2003_Seattle_Mariners_season

2003 Seattle Mariners season

Major League Baseball team season

The Seattle Mariners 2003 season was their 27th since the franchise creation. The team finished second in the American League West with a record of 93–69.

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2003 Seattle Mariners

League

American League

Division

West

Ballpark

Safeco Field

City

Seattle, Washington

Record

93–69 (.574)

Divisional place

2nd

Owners

Hiroshi Yamauchi
(represented by Howard Lincoln)

Television

KSTW 11
FSN Northwest

Radio

KOMO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Ron Fairly, Dave Valle,
Dave Henderson)

← 2002

Seasons

2004 →

The team used only five starting pitchers the entire season, which was unusual.^[1] The five starting pitchers were Ryan Franklin, Freddy Garcia, Gil Meche, Jamie Moyer and Joel Piñeiro.

Offseason

October 11, 2002: Scott Podsednik was selected off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Seattle Mariners.^[2]
November 15, 2002: Mariners named Bob Melvin, as the team's new manager, after Lou Piniella left to manage the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
December 6, 2002: John Olerud was signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.^[3]
January 16, 2003: John Mabry was signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.^[4]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Bret Boone
Mike Cameron
Jeff Cirillo
Carlos Guillén
Mark McLemore
Jamie Moyer
John Olerud
Ichiro Suzuki
Dan Wilson
Randy Winn^[5]

Season standings

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v t e AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	96	66	0.593	—	57–24	39–42
Seattle Mariners	93	69	0.574	3	50–31	43–38
Anaheim Angels	77	85	0.475	19	45–37	32–48
Texas Rangers	71	91	0.438	25	43–38	28–53

Record vs. opponents

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2003 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	1–8	3–6	3–4	6–3	6–1	6–3	5–4	3–6	8–12	8–11	6–3	9–10	2–7	11–7
Baltimore	8–1	—	9–10	2–4	3–3	3–3	3–4	3–4	6–13–1	2–7	4–5	8–11	7–2	8–11	5–13
Boston	6–3	10–9	—	5–4	4–2	8–1	5–1	2–4	9–10	3–4	5–2	12–7	5–4	10–9	11–7
Chicago	4–3	4–2	4–5	—	11–8	11–8	11–8	9–10	4–2	4–5	2–7	3–3	3–4	6–3	10–8
Cleveland	3–6	3–3	2–4	8–11	—	12–7	6–13	9–10	2–5	3–6	3–6	5–2	4–5	2–4	6–12
Detroit	1–6	3–3	1–8	8–11	7–12	—	5–14	4–15	1–5	3–6	1–8	2–4	1–6	2–7	4–14
Kansas City	3–6	4–3	1–5	8–11	13–6	14–5	—	11–8	2–4	2–7	4–5	4–3	7–2	1–5	9–9
Minnesota	4–5	4–3	4–2	10–9	10–9	15–4	8–11	—	0–7	8–1	3–6	6–0	5–4	3–3	10–8
New York	6–3	13–6–1	10–9	2–4	5–2	5–1	4–2	7–0	—	3–6	5–4	14–5	4–5	10–9	13–5
Oakland	12–8	7–2	4–3	5–4	6–3	6–3	7–2	1–8	6–3	—	7–12	6–3	15–4	5–2	9–9
Seattle	11–8	5–4	2–5	7–2	6–3	8–1	5–4	6–3	4–5	12–7	—	4–5	10–10	3–4	10–8
Tampa Bay	3–6	11–8	7–12	3–3	2–5	4–2	3–4	0–6	5–14	3–6	5–4	—	3–6	11–8	3–15
Texas	10–9	2–7	4–5	4–3	5–4	6–1	2–7	4–5	5–4	4–15	10–10	6–3	—	5–4	4–14
Toronto	7–2	11–8	9–10	3–6	4–2	7–2	5–1	3–3	9–10	2–5	4–3	8–11	4–5	—	10–8

