2003 San Diego Padres season

The 2003 San Diego Padres season was the 35th season in franchise history. The team was managed by Bruce Bochy, as the team played their final season of home games at Qualcomm Stadium before moving the club to Petco Park the following season.

2003 San Diego Padres
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Qualcomm Stadium
City	San Diego, California
Record	64–98 (.395)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	John Moores
General managers	Kevin Towers
Managers	Bruce Bochy
Television	KUSI-TV 4SD (Mark Grant, Matt Vasgersian, Rick Sutcliffe)
Radio	KOGO (Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner) KURS (Rene Mora, Juan Avila, Eduardo Ortega)
Seasons

Offseason

• November 19, 2002: Jesse Orosco signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.
• December 10, 2002: Jaret Wright signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Gary Bennett
• Sean Burroughs
• Ryan Klesko
• Mark Kotsay
• Brian Lawrence
• Mark Loretta
• Xavier Nady
• Ramón Vázquez
• Rondell White

Notable transactions

• June 3, 2003: Tim Stauffer was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed August 9, 2003.
• June 3, 2003: Dirk Hayhurst was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 8th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2003.
• July 22, 2003: Jesse Orosco was sent to the New York Yankees by the San Diego Padres as part of a conditional deal.
• August 12, 2003: Jason Bay was traded by the San Diego Padres with a player to be named later and Óliver Pérez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brian Giles. The San Diego Padres sent Corey Stewart (minors) (October 2, 2003) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
• August 15, 2003: Jaret Wright was selected off waivers by the Atlanta Braves from the San Diego Padres.

Season standings

National League West

NL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Francisco Giants	100	61	.621	—	57‍–‍24	43‍–‍37
Los Angeles Dodgers	85	77	.525	15½	46‍–‍35	39‍–‍42
Arizona Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16½	45‍–‍36	39‍–‍42
Colorado Rockies	74	88	.457	26½	49‍–‍32	25‍–‍56
San Diego Padres	64	98	.395	36½	35‍–‍46	29‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

2003 National League record Source: [1]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LA	MIL	MTL	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

Roster

2003 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers 45 Rod Beck 54 Mike Bynum 41 Clay Condrey 58 Roger Deago 53 Adam Eaton 58,16 Luther Hackman 52 Matt Herges 51 Trevor Hoffman 39 Ben Howard 32 Kevin Jarvis 57 Randy Keisler 50 Brian Lawrence 38 Scott Linebrink 37 Carlton Loewer 49 Mike Matthews 39 Charles Nagy 47 Jesse Orosco 44 Jake Peavy 59 Óliver Pérez 37 Joe Roa 45 Dennis Tankersley 55 Brian Tollberg 43 Brandon Villafuerte 55 Kevin Walker 46 Jay Witasick 21 Jaret Wright		Catchers 29 Gary Bennett  7 Wiki González 20 Miguel Ojeda 11 Humberto Quintero 10 Mike Rivera Infielders 33 Sean Burroughs  3 Khalil Greene 25 Dave Hansen 30 Ryan Klesko 18 Keith Lockhart  8 Mark Loretta 17 Donaldo Méndez 28 Lou Merloni 23 Phil Nevin  9 Todd Sears  1 Ramón Vázquez		Outfielders  2 Jason Bay 34 Brian Buchanan 17 Jermaine Clark 24 Brian Giles 14 Mark Kotsay 13 Gary Matthews, Jr. 22 Xavier Nady  3 Shane Victorino 27 Rondell White	Manager 15 Bruce Bochy Coaches 48 Darrel Akerfelds (bullpen) 36 Darren Balsley (pitching, May 17-) 38 Greg Booker (pitching, beginning of season-May 16) 24,27 Davey Lopes (first base) 12 Dave Magadan (hitting) 40 Tony Muser (bench)  5 Rob Picciolo (third base)

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
C	Gary Bennett	96	307	73	.238	2	42
1B	Ryan Klesko	121	397	100	.252	21	67
2B	Mark Loretta	154	589	185	.314	13	72
SS	Ramón Vázquez	116	422	110	.261	3	30
3B	Sean Burroughs	146	517	148	.286	7	58
LF	Rondell White	115	413	115	.278	18	66
CF	Mark Kotsay	128	482	128	.266	7	38
RF	Xavier Nady	110	371	99	.267	9	39

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
Gary Matthews Jr.	103	306	83	.271	4	22
Phil Nevin	59	226	63	.279	13	46
Brian Buchanan	115	198	52	.263	8	29
Lou Merloni	65	151	41	.272	1	17
Miguel Ojeda	61	141	33	.234	4	22
Dave Hansen	110	135	33	.244	2	15
Brian Giles	29	104	31	.298	4	18
Keith Lockhart	62	95	23	.242	3	8
Donaldo Méndez	26	84	19	.226	2	9
Shane Victorino	36	73	11	.151	0	4
Wiki González	24	65	13	.200	0	10
Khalil Greene	20	65	14	.215	2	6
Mike Rivera	19	53	9	.170	1	2
Humberto Quintero	12	23	5	.217	0	2
Jason Bay	3	8	2	.250	1	2
Todd Sears	9	8	2	.250	0	0
Jermaine Clark	1	2	0	.000	0	1

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
Brian Lawrence	33	210.2	10	15	4.19	116
Jake Peavy	32	194.2	12	11	4.11	156
Adam Eaton	31	183.0	9	12	4.08	146
Óliver Pérez	19	103.2	4	7	5.38	117
Kevin Jarvis	16	92.0	4	8	5.87	49
Ben Howard	6	34.2	1	3	3.63	24
Carlton Loewer	5	21.2	1	2	6.65	11
Brian Tollberg	3	10.1	0	2	6.97	2
Roger Deago	2	10.1	0	1	7.84	10
Randy Keisler	2	6.0	0	1	12.00	5
Dennis Tankersley	1	0.0	0	1	inf	0

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
Mike Bynum	13	36.0	1	4	8.75	35
Clay Condrey	9	34.0	1	2	8.47	25

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
Rod Beck	36	3	2	20	1.78	32
Mike Matthews	77	6	4	0	4.45	44
Luther Hackman	65	2	2	0	5.17	48
Jay Witasick	46	3	7	2	4.53	42
Scott Linebrink	43	2	1	0	2.82	51
Jesse Orosco	42	1	1	2	7.56	22
Matt Herges	40	2	2	3	2.86	40
Jaret Wright	39	1	5	2	8.37	41
Brandon Villafuerte	31	0	2	2	4.20	34
Joe Roa	18	1	1	0	6.75	18
Kevin Walker	11	0	0	0	5.40	5
Trevor Hoffman	9	0	0	0	2.00	11
Charles Nagy	5	0	2	0	4.38	7
Wiki González	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Award winners

2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Rondell White

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Portland Beavers	Pacific Coast League	Rick Sweet
AA	Mobile BayBears	Southern League	Craig Colbert
A	Lake Elsinore Storm	California League	Jeff Gardner
A	Fort Wayne Wizards	Midwest League	Gary Jones
A-Short Season	Eugene Emeralds	Northwest League	Roy Howell
Rookie	Idaho Falls Padres	Pioneer League	Carlos Lezcano

External links

• 2003 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference
• 2003 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac