2007 St. Louis Cardinals season

2007 St. Louis Cardinals
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Busch Stadium
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	78–84 (.481)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	William DeWitt Jr., Fred Hanser
General managers	Walt Jocketty
Managers	Tony La Russa
Television	FSN Midwest (Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky, Joe Buck) KSDK (Jay Randolph, Ricky Horton, Mike Shannon)
Radio	KTRS (Mike Shannon, John Rooney, Rick Horton-KSDK Games Only)
Seasons

The 2007 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 126th season for the St. Louis Cardinals, a Major League Baseball franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the 116th season for the Cardinals in the National League and their 2nd at Busch Stadium III.

The season started with the team trying to defend their 2006 World Series championship. During the offseason, the Cardinals were faced with the challenge of handling their starting rotation. Four of their five starters were free agents, including Jeff Suppan (the 2006 NLCS MVP), Jeff Weaver (the winning pitcher in the World Series Game 5 clincher), Mark Mulder, and Jason Marquis. In the end, Suppan, Weaver, and Marquis all signed with other teams. The Cardinals signed Mulder, who ended the 2006 season on the disabled list, to a new two-year contract, but Mulder remained on the disabled list after undergoing shoulder surgery.

To replace the departed pitchers, the Cardinals promoted Adam Wainwright, who spent 2006 in relief and took the closer's job from injured Jason Isringhausen, to the rotation. They signed free agent pitcher Kip Wells to fill another spot. The team entered 2007 with a rotation of Chris Carpenter, Wells, Wainwright and Anthony Reyes, with reliever Braden Looper assuming the fifth starter's role until Mulder's return.

In contrast with the rotation, the rest of the team remained stable. Every member of the Cardinals' playoff bullpen remained under contract for 2007, though the Cardinals signed free agent relievers Ryan Franklin and Russ Springer for reinforcement and middle reliever Josh Kinney suffered an injury in spring training that required Tommy John surgery and forced him to miss the entire 2007 season. Every position player for the Cardinals returned in 2007 except for midseason acquisition Ronnie Belliard, who signed as a free agent with the Washington Nationals. To replace Belliard, the Cardinals signed Adam Kennedy, a former Cardinal who was traded to the then-Anaheim Angels for Jim Edmonds in 2000, and was teammates with current Cardinals David Eckstein and Scott Spiezio when they won the 2002 World Series with Anaheim.

In spring training, the Birds were 16–10–3 with a team batting average of .255 and a 2.29 team ERA. Attendance at Roger Dean Stadium was 102,619. This was the Cardinals last losing season, until 2023.

Regular season

April: The death of Josh Hancock

The Cardinals began the season by raising their championship banner for winning the 2006 World Series. They played the first game of the 2007 season in a rematch of the 2006 NLCS as they hosted the Mets for a three-game series. The homestand ended with disappointment, however, as the Mets swept the Cardinals, outscoring them 20–2. Later in April the Cardinals suffered a major setback when ace pitcher Chris Carpenter was placed on the disabled list due to arthritis and impingement. The team struggled for most of the month of April, getting off to a 10–14 start.

At approximately 12:35 am CST on April 29, 2007, pitcher Josh Hancock died in a car accident in St. Louis. Hancock, a 29-year-old reliever who threw 77 innings for the Cardinals during the 2006 season, collided with a tow truck stopped on Interstate 64 to assist another motorist. The Cardinals' game against the Cubs scheduled for later that day was postponed due to the accident. Autopsy reports showed that Hancock was intoxicated with a blood alcohol level almost twice the legal limit in Missouri. In response the Cardinals banned alcohol from the team's clubhouse. The tragedy brought back memories of the loss of former Cardinal pitcher Darryl Kile, who died of coronary disease in 2002. Hancock became the second MLB player in the previous 25 years to die during the regular season. After Hancock's death, the Cardinals began wearing a black patch reading "32" on their uniforms in his memory.

May

The team's offensive struggles grew worse with the start of the new month. St. Louis went two weeks without hitting a home run; Chris Duncan hit one in a loss to the Brewers on May 1 and again in a May 15 victory over the Dodgers. On May 13, they were shut out for the sixth time in their first 35 games in a 3–0 loss to the Padres. A series in Detroit featuring a rematch of the teams from the 2006 World Series ended in a three-game Tiger sweep and dropped the Cardinals' record to 16–25 for the season. Anthony Reyes was sent down to the minors on May 27 after compiling an 0–8 record and 6.08 ERA. Catcher Yadier Molina was placed on the disabled list on May 30 with a fractured wrist suffered from a foul tip that struck his hand while catching. The team ended May with a 22–29 record.

