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2003 Cincinnati Reds season

Field	Value
name	Cincinnati Reds
season	2003
image	Cincinnati Reds Logo.svg
league	National League
division	Central
ballpark	Great American Ball Park
city	Cincinnati
record	69–93 (.426)
divisional_place	5th
owners	Carl Lindner
general_managers	Jim Bowden
managers	Bob Boone, Ray Knight, Dave Miley
television	FSN Ohio
(George Grande, Chris Welsh)
radio	WLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)

(George Grande, Chris Welsh) (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall) |}}

The 2003 Cincinnati Reds season was the 134th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their first season at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. They failed to improve on their 78–84 record from 2002.

Offseason

November 18, 2002: Ryan Freel was signed as a free agent by the Reds.
December 15, 2002: Elmer Dessens and cash were traded by the Reds to the Arizona Diamondbacks as part of a 4-team trade. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Felipe López to the Reds. The Diamondbacks sent Erubiel Durazo to the Oakland Athletics. The Athletics sent a player to be named later to the Blue Jays. The Athletics completed the deal by sending Jason Arnold (minors) to the Blue Jays on December 16.
January 22, 2003: Josías Manzanillo was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

Regular season

Season summary

The Reds finished in fifth place in their division, nineteen games behind the division winner, the Chicago Cubs. They finished with a record of 69-93 and a winning percentage of .421. The Reds finished eighteen games behind the second place team, the Houston Astros. They finished sixteen games behind the third place team, the St. Louis Cardinals. They finished six games behind the fourth place team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and one game ahead of the sixth place team, the Milwaukee Brewers.

In the middle of the season, the Reds fired manager Bob Boone and promoted Louisville Bats manager Dave Miley to interim manager.

Season standings

National League Central

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

July 30, 2003: José Guillén was traded by the Reds to the Oakland Athletics for Aaron Harang, Joe Valentine, and Jeff Bruksch (minors).
August 24, 2003: Scott Service was signed as a free agent by the Reds.

Roster

2003 Cincinnati Reds
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	Jason LaRue	118	379	87	.230	16	50
1B	Sean Casey	147	573	167	.291	14	80
2B	D'Angelo Jiménez	73	290	84	.290	7	31
SS	Barry Larkin	70	241	68	.282	2	18
3B	Aaron Boone	106	403	110	.273	18	65
LF	Adam Dunn	116	381	82	.215	27	57
CF	Ken Griffey Jr.	53	166	41	.247	13	26
RF	José Guillén	91	315	106	.337	23	63

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
Juan Castro	113	320	81	.253	9	33
Austin Kearns	82	292	77	.264	15	58
Ray Olmedo	79	230	55	.239	0	17
Rubén Mateo	74	207	50	.242	3	18
Felipe López	59	197	42	.213	2	13
Kelly Stinnett	60	179	41	.229	3	19
Russell Branyan	74	176	38	.216	9	26
Wily Mo Peña	80	165	36	.218	5	16
Ryan Freel	43	137	39	.285	4	12
Reggie Taylor	100	130	39	.217	5	19
Brandon Larson	32	89	9	.101	1	9
Tim Hummel	26	84	19	.226	2	10
Dernell Stenson	37	81	20	.247	3	13
Stephen Smitherman	21	44	7	.159	1	6
Eric Valent	18	42	9	.214	0	1
Corky Miller	14	30	8	.267	0	1
Mark Budzinski	4	7	0	.000	0	0
Dane Sardinha	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Jim Chamblee	2	2	0	.000	0	0

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
Danny Graves	30	169.0	4	15	5.33	60
Paul Wilson	28	166.2	8	10	4.64	93
Ryan Dempster	22	115.2	3	7	6.54	84
Jimmy Haynes	18	94.1	2	12	6.30	49
John Bale	10	46.1	1	2	4.47	37
Aaron Harang	9	46.0	4	3	5.28	26
Jimmy Anderson	8	38.2	1	5	8.84	13
Seth Etherton	7	30.0	2	4	6.90	17
Jeff Austin	7	28.1	2	3	8.58	22
José Acevedo	5	27.0	2	0	2.67	23
Josh Hall	6	24.2	0	2	6.57	18

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
Todd Van Poppel	9	35.2	2	1	4.54	25
Dan Serafini	10	30.0	1	3	5.40	13

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
Scott Williamson	42	5	3	21	3.19	53
Chris Reitsma	57	9	5	12	4.29	53
Félix Heredia	57	5	2	1	3.00	41
John Riedling	55	2	3	1	4.90	65
Scott Sullivan	50	6	0	0	3.62	43
Kent Mercker	49	0	2	0	2.35	41
Brian Reith	42	2	3	1	4.11	39
Gabe White	34	3	0	0	3.93	23
Ryan Wagner	17	2	0	0	1.66	25
Phil Norton	17	0	0	0	2.45	7
Scott Randall	15	2	5	0	6.51	25
Juan Cerros	11	0	0	0	4.85	9
Josías Manzanillo	9	0	2	0	12.66	7
Matt Belisle	6	1	1	0	5.19	6
Joey Hamilton	3	0	0	0	12.66	7
Joe Valentine	2	0	0	0	18.00	1
Mark Watson	2	0	0	0	4.50	2

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/freelry01.shtml Ryan Freel] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lopezfe01.shtml Felipe López] at ''Baseball-Reference''
"Josías Manzanillo Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/haranaa01.shtml Aaron Harang] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/servisc01.shtml Scott Service] at ''Baseball-Reference''
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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