2003 Anaheim Angels season

2003 Anaheim Angels
2003 Anaheim Angels
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Edison International Field of Anaheim
City	Anaheim, CA
Owners	Arte Moreno
General managers	Bill Stoneman
Managers	Mike Scioscia
Television	Fox Sports Net West ; KCAL-9 ; •Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc
Radio	KSPN (AM 710) ; •Terry Smith, Rory Markas ; KTNQ (AM 1020—Spanish) ; •José Mota, Ivan Lara
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference
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The 2003 Anaheim Angels season involved the Angels finishing third in the American League West Division with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses.

Offseason

January 23, 2003: Adam Riggs was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[1]

Regular season

August 16, 2003: Adam Riggs played for the Angels in a home game against the Tigers on August 16. He would gain notoriety because of the jersey he wore in the game. Riggs wore a sleeveless jersey that read "A-N-G-E-E-S" across the front. Riggs did not realize the mistake until his teammates advised him in the dugout between innings.^[2]

Season standings

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AL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	96	66	.593	—	57‍–‍24	39‍–‍42
Seattle Mariners	93	69	.574	3	50‍–‍31	43‍–‍38
Anaheim Angels	77	85	.475	19	45‍–‍37	32‍–‍48
Texas Rangers	71	91	.438	25	43‍–‍38	28‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

2003 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	1–8	3–6	3–4	6–3	6–1	6–3	5–4	3–6	8–12	8–11	6–3	9–10	2–7	11–7
Baltimore	8–1	—	9–10	2–4	3–3	3–3	3–4	3–4	6–13–1	2–7	4–5	8–11	7–2	8–11	5–13
Boston	6–3	10–9	—	5–4	4–2	8–1	5–1	2–4	9–10	3–4	5–2	12–7	5–4	10–9	11–7
Chicago	4–3	4–2	4–5	—	11–8	11–8	11–8	9–10	4–2	4–5	2–7	3–3	3–4	6–3	10–8
Cleveland	3–6	3–3	2–4	8–11	—	12–7	6–13	9–10	2–5	3–6	3–6	5–2	4–5	2–4	6–12
Detroit	1–6	3–3	1–8	8–11	7–12	—	5–14	4–15	1–5	3–6	1–8	2–4	1–6	2–7	4–14
Kansas City	3–6	4–3	1–5	8–11	13–6	14–5	—	11–8	2–4	2–7	4–5	4–3	7–2	1–5	9–9
Minnesota	4–5	4–3	4–2	10–9	10–9	15–4	8–11	—	0–7	8–1	3–6	6–0	5–4	3–3	10–8
New York	6–3	13–6–1	10–9	2–4	5–2	5–1	4–2	7–0	—	3–6	5–4	14–5	4–5	10–9	13–5
Oakland	12–8	7–2	4–3	5–4	6–3	6–3	7–2	1–8	6–3	—	7–12	6–3	15–4	5–2	9–9
Seattle	11–8	5–4	2–5	7–2	6–3	8–1	5–4	6–3	4–5	12–7	—	4–5	10–10	3–4	10–8
Tampa Bay	3–6	11–8	7–12	3–3	2–5	4–2	3–4	0–6	5–14	3–6	5–4	—	3–6	11–8	3–15
Texas	10–9	2–7	4–5	4–3	5–4	6–1	2–7	4–5	5–4	4–15	10–10	6–3	—	5–4	4–14
Toronto	7–2	11–8	9–10	3–6	4–2	7–2	5–1	3–3	9–10	2–5	4–3	8–11	4–5	—	10–8

Roster

2003 Anaheim Angels

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

14 Mike Scioscia

Coaches

24 Bud Black (pitching)
4 Alfredo Griffin (first base)
7 Mickey Hatcher (hitting)
70 Joe Maddon (bench)
88 Orlando Mercado (bullpen catcher)
13 Bobby Ramos (bullpen)
12 Ron Roenicke (third base)

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bengie Molina	119	409	115	.281	14	71
1B	Scott Spiezio	158	521	138	.265	16	83
2B	Adam Kennedy	143	449	121	.269	13	49
SS	David Eckstein	120	452	114	.252	3	31
3B	Troy Glaus	91	319	79	.248	16	50
LF	Garret Anderson	159	638	201	.315	29	116
CF	Darin Erstad	67	258	65	.252	4	17
RF	Jeff DaVanon	123	330	93	.282	12	43
DH	Tim Salmon	148	528	145	.275	19	72

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Shawn Wooten	98	272	66	.243	7	32
Eric Owens	111	241	65	.270	1	20
Chone Figgins	71	240	71	.296	0	27
Brad Fullmer	63	206	63	.306	9	35
Benji Gil	62	125	24	.192	1	9
José Molina	53	114	21	.184	0	6
Alfredo Amézaga	37	105	22	.210	2	7
Robb Quinlan	38	94	27	.287	0	4
Adam Riggs	24	61	15	.246	3	5
Wilson Delgado	19	50	16	.320	0	4
Tom Gregorio	12	19	3	.158	0	2
Trent Durrington	12	14	2	.143	0	1
Barry Wesson	10	11	2	.182	1	3
Gary Johnson	5	8	3	.375	0	0
Julio Ramírez	6	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jarrod Washburn	32	207.1	10	15	4.43	118
John Lackey	33	204.0	10	16	4.63	151
Ramón Ortiz	32	180.0	16	13	5.20	94
Aaron Sele	25	121.2	7	11	5.77	53
Kevin Appier	19	92.2	7	7	5.63	50

Other pitchers