2003 San Francisco Giants season
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The 2003 San Francisco Giants season was the
Offseason
- 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
The Giants only played 161 games. The Giants elected to not make up one game (at
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
- J.T. Snow
- Ray Durham
- Rich Aurilia
- Edgardo Alfonzo
- Barry Bonds
- Marquis Grissom
- Jose Cruz Jr.
- Benito Santiago
- Kirk Rueter
Season standings
National League West
NL West | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
Source: [1] | |||||||||||||||||
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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
Player stats
Batting
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 |
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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
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 |
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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
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 |
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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
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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
The Giants lost to the
- 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
- Barry Bonds, National League Most Valuable Player
- Marquis Grissom CF, Willie Mac Award
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Fresno Grizzlies | Pacific Coast League | Fred Stanley |
AA | Norwich Navigators
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Eastern League
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Shane Turner |
A
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San Jose Giants | California League | Jack Lind |
A
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Hagerstown Suns | South Atlantic League | Mike Ramsey |
A-Short Season
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Salem-Keizer Volcanoes | Northwest League | Joe Strain |
Rookie
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AZL Giants
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Arizona League
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Bert Hunter |
References
- ^ "Tsuyoshi Shinjo Stats".
- ^ "Ray Durham Stats".
- ^ "Clay Bellinger Stats".
- ^ "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.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- ^ Baseball America 2004 Annual Directory
External links
- 2003 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference
- 2003 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac