2007 Colorado Rockies season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Colorado Rockies
season = 2007
misc = 2007 NL Wild Card
2007 National League Champions

current league = National League
y1 = 1993
division = Western Division
y2 = 1993
Uniform
ballpark = Coors Field
y4 = 1995
city = Denver, Colorado
y5 = 1993
owners = Charles Monfort
managers = Clint Hurdle
television = FSN Rocky Mountain
KTVD (My 20)
radio = KOA AM|

The Colorado Rockies' 2007 season started off with the team trying to improve on their 2006 record (76-86). They finished with a franchise record of 90 wins in 163 games and earned a playoff berth as the National League Wild Card team. The Rockies swept their first seven playoff games en route to winning the 2007 National League Pennant, which was the franchise's first-ever pennant.

Regular season

eason standings

Game log

2007 roster

Starting pitchers

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. [ [http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070429&content_id=1937361&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb The Official Site of Major League Baseball: News: Tulowitzki turns unassisted triple play ] ] [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270429127 ESPN - Braves vs. Rockies - Recap - April 29, 2007 ] ] 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. [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270916127 ESPN - Marlins vs. Rockies - Recap - September 16, 2007 ] ] [ [http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20070916&content_id=2211951&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=col The Official Site of The Colorado Rockies: News: Colorado Rockies News ] ] 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. [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=3041080 ESPN - Rockies 11-game winning streak has city thinking playoffs - MLB ] ]
* The Rockies finished ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the division for the first time in franchise history. [ [http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20070918&content_id=2216972&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=col The Official Site of The Colorado Rockies: News: Colorado Rockies News ] ]
* Colorado set an MLB record for fielding percentage in one season (.98925). [ [http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/mlb/article/0,2777,DRMN_23924_5723877,00.html Sure hands + strong arms = winning edge : Rockies : The Rocky Mountain News ] ] 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 less 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. [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/fielding?groupId=8&season=2007&seasonType=2&split=82&sortColumn=fieldingPct]
* The Rockies became the first team in MLB history to sweep both teams from New York City in one season, against the New York Yankees on June 19-21 and the New York Mets on July 2-4, both at home. [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270704127 ESPN - Mets vs. Rockies - Recap - July 04, 2007 ] ] [ [http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/mlb/article/0,2777,DRMN_23924_5616025,00.html An early start to fireworks, Rockies beat Mets 17-7 : Rockies : The Rocky Mountain News ] ]
* "Baseball America" named the Colorado Rockies the "Organization of the Year" for their accomplishments during the 2007 season. [ [http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2007/dec/04/2007s-organization-of-the-year/ 2007's organization of the year : Rockies : The Rocky Mountain News ] ] "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."

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 final score of 9 to 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.

Playoffs