2003 Houston Astros season

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2003  Houston Astros
League National League
Division Central
Ballpark Minute Maid Park
City Houston, Texas
Record87–75 (.537)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Drayton McLane, Jr.
General managers Gerry Hunsicker
Managers Jimy Williams
Television KNWS-TV
FSN Southwest
(Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies, Bill Worrell)
Radio KTRH
(Milo Hamilton, Alan Ashby)
KXYZ
(Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Alex Treviño)
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The 2003 Houston Astros season was the 42nd season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, Texas.

Contents

Regular season

During a 3–2 loss to the Montreal Expos on April 26, first baseman Jeff Bagwell's infield single gave him 2,000 hits for his career, joining Craig Biggio as the only Astros players to achieve this mark. [1]

On June 11, six Astros pitchers combined to throw a no-hitter against the New York Yankees, establishing a major league record for most pitchers contributing to a no-hitter. The six were Roy Oswalt, Pete Munro, Kirk Saarloos, Brad Lidge, Octavio Dotel and Billy Wagner. [2] [3] It was the first no-hitter against the Yankees in 45 years.

Playing the Cincinnati Reds on July 20, Bagwell hit two home runs for the 400th of his career Archived February 25, 2016, at the Wayback Machine off Danny Graves, becoming the 35th player in MLB history to do so. [4]

ESPN's "The List" ranked Bagwell and Biggio as the second- and third-most underrated athletes of the top four North American professional sports leagues in an August publication. [5]

Standings

National League Central

NL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 88740.543—44–3744–37
Houston Astros 87750.537148–3339–42
St. Louis Cardinals 85770.525348–3337–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 75870.4631339–4236–45
Cincinnati Reds 69930.4261935–4634–47
Milwaukee Brewers 68940.4202031–5037–44

Record vs. opponents

2003 National League record

Source:
TeamARIATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
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

Notable transactions

Roster

2003 Houston Astros
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Players stats

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 Brad Ausmus 143450103.229447
1B Jeff Bagwell 160605168.27839100
2B Jeff Kent 130505150.2972293
SS Adam Everett 12838799.256851
3B Morgan Ensberg 127385112.2912560
LF Lance Berkman 153538155.2882593
CF Craig Biggio 153628166.2641562
RF Richard Hidalgo 141514159.3092888

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Geoff Blum 123420110.2621052
Orlando Merced 12321249.231326
José Vizcaíno 9118947.249326
Gregg Zaun 5912026.217113
Brian Hunter 569823.235013
Julio Lugo 226516.24602
Eric Bruntlett 315414.25914
Raúl Chávez 193710.27014
Colin Porter 24326.18800
Jason Lane 18278.296410
Mitch Meluskey 1291.11102
Dave Matranga 651.20011
Tripp Cromer 341.25001

Pitching

Starters

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Wade Miller 33187.114134.13161
Tim Redding 33176.010143.68116
Jeriome Robertson 32160.21595.1099
Roy Oswalt 21127.11052.97108
Ron Villone 19106.2664.1391
Jonathan Johnson 415.1015.877
Brian Moehler 313.2007.905
Rodrigo Rosario 28.0101.136

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jared Fernández 1238.1333.9919
Scott Linebrink 931.2114.2617

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Billy Wagner 7814441.78105
Brad Lidge 786313.6097
Octavio Dotel 766442.4897
Ricky Stone 656413.6947
Peter Munro 403404.6727
Kirk Saarloos 362104.9343
Mike Gallo 321003.0016
Dan Miceli 231102.1020
Nate Bland 221205.7518
Rick White 150003.7217
Brandon Puffer 130005.1410
Bruce Chen 110006.008
Kirk Bullinger 70006.755

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA New Orleans Zephyrs Pacific Coast League Chris Maloney
AA Round Rock Express Texas League Jackie Moore
A Salem Avalanche Carolina League John Massarelli
A Lexington Legends South Atlantic League Russ Nixon
A-Short Season Tri-City ValleyCats New York–Penn League Iván DeJesús
Rookie Martinsville Astros Appalachian League Jorge Orta

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References

  1. ↑ "Bagwell reaches 2,000 career hits". ESPN.com . Associated Press. April 26, 2003. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ Lilly, Brandon (June 12, 2003). "Astros seem a bit baffled by their odd no-hitter". The New York Times . Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Astros vs. Yankees - Game Recap - June 11, 2003 - ESPN".
  4. ↑ "Bagwell belts way to 400". Los Angeles Times . Associated Press. July 21, 2003. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  5. ↑ Marron, Jim (August 20, 2003). "The List: Underrated current athletes". ESPN.com . Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Houston shortstop Julio Lugo arrested". May 2, 2003.
  7. ↑ "Josh Anderson Stats".
  8. ↑ Gregg Zaun Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
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