2003 Florida Marlins season

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2003  Florida Marlins
World Series Champions
National League Champions
National League Wild Card Winners
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Pro Player Stadium
City Miami Gardens, Florida
Record91–71 (.562)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Jeffrey Loria
General managers Larry Beinfest
Managers Jeff Torborg, Jack McKeon
Television FSN Florida
WPXM
(Len Kasper, Tommy Hutton)
Radio WQAM
(Dave Van Horne, Jon Sciambi)
WQBA (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez, Luis Quintana)
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The Florida Marlins' 2003 season was the 11th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. The Marlins were the National League Wild Card winners, the National League Champions, and the World Series Champions. They defeated the New York Yankees in the World Series in six games to win their second World Series championship. The Marlins became the second team in baseball history to win a World Series championship despite being 10 or more games below .500 (as low as 19–29) at some point in the season; the other team was the 1914 Boston Braves.

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This was the last Marlins team to make the postseason until 2020, and last Marlins team to make the postseason in a full season until 2023.

Offseason

The Marlins pulled off some blockbuster deals during the 2003 off season, the most impressive being that of 10-time Gold Glove winning catcher Iván Rodríguez. They also traded catcher Charles Johnson and outfielder Preston Wilson to the Colorado Rockies for lead-off man Juan Pierre.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

National League East

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 10161.623—55‍–‍2646‍–‍35
Florida Marlins 9171.5621053‍–‍2838‍–‍43
Philadelphia Phillies 8676.5311549‍–‍3237‍–‍44
Montreal Expos 8379.5121852‍–‍2931‍–‍50
New York Mets 6695.41034½34‍–‍4632‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

2003 National League record

Source:
TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULAMILMTLNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
Arizona —2–52–47–210–92–55–110–93–34–24–24–23–39–105–143–311–4
Atlanta 5–2—4–23–36–09–105–14–24–212–711–89–107–26–12–44–210–5
Chicago 4–22–4—10–73–34–29–72–410–63–35–11–510–84–24–28–99–9
Cincinnati 2–73–37–10—4–22–45–122–48–102–42–45–45–113–33–39–77–5
Colorado 9–100–63–32–4—4–22–47–125–13–42–52–43–612–77–124–29–6
Florida 5–210–92–44–22–4—1–52–57–213–612–713–62–45–11–53–39–6
Houston 1–51–57–912–54–25–1—4–29–83–32–42–410–63–32–411–711–7
Los Angeles 9–102–44–24–212–75–22–4—4–24–23–32–55–18–116–134–211–7
Milwaukee 3–32–46–1010–81–52–78–92–4—0–66–34–210–75–11–53–135–7
Montreal 2–47–123–34–24–36–133–32–46–0—14–58–113–34–27–01–59–9
New York 2–48–111–54–25–27–124–23–33–65–14—7–124–23–34–21–55–10
Philadelphia 2–410–95–14–54–26–134–25–22–411–812–7—2–44–33–34–28–7
Pittsburgh 3–32–78–1011–56–34–26–101–57–103–32–44–2—4–22–47–105–7
San Diego 10–91–62–43–37–121–53–311–81–52–43–33–42–4—5–142–48–10
San Francisco 14–54–22–43–312–75–14–213–65–10–72–43–34–214–5—5–110–8
St. Louis 3–32–49–87–92–43–37–112–413–35–15–12–410–74–21–5—10–8

