2003 Oakland Athletics season

The Oakland Athletics' 2003 season ended with the A's finishing 1st in the American League West with a record of 96 wins and 66 losses.

2003 Oakland Athletics
American League West Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record96–66 (.593)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Stephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann
General manager(s)Billy Beane
Manager(s)Ken Macha
Local televisionKICU-TV
FSN Bay Area
(Ray Fosse, Greg Papa)
Local 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 W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9666 0.593 — 57–24 39–42
Seattle Mariners 9369 0.574 3 50–31 43–38
Anaheim Angels 7785 0.475 19 45–37 32–48
Texas Rangers 7191 0.438 25 43–38 28–53

Record vs. opponents
2003 American League Records

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —1–83–63–46–36–16–35–43–68–128–116–39–102–711–7
Baltimore 8–1—9–102–43–33–33–43–46–13–12–74–58–117–28–115–13
Boston 6–310–9—5–44–28–15–12–49–103–45–212–75–410–911–7
Chicago 4–34–24–5—11–811–811–89–104–24–52–73–33–46–310–8
Cleveland 3–63–32–48–11—12–76–139–102–53–63–65–24–52–46–12
Detroit 1–63–31–88–117–12—5–144–151–53–61–82–41–62–74–14
Kansas City 3–64–31–58–1113–614–5—11–82–42–74–54–37–21–59–9
Minnesota 4–54–34–210–910–915–48–11—0–78–13–66–05–43–310–8
New York 6–313–6–110–92–45–25–14–27–0—3–65–414–54–510–913–5
Oakland 12–87–24–35–46–36–37–21–86–3—7–126–315–45–29–9
Seattle 11–85–42–57–26–38–15–46–34–512–7—4–510–103–410–8
Tampa Bay 3–611–87–123–32–54–23–40–65–143–65–4—3–611–83–15
Texas 10–92–74–54–35–46–12–74–55–44–1510–106–3—5–44–14
Toronto 7–211–89–103–64–27–25–13–39–102–54–38–114–5—10–8

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
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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

Pos Players G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Ramón Hernández 140 483 132 .273 21 78
1B Scott Hatteberg 147 541 137 .253 12 61
2B Mark Ellis 154 553 137 .248 9 52
SS Miguel Tejada 162 636 177 .278 27 106
3B Eric Chavez 154 588 166 .282 29 101
OF Terrence Long 140 486 119 .245 14 61
OF Chris Singleton 120 306 75 .245 1 36
OF Eric Byrnes 121 414 109 .263 12 52
DH Erubiel Durazo 154 537 139 .259 21 77

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
Eric Byrnes 121 414 109 .263 12 51
José Guillén 45 170 45 .265 8 23
Billy McMillon 66 153 41 .268 6 26
Adam Piatt 47 100 24 .240 4 15
Frank Menechino 43 83 16 .193 2 9
Adam Melhuse 40 77 23 .299 5 14
Ron Gant 17 41 6 .146 1 4
Mark Johnson 13 27 3 .111 0 3
Dave McCarty 8 26 7 .269 0 2
Bobby Crosby 11 12 0 .000 0 0
Jason Grabowski 8 8 0 .000 0 0
Graham Koonce 6 8 1 .125 0 0
Mike Edwards 4 4 1 .250 0 0
Esteban Germán 5 4 1 .250 0 1

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
Tim Hudson 34 240 16 7 2.70 162
Barry Zito 35 231.2 14 12 3.30 146
Mark Mulder 26 186.2 15 9 3.13 128
Ted Lilly 32 178.1 12 10 4.34 147
Rich Harden 15 74.2 5 4 4.46 67

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
John Halama 35 108.2 3 5 4.22 51
Aaron Harang 7 30.1 1 3 5.34 16
Justin Duchscherer 4 16.1 1 1 3.31 15
Mike Wood 7 13.2 2 1 10.54 15

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
Keith Foulke 72 9 1 43 2.08 88
Chad Bradford 72 7 4 2 3.04 62
Ricardo Rincón 64 8 4 0 3.25 40
Jim Mecir 41 2 3 1 5.59 25
Michael Neu 32 0 0 1 3.64 20
Chad Harville 21 1 0 1 5.82 18
Jeremy Fikac 14 0 1 0 4.50 9
Steve Sparks 9 0 0 0 5.71 5
Micah Bowie 6 0 1 0 7.56 4

Postseason

2003 ALDS
Main article: 2003 American League Division Series

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
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Sacramento River Cats Pacific Coast League Tony DeFrancesco
AA Midland RockHounds Texas League Greg Sparks
A Modesto A's California League Rick Rodriguez
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Webster Garrison
A-Short Season Vancouver Canadians Northwest League Dennis Rogers
Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League Ruben Escalera

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sacramento

References
  1. Felipe Lopez Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cottsne01.shtml
  3. John-Ford Griffin Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/towlejr01.shtml
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/haranaa01.shtml
  • 2003 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
  • 2003 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.
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