2003 Montreal Expos season

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2003  Montreal Expos
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Olympic Stadium
City Montreal
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place4th
Owners Major League Baseball
General managers Omar Minaya
Managers Frank Robinson
Television Réseau des sports
(Rodger Brulotte, Denis Casavant)
Radio CKGM (AM)
(Mitch Melnick, Elliott Price, guest minor league play-by-play broadcasters)

CKAC (AM)
(Jacques Doucet, Marc Griffin)
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The 2003 Montreal Expos season was the 35th season for the Expos in Montreal and its penultimate season in Canada. It involved the Expos attempting to win the National League East. On August 28, 2003, the Expos led the NL Wild Card, tied for first place with the Marlins, Astros, Phillies, and Cardinals, but faded away in the stretch and failed to make the postseason, finishing 18 games back of the Atlanta Braves in the NL East and 8 games back of the Florida Marlins in the Wild Card. The Expos' 2003 record of 83–79 was identical to the one they finished with the previous year. Part of this was due to the fact that when rosters expanded on September 1, MLB refused to allow the league owned team to add any players, saying they could not afford the cost.

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Spring training

After holding spring training at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida, from 1998 through 2002, the Expos moved to Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Florida, for spring training in 2003. The move to Viera came about as the result of a deal in which Major League Baseball bought the Expos from Jeffrey Loria, who then purchased the Florida Marlins; as part of the deal, the Marlins traded spring training sites with the Expos, moving from Viera to Jupiter. The franchise, as the Expos in 2003 and 2004 and then from 2005 as the Washington Nationals, would hold spring training at Space Coast Stadium through 2016.

Regular season

On August 30, 2002, MLB signed a collective bargaining agreement with the players association, which prohibited contraction through the end of the agreement in 2006. [5]

Ultimately, the Expos finished 8 games behind the Wild Card (and World Series Champion) Florida Marlins.

Puerto Rico

Although their attendance increased from 7,935 per game in 2001 [6] to 10,031 in 2002, [7] MLB decided that the Expos would play 22 of their home games at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2003. Despite being a considerably smaller facility (it seats approximately 19,000) than Montreal's Olympic Stadium, attendance in San Juan's Hiram Bithorn Stadium averaged 14,222, compared with 12,081 in Montreal. [8] The Puerto Rican baseball fans embraced "Los Expos" (particularly Puerto Rican players José Vidro, Javier Vázquez and Wil Cordero, and other Latin players like Vladimir Guerrero and Liván Hernández) as their home team (as well as the Latin players from other teams), all the while hoping the team would make a permanent move to Puerto Rico. Thanks in part to the San Juan games, the Expos were able to draw over a million fans at home in 2003 for the first time since 1997. [8] The Expos' season in Puerto Rico was chronicled in the MLB-produced DVD Boricua Beisbol – Passion of Puerto Rico.

Opening Day lineup

Source [9]

Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Endy Chávez Center fielder
José Vidro Second baseman
Ron Calloway Right fielder
Wil Cordero First baseman
Brad Wilkerson Left fielder
Orlando Cabrera Shortstop
Fernando Tatís Third baseman
Michael Barrett Catcher
Tony Armas Jr. Starting pitcher

Season standings

National League East

NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 101610.623—55–2646–35
Florida Marlins 91710.5621053–2838–43
Philadelphia Phillies 86760.5311549–3237–44
Montreal Expos 83790.5121852–2931–50
New York Mets 66950.41034½34–4632–49

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
Expos vs. American League
TeamAL West 
ANAOAKSEATEXTOR
Montreal1–20–32–13–03–3