Notable transactions

July 29, 2003: Kenny Kelly was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the New York Mets for Rey Sánchez and cash.^[6]

Roster

2003 Seattle Mariners

Roster

Pitchers

49 Armando Benítez
32 Giovanni Carrara
45 Ryan Franklin
34 Freddy García
17 Shigetoshi Hasegawa
46 Aaron Looper
40 Julio Mateo
55 Gil Meche
50 Jamie Moyer
43 Jeff Nelson
38 Joel Piñeiro
20 J. J. Putz
53 Arthur Rhodes
22 Kazuhiro Sasaki
39 Rafael Soriano
59 Brian Sweeney
54 Aaron Taylor
59 Matt White

Catchers

10 Pat Borders
13 Ben Davis
6 Dan Wilson

Infielders

16 Willie Bloomquist
29 Bret Boone
7 Jeff Cirillo
28 Greg Colbrunn
8 Carlos Guillén
4 Mark McLemore
5 John Olerud
1 Rey Sánchez
23 Luis Ugueto

Outfielders

44 Mike Cameron
47 John Mabry
30 Chad Meyers
36 Jamal Strong
51 Ichiro Suzuki
2 Randy Winn

Other batters

11 Edgar Martínez

Manager

3 Bob Melvin

Coaches

49 Orlando Gómez (bullpen)
33 Lamar Johnson (hitting)
9 Rene Lachemann (bench)
12 John Moses (first base)
31 Dave Myers (third base)
35 Bryan Price (pitching)

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

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Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Dan Wilson	96	316	76	.241	4	43
1B	John Olerud	152	539	145	.269	10	83
2B	Bret Boone	159	622	183	.294	35	117
SS	Carlos Guillén	109	388	107	.276	7	52
3B	Jeff Cirillo	87	258	53	.205	2	23
LF	Randy Winn	157	600	177	.295	11	75
CF	Mike Cameron	147	534	135	.253	18	76
RF	Ichiro Suzuki	159	679	212	.312	13	62
DH	Edgar Martínez	145	497	146	.294	24	98

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Mark McLemore	99	309	72	.233	2	37
Ben Davis	80	246	58	.236	6	42
Willie Bloomquist	89	196	49	.250	1	14
Rey Sánchez	46	170	50	.294	0	11
John Mabry	64	104	22	.212	3	16
Greg Colbrunn	22	58	16	.276	3	7
Pat Borders	12	14	2	.143	0	1
Luis Ugueto	12	5	1	.200	0	1
Jamal Strong	12	2	0	.000	0	0
Chad Meyers	9	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

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Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jamie Moyer	33	215.0	21	7	3.27	129
Ryan Franklin	32	212.0	11	13	3.57	99
Joel Piñeiro	32	211.2	16	11	3.78	151
Freddy García	33	201.1	12	14	4.51	144
Gil Meche	32	186.1	15	13	4.59	130

Relief pitchers

Note; G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Shigetoshi Hasegawa	63	2	4	16	1.48	32
Arthur Rhodes	67	3	3	3	4.17	48
Julio Mateo	50	4	0	1	3.15	71
Jeff Nelson	46	3	2	7	3.35	47
Rafael Soriano	40	3	0	1	1.53	68
Kazuhiro Sasaki	35	1	2	10	4.05	29
Giovanni Carrara	23	2	0	0	6.83	13
Armando Benítez	15	0	0	0	3.14	15
Aaron Taylor	10	0	0	0	8.53	9
Aaron Looper	6	0	0	0	5.14	6
Brian Sweeney	5	0	0	0	1.93	7
J.J. Putz	3	0	0	0	4.91	3
Matt White	3	0	0	0	13.50	0

Awards and honors

Jamie Moyer, Pitcher, Roberto Clemente Award
Jamie Moyer, Hutch Award^[7]

