2003 Major League Baseball season
The 2003 Major League Baseball season ended when the Florida Marlins defeated the New York Yankees in a six-game World Series. The Detroit Tigers set the American League record for losses in a season, with 119, and the Marlins became the first team to win the championship twice as a wild card.
| 2003 MLB season | |
|---|---|
| League | Major League Baseball |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | March 30 – October 25, 2003 |
| Draft | |
| Top draft pick | Delmon Young |
| Picked by | Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
| Regular Season | |
| Season MVP | AL: Alex Rodriguez (TEX) NL: Barry Bonds (SF) |
| League Postseason | |
| AL champions | New York Yankees |
| AL runners-up | Boston Red Sox |
| NL champions | Florida Marlins |
| NL runners-up | Chicago Cubs |
| World Series | |
| Champions | Florida Marlins |
| Runners-up | New York Yankees |
| World Series MVP | Josh Beckett (FLA) |
Managers
American League
| Team | Manager | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Anaheim Angels | Mike Scioscia | |
| Baltimore Orioles | Mike Hargrove | |
| Boston Red Sox | Grady Little | |
| Chicago White Sox± | Jerry Manuel | Hosted the All-Star Game |
| Cleveland Indians | Eric Wedge | |
| Detroit Tigers | Alan Trammell | |
| Kansas City Royals | Tony Peña | |
| Minnesota Twins | Ron Gardenhire | |
| New York Yankees | Joe Torre | Won the AL pennant |
| Oakland Athletics | Ken Macha | |
| Seattle Mariners | Bob Melvin | |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | Lou Piniella | |
| Texas Rangers | Buck Showalter | |
| Toronto Blue Jays | Carlos Tosca |
National League
| Team | Manager | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona Diamondbacks | Bob Brenly | |
| Atlanta Braves | Bobby Cox | |
| Chicago Cubs | Dusty Baker | |
| Cincinnati Reds | Bob Boone | Replaced during the season by Dave Miley |
| Colorado Rockies | Clint Hurdle | |
| Florida Marlins | Jeff Torborg | Replaced during the season by Jack McKeon, won World Series |
| Houston Astros | Jimy Williams | |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | Jim Tracy | |
| Milwaukee Brewers | Ned Yost | |
| Montreal Expos | Frank Robinson | |
| New York Mets | Art Howe | |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Larry Bowa | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Lloyd McClendon | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Tony La Russa | |
| San Diego Padres | Bruce Bochy | |
| San Francisco Giants | Felipe Alou |
±hosted the MLB All Star Game
Major league baseball final standings
American League
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National League
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Postseason
Bracket
| Division Series (ALDS, NLDS) |
League Championship Series (NLCS, ALCS) |
World Series | |||||||||||
| 1 | NY Yankees | 3 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Minnesota | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | NY Yankees | 4 | |||||||||||
| American League | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Boston | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Oakland | 2 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Boston | 3 | |||||||||||
| AL1 | NY Yankees | 2 | |||||||||||
| NL4 | Florida | 4 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Atlanta | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Chicago Cubs | 3 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Chicago Cubs | 3 | |||||||||||
| National League | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Florida | 4 | |||||||||||
| 2 | San Francisco | 1 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Florida | 3 | |||||||||||
- World Series MVP: Josh Beckett
- All-Star Game, July 15 at U.S. Cellular Field: American League, 7–6; Garret Anderson, MVP
Statistical leaders
| Statistic | American League | National League | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVG | Bill Mueller BOS | .326 | Albert Pujols STL | .359 |
| HR | Alex Rodriguez TEX | 47 | Jim Thome PHI | 47 |
| RBI | Carlos Delgado TOR | 145 | Preston Wilson COL | 141 |
| Wins | Roy Halladay TOR | 22 | Russ Ortiz ATL | 21 |
| ERA | Pedro Martínez BOS | 2.22 | Jason Schmidt SF | 2.34 |
| SO | Esteban Loaiza CHW | 207 | Kerry Wood CHC | 266 |
| SV | Keith Foulke OAK | 43 | Éric Gagné LA | 55 |
| SB | Carl Crawford TB | 55 | Juan Pierre FLA | 65 |
Events
- April 2 – The Detroit Tigers become the first team to have four pitchers make their Major League debut in the same game. Jeremy Bonderman, Wilfredo Ledezma, Chris Spurling and Matt Roney all played in the 8-1 loss to the Minnesota Twins.[1]
- May 23 – During the Atlanta Braves 15-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds, Braves players Rafael Furcal, Mark DeRosa and Gary Sheffield hit consecutive home runs to start the game.[2]
- June 23 – Barry Bonds steals his 500th career base, becoming the only member of baseball's 500 home run/500 stolen base club
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References
- Baseball-Reference.com, 2003 American League season
- Baseball-Reference.com, 2003 National League season
- "Charlton's Baseball Chronology". BaseballLibrary.com. Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
- Mackin, Bob (2004). The Unofficial Guide to Baseball's Most Unusual Records. Canada: Greystone Books. p. 240. ISBN 9781553650386.
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