Notable transactions

Roster

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Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Legend
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2003 Game Log
March (1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecord
1March 31@ Braves 10–2 Armas (1–0) Maddux (0–1)40,258 Turner Field 1–0
April (16–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecord
2April 2@ Braves 3–0 Day (1–0) Ramírez (0–1) Biddle (1)19,116 Turner Field 2–0
3April 3@ Braves 4–0 Vázquez (1–0) Ortiz (0–1)19,505 Turner Field 3–0
4April 4@ Mets 0–4 Cone (1-0) Ohka (0-1)18,040 Shea Stadium 3–1
5April 5@ Mets 1-3 Glavine (1-1) Armas (1–1) Benítez (2)36,817 Shea Stadium 3–2
6April 6@ Mets 8–5 Stewart (1-0) Benítez (0-1) Biddle (2)35,093 Shea Stadium 4–2
–April 7@ Cubs Postponed (snow)Rescheduled for April 8
7April 8@ Cubs 1–6 Clement (1-1) Day (1-1)29,138 Wrigley Field 4–3
8April 9@ Cubs 0–3 Prior (2-0) Vázquez (1–1)29,966 Wrigley Field 4–4
9April 10@ Cubs 7–1 Armas (2–1) Estes (0-1)30,225 Wrigley Field 5–4
10April 11vs. Mets
@ San Juan, PR [note 1] 		10–0 Ohka (1-1) Cone (1-1)17,906 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 6–4
11April 12vs. Mets
@ San Juan, PR [note 1] 		5–4 Hernández (1-0) Seo (0-1) Biddle (3)18,264 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 7–4
12April 13vs. Mets
@ San Juan, PR [note 1] 		2–1 (10) Biddle (1-0) Stanton (0-2)16,332 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 8–4
13April 14vs. Mets
@ San Juan, PR [note 1] 		5–3 Smith (1-0) Strickland (0-1) Biddle (4)13,155 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 9–4
14April 15vs. Braves
@ San Juan, PR [note 1] 		1–2 (10) Bong (1-0) Smith (1-1) Smoltz (4)13,339 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 9–5
15April 16vs. Braves
@ San Juan, PR [note 1] 		2–3 Ramírez (1-2) Okha (1-2) Smoltz (5)15,571 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 9–6
16April 17vs. Braves
@ San Juan, PR [note 1] 		8–14 (10) Bong (2-0) Biddle (1–1)13,170 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 9–7
–April 18vs. Reds
@ San Juan, PR [note 1] 		Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for April 19 as part of a doubleheader
17April 19 (1)vs. Reds
@ San Juan, PR [note 1] 		8–7 (10) Ayala (1-0) Williamson (2-1)10,296 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 10–7
18April 19 (2)vs. Reds
@ San Juan, PR [note 1] 		9–5 Vázquez (2-1) Anderson (1-2)13,109 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 11–7
19April 20vs. Reds
@ San Juan, PR [note 1] 		5–7 Sullivan (1-0) Ayala (1-2) Williamson (3)11,619 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 11–8
20April 22 Diamondbacks 4–0 Ohka (2-2) Good (1-1)36,879 Olympic Stadium 12–8
