The 2003 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 34th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, their 6th in the National League, and their 35th overall. The Brewers finished sixth in the National League Central with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses.

Offseason October 11, 2002: Scott Podsednik was selected off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Seattle Mariners. November 5, 2002: Brooks Kieschnick was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers. November 13, 2002: Scott Seabol was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers. January 31, 2003: John Vander Wal was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers. February 13, 2003: Tim Crabtree was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

Regular season On September 19, 2003, Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Randy Johnson hit a home run off of Brewers pitcher Doug Davis, his only MLB home run.

Season standings

National League Central

Record vs. opponents

Transactions May 15, 2003: Scott Seabol was released by the Milwaukee Brewers. June 3, 2003: Tony Gwynn, Jr. was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2nd round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2003.

Roster 2003 Milwaukee Brewers Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

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

Players 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 Eddie Pérez 107 350 95 .271 11 45 1B Richie Sexson 162 606 165 .272 45 124 2B Eric Young Sr. 109 404 105 .260 15 31 SS Royce Clayton 146 483 110 .228 11 39 3B Wes Helms 134 476 124 .261 23 67 LF Geoff Jenkins 124 487 144 .296 28 95 CF Scott Podsednik 154 558 175 .314 9 58 RF John Vander Wal 117 327 84 .257 14 45

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 Keith Ginter 127 358 92 .257 14 44 Brady Clark 128 315 86 .273 6 40 Keith Osik 80 241 60 .249 2 21 Alex Sánchez 43 163 46 .282 0 10 Bill Hall 52 142 37 .261 5 20 Enrique Cruz 60 71 6 .085 0 2 Mark Smith 33 63 15 .238 3 10 Jason Conti 30 48 11 .229 2 7 Jeffrey Hammonds 10 38 6 .158 1 3 Peter Zoccolillo 20 37 4 .108 0 3 Rickie Weeks 7 12 2 .167 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 Ben Sheets 34 220.2 11 13 4.45 157 Wayne Franklin 36 194.2 10 13 5.50 116 Matt Kinney 33 190.2 10 13 5.19 152 Wes Obermueller 12 65.2 2 5 5.07 34 Doug Davis 8 52.1 3 2 2.58 35 Rubén Quevedo 9 42.2 1 4 6.75 19 Todd Ritchie 5 28.1 1 2 5.08 15 Luis Martínez 4 16.1 0 3 9.92 10 David Manning 2 6.2 0 2 16.20 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 Glendon Rusch 32 123.1 1 12 6.42 93 Dave Burba 17 43.1 1 1 3.53 35

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 Danny Kolb 37 1 2 21 1.96 39 Luis Vizcaíno 75 4 3 0 6.39 61 Leo Estrella 58 7 3 3 4.36 25 Mike DeJean 58 4 7 18 4.87 58 Valerio De Los Santos 45 3 3 1 4.13 35 Brooks Kieschnick 42 1 1 0 5.26 39 Curt Leskanic 26 4 0 0 2.70 28 Shane Nance 26 0 2 0 4.81 25 Matt Ford 25 0 3 0 4.33 26 John Foster 23 2 0 0 4.71 16 Mike Crudale 9 0 0 0 2.89 7 Jayson Durocher 6 2 0 0 11.05 7

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of eight minor league affiliates in 2003. The Brewers operated a Venezuelan Summer League team as a co-op with the Cincinnati Reds.

References

External links 2003 Milwaukee Brewers team page at Baseball Reference 2003 Milwaukee Brewers team page at Baseball Almanac