The 2003 San Diego Padres season was the 35th season in franchise history. The team was managed by Bruce Bochy, as the team played their final season of home games at Qualcomm Stadium before moving the club to Petco Park the following season.
Offseason November 19, 2002: Jesse Orosco signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres. December 10, 2002: Jaret Wright signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.Jaret Wright Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
Regular season
Opening Day starters Gary Bennett Sean Burroughs Ryan Klesko Mark Kotsay Brian Lawrence Mark Loretta Xavier Nady Ramón Vázquez Rondell White2003 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac
Notable transactions June 3, 2003: Tim Stauffer was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed August 9, 2003. June 3, 2003: Dirk Hayhurst was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 8th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2003. July 22, 2003: Jesse Orosco was sent to the New York Yankees by the San Diego Padres as part of a conditional deal. August 12, 2003: Jason Bay was traded by the San Diego Padres with a player to be named later and Óliver Pérez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brian Giles. The San Diego Padres sent Corey Stewart (minors) (October 2, 2003) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.Jason Bay Statistics Baseball-Reference.com August 15, 2003: Jaret Wright was selected off waivers by the Atlanta Braves from the San Diego Padres.
Season standings
National League West
Record vs. opponents
Roster 2003 San Diego Padres Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (bullpen) (pitching, May 17-) (pitching, beginning of season-May 16) (first base) (hitting) (bench) (third 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 Gary Bennett 96 307 73 .238 2 42 1B Ryan Klesko 121 397 100 .252 21 67 2B Mark Loretta 154 589 185 .314 13 72 SS Ramón Vázquez 116 422 110 .261 3 30 3B Sean Burroughs 146 517 148 .286 7 58 LF Rondell White 115 413 115 .278 18 66 CF Mark Kotsay 128 482 128 .266 7 38 RF Xavier Nady 110 371 99 .267 9 39
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 Gary Matthews Jr. 103 306 83 .271 4 22 Phil Nevin 59 226 63 .279 13 46 Brian Buchanan 115 198 52 .263 8 29 Lou Merloni 65 151 41 .272 1 17 Miguel Ojeda 61 141 33 .234 4 22 Dave Hansen 110 135 33 .244 2 15 Brian Giles 29 104 31 .298 4 18 Keith Lockhart 62 95 23 .242 3 8 Donaldo Méndez 26 84 19 .226 2 9 Shane Victorino 36 73 11 .151 0 4 Wiki González 24 65 13 .200 0 10 Khalil Greene 20 65 14 .215 2 6 Mike Rivera 19 53 9 .170 1 2 Humberto Quintero 12 23 5 .217 0 2 Jason Bay 3 8 2 .250 1 2 Todd Sears 9 8 2 .250 0 0 Jermaine Clark 1 2 0 .000 0 1
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 Brian Lawrence 33 210.2 10 15 4.19 116 Jake Peavy 32 194.2 12 11 4.11 156 Adam Eaton 31 183.0 9 12 4.08 146 Óliver Pérez 19 103.2 4 7 5.38 117 Kevin Jarvis 16 92.0 4 8 5.87 49 Ben Howard 6 34.2 1 3 3.63 24 Carlton Loewer 5 21.2 1 2 6.65 11 Brian Tollberg 3 10.1 0 2 6.97 2 Roger Deago 2 10.1 0 1 7.84 10 Randy Keisler 2 6.0 0 1 12.00 5 Dennis Tankersley 1 0.0 0 1 inf 0
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 Mike Bynum 13 36.0 1 4 8.75 35 Clay Condrey 9 34.0 1 2 8.47 25
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 Rod Beck 36 3 2 20 1.78 32 Mike Matthews 77 6 4 0 4.45 44 Luther Hackman 65 2 2 0 5.17 48 Jay Witasick 46 3 7 2 4.53 42 Scott Linebrink 43 2 1 0 2.82 51 Jesse Orosco 42 1 1 2 7.56 22 Matt Herges 40 2 2 3 2.86 40 Jaret Wright 39 1 5 2 8.37 41 Brandon Villafuerte 31 0 2 2 4.20 34 Joe Roa 18 1 1 0 6.75 18 Kevin Walker 11 0 0 0 5.40 5 Trevor Hoffman 9 0 0 0 2.00 11 Charles Nagy 5 0 2 0 4.38 7 Wiki González 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Award winners
2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Rondell White
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
External links 2003 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference 2003 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac