2003 Los Angeles Dodgers season

2003 Los Angeles Dodgers
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1890) Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Dodger Stadium (since 1962) Los Angeles (since 1958)
2003 information
Owner(s)	News Corporation
General manager(s)	Dan Evans
Manager(s)	Jim Tracy
Local television	FSN West 2; KCOP (13)
Local radio	KFWB Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday KWKW Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez, Fernando Valenzuela
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The 2003 season was a turbulent period as News Corporation (Fox) was seeking to sell the team. Nevertheless, the Dodgers fell just short of a Wild Card berth, winning 85 games, finishing second in the Western Division of the National League. The Dodgers pitching staff led baseball in earned run average, Eric 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 L.A. Dodger single season record with 49 doubles and Paul LoDuca had a 25 game hitting streak.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Starting Pitchers stats
4 Relief Pitchers stats
5 Batting Stats
6 2003 Awards
7 Farm system
8 References
9 External links

[edit] 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]

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
San Francisco Giants	100	61	--	.621
Los Angeles Dodgers	85	77	15½	.525
Arizona Diamondbacks	84	78	16½	.519
Colorado Rockies	74	88	26½	.457
San Diego Padres	64	98	36½	.395

[edit] Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Dave Roberts	Center fielder
Paul LoDuca	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

[edit] 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
June 3, 2003: 2003 Major League Baseball Draft notable picks:

Round 1: Chad Billingsley

Round 4: Xavier Paul

Round 6: Matt Kemp

Round 7: Wesley Wright

Round 8: Lucas May

Round 15: Russell Mitchell

Round 18: A. J. Ellis

Round 19: Matt Antonelli (did not sign)

Round 21: Travis Denker

Round 28: Adam Moore (did not sign)

Round 30: Mark Melancon (did not sign)

Round 39: Andy LaRoche^[2]

[edit] 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)

[edit] Starting Pitchers stats

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Hideo Nomo	33	33	218.3	16-13	3.09	98	177	2
Kevin Brown	32	32	211.0	14-9	2.39	56	185	0
Odalis Perez	30	30	185.3	12-12	4.52	46	141	0
Kazuhisa Ishii	27	27	147.0	9-7	3.86	101	140	0
Wilson Alvarez	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	60.3	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

[edit] Relief Pitchers stats

Name	G	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	SV
Eric Gagné	77	82.3	2-3	1.20	20	137	55
Paul Quantrill	89	77.3	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	19.7	0-0	2.75	9	16	0
Troy Brohawn	12	11.7	2-0	3.86	4	13	0
Rodney Myers	4	9.0	0-0	6.00	4	5	0
Víctor Alvarez	5	5.7	0-1	12.71	6	3	0
Scott Mullen	1	3.0	0-0	9.00	5	1	0

[edit] Batting Stats

Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
Paul LoDuca	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

[edit] 2003 Awards

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

[edit] 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

[edit] References

[edit] External links

2003 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida New York Philadelphia Montréal

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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