers
1B	Prince Fielder	Milwaukee Brewers
2B	Chase Utley	Philadelphia Phillies
3B	David Wright	New York Mets
SS	Jimmy Rollins	Philadelphia Phillies
OF	Carlos Beltran	New York Mets
	Matt Holliday	Colorado Rockies
	Carlos Lee	Houston Astros
P	Micah Owings	Arizona Diamondbacks

Monthly Awards

• Player of the Month Award
  • April: Jose Reyes, New York Mets
  • May: Prince Fielder, Milwaukee Brewers
  • June: Alfonso Soriano, Chicago Cubs
  • July: Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers
  • August: Mark Teixeira, Atlanta Braves
  • September: Matt Holliday, Colorado Rockies

• Pitcher of the Month Award
  • April: John Maine, New York Mets
  • May: Jake Peavy, San Diego Padres
  • June: Ben Sheets, Milwaukee Brewers
  • July: Carlos Zambrano, Chicago Cubs
  • August: Jake Peavy, San Diego Padres
  • September: Jake Peavy, San Diego Padres

• Rookie of the Month Award
  • April: Josh Hamilton, Cincinnati Reds
  • May: Hunter Pence, Houston Astros
  • June: Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers
  • July: Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers
  • August: Troy Tulowitzki, Colorado Rockies
  • September: James Loney, Los Angeles Dodgers

Hall of Fame Game

The sixty-first annual Hall of Fame Game was played on May 21st at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The game did not feature a team from the National League.

Umpires

See 2007 Major League Baseball