2003 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | March 30 – October 25, 2003 |
Number of games | 162 |
Number of teams | 30 |
TV partner(s) | Fox, ESPN |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | Delmon Young |
Picked by | Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
Regular Season | |
Season MVP | AL: Alex Rodriguez (TEX) NL: Barry Bonds (SF) |
Postseason | |
AL champions | New York Yankees |
AL runners-up | Boston Red Sox |
NL champions | Florida Marlins |
NL runners-up | Chicago Cubs |
World Series | |
Champions | Florida Marlins |
Runners-up | New York Yankees |
World Series MVP | Josh Beckett (FLA) |
The 2003 Major League Baseball season ended when the Florida Marlins defeated the New York Yankees in a six-game World Series. The Detroit Tigers set the American League record for losses in a season, with 119, and the Marlins became the first team to win the championship twice as a wild card.
Team | Manager | Comments |
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Arizona Diamondbacks | Bob Brenly | |
Atlanta Braves | Bobby Cox | |
Chicago Cubs | Dusty Baker | |
Cincinnati Reds | Bob Boone | Replaced during the season by Dave Miley |
Colorado Rockies | Clint Hurdle | |
Florida Marlins | Jeff Torborg | Replaced during the season by Jack McKeon, won World Series |
Houston Astros | Jimy Williams | |
Los Angeles Dodgers | Jim Tracy | |
Milwaukee Brewers | Ned Yost | |
Montreal Expos | Frank Robinson | |
New York Mets | Art Howe | |
Philadelphia Phillies | Larry Bowa | |
Pittsburgh Pirates | Lloyd McClendon | |
St. Louis Cardinals | Tony La Russa | |
San Diego Padres | Bruce Bochy | |
San Francisco Giants | Felipe Alou |
±hosted the MLB All Star Game
American League
| National League
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Division Series (ALDS, NLDS) | League Championship Series (NLCS, ALCS) | World Series | ||||||||||||
1 | NY Yankees | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | Minnesota | 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | NY Yankees | 4 | ||||||||||||
American League | ||||||||||||||
4 | Boston | 3 | ||||||||||||
2 | Oakland | 2 | ||||||||||||
4 | Boston | 3 | ||||||||||||
AL1 | NY Yankees | 2 | ||||||||||||
NL4 | Florida | 4 | ||||||||||||
1 | Atlanta | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | Chicago Cubs | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | Chicago Cubs | 3 | ||||||||||||
National League | ||||||||||||||
4 | Florida | 4 | ||||||||||||
2 | San Francisco | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Florida | 3 |
Note: Two teams in the same division could not meet in the division series.
Statistic | American League | National League | ||
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AVG | Bill Mueller BOS | .326 | Albert Pujols STL | .359 |
HR | Alex Rodriguez TEX | 47 | Jim Thome PHI | 47 |
RBI | Carlos Delgado TOR | 145 | Preston Wilson COL | 141 |
Wins | Roy Halladay TOR | 22 | Russ Ortiz ATL | 21 |
ERA | Pedro Martínez BOS | 2.22 | Jason Schmidt SF | 2.34 |
SO | Esteban Loaiza CWS | 207 | Kerry Wood CHC | 266 |
SV | Keith Foulke OAK | 43 | Éric Gagné LA | 55 |
SB | Carl Crawford TB | 55 | Juan Pierre FLA | 65 |
Month | American League | National League |
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April | Alfonso Soriano | Todd Helton |
May | Edgar Martínez | Albert Pujols |
June | Jason Giambi | Albert Pujols |
July | Magglio Ordóñez | Barry Bonds |
August | Alex Rodriguez | Vladimir Guerrero |
September | Alfonso Soriano | Jim Thome |