June

Kip Wells' terrible season continued on June 2, becoming the majors' first 10-game loser, and the first Cardinals pitcher in 16 years to lose ten games before the All-Star break. Wells went to the bullpen shortly thereafter. Looper went on the DL on June 18, after struggling following a hot start to the season. Kennedy lost the starting second base job to Aaron Miles. The Cardinals, whose starting rotation had fallen to dead last in the NL in ERA, acquired Mike Maroth from the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later. Injuries continued to plague the team as Eckstein, Johnson and Edmonds went on the disabled list. Anthony Reyes, recalled from the minors, dropped to 0–10 after a loss to the Mets on June 28. New acquisition Troy Percival, a veteran relief pitcher who had been retired at the start of the season but signed a minor-league deal with St. Louis, earned a victory in his first big-league appearance in two years on June 29 against Cincinnati. (Percival became the fourth member of the 2002 World Champion Angels to play on the Cardinals, joining Kennedy, Spiezio and Eckstein, and the fifth ex-Angel overall, also including Edmonds).

Despite the injuries and the turnover in the pitching staff, the Cardinals played better in June, going 13–13 for the month after losing records in April and May. However, they were still well behind the Brewers. On June 30 they fell 10.5 games behind Milwaukee, the furthest out of first place they were all season.

July

Anthony Reyes was sent down to the minor leagues again on July 2. St. Louis entered the All-Star Break with a 40–45 record, in third place in the division, 7½ games behind Milwaukee. Albert Pujols was the only Cardinal on the NL All-Star roster. St. Louis participated in another franchise's milestone when their 10–2 defeat of Philadelphia on July 15 made the Phillies the first team in MLB history to lose 10,000 games.

The Cardinals could not find consistency for most of July, never losing or winning more than two games in a row until the end of the month. The team suffered a devastating setback when Carpenter, who had been on track to return sometime in late July, was diagnosed with ligament damage and had season-ending Tommy John surgery. Jim Edmonds returned to the team after spending over a month on the disabled list. New pitcher Mike Maroth struggled terribly in July, posting an 11.86 ERA for the month. However, Anthony Reyes, called up to the big leagues again, got his first win of the year on July 28 after an 0–10 start.

In yet another attempt to bolster their faltering rotation, on July 31 St. Louis acquired Joel Piñeiro from the Red Sox for cash and a player to be named later. The Cardinals had their first winning month of the year in July, going 15–11. After spending most of the month far behind Milwaukee, St. Louis took three of four from the Brewers at the end of July to close the gap to six games.

August

The momentum built by the four-game win streak at the end of July was promptly dissipated as the Cardinals lost five in a row to Pittsburgh and Washington. Manager Tony La Russa, in an effort to increase offensive production, on August 4 began batting Cardinal pitchers eighth in the lineup. LaRussa as justification cited 1998, when he batted the pitcher eighth for the whole second half of the season and a team that was four games under .500 before the change played ten games over .500 after. LaRussa's revised lineup marked the first time that any team had hit its starting pitcher anywhere other than the ninth spot in the lineup since the Florida Marlins moved Dontrelle Willis up in the batting order for a few games in 2005.

The Cardinals snapped their losing streak on August 6, beating San Diego 10–5. St. Louis scored ten runs on ten consecutive hits in the fifth inning, becoming the 12th team in MLB history to get ten base hits in a row. Three days later, Scott Spiezio, the Cardinals' utilityman and third base backup, was placed on the restricted list due to unspecified substance abuse problems. LaRussa told reporters that "What we want more than anything else is to do whatever is best for him." Spiezio's replacement was both a surprise and a familiar face: Rick Ankiel. Ankiel, once a promising young pitcher for the Cardinals—striking out 194 batters in 175 innings in 2000 at the age of twenty—suffered a catastrophic attack of wildness in the 2000 postseason, throwing nine wild pitches and walking eleven batters in only four postseason innings. Further wildness sent him back to the minors in 2001, and after four years struggling to overcome his wildness and subsequent injuries, Ankiel quit pitching in 2005 and announced he would try to make it back to the big leagues as a hitter. After hitting 31 home runs in 2007 for the Memphis Redbirds (St. Louis's AAA affiliate), Ankiel was called up to the big leagues to fill Spiezio's roster spot. In his first game back, Ankiel hit a three-run homer and the Cardinals won 5–0.

The return of Rick Ankiel to the lineup coincided with the best stretch of play by the Cardinals in 2007. St. Louis won five in a row and eight out of ten against L.A., San Diego and Milwaukee, advancing to two games under .500 and 2½ games behind the Brewers. Continued strong starting pitching and hot hitting from Pujols, rookie infielder Brendan Ryan, and others propelled the Cardinals to the .500 mark on August 28, the first time since they were 6–6 on April 16 that they did not have a losing record.

Scott Rolen was forced out of the lineup due to tightness and pain in his surgically repaired shoulder. Rolen decided to have season-ending shoulder surgery shortly after. Brendan Ryan was named the starting third baseman in Rolen's place and the Cardinals traded for backup infielder Russell Branyan right before the August trade deadline. St. Louis went 15–13 in August and finished the month 65–66 and in third place in the division, two games behind the Cubs and one-half game behind Milwaukee. The Cardinals' 8–5 victory over Cincinnati on the last day of the month gave Tony La Russa victory #1,042 as the Cardinal manager, passing Red Schoendienst to become the winningest Cardinal manager of all time. In the same game, Cardinal right fielder Juan Encarnación was struck in the eye and severely injured with a foul ball. Encarnacion was diagnosed with severe injuries to his left eye and multiple fractures of the orbital bone. The injury ended his season and is believed to be potentially career-threatening.

