2003 St. Louis Cardinals season

The St. Louis Cardinals 2003 season was the team's 122nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 112th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 85-77 during the season and finished 3rd in the National League Central division, three games behind the Chicago Cubs, who won the NL Central at 88-74, and two behind the NL Central runners-up, the Houston Astros (87-75).

2003 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record85–77 (.525)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
OwnersWilliam DeWitt, Jr.
General managersWalt Jocketty
ManagersTony La Russa
Local televisionFox Sports Midwest
(Joe Buck, Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky)
KPLR
(Bob Carpenter, Rick Horton)
Local radioKMOX
(Mike Shannon, Wayne Hagin)
< Previous season     Next season >

Catcher Mike Matheny, shortstop Édgar Rentería, third baseman Scott Rolen, and outfielder Jim Edmonds won Gold Gloves this year.

Offseason
  • December 13, 2002: Chris Carpenter was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[1]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

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

Transactions
  • May 27, 2003: Scott Seabol was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[3]

Game log
2003 St. Louis Cardinals Game Log (85–77)[4]
March: (1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31Brewers11–9SpringerDeJeanKline49,5611–0
April: (12–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
2April 2Brewers7–0W. WilliamsRusch26,7902–0
3April 3Brewers6–4StephensonKinneyKline26,9523–0
4April 4Astros5–6StoneSpringerLidge32,6613–1
5April 5Astros1–2MunroFasseroWagner33,8783–2
6April 8@ Rockies15–12EldredMiceli21,5634–2
7April 9@ Rockies4–9CruzTomko24,1104–3
8April 10@ Rockies6–7LopezKlineJimenez24,5864–4
9April 11@ Astros2–3DotelMorris25,1854–5
10Apr 12@ Astros3–0W. WilliamsReddingHermanson33,5095–5
11April 13@ Astros11–8CaleroOswalt30,0786–5
12April 14@ Brewers7–5TomkoRitchieKline10,6847–5
13April 15@ Brewers1–6SheetsStephenson12,1497–6
14April 16@ Brewers15–2MorrisFranklin12,3878–6
15April 18D'Backs6–3W. WilliamsDessens36,2399–6
16April 19D'Backs3–4KimSimontacchiMantei38,7429–7
17April 20D'Backs0–1VillarrealTomkoMantei26,1529–8
18April 22@ Braves3–5OrtizStephensonSmoltz20,9699–9
19April 23@ Braves2–4MadduxMorrisSmoltz21,3389–10
20April 24@ Braves3–4KingKline24,1849–11
21April 25@ Marlins9–2TomkoBurnett12,08110–11
22April 26@ Marlins3–5BeckettKlineLooper12,28610–12
23April 27@ Marlins7–6KlinePavano10,07511–12
24April 29Mets13–3MorrisLeiter30,27512–12
25April 30Mets13–4W. WilliamsAstacio30,26513–12
May: (14–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1Mets6–5EldredStrickland35,28314–12
27May 2Expos8–1SimontacchiOhka41,81015–12
28May 3Expos3–1StephensonVargasCalero36,17616–12
29May 4Expos6–2MorrisVazquez39,60517–12
30May 5@ Reds4–5WilliamsonHermanson20,14517–13
31May 6@ Reds5–6ReitsmaCalero25,91717–14
32May 7@ Reds2–4GravesSimontacchiWilliamson20,84917–15
33May 8@ Reds6–8SullivanCrudaleWilliamson30,56717–16
34May 9@ Cubs6–3MorrisZambranoFassero38,53118–16
35May 10@ Cubs2–3RemlingerEldred38,10618–17
36May 13Reds2–7WilsonSimontacchi34,27618–18
37May 14Reds0–4GravesMorris31,73118–19
38May 15Reds6–3StephensonRiedlingEldred37,90419–19
39May 16Cubs7–4W. WilliamsClementEldred42,58920–19
40May 17Cubs1–2RemlingerKlineBorowski45,38520–20
41May 18Cubs6–3HermansonCruzEldred45,77321–20
42May 19Cubs2–0MorrisZambrano46,73422–20
43May 20@ Astros2–3MillerStephensonWagner23,62322–21
44May 21@ Astros7–4W. WilliamsMunroEldred22,44123–21
45May 22@ Astros2–5RobertsonTomkoWagner23,86623–22
46May 23@ Pirates10–8EldredMeadowsFassero18,66024–22
47May 24@ Pirates6–0MorrisSuppan35,73325–22
48May 25@ Pirates7–8BoehringerHermansonM. Williams25,98325–23
49May 26Astros10–5W. WilliamsMunro35,60026–23
50May 27Astros4–7RobertsonTomkoWagner32,47626–24
51May 28Astros3–1SimontacchiJohnson28,66727–24
52May 29Astros4–7SaarloosFasseroWagner41,97727–25
53May 30Pirates3–7SuppanStephenson30,59927–26
54May 31Pirates3–4WellsW. WilliamsM. Williams43,78927–27
June: (16–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1Pirates5–4KlineBeimelFassero46,10328–27
56June 3Blue Jays11–5MorrisEscobar28,90729–27
57June 4Blue Jays8–5SimontacchiLidleEldred28,84030–27
58June 5Blue Jays13–5W. WilliamsHendrickson33,72931–27
59June 6Orioles8–6YanJulioEldred34,81732–27
60June 7Orioles1–8PonsonStephenson43,36932–28
61June 8Orioles11–10SimontacchiDriskillEldred33,31333–28
62June 10@ Red Sox9–7KlineLyonEldred34,93734–28
63June 11@ Red Sox1–13BurkettTomko33,45334–29
64June 12@ Red Sox8–7YanMendoza34,38935–29
65June 13@ Yankees2–5ClemensSimontacchiRivera55,21435–30
66June 14@ Yankees4–13PettitteMorris55,17435–31
67June 15@ Yankees2–5MussinaW. WilliamsRivera54,79735–32
68June 16@ Brewers4–9LeskanicEldred24,95135–33
69June 17@ Brewers12–3StephensonKinney16,65936–33
70June 18@ Brewers9–1SimontacchiRusch17,49537–33
71June 19@ Brewers8–4TomkoQuevedoIsringhausen20,77638–33
72June 20Royals4–10LimaMorris38,22638–34
73June 21Royals8–1W. WilliamsMay44,47339–34
74June 22Royals2–5AffeldtStephensonMacDougal39,96239–35
75June 24Reds4–7HerediaFasseroGraves33,35239–36
76June 25Reds9–6MorrisWilsonIsringhausen34,86340–36
77June 26Reds11–7W. WilliamsAnderson34,73841–36
78June 27@ Royals3–6MayStephensonMacDougal40,18941–37
79June 28@ Royals13–9FasseroAffeldt40,34742–37
80June 29@ Royals13–6TomkoGeorge38,27043–37
81June 30Giants1–5SchmidtHaren33,87343–38
July: (13–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1Giants1–5BrowerW. Williams39,89443–39
83July 2Giants1–4J. WilliamsStephensonWorrell33,83543–40
84July 3Giants9–5SimontacchiRueter38,12944–40
85July 4@ Cubs11–8TomkoWood39,75645–40
86July 5@ Cubs5–6RemlingerFassero38,95345–41
87July 6@ Cubs4–1W. WilliamsPriorIsringhausen37,71346–41
88July 7@ Giants1–5J. WilliamsStephenson42,67446–42
89July 8@ Giants3–8BrowerHaren42,67246–43
90July 9Dodgers5–6IshiiTomkoGagné32,32546–44
91July 10Dodgers4–9PerezMorrisQuantrill35,61046–45
92July 11Padres4–2W. WilliamsLawrenceIsringhausen33,72547–45
93July 12Padres9–7SimontacchiHerges48,77448–45
94July 13Padres3–1SimontacchiMatthewsIsringhausen48,10249–45
95July 17@ Dodgers3–6NomoStephensonGagné40,33149–46
96July 18@ Dodgers5–8IshiiEldredGagné43,50449–47
97July 19@ Dodgers3–1HarenBrownIsringhausen41,19550–47
98July 20@ Dodgers10–7W. WilliamsPerezIsringhausen46,11051–47
99July 21@ Padres4–5WitasickPainter26,88151–48
100July 22@ Padres2–3PérezFasseroBeck22,29151–49
101July 23@ Padres8–4TomkoLawrence20,57452–49
102July 25Pirates5–10MeadowsEldred45,29652–50
103July 26Pirates13–8W. WilliamsFoggIsringhausen44,24953–50
104July 27Pirates4–3EldredLincoln34,85154–50
105July 28Pirates0–3SuppanTomko33,97754–51
106July 29@ Expos2–1StephensonHernandez7,41855–51
107July 30@ Expos11–1HarenVargas6,12956–51
108July 31@ Expos2–3DayW. WilliamsBiddle9,14556–52
August: (16–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
109August 1@ Mets8–2KlineWheeler23,57857–52
110August 2@ Mets10–9TomkoSeoYan30,89858–52
111August 3@ Mets5–13GriffithsStephenson27,59258–53
112August 5Marlins0–4PennyW. Williams35,46858–54
113August 6Marlins3–7WillisHaren31,60658–55
114August 7Marlins3–0TomkoBeckettIsringhausen31,00259–55
115August 8Braves2–7OrtizFassero45,79659–56
116August 9Braves3–1StephensonReynoldsIsringhausen47,69260–56
117August 10Braves3–2EldredSmoltzIsringhausen39,32061–56
118August 11@ Pirates6–4HarenWellsIsringhausen17,64762–56
119August 12@ Pirates10–6TomkoFoggSimontacchi21,01363–56
120August 13@ Pirates5–6TavárezBorbón18,50563–57
121August 14@ Pirates4–3StephensonD'AmicoIsringhausen16,15764–57
122August 15@ Phillies4–7PadillaW. WilliamsPlesac28,96264–58
123August 16@ Phillies4–5MyersHarenMesa35,04664–59
124August 17@ Phillies4–6TelemacoTomkoM. Williams42,15364–60
125August 19Pirates13–5EldredBeimel28,86965–60
126August 20Pirates0–14D'AmicoStephenson25,74165–61
127August 21Pirates6–3EldredLincoln26,84966–61
128August 22Phillies4–9CormierKline33,82466–62
129August 23Phillies5–3HitchcockTelemacoIsringhausen37,31867–62
130August 24Phillies3–0TomkoMillwoodDeJean37,67968–62
131August 26Cubs4–7PriorStephenson36,56368–63
132August 27Cubs4–2KlineFarnsworthIsringhausen32,66769–63
133August 28Cubs3–2DeJeanRemlinger37,37070–63
134August 29@ Reds5–8BaleHarenGraves27,12170–64
135August 30@ Reds6–3TomkoHarangIsringhausen39,38071–64
136August 31@ Reds5–0HitchcockSerafini29,27272–64
September: (13–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1@ Cubs0–7PriorW. Williams38,41072–65
138September 2@ Cubs2–4GuthrieFassero31,99072–66
139September 2 (2)@ Cubs2–0MorrisWoodIsringhausen39,29073–66
140September 3@ Cubs7–8BorowskiW. Williams32,71073–67
141September 4@ Cubs6–7RemlingerDeJeanBorowski35,12973–68
142September 5Reds2–4RandallSimontacchiReitsma29,60873–69
143September 6Reds13–6W. WilliamsSerafini39,71874–69
144September 7Reds9–0MorrisEtherton34,38975–69
145September 9Rockies1–8JenningsHaren27,59175–70
146September 10Rockies10–2TomkoElarton25,39676–70
147September 11Rockies4–9OliverHitchcock28,80176–71
148September 12@ Astros5–14MillerW. Williams35,63376–72
149September 13@ Astros0–2OswaltMorrisWagner42,43576–73
150September 14@ Astros1–4ReddingHarenWagner37,54876–74
151September 15Brewers11–2TomkoObermueller27,92577–74
152September 16Brewers6–5HitchcockL. MartinezIsringhausen27,40578–74
153September 17Brewers6–7EstrellaIsringhausenKolb27,56778–75
154September 18Brewers13–0W. WilliamsKinney29,72979–75
155September 19Astros1–8OswaltMorris38,99779–76
156September 20Astros3–2SimontacchiMiceli44,87880–76
157September 21Astros6–4HitchcockRobertsonIsringhausen41,39781–76
158September 23@ Brewers5–1W. WilliamsSheets15,04282–76
159September 24@ Brewers8–4MorrisKinneyIsringhausen21,96583–76
160September 26@ D'Backs6–7RandolphTomkoMantei37,18083–77
161September 27@ D'Backs3–2HitchcockCapuanoIsringhausen39,65084–77
162September 28@ D'Backs9–5W. WilliamsWebbIsringhausen42,88285–77