Game log

Legend
Marlins WinMarlins LossGame Postponed
2003 Game Log (91–71)
March/April (14–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 31 Phillies 5–8 Millwood (1–0) Beckett (0–1) Mesa (1)37,1370–1L1
2April 2 Phillies 2–8 Wolf (1–0) Pavano (0–1)—10,5340–2L2
3April 3 Phillies 8–3 Redman (1–0) Padilla (0–1)—14,5851–2W1
4April 4@ Braves 7–12 Hernandez (1–0) Nunez (0–1) Smoltz (1)20,6421–3L1
5April 5@ Braves 17–1 Beckett (1–1) Maddux (0–2)—23,0812–3W1
6April 6@ Braves 4–13 Ramirez (1–1) Penny (0–1)—21,2532–4L1
7April 7@ Braves 0–3 Ortiz (1–1) Pavano (0–2) Smoltz (2)19,3262–5L2
8April 8 Mets 2–4 Leiter (2–0) Redman (1–1) Benitez (3)10,1032–6L3
9April 9 Mets 3–2 Looper (1–0) Stanton (0–1)—10,0523–6W1
10April 10 Mets 4–3 Spooneybarger (1–0) Benitez (0–2)—10,2674–6W2
11April 11 Braves 7–4 Penny (1–1) Ramirez (1–2) Looper (1)12,0455–6W3
12April 12 Braves 12–5 Pavano (1–2) Ortiz (1–2)—25,2036–6W4
13April 13 Braves 1–7 Maddux (1–3) Redman (1–2) Smoltz (3)21,8346–7L1
14April 14@ Phillies 2–5 Padilla (2–1) Burnett (0–1) Mesa (2)13,6116–8L2
15April 15@ Phillies 3–4 Silva (2–0) Beckett (1–2) Mesa (3)17,5086–9L3
16April 16@ Phillies 3–1 Penny (2–1) Myers (0–2) Looper (2)15,1677–9W1
17April 17@ Phillies 7–3 Pavano (2–2) Millwood (2–1)—13,9688–9W2
18April 18@ Mets 3–6 Weathers (1–0) Nunez (0–2) Benitez (5)18,5258–10L1
19April 19@ Mets 6–5 Looper (2–0) Benitez (0–3)—36,4489–10W1
20April 20@ Mets 4–7 Glavine (3–1) Nunez (0–3)—26,2459–11L1
21April 22 Brewers 4–2 Almanza (1–0) de los Santos (0–1) Looper (3)10,11510–11W1
22April 23 Brewers 5–4 (12) Almanza (2–0) Nance (0–1)—9,18211–11W2
23April 24 Brewers 4–2 Redman (2–2) Ritchie (1–2)—9,06912–11W3
24April 25 Cardinals 2–9 Tomko (2–2) Burnett (0–2)—12,08112–12L1
25April 26 Cardinals 5–3 Beckett (2–2) Kline (0–3) Looper (4)12,28613–12W1
26April 27 Cardinals 6–7 (20) Kline (1–3) Pavano (2–3)—10,07513–13L1
27April 28@ Diamondbacks 1–7 Dessens (3–2) Wayne (0–1)—25,46813–14L2
28April 29@ Diamondbacks 7–5 Redman (3–2) Kim (1–5)—29,38014–14W1
29April 30@ Diamondbacks 3–7 Batista (1–2) Pavano (2–4) Mantei (4)24,30614–15L1
May (12–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
30May 1@ Diamondbacks 4–3 Almanza (3–0) Villarreal (1–2) Looper (5)25,04415–15W1
31May 2@ Astros 3–4 Stone (2–0) Penny (2–2) Wagner (5)22,65915–16L1
32May 3@ Astros 2–5 Redding (3–2) Wayne (0–2) Dotel (2)28,18815–17L2
33May 4@ Astros 2–5 Lidge (3–0) Spooneybarger (1–1) Wagner (6)31,76415–18L3
34May 6 Giants 2–4 Nathan (3–0) Almanza (3–1) Worrell (9)11,70115–19L4
35May 7 Giants 2–3 Moss (5–0) Beckett (2–3) Worrell (10)11,46415–20L5
36May 8 Giants 2–3 Nathan (4–0) Looper (2–1) Worrell (11)13,81215–21L6
37May 9 Rockies 5–4 Looper (3–1) Speier (2–1)—10,27216–21W1
38May 10 Rockies 4–5 Jennings (3–3) Tejera (0–1) Jimenez (8)16,54316–22L1
39May 11 Rockies 7–2 Pavano (3–4) Cook (1–3)—9,20517–22W1
40May 12@ Padres 6–1 Levrault (1–0) Condrey (1–2)—15,86918–22W2
41May 13@ Padres 5–6 (10) Herges (1–0) Looper (3–2)—13,20318–23L1