The last off-day for the team in 2007 came on August 27, when they had four games remaining in the month, and then 31 games in September. This set a new major-league baseball record for a team with the longest number of consecutive days played (35) at the end of the season without a day off.

September

The Cardinals entered September facing a stretch run of 31 games in 30 days, due to all three off-days in the month being taken up by makeups of earlier postponements. Former Cardinal Miguel Cairo, recently signed by St. Louis after he was waived by the Yankees, was brought up to the big club as the first of the September callups.

On September 2, the Cardinals completed a three-game sweep of Cincinnati that put them at 67–66, the first time they were over .500 since they were 6–5 after the April 15 game. They entered the game on September 7 against the Arizona Diamondbacks with a chance to take sole possession of first place, but instead the D-backs won and went on to sweep the weekend series. September 7 was also the day that the New York Daily News reported that Rick Ankiel received a year's worth of human growth hormone in 2004 while he was trying to come back as a pitcher. HGH was legal at that time but has since been banned by MLB. In response Ankiel said that he had a valid prescription and that all of his medications were taken under a doctor's care.

The sweep in Arizona began a devastating slump that took the Cardinals out of contention in the NL Central. They lost nine in a row to Arizona, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Chicago again. The ninth loss came to the Cubs in the first game of a doubleheader on September 15, the game rescheduled from April 29 after the death of Josh Hancock. It was the longest losing streak for the franchise since the 1980 Cardinals lost ten in a row. The Cardinals were officially eliminated on September 21, as they lost to the visiting Houston Astros at Busch Stadium. After being eliminated from postseason, St. Louis played out the string by going 7–2 the rest of the way, and finished the season with a 78–84 record, finishing in third place, seven games behind the NL Central winning Chicago Cubs. It was the first losing season for the franchise since the 1999 Cardinals went 75–86, and would be their last losing season until 2023 when they then finished 71-91.

On September 22, 2007, hosting the Houston Astros, the Cardinals set a one-day attendance record in their new Busch Stadium with 46,237.

In 2007, the Cardinals drew an all-time attendance record for any year with 3,552,180 in their 81 home games (breaking their previous record set in 2005), an average of 43,854 per game.

Aftermath

Owner William DeWitt Jr. fired Walt Jocketty, General Manager for the Cardinals since 1995, on October 3. Assistant GM John Mozeliak replaced Jocketty in an interim capacity before being named the new GM on October 31, 2007.

On October 22, Manager Tony La Russa, after considering moving elsewhere when his contract expired, signed a new two-year deal guaranteeing his record 13th and 14th seasons as Cardinal manager, the longest tenure in franchise history.

No Cardinal won a Gold Glove. Perhaps the most surprising denial was to catcher Yadier Molina, who was denied the award despite his .991 fielding percentage. Both Molina and Albert Pujols previously (November 1) won the prestigious Fielding Bible Award, which is given to only one person at each position in the major leagues.

Season standings

National League Central

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

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

Roster

2007 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers 29 Chris Carpenter 61 Troy Cate 63 Andy Cavazos 59 Dennis Dove 60 Brian Falkenborg 34 Randy Flores 31 Ryan Franklin 32 Josh Hancock 44 Jason Isringhausen 56 Kelvin Jiménez 19 Tyler Johnson 54 Randy Keisler 41 Braden Looper 46 Mike Maroth 30 Mark Mulder 40 Troy Percival 35 Joel Piñeiro 23 Anthony Reyes 36 Russ Springer 48 Brad Thompson 50 Adam Wainwright 37 Todd Wellemeyer 21 Kip Wells		Catchers 28 Gary Bennett 35 Brian Esposito  4 Yadier Molina 54 Kelly Stinnett Infielders 62 Brian Barden 33 Russell Branyan  3 Miguel Cairo 22 David Eckstein  7 Adam Kennedy 12 Aaron Miles  5 Albert Pujols 27 Scott Rolen 13 Brendan Ryan 26 Scott Spiezio		Outfielders 24 Rick Ankiel 16 Chris Duncan 15 Jim Edmonds 43 Juan Encarnación 47,63 Ryan Ludwick 55 Skip Schumaker 99 So Taguchi  3 Preston Wilson		Manager 10 Tony La Russa Coaches 18 Dave Duncan (pitching) 38 Marty Mason (bullpen) 39 Dave McKay (first base)  8 Hal McRae (hitting) 11 José Oquendo (third base) 24 Joe Pettini (bench)