2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Pacific Coast League	Dan Rohn
AA	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Dave Brundage
A	Inland Empire 66ers	California League	Steve Roadcap
A	Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	Midwest League	Daren Brown
A-Short Season	Everett AquaSox	Northwest League	Pedro Grifol
Rookie	AZL Mariners	Arizona League	Scott Steinmann

Major League Baseball Draft

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2003 Seattle Mariners draft picks

Adam Jones (pictured) was the Mariners first round pick in 2003.
Information
Owner	Nintendo of America
General Manager(s)	Pat Gillick
Manager(s)	Bob Melvin
First pick	Adam Jones
Draft positions	19th
Number of selections	53
Links
Results	Baseball-Reference
Official Site	The Official Site of the Seattle Mariners Archived January 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
Years	2002 • 2003 • 2004

The following is a list of 2003 Seattle Mariners draft picks. The Mariners took part in both the Rule 4 draft (June amateur draft) and the Rule 5 draft. The Mariners made 53 selections in the 2003 draft, the first being shortstop Adam Jones in the first round. In all, the Mariners selected 30 pitchers, 8 outfielders, 6 catchers, 4 shortstops, 4 third basemen, and 1 first baseman.

Draft

Ryan Feierabend was selected in the third round by the Mariners.

Eric O'Flaherty was selected by the Mariners in the sixth round.

Scott Maine was selected with the 446th pick in the 2003 draft.

In the 31st round the Mariners selected Doug Mathis.

Key

Round (Pick)	Indicates the round and pick the player was drafted
Position	Indicates the secondary/collegiate position at which the player was drafted, rather than the professional position the player may have gone on to play
Bold	Indicates the player signed with the Mariners
Italics	Indicates the player did not sign with the Mariners
*	Indicates the player made an appearance in Major League Baseball