42May 14@ Padres 10–3 Willis (1–0) Bynum (0–2)—10,93519–23W1
43May 16@ Dodgers 1–2 Dreifort (3–3) Almanza (3–2) Gagne (13)47,38319–24L1
44May 17@ Dodgers 1–4 Perez (3–2) Tejera (0–2) Gagne (14)38,24819–25L2
45May 18@ Dodgers 1–2 Nomo (5–4) Penny (2–3) Gagne (15)43,77519–26L3
46May 20@ Expos 4–6 Vazquez (4–2) Willis (1–1) Biddle (13)5,43519–27L4
47May 21@ Expos 2–7 Vargas (2–1) Pavano (3–5)—5,28219–28L5
48May 22@ Expos 2–8 Hernandez (4–2) Tejera (0–3)—6,24919–29L6
49May 23@ Reds 8–4 Phelps (1–0) Austin (2–2)—30,59620–29W1
50May 24@ Reds 5–4 Penny (3–3) Wilson (2–4) Looper (6)41,28521–29W2
51May 25@ Reds 6–2 Willis (2–1) Graves (3–3) Looper (7)35,07322–29W3
52May 26 Expos 5–1 Pavano (4–5) Vargas (2–2)—8,36223–29W4
–May 27 Expos Postponed (rain, makeup May 28)
53May 28 (1) Expos 4–3 Phelps (2–0) Hernandez (4–3) Looper (8)N/A24–29W5
54May 28 (2) Expos 6–0 Tejera (1–3) Day (4–3)—9,16925–29W6
55May 29 Expos 2–3 Ohka (4–5) Almanza (3–3) Biddle (15)9,05225–30L1
56May 30 Reds 3–4 (11) White (3–0) Almanza (3–4) Williamson (12)17,38525–31L2
57May 31 Reds 3–2 Willis (3–1) Graves (3–4) Looper (9)16,19026–31W1
June (16–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
58June 1 Reds 6–9 Sullivan (6–0) Pavano (4–6) Williamson (13)12,23626–32L1
59June 3 Athletics 13–2 Penny (4–3) Mulder (8–3)—10,19527–32W1
60June 4 Athletics 5–6 Bradford (4–3) Spooneybarger (1–2) Foulke (15)10,21527–33L1
61June 5 Athletics 2–0 Willis (4–1) Lilly (3–4) Looper (10)10,14028–33W1
62June 6 Angels 4–1 Pavano (5–6) Appier (4–3) Looper (11)13,18829–33W2
63June 7 Angels 2–9 Sele (3–3) Phelps (2–1)—23,48329–34L1
64June 8 Angels 5–8 Ortiz (6–5) Penny (4–4) Percival (8)12,62029–35L2
65June 10@ Brewers 12–4 Redman (4–2) Sheets (6–5)—11,59830–35W1
66June 11@ Brewers 6–5 Willis (5–1) Franklin (3–5) Looper (12)12,41931–35W2
67June 12@ Brewers 5–6 Kinney (5–4) Pavano (5–7) DeJean (15)13,07531–36L1
68June 13@ Rangers 8–0 Penny (5–4) Mounce (0–1)—26,07532–36W1
69June 14@ Rangers 2–13 Valdez (6–2) Phelps (2–2)—37,44332–37L1
70June 15@ Rangers 10–4 Redman (5–2) Thomson (4–8)—26,02133–37W1
71June 16 Mets 1–0 Willis (6–1) Glavine (5–7)—10,62434–37W2
72June 17 Mets 0–5 Seo (5–2) Pavano (5–8)—10,35934–38L1
73June 18 Mets 5–10 Leiter (8–3) Penny (5–5) Wheeler (1)11,32634–39L2
74June 19 Mets 5–1 Phelps (3–2) Bacsik (1–2)—10,40035–39W1
75June 20 Devil Rays 3–1 (11) Almanza (4–4) Levine (2–5)—12,51536–39W2
76June 21 Devil Rays 2–0 (5) Willis (7–1) Standridge (0–2)—15,39737–39W3
77June 22 Devil Rays 3–2 Pavano (6–8) Gonzalez (3–3) Looper (13)10,39238–39W4
78June 24@ Mets 8–4 Penny (6–5) Leiter (8–4) Tejera (1)22,22639–39W5
79June 25@ Mets 3–6 Trachsel (6–5) Redman (5–3) Benitez (18)22,56339–40L1
80June 26@ Mets 6–1 Willis (8–1) Heilman (0–1)—30,37840–40W1
81June 27@ Red Sox 8–25 Kim (3–6) Pavano (6–9)—34,76440–41L1
82June 28@ Red Sox 10–9 Bump (1–0) Lyon (3–4) Looper (14)34,80441–41W1
83June 29@ Red Sox 7–11 Lowe (9–3) Penny (6–6)—34,47641–42L1
84June 30 Braves 8–1 Redman (6–3) Maddux (6–8)—11,25442–42W1