Game log

2007 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 1 Mets 6 – 1 Glavine (1-0) Carpenter (0-1) 45,429 0-1 2 April 3 Mets 4 – 1 Hernández (1-0) Wells (0-1) Wagner (1) 45,440 0-2 3 April 4 Mets 10 – 0 Maine (1-0) Looper (0-1) 45,423 0-3 4 April 6 @ Astros 4 – 2 Wainwright (1-0) Rodríguez (0-1) Isringhausen (1) 43,430 1-3 5 April 7 @ Astros 5 – 1 Oswalt (1-0) Reyes (0-1) 41,885 1-4 6 April 8 @ Astros 10 – 1 Wells (1-1) Jennings (0-1) 36,273 2-4 7 April 9 @ Pirates 3 – 0 Looper (1-1) Snell (0-1) Isringhausen (2) 38,429 3-4 8 April 10 @ Pirates 3 – 2 (12) Thompson (1-0) Wasdin (0-1) Isringhausen (3) 12,468 4-4 9 April 11 @ Pirates 3 – 2 Franklin (1-0) Torres (0-1) 9,959 5-4 -- April 13 Brewers Postponed (rain), Rescheduled for July 28 5-4 10 April 14 Brewers 3 – 2 Suppan (1-1) Wells (1-2) Cordero (4) 42,805 5-5 11 April 15 Brewers 10 – 2 Looper (2-1) Sheets (1-1) 44,153 6-5 12 April 16 Pirates 3 – 2 Snell (1-1) Reyes (0-2) Torres (5) 43,026 6-6 13 April 17 Pirates 6 – 1 Gorzelanny (2-0) Wainwright (1-1) 42,446 6-7 14 April 18 @ Giants 6 – 5 (12) Sánchez (1-0) Hancock (0-1) 40,532 6-8 15 April 19 @ Giants 6 – 2 Lowry (1-2) Wells (1-3) Hennessey (1) 37,398 6-9 16 April 20 @ Cubs 2 – 1 Looper (3-1) Lilly (1-2) Isringhausen (4) 38,955 7-9 17 April 21 @ Cubs 6 – 0 Marquis (2-1) Reyes (0-3) 41,637 7-10 18 April 22 @ Cubs 12 – 9 (10) Isringhausen (1-0) Dempster (0-1) 40,193 8-10 19 April 24 Reds 10 – 3 Harang (3-0) Wells (1-4) 42,309 8-11 20 April 25 Reds 5 – 2 Flores (1-0) Saarloos (0-2) Isringhausen (5) 42,225 9-11 21 April 26 Reds 7 – 5 Springer (1-0) Lohse (1-1) Isringhausen (6) 42,503 10-11 22 April 27 Cubs 5 – 3 Marquis (3-1) Reyes (0-4) Dempster (4) 45,131 10-12 23 April 28 Cubs 8 – 1 Zambrano (2-2) Wainwright (1-2) 45,015 10-13 -- April 29 Cubs Postponed (death of Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock), Rescheduled for September 15 10-13 24 April 30 @ Brewers 7 – 1 Suppan (4-1) Wells (1-5) 20,191 10-14
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 25 May 1 @ Brewers 12 – 2 Sheets (2-2) Looper (3-2) 20,446 10-15 26 May 2 @ Brewers 4 – 0 Villanueva (2-0) Reyes (0-5) 23,299 10-16 27 May 4 Astros 3 – 2 Wainwright (2-2) Williams (0-5) Isringhausen (7) 44,117 11-16 28 May 5 Astros 13 – 0 Albers (1-1) Wells (1-6) 44,881 11-17 29 May 6 Astros 3 – 1 Looper (4-2) Sampson (3-2) Isringhausen (8) 44,453 12-17 30 May 7 Rockies 3 – 2 McClellan (1-0) Falkenborg (0-1) Fuentes (8) 42,285 12-18 31 May 8 Rockies 4 – 1 Jiménez (1-0) Bautista (2-1) Isringhausen (9) 42,763 13-18 32 May 9 Rockies 9 – 2 Wainwright (3-2) Hirsh (2-3) 43,001 14-18 33 May 11 @ Padres 7 – 0 Peavy (5-1) Wells (1-7) 38,901 14-19 34 May 12 @ Padres 5 – 0 Looper (5-2) Young (4-3) 44,082 15-19 35 May 13 @ Padres 3 – 0 Germano (1-0) Reyes (0-6) Hoffman (10) 36,616 15-20 36 May 14 @ Dodgers 8 – 4 Thompson (2-0) Tomko (1-4) Isringhausen (10) 35,707 16-20 37 May 15 @ Dodgers 9 – 7 Lowe (4-4) Wainwright (3-3) Saito (12) 38,954 16-21 38 May 16 @ Dodgers 5 – 4 Wolf (5-3) Wells (1-8) Saito (13) 38,252 16-22 39 May 18 @ Tigers 14 – 4 Miller (1-0) Looper (5-3) 40,816 16-23 40 May 19 @ Tigers 8 – 7 Robertson (4-3) Reyes (0-7) Jones (14) 42,625 16-24 41 May 20 @ Tigers 6 – 3 Verlander (4-1) Thompson (2-1) Seay (1) 39,562 16-25 42 May 22 Pirates 9 – 4 Wainwright (4-3) Duke (1-5) 42,679 17-25 43 May 23 Pirates 5 – 3 Wells (2-8) Snell (4-3) Isringhausen (11) 42,245 18-25 44 May 24 Pirates 3 – 1 Looper (6-3) Gorzelanny (5-3) Isringhausen (12) 44,296 19-25 45 May 25 Nationals 5 – 4 Bowie (1-2) Reyes (0-8) Cordero (7) 43,618 19-26 46 May 26 Nationals 8 – 6 Thompson (3-1) Speigner (1-1) Isringhausen (13) 44,270 20-26 47 May 27 Nationals 7 – 2 Rivera (1-1) Wainwright (4-4) 44,578 20-27 48 May 28 @ Rockies 6 – 2 Francis (4-4) Wells (2-9) 31,575 20-28 49 May 29 @ Rockies 8 – 3 López (2-0) Looper (6-4) 18,213 20-29 50 May 30 @ Rockies 8 – 4 Wellemeyer (1-0) Hirsh (2-5) 19,062 21-29 51 May 31 @ Rockies 7 – 3 Thompson (4-1) Cook (4-2) 19,097 22-29
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 52 June 1 @ Astros 8 – 1 Franklin (2-0) Qualls (4-3) 36,784 23-29 53 June 2 @ Astros 8 – 3 Sampson (5-5) Wells (2-10) 39,234 23-30 54 June 3 @ Astros 8 – 6 (10) Isringhausen (2-0) Wheeler (0-2) 40,483 24-30 55 June 5 Reds 4 – 3 Isringhausen (3-0) Burton (0-1) 43,532 25-30 56 June 6 Reds 6 – 4 Johnson (1-0) Arroyo (2-7) Isringhausen (14) 42,029 26-30 57 June 7 Reds 5 – 1 Lohse (3-7) Wainwright (4-5) 43,597 26-31 58 June 8 Angels 10 – 6 Carrasco (1-1) Johnson (1-1) 44,156 26-32 59 June 9 Angels 9 – 3 Santana (5-6) Looper (6-5) 45,392 26-33 60 June 10 Angels 9 – 6 Wellemeyer (2-1) Bootcheck (1-1) 43,612 27-33 61 June 12 @ Royals 8 – 1 Bannister (3-3) Thompson (4-2) 29,354 27-34 62 June 13 @ Royals 7 – 3 Wainwright (5-5) Pérez (3-7) 25,555 28-34 63 June 14 @ Royals 17 – 8 Greinke (4-4) Wells (2-11) 28,837 28-35 64 June 15 @ Athletics 14 – 3 Haren (8-2) Looper (6-6) 24,241 28-36 65 June 16 @ Athletics 15 – 6 Springer (2-0) DiNardo (2-3) 28,572 29-36 66 June 17 @ Athletics 10 – 6 Springer (3-0) Lewis (0-2) 35,077 30-36 67 June 18 Royals 5 – 3 Pérez (4-7) Wainwright (5-6) Dotel (6) 43,524 30-37 68 June 19 Royals 5 – 1 Thompson (5-2) Elarton (2-3) 42,712 31-37 69 June 20 Royals 7 – 6 (14) Wells (3-11) de la Rosa (4-8) 42,623 32-37 70 June 22 Phillies 6 – 0 Moyer (7-5) Reyes (0-9) 45,360 32-38 71 June 23 Phillies 8 – 3 Wainwright (6-6) Eaton (7-5) 45,336 33-38 72 June 24 Phillies 5 – 1 Sanches (1-0) Thompson (5-3) 44,899 33-39 73 June 25 @ Mets 2 – 1 (11) Heilman (6-3) Springer (3-1) 40,075 33-40 74 June 26 @ Mets 5 – 3 (11) Thompson (6-3) Schoeneweis (0-2) Flores (1) 40,053 34-40 75 June 27 @ Mets 2 – 0 (6) Glavine (7-5) Reyes (0-10) 40,948 34-41 -- June 28 @ Mets Postponed (rain), Rescheduled for September 27 34-41 76 June 29 @ Reds 4 – 2 Percival (1-0) McBeth (2-2) Isringhausen (15) 35,508 35-41 77 June 30 @ Reds 5 – 1 Lohse (4-10) Wainwright (6-7) 32,538 35-42
