2003 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 2003 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 121st season in the history of the franchise. The Phillies finished in third-place in the National League East, 15 games behind the Atlanta Braves, and five games behind the 2003 World Series champion Florida Marlins, who were the NL's wild-card winner. The Phillies were managed by their former shortstop Larry Bowa, as they played their final season of home games at Veterans Stadium, before moving the club to Citizens Bank Park in 2004.

2003 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record86–76 (.531)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Bill Giles
General manager(s)Ed Wade
Manager(s)Larry Bowa
Local televisionWPSG
CSN Philadelphia
Local radioWPEN
(Harry Kalas, Larry Andersen, Chris Wheeler, Scott Graham, John Kruk)
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The Phillies missed the playoffs for the ninth straight season, tying a record set between 1984-92

Offseason
  • December 2, 2002: David Bell was signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.[1]
  • December 6, 2002: Jim Thome signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
  • December 7, 2002: Dan Plesac was signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.[2]
  • March 29, 2003: Wayne Gomes was signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.[3]

Regular season

Season standings

National League East
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 10161 0.623 — 55–26 46–35
Florida Marlins 9171 0.562 10 53–28 38–43
Philadelphia Phillies 8676 0.531 15 49–32 37–44
Montreal Expos 8379 0.512 18 52–29 31–50
New York Mets 6695 0.410 34½ 34–46 32–49

Record vs. opponents
2003 National League Records

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona—2–52–47–210–92–55–110–93–34–24–24–23–39–105–143–311–4
Atlanta5–2—4–23–36–09–105–14–24–212–711–89–107–26–12–44–210–5
Chicago4–22–4—10–73–34–29–72–410–63–35–11–510–84–24–28–99–9
Cincinnati2–73–37–10—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
Florida5–210–92–44–22–4—1–52–57–213–612–713–62–45–11–53–39–6
Houston1–51–57–912–54–25-1—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
Milwaukee3–32–46–1010–81–52–78–92–4—0–66–34–210–75–11–53–135–7
Montreal2–47–123–34–24–36-133–32–46–0—14–58–113–34–27–01–59–9
New York2–48–111–54–25–27–124–23–33–65–14—7–124–23–34–21–55–10
Philadelphia2-410–95–14–54–26–134–25–22–411–812–7—2–44–33–34–28–7
Pittsburgh3–32–78–1011–56–34–26–101–57–103–32–44–2—4–22–47–105–7
San Diego10–91–62–43–37–121–53–311–81–52–43–33–42–4—5–142–48–10
San Francisco14–54–22–43–312–75–14–213–65–10–72–43–34–214–5—5–110–8
St. Louis3–32–49–87–92–43-37–112–413–35–15–12–410–74–21–5—10–8

Game Log
Legend
 Phillies win
 Phillies loss
 Postponement
BoldPhillies team member
2003 Game Log[4]
Overall Record: 86–76

Roster
2003 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in [5]

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Bobby Abreu158577173.30020101
David Bell8529758.195437
Pat Burrell146522109.2092164
Marlon Byrd135495150.303745
Ricky Ledee12125563.2471346
Mike Lieberthal131508159.3131381
Tomas Perez12529879.265533
Placido Polanco122492142.2891463
Todd Pratt4312534.272420
Jimmy Rollins156628165.263862
Jim Thome159578154.26647131
Chase Utley4313432.239221

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
Red Barons		 International League Marc Bombard
AA Reading Phillies Eastern League Greg Legg
A Clearwater Phillies Florida State League Roly de Armas
A Lakewood BlueClaws South Atlantic League Buddy Biancalana
A-Short Season Batavia Muckdogs New York–Penn League Luis Meléndez
Rookie GCL Phillies Gulf Coast League Rubén Amaro, Sr.

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References
  1. "David Bell Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  2. "Dan Plesac Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  3. "Wayne Gomes Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  4. "2003 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits". Baseball-Reference.com.
  5. "2003 Philadelphia Phillies Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
  6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  7. Baseball America 2004 Annual Directory
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