21April 23 Diamondbacks 2–6 Dessens (2-2) Hernández (1-1)6,380 Olympic Stadium 12–9
22April 24 Diamondbacks 1–0 Vázquez (3-1) Kim (1-4) Biddle (5)5,954 Olympic Stadium 13–9
23April 25 Astros 10–2 Day (2–1) Robertson (1–3)6,863 Olympic Stadium 14–9
24April 26 Astros 3–2 (10) Biddle (2–1) Wagner (1–1)8,492 Olympic Stadium 15–9
25April 27 Astros 3–6 Redding (2–2) Ohka (2–3) Dotel (7)52,900 Olympic Stadium 15–10
26April 29@ Brewers 3–2 Stewart (2–0) DeJean (0–2) Biddle (6)10,044 Miller Park 16–10
27April 30@ Brewers 10–4 Hernández (2-1) Sheets (2–3)10,945 Miller Park 17–10
May (16–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecord
28May 1@ Brewers 5–0 Day (3-1) Franklin (1-3)13,180 Miller Park 18–10
29May 2@ Cardinals 1–8 Simontacchi (1–1) Ohka (2–4)41,810 Busch Memorial Stadium 18–11
30May 3@ Cardinals 1–3 Stephenson (2–2) Vargas (0–1) Calero (1)36,176 Busch Memorial Stadium 18–12
31May 4@ Cardinals 2–6 Morris (3–2) Vázquez (3-2)39,605 Busch Memorial Stadium 18–13
32May 6 Padres 4–2 Hernández (3–1) Peavy (4–3) Biddle (7)5,841 Olympic Stadium 19–13
33May 7 Padres 12-9 (10) Biddle (3-1) Orosco (0-1)5,111 Olympic Stadium 20-13
34May 8 Padres 12-5 Ohka (3-4) Lawrence (2-4)5,274 Olympic Stadium 21-13
35May 9 Dodgers 5-9 Mota (2-1) Stewart (2-1)10,675 Olympic Stadium 21-14
36May 10 Dodgers 6-5 Ayala (2-1) Martin (0-1) Biddle (8)8,084 Olympic Stadium 22-14
37May 11 Dodgers 4-3 Pérez (2-2) Hernández (3-2) Gagné (12)14,488 Olympic Stadium 22-15
38May 12@ Giants 4-3 Day (4-1) Moss (5-1) Biddle (9)33,071 Pacific Bell Park 23-15
39May 13@ Giants 6-4 Smith (2-1) Ainsworth (3-3) Biddle (10)32,991 Pacific Bell Park 24-15
40May 14@ Giants 6-3 Vargas (1-1) Foppert (2-3)38,963 Pacific Bell Park 25-15
41May 15@ Rockies 2-4 Jones (2-0) Tucker (0-1) Jiménez (11)23,197 Coors Field 25-16
42May 16@ Rockies 4-1 Ayala (3-1) Cruz (3-4) Biddle (11)27,117 Coors Field 26-16
43May 17@ Rockies 6-4 (10) Ayala (4-1) Jones (1-2)30,052 Coors Field 27-16
44May 18@ Rockies 0-4 Chacón (5-2) Ohka (3-5)30,720 Coors Field 27-17
45May 20 Marlins 6-4 Vázquez (4–2) Willis (1-1) Biddle (13)5,435 Olympic Stadium 28-17
46May 21 Marlins 7-2 Vargas (2-1) Pavano (3-5)5,282 Olympic Stadium 29-17
47May 22 Marlins 8–2 Hernández (4–2) Tejera (0-3)6,249 Olympic Stadium 30–17
48May 23 Phillies 2–4 Millwood (7–1) Day (4-2) Mesa (13)9,511 Olympic Stadium 30–18
49May 24 Phillies 3–2 Ayala (5–1) Silva (3–1)33,236 Olympic Stadium 31–18
50May 25 Phillies 5–3 Vázquez (5–2) Myers (4–4) Biddle (14)17,023 Olympic Stadium 32–18
51May 26@ Marlins 1–5 Pavano (4–5) Vargas (2–2)8,362 Pro Player Stadium 32–19
–May 27@ Marlins Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for May 28 as part of a doubleheader
