The following are the baseball events of the year 1907 throughout the world.
Champions
Awards and honors
Statistical Leaders
Major League Baseball final standings
American League final standings
National League final standings
Events
- Tigres del Licey is founded in the Dominican Republic
- April 11 - Boston's American League team plays its first game with the name Red Sox. They beat the Philadelphia Athletics, 8-4, at Columbia Park.
- May 8 - Jeff Pfeffer tosses a no-hitter as the Boston Doves defeat the Cincinnati Reds, 6-0.
- August 2 - Walter Johnson made his major league debut with the Washington Senators and lost 3-2 to the Detroit Tigers. The first hit he yielded was a bunt single by Ty Cobb.
- August 11 - In the second game of a doubleheader, shortened by agreement, Ed Karger of the St. Louis Cardinals pitched a seven-inning perfect game, beating the Boston Braves, 4-0.
- September 20 - One week after recording a shutout in his major league debut, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Nick Maddox pitches a no-hitter against the Brooklyn Superbas in a 2-1 Pirates win.
- September 25 - Honus Wagner steals four bases, including second base, third base and home plate in the second inning against the New York Giants. Not to be outdone, his teammate Fred Clarke also swipes four bases for the only time in his career.
- October 12 - In Game 5 of the World Series the Chicago Cubs would win their first World Championship by defeating the Detroit Tigers, 2-0. The Cubs would take the final four games of the series after Game 1 was declared a tie due to darkness with the score knotted at 3-3 in the 12th inning.
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Deaths
- January 16 - Jake Evans, 50, right fielder for seven seasons; 1879 through 1885.
- March 28 - Chick Stahl, 34, outfielder for Boston teams in the NL and AL, and manager of the Red Sox since August, who batted .305 lifetime; had three triples in 1903 World Series, led AL in triples in 1904
- April 21 - Nat Hicks, 62, New York Mutuals catcher for 4 seasons.
- June 20 - Ezra Sutton, 56, third baseman for Boston who led NL in hits in 1884, was fifth player to collect 1000 hits; batted .300 three times in National Association and four times in NL
- September 23 - Charlie Buffinton, 46, pitcher for Boston and Philadelphia teams who won 233 games, including 48 for the 1884 Boston Beaneaters
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