2003 San Francisco Giants season

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2003 San Francisco Giants
National League West Champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkPacific Bell Park
CitySan Francisco, California
Record100–61 (.621)
Divisional place1st
OwnersPeter Magowan
General managersBrian Sabean
ManagersFelipe Alou
TelevisionKTVU
(Mike Krukow, Joe Angel, Jon Miller)
FSN Bay Area
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper)
RadioKNBR
(Mike Krukow, Dave Flemming, Duane Kuiper, Jon Miller, Joe Angel, Dave Raymond)
KZSF
(Erwin Higueros, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)
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The 2003 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 121st season in Major League Baseball, their 46th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their fourth season at Pacific Bell Park. The Giants entered the '03 season as defending National League champions, aiming to get back to the World Series and win it. They finished in first place in the National League West with a record of 100 wins and 61 losses. They lost the NLDS in four games to the Florida Marlins, marking the 2003 Giants from what many described a failed season.

Offseason[edit]

  • November 15, 2002: Tsuyoshi Shinjo was released by the San Francisco Giants.[1]
  • December 7, 2002: Marquis Grissom signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.
  • December 7, 2002: Ray Durham was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.[2]
  • March 18, 2003: Clay Bellinger was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.[3]

Regular season[edit]

The Giants only played 161 games. The Giants elected to not make up one game (at New York Mets) that was postponed due to the Northeast Blackout of 2003. Had the Giants made up the game and won, the Giants would've been assured home-field advantage in a potential NLCS meeting with the Atlanta Braves due to the Giants winning the season series if both teams held identical records of 101–61. No Division Series matchups would've been altered due to the Marlins and Braves being restricted from meeting in the Division Series as both teams are from the NL East.

Ray Durham and Benito Santiago became the first pair of Giants teammates to homer in each of the team's first two games of a season since at least 1901.[4]

On June 23 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Barry Bonds stole second in the 11th inning, the 500th steal of his career. He became the first major leaguer to collect 500 home runs and 500 stolen bases in a career.

Opening Day Starters[edit]

Season standings[edit]

National League West[edit]

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[edit]

2003 National League record

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[edit]

2003 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

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 Benito Santiago 108 401 112 .279 11 56
1B J.T. Snow 103 330 90 .273 8 51
2B Ray Durham 110 410 117 .285 8 33
SS Rich Aurilia 129 505 140 .277 13 58
3B Edgardo Alfonzo 142 514 133 .259 13 81
LF Barry Bonds 130 390 133 .341 45 90
CF Marquis Grissom 149 587 176 .300 20 79
RF José Cruz Jr. 158 539 135 .250 20 68

Other batters[edit]

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
Neifi Pérez 120 328 84 .256 1 31
Andrés Galarraga 110 272 82 .301 12 42
Pedro Feliz 95 235 58 .247 16 48
Yorvit Torrealba 66 200 52 .260 4 29
Jeffrey Hammonds 36 94 26 .277 3 10
Eric Young 26 71 14 .197 0 3
Marvin Benard 46 71 14 .197 0 4
Rubén Rivera 31 50 9 .180 2 4
Todd Linden 18 38 8 .211 1 6
Cody Ransom 20 27 6 .222 1 1
Tony Torcato 14 16 3 .188 0 1
Alberto Castillo 11 15 3 .200 1 4
Francisco Santos 8 15 3 .200 1 1
Jason Ellison 7 10 1 .100 0 0
Carlos Valderrama 7 7 1 .143 0 0
Lance Niekro 5 5 1 .200 0 2
Trey Lunsford 1 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jason Schmidt 29 207.2 17 5 2.34 208
Kirk Rueter 27 147.0 10 5 4.53 41
Jerome Williams 21 131.0 7 5 3.30 88
Damian Moss 21 115.0 9 7 4.70 57
Jesse Foppert 23 111.0 8 9 5.03 101
Sidney Ponson 10 68.0 3 6 3.71 34
Kurt Ainsworth 11 66.0 5 4 3.82 48
Brian Powell 1 4.2 0 1 13.50 3

Other pitchers[edit]

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Brower 51 100.0 8 5 3.96 65
Kevin Correia 10 39.1 3 1 3.66 28
Dustin Hermanson 9 39.0 2 1 3.00 27
Ryan Jensen 6 13.1 0 0 10.80 3

Relief pitchers[edit]

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tim Worrell 76 4 4 38 2.87 65
Joe Nathan 78 12 4 0 2.96 83
Scott Eyre 74 2 1 1 3.32 35
Félix Rodríguez 68 8 2 2 3.10 46
Jason Christiansen 40 0 0 0 5.19 22
Chad Zerbe 33 1 1 0 4.71 17
Matt Herges 27 1 0 0 2.31 28
Noah Lowry 4 0 0 0 0.00 5
Manny Aybar 3 0 0 0 6.00 2

2003 National League Division Series[edit]

Main article: 2003 National League Division Series

The Giants lost to the Florida Marlins in the NLDS.

Game 1 – Florida 0, San Francisco 2
Game 2 – Florida 9, San Francisco 5
Game 3 – San Francisco 3, Florida 4
Game 4 – San Francisco 6, Florida 7

This was the last playoff series that the Giants lost before winning 11 straight, a streak that ended in the 2016 Division Series against the Chicago Cubs.

Awards and honors[edit]

All-Star Game

Farm system[edit]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Fresno Grizzlies Pacific Coast League Fred Stanley
AA Norwich Navigators Eastern League Shane Turner
A San Jose Giants California League Jack Lind
A Hagerstown Suns South Atlantic League Mike Ramsey
A-Short Season Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Northwest League Joe Strain
Rookie AZL Giants Arizona League Bert Hunter

[5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tsuyoshi Shinjo Stats".
  2. ^ "Ray Durham Stats".
  3. ^ "Clay Bellinger Stats".
  4. ^ "Player Batting Game Finder: In the Regular Season, since 1901, Playing for SFG, In team's first 2 games, requiring Home Runs >= 1, sorted by most games". Stathead. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  5. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  6. ^ Baseball America 2004 Annual Directory

External links[edit]

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