Roster
2003 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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

Player Pos G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Albert PujolsLF157591212.35943124
Edgar RenteriaSS157587194.33013100
J.D. DrewRF10028783.2891542
Scott Rolen3B154559160.28628104
Bo Hart2B7729682.277428
Jim EdmondsCF137447123.2753989
Tino Martinez1B138476130.2731569
Mike MathenyC141441111.252847

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
Orlando Palmeiro14131786.271333
Miguel Cairo9226164.245532
Fernando Viña6125965.251423
Eduardo Pérez10525372.2851141
Kerry Robinson11620852.250116
Eli Marrero4110724.224220
Chris Widger4410224.235014
Wilson Delgado437713.16903
So Taguchi435414.259313
Joe Girardi16233.13001

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
Woody Williams34220.21893.87153
Brett Tomko33202.21395.28114
Garrett Stephenson32174.17134.5991
Matt Morris27172.11183.76120
Dan Haren1472.2375.0843
Sterling Hitchcock838.0513.7932

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
Jason Simontacchi46126.1955.5674

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
Jason Isringhausen4001222.3641
Steve Kline785533.8231
Jeff Fassero621735.6855
Cal Eldred627483.7467
Esteban Yan392016.0228
Kiko Calero261112.8251
Dustin Hermanson231215.4612
Lance Painter220105.5011
Mike DeJean181114.0013
Russ Springer171108.3111
Mike Crudale130102.386
Jimmy Journell70006.008
Josh Pearce70003.004
Pedro Borbón Jr.701020.250
Gabe Molina300013.501
Kevin Ohme20000.002
Jason Pearson200063.001

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Memphis Redbirds Pacific Coast League Tom Spencer and Danny Sheaffer
AA Tennessee Smokies Southern League Mark DeJohn
A Palm Beach Cardinals Florida State League Tom Nieto
A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Joe Cunningham, Jr.
A-Short Season New Jersey Cardinals New York–Penn League Tommy Shields
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Ron Warner

[5][6]

References
  1. "Chris Carpenter Stats".
  2. "2003 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  3. "Scott Seabol Stats".
  4. "2003 St. Louis Cardinals Schedule".
  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
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.