2003 Los Angeles Dodgers season

2003 Los Angeles Dodgers
2003 Los Angeles Dodgers
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Dodger Stadium
City	Los Angeles
Record	85–77 (.525)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Fox Entertainment Group
President	Bob Graziano
General managers	Dan Evans
Managers	Jim Tracy
Television	Fox Sports Net West 2; KCOP (13)
Radio	KFWB; Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday; KWKW ; Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez, Fernando Valenzuela

The 2003 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 114th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 46th season in Los Angeles, California. It was a turbulent season as News Corporation (Fox) was seeking to sell the team. Nevertheless, the Dodgers fell just short of a Wild Card berth, winning 85 games while finishing second in the National League West. The Dodgers pitching staff led baseball in earned run average (3.16), Éric Gagné became the first Dodger to earn the NL Cy Young Award since 1988 as he converted all 55 of his save opportunities. Shawn Green set a new Dodger single season record with 49 doubles and Paul Lo Duca had a 25-game hitting streak.

Offseason

December 4, 2002: Acquired Todd Hundley and Chad Hermansen from the Chicago Cubs for Mark Grudzielanek and Eric Karros.
December 16, 2002: Acquired Derek Thompson from the Chicago Cubs for cash.
January 25, 2003: Acquired Daryle Ward from the Houston Astros for Ruddy Lugo.
January 27, 2003: Acquired Jason Romano from the Colorado Rockies for Luke Allen.
January 30, 2003: Ron Coomer was signed as a free agent.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

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

2003 National League record v t e 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

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Dave Roberts	Center fielder
Paul Lo Duca	Catcher
Shawn Green	Right fielder
Brian Jordan	Left fielder
Fred McGriff	First baseman
Adrián Beltré	Third baseman
Jolbert Cabrera	Second baseman
César Izturis	Shortstop
Hideo Nomo	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

July 14, 2003: Acquired Jeromy Burnitz from the New York Mets for Jose S. Diaz, Victor Diaz and Kole Strayhorn
July 31, 2003: Acquired Robin Ventura from the New York Yankees for Bubba Crosby and Scott Proctor

Roster

2003 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

12 Jim Tracy

Coaches

22 Jack Clark
(hitting)
48 Jim Colborn
(pitching)
22 George Hendrick
(hitting)
35 Glenn Hoffman
(third base)
18 Jim Lett
(bullpen)
11 Manny Mota
25 Jim Riggleman
(bench)
31 John Shelby
(1st base)

Starting Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Hideo Nomo	33	33	218.1	16-13	3.09	98	177	2
Kevin Brown	32	32	211.0	14-9	2.39	56	185	0
Odalis Pérez	30	30	185.1	12-12	4.52	46	141	0
Kazuhisa Ishii	27	27	147.0	9-7	3.86	101	140	0
Wilson Álvarez	21	12	95.0	6-2	2.37	23	82	1
Andy Ashby	21	12	73.0	3-10	5.18	17	41	0
Darren Dreifort	10	10	60.1	4-4	4.03	25	67	0
Edwin Jackson	4	3	22.0	2-1	2.45	11	19	0
Masao Kida	3	2	12.0	0-1	3.00	3	8	0

Relief Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves

Name	G	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	SV
Éric Gagné	77	82.1	2-3	1.20	20	137	55
Paul Quantrill	89	77.1	2-5	1.75	15	44	1
Tom Martin	80	51.0	1-2	3.53	24	51	0
Guillermo Mota	76	105.0	6-3	1.97	26	99	1
Paul Shuey	62	69.0	6-4	3.00	33	60	0
Steve Colyer	13	19.2	0-0	2.75	9	16	0
Troy Brohawn	12	11.2	2-0	3.86	4	13	0
Rodney Myers	4	9.0	0-0	6.00	4	5	0
Víctor Alvarez	5	5.2	0-1	12.71	6	3	0
Scott Mullen	1	3.0	0-0	9.00	5	1	0

