2003 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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The 2003 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 122nd season of the franchise; the 117th in the National League. This was their third season at PNC Park. The Pirates finished fourth in the National League Central with a record of 75–87 and missed the playoffs for the 11th consecutive season.

LeagueNational League
BallparkPNC Park
Record75–87 (.463)
OwnersKevin McClatchy
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2003 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkPNC Park
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
Record75–87 (.463)
Divisional place4th
OwnersKevin McClatchy
General managersDave Littlefield
ManagersLloyd McClendon
TelevisionFox Sports Net Pittsburgh
RadioKDKA-AM
(Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)
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Offseason

  • November 25, 2002: Randall Simon was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later and Adrian Burnside (minors). The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Roberto Novoa (December 16, 2002) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.[2]
  • January 28, 2003: Jeff D'Amico was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[3]
  • March 14, 2003: Kenny Lofton signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Regular season

  • June 24, 2003 – Brad Wilkerson of the Montreal Expos hit for the cycle in a game against the Pirates.[4]

Season standings

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NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 8874 .543 — 44‍–‍37 44‍–‍37
Houston Astros 8775 .537 1 48‍–‍33 39‍–‍42
St. Louis Cardinals 8577 .525 3 48‍–‍33 37‍–‍44
Pittsburgh Pirates 7587 .463 13 39‍–‍42 36‍–‍45
Cincinnati Reds 6993 .426 19 35‍–‍46 34‍–‍47
Milwaukee Brewers 6894 .420 20 31‍–‍50 37‍–‍44
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Game log

