2003 San Diego Padres season

2003 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1969) Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Qualcomm Stadium (since 1969) San Diego, California (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	John Moores
General manager(s)	Kevin Towers
Manager(s)	Bruce Bochy
Local television	KUSI-TV 4SD (Mark Grant, Matt Vasgersian, Rick Sutcliffe)
Local radio	KOGO (Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner) KURS (Rene Mora, Juan Avila, Eduardo Ortega)
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The 2003 San Diego Padres season was the 35th season in franchise history.

Offseason[]

• 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[]

Opening Day starters[]

• Gary Bennett
• Sean Burroughs
• Ryan Klesko
• Mark Kotsay
• Brian Lawrence
• Mark Loretta
• Xavier Nady
• Ramon Vazquez
• Rondell White^[2]

Notable transactions[]

• 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[]

National League West[]

v t NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Francisco Giants	100	61	0.621	—	57–24	43–37
Los Angeles Dodgers	85	77	0.525	15½	46–35	39–42
Arizona Diamondbacks	84	78	0.519	16½	45–36	39–42
Colorado Rockies	74	88	0.457	26½	49–32	25–56
San Diego Padres	64	98	0.395	36½	35–46	29–52

Record vs. opponents[]

2003 National League Records v t Source: [1]
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	MON	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[]

2003 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers 45 Rod Beck 54 Mike Bynum 41 Clay Condrey 58 Roger Deago 53 Adam Eaton 58,16 Luther Hackman 52 Matt Herges 51 Trevor Hoffman 39 Ben Howard 32 Kevin Jarvis 57 Randy Keisler 50 Brian Lawrence 38 Scott Linebrink 37 Carlton Loewer 49 Mike Matthews 39 Charles Nagy 47 Jesse Orosco 44 Jake Peavy 59 Óliver Pérez 37 Joe Roa 45 Dennis Tankersley 55 Brian Tollberg 43 Brandon Villafuerte 55 Kevin Walker 46 Jay Witasick 21 Jaret Wright		Catchers 29 Gary Bennett  7 Wiki González 20 Miguel Ojeda 11 Humberto Quintero 10 Mike Rivera Infielders 33 Sean Burroughs  3 Khalil Greene 30 Ryan Klesko  8 Mark Loretta 17 Donaldo Méndez 28 Lou Merloni 23 Phil Nevin  9 Todd Sears  1 Ramón Vázquez		Outfielders  2 Jason Bay 17 Jermaine Clark 24 Brian Giles 14 Mark Kotsay 13 Gary Matthews, Jr. 22 Xavier Nady  3 Shane Victorino 27 Rondell White Other batters 34 Brian Buchanan 25 Dave Hansen 18 Keith Lockhart (baseball)		Manager 15 Bruce Bochy Coaches 48 Darrel Akerfelds (bullpen) 38 Greg Booker (pitching) 24,27 Davey Lopes (first base) 12 Dave Magadan (hitting) 40 Tony Muser (bench)  5 Rob Picciolo (third base)

Player stats[]

Batting[]

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

Other batters[]

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Starting pitchers[]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers[]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers[]

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Award winners[]

2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Rondell White

Farm system[]

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[]

External links[]

• 2003 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference
• 2003 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac