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 third in the National League Central, 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).
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League | National League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Busch Memorial Stadium | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 85–77 (.525) | |
Divisional place | 3rd | |
Owners | William DeWitt, Jr. | |
General managers | Walt Jocketty | |
Managers | Tony La Russa | |
Television | Fox Sports Midwest (Joe Buck, Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky) KPLR (Bob Carpenter, Rick Horton) | |
Radio | KMOX (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
edit- December 13, 2002: Chris Carpenter was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[1]
Regular season
editOpening Day starters
edit- Jim Edmonds
- Eli Marrero
- Tino Martinez
- Mike Matheny
- Matt Morris
- Albert Pujols
- Édgar Rentería
- Scott Rolen
- Fernando Viña[2]
Season standings
editNational League Central
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago Cubs | 88 | 74 | .543 | — | 44–37 | 44–37 |
Houston Astros | 87 | 75 | .537 | 1 | 48–33 | 39–42 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 85 | 77 | .525 | 3 | 48–33 | 37–44 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 75 | 87 | .463 | 13 | 39–42 | 36–45 |
Cincinnati Reds | 69 | 93 | .426 | 19 | 35–46 | 34–47 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 68 | 94 | .420 | 20 | 31–50 | 37–44 |
Record vs. opponents
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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 |
Transactions
edit- May 27, 2003: Scott Seabol was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[3]
Game log
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June: (16–11)
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September: (13–13)
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Roster
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Outfielders
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Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | Pos | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Albert Pujols | LF | 157 | 591 | 212 | .359 | 43 | 124 |
Edgar Renteria | SS | 157 | 587 | 194 | .330 | 13 | 100 |
J.D. Drew | RF | 100 | 287 | 83 | .289 | 15 | 42 |
Scott Rolen | 3B | 154 | 559 | 160 | .286 | 28 | 104 |
Bo Hart | 2B | 77 | 296 | 82 | .277 | 4 | 28 |
Jim Edmonds | CF | 137 | 447 | 123 | .275 | 39 | 89 |
Tino Martinez | 1B | 138 | 476 | 130 | .273 | 15 | 69 |
Mike Matheny | C | 141 | 441 | 111 | .252 | 8 | 47 |
Other batters
editNote: 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 |
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Orlando Palmeiro | 141 | 317 | 86 | .271 | 3 | 33 |
Miguel Cairo | 92 | 261 | 64 | .245 | 5 | 32 |
Fernando Viña | 61 | 259 | 65 | .251 | 4 | 23 |
Eduardo Pérez | 105 | 253 | 72 | .285 | 11 | 41 |
Kerry Robinson | 116 | 208 | 52 | .250 | 1 | 16 |
Eli Marrero | 41 | 107 | 24 | .224 | 2 | 20 |
Chris Widger | 44 | 102 | 24 | .235 | 0 | 14 |
Wilson Delgado | 43 | 77 | 13 | .169 | 0 | 3 |
So Taguchi | 43 | 54 | 14 | .259 | 3 | 13 |
Joe Girardi | 16 | 23 | 3 | .130 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Woody Williams | 34 | 220.2 | 18 | 9 | 3.87 | 153 |
Brett Tomko | 33 | 202.2 | 13 | 9 | 5.28 | 114 |
Garrett Stephenson | 32 | 174.1 | 7 | 13 | 4.59 | 91 |
Matt Morris | 27 | 172.1 | 11 | 8 | 3.76 | 120 |
Dan Haren | 14 | 72.2 | 3 | 7 | 5.08 | 43 |
Sterling Hitchcock | 8 | 38.0 | 5 | 1 | 3.79 | 32 |
Other pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jason Simontacchi | 46 | 126.1 | 9 | 5 | 5.56 | 74 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jason Isringhausen | 40 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2.36 | 41 |
Steve Kline | 78 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3.82 | 31 |
Jeff Fassero | 62 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5.68 | 55 |
Cal Eldred | 62 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3.74 | 67 |
Esteban Yan | 39 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6.02 | 28 |
Kiko Calero | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.82 | 51 |
Dustin Hermanson | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.46 | 12 |
Lance Painter | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.50 | 11 |
Mike DeJean | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.00 | 13 |
Russ Springer | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.31 | 11 |
Mike Crudale | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.38 | 6 |
Jimmy Journell | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 8 |
Josh Pearce | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 |
Pedro Borbón Jr. | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20.25 | 0 |
Gabe Molina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |
Kevin Ohme | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
Jason Pearson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.00 | 1 |
Farm system
editReferences
edit- ^ "Chris Carpenter Stats".
- ^ "2003 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac".
- ^ "Scott Seabol Stats".
- ^ "2003 St. Louis Cardinals Schedule".
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- ^ Baseball America 2004 Annual Directory