2003 Oakland Athletics season

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2003  Oakland Athletics
American League West Champions
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Network Associates Coliseum
City Oakland, California
Record96–66 (.593)
Divisional place1st
Owners Stephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann
General managers Billy Beane
Managers Ken Macha
Television KICU-TV
FSN Bay Area
(Ray Fosse, Greg Papa)
Radio KFRC
(Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse)
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The Oakland Athletics' 2003 season ended with the A's finishing first in the American League West with a record of 96 wins and 66 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 96660.593—57–2439–42
Seattle Mariners 93690.574350–3143–38
Anaheim Angels 77850.4751945–3732–48
Texas Rangers 71910.4382543–3828–53

Record vs. opponents

2003 American League record

Sources:
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Anaheim —1–83–63–46–36–16–35–43–68–128–116–39–102–711–7
Baltimore 8–1—9–102–43–33–33–43–46–13–12–74–58–117–28–115–13
Boston 6–310–9—5–44–28–15–12–49–103–45–212–75–410–911–7
Chicago 4–34–24–5—11–811–811–89–104–24–52–73–33–46–310–8
Cleveland 3–63–32–48–11—12–76–139–102–53–63–65–24–52–46–12
Detroit 1–63–31–88–117–12—5–144–151–53–61–82–41–62–74–14
Kansas City 3–64–31–58–1113–614–5—11–82–42–74–54–37–21–59–9
Minnesota 4–54–34–210–910–915–48–11—0–78–13–66–05–43–310–8
New York 6–313–6–110–92–45–25–14–27–0—3–65–414–54–510–913–5
Oakland 12–87–24–35–46–36–37–21–86–3—7–126–315–45–29–9
Seattle 11–85–42–57–26–38–15–46–34–512–7—4–510–103–410–8
Tampa Bay 3–611–87–123–32–54–23–40–65–143–65–4—3–611–83–15
Texas 10–92–74–54–35–46–12–74–55–44–1510–106–3—5–44–14
Toronto 7–211–89–103–64–27–25–13–39–102–54–38–114–5—10–8

Transactions

Roster

2003 Oakland Athletics
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player 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

PosPlayersGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Ramón Hernández 140483132.2732178
1B Scott Hatteberg 147541137.2531261
2B Mark Ellis 154553137.248952
SS Miguel Tejada 162636177.27827106
3B Eric Chavez 154588166.28229101
LF Terrence Long 140486119.2451461
CF Chris Singleton 12030675.245136
RF Jermaine Dye 6522138.172420
DH Erubiel Durazo 154537139.2592177

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Eric Byrnes 121414109.2631251
José Guillén 4517045.265823
Billy McMillon 6615341.268626
Adam Piatt 4710024.240415
Frank Menechino 438316.19329
Adam Melhuse 407723.299514
Ron Gant 17416.14614
Mark Johnson 13273.11103
Dave McCarty 8267.26902
Bobby Crosby 11120.00000
Jason Grabowski 880.00000
Graham Koonce 681.12500
Mike Edwards 441.25000
Esteban Germán 541.25001

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Tim Hudson 34240.01672.70162
Barry Zito 35231.214123.30146
Mark Mulder 26186.21593.13128
Ted Lilly 32178.112104.34147
Rich Harden 1574.2544.4667

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
John Halama 35108.2354.2251
Aaron Harang 730.1135.3416
Justin Duchscherer 416.1113.3115
Mike Wood 713.22110.5415

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Keith Foulke 7291432.0888
Chad Bradford 727423.0462
Ricardo Rincón 648403.2540
Jim Mecir 412315.5925
Mike Neu 320013.6420
Chad Harville 211015.8218
Jeremy Fikac 140104.509
Steve Sparks 90005.715
Micah Bowie 60107.564

Postseason

2003 ALDS

Game 1:Oakland 5 – Boston 4.

Game 2:Oakland 5 – Boston 1.

Game 3:Boston 3 – Oakland 1.

Game 4:Boston 5 – Oakland 4.

Game 5:Boston 4 – Oakland 3.

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Sacramento River Cats Pacific Coast League Tony DeFrancesco
AA Midland RockHounds Texas League Greg Sparks
A Modesto A's California League Rick Rodriguez
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Webster Garrison
A-Short Season Vancouver Canadians Northwest League Dennis Rogers
Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League Ruben Escalera

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sacramento

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References

  1. ↑ Felipe Lopez Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ "Neal Cotts Stats".
  3. ↑ John-Ford Griffin Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ "J.R. Towles Stats".
  5. ↑ "Aaron Harang Stats".
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