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 78 July 1 @ Reds 11 – 7 Percival (2-0) Bailey (2-2) 24,126 36-42 79 July 2 D-backs 11 – 3 Springer (4-1) Webb (8-6) 42,312 37-42 80 July 3 D-backs 7 – 1 Petit (1-1) Wellemeyer (2-2) 42,127 37-43 81 July 4 D-backs 5 – 4 Franklin (3-0) Lyon (5-3) Isringhausen (16) 43,538 38-43 82 July 5 D-backs 3 – 2 Wainwright (7-7) Davis (5-10) Isringhausen (17) 42,184 39-43 83 July 6 Giants 4 – 3 Lowry (9-6) Maroth (5-3) Messenger (1) 45,245 39-44 84 July 7 Giants 7 – 6 Lincecum (4-2) Looper (6-7) Hennessey (5) 45,355 39-45 85 July 8 Giants 7 – 0 Wellemeyer (3-2) Zito (6-9) 44,613 40-45 86 July 13 @ Phillies 13 – 3 Kendrick (4-0) Wells (3-12) 43,838 40-46 87 July 14 @ Phillies 10 – 4 Hamels (11-4) Maroth (5-4) 45,050 40-47 88 July 15 @ Phillies 10 – 2 Wainwright (8-7) Eaton (8-6) 44,872 41-47 89 July 16 @ Marlins 5 – 3 Looper (7-7) Kim (4-5) Isringhausen (18) 13,827 42-47 90 July 17 @ Marlins 4 – 0 VandenHurk (3-2) Thompson (6-4) 12,475 42-48 91 July 18 @ Marlins 6 – 0 Wells (4-12) Willis (7-9) 12,819 43-48 92 July 19 @ Braves 10 – 1 Hudson (10-5) Maroth (5-5) 41,171 43-49 93 July 20 @ Braves 4 – 2 Wainwright (9-7) Soriano (2-2) Isringhausen (19) 42,712 44-49 94 July 21 @ Braves 14 – 6 Carlyle (5-2) Looper (7-8) 53,953 44-50 95 July 22 @ Braves 7 – 2 (10) Isringhausen (4-0) Yates (2-2) 39,181 45-50 96 July 24 Cubs 4 – 3 Zambrano (13-7) Wells (4-13) Dempster (17) 45,436 45-51 97 July 25 Cubs 7 – 1 Lilly (11-4) Wainwright (9-8) 45,316 45-52 98 July 26 Cubs 11 – 1 Looper (8-8) Marquis (7-6) 45,308 46-52 99 July 27 Brewers 12 – 2 Vargas (9-2) Maroth (5-6) 45,137 46-53 100 July 28 Brewers 7 – 6 Springer (5-1) Cordero (0-4) 45,089 47-53 101 July 28 Brewers 5 – 2 Reyes (1-10) Capuano (5-7) Isringhausen (20) 45,829 48-53 102 July 29 Brewers 9 – 5 Franklin (4-0) Turnbow (2-4) 44,854 49-53 103 July 31 @ Pirates 6 – 4 Wainwright (10-8) Maholm (7-13) Isringhausen (21) 24,085 50-53
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 104 August 1 @ Pirates 15 – 1 Armas (1-3) Looper (8-9) 17,041 50-54 105 August 2 @ Pirates 5 – 4 (11) Torres (1-3) Thompson (6-5) 19,132 50-55 106 August 3 @ Nationals 3 – 2 Cordero (2-2) Franklin (4-1) 27,992 50-56 107 August 4 @ Nationals 12 – 1 Hanrahan (1-0) Piñeiro (1-2) 29,252 50-57 108 August 5 @ Nationals 6 – 3 King (1-0) Franklin (4-2) Cordero (23) 33,517 50-58 109 August 6 Padres 10 – 5 Looper (9-9) Wells (5-8) 42,743 51-58 110 August 7 Padres 4 – 0 Peavy (12-5) Reyes (1-11) 42,846 51-59 111 August 8 Padres 2 – 1 Wells (5-13) Maddux (7-9) Isringhausen (22) 42,138 52-59 112 August 9 Padres 5 – 0 Piñeiro (2-2) Young (9-4) 42,848 53-59 113 August 10 Dodgers 2 – 1 Beimel (3-1) Wainwright (10-9) Saito (29) 44,595 53-60 114 August 11 Dodgers 6 – 1 Looper (10-9) Lowe (8-11) 44,260 54-60 115 August 12 Dodgers 12 – 2 Reyes (2-11) Hendrickson (4-7) 45,379 55-60 116 August 14 @ Brewers 12 – 4 Wells (6-13) Capuano (5-10) 37,518 56-60 117 August 15 @ Brewers 8 – 3 Piñeiro (3-2) Gallardo (4-3) 33,404 57-60 118 August 16 @ Brewers 8 – 0 Wainwright (11-9) Bush (9-9) 36,062 58-60 119 August 17 @ Cubs 2 – 1 Hill (7-7) Looper (10-10) Dempster (18) 41,634 58-61 120 August 18 @ Cubs 5 – 3 Marshall (6-6) Reyes (2-12) Dempster (19) 41,369 58-62 -- August 19 @ Cubs Postponed (rain), Rescheduled for September 10 58-62 121 August 20 @ Cubs 6 – 4 Piñeiro (4-2) Lilly (13-6) Isringhausen (23) 40,141 59-62 122 August 21 Marlins 5 – 2 Percival (3-0) Benítez (2-8) Isringhausen (24) 42,059 60-62 123 August 22 Marlins 6 – 4 Springer (6-1) Olsen (9-11) Isringhausen (25) 42,147 