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2003 Game Log (75–87)
March (1–0) April (11–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31@ Reds10–1Benson (1–0)Haynes—42,3431–0
2April 2@ Reds7–4Torres (1–0)ManzanilloWilliams (1)22,8782–0
3April 3@ Reds7–5Fogg (1–0)AndersonWilliams (2)26,0963–0
4April 4@ Phillies9–1Suppan (1–0)RoaTorres (1)59,2694–0
5April 5@ Phillies1–16SilvaD'Amico (0–1)—22,6934–1
6April 6@ Phillies2–0Benson (2–0)MyersWilliams (3)30,1135–1
7April 8Brewers3–5RuschWells (0–1)DeJean36,0035–2
8April 9Brewers2–3RitchieFogg (1–1)DeJean23,3325–3
9April 10Brewers3–1Suppan (2–0)SheetsWilliams (4)10,3846–3
10April 11@ Cubs3–2D'Amico (1–1)ZambranoWilliams (5)33,6057–3
11April 12@ Cubs0–4WoodBenson (2–1)Borowski35,2267–4
12April 13@ Cubs3–4FarnsworthBoehringer (0–1)Borowski29,5587–5
13April 15Mets1–3GlavineFogg (1–2)Benitez14,7287–6
14April 16Mets6–3Suppan (3–0)Cone—12,6098–6
15April 17Mets2–7SeoD'Amico (1–2)—11,2998–7
16April 18Cubs2–7ClementBenson (2–2)—15,0378–8
17April 19Cubs1–6 (10)PriorSauerbeck (0–1)—31,5188–9
18April 20Cubs8–2Torres (2–0)Estes—14,8549–9
19April 22Giants5–2Suppan (4–0)Foppert—10,65010–9
20April 23Giants3–4 (13)BrowerTavarez (0–1)—13,00910–10
21April 24Giants1–3MossBenson (2–3)Worrell15,96710–11
22April 25Dodgers2–5BrohawnWilliams (0–1)Gagne16,09010–12
23April 26Dodgers3–4NomoSauerbeck (0–2)Gagne22,26710–13
24April 27Dodgers2–6IshiiSuppan (4–1)—19,67910–14
25April 29@ Padres7–2D'Amico (2–2)Eaton—15,55611–14
26April 30@ Padres8–5Benson (3–3)PerezWilliams (6)13,84512–14
May (12–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 1@ Padres5–2Wells (1–1)PeavyWilliams (7)13,42013–14
28May 2@ Dodgers5–3Beimel (1–0)QuantrillWilliams (8)53,82014–14
29May 3@ Dodgers1–4DreifortSuppan (4–2)Gagne45,73714–15
30May 4@ Dodgers2–3BrownD'Amico (2–3)Gagne40,54414–16
31May 5@ Astros1–8MillerBenson (3–4)—22,76514–17
32May 6@ Astros9–10BlandSauerbeck (0–3)Wagner27,02314–18
33May 7@ Astros4–13DotelTavarez (0–2)—22,70614–19
34May 8@ Astros2–6StoneSuppan (4–3)—28,83614–20
35May 9Diamondbacks0–5SchillingD'Amico (2–4)—18,08014–21
36May 10Diamondbacks5–4Benson (4–4)DessensWilliams (9)30,77615–21
37May 11Diamondbacks1–2BatistaWells (1–2)Mantei14,97615–22
38May 12Astros4–9StoneTorres—9,09515–23
39May 13Astros3–6MunroWilliamsWagner10,53515–24
40May 14Astros3–2D'AmicoMillerWilliams (10)11,73016–24
41May 15Astros2–6OswaltBenson—16,75216–25
42May 16@ Diamondbacks8–5 (12)BoehringerManteiWilliams (11)31,57817–25
43May 17@ Diamondbacks8–5TorresCapuanoWilliams (12)42,85818–25
44May 18@ Diamondbacks6–8WebbSuppan (4–4)—34,66918–26
45May 21Cubs5–2D'AmicoWoodWilliams (13)35,08619–26
46May 22Cubs2–3RemlingerSauerbeckBorowski14,54419–27
47May 23Cardinals8–10 (10)EldredMeadowsFassero18,66019–28
48May 24Cardinals0–6MorrisSuppan (4–5)—35,73319–29
49May 25Cardinals8–7BoehringerHermansonWilliams (14)25,98320–29
50May 26@ Cubs10–0FoggWood—40,22521–29
51May 27@ Cubs9–4BensonClement—35,96122–29
52May 28@ Cubs4–5PriorD'AmicoBorowski32,40622–30
53May 30@ Cardinals7–3Suppan (5–5)Stephenson—30,59923–30
54May 31@ Cardinals4–3WellsWilliamsWilliams (15)43,78924–30
June (10–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1@ Cardinals4–5KlineBeimelFassero46,10324–31
56June 4Red Sox4–11KimBenson——24–32
57June 4Red Sox3–8LoweD'Amico—27,76924–33
58June 5Red Sox5–4BoehringerMendozaWilliams (16)33,37225–33
59June 7@ Braves6–8HernandezBoehringerSmoltz35,39725–34
60June 8@ Braves5–6HodgesFoggSmoltz29,86925–35
61June 10@ Blue Jays8–13LidleBenson—14,09025–36
62June 11@ Blue Jays5–8HalladayD'Amico—32,03625–37
63June 12@ Blue Jays4–5HendricksonSuppan (5–6)Politte15,01525–38
64June 13@ Devil Rays1–7ZambranoWells—9,48725–39
65June 14@ Devil Rays12–9FoggBellWilliams (17)14,06326–39
66June 15@ Devil Rays9–5SauerbeckLevineWilliams (18)13,94327–39
67June 18Expos7–3D'AmicoHernandezWilliams (19)—28–39
68June 18Expos4–3TorresBiddle—22,55729–39
69June 19Expos2–5OhkaTorresBiddle16,05029–40
70June 20Indians5–4 (15)TorresBaez—26,30530–40
71June 21Indians7–6 (15)SauerbeckMiceli—36,85631–40
72June 22Indians5–8SabathiaVogelsongBaez37,80331–41
73June 23@ Expos0–3VargasSuppan (5–7)Biddle5,64131–42
74June 24@ Expos4–6OhkaD'AmicoBiddle5,87231–43
75June 25@ Expos6–5SauerbeckEischenWilliams (20)5,71732–43
76June 27Rockies5–3FoggJenningsWilliams (21)37,56633–43
77June 28Rockies4–5NeagleBensonJimenez25,08333–44
78June 29Rockies9–0Suppan (6–7)Chacon—20,47534–44
July (15–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1Reds3–5GravesTavarezWilliamson17,80334–45
80July 2Reds3–4HerediaWilliamsWilliamson15,32234–46
