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30 teams in AL, NL · 2431 regular-season games · 2007-04-01 to 2007-10-01 · attendance 79,484,718

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World Series champion

Boston Red Sox

MVP

Alex Rodriguez AL
Jimmy Rollins NL

Cy Young

CC Sabathia AL
Jake Peavy NL

Rookie of the Year

Dustin Pedroia AL
Ryan Braun NL

All-Star Game

2007-07-10 at AT&T Park

Hall of Fame class of 2007

Cal Ripken, Tony Gwynn

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
Division Series	Boston Red Sox 3–0 Anaheim Angels	3
Division Series	Arizona Diamondbacks 3–0 Chicago Cubs	3
Division Series	Colorado Rockies 3–0 Philadelphia Phillies	3
Division Series	Cleveland Indians 3–1 New York Yankees	4
League Championship	Colorado Rockies 4–0 Arizona Diamondbacks	4
League Championship	Boston Red Sox 4–3 Cleveland Indians	7
World Series	Boston Red Sox 4–0 Colorado Rockies	4

Standings

AL Central

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Cleveland Indians	96	66	.593	—	704	2,275,912	Eric Wedge	Division
2	Detroit Tigers	88	74	.543	8	797	3,047,133	Jim Leyland
3	Minnesota Twins	79	83	.488	17	725	2,296,383	Ron Gardenhire, Scott Ullger
4	Chicago White Sox	72	90	.444	24	839	2,684,395	Ozzie Guillen
5	Kansas City Royals	69	93	.426	27	778	1,616,867	Buddy Bell

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Boston Red Sox	96	66	.593	—	657	2,970,755	Terry Francona	World Series Division
2	New York Yankees	94	68	.580	2	777	4,271,083	Joe Torre, Don Mattingly	Wild Card
3	Toronto Blue Jays	83	79	.512	13	699	2,360,644	John Gibbons
4	Baltimore Orioles	69	93	.426	27	868	2,164,822	Sam Perlozzo, Dave Trembley
5	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	66	96	.407	30	944	1,387,603	Joe Maddon

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	94	68	.580	—	731	3,365,632	Mike Scioscia	Division
2	Seattle Mariners	88	74	.543	6	813	2,672,223	Mike Hargrove, John McLaren
3	Oakland Athletics	76	86	.469	18	758	1,921,844	Bob Geren
4	Texas Rangers	75	87	.463	19	844	2,353,862	Ron Washington

NL Central

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Chicago Cubs	85	77	.525	—	690	3,252,462	Lou Piniella, Alan Trammell	Division
2	Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	.512	2	776	2,869,144	Ned Yost
3	St. Louis Cardinals	78	84	.481	7	829	3,552,180	Tony LaRussa
4	Houston Astros	73	89	.451	12	813	3,020,405	Phil Garner, Cecil Cooper
5	Cincinnati Reds	72	90	.444	13	853	2,058,593	Jerry Narron, Pete Mackanin
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	68	94	.420	17	846	1,749,142	Jim Tracy

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Philadelphia Phillies	89	73	.549	—	821	3,108,325	Charlie Manuel	Division
2	New York Mets	88	74	.543	1	750	3,853,955	Willie Randolph
3	Atlanta Braves	84	78	.519	5	733	2,745,207	Bobby Cox
4	Washington Nationals	73	89	.451	16	783	1,943,812	Manny Acta
5	Florida Marlins	71	91	.438	18	891	1,370,511	Fredi Gonzalez

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Arizona Diamondbacks	90	72	.556	—	732	2,325,249	Bob Melvin	Division
2	Colorado Rockies	90	73	.552	0.5	758	2,376,250	Clint Hurdle	Pennant Wild Card
3	San Diego Padres	89	74	.546	1.5	666	2,790,074	Buddy Black
4	Los Angeles Dodgers	82	80	.506	8	727	3,857,036	Grady Little
5	San Francisco Giants	71	91	.438	19	720	3,223,215	Bruce Bochy

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Mark Buehrle, Chicago White Sox vs. Texas Rangers, 2007-04-18
Justin Verlander, Detroit Tigers vs. Milwaukee Brewers, 2007-06-12
Clay Buchholz, Boston Red Sox vs. Baltimore Orioles, 2007-09-01

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