52May 28 (1)@ Marlins 3–4 Phelps (2–0) Hernández (4–3) Looper (8) [note 2] Pro Player Stadium 32–20
53May 28 (2)@ Marlins 0–6 Tejera (1–3) Day (4–3)9,169 [note 2] Pro Player Stadium 32–21
54May 29@ Marlins 3–2 Ohka (4–5) Almanza (3–3) Biddle (15)9,052 Pro Player Stadium 33–21
55May 30@ Phillies 5–12 Cormier (2–0) Vázquez (5–3)18,311 Veterans Stadium 33–22
–May 31@ Phillies Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for June 1 as part of a doubleheader
June (12–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
56June 1 (1)@ Phillies 3–4 Wolf (6–3) Hernández (4–4) Mesa (14) [note 3] Veterans Stadium 33–23
57June 1 (2)@ Phillies 1–4 Myers (5–4) Smith (2–2) Mesa (15)36,685 [note 3] Veterans Stadium 33–24
58June 3vs. Angels
@ San Juan, PR [note 1] 		4–15 Ortiz (5–5) Ohka (4–6)10,034 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 33–25
59June 4vs. Angels
@ San Juan, PR [note 1] 		2–11 Washburn (6–5) Kim (0–1)10,501 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 33–26
60June 5vs. Angels
@ San Juan, PR [note 1] 		8–7 (14) Eischen (5–2) Callaway (1–4)10,598 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 34–26
61June 6vs. Rangers
@ San Juan, PR [note 1] 		13–10 Hernández (5–4) Lewis (4–4)18,005 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 35–26
62June 7vs. Rangers
@ San Juan, PR [note 1] 		5–4 Vargas (3–2) Shouse (0–1) Ayala (1)18,003 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 36–26
63June 8vs. Rangers
@ San Juan, PR [note 1] 		3–2 Stewart (3–1) Cordero (2–6) Biddle (16)18,001 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 37–26
64June 10@ Mariners 7–3 Vázquez (6–3) Meche (8–3) Ayala (2)34,811 Safeco Field 38–26
65June 11@ Mariners 3–1 Hernández (6–4) Piñeiro (5–5) Biddle (17)32,853 Safeco Field 39–26
66June 12@ Mariners 0–1 Franklin (5–4) Vargas (3–3) Rhodes (1)33,761 Safeco Field 39–27
67June 13@ Athletics 4–8 Mulder (9–4) Ohka (4–7)14,186 Network Associates Coliseum 39–28
68June 14@ Athletics 4–5 Rincón (3–3) Ayala (5–2) Foulke (16)26,447 Network Associates Coliseum 39–29
69June 15@ Athletics 1–9 Hudson (5–2) Vázquez (6–4)31,024 Network Associates Coliseum 39–30
–June 17@ Pirates Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for June 18 as part of a doubleheader
70June 18 (1)@ Pirates 3–7 D'Amico (5–7) Hernández (6–5) Williams (19) [note 4] PNC Park 39–31
71June 18 (2)@ Pirates 3–4 Torres (4–1) Biddle (3–2)22,557 [note 4] PNC Park 39–32
72June 19@ Pirates 5–2 Ohka (5–7) Torres (4–2)16,050 PNC Park 40–32
73June 20 Blue Jays 4–8 Lidle (10–4) Vázquez (6–5)11,355 Olympic Stadium 40–33
74June 21 Blue Jays 8–5 Ayala (6–2) Politte (1–5) Biddle (19)11,483 Olympic Stadium 41–33
75June 22 Blue Jays 2–4 Halladay (11–2) Hernández (6–6) Politte (11)15,508 Olympic Stadium 41–34
76June 23 Pirates 3–0 Vargas (4–3) Suppan (5–7) Biddle (20)5,641 Olympic Stadium 42–34
77June 24 Pirates 6–4 Ohka (6–7) D'Amico (5–8) Biddle (21)5,872 Olympic Stadium 43–34
78June 25 Pirates 5–6 Sauerbeck (3–4) Eischen (1–1) Williams (20)5,717 Olympic Stadium 43-35
79June 27@ Blue Jays 5–6 Miller (1–1) Mañón (0–1)24,024 SkyDome 43-36
80June 28@ Blue Jays 4–2 Vargas (5–3) Davis (4–5) Biddle (22)33,334 SkyDome 44-36
81June 29@ Blue Jays 10–2 Ohka (7–7) Escobar (5–5)37,354 SkyDome 45-36
82June 30@ Mets 1–3 Trachsel (7–5) Vázquez (6–6) Benítez (19)29,829 Shea Stadium 45-37
July (10–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecord
83July 1@ Mets 6–7 Benítez (2–3) Mañón (0–2)30,084 Shea Stadium 45-38
84July 2@ Mets 11–4 Hernández (7–6) Seo (5–4)35,547 Shea Stadium 46-38
85July 3@ Braves 5–4 Vargas (6–3) Reynolds (5–4) Mañón (1)31,607 Turner Field 47-38
86July 4@ Braves 6–8 Ortiz (11–4) Ohka (7–8) Smoltz (31)48,923 Turner Field 47-39
87July 5@ Braves 2–3 Bong (1–3) Biddle (3–3)34,454 Turner Field 47-40
88July 6@ Braves 5–7 Hampton (4–5) Drew (0–1) Smoltz (32)27,724 Turner Field 47-41
89July 7 Phillies 8–1 Hernández (8–6) Duckworth (3–3)7,099 Olympic Stadium 48-41
90July 8 Phillies 6–13 Myers (9–6) Vargas (6–4)8,225 Olympic Stadium 48-42
91July 9 Phillies 0–2 Millwood (10–6) Ohka (7–9)7,005 Olympic Stadium 48-43
92July 11 Marlins 4–5 Penny (8–6) Biddle (3–4) Looper (17)7,251 Olympic Stadium 48-44
93July 12 Marlins 7–1 Hernández (9–6) Redman (7–4)28,170 Olympic Stadium 49-44
94July 13 Marlins 4–11 Willis (9–1) Vargas (6–5)16,084 Olympic Stadium 49-45
All–Star Break (July 14–16)
95July 17@ Phillies 2–5 (11) Plesac (2–0) Drew (0–2)23,874 Veterans Stadium 49-46
96July 18@ Phillies 3–1 Vázquez (7–6) Wolf (10–5)22,789 Veterans Stadium 50-46
97July 19@ Phillies 3–4 (11) Mesa (5–5) Almonte (0–2)28,794 Veterans Stadium 50-47
98July 20@ Phillies 2–3 Myers (10–6) Vargas (6–6) Mesa (19)37,552 Veterans Stadium 50-48
99July 21@ Marlins 1–4 Beckett (4–4) Knott (0–1)10,769 Pro Player Stadium 50-49
100July 22@ Marlins 1–9 Pavano (7–10) Ohka (7–10)10,512 Pro Player Stadium 50-50
101July 23 Mets 5–2 Vázquez (8–6) Seo (5–7) Biddle (23)8,853 Olympic Stadium 51-50
102July 24 Mets 5–1 Hernández (10–6) Glavine (6–11) Biddle (24)9,337 Olympic Stadium 52-50
103July 25 Braves 9–8 (11) Ayala (7–2) Bong (6–2)10,069 Olympic Stadium 53-50
104July 26 Braves 4–15 Reynolds (8–5) Day (4–4)14,132 Olympic Stadium 53-51
105July 27 Braves 13–10 Mañón (1–2) King (3–1) Biddle (25)16,074 Olympic Stadium 54-51
106July 28 Braves 8–10 Hampton (7–5) Vázquez (8–7) Smoltz (38)9,750 Olympic Stadium 54-52
107July 29 Cardinals 1–2 Stephenson (5–10) Hernández (10–7)7,418 Olympic Stadium 54-53
