2003 San Diego Padres season

2003 San Diego Padres
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkQualcomm Stadium
CitySan Diego, California
Record64–98 (.395)
Divisional place5th
OwnersJohn Moores
General managersKevin Towers
ManagersBruce Bochy
TelevisionKUSI-TV
4SD
(Mark Grant, Matt Vasgersian, Rick Sutcliffe)
RadioKOGO
(Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner)
KURS
(Rene Mora, Juan Avila, Eduardo Ortega)
← 2002 Seasons 2004 →

The 2003 San Diego Padres season was the 35th season in franchise history. The team was managed by Bruce Bochy, as the team played their final season of home games at Qualcomm Stadium before moving the club to Petco Park the following season.

Offseason

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  • November 19, 2002: Jesse Orosco signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.
  • December 10, 2002: Jaret Wright signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.[1]

Regular season

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Opening Day starters

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Notable transactions

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  • June 3, 2003: Tim Stauffer was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed August 9, 2003.[3]
  • June 3, 2003: Dirk Hayhurst was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 8th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2003.[4]
  • July 22, 2003: Jesse Orosco was sent to the New York Yankees by the San Diego Padres as part of a conditional deal.
  • August 12, 2003: Jason Bay was traded by the San Diego Padres with a player to be named later and Óliver Pérez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brian Giles. The San Diego Padres sent Corey Stewart (minors) (October 2, 2003) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.[5]
  • August 15, 2003: Jaret Wright was selected off waivers by the Atlanta Braves from the San Diego Padres.

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Season standings

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National League West

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NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 100 61 .621 57‍–‍24 43‍–‍37
Los Angeles Dodgers 85 77 .525 15½ 46‍–‍35 39‍–‍42
Arizona Diamondbacks 84 78 .519 16½ 45‍–‍36 39‍–‍42
Colorado Rockies 74 88 .457 26½ 49‍–‍32 25‍–‍56
San Diego Padres 64 98 .395 36½ 35‍–‍46 29‍–‍52


Record vs. opponents

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Source: [1]
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LA MIL MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona 2–5 2–4 7–2 10–9 2–5 5–1 10–9 3–3 4–2 4–2 4–2 3–3 9–10 5–14 3–3 11–4
Atlanta 5–2 4–2 3–3 6–0 9–10 5–1 4–2 4–2 12–7 11–8 9–10 7–2 6–1 2–4 4–2 10–5
Chicago 4–2 2–4 10–7 3–3 4–2 9–7 2–4 10–6 3–3 5–1 1–5 10–8 4–2 4–2 8–9 9–9
Cincinnati 2–7 3–3 7–10 4–2 2–4 5–12 2–4 8–10 2–4 2–4 5–4 5–11 3–3 3–3 9–7 7–5
Colorado 9–10 0–6 3–3 2–4 4–2 2–4 7–12 5–1 3–4 2–5 2–4 3–6 12–7 7–12 4–2 9–6
Florida 5–2 10–9 2–4 4–2 2–4 1–5 2–5 7–2 13–6 12–7 13–6 2–4 5–1 1–5 3–3 9–6
Houston 1–5 1–5 7–9 12–5 4–2 5–1 4–2 9–8 3–3 2–4 2–4 10–6 3–3 2–4 11–7 11–7
Los Angeles 9–10 2–4 4–2 4–2 12–7 5–2 2–4 4–2 4–2 3–3 2–5 5–1 8–11 6–13 4–2 11–7
Milwaukee 3–3 2–4 6–10 10–8 1–5 2–7 8–9 2–4 0–6 6–3 4–2 10–7 5–1 1–5 3–13 5–7
Montreal 2–4 7–12 3–3 4–2 4–3 6–13 3–3 2–4 6–0 14–5 8–11 3–3 4–2 7–0 1–5 9–9
New York 2–4 8–11 1–5 4–2 5–2 7–12 4–2 3–3 3–6 5–14 7–12 4–2 3–3 4–2 1–5 5–10
Philadelphia 2–4 10–9 5–1 4–5 4–2 6–13 4–2 5–2 2–4 11–8 12–7 2–4 4–3 3–3 4–2 8–7
Pittsburgh 3–3 2–7 8–10 11–5 6–3 4–2 6–10 1–5 7–10 3–3 2–4 4–2 4–2 2–4 7–10 5–7
San Diego 10–9 1–6 2–4 3–3 7–12 1–5 3–3 11–8 1–5 2–4 3–3 3–4 2–4 5–14 2–4 8–10
San Francisco 14–5 4–2 2–4 3–3 12–7 5–1 4–2 13–6 5–1 0–7 2–4 3–3 4–2 14–5 5–1 10–8
St. Louis 3–3 2–4 9–8 7–9 2–4 3–3 7–11 2–4 13–3 5–1 5–1 2–4 10–7 4–2 1–5 10–8