Batting Stats

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games; AB = At bats; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
Paul Lo Duca	C/1B	147	568	.273	64	155	7	52	0
David Ross	C	40	124	.258	19	32	10	18	0
Todd Hundley	C	21	33	.182	2	6	2	11	0
Koyie Hill	C	3	3	.333	0	1	0	0	0
Fred McGriff	1B	86	297	.249	32	74	13	40	0
Alex Cora	2B/SS	148	477	.249	39	119	4	34	4
César Izturis	SS	158	558	.251	47	140	1	40	10
Adrián Beltré	3B	158	559	.240	50	134	23	80	2
Ron Coomer	1B/3B	69	125	.240	11	30	4	15	0
Robin Ventura	1B/3B	49	109	.220	11	24	5	13	0
Joe Thurston	2B	12	10	.200	2	2	0	0	0
Shawn Green	RF	160	611	.280	84	171	19	85	6
Dave Roberts	CF	107	388	.250	56	97	2	16	40
Jeromy Burnitz	LF	61	230	.204	25	47	13	4
Jolbert Cabrera	OF/IF	128	347	.282	43	98	6	37	6
Brian Jordan	LF/CF/RF	66	224	.299	28	67	6	28	1
Mike Kinkade	LF/RF/1B/3B	88	162	.216	25	35	5	14	1
Daryle Ward	LF/1B	52	109	.183	6	20	0	9	0
Rickey Henderson	LF	30	72	.208	7	15	2	5	3
Wilkin Ruan	CF	21	41	.220	2	9	0	2	1
Larry Barnes	LF	30	38	.211	2	8	0	2	0
Jason Romano	LF/RF/CF/2B	37	36	.083	3	3	0	0	2
Chad Hermansen	LF	11	25	.160	2	4	0	2	0
Bubba Crosby	LF	9	12	.083	0	1	0	1	0
Chin-Feng Chen	OF	1	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0

2003 Awards

2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Éric Gagné reserve
- Paul Lo Duca reserve
- Kevin Brown did not play due to injury
National League Cy Young Award
- Éric Gagné
Rolaids Relief Man of the Year
- Éric Gagné
TSN National League All-Star
- Éric Gagné
TSN NL Pitcher of the Year
- Éric Gagné
TSN NL Reliever of the Year Award
- Éric Gagné
Players choice: NL Outstanding Pitcher
- Éric Gagné
NL Pitcher of the Month
- Kevin Brown (May 2003)
NL Player of the Week
- Éric Gagné (Aug. 4–10)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pacific Coast League	John Shoemaker
AA	Jacksonville Suns	Southern League	Dino Ebel
High A	Vero Beach Dodgers	Florida State League	Scott Little
A	South Georgia Waves	South Atlantic League	Dann Bilardello
Rookie	Ogden Raptors	Pioneer League	Travis Barbary
Rookie	Gulf Coast Dodgers	Gulf Coast League	Luis Salazar
Rookie	DSL Dodgers DSL Dodgers 2	Dominican Summer League

Major League Baseball Draft

The Dodgers selected 50 players in this draft. Of those, 12 of them would eventually play Major League baseball.

The first round pick was right handed pitcher Chad Billingsley from Defiance High School in Defiance, Ohio. He was a 2009 All-Star and pitched eight seasons with the Dodgers with an 81–61 record and 3.65 ERA in 219 games (190 starts) before missing most of 2013 and all of 2014 with serious arm injuries.

The sixth round pick, outfielder Matt Kemp from Midwest City High School would lead the National League in Home Runs and RBIs in 2011 as well as finishing second in the MVP vote that year.

The draft class also included catcher A. J. Ellis (18th round), who would become the Dodgers starting catcher in 2012.

