2003 San Diego Padres season

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2003  San Diego Padres
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Qualcomm Stadium
City San Diego, California
Record64–98 (.395)
Divisional place5th
Owners John Moores
General managers Kevin Towers
Managers Bruce Bochy
Television KUSI-TV
4SD
(Mark Grant, Matt Vasgersian, Rick Sutcliffe)
Radio KOGO
(Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner)
KURS
(Rene Mora, Juan Avila, Eduardo Ortega)
←  2002 Seasons 2004  →

The 2003 San Diego Padres season was the 35th season in franchise history. The team was managed by Bruce Bochy, as the team played their final season of home games at Qualcomm Stadium before moving the club to Petco Park the following season.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

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Season standings

National League West

NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 100610.621—57–2443–37
Los Angeles Dodgers 85770.52515½46–3539–42
Arizona Diamondbacks 84780.51916½45–3639–42
Colorado Rockies 74880.45726½49–3225–56
San Diego Padres 64980.39536½35–4629–52

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

Roster

2003 San Diego Padres
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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Gary Bennett 9630773.238242
1B Ryan Klesko 121397100.2522167
2B Mark Loretta 154589185.3141372
SS Ramón Vázquez 116422110.261330
3B Sean Burroughs 146517148.286758
LF Rondell White 115413115.2781866
CF Mark Kotsay 128482128.266738
RF Xavier Nady 11037199.267939

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Gary Matthews Jr. 10330683.271422
Phil Nevin 5922663.2791346
Brian Buchanan 11519852.263829
Lou Merloni 6515141.272117
Miguel Ojeda 6114133.234422
Dave Hansen 11013533.244215
Brian Giles 2910431.298418
Keith Lockhart 629523.24238
Donaldo Méndez 268419.22629
Shane Victorino 367311.15104
Wiki González 246513.200010
Khalil Greene 206514.21526
Mike Rivera 19539.17012
Humberto Quintero 12235.21702
Jason Bay 382.25012
Todd Sears 982.25000
Jermaine Clark 120.00001

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Brian Lawrence 33210.210154.19116
Jake Peavy 32194.212114.11156
Adam Eaton 31183.09124.08146
Óliver Pérez 19103.2475.38117
Kevin Jarvis 1692.0485.8749
Ben Howard 634.2133.6324
Carlton Loewer 521.2126.6511
Brian Tollberg 310.1026.972
Roger Deago 210.1017.8410
Randy Keisler 26.00112.005
Dennis Tankersley 10.001inf0

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mike Bynum 1336.0148.7535
Clay Condrey 934.0128.4725
Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Rod Beck 3632201.7832
Mike Matthews 776404.4544
Luther Hackman 652205.1748
Jay Witasick 463724.5342
Scott Linebrink 432102.8251
Jesse Orosco 421127.5622
Matt Herges 402232.8640
Jaret Wright 391528.3741
Brandon Villafuerte 310224.2034
Joe Roa 181106.7518
Kevin Walker 110005.405
Trevor Hoffman 90002.0011
Charles Nagy 50204.387
Wiki González 10000.000

Award winners

2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Rick Sweet
AA Mobile BayBears Southern League Craig Colbert
A Lake Elsinore Storm California League Jeff Gardner
A Fort Wayne Wizards Midwest League Gary Jones
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Roy Howell
Rookie Idaho Falls Padres Pioneer League Carlos Lezcano

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References

  1. 1 2 Jaret Wright Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ 2003 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac
  3. ↑ "Tim Stauffer Stats".
  4. ↑ "Dirk Hayhurst Stats".
  5. ↑ Jason Bay Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007


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