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2003 Oakland Athletics season

Field	Value
name	Oakland Athletics
season	2003
misc	American League West champions
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Network Associates Coliseum
city	Oakland, California
record	96–66 (.593)
divisional_place	1st
owners	Stephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann
general_managers	Billy Beane
managers	Ken Macha
television	KICU-TV
FSN Bay Area
(Ray Fosse, Greg Papa)
radio	KFRC
(Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse)

FSN Bay Area (Ray Fosse, Greg Papa) (Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse) |}} The Oakland Athletics' 2003 season ended with the A's finishing first in the American League West with a record of 96 wins and 66 losses.

Offseason

December 15, 2002: Felipe López was traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Cincinnati Reds. The Oakland Athletics sent a player to be named later to the Toronto Blue Jays. The Arizona Diamondbacks sent Erubiel Durazo to the Oakland Athletics. The Cincinnati Reds sent Elmer Dessens and cash to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Oakland Athletics sent Jason Arnold (minors) (December 16, 2002) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.
December 16, 2002: Neal Cotts was sent by the Oakland Athletics to the Chicago White Sox to complete an earlier deal made on December 3, 2002. The Oakland Athletics sent players to be named later and Billy Koch to the Chicago White Sox for Keith Foulke, Mark L. Johnson, Joe Valentine, and cash. The Oakland Athletics sent Neal Cotts (December 16, 2002) and Daylon Holt (minors) (December 16, 2002) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.
January 27, 2003: John-Ford Griffin was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Jason Perry (minors) (June 23, 2003) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions

June 3, 2003: J.R. Towles was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 23rd round of the 2003 amateur draft, but did not sign.
July 30, 2003: Aaron Harang was traded by the Oakland Athletics with Jeff Bruksch (minors) and Joe Valentine to the Cincinnati Reds for Jose Guillen.

Roster

2003 Oakland Athletics
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	Players	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	C	Ramón Hernández	140	483	132	.273	21	78	1B	Scott Hatteberg	147	541	137	.253	12	61	2B	Mark Ellis	154	553	137	.248	9	52	SS	Miguel Tejada	162	636	177	.278	27	106	3B	Eric Chavez	154	588	166	.282	29	101	LF	Terrence Long	140	486	119	.245	14	61	CF	Chris Singleton	120	306	75	.245	1	36	RF	Jermaine Dye	65	221	38	.172	4	20	DH	Erubiel Durazo	154	537	139	.259	21	77

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	Eric Byrnes	121	414	109	.263	12	51	José Guillén	45	170	45	.265	8	23	Billy McMillon	66	153	41	.268	6	26	Adam Piatt	47	100	24	.240	4	15	Frank Menechino	43	83	16	.193	2	9	Adam Melhuse	40	77	23	.299	5	14	Ron Gant	17	41	6	.146	1	4	Mark Johnson	13	27	3	.111	0	3	Dave McCarty	8	26	7	.269	0	2	Bobby Crosby	11	12	0	.000	0	0	Jason Grabowski	8	8	0	.000	0	0	Graham Koonce	6	8	1	.125	0	0	Mike Edwards	4	4	1	.250	0	0	Esteban Germán	5	4	1	.250	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	Tim Hudson	34	240.0	16	7	2.70	162	Barry Zito	35	231.2	14	12	3.30	146	Mark Mulder	26	186.2	15	9	3.13	128	Ted Lilly	32	178.1	12	10	4.34	147	Rich Harden	15	74.2	5	4	4.46	67

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	John Halama	35	108.2	3	5	4.22	51	Aaron Harang	7	30.1	1	3	5.34	16	Justin Duchscherer	4	16.1	1	1	3.31	15	Mike Wood	7	13.2	2	1	10.54	15

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	Keith Foulke	72	9	1	43	2.08	88	Chad Bradford	72	7	4	2	3.04	62	Ricardo Rincón	64	8	4	0	3.25	40	Jim Mecir	41	2	3	1	5.59	25	Mike Neu	32	0	0	1	3.64	20	Chad Harville	21	1	0	1	5.82	18	Jeremy Fikac	14	0	1	0	4.50	9	Steve Sparks	9	0	0	0	5.71	5	Micah Bowie	6	0	1	0	7.56	4

Postseason

2003 ALDS

Main article: 2003 American League Division Series

Game 1: Oakland 5 – Boston 4.

Game 2: Oakland 5 – Boston 1.

Game 3: Boston 3 – Oakland 1.

Game 4: Boston 5 – Oakland 4.

Game 5: Boston 4 – Oakland 3.

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sacramento

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lopezfe01.shtml Felipe Lopez Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]
"Neal Cotts Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/griffjo01.shtml John-Ford Griffin Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]
"J.R. Towles Stats".
"Aaron Harang Stats".

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