108July 30 Cardinals 1–11 Haren (2–2) Vargas (6–7)6,129 Olympic Stadium 54-54
109July 31 Cardinals 3–2 Day (5–4) Williams (14–4) Biddle (26)9,145 Olympic Stadium 55-54
August (16-13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecord
110August 1 Brewers 8–4 Ohka (8–10) Franklin (7–8)6,518 Olympic Stadium 56-54
111August 2 Brewers 7–1 Vázquez (9–7) Manning (0–1)22,180 Olympic Stadium 57-54
112August 3 Brewers 4–2 Hernández (11–7) Sheets (10–8) Biddle (27)17,953 Olympic Stadium 58-54
113August 5@ Diamondbacks 5–8 Johnson (2–4) Vargas (6–8) Mantei (13)37,959 Bank One Ballpark 58-55
114August 6@ Diamondbacks 2–3 Oropesa (3–2) Ayala (7–3) Mantei (14)28,328 Bank One Ballpark 58-56
115August 7@ Diamondbacks 4–5 (10) Valverde (2–0) Knott (0–2)28,852 Bank One Ballpark 58-57
116August 8@ Astros 1–5 Miceli (5–6) Vázquez (9–8)30,037 Minute Maid Park 58-58
117August 9@ Astros 3–1 Hernández (12–7) Fernández (1–1)35,295 Minute Maid Park 59-58
118August 10@ Astros 2–8 Villone (4–2) Downs (0–1)32,340 Minute Maid Park 59-59
119August 11 Rockies 3–1 Day (6–4) Jennings (10–10) Biddle (28)6,401 Olympic Stadium 60-59
120August 12 Rockies 3–6 (11) Fuentes (3–1) Biddle (3–5) López (1)7,277 Olympic Stadium 60-60
121August 13 Rockies 6–5 Vázquez (10–8) Stark (1–1) Ayala (3)6,724 Olympic Stadium 61-60
122August 15 Giants 4–1 Hernández (13–7) Foppert (8–9)10,551 Olympic Stadium 62-60
123August 16 Giants 4–1 Day (7–4) Schmidt (12–5) Biddle (29)16,446 Olympic Stadium 63-60
124August 17 Giants 4–2 Biddle (4–5) Ponson (14–9)17,665 Olympic Stadium 64-60
125August 18 Giants 4–0 Vázquez (11–8) Hermanson (2–3)9,224 Olympic Stadium 65-60
126August 19@ Dodgers 7–5 Ayala (8–3) Quantrill (1–4) Biddle (30)30,107 Dodger Stadium 66-60
127August 20@ Dodgers 1–4 (10) Gagné (2–3) Biddle (4–6)31,427 Dodger Stadium 66-61
128August 21@ Dodgers 1–2 Pérez (10–9) Day (7–5) Gagné (42)33,319 Dodger Stadium 66-62
129August 22@ Padres 3–5 Linebrink (3–2) Eischen (1–2) Beck (18)17,590 Qualcomm Stadium 66-63
130August 23@ Padres 0–1 (10) Matthews (4–4) Biddle (4–7)29,450 Qualcomm Stadium 66-64
131August 24@ Padres 8–4 Knott (1–2) Jarvis (4–6)24,707 Qualcomm Stadium 67-64
132August 25 Phillies 12–1 Hernández (14–7) Wolf (12–9)30,501 Olympic Stadium 68-64
133August 26 Phillies 14–10 Eischen (2–2) Williams (1–6) Ayala (4)12,509 Olympic Stadium 69-64
134August 27 Phillies 9–6 Almonte (1–2) Plesac (2–1) Biddle (31)20,105 Olympic Stadium 70-64
135August 28 Phillies 4–0 Vázquez (12–8) Telemaco (1–2)20,030 Olympic Stadium 71-64
136August 29@ Marlins 2–3 Looper (5–3) Biddle (4–8)12,231 Pro Player Stadium 71-65
137August 30@ Marlins 3–4 Pavano (11–11) Hernández (14–8) Looper (25)20,724 Pro Player Stadium 71-66