61-62 124 August 23 Marlins 11 – 3 VandenHurk (4-4) Reyes (2-13) 42,123 61-63 125 August 24 Braves 7 – 2 Smoltz (12-6) Wells (6-14) 44,032 61-64 126 August 25 Braves 5 – 4 Springer (7-1) Hudson (15-6) Isringhausen (26) 45,441 62-64 127 August 26 Braves 4 – 1 Wainwright (12-9) Reyes (0-2) Isringhausen (27) 43,934 63-64 128 August 28 @ Astros 7 – 0 Looper (11-10) Williams (8-13) 37,915 64-64 129 August 29 @ Astros 7 – 0 Oswalt (14-6) Wells (6-15) 33,422 64-65 130 August 30 @ Astros 2 – 1 Albers (4-6) Piñeiro (4-3) Lidge (14) 37,520 64-66 131 August 31 Reds 8 – 5 Flores (2-0) Majewski (0-2) 43,564 65-66
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 132 September 1 Reds 11 – 3 Wainwright (13-9) Dumatrait (0-3) 42,356 66-66 133 September 2 Reds 3 – 2 Looper (12-10) Arroyo (7-14) Isringhausen (28) 44,223 67-66 134 September 3 Pirates 11 – 0 Snell (9-11) Wells (6-16) 42,238 67-67 135 September 4 Pirates 6 – 2 Piñeiro (5-3) Morris (8-9) Franklin (1) 42,300 68-67 136 September 5 Pirates 8 – 2 Armas (3-5) Mulder (0-1) 42,299 68-68 137 September 6 Pirates 16 – 4 (8) Jiménez (2-0) Bullington (0-1) 42,330 69-68 138 September 7 @ D-backs 4 – 2 Webb (15-10) Wainwright (13-10) Valverde (43) 31,225 69-69 139 September 8 @ D-backs 9 – 8 Eveland (1-0) Wellemeyer (3-3) Valverde (44) 45,931 69-70 140 September 9 @ D-backs 6 – 5 Petit (3-4) Franklin (4-3) Valverde (45) 35,136 69-71 141 September 10 @ Cubs 12 – 3 Lilly (15-7) Piñeiro (5-4) 40,358 69-72 142 September 11 @ Reds 7 – 2 Belisle (8-8) Mulder (0-2) 14,027 69-73 143 September 12 @ Reds 5 – 1 Arroyo (9-14) Reyes (2-14) 16,167 69-74 144 September 13 @ Reds 5 – 4 Harang (15-4) Wells (6-17) Weathers (30) 18,018 69-75 145 September 14 Cubs 5 – 3 Zambrano (16-12) Wainwright (13-11) Howry (8) 45,750 69-76 146 September 15 Cubs 3 – 2 Wood (1-1) Franklin (4-4) Dempster (27) 45,918 69-77 147 September 15 Cubs 4 – 3 Piñeiro (6-4) Marshall (7-8) Isringhausen (29) 45,894 70-77 148 September 16 Cubs 4 – 2 Marquis (12-8) Mulder (0-3) Dempster (28) 45,735 70-78 149 September 17 Phillies 13 – 11 Kendrick (9-4) Thompson (6-6) Rosario (1) 42,031 70-79 150 September 18 Phillies 7 – 4 (14) Mesa (2-3) Maroth (5-7) Condrey (1) 42,170 70-80 151 September 19 Phillies 2 – 1 (10) Flores (3-0) Myers (4-7) 44,337 71-80 152 September 20 Astros 18 – 1 Rodríguez (9-13) Looper (12-11) 42,171 71-81 153 September 21 Astros 6 – 3 Backe (2-1) Piñeiro (6-5) Lidge (16) 43,677 71-82 154 September 22 Astros 7 – 4 Thompson (7-6) Albers (4-10) Isringhausen (30) 46,237 72-82 155 September 23 Astros 4 – 3 Jiménez (3-0) Lidge (5-3) 46,169 73-82 156 September 24 @ Brewers 13 – 5 Bush (12-10) Wainwright (13-12) 40,908 73-83 157 September 25 @ Brewers 9 – 1 Suppan (11-12) Looper (12-12) 32,329 73-84 158 September 26 @ Brewers 7 – 3 Thompson (8-6) Villanueva (8-5) 32,411 74-84 159 September 27 @ Mets 3 – 0 Piñeiro (7-5) Martínez (3-1) Isringhausen (31) 48,900 75-84 160 September 28 @ Pirates 6 – 1 Springer (8-1) Grabow (3-2) 30,603 76-84 161 September 29 @ Pirates 7 – 3 Wainwright (14-12) Gorzelanny (14-10) 35,169 77-84 162 September 30 @ Pirates 6 – 5 Wells (7-17) Bullington (0-3) Isringhausen (32) 25,664 78-84

