2003 Cincinnati Reds season

The 2003 Cincinnati Reds season was the 134th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their first season at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. They failed to improve on their 78–84 record from 2002 and missed the playoffs for the 9th consecutive season.

2003 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record69–93 (.426)
Divisional place5th
Other information
OwnersCarl Lindner
General managersJim Bowden
ManagersBob Boone, Ray Knight, Dave Miley
Local televisionFSN Ohio
(George Grande, Chris Welsh)
Local radioWLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
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Offseason
  • November 18, 2002: Ryan Freel was signed as a free agent by the Reds.[1]
  • December 15, 2002: Elmer Dessens and cash were traded by the Reds to the Arizona Diamondbacks as part of a 4-team trade. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Felipe López to the Reds. The Diamondbacks sent Erubiel Durazo to the Oakland Athletics. The Athletics sent a player to be named later to the Blue Jays. The Athletics completed the deal by sending Jason Arnold (minors) to the Blue Jays on December 16.[2]
  • January 22, 2003: Josías Manzanillo was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.[3]

Regular season

Season summary

The Reds finished in fifth place in their division, nineteen games behind the division winner, the Chicago Cubs. They finished with a record of 69-93 and a winning percentage of .421. The Reds finished eighteen games behind the second place team, the Houston Astros. They finished sixteen games behind the third place team, the St. Louis Cardinals. They finished six games behind the fourth place team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and one game ahead of the sixth place team, the Milwaukee Brewers.

In the middle of the season, the Reds fired manager Bob Boone and promoted Louisville Bats manager Dave Miley to interim manager.

National League Central
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 8874 0.543 — 44–37 44–37
Houston Astros 8775 0.537 1 48–33 39–42
St. Louis Cardinals 8577 0.525 3 48–33 37–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 7587 0.463 13 39–42 36–45
Cincinnati Reds 6993 0.426 19 35–46 34–47
Milwaukee Brewers 6894 0.420 20 31–50 37–44

Record vs. opponents
2003 National League record

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona—2–52–47–210–92–55–110–93–34–24–24–23–39–105–143–311–4
Atlanta5–2—4–23–36–09–105–14–24–212–711–89–107–26–12–44–210–5
Chicago4–22–4—10–73–34–29–72–410–63–35–11–510–84–24–28–99–9
Cincinnati2–73–37–10—4–22–45–122–48–102–42–45–45–113–33–39–77-5
Colorado 9–100–63–32–4—4–22–47–125–13–42–52–43–612–77–124–29–6
Florida5–210–92–44–22–4—1–52–57–213–612–713–62–45–11–53–39–6
Houston1–51–57–912–54–25-1—4–29–83–32–42–410–63–32–411–711–7
Los Angeles 9–102–44–24–212–75–22–4—4–24–23–32–55–18–116–134–211–7
Milwaukee3–32–46–1010–81–52–78–92–4—0–66–34–210–75–11–53–135–7
Montreal2–47–123–34–24–36-133–32–46–0—14–58–113–34–27–01–59–9
New York2–48–111–54–25–27–124–23–33–65–14—7–124–23–34–21–55–10
Philadelphia2-410–95–14–54–26–134–25–22–411–812–7—2–44–33–34–28–7
Pittsburgh3–32–78–1011–56–34–26–101–57–103–32–44–2—4–22–47–105–7
San Diego10–91–62–43–37–121–53–311–81–52–43–33–42–4—5–142–48–10
San Francisco14–54–22–43–312–75–14–213–65–10–72–43–34–214–5—5–110–8
St. Louis3–32–49–87–92–43-37–112–413–35–15–12–410–74–21–5—10–8

Notable transactions

Roster
2003 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CJason LaRue11837987.2301650
1BSean Casey147573167.2911480
2BD'Angelo Jiménez7329084.290731
SSBarry Larkin7024168.282218
3BAaron Boone106403110.2731865
LFAdam Dunn11638182.2152757
CFKen Griffey Jr.5316641.2471326
RFJosé Guillén91315106.3372363

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
Juan Castro11332081.253933
Austin Kearns8229277.2641558
Ray Olmedo7923055.239017
Rubén Mateo7420750.242318
Felipe López5919742.213213
Kelly Stinnett6017941.229319
Russell Branyan7417638.216926
Wily Mo Peña8016536.218516
Ryan Freel4313739.285412
Reggie Taylor10013039.217519
Brandon Larson32899.10119
Tim Hummel268419.226210
Dernell Stenson378120.247313
Stephen Smitherman21447.15916
Eric Valent18429.21401
Corky Miller14308.26701
Mark Budzinski470.00000
Dane Sardinha120.00000
Jim Chamblee220.00000

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
Danny Graves30169.04155.3360
Paul Wilson28166.28104.6493
Ryan Dempster22115.2376.5484
Jimmy Haynes1894.12126.3049
John Bale1046.1124.4737
Aaron Harang946.0435.2826
Jimmy Anderson838.2158.8413
Seth Etherton730.0246.9017
Jeff Austin728.1238.5822
José Acevedo527.0202.6723
Josh Hall624.2026.5718

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
Todd Van Poppel935.2214.5425
Dan Serafini1030.0135.4013

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
Scott Williamson4253213.1953
Chris Reitsma5795124.2953
Félix Heredia575213.0041
John Riedling552314.9065
Scott Sullivan506003.6243
Kent Mercker490202.3541
Brian Reith422314.1139
Gabe White343003.9323
Ryan Wagner172001.6625
Phil Norton170002.457
Scott Randall152506.5125
Juan Cerros110004.859
Josías Manzanillo902012.667
Matt Belisle61105.196
Joey Hamilton300012.667
Joe Valentine200018.001
Mark Watson20004.502

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Bats International League Dave Miley and Rick Burleson
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Phillip Wellman
A Potomac Cannons Carolina League Jayhawk Owens
A Dayton Dragons Midwest League Donnie Scott
Rookie GCL Reds Gulf Coast League Edgar Caceres
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Rick Burleson and Jay Sorg

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Billings[6]

References
  1. Ryan Freel at Baseball-Reference
  2. Felipe López at Baseball-Reference
  3. "Josías Manzanillo Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  4. Aaron Harang at Baseball-Reference
  5. Scott Service at Baseball-Reference
  6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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