Month | American League | National League |
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April | Esteban Loaiza | Shawn Chacón |
May | Roy Halladay | Kevin Brown |
June | Freddy García | Dontrelle Willis |
July | José Lima | Liván Hernández |
August | Johan Santana | Mark Prior |
September | Roy Halladay | Mark Prior |
Month | American League | National League |
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April | Rocco Baldelli | Hee-seop Choi |
May | Rocco Baldelli | Xavier Nady |
June | Hideki Matsui | Dontrelle Willis |
July | Ángel Berroa | Miguel Cabrera |
August | Rafael Soriano | Scott Podsednik |
September | Reed Johnson | Miguel Cabrera |
Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game | Est. payroll | %± |
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New York Yankees [1] | 101 | -1.9% | 3,465,600 | 0.0% | 42,263 | $152,749,814 | 21.3% |
Seattle Mariners [2] | 93 | 0.0% | 3,268,509 | -7.7% | 40,352 | $86,959,167 | 8.3% |
San Francisco Giants [3] | 100 | 5.3% | 3,264,898 | 0.4% | 40,307 | $82,852,167 | 5.8% |
Los Angeles Dodgers [4] | 85 | -7.6% | 3,138,626 | 0.2% | 38,748 | $105,872,620 | 11.6% |
Anaheim Angels [5] | 77 | -22.2% | 3,061,094 | 32.8% | 37,330 | $79,031,667 | 28.0% |
Chicago Cubs [6] | 88 | 31.3% | 2,962,630 | 10.0% | 36,576 | $79,868,333 | 5.5% |
St. Louis Cardinals [7] | 85 | -12.4% | 2,910,386 | -3.4% | 35,931 | $83,786,666 | 12.2% |
Arizona Diamondbacks [8] | 84 | -14.3% | 2,805,542 | -12.3% | 34,636 | $80,657,000 | -21.6% |
Boston Red Sox [9] | 95 | 2.2% | 2,724,165 | 2.8% | 33,632 | $99,946,500 | -7.8% |
Baltimore Orioles [10] | 71 | 6.0% | 2,454,523 | -8.5% | 30,303 | $73,877,500 | 14.6% |
Houston Astros [11] | 87 | 3.6% | 2,454,241 | -2.5% | 30,299 | $71,040,000 | 12.0% |
Atlanta Braves [12] | 101 | 0.0% | 2,401,084 | -7.8% | 29,643 | $106,243,667 | 13.7% |
Cincinnati Reds [13] | 69 | -11.5% | 2,355,259 | 26.9% | 29,077 | $59,355,667 | 31.8% |
Colorado Rockies [14] | 74 | 1.4% | 2,334,085 | -14.7% | 28,816 | $67,179,667 | 18.2% |
Philadelphia Phillies [15] | 86 | 7.5% | 2,259,948 | 39.6% | 27,901 | $70,780,000 | 22.1% |
Oakland Athletics [16] | 96 | -6.8% | 2,216,596 | 2.2% | 27,365 | $50,260,834 | 25.6% |
New York Mets [17] | 66 | -12.0% | 2,140,599 | -23.7% | 26,757 | $117,176,429 | 23.8% |
Texas Rangers [18] | 71 | -1.4% | 2,094,394 | -11.0% | 25,857 | $103,491,667 | -2.1% |
San Diego Padres [19] | 64 | -3.0% | 2,030,084 | -8.6% | 25,063 | $45,210,000 | 9.1% |
Minnesota Twins [20] | 90 | -4.3% | 1,946,011 | 1.1% | 24,025 | $55,505,000 | 37.3% |
Chicago White Sox [21] | 86 | 6.2% | 1,939,524 | 15.7% | 23,945 | $51,010,000 | -10.6% |
Toronto Blue Jays [22] | 86 | 10.3% | 1,799,458 | 9.9% | 22,216 | $51,269,000 | -33.3% |
Kansas City Royals [23] | 83 | 33.9% | 1,779,895 | 34.5% | 22,249 | $40,518,000 | -14.3% |
Cleveland Indians [24] | 68 | -8.1% | 1,730,002 | -33.9% | 21,358 | $48,584,834 | -38.4% |
Milwaukee Brewers [25] | 68 | 21.4% | 1,700,354 | -13.7% | 20,992 | $40,627,000 | -19.2% |
Pittsburgh Pirates [26] | 75 | 4.2% | 1,636,751 | -8.3% | 20,207 | $54,812,429 | 29.5% |
Detroit Tigers [27] | 43 | -21.8% | 1,368,245 | -9.0% | 16,892 | $49,168,000 | -10.7% |
Florida Marlins [28] | 91 | 15.2% | 1,303,215 | 60.3% | 16,089 | $49,450,000 | 17.8% |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays [29] | 63 | 14.5% | 1,058,695 | -0.7% | 13,070 | $19,630,000 | -42.9% |
Montreal Expos [30] | 83 | 0.0% | 1,025,639 | 26.3% | 12,662 | $51,948,500 | 34.3% |
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