Table

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Round (Pick)	Name	Position	School	Source
1s (37)	Adam Jones	Shortstop	Morse High School	^[9]
2 (56)	Jeff Flaig	Third baseman	El Dorado High School	^[10]
3 (86)	Ryan Feierabend	Left-handed pitcher	Midview High School	^[11]
4 (116)	Paul Fagan	Left-handed pitcher	Bartram Trail High School	^[12]
5 (146)	Casey Abrams	Left-handed pitcher	Wright State University	^[13]
6 (176)	Eric O'Flaherty	Left-handed pitcher	Walla Walla High School	^[14]
7 (206)	Jeremy Dutton	Third baseman	North Carolina State University	^[15]
8 (236)	Thomas Oldham	Third baseman	Creighton University	^[16]
9 (266)	Justin Ruchti	Catcher	Rice University	^[17]
10 (296)	Mike Cox	Third baseman	Florida Atlantic University	^[18]
11 (326)	Joe Woerman	Right-handed pitcher	San Diego City College	^[19]
12 (356)	Ruben Flores	Right-handed pitcher	El Paso Community College	^[20]
13 (386)	Shawn Nottingham	Left-handed pitcher	Jackson High School	^[21]
14 (416)	Tim Dorn	Right-handed pitcher	East Los Angeles College	^[22]
15 (446)	Scott Maine	Left-handed pitcher	William T. Dwyer High School	^[23]
16 (476)	Brian Schweiger	Catcher	California State University, San Bernardino	^[24]
17 (506)	Jason Snyder	Right-handed pitcher	Dixie State College	^[25]
18 (536)	James Hymon	Shortstop	Rust College	^[26]
19 (566)	Aaron Jensen	Right-handed pitcher	Springville High School	^[27]
20 (596)	Carroll Gaddis	Outfielder	Hoke County High School	^[28]
21 (626)	Casey Craig	Outfielder	Granite Hills High School	^[29]
22 (656)	Samuel Bradford	Outfielder	Gardner–Webb University	^[30]
23 (686)	Daniel Santin	Catcher	Miami Brito High School	^[31]
24 (716)	Kenny Falconer	Right-handed pitcher	University of Kansas	^[32]
25 (746)	Jason Cable	Left-handed pitcher	Palmdale High School	^[33]
26 (776)	Gordon Lynah	Outfielder	Spartanburg Methodist College	^[34]
27 (806)	Richard Breshears	Right-handed pitcher	Hutchinson Community College	^[35]
28 (836)	Daniel McDonald	Left-handed pitcher	Theodore High School	^[36]
29 (866)	Christopher Garcia	Right-handed pitcher	None	^[37]
30 (896)	Steve Santos	Right-handed pitcher	Los Medanos College	^[38]
31 (926)	Doug Mathis	Right-handed pitcher	Central Arizona College	^[39]
32 (956)	Adam Poole	Left-handed pitcher	Lincoln Trail College	^[40]
33 (986)	Blake Rampy	Right-handed pitcher	Tomball High School	^[41]
34 (1016)	Paul Keck	Catcher	Sacramento City College	^[42]
35 (1046)	Andy Reichard	Right-handed pitcher	State College High School	^[43]
36 (1076)	Alexander Baboulas	Left-handed pitcher	Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute	^[44]
37 (1106)	Joel Allin	Left-handed pitcher	Stockbridge High School	^[45]
38 (1136)	Yusuf Carter	Catcher	Canarsie High School	^[46]
39 (1166)	Trevor Heid	Outfielder	Dixie State College	^[47]
40 (1196)	Mark Tourangeau	Right-handed pitcher	Queen Elizabeth Park High School	^[48]
41 (1226)	Dane Awana	Left-handed pitcher	Saddleback College	^[49]
42 (1255)	Danny Santiesteban	Outfielder	Miami Brito High School	^[50]
43 (1284)	Harold Williams	Right-handed pitcher	Cerritos College	^[51]
44 (1312)	Edwin Totesault	Shortstop	Miami Brito High School	^[52]
45 (1339)	McCay Green	Right-handed pitcher	Lake–Sumter Community College	^[53]
46 (1366)	Mike Hofius	First baseman	California State University, San Bernardino	^[54]
47 (1393)	Daniel Kapala	Right-handed pitcher	Shrine Catholic High School	^[55]
48 (1420)	Markus Roberts	Shortstop	Deer Valley High School	^[56]
49 (1446)	Jose Laffitte	Outfielder	Miami High School	^[57]
50 (1472)	Timothy Turner	Outfielder	East Tennessee State University	^[58]

Rule 5 draft

Key

Pick	Indicates the pick the player was drafted
Previous team	Indicates the previous organization, not Minor league team

Table

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Phase (Pick)	Name	Position	Previous team	Ref
Triple-A (16)	Darwin Soto	Infielder	San Diego Padres	^[59]
Triple-A (36)	Omar Falcon	Catcher	San Diego Padres	^[59]
Triple-A (47)	Chris Key	Left-handed pitcher	Florida Marlins	^[59]

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[27]
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[29]
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[30]
"Sam Bradford Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
[31]
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[34]
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"Richard Breshears Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
[36]
"Daniel McDonald Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
[37]
"Chris Garcia Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
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"Steve Santos Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
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"Doug Mathis Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
[40]
"Adam Poole Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
[41]
"Blake Rampy Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
[42]
"Paul Keck Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
[43]
"Andy Reichard Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
[44]
"Alex Baboulas Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
[45]
"Joel Allin Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
[46]
"Yusuf Carter Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
[47]
"Trevor Heid Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
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"Mark Tourangeau Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
[49]
"Dane Awana Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
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"Danny Santiesteban Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
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"Harold Williams Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
[52]
"Edwin Totesault Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
[53]
"McCay Green Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
[54]
"Mike Hofius Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
[55]
"Dan Kapala Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
[56]
"Markus Roberts Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
[57]
"Jose Laffitte Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
[58]
"Tim Turner Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
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External links

2003 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference
2003 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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