2003 Oakland Athletics season

2003 Oakland Athletics
2003 AL West Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Network Associates Coliseum (since 1968)
Oakland, California (since 1968)
Results
Record	96–66 (.593)
Divisional place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	Stephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann
General manager(s)	Billy Beane
Manager(s)	Ken Macha
Local television	KICU-TV FSN Bay Area (Ray Fosse, Greg Papa)
Local radio	KFRC (Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse)
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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.

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	96	66	0.593	—	57–24	39–42
Seattle Mariners	93	69	0.574	3	50–31	43–38
Anaheim Angels	77	85	0.475	19	45–37	32–48
Texas Rangers	71	91	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	—	1–8	3–6	3–4	6–3	6–1	6–3	5–4	3–6	8–12	8–11	6–3	9–10	2–7	11–7
Baltimore	8–1	—	9–10	2–4	3–3	3–3	3–4	3–4	6–13–1	2–7	4–5	8–11	7–2	8–11	5–13
Boston	6–3	10–9	—	5–4	4–2	8–1	5–1	2–4	9–10	3–4	5–2	12–7	5–4	10–9	11–7
Chicago	4–3	4–2	4–5	—	11–8	11–8	11–8	9–10	4–2	4–5	2–7	3–3	3–4	6–3	10–8
Cleveland	3–6	3–3	2–4	8–11	—	12–7	6–13	9–10	2–5	3–6	3–6	5–2	4–5	2–4	6–12
Detroit	1–6	3–3	1–8	8–11	7–12	—	5–14	4–15	1–5	3–6	1–8	2–4	1–6	2–7	4–14
Kansas City	3–6	4–3	1–5	8–11	13–6	14–5	—	11–8	2–4	2–7	4–5	4–3	7–2	1–5	9–9
Minnesota	4–5	4–3	4–2	10–9	10–9	15–4	8–11	—	0–7	8–1	3–6	6–0	5–4	3–3	10–8
New York	6–3	13–6–1	10–9	2–4	5–2	5–1	4–2	7–0	—	3–6	5–4	14–5	4–5	10–9	13–5
Oakland	12–8	7–2	4–3	5–4	6–3	6–3	7–2	1–8	6–3	—	7–12	6–3	15–4	5–2	9–9
Seattle	11–8	5–4	2–5	7–2	6–3	8–1	5–4	6–3	4–5	12–7	—	4–5	10–10	3–4	10–8
Tampa Bay	3–6	11–8	7–12	3–3	2–5	4–2	3–4	0–6	5–14	3–6	5–4	—	3–6	11–8	3–15
Texas	10–9	2–7	4–5	4–3	5–4	6–1	2–7	4–5	5–4	4–15	10–10	6–3	—	5–4	4–14
Toronto	7–2	11–8	9–10	3–6	4–2	7–2	5–1	3–3	9–10	2–5	4–3	8–11	4–5	—	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 57 Micah Bowie 53 Chad Bradford 58 Justin Duchscherer 33 Jeremy Fikac 29 Keith Foulke 54 John Halama 56 Aaron Harang 16,40 Rich Harden 32 Chad Harville 15 Tim Hudson 31 Ted Lilly 45 Jim Mecir 20 Mark Mulder 49 Mike Neu 73 Ricardo Rincón 37 Steve Sparks 51 Mike Wood 75 Barry Zito		Catchers 55 Ramón Hernández  7 Mark Johnson 17 Adam Melhuse Infielders  3 Eric Chavez 8,7 Bobby Crosby 44 Erubiel Durazo 14 Mark Ellis 50 Esteban Germán 10 Scott Hatteberg 18 Graham Koonce 11 Frank Menechino  4 Miguel Tejada		Outfielders 22 Eric Byrnes 24 Jermaine Dye 21 Mike Edwards  5 Ron Gant 23 Jason Grabowski  6 José Guillén 12 Terrence Long  8 David McCarty 13 Billy McMillon  8 Adam Piatt  2 Chris Singleton		Manager 39 Ken Macha Coaches 41 Thad Bosley (hitting) 35 Brad Fischer (first base) 47 Terry Francona (bench) 52 Bob Geren (bullpen) 46 Rick Peterson (pitching) 38 Ron Washington (third base)

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	Ramon Hernandez	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

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
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
Hudson, TimTim Hudson	34	240.2	16	7	2.70	162

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

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

Postseason

2003 ALDS

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

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Sacramento RiverCats	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. http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cottsne01.shtml
3. John-Ford Griffin Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
4. http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/towlejr01.shtml
5. http://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.