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2003 Baltimore Orioles season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Baltimore Orioles
season	2003
image	Baltimore Orioles wordmark 1995 to 2008.png
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
city	Baltimore, Maryland
record	71–91 (.423)
divisional_place	4th
owners	Peter Angelos
general_managers	Jim Beattie/Mike Flanagan
managers	Mike Hargrove
television	WJZ-TV
WNUV
Comcast SportsNet
(Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Buck Martinez)
radio	WBAL (AM)
(Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter)

WNUV Comcast SportsNet (Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Buck Martinez) (Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter) |}} The 2003 Baltimore Orioles season was the 103rd season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 50th in Baltimore, and the 12th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They improved on their record from the previous year with a 71–91 record, but missed the postseason for the 6th straight season.

Offseason

December 2, 2002: Bill Pulsipher was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
January 3, 2003: Omar Daal was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
March 7, 2003: B. J. Surhoff was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

Steve Bechler

On February 16, 2003, towards the beginning of Orioles' spring training camp in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Steve Bechler collapsed while participating in conditioning drills. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, and died the next day. His body temperature had reached 108 F. An autopsy performed by Dr. Joshua Perper, a toxicologist, concluded that his death was caused by "'abnormal liver function and mild hypertension', his weight problem (he weighed 230 pounds and was exercising hard, the fact that he was not used to south Florida's warm weather and the toxicity of ephedra. He was using the supplement ephedra, against the advice of his trainer, and probably had not eaten in two days in an effort to lose weight.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions

June 3, 2003: Nick Markakis was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2003.
July 25, 2003: Sean Spencer was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

Roster

2003 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers

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	Brook Fordyce	108	348	95	.273	6	31
1B	Jeff Conine	124	493	143	.290	15	80
2B	Brian Roberts	112	460	124	.270	5	41
SS	Deivi Cruz	152	548	137	.250	14	65
3B	Tony Batista	161	631	148	.235	26	99
LF	Larry Bigbie	83	287	87	.303	9	31
CF	Luis Matos	109	439	133	.303	13	45
RF	Jay Gibbons	160	625	173	.277	23	100
DH	David Segui	67	224	59	.263	5	25

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
Melvin Mora	96	344	109	.317	15	48
B.J. Surhoff	93	319	94	.295	5	41
Jerry Hairston Jr.	58	218	59	.271	2	21
Gerónimo Gil	54	169	40	.237	3	16
Gary Matthews Jr.	41	162	33	.204	2	20
Jack Cust	27	73	19	.260	4	11
José Morban	61	71	10	.141	2	5
José León	21	54	13	.241	0	0
Robert Machado	18	49	13	.265	1	3
Carlos Méndez	26	45	10	.222	0	5
Tim Raines Jr.	20	43	6	.140	0	2
Marty Cordova	9	30	7	.233	1	4
Pedro Swann	8	14	3	.214	1	2

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
Jason Johnson	32	189.2	10	10	4.18	118
Pat Hentgen	28	160.2	7	8	4.09	100
Sidney Ponson	21	148.0	14	6	3.77	100
Rodrigo López	26	147.0	7	10	5.82	103
Rick Helling	24	138.2	7	8	5.71	86
Omar Daal	19	93.2	4	11	6.34	53
Damian Moss	10	50.2	1	5	6.22	22
Matt Riley	2	10.0	1	0	1.80	9

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
Eric DuBose	17	73.2	3	6	3.79	44

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
Jorge Julio	64	0	7	36	4.38	52
B.J. Ryan	76	4	1	0	3.40	63
Kerry Ligtenberg	68	4	2	1	3.34	47
Buddy Groom	60	1	3	1	5.36	34
Héctor Carrasco	40	2	6	1	4.93	27
Rick Bauer	35	0	0	0	4.55	43
Willis Roberts	26	3	1	0	5.72	26
Travis Driskill	20	3	5	1	6.00	33
John Parrish	14	0	1	0	1.90	8
Sean Douglass	3	0	0	0	13.50	3
Kurt Ainsworth	3	0	1	0	11.57	4

Farm system

References

"Yankees 1-1 Orioles (Sep 18, 2003) Game Recap".
"Bill Pulsipher Stats".
"Omar Daal Stats".
"B.J. Surhoff Stats".
(February 17, 2008). "Steve Bechler Death | Steve Bechler's Death Five Years Later". Baltimore Sun.
(February 17, 2004). "One year later: Remembering Steve Bechler".
Kennedy, Ben. (March 2004). "Why Is America So Fat?". RLK Press Incorporated.
Gorman, Robert M.. (2009-01-22). "Death at the Ballpark: A Comprehensive Study of Game-Related Fatalities of Players, Other Personnel and Spectators in Amateur and Professional Baseball, 1862-2007". McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers.
Hanson, Glen R.. (2006). "Drugs and Society". Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Quinn, T. J.. (2003-02-23). "Weight To Bear; Obsession with shedding pounds led Bechler to ephedra".
"Nick Markakis Stats".
"Sean Spencer Stats".
(2007). "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". [[Baseball America]].
''Baseball America 2004 Directory.'' Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2004

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