2003 Texas Rangers season

The Texas Rangers 2003 season involved the Rangers finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.

2003 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkThe Ballpark in Arlington
CityArlington, Texas
Record71–91 (.438)
Divisional place4th
OwnersTom Hicks
General managersJohn Hart
ManagersBuck Showalter
TelevisionKDFI
FSN Southwest
(Tom Grieve, Josh Lewin)
RadioKRLD
(Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo)
KESS-FM
(Eleno Ornelas, Edgar Lopez)
← 2002 Seasons 2004 →

Preseason

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Regular season

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The Rangers home opener on April 4

Opening Day starters

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Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 96 66 .593 57‍–‍24 39‍–‍42
Seattle Mariners 93 69 .574 3 50‍–‍31 43‍–‍38
Anaheim Angels 77 85 .475 19 45‍–‍37 32‍–‍48
Texas Rangers 71 91 .438 25 43‍–‍38 28‍–‍53


Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim 1–8 3–6 3–4 6–3 6–1 6–3 5–4 3–6 8–12 8–11 6–3 9–10 2–7 11–7
Baltimore 8–1 9–10 2–4 3–3 3–3 3–4 3–4 6–13–1 2–7 4–5 8–11 7–2 8–11 5–13
Boston 6–3 10–9 5–4 4–2 8–1 5–1 2–4 9–10 3–4 5–2 12–7 5–4 10–9 11–7
Chicago 4–3 4–2 4–5 11–8 11–8 11–8 9–10 4–2 4–5 2–7 3–3 3–4 6–3 10–8
Cleveland 3–6 3–3 2–4 8–11 12–7 6–13 9–10 2–5 3–6 3–6 5–2 4–5 2–4 6–12
Detroit 1–6 3–3 1–8 8–11 7–12 5–14 4–15 1–5 3–6 1–8 2–4 1–6 2–7 4–14
Kansas City 3–6 4–3 1–5 8–11 13–6 14–5 11–8 2–4 2–7 4–5 4–3 7–2 1–5 9–9
Minnesota 4–5 4–3 4–2 10–9 10–9 15–4 8–11 0–7 8–1 3–6 6–0 5–4 3–3 10–8
New York 6–3 13–6–1 10–9 2–4 5–2 5–1 4–2 7–0 3–6 5–4 14–5 4–5 10–9 13–5
Oakland 12–8 7–2 4–3 5–4 6–3 6–3 7–2 1–8 6–3 7–12 6–3 15–4 5–2 9–9
Seattle 11–8 5–4 2–5 7–2 6–3 8–1 5–4 6–3 4–5 12–7 4–5 10–10 3–4 10–8
Tampa Bay 3–6 11–8 7–12 3–3 2–5 4–2 3–4 0–6 5–14 3–6 5–4 3–6 11–8 3–15
Texas 10–9 2–7 4–5 4–3 5–4 6–1 2–7 4–5 5–4 4–15 10–10 6–3 5–4 4–14
Toronto 7–2 11–8 9–10 3–6 4–2 7–2 5–1 3–3 9–10 2–5 4–3 8–11 4–5 10–8


Transactions

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Roster

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2003 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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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

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All-Star Game

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma RedHawks Pacific Coast League Bobby Jones
AA Frisco RoughRiders Texas League Tim Ireland
A Stockton Ports California League Arnie Beyeler
A Clinton LumberKings Midwest League Carlos Subero
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Darryl Kennedy
Rookie AZL Rangers Arizona League Pedro López

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spokane

References

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  1. ^ John Rocker page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Travis Hafner page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ a b Ugueth Urbina page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ "Alan Benes Stats".
  5. ^ Ian Kinsler page at Baseball Reference