July (17–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
85July 1 Braves 20–1 Beckett (3–3) Hampton (3–5)—13,07343–42W2
86July 2 Braves 1–2 (13) Gryboski (5–3) Almanza (4–5) Smoltz (30)30,63443–43L1
87July 4@ Phillies 2–1 Looper (4–2) Mesa (3–5)—19,69044–43W1
88July 5@ Phillies 5–4 Penny (7–6) Padilla (7–8) Looper (15)52,11045–43W2
89July 6@ Phillies 6–3 Redman (7–3) Wolf (9–4)—26,24446–43W3
90July 7@ Cubs 3–6 Clement (6–7) Beckett (3–4) Borowski (17)38,66246–44L1
91July 8@ Cubs 4–3 Bump (2–0) Remlinger (5–3) Looper (16)33,22747–44W1
92July 9@ Cubs 1–5 Wood (9–6) Pavano (6–10)—33,05447–45L1
93July 11@ Expos 5–4 Penny (8–6) Biddle (3–4) Looper (17)7,25148–45W1
94July 12@ Expos 1–7 Hernandez (9–6) Redman (7–4)—28,17048–46L1
95July 13@ Expos 11–4 Willis (9–1) Vargas (6–5)—16,08449–46W1
–July 15 74th All-Star Game in Chicago, IL
96July 18 Cubs 6–0 Redman (8–4) Clement (7–8)—26,17450–46W2
97July 19 Cubs 0–1 Wood (10–6) Penny (8–7)—30,43250–47L1
98July 20 Cubs 2–16 Zambrano (7–8) Willis (9–2)—25,57450–48L2
99July 21 Expos 4–1 Beckett (4–4) Knott (0–1)—10,76951–48W1
100July 22 Expos 9–1 Pavano (7–10) Ohka (7–10)—10,51252–48W2
101July 23@ Braves 5–4 (12) Bump (3–0) Hodges (3–1)—27,13753–48W3
102July 24@ Braves 2–5 Ortiz (14–4) Penny (8–8) Smoltz (37)33,71153–49L1
103July 25 Phillies 11–5 Urbina (1–4) Williams (1–4)—18,10654–49W1
104July 26 Phillies 10–5 Beckett (5–4) Duckworth (3–5) Looper (18)20,54555–49W2
105July 27 Phillies 7–6 Urbina (2–4) Williams (1–5)—12,46756–49W3
106July 28 Diamondbacks 3–2 Redman (9–4) Batista (7–6) Looper (19)10,47257–49W4
107July 29 Diamondbacks 2–1 Penny (9–8) Webb (7–4) Looper (20)11,46958–49W5
108July 30 Diamondbacks 3–1 Willis (10–2) Johnson (1–4) Looper (21)37,73559–49W6
August (14–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
109August 1 Astros 1–2 Redding (8–9) Beckett (5–5) Wagner (32)12,39259–50L1
110August 2 Astros 5–2 Pavano (8–10) Robertson (10–5) Looper (22)25,20660–50W1
111August 3 Astros 1–3 Fernandez (1–0) Redman (9–5) Wagner (33)12,26260–51L1
112August 5@ Cardinals 4–0 Penny (10–8) Williams (14–5)—35,46861–51W1
113August 6@ Cardinals 7–3 Willis (11–2) Haren (2–3)—31,60662–51W2
114August 7@ Cardinals 0–3 Tomko (8–7) Beckett (5–6) Isringhausen (9)31,00262–52L1
115August 8@ Brewers 5–3 Pavano (9–10) Sheets (10–9) Looper (23)25,02263–52W1
116August 9@ Brewers 7–1 Redman (10–5) Manning (0–2)—28,48864–52W2
117August 10@ Brewers 4–5 de los Santos (2–3) Penny (10–9) Kolb (6)37,52164–53L1
118August 11 Dodgers 3–9 Od. Perez (8–9) Willis (11–3)—20,28864–54L2
119August 12 Dodgers 5–4 (13) Fox (2–2) Shuey (4–4)—12,02565–54W1
120August 13 Dodgers 2–1 (11) Bump (4–0) Alvarez (0–1)—12,32366–54W2
121August 14 Dodgers 4–6 Brown (12–6) Redman (10–6) Gagne (40)12,56166–55L1
122August 15 Padres 10–0 Penny (11–9) Ol. Perez (4–6)—18,34967–55W1
123August 16 Padres 6–3 Fox (3–2) Witasick (3–3) Looper (24)26,10468–55W2
124August 17 Padres 11–7 Beckett (6–6) Eaton (7–9) Tejera (2)12,05269–55W3