2003 Draft Picks

Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	Chad Billingsley	RHP	Defiance High School	Yes	2003–2015	MLB
2	Chuck Tiffany	LHP	Charter Oak High School	Yes	2003–2011	AA
3	Cory VanAllen	LHP	Clements High School	No Nationals-2006	2006–2015	AAA
4	Xavier Paul	OF	Slidell High School	Yes	2003–2018	MLB
5	Jordan Pratt	RHP	Central High School	Yes	2003–2010	AAA
6	Matt Kemp	OF	Midwest City High School	Yes	2003–2020	MLB
7	Wesley Wright	LHP	Goshen High School	Yes	2003–2017	MLB
8	Lucas May	3B	Parkway West High School	Yes	2003–2014	MLB
9	Brett Dowdy	2B	University of Florida	No Orioles-2004	2003–2012	AAA
10	Phil Sobkow	RHP	University of Central Missouri	Yes	2003–2009	A
11	Anthony Harper	C	Oak Creek High School	Yes	2004–2007	A+
12	Cody White	LHP	Pleasant Grove High School	Yes	2004–2012	AAA
13	Derik Olvey	RHP	Pelham High School	No
14	David Pfeiffer	LHP	Lincoln Park Academy	Yes	2004–2011	AAA
15	Russ Mitchell	SS	Cartersville High School	Yes	2003–2013	MLB
16	James Peterson	1B	Indian Hills Community College	Yes	2004–2007	A
17	Steven Sapp	OF	West High School	Yes	2003–2005	A
18	A. J. Ellis	C	Austin Peay State University	Yes	2003–2018	MLB
19	Matt Antonelli	SS	St. John's Preparatory School	No Padres-2006	2006–2013	MLB
20	Chad Barben	3B	Taylorsville High School	No
21	Travis Denker	2B	Brea Olinda High School	Yes	2003–2017	MLB
22	Douglas Frame	LHP	Tomball High School	No
23	Taylor Slimak	C	California Lutheran University	Yes	2003	Rookie
24	Ben Snyder	LHP	Bellevue High School	No Giants-2006	2006–2012	AAA
25	Kevin Skogley	LHP	Hermiston Senior High School	No White Sox	2007–2009	A
26	Thomas Piazza	C	Palm Beach Atlantic University	Yes	2003–2005	Rookie
27	Jesús Castillo	RHP	Tucson High School	Yes	2004–2022	AAA
28	Adam Moore	C	Northeast Texas Community College	No Mariners-2006	2006–2019	MLB
29	Adam Parliament	OF	Penticton Secondary School	No Braves-2005	2005–2007	A+
30	Mark Melancon	RHP	Golden High School	No Yankees-2006	2006–present	MLB
31	Garrett Kohler	RHP	Cimarron-Memorial High School	No
32	Kyle Reichert	RHP	Porterville College	No
33	Ryan Zaft	RHP	Yuba Community College	No
34	James Lawler	1B	A&M Consolidated High School	No
35	Antonio Anderson	OF	Greene County High School	No
36	Andrew Jeffcoat	LHP	James W. Martin High School	No
37	Mike Ludwig	1B	St. Olaf College	Yes	2003–2004	Rookie
38	Justin Ferreira	OF	Stoneman–Douglas High School	No
39	Andy LaRoche	SS	Grayson County College	Yes	2003–2016	MLB
40	D. J. Lewis	1B	San Fernando High School	No Cubs-2005	2005–2007	A
41	Matthew Votaw	3B	Brea Olinda High School	No
42	Cory Vanderhook	C	Golden West College	No Cubs-2006	2006–2007	Rookie
43	Clayton Van Hook	SS	Brenham High School	No
44	Travis Check	C	Logan High School	No	2007	Ind
45	Cass Rhynes	C	Bluefield High School	No
46	Steven Paddock	OF	Milford High School	No
47	Matthew Chase	RHP	Florin High School	No
48	Kyle Rapp	OF	Milford High School	No
49	Clarence Farmer	OF	University of Arizona	No
50	Curtis Hudson	C	Yuba Community College	No

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References

External links

[1] "Ron Coomer Stats".

[2] 2003 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft

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