81July 3Reds8–7FoggDempsterWilliams (22)19,94735–46
82July 4Astros3–2BoehringerMunroWilliams (23)30,08236–46
83July 5Astros4–3Suppan (7–7)SaarloosWilliams (24)22,25837–46
84July 6Astros8–3D'AmicoMiller—18,74138–46
85July 7@ Brewers2–9FranklinWells—12,32238–47
86July 8@ Brewers8–7 (10)WilliamsDeJeanTorres (2)12,42539–47
87July 9@ Brewers1–2 (12)KieschnickBeimel—22,49039–48
88July 10@ Brewers5–4Suppan (8–7)Ford—21,19040–48
89July 11@ Astros2–4MillerD'AmicoWagner31,47440–49
90July 12@ Astros5–2WellsOswaltWilliams (25)34,76241–49
91July 13@ Astros2–5ReddingFoggWagner32,27341–50
92July 17Brewers5–7FranklinBensonEstrella32,30441–51
93July 18Brewers7–2Suppan (9–7)Rusch—31,69742–51
94July 19Brewers0–1SheetsD'AmicoKolb24,46142–52
95July 20Brewers6–3WellsFordLincoln (1)22,64343–52
96July 21Astros5–3FoggReddingLincoln (2)14,27144–52
97July 22Astros0–2RobertsonTorresWagner16,66144–53
98July 23@ Reds6–5BoehringerMerckerLincoln (3)27,62945–53
99July 24@ Reds7–5 (11)LincolnReitsma—35,50446–53
100July 25@ Cardinals10–5MeadowsEldred—45,29647–53
101July 26@ Cardinals8–13WilliamsFoggIsringhausen44,24947–54
102July 27@ Cardinals3–4EldredLincoln—34,85147–55
103July 28@ Cardinals3–0Suppan (10–7)Tomko—33,97748–55
104July 29Padres7–8RoaLincolnBeck15,20148–56
105July 30Padres7–2WellsLawrenceMeadows (1)23,70949–56
106July 31Padres7–10EatonFoggBeck18,04549–57
August (13–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1Rockies12–11SanchezBernero—22,41350–57
108August 2Rockies1–0MeadowsJenningsLincoln (4)37,82051–57
109August 3Rockies4–16OliverD'AmicoJimenez16,83951–58
110August 5@ Giants0–3SchmidtWellsWorrell41,50151–59
111August 6@ Giants2–0TavarezPonson—41,66252–59
112August 7@ Giants5–7EyreBoehringerWorrell42,33452–60
113August 8@ Rockies6–13JimenezMahomes—28,36252–61
114August 9@ Rockies10–4D'AmicoOliver—34,61153–61
115August 10@ Rockies5–3FigueroaChaconLincoln (5)26,90454–61
116August 11Cardinals4–6HarenWellsIsringhausen17,64754–62
117August 12Cardinals6–10TomkoFoggSimontacchi21,01354–63
118August 13Cardinals6–5TavarezBorbon—18,50555–63
119August 14Cardinals3–4StephensonD'AmicoIsringhausen16,15755–64
120August 15Brewers6–3FigueroaKinneyTavarez (1)21,09656–64
121August 16Brewers4–6VizcainoLincolnKolb28,14356–65
122August 17Brewers5–2FoggFranklinTavarez (2)24,09257–65
123August 19@ Cardinals5–13EldredBeimel—28,86957–66
124August 20@ Cardinals14–0D'AmicoStephenson—25,74158–66
125August 21@ Cardinals3–6EldredLincoln—26,84958–67
126August 22@ Brewers2–3FranklinWellsKolb22,41358–68
127August 23@ Brewers6–7EstrellaCorey—25,43258–69
128August 24@ Brewers9–10KolbGonzalez—36,23858–70
129August 26Marlins4–3LincolnRedmanTavarez (3)12,21959–70
130August 27Marlins4–0WellsPenny—18,26460–70
131August 28Marlins5–0FoggWillis—12,67961–70
132August 29Braves6–5TavarezCunnane—27,41562–70
133August 30Braves6–13RamirezPerez—21,32362–71
134August 31Braves4–10ReynoldsD'Amico—23,82262–72
September (13–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 2@ Marlins3–2WellsWillisTavarez (4)10,32763–72
136September 3@ Marlins0–3BeckettFoggUrbina11,13563–73
137September 4@ Marlins1–5TejeraTorres—10,21363–74
138September 5@ Braves2–3 (10)CunnaneCorey——63–75
139September 5@ Braves5–3CoreyReynoldsTavarez (5)31,84964–75
140September 6@ Braves2–9MadduxD'Amico—36,93264–76
141September 7@ Braves1–2HamptonWellsCunnane27,70364–77
142September 8@ Reds9–1FoggBale—19,07365–77
143September 9@ Reds6–10BelisleBoehringer—21,24165–78
144September 10@ Reds3–2LincolnReitsmaTavarez (6)20,56066–78
145September 11@ Reds2–3RandallD'AmicoReitsma20,47966–79
146September 12Phillies8–4WellsTelemaco—18,89567–79
147September 13Phillies5–3FoggMillwoodTavarez (7)33,48068–79
148September 14Phillies7–10WolfTorresWilliams16,38368–80
149September 15Reds6–3VogelsongVan PoppelTavarez (8)8,56569–80
150September 16Reds4–12HarangPerezReith11,99569–81
151September 17Reds8–5D'AmicoEthertonTavarez (9)10,62570–81
152September 18Reds7–0WellsRandall—10,39071–81
153September 19Cubs9–10VeresFigueroaBorowski—71–82
154September 19Cubs10–6TorresCruz—16,24872–82
155September 20Cubs8–2VogelsongClement—32,86973–82
156September 21Cubs1–4PriorPerezBorowski21,49773–83
157September 23@ Mets0–1LeiterWells—17,83073–84
158September 24@ Mets3–5TrachselD'AmicoStanton22,13473–85
159September 25@ Mets3–1TorresRobertsTavarez (10)25,08174–85
160September 27@ Cubs2–4PriorFoggBorowski—74–86
161September 27@ Cubs2–7ClementVogelsong—40,12174–87
162September 28@ Cubs3–2WellsCruzTavarez (11)39,94075–87
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Record vs. opponents

