2003 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 2003 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

2003

World Series Champions

Florida Marlins

Runner Up

New York Yankees

Most Valuable Players

AL: Alex Rodriguez NL: Barry Bonds

Cy Young Winners

AL: Roy Halladay NL: Eric Gagne

Rookies of the Year

AL: Angel Berroa NL: Dontrelle Willis

Managers of the Year

AL: Tony Pena NL: Jack McKeon

#1 Draft Pick

Delmon Young (Tampa Bay Rays)

All-Star Game

Chicago,Illinois

Teams

Players

1229

Attendance

67,630,052

Payroll

$2,127,863,461

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2003 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	5	8	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	--	801	758	43	Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)	1,946,011	20	$ 55,505,000	7	Terry Ryan	Ron Gardenhire	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2	7	11	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	4.0	791	715	76	dnq	1,939,524	21	$ 51,010,000	9	Ken Williams	Jerry Manuel	U.S. Cellular Field
3	8	17	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	7.0	836	867	-31	dnq	1,779,895	23	$ 40,518,000	13	Allard Baird	Tony Pena	Kauffman Stadium
4	12	26	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	68	94	.420	22.0	699	778	-79	dnq	1,730,002	24	$ 45,584,834	12	Mark Shapiro	Eric Wedge	Jacobs Field
5	14	30	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	43	119	.265	47.0	591	928	-337	dnq	1,368,245	27	$ 49,168,000	11	Dave Dombrowski	Alan Trammell	Comerica Park
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	101	61	.623	--	877	716	161	Lost World Series (Marlins)	3,465,600	1	$ 152,749,814	1	Brian Cashman	Joe Torre	Yankee Stadium I
2	3	5	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	95	67	.586	6.0	961	809	152	Lost ALCS (Yankees)	2,724,165	9	$ 99,946,500	3	Theo Epstein	Grady Little	Fenway Park
3	6	12	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	15.0	894	826	68	dnq	1,799,458	22	$ 51,269,000	8	JP Ricciardi	Carlos Tosca	SkyDome
4	11	23	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	71	91	.438	30.0	743	820	-77	dnq	2,454,523	10	$ 73,877,500	6	Jim Beattie, Mike Flanagan	Mike Hargrove	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
5	13	29	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	T - S - R - L	162	63	99	.389	38.0	715	852	-137	dnq	1,058,695	29	$ 19,630,000	14	Chuck Lamar	Lou Piniella	Tropicana Field
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	4	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	96	66	.593	--	768	643	125	Lost in 1st Round (Red Sox)	2,216,596	16	$ 50,260,834	10	Billy Beane	Ken Macha	Network Associates Coliseum
2	4	6	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	162	93	69	.574	3.0	795	637	158	dnq	3,268,509	2	$ 86,959,167	4	Pat Gillick	Bob Melvin	Safeco Field
3	9	19	Anaheim Angels	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	19.0	736	743	-7	dnq	3,061,094	5	$ 79,031,667	5	Bill Stoneman	Mike Scioscia	Edison International Field
4	10	22	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	71	91	.438	25.0	826	969	-143	dnq	2,094,394	18	$ 103,491,667	2	John Hart	Buck Showalter	The Ballpark in Arlington
National League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	4	9	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	--	724	683	41	Lost NLCS (Marlins)	2,962,630	6	$ 79,868,333	7	Jim Hendry	Dusty Baker	Wrigley Field
2	5	10	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	87	75	.537	1.0	805	677	128	dnq	2,454,241	11	$ 71,040,000	8	Gerry Hunsicker	Jimy Williams	Minute Maid Park
3	8	14	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	85	77	.525	3.0	876	796	80	dnq	2,910,386	7	$ 83,486,666	4	Walt Jocketty	Tony La Russa	Busch Stadium II
4	11	20	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	75	87	.463	13.0	753	801	-48	dnq	1,636,751	26	$ 54,812,429	12	Dave Littlefield	Lloyd McClendon	PNC Park
5	13	24	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	69	93	.426	19.0	694	886	-192	dnq	2,355,259	13	$ 59,355,667	11	Jim Bowden	Bob Boone, Dave Miley	Great American Ballpark
6	14	25	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	162	68	94	.420	20.0	714	873	-159	dnq	1,700,354	25	$ 40,627,000	16	Douglas Melvin	Ned Yost	Miller Park
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	101	61	.623	--	907	740	167	Lost in 1st Round (Cubs)	2,401,084	12	$ 106,243,667	2	John Schuerholz	Bobby Cox	Turner Field
2	3	7	Florida Marlins	T - S - R - L	162	91	71	.562	10.0	751	692	59	Won World Series (Yankees)	1,303,215	28	$ 49,050,000	14	Larry Beinfest	Jack McKeon, Jeff Torborg	Pro Player Stadium
3	6	13	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	15.0	791	697	94	dnq	2,259,948	15	$ 70,780,000	9	Ed Wade	Larry Bowa	Veterans Stadium
4	10	18	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	18.0	711	716	-5	dnq	1,025,639	30	$ 51,948,500	13	Omar Minaya	Frank Robinson	Olympic Stadium
5	15	27	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	161	66	95	.410	34.5	642	754	-112	dnq	2,140,599	17	$ 117,176,429	1	Steve Phillips	Art Howe	Shea Stadium
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	3	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	161	100	61	.621	--	755	638	117	Lost in 1st Round (Marlins)	3,264,898	3	$ 82,852,167	5	Brian Sabean	Felipe Alou	Pacific Bell Park
2	7	15	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	85	77	.525	15.5	574	556	18	dnq	3,138,626	4	$ 105,872,620	3	Dan Evans	Jim Tracy	Dodger Stadium
3	9	16	Arizona Diamondbacks	T - S - R - L	162	84	78	.519	16.5	717	685	32	dnq	2,805,542	8	$ 80,640,333	6	Joe Garagiola	Bob Brenly	Bank One Ballpark
4	12	21	Colorado Rockies	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	26.5	853	892	-39	dnq	2,334,085	14	$ 67,179,667	10	Daniel O'Dowd	Clint Hurdle	Coors Field
5	16	28	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	64	98	.395	36.5	678	831	-153	dnq	2,030,084	19	$ 47,928,000	15	Kevin Towers	Bruce Bochy	Qualcomm Stadium
30 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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