125August 19@ Rockies 2–10 Stark (2–1) Pavano (9–11)—25,88969–56L1
126August 20@ Rockies 3–9 Vance (1–0) Redman (10–7)—23,53469–57L2
127August 21@ Rockies 4–5 Speier (3–1) Looper (4–3)—23,84669–58L3
128August 22@ Giants 4–6 Ponson (15–9) Willis (11–4) Worrell (26)42,24469–59L4
129August 23@ Giants 2–3 Brower (8–4) Beckett (6–7) Worrell (27)42,18969–60L5
130August 24@ Giants 7–4 Pavano (10–11) Reuter (7–4)—41.88670–60W1
131August 26@ Pirates 3–4 Lincoln (2–4) Redman (10–8) Tavarez (3)12,21970–61L1
132August 27@ Pirates 0–4 Wells (6–7) Penny (11–10)—18,26470–62L2
133August 28@ Pirates 0–5 Fogg (8–7) Willis (11–5)—12,67970–63L3
134August 29 Expos 3–2 Looper (5–3) Biddle (4–8)—12,23171–63W1
135August 30 Expos 4–3 Pavano (11–11) Hernandez (14–8) Looper (25)20,72472–63W2
136August 31 Expos 5–3 Redman (11–8) Day (7–6) Urbina (27)11,10573–63W3
September (18–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
137September 1 Expos 5–2 Penny (12–10) Ohka (8–11) Looper (26)12,41374–63W4
138September 2 Pirates 2–3 Wells (7–7) Willis (11–6) Tavarez (4)10,32774–64L1
139September 3 Pirates 3–0 Beckett (7–7) Fogg (8–8) Urbina (28)11,13575–64W1
140September 4 Pirates 5–1 Tejera (2–3) Torres (5–4)—10,21376–64W2
141September 5@ Expos [lower-alpha 1] 2–6 Hernandez (15–8) Redman (11–9)—11,50976–65L1
142September 6@ Expos [lower-alpha 1] 14–4 Penny (13–10) Ohka (8–12)—14,57077–65W1
143September 7@ Expos [lower-alpha 1] 3–1 Willis (12–6) Vazquez (12–10) Looper (27)12,64778–65W2
144September 8@ Mets 5–0 Beckett (8–7) Trachsel (14–9)—15,15579–65W3
145September 9@ Mets 3–1 Urbina (3–4) Weathers (1–6) Looper (28)29,41080–65W4
146September 10@ Mets 7–3 Redman (12–9) Seo (8–11)—16,69981–65W5
147September 12 Braves 5–4 Looper (6–3) King (3–3)—25,62282–65W6
148September 13 Braves 8–3 Willis (13–6) Ortiz (19–7)—40,41483–65W7
149September 14 Braves 4–8 Cunnane (2–1) Looper (6–4)—18,72583–66L1
150September 16@ Phillies 0–14 Padilla (14–10) Pavano (11–12)—36,47983–67L2
151September 17@ Phillies 11–4 Redman (13–9) Myers (14–8)—33,76184–67W1
152September 18@ Phillies 4–5 Cormier (7–0) Fox (3–3)—20,95084–68L1
153September 19@ Braves 0–1 Ortiz (20–7) Beckett (8–8)—35,94284–69L2
154September 20@ Braves 6–5 (11) Helling (8–8) Cunnane (2–2)—42,49685–69W1
155September 21@ Braves 0–8 Maddux (15–11) Pavano (11–13)—33,82785–70L1
156September 22@ Braves 6–3 Redman (14–9) Hampton (14–8) Urbina (29)17,34586–70W1
157September 23 Phillies 5–4 Tejera (3–3) Williams (1–7) Urbina (30)25,31187–70W2
158September 24 Phillies 6–5 Beckett (9–8) Myers (14–9) Urbina (31)28,52088–70W3
159September 25 Phillies 8–4 Penny (14–10) Wolf (16–10)—31,93589–70W4
160September 26 Mets 4–3 Pavano (12–13) Heilman (2–7) Urbina (32)33,21590–70W5
161September 27 Mets 3–9 Seo (9–11) Tejera (3–4)—30,20490–71L1
162September 28 Mets 4–0 Willis (14–6) Griffiths (1–4)—27,52991–71W1
  1. 1 2 3 Games the Montreal Expos played at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the 2003 season counted as Expos home games.

Postseason Game Log

Legend
Marlins WinMarlins LossGame Postponed
2003 Postseason Game Log (11–6)
NLDS vs San Francisco (3–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1September 30@ Giants 0–2 Schmidt (1–0) Beckett (0–1)—43,7040–1
2October 1@ Giants 9–5 Pavano (1–0) Nathan (0–1)—43,7661–1
3October 3 Giants 4–3 (11) Looper (1–0) Worrell (0–1)—61,4882–1
4October 4 Giants 7–6 Pavano (2–0) Rodriguez (0–1) Urbina (1)65,4643–1
NLCS vs Chicago (4–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 7@ Cubs 9–8 (11) Urbina (1–0) Guthrie (0–1) Looper (1)39,5671–0
2October 8@ Cubs 3–12 Prior (1–0) Penny (0–1)—39,5621–1
3October 10 Cubs 4–5 (11) Borowski (1–0) Tejera (0–1) Remlinger (1)65,1151–2
4October 11 Cubs 3–8 Clement (1–0) Willis (0–1)—65,8291–3
5October 12 Cubs 4–0 Beckett (1–0) Zambrano (0–1)—65,2792–3
6October 14@ Cubs 8–3 Fox (1–0) Prior (1–1)—39,5773–3
7October 15@ Cubs 9–6 Penny (1–1) Wood (0–1) Urbina (1)39,5744–3
World Series vs New York (4–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 18@ Yankees 3–2 Penny (1–0) Wells (0–1) Urbina (1)55,7691–0
2October 19@ Yankees 1–6 Pettitte (1–0) Redman (0–1)—55,7501–1
3October 21 Yankees 1–6 Mussina (1–0) Beckett (0–1) Rivera (1)65,7311–2
4October 22 Yankees 4–3 (12) Looper (1–0) Weaver (0–1)—65,9342–2
5October 23 Yankees 6–4 Penny (2–0) Contreras (0–1) Urbina (2)65,9753–2
6October 25@ Yankees 2–0 Beckett (1–1) Pettitte (1–1)—55,7734–2

Sluggish start

Jeff Torborg, the manager at the start of the season, led the team to a 16-22 start. Adding to that, their three top pitchers A. J. Burnett, Josh Beckett and Mark Redman, had each endured injuries that season, but Beckett and Redman were able to return to finish the rest of 2003. On May 11, Torborg was fired and replaced with Jack McKeon, a 72-year-old who began his major league managerial career in 1973 with the Kansas City Royals.

