2003 St. Louis Cardinals season

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).

2003 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record85–77 (.525)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)William DeWitt, Jr.
General manager(s)Walt Jocketty
Manager(s)Tony La Russa
Local televisionFox Sports Midwest
(Joe Buck, Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky)
KPLR
(Bob Carpenter, Rick Horton)
Local radioKMOX
(Mike Shannon, Wayne Hagin)
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Catcher Mike Matheny, shortstop Édgar 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
  • Édgar Rentería
  • Scott Rolen
  • Fernando Viña[2]

National League Central
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 8874 0.543 — 44–37 44–37
Houston Astros 8775 0.537 1 48–33 39–42
St. Louis Cardinals 8577 0.525 3 48–33 37–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 7587 0.463 13 39–42 36–45
Cincinnati Reds 6993 0.426 19 35–46 34–47
Milwaukee Brewers 6894 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—2–52–47–210–92–55–110–93–34–24–24–23–39–105–143–311–4
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

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

Game log
2003 St. Louis Cardinals Game Log (85–77)[4]
March: (1–0)
April: (12–12)
May: (14–15)
June: (16–11)
July: (13–14)
August: (16–12)
September: (13–13)

Roster
2003 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
Albert Pujols157591212.35943124
Edgar Renteria157587194.33013100
J.D. Drew10028783.2891542
Scott Rolen154559160.28628104
Eduardo Perez10525372.2851141
Bo Hart7729682.277428
Jim Edmonds137447123.2753989

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

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
See also: Minor League Baseball
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

[5][6]

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