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2003 San Diego Padres season

Field	Value
name	San Diego Padres
season	2003
league	National League
division	West
ballpark	Qualcomm Stadium
city	San Diego, California
record
divisional_place	5th
owners	John Moores
general_managers	Kevin Towers
managers	Bruce Bochy
television	KUSI-TV
[4SD](4sd)
(Mark Grant, Matt Vasgersian, Rick Sutcliffe)
radio	KOGO
(Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner)
KURS
(Rene Mora, Juan Avila, Eduardo Ortega)

4SD (Mark Grant, Matt Vasgersian, Rick Sutcliffe) (Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner) KURS (Rene Mora, Juan Avila, Eduardo Ortega) |}} The 2003 San Diego Padres season was the 35th season in franchise history. The team was managed by Bruce Bochy, as the team played their final season of home games at Qualcomm Stadium before moving the club to Petco Park the following season.

Offseason

November 19, 2002: Jesse Orosco signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.
December 10, 2002: Jaret Wright signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Gary Bennett
Sean Burroughs
Ryan Klesko
Mark Kotsay
Brian Lawrence
Mark Loretta
Xavier Nady
Ramón Vázquez
Rondell White

Notable transactions

June 3, 2003: Tim Stauffer was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed August 9, 2003.
June 3, 2003: Dirk Hayhurst was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 8th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2003.
July 22, 2003: Jesse Orosco was sent to the New York Yankees by the San Diego Padres as part of a conditional deal.
August 12, 2003: Jason Bay was traded by the San Diego Padres with a player to be named later and Óliver Pérez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brian Giles. The San Diego Padres sent Corey Stewart (minors) (October 2, 2003) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
August 15, 2003: Jaret Wright was selected off waivers by the Atlanta Braves from the San Diego Padres.

Season standings

National League West

Record vs. opponents

Roster

2003 San Diego Padres
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	Gary Bennett	96	307	73	.238	2	42
1B	Ryan Klesko	121	397	100	.252	21	67
2B	Mark Loretta	154	589	185	.314	13	72
SS	Ramón Vázquez	116	422	110	.261	3	30
3B	Sean Burroughs	146	517	148	.286	7	58
LF	Rondell White	115	413	115	.278	18	66
CF	Mark Kotsay	128	482	128	.266	7	38
RF	Xavier Nady	110	371	99	.267	9	39

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
Gary Matthews Jr.	103	306	83	.271	4	22
Phil Nevin	59	226	63	.279	13	46
Brian Buchanan	115	198	52	.263	8	29
Lou Merloni	65	151	41	.272	1	17
Miguel Ojeda	61	141	33	.234	4	22
Dave Hansen	110	135	33	.244	2	15
Brian Giles	29	104	31	.298	4	18
Keith Lockhart	62	95	23	.242	3	8
Donaldo Méndez	26	84	19	.226	2	9
Shane Victorino	36	73	11	.151	0	4
Wiki González	24	65	13	.200	0	10
Khalil Greene	20	65	14	.215	2	6
Mike Rivera	19	53	9	.170	1	2
Humberto Quintero	12	23	5	.217	0	2
Jason Bay	3	8	2	.250	1	2
Todd Sears	9	8	2	.250	0	0
Jermaine Clark	1	2	0	.000	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
Brian Lawrence	33	210.2	10	15	4.19	116
Jake Peavy	32	194.2	12	11	4.11	156
Adam Eaton	31	183.0	9	12	4.08	146
Óliver Pérez	19	103.2	4	7	5.38	117
Kevin Jarvis	16	92.0	4	8	5.87	49
Ben Howard	6	34.2	1	3	3.63	24
Carlton Loewer	5	21.2	1	2	6.65	11
Brian Tollberg	3	10.1	0	2	6.97	2
Roger Deago	2	10.1	0	1	7.84	10
Randy Keisler	2	6.0	0	1	12.00	5
Dennis Tankersley	1	0.0	0	1	inf	0

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
Mike Bynum	13	36.0	1	4	8.75	35
Clay Condrey	9	34.0	1	2	8.47	25

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
Rod Beck	36	3	2	20	1.78	32
Mike Matthews	77	6	4	0	4.45	44
Luther Hackman	65	2	2	0	5.17	48
Jay Witasick	46	3	7	2	4.53	42
Scott Linebrink	43	2	1	0	2.82	51
Jesse Orosco	42	1	1	2	7.56	22
Matt Herges	40	2	2	3	2.86	40
Jaret Wright	39	1	5	2	8.37	41
Brandon Villafuerte	31	0	2	2	4.20	34
Joe Roa	18	1	1	0	6.75	18
Kevin Walker	11	0	0	0	5.40	5
Trevor Hoffman	9	0	0	0	2.00	11
Charles Nagy	5	0	2	0	4.38	7
Wiki González	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Award winners

2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Rondell White

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wrighja02.shtml Jaret Wright Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
[http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2003&t=SDN 2003 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac]
"Tim Stauffer Stats".
"Dirk Hayhurst Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bayja01.shtml Jason Bay Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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