Roster

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2003 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Gary Bennett 96 307 73 .238 2 42
1B Ryan Klesko 121 397 100 .252 21 67
2B Mark Loretta 154 589 185 .314 13 72
SS Ramón Vázquez 116 422 110 .261 3 30
3B Sean Burroughs 146 517 148 .286 7 58
LF Rondell White 115 413 115 .278 18 66
CF Mark Kotsay 128 482 128 .266 7 38
RF Xavier Nady 110 371 99 .267 9 39

Other batters

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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
Gary Matthews Jr. 103 306 83 .271 4 22
Phil Nevin 59 226 63 .279 13 46
Brian Buchanan 115 198 52 .263 8 29
Lou Merloni 65 151 41 .272 1 17
Miguel Ojeda 61 141 33 .234 4 22
Dave Hansen 110 135 33 .244 2 15
Brian Giles 29 104 31 .298 4 18
Keith Lockhart 62 95 23 .242 3 8
Donaldo Méndez 26 84 19 .226 2 9
Shane Victorino 36 73 11 .151 0 4
Wiki González 24 65 13 .200 0 10
Khalil Greene 20 65 14 .215 2 6
Mike Rivera 19 53 9 .170 1 2
Humberto Quintero 12 23 5 .217 0 2
Jason Bay 3 8 2 .250 1 2
Todd Sears 9 8 2 .250 0 0
Jermaine Clark 1 2 0 .000 0 1

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Brian Lawrence 33 210.2 10 15 4.19 116
Jake Peavy 32 194.2 12 11 4.11 156
Adam Eaton 31 183.0 9 12 4.08 146
Óliver Pérez 19 103.2 4 7 5.38 117
Kevin Jarvis 16 92.0 4 8 5.87 49
Ben Howard 6 34.2 1 3 3.63 24
Carlton Loewer 5 21.2 1 2 6.65 11
Brian Tollberg 3 10.1 0 2 6.97 2
Roger Deago 2 10.1 0 1 7.84 10
Randy Keisler 2 6.0 0 1 12.00 5
Dennis Tankersley 1 0.0 0 1 inf 0

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Bynum 13 36.0 1 4 8.75 35
Clay Condrey 9 34.0 1 2 8.47 25
Relief pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Rod Beck 36 3 2 20 1.78 32
Mike Matthews 77 6 4 0 4.45 44
Luther Hackman 65 2 2 0 5.17 48
Jay Witasick 46 3 7 2 4.53 42
Scott Linebrink 43 2 1 0 2.82 51
Jesse Orosco 42 1 1 2 7.56 22
Matt Herges 40 2 2 3 2.86 40
Jaret Wright 39 1 5 2 8.37 41
Brandon Villafuerte 31 0 2 2 4.20 34
Joe Roa 18 1 1 0 6.75 18
Kevin Walker 11 0 0 0 5.40 5
Trevor Hoffman 9 0 0 0 2.00 11
Charles Nagy 5 0 2 0 4.38 7
Wiki González 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Award winners

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2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Rondell White

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Rick Sweet
AA Mobile BayBears Southern League Craig Colbert
A Lake Elsinore Storm California League Jeff Gardner
A Fort Wayne Wizards Midwest League Gary Jones
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Roy Howell
Rookie Idaho Falls Padres Pioneer League Carlos Lezcano

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References

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  1. ^ a b Jaret Wright Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ 2003 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac
  3. ^ "Tim Stauffer Stats".
  4. ^ "Dirk Hayhurst Stats".
  5. ^ Jason Bay Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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