Midseason acquisitions

Roster

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Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Iván Rodríguez 144511152.2971685
1B Derrek Lee 155539146.2713192
2B Luis Castillo 152595187.314639
3B Mike Lowell 130492136.27632105
SS Álex González 150528135.2561877
LF Todd Hollandsworth 9322858.254320
CF Juan Pierre 162668204.305141
RF Juan Encarnación 156601162.2701994

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Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Miguel Cabrera 8731484.2681262
Brian Banks 9214935.235423
Mike Redmond 5912530.240011
Andy Fox 7010821.19408
Mike Mordecai 658919.21328
Jeff Conine 258420.238515
Ramón Castro 405315.28358
Gerald Williams 27314.12903
Chad Allen 12245.20800
Lenny Harris 13144.28601

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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGGSIPWLERASO
Carl Pavano 3332201.012134.30133
Brad Penny 3232196.114104.13138
Mark Redman 2929190.21493.59151
Dontrelle Willis 2727160.21463.30142
Josh Beckett 2423142.0983.04152
A. J. Burnett 4423.0024.7021
Justin Wayne 225.10211.811

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Michael Tejera 5081.0344.6758
Tommy Phelps 2763.0324.0043

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Braden Looper 7464283.6856
Armando Almanza 514506.0849
Tim Spooneybarger 331204.0732
Ugueth Urbina 333061.4137
Nate Bump 324004.7117
Chad Fox 212102.1327
Allen Levrault 191003.8621
Blaine Neal 180008.1410
Vladimir Núñez 1403016.0310
Rick Helling 111000.5512
Juan Alvarez 90003.096
Kevin Olsen 700012.7512
Toby Borland 70001.864

Postseason

With a 4–3 win over the New York Mets on September 26, the Marlins clinched their second wildcard in team history, and finishing with an overall record of 91–71.

National League Division Series

The Marlins won the Division Series over the heavily favored defending National League champion San Francisco Giants. The series ended with a play at the plate with catcher Iván Rodríguez prevailing over Giants first baseman J. T. Snow. Coupled with a perfect throw from Conine and an amazing catch from Rodríguez, Snow was attempting to score by using a football type bulldozing move, but Rodríguez held on and the Marlins won, marking the first time that a post-season series ended with the potential tying run being thrown out at home plate.

NLCS

The 2003 National League Championship Series is arguably one of the most famous (or infamous) post-season series in MLB history. On one side, the Florida Marlins, the miracle who, just a few months before, were at the cellar of the NL. On the other side, the Chicago Cubs, the "lovable losers", who, for the first time in a long time, were so close to victory. The Cubs jumped to a quick 3 games to 1 lead including 2 out of the 3 games in Miami, and were the sure favorites to take the series when it shifted back to Chicago. In Game Five, an absolutely stellar performance by Josh Beckett brought the series back to Chicago, back to Wrigley Field, where the home team has always had the advantage. With the Cubs needing to win only one game, and having studs Mark Prior and Kerry Wood on the hill those two games, most people thought the Marlins hope was over. In Game Six, the Cubs enjoyed a comfortable 3-0 lead with one out in the 8th Inning, when it all fell apart, and the Marlins went on to win the game, tying the series. This was the game of the Steve Bartman incident. In Game Seven, Brad Penny drove it home for the Fish, clinching their second pennant in 6 years.

2003 World Series

In the World Series, the underdog Marlins prevailed over the Yankees, 4 games to 2. This World Series marked the 100th anniversary of the annual event, although because there had not been a World Series played in what would have been its second year (1904), and the cancellation of all post-season play as a result of the strike in 1994, it was only the 99th World Series played. Josh Beckett was named the World Series MVP.

Quote

Trying to win it all again. Posada, slow roller, right side. Beckett picks it up, tags Posada, and the Florida Marlins are World Champions. The Marlins have stunned the Yankees, shocked New York, and this improbable team, improbable ride, they end up on top, winning in 6 games over the Yankees.

—  Joe Buck, FOX Sports

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Albuquerque Isotopes Pacific Coast League Dean Treanor
AA Carolina Mudcats Southern League Tracy Woodson
A Jupiter Hammerheads Florida State League Luis Dorante
A Greensboro Bats South Atlantic League Steve Phillips
A-Short Season Jamestown Jammers New York–Penn League Benny Castillo
Rookie GCL Marlins Gulf Coast League Tim Cossins

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