2003 Colorado Rockies season

The Colorado Rockies' 2003 season was the 11th for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Clint Hurdle was the manager. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 74-88, 4th in the NL West.

2003 Colorado Rockies
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Jerry McMorris
General manager(s)Dan O'Dowd
Manager(s)Clint Hurdle
Local televisionKTVD
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
(George Frazier, Drew Goodman)
Local radioKOA (AM)
(Jack Corrigan, Jeff Kingery)
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Offseason
  • November 16, 2002: Mike Hampton was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Juan Pierre and cash to the Florida Marlins for Charles Johnson, Preston Wilson, Pablo Ozuna, and Vic Darensbourg.[1]
  • January 8, 2003: Chris Stynes was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[2]
  • January 23, 2003: Steve Reed was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[3]
  • January 24, 2003: José Hernández and Mark Sweeney were signed as free agents by the Colorado Rockies.[4][5]
  • February 3, 2003: Darren Oliver was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[6]
  • March 21, 2003: Jack Cust was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Baltimore Orioles for Chris Richard.[7]

Regular season

Season standings

National League West
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 10061 0.621 — 57–24 43–37
Los Angeles Dodgers 8577 0.525 15½ 46–35 39–42
Arizona Diamondbacks 8478 0.519 16½ 45–36 39–42
Colorado Rockies 7488 0.457 26½ 49–32 25–56
San Diego Padres 6498 0.395 36½ 35–46 29–52

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

Notable transactions
  • April 9, 2003: Greg Vaughn was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[8]
  • June 3, 2003: Ian Stewart was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2003.[9]
  • June 20, 2003: José Hernández was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Chicago Cubs for Mark Bellhorn.[10]
  • June 28, 2003: Gabe Kapler was purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Colorado Rockies.[11]
  • July 13, 2003: Ben Petrick was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Detroit Tigers for Adam Bernero.[12]
  • August 26, 2003: Gregg Zaun was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[13]

Major League debuts
  • Batters:
    • René Reyes (Jul 22)
    • Garrett Atkins (Aug 3)
    • Clint Barmes (Sep 5)
  • Pitchers:
    • Javier López (Apr 1)
    • Jason Young (May 12)
    • Matt Miller (Jun 27)
    • Chin-hui Tsao (Jul 25) [14]

Roster
2003 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers
  • 55 Jesús Sánchez
  • 71 Chin-hui Tsao
 Catchers
  • 31 Greg Zaun

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

  •  2 Sandy Alomar, Sr. (third base)

Game log
2003 Game Log

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

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 Charles Johnson 108 356 82 .230 20 61
1B Todd Helton 160 583 209 .358 33 117
2B Ronnie Belliard 116 447 124 .277 8 50
SS Juan Uribe 87 316 80 .253 10 33
3B Chris Stynes 138 443 113 .335 11 73
LF Jay Payton 157 600 181 .302 28 89
CF Preston Wilson 155 600 169 .282 36 141
RF Larry Walker 143 454 129 .284 16 79

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
José Hernández6925761.237827
Greg Norton11417947.263631
Bobby Estalella4614028.200721
René Reyes5311630.25927
Mark Bellhorn4811026.23604
Mark Sweeney679725.258214
Brent Butler379019.21114

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
Jason Jennings32181.112135.11119
Darren Oliver33180.113115.0488
Shawn Chacón23137.01184.6093
Denny Stark1778.2335.8330

Other 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
Aaron Cook43124.0466.0243
Nelson Cruz2053.2357.2138
Scott Elarton1151.2446.2720
Chin-hui Tsao943.1336.0229
Todd Jones3339.1148.2428

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Brian Fuentes753342.7582
Javier López754113.7040
Justin Speier723194.0566
Steve Reed675303.2739
José Jiménez63210205.2245

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Rick Sofield
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Marv Foley
A Visalia Oaks California League Stu Cole
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Joe Mikulik
A-Short Season Tri-City Dust Devils Northwest League Ron Gideon
Rookie Casper Rockies Pioneer League P. J. Carey

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References
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wilsopr01.shtml
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stynech01.shtml
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reedst01.shtml
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hernajo01.shtml
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sweenma01.shtml
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/oliveda02.shtml
  7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/richach01.shtml
  8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vaughgr01.shtml
  9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stewaia01.shtml
  10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bellhma01.shtml
  11. Gabe Kapler Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  12. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bernead01.shtml
  13. Gregg Zaun Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  14. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/debut.php?y=2003&l=NL
  15. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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