The 2003 Arizona Diamondbacks season was the franchise's 6th season in Major League Baseball and their 6th season at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona, as members of the National League West. They looked to improve on their 98–64 record from 2002. They looked to contend in what was once again a strong National League West. They finished the season with a record of 84–78, good enough for third place in the division.

Offseason December 15, 2002: Erubiel Durazo was traded by the Diamondbacks to the Oakland Athletics as part of a 4-team trade. The Cincinnati Reds sent Elmer Dessens and cash to the Diamondbacks. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Felipe López to the Reds. 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. January 30, 2003: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a free agent by the Diamondbacks. February 14, 2003: Scott Service was signed as a free agent by the Diamondbacks.

Regular season September 19, 2003: Diamondbacks pitcher Randy Johnson hit a home run off of Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Doug Davis, his only home run in his MLB career.

Season standings

National League West

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions June 3, 2003: 2003 Major League Baseball draft Conor Jackson was drafted by the Diamondbacks in the 1st round (19th pick). Player signed June 16, 2003. Carlos Quentin was drafted by the Diamondbacks in the 1st round (29th pick). Player signed July 2, 2003. June 16, 2003: Scott Service was selected off waivers from the Diamondbacks by the Toronto Blue Jays. June 29, 2003: Matt Williams was released by the Diamondbacks. July 29, 2003: David Dellucci, Bret Prinz, and John Prowl (minors) were traded by the Diamondbacks to the New York Yankees for Raúl Mondesí and cash.

Roster 2003 Arizona Diamondbacks Roster Pitchers Catchers

InfieldersOutfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches (bullpen) (pitching) (hitting) (third base) (bench) (first base)

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 C Chad Moeller 78 239 64 .268 7 29 1B Lyle Overbay 86 254 70 .276 4 28 2B Junior Spivey 106 365 93 .255 13 50 SS Alex Cintrón 117 448 142 .317 13 51 3B Craig Counsell 89 303 71 .234 3 21 LF Luis Gonzalez 156 579 176 .304 26 104 CF Steve Finley 147 516 148 .287 22 70 RF Danny Bautista 88 284 78 .275 4 36

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 Shea Hillenbrand 85 330 88 .267 17 59 Matt Kata 78 288 74 .257 7 29 Rod Barajas 80 220 48 .218 3 28 Tony Womack 61 219 52 .237 2 15 Carlos Baerga 105 207 71 .343 4 39 Quinton McCracken 115 203 46 .227 0 18 Robby Hammock 65 195 55 .282 8 28 David Dellucci 70 165 40 .242 2 19 Raúl Mondesí 45 162 49 .302 8 22 Mark Grace 66 135 27 .200 3 16 Matt Williams 44 134 33 .246 4 16 Félix José 18 18 6 .333 1 6 Luis Terrero 5 4 1 .250 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 Miguel Batista 36 193.1 10 9 3.54 142 Brandon Webb 29 180.2 10 9 2.84 172 Elmer Dessens 34 175.2 8 8 5.07 113 Curt Schilling 24 168.0 8 9 2.95 194 Randy Johnson 18 114.0 6 8 4.26 125 Byung-Hyun Kim 7 43.0 1 5 3.56 33

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 Andrew Good 16 66.1 4 2 5.29 42 John Patterson 16 55.0 1 4 6.05 43 Chris Capuano 9 33.0 2 4 4.64 23 Édgar González 9 18.1 2 1 4.91 14

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 Matt Mantei 50 5 4 29 2.62 68 Óscar Villarreal 86 10 7 0 2.57 80 Mike Myers 64 0 1 0 5.70 21 José Valverde 54 2 1 10 2.15 71 Steve Randolph 50 8 1 0 4.05 50 Eddie Oropesa 47 3 3 0 5.82 39 Mike Koplove 31 3 0 0 2.15 27 Scott Service 18 0 2 1 4.91 18 Brady Raggio 10 0 0 1 6.48 8 Dennys Reyes 3 0 0 0 11.57 5 Ricky Bottalico 2 1 0 0 5.40 2 Bret Prinz 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

Farm system

References

External links 2003 Arizona Diamondbacks team page at Baseball Reference 2003 Arizona Diamondbacks team page at www.baseball-almanac.com