2003 Colorado Rockies season

The 2003 Colorado Rockies season was their 11th season in [Major League Baseball] and 9th season season at Coors Field. Clint Hurdle was the manager. They finished with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses, fourth in the National League West Division, and missing the postseason for the 8th consecutive season.

Offseason November 16, 2002: Mike Hampton was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Juan Pierre and cash to the Florida Marlins for Charles Johnson, Preston Wilson, Pablo Ozuna, and Vic Darensbourg. January 8, 2003: Chris Stynes was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies. January 23, 2003: Steve Reed was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies. January 24, 2003: José Hernández and Mark Sweeney were signed as free agents by the Colorado Rockies. February 3, 2003: Darren Oliver was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies. March 21, 2003: Jack Cust was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Baltimore Orioles for Chris Richard.

Regular season

Season standings

National League West

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 9, 2003: Greg Vaughn was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies. June 3, 2003: Ian Stewart was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2003. June 20, 2003: José Hernández was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Chicago Cubs for Mark Bellhorn. June 28, 2003: Gabe Kapler was purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Colorado Rockies.Gabe Kapler Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com July 13, 2003: Ben Petrick was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Detroit Tigers for Adam Bernero. August 26, 2003: Gregg Zaun was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.Gregg Zaun Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

Major League debuts Batters: René Reyes (Jul 22) Garrett Atkins (Aug 3) Clint Barmes (Sep 5) Pitchers: Javier López (Apr 1) Jason Young (May 12) Matt Miller (Jun 27) Chin-hui Tsao (Jul 25)

Roster 2003 Colorado Rockies Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

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

Game log

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || April 1 || @ Astros || 10–4 || Oswalt (1–0) || Jennings (0–1) || || 43,241 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || April 2 || @ Astros || 8–7 || Wagner (1–0) || Jiménez (0–1) || || 21,082 || 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || April 3 || @ Astros || 10–5 || Cruz (1–0) || Robertson (0–1) || || 21,171 || 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || April 4 || Diamondbacks || 2–1 || Chacón (1–0) || Kim (0–1) || Jiménez (1) || 48,087 || 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || April 5 || Diamondbacks || 4–3 (10) || Reed (1–0) || Batista (0–1) || || 25,197 || 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || April 6 || Diamondbacks || 8–3 || Jennings (1–1) || Schilling (0–1) || || 25,443 || 4–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || April 8 || Cardinals || 15–12 (13) || Eldred (1–0) || Miceli (0–1) || || 21,563 || 4–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || April 9 || Cardinals || 9–4 || Cruz (2–0) || Tomko (0–1) || || 24,110 || 5–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || April 10 || Cardinals || 7–6 || López (1–0) || Kline (0–1) || Jiménez (2) || 24,586 || 6–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || April 11 || @ Padres || 6–4 || Lawrence (2–0) || Oliver (0–1) || Villafuerte (2) || 21,190 || 6–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || April 12 || @ Padres || 3–2 || Speier (1–0) || Villafuerte (0–1) || Jiménez (3) || 30,830 || 7–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || April 13 || @ Padres || 6–2 || Wright (1–1) || Cook (0–1) || || 20,316 || 7–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || April 14 || @ Diamondbacks || 5–3 || Cruz (3–0) || Kim (0–3) || Jiménez (4) || 25,688 || 8–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || April 15 || @ Diamondbacks || 12–1 || Chacón (2–0) || Patterson (0–1) || || 31,182 || 9–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || April 16 || @ Diamondbacks || 4–3 || Mantei (3–0) || Jiménez (0–2) || || 28,588 || 9–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || April 17 || @ Diamondbacks || 11–2 || Schilling (1–2) || Jennings (1–2) || || 32,507 || 9–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || April 18 || Padres || 12–1 || Cook (1–1) || Pérez (0–2) || || 27,609 || 10–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || April 19 || Padres || 10–9 || Reed (2–0) || Villafuerte (0–2) || || 27,031 || 11–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || April 20 || Padres || 8–0 || Chacón (3–0) || Peavy (3–1) || || 28,005 || 12–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || April 22 || @ Phillies || 5–2 || Millwood (3–1) || Oliver (0–2) || Mesa (4) || 13,431 || 12–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || April 23 || @ Phillies || 6–4 || Myers (1–2) || Jennings (1–3) || Mesa (5) || 13,444 || 12–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || April 24 || @ Phillies || 9–1 || Wolf (3–1) || Cook (1–2) || || 16,947 || 12–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || April 25 || Cubs || 11–7 || Prior (4–1) || Cruz (3–1) || || 32,162 || 12–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || April 26 || Cubs || 8–5 || Chacón (4–0) || Estes (1–3) || Jiménez (5) || 35,604 || 13–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || April 27 || Cubs || 6–3 || Oliver (1–2) || Zambrano (3–2) || Jiménez (6) || 35,070 || 14–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || April 29 || Reds || 10–5 || Jennings (2–3) || Reitsma (1–1) || || 26,206 || 15–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || April 30 || Reds || 13–11 || Sullivan (2–0) || Miceli (0–2) || Williamson (6) || 26,436 || 15–12

