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2003 Oakland Athletics | ||
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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) | |
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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.
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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 |
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.
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sacramento