138August 31@ Marlins 3–5 Redman (11–8) Day (7–6) Urbina (27)11,105 Pro Player Stadium 71-67
September (12-12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecord
139September 1@ Marlins 2–5 Penny (12–10) Ohka (8–11) Looper (26)12,413 Pro Player Stadium 71-68
140September 2@ Phillies 3–5 Cormier (5–0) Vázquez (12–9) Plesac (2)26,719 Veterans Stadium 71-69
141September 3@ Phillies 3–8 Millwood (14–9) Tucker (0–2)18,002 Veterans Stadium 71-70
142September 5vs. Marlins
@ San Juan, PR [note 1] 		6–2 Hernández (15–8) Redman (11–9)11,509 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 72-70
143September 6vs. Marlins
@ San Juan, PR [note 1] 		4–14 Penny (13–10) Ohka (8–12)14,570 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 72-71
144September 7vs. Marlins
@ San Juan, PR [note 1] 		1–3 Willis (12–6) Vázquez (12–10) Looper (27)12,647 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 72-72
145September 9vs. Cubs
@ San Juan, PR [note 1] 		3–4 Zambrano (13–9) Day (7–7) Borowski (26)15,632 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 72-73
146September 10vs. Cubs
@ San Juan, PR [note 1] 		8–4 Ayala (9–3) Farnsworth (3–2)18,002 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 73-73
147September 11vs. Cubs
@ San Juan, PR [note 1] 		3–2 Ohka (9–12) Prior (15–6) Eischen (1)12,559 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 74-73
148September 12 Mets 7–4 Tucker (1–2) Leiter (14–8) Ayala (5)10,701 Olympic Stadium 75-73
149September 13 Mets 4–5 Trachsel (15–9) Vázquez (12–11) Roberts (1)15,086 Olympic Stadium 75-74
150September 14 Mets 7–3 Day (8–7) Glavine (9–13)21,417 Olympic Stadium 76-74
151September 15 Braves 6–10 Ramírez (11–4) Hernández (15–9)9,696 Olympic Stadium 76-75
152September 16 Braves 5–4 (10) Biddle (5–8) Hernández (5–3)9,843 Olympic Stadium 77-75
153September 17 Braves 4–14 Hampton (14–7) Tucker (1–3)17,526 Olympic Stadium 77-76
154September 18@ Mets 1–0 Vázquez (13–11) Trachsel (15–10) Cordero (1)18,914 Shea Stadium 78-76
155September 19@ Mets 7–1 Day (9–7) Glavine (9–14)33,083 Shea Stadium 79-76
156September 20@ Mets 4–3 (10) Cordero (1–0) Stanton (2–7) Biddle (32)37,294 Shea Stadium 80-76
157September 21@ Mets 4–2 Ayala (10–3) Roberts (0–2) Biddle (33)28,702 Shea Stadium 81-76
158September 23@ Braves 0–2 Wright (2–5) Vázquez (13–12) Smoltz (45)22,539 Turner Field 81-77
159September 24@ Braves 1–9 Ortiz (21–7) Day (9–8)23,594 Turner Field 81-78
160September 26@ Reds 5–1 Ohka (10–12) Harang (5–6)28,870 Great American Ballpark 82-78
161September 27@ Reds 2–4 Reith (2–3) Hernández (15–10)31,199 Great American Ballpark 82-79
162September 28@ Reds 2–1 Tucker (2–3) Randall (2–5) Biddle (34)32,322 Great American Ballpark 83-79

Attendance

Including both games played in Montreal and "home" games played in San Juan, the Expos drew 1,025,639 fans during the 2003 season, and were 16th in attendance among the 16 National League teams. Their highest attendance for the season was a game in Montreal on April 22, which attracted 36,879 fans to see them play the Arizona Diamondbacks, while their lowest was for a game in Montreal on May 7 against the San Diego Padres, which drew only 5,111 fans. For games played in San Juan, the largest crowd was 18,264 for a game against the New York Mets on April 12, and the smallest was a crowd of 10,034 that came to a game against the Anaheim Angels on June 3.

Player stats

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Complete offensive statistics are available here.

PosPlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
C Brian Schneider 1083353477261946.2300
1B Wil Cordero 130436571212701671.2781
2B José Vidro 144509771583601565.3103
SS Orlando Cabrera 162626951864721780.29724
3B Jamey Carroll 1052273159101110.2605
LF Brad Wilkerson 146504781353441977.26813
CF Endy Chávez 14148366121255547.25118
RF Vladimir Guerrero 112394711302032579.3309
OF Ron Calloway 1263403681171952.2389
UT José Macías 1112723165152422.2394
C Michael Barrett 702263347921030.2080
3B Fernando Tatís 531751534650215.1942
2B Henry Mateo 10015429373107.24011
3B Edwards Guzmán 52146153550114.2400
3B Todd Zeile 34136112922519.2571
1B Jeff Liefer 358861730318.1930
UT Joe Vitiello 3876122660313.3420
OF Matt Cepicky 58021000.2500
P Liván Hernández 31742141006.1890
P Javier Vázquez 32655100106.1540
P Tomo Ohka 33552100003.1821
P Zach Day 2347220002.0430
P Claudio Vargas 2130100000.0000
P T. J. Tucker 4419151000.2630
P Tony Armas Jr. 510020000.2000
P Eric Knott 135000000.0000
P Joey Eischen 674110000.2500
P Sun-woo Kim 43000000.0000
P Dan Smith 302000000.0000
P Tim Drew 62100000.0000
P Scott Stewart 482000000.0000
P Chad Cordero 120000000–0
P Rocky Biddle 711000000.0000
P Roy Corcoran 51000000.0000
P Luis Ayala 621000000.0000
P Britt Reames 21000000.0000
P Scott Downs 11000000.0000
P Héctor Almonte 281000000.0000
P Vic Darensbourg 71000000.0000
P Julio Mañón 191000000.0000
P Bryan Hebson 20000000–0
P José Mercedes 50000000–0
P Anthony Ferrari 20000000–0
Team Totals1625437711140429425144682.258100

Pitching

Note: Pos = Position; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Complete pitching statistics are available here.

PosPlayerWLERAGGSSVIPRERBBK
SP Liván Hernández 15113.2033330233.1928357178
SP Javier Vázquez 13123.2434340230.3938357241
SP Tomo Ohka 10124.1634340199.01069245118
SP Zach Day 984.1823230131.164615961
SP Claudio Vargas 684.3423200114.059554162
CL Rocky Biddle 584.657303471.243374054
RP T. J. Tucker 234.73457080.049422047
RP Luis Ayala 1032.92650571.027231346
RP Joey Eischen 223.06700153.027181340
RP Scott Stewart 313.98510043.022191329
Dan Smith 225.26320037.222191329
Tony Armas Jr. 212.6155031.099823
Héctor Almonte 116.83280029.022221726
Julio Mañón 124.13230128.113131715
Eric Knott 125.12131019.11211617
Sun-woo Kim 018.3643014.0131385
Chad Cordero 101.64120111.022312
Tim Drew 0212.466108.2121283
José Mercedes 000.005007.13053
Roy Corcoran 001.235007.12132
Vic Darensbourg 0010.806006.28814
Anthony Ferrari 006.754004.03351
Scott Downs 0115.001103.05534
Bryan Hebson 0013.502002.03311
Britt Reames 0027.002001.14421
Team Totals83794.01162162421437.27166404631028

Award winners

2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Dave Huppert
AA Harrisburg Senators Eastern League Dave Machemer
A Brevard County Manatees Florida State League Doug Sisson
A Savannah Sand Gnats South Atlantic League Joey Cora
A-Short Season Vermont Expos New York–Penn League Dave Barnett
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Bob Henley

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Games the Montreal Expos played at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the 2003 season counted as Expos home games.
  2. 1 2 The two games on May 10 were played as a single-admission doubleheader with attendance counted only for the two games combined.
  3. 1 2 The two games on June 1 were played as a single-admission doubleheader with attendance counted only for the two games combined.
  4. 1 2 The two games on June 18 were played as a single-admission doubleheader with attendance counted only for the two games combined.

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