2003 Seattle Mariners season

2003 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1977)
Western Division (since 1977)
Location
Safeco Field (since 1999)
Seattle, Washington (since 1977)
Other information
Owner(s)	Hiroshi Yamauchi (represented by Howard Lincoln)
General manager(s)	Pat Gillick
Manager(s)	Bob Melvin
Local television	KSTW 11 FSN Northwest
Local radio	KOMO (AM) 710 AM(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Ron Fairly, Dave Valle, Dave Henderson)
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The Seattle Mariners 2003 season was their 27th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 2nd in the American League West, finishing with a record of 93-69.

One notable fact about the 2003 Mariners is that they used only five starting pitchers the entire season.^[1] The five starting pitchers were Ryan Franklin, Freddy Garcia, Gil Meche, Jamie Moyer and Joel Piñeiro.

Offseason

• October 11, 2002: Scott Podsednik was selected off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Seattle Mariners.^[2]
• December 6, 2002: John Olerud was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.^[3]
• January 16, 2003: John Mabry was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.^[4]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Bret Boone
• Mike Cameron
• Jeff Cirillo
• Carlos Guillén
• Mark McLemore
• Jamie Moyer
• John Olerud
• Ichiro Suzuki
• Dan Wilson
• Randy Winn ^[5]

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	96	66	0.593	—	57–24	39–42
Seattle Mariners	93	69	0.574	3	50–31	43–38
Anaheim Angels	77	85	0.475	19	45–37	32–48
Texas Rangers	71	91	0.438	25	43–38	28–53

Record vs. opponents

2003 American League Records Sources:
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

Notable transactions

• July 29, 2003: Kenny Kelly was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the New York Mets for Rey Sanchez and cash.^[6]

Roster

2003 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers 49 Armando Benítez 32 Giovanni Carrara 45 Ryan Franklin 34 Freddy García 17 Shigetoshi Hasegawa 46 Aaron Looper 40 Julio Mateo 55 Gil Meche 50 Jamie Moyer 43 Jeff Nelson 38 Joel Piñeiro 20 J. J. Putz 53 Arthur Rhodes 22 Kazuhiro Sasaki 39 Rafael Soriano 59 Brian Sweeney 54 Aaron Taylor 59 Matt White		Catchers 10 Pat Borders 13 Ben Davis  6 Dan Wilson Infielders 16 Willie Bloomquist 29 Bret Boone  7 Jeff Cirillo 28 Greg Colbrunn  8 Carlos Guillén  4 Mark McLemore  5 John Olerud  1 Rey Sánchez 23 Luis Ugueto		Outfielders 44 Mike Cameron 47 John Mabry 30 Chad Meyers 36 Jamal Strong 51 Ichiro Suzuki  2 Randy Winn Other batters 11 Edgar Martínez		Manager  3 Bob Melvin Coaches 49 Orlando Gómez (bullpen) 33 Lamar Johnson (hitting)  9 Rene Lachemann (bench) 12 John Moses (first base) 31 Dave Myers (third base) 35 Bryan Price (pitching)

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

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Awards and honors

• Jamie Moyer, Pitcher, Roberto Clemente Award
• Jamie Moyer, Hutch Award^[7]

2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Pacific Coast League	Dan Rohn
AA	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Dave Brundage
A	Inland Empire 66ers	California League	Steve Roadcap
A	Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	Midwest League	Daren Brown
A-Short Season	Everett AquaSox	Northwest League	Pedro Grifol
Rookie	AZL Mariners	Arizona League	Scott Steinmann

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Antonio, Inland Empire^[8]

References

1. http://blog.thenewstribune.com/mariners/2011/05/25/remember-the-fab-five-mariners-do/
2. Scott Podsednik Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
3. John Olerud Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
4. John Mabry Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
5. 2003 Seattle Mariners Roster by Baseball Almanac
6. Kenny Kelly Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
7. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml
8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 2003 Seattle Mariners
• 2003 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com