2003 Oakland Athletics season

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.

2003 Oakland Athletics
American League West Champions
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkNetwork Associates Coliseum
CityOakland, California
Record96–66 (.593)
Divisional place1st
OwnersStephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann
General managersBilly Beane
ManagersKen Macha
TelevisionKICU-TV
FSN Bay Area
(Ray Fosse, Greg Papa)
RadioKFRC
(Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse)
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Offseason

  • December 15, 2002: Felipe López was traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Cincinnati Reds. The Oakland Athletics sent a player to be named later to the Toronto Blue Jays. The Arizona Diamondbacks sent Erubiel Durazo to the Oakland Athletics. The Cincinnati Reds sent Elmer Dessens and cash to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Oakland Athletics sent Jason Arnold (minors) (December 16, 2002) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.[1]
  • December 16, 2002: Neal Cotts was sent by the Oakland Athletics to the Chicago White Sox to complete an earlier deal made on December 3, 2002. The Oakland Athletics sent players to be named later and Billy Koch to the Chicago White Sox for Keith Foulke, Mark L. Johnson, Joe Valentine, and cash. The Oakland Athletics sent Neal Cotts (December 16, 2002) and Daylon Holt (minors) (December 16, 2002) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.[2]
  • January 27, 2003: John-Ford Griffin was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Jason Perry (minors) (June 23, 2003) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.[3]

Regular season

Season standings

AL West
TeamWLPct.GBHomeRoad
Oakland Athletics9666.59357‍–‍2439‍–‍42
Seattle Mariners9369.574350‍–‍3143‍–‍38
Anaheim Angels7785.4751945‍–‍3732‍–‍48
Texas Rangers7191.4382543‍–‍3828‍–‍53


Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Anaheim1–83–63–46–36–16–35–43–68–128–116–39–102–711–7
Baltimore8–19–102–43–33–33–43–46–13–12–74–58–117–28–115–13
Boston6–310–95–44–28–15–12–49–103–45–212–75–410–911–7
Chicago4–34–24–511–811–811–89–104–24–52–73–33–46–310–8
Cleveland3–63–32–48–1112–76–139–102–53–63–65–24–52–46–12
Detroit1–63–31–88–117–125–144–151–53–61–82–41–62–74–14
Kansas City3–64–31–58–1113–614–511–82–42–74–54–37–21–59–9
Minnesota4–54–34–210–910–915–48–110–78–13–66–05–43–310–8
New York6–313–6–110–92–45–25–14–27–03–65–414–54–510–913–5
Oakland12–87–24–35–46–36–37–21–86–37–126–315–45–29–9
Seattle11–85–42–57–26–38–15–46–34–512–74–510–103–410–8
Tampa Bay3–611–87–123–32–54–23–40–65–143–65–43–611–83–15
Texas10–92–74–54–35–46–12–74–55–44–1510–106–35–44–14
Toronto7–211–89–103–64–27–25–13–39–102–54–38–114–510–8


Transactions

  • June 3, 2003: J.R. Towles was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 23rd round of the 2003 amateur draft, but did not sign.[4]
  • July 30, 2003: Aaron Harang was traded by the Oakland Athletics with Jeff Bruksch (minors) and Joe Valentine to the Cincinnati Reds for Jose Guillen.[5]

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
CRamón Hernández140483132.2732178
1BScott Hatteberg147541137.2531261
2BMark Ellis154553137.248952
SSMiguel Tejada162636177.27827106
3BEric Chavez154588166.28229101
LFTerrence Long140486119.2451461
CFChris Singleton12030675.245136
RFJermaine Dye6522138.172420
DHErubiel Durazo154537139.2592177

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Eric Byrnes121414109.2631251
José Guillén4517045.265823
Billy McMillon6615341.268626
Adam Piatt4710024.240415
Frank Menechino438316.19329
Adam Melhuse407723.299514
Ron Gant17416.14614
Mark Johnson13273.11103
Dave McCarty8267.26902
Bobby Crosby11120.00000
Jason Grabowski880.00000
Graham Koonce681.12500
Mike Edwards441.25000
Esteban Germán541.25001

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Tim Hudson34240.01672.70162
Barry Zito35231.214123.30146
Mark Mulder26186.21593.13128
Ted Lilly32178.112104.34147
Rich Harden1574.2544.4667

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
John Halama35108.2354.2251
Aaron Harang730.1135.3416
Justin Duchscherer416.1113.3115
Mike Wood713.22110.5415

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Keith Foulke7291432.0888
Chad Bradford727423.0462
Ricardo Rincón648403.2540
Jim Mecir412315.5925
Mike Neu320013.6420
Chad Harville211015.8218
Jeremy Fikac140104.509
Steve Sparks90005.715
Micah Bowie60107.564

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
AAASacramento River CatsPacific Coast LeagueTony DeFrancesco
AAMidland RockHoundsTexas LeagueGreg Sparks
AModesto A'sCalifornia LeagueRick Rodriguez
AKane County CougarsMidwest LeagueWebster Garrison
A-Short SeasonVancouver CanadiansNorthwest LeagueDennis Rogers
RookieAZL AthleticsArizona LeagueRuben Escalera

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sacramento

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