2003 St. Louis Cardinals season

2003 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Busch Memorial Stadium (since 1966)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	85–77 (.525)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	William DeWitt, Jr.
General manager(s)	Walt Jocketty
Manager(s)	Tony La Russa
Local television	Fox Sports Midwest (Joe Buck, Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky) KPLR (Bob Carpenter, Rick Horton)
Local radio	KMOX (Mike Shannon, Wayne Hagin)
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The St. Louis Cardinals 2003 season was the team's 122nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 112th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 85-77 during the season and finished 3rd in the National League Central division, three games behind the Chicago Cubs, who won the NL Central at 88-74, and two behind the NL Central runners-up, the Houston Astros (87-75).

Catcher Mike Matheny, shortstop Edgar Rentería, third baseman Scott Rolen, and outfielder Jim Edmonds won Gold Gloves this year.

Offseason

• December 13, 2002: Chris Carpenter was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.^[1]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Jim Edmonds
• Eli Marrero
• Tino Martinez
• Mike Matheny
• Matt Morris
• Albert Pujols
• Edgar Rentería
• Scott Rolen
• Fernando Viña^[2]

Season standings

National League Central

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	88	74	0.543	—	44–37	44–37
Houston Astros	87	75	0.537	1	48–33	39–42
St. Louis Cardinals	85	77	0.525	3	48–33	37–44
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	87	0.463	13	39–42	36–45
Cincinnati Reds	69	93	0.426	19	35–46	34–47
Milwaukee Brewers	68	94	0.420	20	31–50	37–44

Record vs. opponents

2003 National League Records Source:
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	2–5	2–4	7–2	10–9	2–5	5–1	10–9	3–3	4–2	4–2	4–2	3–3	9–10	5–14	3–3	11–4
Atlanta	5–2	—	4–2	3–3	6–0	9–10	5–1	4–2	4–2	12–7	11–8	9–10	7–2	6–1	2–4	4–2	10–5
Chicago	4–2	2–4	—	10–7	3–3	4–2	9–7	2–4	10–6	3–3	5–1	1–5	10–8	4–2	4–2	8–9	9–9
Cincinnati	2–7	3–3	7–10	—	4–2	2–4	5–12	2–4	8–10	2–4	2–4	5–4	5–11	3–3	3–3	9–7	7-5
Colorado	9–10	0–6	3–3	2–4	—	4–2	2–4	7–12	5–1	3–4	2–5	2–4	3–6	12–7	7–12	4–2	9–6
Florida	5–2	10–9	2–4	4–2	2–4	—	1–5	2–5	7–2	13–6	12–7	13–6	2–4	5–1	1–5	3–3	9–6
Houston	1–5	1–5	7–9	12–5	4–2	5-1	—	4–2	9–8	3–3	2–4	2–4	10–6	3–3	2–4	11–7	11–7
Los Angeles	9–10	2–4	4–2	4–2	12–7	5–2	2–4	—	4–2	4–2	3–3	2–5	5–1	8–11	6–13	4–2	11–7
Milwaukee	3–3	2–4	6–10	10–8	1–5	2–7	8–9	2–4	—	0–6	6–3	4–2	10–7	5–1	1–5	3–13	5–7
Montreal	2–4	7–12	3–3	4–2	4–3	6-13	3–3	2–4	6–0	—	14–5	8–11	3–3	4–2	7–0	1–5	9–9
New York	2–4	8–11	1–5	4–2	5–2	7–12	4–2	3–3	3–6	5–14	—	7–12	4–2	3–3	4–2	1–5	5–10
Philadelphia	2-4	10–9	5–1	4–5	4–2	6–13	4–2	5–2	2–4	11–8	12–7	—	2–4	4–3	3–3	4–2	8–7
Pittsburgh	3–3	2–7	8–10	11–5	6–3	4–2	6–10	1–5	7–10	3–3	2–4	4–2	—	4–2	2–4	7–10	5–7
San Diego	10–9	1–6	2–4	3–3	7–12	1–5	3–3	11–8	1–5	2–4	3–3	3–4	2–4	—	5–14	2–4	8–10
San Francisco	14–5	4–2	2–4	3–3	12–7	5–1	4–2	13–6	5–1	0–7	2–4	3–3	4–2	14–5	—	5–1	10–8
St. Louis	3–3	2–4	9–8	7–9	2–4	3-3	7–11	2–4	13–3	5–1	5–1	2–4	10–7	4–2	1–5	—	10–8

Transactions

• May 27, 2003: Scott Seabol was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.^[3]

Roster

2003 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers 52 Pedro Borbón, Jr. 77,40 Kiko Calero 54 Mike Crudale 47 Mike DeJean 23 Cal Eldred 13 Jeff Fassero 50 Dan Haren 32 Dustin Hermanson 41 Sterling Hitchcock 44 Jason Isringhausen 77 Jimmy Journell 49 Steve Kline 56 Gabe Molina 35 Matt Morris 43 Kevin Ohme 28 Lance Painter 60 Josh Pearce 53 Jason Pearson 46 Jason Simontacchi 48 Russ Springer 19 Woody Williams 43 Esteban Yan		Catchers  8 Joe Girardi 22 Mike Matheny 50,32 Chris Widger Infielders 41,12 Miguel Cairo 47 Wilson Delgado 31 Bo Hart 21 Tino Martinez  3 Edgar Rentería 27 Scott Rolen  4 Fernando Viña		Outfielders  7 J. D. Drew 15 Jim Edmonds 26 Eli Marrero 16 Orlando Palmeiro 33 Eduardo Pérez  5 Albert Pujols  0 Kerry Robinson 99 So Taguchi		Manager 10 Tony La Russa Coaches 18 Dave Duncan (pitching) 38 Marty Mason (bullpen) 39 Dave McKay (first base) 11 José Oquendo (third base) 12 Mitchell Page (hitting) 24 Joe Pettini (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

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

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

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

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

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pacific Coast League	Tom Spencer and Danny Sheaffer
AA	Tennessee Smokies	Southern League	Mark DeJohn
A	Palm Beach Cardinals	Florida State League	Tom Nieto
A	Peoria Chiefs	Midwest League	Joe Cunningham, Jr.
A-Short Season	New Jersey Cardinals	New York–Penn League	Tommy Shields
Rookie	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Ron Warner

^[4][5]

References

1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carpech01.shtml
2. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2003&t=SLN
3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/seabosc01.shtml
4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
5. Baseball America 2004 Annual Directory

External links

• 2003 St. Louis Cardinals
• 2003 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com