2003 San Francisco Giants season

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2003  San Francisco Giants
National League West champions
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Pacific Bell Park
City San Francisco, California
Record100–61 (.621)
Divisional place1st
Owners Peter Magowan
General managers Brian Sabean
Managers Felipe Alou
Television KTVU
(Mike Krukow, Joe Angel, Jon Miller)
FSN Bay Area
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper)
Radio KNBR
(Mike Krukow, Dave Flemming, Duane Kuiper, Jon Miller, Joe Angel, Dave Raymond)
KZSF
(Erwin Higueros, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)
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The 2003 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 121st season in Major League Baseball, their 46th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their fourth season at Pacific Bell Park. The Giants entered the 2003 season as defending National League champions, aiming to get back to the World Series and win it. They finished in first place in the National League West with a record of 100 wins and 61 losses. They lost the NLDS in four games to the Florida Marlins, marking the 2003 Giants from what many described a failed season. The Giants would not return to the postseason or win the National League West until 2010.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

The Giants only played 161 games. The Giants elected to not make up one game (at New York Mets) that was postponed due to the Northeast blackout of 2003. Had the Giants made up the game and won, the Giants would've been assured home-field advantage in a potential NLCS meeting with the Atlanta Braves due to the Giants winning the season series if both teams held identical records of 101–61. No Division Series matchups would've been altered due to the Marlins and Braves being restricted from meeting in the Division Series as both teams are from the NL East.

Ray Durham and Benito Santiago became the first pair of Giants teammates to homer in each of the team's first two games of a season since at least 1901. [4]

On June 23 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Barry Bonds stole second in the 11th inning, the 500th steal of his career. He became the first major leaguer to collect 500 home runs and 500 stolen bases in a career.

Opening day starters

Season standings

National League West

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 10061.621—57‍–‍2443‍–‍37
Los Angeles Dodgers 8577.52515½46‍–‍3539‍–‍42
Arizona Diamondbacks 8478.51916½45‍–‍3639‍–‍42
Colorado Rockies 7488.45726½49‍–‍3225‍–‍56
San Diego Padres 6498.39536½35‍–‍4629‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

2003 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2003

TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILMTLNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
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 Francisco Giants
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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 Benito Santiago 108401112.2791156
1B J.T. Snow 10333090.273851
2B Ray Durham 110410117.285833
SS Rich Aurilia 129505140.2771358
3B Edgardo Alfonzo 142514133.2591381
LF Barry Bonds 130390133.3414590
CF Marquis Grissom 149587176.3002079
RF José Cruz Jr. 158539135.2502068

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Neifi Pérez 12032884.256131
Andrés Galarraga 11027282.3011242
Pedro Feliz 9523558.2471648
Yorvit Torrealba 6620052.260429
Jeffrey Hammonds 369426.277310
Eric Young 267114.19703
Marvin Benard 467114.19704
Rubén Rivera 31509.18024
Todd Linden 18388.21116
Cody Ransom 20276.22211
Tony Torcato 14163.18801
Alberto Castillo 11153.20014
Francisco Santos 8153.20011
Jason Ellison 7101.10000
Carlos Valderrama 771.14300
Lance Niekro 551.20002
Trey Lunsford 110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jason Schmidt 29207.21752.34208
Kirk Rueter 27147.01054.5341
Jerome Williams 21131.0753.3088
Damian Moss 21115.0974.7057
Jesse Foppert 23111.0895.03101
Sidney Ponson 1068.0363.7134
Kurt Ainsworth 1166.0543.8248
Brian Powell 14.20113.503

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jim Brower 51100.0853.9665
Kevin Correia 1039.1313.6628
Dustin Hermanson 939.0213.0027
Ryan Jensen 613.10010.803

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Tim Worrell 7644382.8765
Joe Nathan 7812402.9683
Scott Eyre 742113.3235
Félix Rodríguez 688223.1046
Jason Christiansen 400005.1922
Chad Zerbe 331104.7117
Matt Herges 271002.3128
Noah Lowry 40000.005
Manny Aybar 30006.002

2003 National League Division Series

The Giants lost to the Florida Marlins in the NLDS.

Game 1 – Florida 0, San Francisco 2
Game 2 – Florida 9, San Francisco 5
Game 3 – San Francisco 3, Florida 4
Game 4 – San Francisco 6, Florida 7

This was the last playoff series that the Giants lost before winning 11 straight, a streak that ended in the 2016 Division Series against the Chicago Cubs.

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Fresno Grizzlies Pacific Coast League Fred Stanley
AA Norwich Navigators Eastern League Shane Turner
A San Jose Giants California League Jack Lind
A Hagerstown Suns South Atlantic League Mike Ramsey
A-Short Season Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Northwest League Joe Strain
Rookie AZL Giants Arizona League Bert Hunter

[5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Tsuyoshi Shinjo Stats".
  2. ↑ "Ray Durham Stats".
  3. ↑ "Clay Bellinger Stats".
  4. ↑ "Player Batting Game Finder: In the Regular Season, since 1901, Playing for SFG, In team's first 2 games, requiring Home Runs >= 1, sorted by most games". Stathead. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  5. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  6. ↑ Baseball America 2004 Annual Directory
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