The 2003 Cincinnati Reds season was the 134th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their first season at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. They failed to improve on their 78–84 record from 2002.
Offseason November 18, 2002: Ryan Freel was signed as a free agent by the Reds.Ryan Freel at Baseball-Reference December 15, 2002: Elmer Dessens and cash were traded by the Reds to the Arizona Diamondbacks as part of a 4-team trade. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Felipe López to the Reds. The Diamondbacks sent Erubiel Durazo to the Oakland Athletics. 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.Felipe López at Baseball-Reference January 22, 2003: Josías Manzanillo was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
Regular season
Season summary The Reds finished in fifth place in their division, nineteen games behind the division winner, the Chicago Cubs. They finished with a record of 69-93 and a winning percentage of .421. The Reds finished eighteen games behind the second place team, the Houston Astros. They finished sixteen games behind the third place team, the St. Louis Cardinals. They finished six games behind the fourth place team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and one game ahead of the sixth place team, the Milwaukee Brewers.
In the middle of the season, the Reds fired manager Bob Boone and promoted Louisville Bats manager Dave Miley to interim manager.
Season standings
National League Central
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions July 30, 2003: José Guillén was traded by the Reds to the Oakland Athletics for Aaron Harang, Joe Valentine, and Jeff Bruksch (minors).Aaron Harang at Baseball-Reference August 24, 2003: Scott Service was signed as a free agent by the Reds.Scott Service at Baseball-Reference
Roster 2003 Cincinnati Reds Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches (first base) (third base) (pitching) (bullpen) (bench) (hitting)
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 Jason LaRue 118 379 87 .230 16 50 1B Sean Casey 147 573 167 .291 14 80 2B D'Angelo Jiménez 73 290 84 .290 7 31 SS Barry Larkin 70 241 68 .282 2 18 3B Aaron Boone 106 403 110 .273 18 65 LF Adam Dunn 116 381 82 .215 27 57 CF Ken Griffey Jr. 53 166 41 .247 13 26 RF José Guillén 91 315 106 .337 23 63
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 Juan Castro 113 320 81 .253 9 33 Austin Kearns 82 292 77 .264 15 58 Ray Olmedo 79 230 55 .239 0 17 Rubén Mateo 74 207 50 .242 3 18 Felipe López 59 197 42 .213 2 13 Kelly Stinnett 60 179 41 .229 3 19 Russell Branyan 74 176 38 .216 9 26 Wily Mo Peña 80 165 36 .218 5 16 Ryan Freel 43 137 39 .285 4 12 Reggie Taylor 100 130 39 .217 5 19 Brandon Larson 32 89 9 .101 1 9 Tim Hummel 26 84 19 .226 2 10 Dernell Stenson 37 81 20 .247 3 13 Stephen Smitherman 21 44 7 .159 1 6 Eric Valent 18 42 9 .214 0 1 Corky Miller 14 30 8 .267 0 1 Mark Budzinski 4 7 0 .000 0 0 Dane Sardinha 1 2 0 .000 0 0 Jim Chamblee 2 2 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 Danny Graves 30 169.0 4 15 5.33 60 Paul Wilson 28 166.2 8 10 4.64 93 Ryan Dempster 22 115.2 3 7 6.54 84 Jimmy Haynes 18 94.1 2 12 6.30 49 John Bale 10 46.1 1 2 4.47 37 Aaron Harang 9 46.0 4 3 5.28 26 Jimmy Anderson 8 38.2 1 5 8.84 13 Seth Etherton 7 30.0 2 4 6.90 17 Jeff Austin 7 28.1 2 3 8.58 22 José Acevedo 5 27.0 2 0 2.67 23 Josh Hall 6 24.2 0 2 6.57 18
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 Todd Van Poppel 9 35.2 2 1 4.54 25 Dan Serafini 10 30.0 1 3 5.40 13
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 Scott Williamson 42 5 3 21 3.19 53 Chris Reitsma 57 9 5 12 4.29 53 Félix Heredia 57 5 2 1 3.00 41 John Riedling 55 2 3 1 4.90 65 Scott Sullivan 50 6 0 0 3.62 43 Kent Mercker 49 0 2 0 2.35 41 Brian Reith 42 2 3 1 4.11 39 Gabe White 34 3 0 0 3.93 23 Ryan Wagner 17 2 0 0 1.66 25 Phil Norton 17 0 0 0 2.45 7 Scott Randall 15 2 5 0 6.51 25 Juan Cerros 11 0 0 0 4.85 9 Josías Manzanillo 9 0 2 0 12.66 7 Matt Belisle 6 1 1 0 5.19 6 Joey Hamilton 3 0 0 0 12.66 7 Joe Valentine 2 0 0 0 18.00 1 Mark Watson 2 0 0 0 4.50 2
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: BillingsJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
External links 2003 Cincinnati Reds at Baseball Reference Season standings: National League Central Standings on ESPN.com Batting statistics: Cincinnati Reds Batting Stats on ESPN.com Pitching statistics: Cincinnati Reds Pitching Stats on ESPN.com