2003 Texas Rangers season

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2003  Texas Rangers
League American League
Division West
Ballpark The Ballpark in Arlington
City Arlington, Texas
Record71–91 (.438)
Divisional place4th
Owners Tom Hicks
General managers John Hart
Managers Buck Showalter
Television KDFI
FSN Southwest
(Tom Grieve, Josh Lewin)
Radio KRLD
(Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo)
KESS-FM
(Eleno Ornelas, Edgar Lopez)
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The 2003 Texas Rangers season was the 43rd of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 32nd in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 10th season at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Rangers finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.

Contents

Preseason

Regular season

The Rangers home opener on April 4 Flyover at Rangers home opener 2003-04-04.JPEG
The Rangers home opener on April 4

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9666.593—57‍–‍2439‍–‍42
Seattle Mariners 9369.574350‍–‍3143‍–‍38
Anaheim Angels 7785.4751945‍–‍3732‍–‍48
Texas Rangers 7191.4382543‍–‍3828‍–‍53

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 Texas Rangers
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 Einar Diaz 10133486.257435
1B Mark Teixeira 146529137.2592684
2B Michael Young 160666204.3061472
SS Alex Rodriguez 161607181.29847118
3B Hank Blalock 143567170.3002990
LF Shane Spencer 5518542.227423
CF Ryan Christenson 6016529.176216
RF Juan González 8232796.2942470
DH Rafael Palmeiro 154561146.26038112

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Carl Everett 7427074.2741851
Todd Greene 6220547.2291020
Doug Glanville 5219553.272414
Laynce Nix 5318447.255830
Rubén Sierra 4313335.263312
Donnie Sadler 7713126.19815
Kevin Mench 3812540.320211
Jason Jones 4010723.215311
Ramón Nivar 289019.21107
Marcus Thames 307315.20514
Jermaine Clark 24468.17406
Gerald Laird 194412.27314
Mike Lamb 28385.13202
Ryan Ludwick 8264.15400
Herbert Perry 11244.16702
Chad Kreuter 7182.11100

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
John Thomson 35217.013144.85136
Colby Lewis 26127.01097.3088
Ismael Valdéz 22115.0886.1047
Tony Mounce 1150.2157.1130
Chan Ho Park 729.2137.5816
Robert Ellis 418.1118.358
Alan Benes 415.00311.4011
Mario Ramos 313.0116.238
Doug Davis 13.00012.002

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
R.A. Dickey 38116.2985.0994
Joaquin Benoit 25105.0855.4987
Ryan Drese 1146.0246.8526
Víctor Santos 825.2027.0115
Mickey Callaway 622.1036.4519
Juan Domínguez 616.1027.1613
Todd Van Poppel 712.2108.539

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Ugueth Urbina 3904264.1941
Francisco Cordero 7358152.9490
Aaron Fultz 641305.2153
Brian Shouse 620113.1040
Jay Powell 513007.8240
Rosman García 461206.0225
Ron Mahay 353303.1838
Erasmo Ramirez 343103.8628
Reynaldo Garcia 170009.0015
Esteban Yan 150106.9425
C.J. Nitkowski 60007.455

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Oklahoma RedHawks Pacific Coast League Bobby Jones
AA Frisco RoughRiders Texas League Tim Ireland
A Stockton Ports California League Arnie Beyeler
A Clinton LumberKings Midwest League Carlos Subero
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Darryl Kennedy
Rookie AZL Rangers Arizona League Pedro López

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spokane

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References

  1. ↑ John Rocker page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Travis Hafner page at Baseball Reference
  3. 1 2 Ugueth Urbina page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ "Alan Benes Stats".
  5. ↑ Ian Kinsler page at Baseball Reference
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