Player stats

Starting batters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Yadier Molina	111	353	30	97	.275	6	40
1B	Albert Pujols	158	565	99	185	.327	32	103
2B	Adam Kennedy	87	279	27	61	.219	3	18
SS	David Eckstein	117	434	58	134	.309	3	31
3B	Scott Rolen	112	392	55	104	.265	8	58
LF	Chris Duncan	127	375	51	97	.259	21	70
CF	Jim Edmonds	117	365	39	92	.252	12	53
RF	Juan Encarnación	78	283	43	80	.283	9	47

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Aaron Miles	133	414	55	120	.290	2	32
So Taguchi	130	307	48	89	.290	3	30
Ryan Ludwick	120	303	42	81	.267	14	52
Scott Spiezio	81	223	31	60	.269	4	31
Brendan Ryan	67	180	30	52	.289	4	12
Skip Schumaker	88	177	19	59	.333	2	19
Rick Ankiel	47	172	31	49	.285	11	39
Gary Bennett	59	155	12	39	.252	2	17
Kelly Stinnett	26	82	7	13	.159	1	5
Miguel Cairo	28	67	8	17	.254	0	5
Preston Wilson	25	64	6	14	.219	1	5
Adam Wainwright	36	62	4	18	.290	1	6
Russell Branyan	21	32	4	6	.188	1	2
Brian Esposito	1	0	0	0	----	0	0

Starting and other pitchers

Note: GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; WHIP= Walks+hits÷innings pitched; O-AVG = Opponents batting average

Player	GS	IP	H	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	WHIP	O-AVG	Run support
Adam Wainwright	32	202.0	212	14	12	3.70	70	136	1.40	.269	4.8
Braden Looper	30	175.0	183	12	12	4.94	51	87	1.34	.269	4.6
Kip Wells	26	162.2	186	7	17	5.70	78	122	1.62	.287	3.5
Anthony Reyes	20	107.1	108	2	14	6.04	43	74	1.41	.261	3.3
Brad Thompson	17	129.1	157	8	6	4.73	40	53	1.52	.301	5.2
Joel Piñeiro	11	63.2	69	6	4	3.96	12	40	1.27	.279	4.1
Todd Wellemeyer	11	63.2	52	3	2	3.11	29	51	1.27	.224	6.4
Mike Maroth	7	38.0	71	0	5	10.66	17	23	2.32	.394	5.4
Mark Mulder	3	11.0	22	0	3	12.27	7	3	2.64	.440	2.0
Randy Keisler	3	17.1	21	0	0	5.19	5	5	1.50	.309	5.0
Chris Carpenter	1	6.0	9	0	1	7.50	1	3	1.67	.346	1.0

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; R = Runs allowed; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; WHIP = Walks+hits÷innings pitched; O-AVG = Opponents batting average

Player	G	IP	H	W	L	SV	R	ERA	BB	SO	WHIP	O-AVG
Jason Isringhausen	63	65.1	42	4	0	32	21	2.48	28	54	1.07	.179
Russ Springer	76	66.0	41	8	1	0	18	2.18	19	66	0.91	.181
Troy Percival	34*	40.0	24	3	0	0	8	1.80	10	36	0.85	.171
Randy Flores	70	55.0	71	3	0	1	31	4.25	15	47	1.56	.310
Ryan Franklin	69	80.0	70	4	4	1	28	3.04	11	44	1.01	.234
Tyler Johnson	55	38.0	31	1	1	0	18	4.03	16	24	1.24	.217
Kelvin Jiménez	34	42.0	56	3	0	0	36	7.50	17	24	1.74	.320
Andy Cavazos	17	20.0	27	0	0	0	27	10.35	16	15	2.15	.333
Brian Falkenborg	16	18.2	22	0	1	0	10	4.82	8	16	1.61	.293
Troy Cate	14	16.0	18	0	0	0	7	3.38	9	12	1.69	.290
Josh Hancock **	8	12.2	14	0	1	0	6	3.55	5	9	1.50	.286
Dennis Dove	3	3.0	5	0	0	0	5	15.00	1	1	2.00	.357
Aaron Miles	2	2.0	3	0	0	0	2	9.00	0	0	1.50	.375
Scott Spezio	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	1.00	.000

* incl. 1 GS, 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO

** died early in the morning of April 29

Busch Stadium (Indexes)

(100 = Neutral Park, > 100 Ballpark favors, < 100 Ballpark inhibits
  81 G; Cardinals: 2,704 AB;   Opponents: 2,866 AB)

BA 102   R 93   H 103   2B 96   3B 104   HR 71   BB 96   SO 88   E 117   E-inf. 118   LHB-BA 103   LHB-HR 68   RHB-BA 102   RHB-HR 74  

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pacific Coast League	Chris Maloney
AA	Springfield Cardinals	Texas League	Ron Warner
A	Palm Beach Cardinals	Florida State League	Gaylen Pitts
A	Quad Cities Swing	Midwest League	Keith Mitchell
A-Short Season	Batavia Muckdogs	New York–Penn League	Mark DeJohn
Rookie	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Joe Almaraz
Rookie	GCL Cardinals	Gulf Coast League	Enrique Brito

External links

• 2007 St. Louis Cardinals page at Baseball Reference; links to game logs and statistics