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || May 1 || Reds || 7–2 || Austin (1–1) || Cruz (3–2) || || 28,788 || 15–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || May 2 || @ Cubs || 7–4 || Estes (2–3) || Chacón (4–1) || Borowski (5) || 29,236 || 15–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || May 3 || @ Cubs || 6–4 || Speier (2–0) || Guthrie (0–2) || Jiménez (7) || 38,332 || 16–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || May 4 || @ Cubs || 5–4 (10) || Borowski (1–0) || Reed (2–1) || || 37,223 || 16–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || May 6 || @ Braves || 3–2 || Hernández (3–0) || Jones (0–1) || Smoltz (13) || 18,108 || 16–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || May 8 || @ Braves || 12–6 || Reynolds (2–1) || Cruz (3–3) || Smoltz (14) || || 16–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || May 8 || @ Braves || 5–2 || Ortiz (4–2) || Chacón (4–2) || Smoltz (15) || 22,829 || 16–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 35 || May 9 || @ Marlins || 5–4 || Looper (3–1) || Speier (2–1) || || 10,272 || 16–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 36 || May 10 || @ Marlins || 5–4 || Jennings (3–3) || Tejera (0–1) || Jiménez (8) || 16,543 || 17–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 37 || May 11 || @ Marlins || 7–2 || Pavano (3–4) || Cook (1–3) || || 9,205 || 17–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 38 || May 12 || Mets || 9–6 || Trachsel (1–2) || Young (0–1) || Benítez (12) || 25,443 || 17–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 39 || May 13 || Mets || 9–8 || Reed (3–1) || Cerda (0–1) || Jiménez (9) || 25,043 || 18–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 40 || May 14 || Mets || 6–5 || Reed (4–1) || Stanton (2–3) || Jiménez (10) || 26,755 || 19–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 41 || May 15 || Expos || 4–2 || Jones (1–1) || Tucker (0–1) || Jiménez (11) || 23,197 || 20–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 42 || May 16 || Expos || 4–1 || Ayala (3–1) || Cruz (3–4) || Biddle (11) || 27,117 || 20–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 43 || May 17 || Expos || 6–4 (10) || Ayala (4–1) || Jones (1–2) || Biddle (12) || 30,052 || 20–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 44 || May 18 || Expos || 4–0 || Chacón (5–2) || Ohka (3–5) || || 30,720 || 21–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 45 || May 20 || @ Dodgers || 3–1 || Brown (5–1) || Oliver (1–3) || Gagné (16) || 27,251 || 21–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 46 || May 21 || @ Dodgers || 3–2 || Ishii (4–1) || Jennings (3–4) || Gagné (17) || 25,332 || 21–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 47 || May 22 || @ Dodgers || 4–3 || Dreifort (4–3) || Cook (1–4) || Gagné (18) || 27,461 || 21–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 48 || May 23 || Giants || 10–7 || Chacón (6–2) || Moss (5–3) || || 30,043 || 22–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 49 || May 24 || Giants || 5–1 || Ainsworth (4–4) || Elarton (0–1) || || 31,475je || 22–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 50 || May 25 || Giants || 5–1 || Oliver (2–3) || Foppert (2–4) || || 33,723 || 23–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 51 || May 26 || Giants || 12–7 || Fuentes (1–0) || Nathan (5–2) || || 28,340 || 24–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 52 || May 27 || Dodgers || 7–3 || Cook (2–4) || Ishii (4–2) || || 26,465 || 25–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 53 || May 28 || Dodgers || 6–0 || Chacón (7–2) || Dreifort (4–4) || || 27,108 || 26–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 54 || May 29 || Dodgers || 12–5 || Elarton (1–1) || Pérez (4–3) || || 27,007 || 27–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 55 || May 30 || @ Giants || 6–2 || Ainsworth (5–4) || Oliver (2–4) || || 38,439 || 27–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 56 || May 31 || @ Giants || 2–1 || Foppert (3–4) || Jennings (3–5) || Worrell (14) || 40,256 || 27–29

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 57 || June 1 || @ Giants || 4–0 || Rueter (6–1) || Cook (2–5) || || 41,404 || 27–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 58 || June 2 || @ Giants || 4–1 || Chacón (8–2) || Schmidt (4–2) || Jiménez (12) || 34,231 || 28–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 59 || June 3 || Indians || 7–3 || Elarton (2–1) || Rodríguez (3–6) || || 22,326 || 29–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 60 || June 4 || Indians || 2–1 || Oliver (3–4) || Traber (2–3) || Jiménez (13) || 22,222 || 30–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 61 || June 5 || Indians || 7–4 || Jennings (4–5) || Sabathia (4–3) || Jiménez (14) || 25,221 || 31–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 62 || June 7 || Royals || 13–11 || George (6–4) || Chacón (8–3) || MacDougal (14) || 25,421 || 31–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 63 || June 7 || Royals || 9–5 || Gilfillan (1–0) || Jones (1–3) || || 26,435 || 31–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 64 || June 8 || Royals || 8–7 || Elarton (3–1) || DeHart (0–2) || Jiménez (15) || 30,084 || 32–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 65 || June 10 || @ Twins || 5–0 || Jennings (5–5) || Radke (5–6) || || 18,886 || 33–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 66 || June 11 || @ Twins || 7–4 || Lohse (6–4) || Cook (2–6) || Guardado (18) || 17,942 || 33–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 67 || June 12 || @ Twins || 15–3 || Rogers (5–2) || Oliver (3–5) || || 18,003 || 33–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 68 || June 13 || @ Tigers || 7–2 || Chacón (9–3) || Cornejo (3–4) || || 19,212 || 34–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 69 || June 14 || @ Tigers || 9–7 || Ledezma (2–2) || Elarton (3–2) || Spurling (3) || 19,260 || 34–35 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 70 || June 15 || @ Tigers || 5–4 || Jennings (6–5) || Knotts (2–5) || Jiménez (16) || 19,323 || 35–35 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 71 || June 16 || Padres || 7–5 || Witasick (1–1) || Jiménez (0–3) || Beck (2) || 22,716 || 35–36 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 72 || June 17 || Padres || 4–3 (8) || Peavy (6–5) || Neagle (0–1) || Witasick (1) || 22,178 || 35–37 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 73 || June 18 || Padres || 5–3 || Chacón (10–3) || Jarvis (0–1) || Speier (1) || 22,033 || 36–37 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 74 || June 19 || Padres || 10–5 || Oliver (4–5) || Lawrence (4–8) || || 23,515 || 37–37 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 75 || June 20 || Tigers || 7–5 || Maroth (2–11) || Elarton (3–3) || || 29,603 || 37–38 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"