2003 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 2003 season was a turbulent period as News Corporation (Fox) was seeking to sell the team. Nevertheless, the Dodgers fell just short of a Wild Card berth, winning 85 games, finishing second in the Western Division of the National League. The Dodgers pitching staff led baseball in earned run average, Éric Gagné became the first Dodger to earn the NL Cy Young Award since 1988 as he converted all 55 of his save opportunities. Shawn Green set a new L.A. Dodger single season record with 49 doubles and Paul Lo Duca had a 25-game hitting streak.

2003 Los Angeles Dodgers
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record85–77 (.525)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Fox Entertainment Group
General manager(s)Dan Evans
Manager(s)Jim Tracy
Local televisionFox Sports Net West 2; KCOP (13)
Local radioKFWB
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday
KWKW
Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez, Fernando Valenzuela
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Offseason

Regular season

National League West
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 10061 0.621 — 57–24 43–37
Los Angeles Dodgers 8577 0.525 15½ 46–35 39–42
Arizona Diamondbacks 8478 0.519 16½ 45–36 39–42
Colorado Rockies 7488 0.457 26½ 49–32 25–56
San Diego Padres 6498 0.395 36½ 35–46 29–52

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—2–52–47–210–92–55–110–93–34–24–24–23–39–105–143–311–4
Atlanta5–2—4–23–36–09–105–14–24–212–711–89–107–26–12–44–210–5
Chicago4–22–4—10–73–34–29–72–410–63–35–11–510–84–24–28–99–9
Cincinnati2–73–37–10—4–22–45–122–48–102–42–45–45–113–33–39–77-5
Colorado 9–100–63–32–4—4–22–47–125–13–42–52–43–612–77–124–29–6
Florida5–210–92–44–22–4—1–52–57–213–612–713–62–45–11–53–39–6
Houston1–51–57–912–54–25-1—4–29–83–32–42–410–63–32–411–711–7
Los Angeles 9–102–44–24–212–75–22–4—4–24–23–32–55–18–116–134–211–7
Milwaukee3–32–46–1010–81–52–78–92–4—0–66–34–210–75–11–53–135–7
Montreal2–47–123–34–24–36-133–32–46–0—14–58–113–34–27–01–59–9
New York2–48–111–54–25–27–124–23–33–65–14—7–124–23–34–21–55–10
Philadelphia2-410–95–14–54–26–134–25–22–411–812–7—2–44–33–34–28–7
Pittsburgh3–32–78–1011–56–34–26–101–57–103–32–44–2—4–22–47–105–7
San Diego10–91–62–43–37–121–53–311–81–52–43–33–42–4—5–142–48–10
San Francisco14–54–22–43–312–75–14–213–65–10–72–43–34–214–5—5–110–8
St. Louis3–32–49–87–92–43-37–112–413–35–15–12–410–74–21–5—10–8

Opening Day lineup
Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Dave RobertsCenter fielder
Paul Lo DucaCatcher
Shawn GreenRight fielder
Brian JordanLeft fielder
Fred McGriffFirst baseman
Adrián BeltréThird baseman
Jolbert CabreraSecond baseman
César IzturisShortstop
Hideo NomoStarting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster
2003 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Starting Pitchers stats
NameGGSIPW/LERABBSOCG
Hideo Nomo3333218.316-133.09981772
Kevin Brown 3232211.014-92.39561850
Odalis Pérez3030185.312-124.52461410
Kazuhisa Ishii2727147.09-73.861011400
Wilson Álvarez 211295.06-22.3723821
Andy Ashby211273.03-105.1817410
Darren Dreifort101060.34-44.0325670
Edwin Jackson4322.02-12.4511190
Masao Kida3212.00-13.00380

Relief Pitchers stats
NameGGSIPW/LERABBSOSV
Éric Gagné 77082.32-31.202013755
Paul Quantrill89077.32-51.7515441
Tom Martin80051.01-23.5324510
Guillermo Mota760105.06-31.9726991
Paul Shuey62069.06-43.0033600
Steve Colyer13019.70-02.759160
Troy Brohawn12011.72-03.864130
Rodney Myers409.00-06.00450
Víctor Alvarez505.70-112.71630
Scott Mullen103.00-09.00510

Batting Stats
NamePosGABAvg.RHHRRBISB
Paul Lo DucaC/1B147568.273641557520
David RossC40124.258193210180
Todd HundleyC2133.182262110
Koyie HillC33.33301000
Fred McGriff1B86297.249327413400
Alex Cora2B/SS148477.249391194344
César IzturisSS158558.2514714014010
Adrián Beltré3B158559.2405013423802
Ron Coomer1B/3B69125.24011304150
Robin Ventura1B/3B49109.22011245130
Joe Thurston2B1210.20022000
Shawn GreenRF160611.2808417119856
Dave RobertsCF107388.250569721640
Jeromy BurnitzLF61230.2042547134
Jolbert CabreraOF/IF128347.28243986376
Brian JordanLF/CF/RF66224.29928676281
Mike KinkadeLF/RF/1B/3B88162.21625355141
Daryle WardLF/1B52109.183620090
Rickey HendersonLF3072.208715253
Wilkin RuanCF2141.22029021
Larry BarnesLF3038.21128020
Jason RomanoLF/RF/CF/2B3736.08333002
Chad HermansenLF1125.16024020
Bubba CrosbyLF912.08301010
Chin-Feng ChenOF11.00000000

2003 Awards

Farm system
Level Team League Manager
AAA Las Vegas 51s Pacific Coast League John Shoemaker
AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League Dino Ebel
High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League Scott Little
A South Georgia Waves South Atlantic League Dann Bilardello
Rookie Ogden Raptors Pioneer League Travis Barbary
Rookie Gulf Coast Dodgers Gulf Coast League Luis Salazar
Rookie DSL Dodgers
DSL Dodgers 2		 Dominican Summer League

Major League Baseball Draft
Main article: 2003 Major League Baseball Draft
Chad Billingsley

The Dodgers selected 50 players in this draft. Of those, 12 of them would eventually play Major League baseball.

The first round pick was right handed pitcher Chad Billingsley from Defiance High School in Defiance, Ohio. He was a 2009 All-Star and pitched eight seasons with the Dodgers with an 81–61 record and 3.65 ERA in 219 games (190 starts) before missing most of 2013 and all of 2014 with serious arm injuries.

The sixth round pick, outfielder Matt Kemp from Midwest City High School would lead the National League in Home Runs and RBIs in 2011 as well as finishing second in the MVP vote that year.

The draft class also included catcher A. J. Ellis (18th round), who would become the Dodgers starting catcher in 2012.

References
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/coomero01.shtml?redir
  2. 2003 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
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