The 2003 Texas Rangers season was the 43rd of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 32nd in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 10th season at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Rangers finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.
Preseason October 3, 2002: John Rocker was released by the Rangers.John Rocker page at Baseball Reference December 6, 2002: Travis Hafner and Aaron Myette were traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for Einar Díaz and Ryan Drese.Travis Hafner page at Baseball Reference December 23, 2002: Ugueth Urbina was signed as a free agent with the Rangers.Ugueth Urbina page at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Opening Day starters Einar Díaz, C Rafael Palmeiro, 1B Michael Young, 2B Hank Blalock, 3B Alex Rodriguez, SS Carl Everett, LF Doug Glanville, CF Juan González, RF Rubén Sierra, DH Ismael Valdez, RHP
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Transactions May 9, 2003: Alan Benes was sent to the Texas Rangers by the Chicago Cubs as part of a conditional deal. June 3, 2003: Ian Kinsler was drafted by the Rangers in the 17th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 2003.Ian Kinsler page at Baseball Reference July 11, 2003: Ugueth Urbina was traded by the Rangers to the Florida Marlins for Adrián González, Ryan Snare, and Will Smith (minors).Ugueth Urbina page at Baseball Reference
Roster 2003 Texas Rangers Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (bullpen) (first base) (pitching) (hitting) (third base) (bench)
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 Einar Diaz 101 334 86 .257 4 35 1B Mark Teixeira 146 529 137 .259 26 84 2B Michael Young 160 666 204 .306 14 72 SS Alex Rodriguez 161 607 181 .298 47 118 3B Hank Blalock 143 567 170 .300 29 90 LF Shane Spencer 55 185 42 .227 4 23 CF Ryan Christenson 60 165 29 .176 2 16 RF Juan González 82 327 96 .294 24 70 DH Rafael Palmeiro 154 561 146 .260 38 112
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 Carl Everett 74 270 74 .274 18 51 Todd Greene 62 205 47 .229 10 20 Doug Glanville 52 195 53 .272 4 14 Laynce Nix 53 184 47 .255 8 30 Rubén Sierra 43 133 35 .263 3 12 Donnie Sadler 77 131 26 .198 1 5 Kevin Mench 38 125 40 .320 2 11 Jason Jones 40 107 23 .215 3 11 Ramón Nivar 28 90 19 .211 0 7 Marcus Thames 30 73 15 .205 1 4 Jermaine Clark 24 46 8 .174 0 6 Gerald Laird 19 44 12 .273 1 4 Mike Lamb 28 38 5 .132 0 2 Ryan Ludwick 8 26 4 .154 0 0 Herbert Perry 11 24 4 .167 0 2 Chad Kreuter 7 18 2 .111 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 John Thomson 35 217.0 13 14 4.85 136 Colby Lewis 26 127.0 10 9 7.30 88 Ismael Valdéz 22 115.0 8 8 6.10 47 Tony Mounce 11 50.2 1 5 7.11 30 Chan Ho Park 7 29.2 1 3 7.58 16 Robert Ellis 4 18.1 1 1 8.35 8 Alan Benes 4 15.0 0 3 11.40 11 Mario Ramos 3 13.0 1 1 6.23 8 Doug Davis 1 3.0 0 0 12.00 2
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 R.A. Dickey 38 116.2 9 8 5.09 94 Joaquin Benoit 25 105.0 8 5 5.49 87 Ryan Drese 11 46.0 2 4 6.85 26 Víctor Santos 8 25.2 0 2 7.01 15 Mickey Callaway 6 22.1 0 3 6.45 19 Juan Domínguez 6 16.1 0 2 7.16 13 Todd Van Poppel 7 12.2 1 0 8.53 9
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 Ugueth Urbina 39 0 4 26 4.19 41 Francisco Cordero 73 5 8 15 2.94 90 Aaron Fultz 64 1 3 0 5.21 53 Brian Shouse 62 0 1 1 3.10 40 Jay Powell 51 3 0 0 7.82 40 Rosman García 46 1 2 0 6.02 25 Ron Mahay 35 3 3 0 3.18 38 Erasmo Ramirez 34 3 1 0 3.86 28 Reynaldo Garcia 17 0 0 0 9.00 15 Esteban Yan 15 0 1 0 6.94 25 C.J. Nitkowski 6 0 0 0 7.45 5
Awards and honors Alex Rodriguez, American League Most Valuable Player Award Alex Rodriguez, Hank Aaron Award Alex Rodriguez, A.L. Home Run Champ Alex Rodriguez, SS, AL Gold Glove Alex Rodriguez, Silver Slugger Award
All-Star Game
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spokane
References
2003 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference 2003 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com