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2003 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2003

Team AZ 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
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Detailed records

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Roster

2003 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Opening Day lineup

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Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Kenny LoftonCF
Jason KendallC
Brian GilesLF
Aramis Ramírez3B
Randall Simon1B
Reggie SandersRF
Pokey Reese2B
Jack WilsonSS
Kris BensonSP
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Awards and honors

2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Statistics

Hitting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Pitching

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Transactions

  • July 22, 2003: Brandon Lyon was traded by the Boston Red Sox with Anastacio Martinez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Mike Gonzalez and Scott Sauerbeck.[7]
  • July 23, 2003: Kenny Lofton was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Aramis Ramírez and cash to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later, Jose Hernandez, and Matt Bruback (minors). The Chicago Cubs sent Bobby Hill (August 15, 2003) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
  • July 31, 2003: Freddy Sanchez was traded by the Boston Red Sox with Mike Gonzalez and cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brandon Lyon, Jeff Suppan, and Anastacio Martinez.[8]
  • August 17, 2003: Randall Simon was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Ray Sadler.[2]
  • August 26, 2003: Jason Bay was traded by the San Diego Padres with a player to be named later and Óliver Pérez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brian Giles. The San Diego Padres sent Corey Stewart (minors) (October 2, 2003) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.[9]

Draft picks

Main article: 2003 Major League Baseball draft
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2003 Top 10 Rounds Draft Picks[10]
Rd # Player Pos DOB and Age School
18Paul MaholmLHP (1982-06-25)June 25, 1982 (aged 20)Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, Mississippi)
245Tom GorzelannyLHP (1982-07-12)July 12, 1982 (aged 20)University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas)
375Steven LerudC (1984-10-13)October 13, 1984 (aged 18)Galena High School (Reno, Nevada)
4105Kyle PearsonRHP (1984-10-08)October 8, 1984 (aged 18)A. Crawford Mosley High School (Lynn Haven, Florida)
5135Craig Stansberry3B (1982-03-08)March 8, 1982 (aged 21)Rice University (Houston, Texas)
6165C.J. Smith1B (1982-02-22)February 22, 1982 (aged 21)University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida)
7195Russ JohnsonRHP (1973-01-06)January 6, 1973 (aged 30)Benjamin Russell High School (Alexander City, AL)
8225Sergio SilvaRHP (1981-12-22)December 22, 1981 (aged 21)University of the Pacific (Stockton, California)
9255Kent Wulf2B (1985-04-26)April 26, 1985 (aged 18)Quartz Hill High School (Quartz Hill, California)
10285John PeabodyOF (1985-08-24)August 24, 1985 (aged 17)Rancho Bernardo High School (San Diego, California)
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Note
  • Age at time of draft.

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
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Level Team League Manager
AAA Nashville Sounds Pacific Coast League Trent Jewett
AA Altoona Curve Eastern League Dale Sveum
A Lynchburg Hillcats Carolina League Dave Clark
A Hickory Crawdads South Atlantic League Tony Beasley
A-Short Season Williamsport Crosscutters New York–Penn League Andy Stewart
Rookie GCL Pirates Gulf Coast League Woody Huyke
Rookie DSL Pirates Dominican Summer League Ramon Zapata
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Williamsport, DSL Pirates

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