2003 Texas Rangers season

2003 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
Western Division (since 1972)
Location
The Ballpark in Arlington (since 1994)
Arlington, Texas (since 1972)
Other information
Owner(s)	Tom Hicks
General manager(s)	John Hart
Manager(s)	Buck Showalter
Local television	KDFI FSN Southwest (Tom Grieve, Josh Lewin)
Local radio	KRLD (Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo) KESS-FM (Eleno Ornelas, Edgar Lopez)
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The Texas Rangers 2003 season involved the Rangers finishing 4th in the American League west with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.

Preseason

• October 3, 2002: John Rocker was released by the Rangers.^[1]
• December 6, 2002: Travis Hafner and Aaron Myette was traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for Einar Díaz and Ryan Drese.^[2]
• December 23, 2002: Ugueth Urbina was signed as a free agent with the Rangers.^[3]

Regular season

The Rangers home opener on April 4

Opening Day starters

• Einar Díaz, C
• Rafael Palmeiro, 1B
• Michael Young, 2B
• Hank Blalock, 3B
• Alex Rodriguez, SS
• Carl Everett, LF
• Doug Glanville, CF
• Juan González, RF
• Rubén Sierra, DH
• Ismael Valdez, RHP

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

Record vs. opponents

2003 American League Records Sources:
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

Transactions

• May 9, 2003: Alan Benes was sent to the Texas Rangers by the Chicago Cubs as part of a conditional deal.^[4]
• June 3, 2003: Ian Kinsler was drafted by the Rangers in the 17th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 2003.^[5]
• July 11, 2003: Ugueth Urbina was traded by the Rangers to the Florida Marlins for Adrian Gonzalez, Ryan Snare, and Will Smith (minors).^[3]

Roster

2003 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers 44 Alan Benes 53 Joaquín Benoit 36 Mickey Callaway 31 Francisco Cordero 17 Doug Davis 45 R. A. Dickey 41 Juan Dominguez 37 Ryan Drese 50 Robert Ellis 38 Aaron Fultz 57 Reynaldo Garcia 56 Rosman García 48 Colby Lewis 32 Ron Mahay 43 Tony Mounce 50 C. J. Nitkowski 61 Chan Ho Park 39 Jay Powell 54 Erasmo Ramirez 40 Mario Ramos 49 Víctor Santos 58 Brian Shouse 46 John Thomson 41 Ugueth Urbina 14 Ismael Valdez 47 Todd Van Poppel 43 Esteban Yan		Catchers  5 Einar Díaz 27,22 Todd Greene 12 Chad Kreuter 51 Gerald Laird Infielders 11,9 Hank Blalock 13 Mike Lamb 25 Rafael Palmeiro 35 Herbert Perry  3 Alex Rodriguez 23 Mark Teixeira 10 Michael Young		Outfielders 16 Ryan Christenson 24 Jermaine Clark  2 Carl Everett  6 Doug Glanville 19 Juan González 21 Jason Jones 15 Ryan Ludwick 28 Kevin Mench  2 Ramón Nivar 17 Laynce Nix  4 Donnie Sadler 21,38 Rubén Sierra 47 Shane Spencer 27 Marcus Thames		Manager 11 Buck Showalter Coaches 52 Mark Connor (bullpen) 20 DeMarlo Hale (first base) 55 Orel Hershiser (pitching)  8 Rudy Jaramillo (hitting)  1 Steve Smith (third base) 18 Don Wakamatsu (bench)

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

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tony Mounce	11	50.2	1	5	7.11	30

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Awards and honors

• Alex Rodriguez, American League Most Valuable Player Award
• Alex Rodriguez, Hank Aaron Award
• Alex Rodriguez, A.L. Home Run Champ
• Alex Rodriguez, SS, AL Gold Glove
• Alex Rodriguez, Silver Slugger Award

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Oklahoma RedHawks	Pacific Coast League	Bobby Jones
AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Texas League	Tim Ireland
A	Stockton Ports	California League	Arnie Beyeler
A	Clinton LumberKings	Midwest League	Carlos Subero
A-Short Season	Spokane Indians	Northwest League	Darryl Kennedy
Rookie	AZL Rangers	Arizona League	Pedro López

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spokane

References

1. John Rocker page at Baseball Reference
2. Travis Hafner page at Baseball Reference
3. Ugueth Urbina page at Baseball Reference
4. http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/benesal01.shtml
5. Ian Kinsler page at Baseball Reference

• 2003 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
• 2003 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.