2003_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season Knowpia

2003 Pittsburgh Pirates
2003 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	PNC Park
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	75–87 (.463)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Kevin McClatchy
General managers	Dave Littlefield
Managers	Lloyd McClendon
Television	Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh
Radio	KDKA-AM; (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)

The 2003 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 122nd season of the franchise; the 117th in the National League. This was their third season at PNC Park. The Pirates finished fourth in the National League Central with a record of 75–87 and missed the playoffs for the 11th consecutive season.

Offseason edit

November 25, 2002: Randall Simon was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later and Adrian Burnside (minors). The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Roberto Novoa (December 16, 2002) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.^[2]
January 28, 2003: Jeff D'Amico was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[3]
March 14, 2003: Kenny Lofton signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Regular season edit

June 24, 2003 – Brad Wilkerson of the Montreal Expos hit for the cycle in a game against the Pirates.^[4]

Season standings edit

v t e NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	88	74	0.543	—	44–37	44–37
Houston Astros	87	75	0.537	1	48–33	39–42
St. Louis Cardinals	85	77	0.525	3	48–33	37–44
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	87	0.463	13	39–42	36–45
Cincinnati Reds	69	93	0.426	19	35–46	34–47
Milwaukee Brewers	68	94	0.420	20	31–50	37–44

Game log edit

2003 Game Log (75–87)

March (1–0) April (11–14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	March 31	@ Reds	10–1	Benson (1–0)	Haynes	—	42,343	1–0
2	April 2	@ Reds	7–4	Torres (1–0)	Manzanillo	Williams (1)	22,878	2–0
3	April 3	@ Reds	7–5	Fogg (1–0)	Anderson	Williams (2)	26,096	3–0
4	April 4	@ Phillies	9–1	Suppan (1–0)	Roa	Torres (1)	59,269	4–0
5	April 5	@ Phillies	1–16	Silva	D'Amico (0–1)	—	22,693	4–1
6	April 6	@ Phillies	2–0	Benson (2–0)	Myers	Williams (3)	30,113	5–1
7	April 8	Brewers	3–5	Rusch	Wells (0–1)	DeJean	36,003	5–2
8	April 9	Brewers	2–3	Ritchie	Fogg (1–1)	DeJean	23,332	5–3
9	April 10	Brewers	3–1	Suppan (2–0)	Sheets	Williams (4)	10,384	6–3
10	April 11	@ Cubs	3–2	D'Amico (1–1)	Zambrano	Williams (5)	33,605	7–3
11	April 12	@ Cubs	0–4	Wood	Benson (2–1)	Borowski	35,226	7–4
12	April 13	@ Cubs	3–4	Farnsworth	Boehringer (0–1)	Borowski	29,558	7–5
13	April 15	Mets	1–3	Glavine	Fogg (1–2)	Benitez	14,728	7–6
14	April 16	Mets	6–3	Suppan (3–0)	Cone	—	12,609	8–6
15	April 17	Mets	2–7	Seo	D'Amico (1–2)	—	11,299	8–7
16	April 18	Cubs	2–7	Clement	Benson (2–2)	—	15,037	8–8
17	April 19	Cubs	1–6 (10)	Prior	Sauerbeck (0–1)	—	31,518	8–9
18	April 20	Cubs	8–2	Torres (2–0)	Estes	—	14,854	9–9
19	April 22	Giants	5–2	Suppan (4–0)	Foppert	—	10,650	10–9
20	April 23	Giants	3–4 (13)	Brower	Tavarez (0–1)	—	13,009	10–10
21	April 24	Giants	1–3	Moss	Benson (2–3)	Worrell	15,967	10–11
22	April 25	Dodgers	2–5	Brohawn	Williams (0–1)	Gagne	16,090	10–12
23	April 26	Dodgers	3–4	Nomo	Sauerbeck (0–2)	Gagne	22,267	10–13
24	April 27	Dodgers	2–6	Ishii	Suppan (4–1)	—	19,679	10–14
25	April 29	@ Padres	7–2	D'Amico (2–2)	Eaton	—	15,556	11–14
26	April 30	@ Padres	8–5	Benson (3–3)	Perez	Williams (6)	13,845	12–14

May (12–16)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
27	May 1	@ Padres	5–2	Wells (1–1)	Peavy	Williams (7)	13,420	13–14
28	May 2	@ Dodgers	5–3	Beimel (1–0)	Quantrill	Williams (8)	53,820	14–14
29	May 3	@ Dodgers	1–4	Dreifort	Suppan (4–2)	Gagne	45,737	14–15
30	May 4	@ Dodgers	2–3	Brown	D'Amico (2–3)	Gagne	40,544	14–16
31	May 5	@ Astros	1–8	Miller	Benson (3–4)	—	22,765	14–17
32	May 6	@ Astros	9–10	Bland	Sauerbeck (0–3)	Wagner	27,023	14–18
33	May 7	@ Astros	4–13	Dotel	Tavarez (0–2)	—	22,706	14–19
34	May 8	@ Astros	2–6	Stone	Suppan (4–3)	—	28,836	14–20
35	May 9	Diamondbacks	0–5	Schilling	D'Amico (2–4)	—	18,080	14–21
36	May 10	Diamondbacks	5–4	Benson (4–4)	Dessens	Williams (9)	30,776	15–21
37	May 11	Diamondbacks	1–2	Batista	Wells (1–2)	Mantei	14,976	15–22
38	May 12	Astros	4–9	Stone	Torres	—	9,095	15–23
39	May 13	Astros	3–6	Munro	Williams	Wagner	10,535	15–24
40	May 14	Astros	3–2	D'Amico	Miller	Williams (10)	11,730	16–24
41	May 15	Astros	2–6	Oswalt	Benson	—	16,752	16–25
42	May 16	@ Diamondbacks	8–5 (12)	Boehringer	Mantei	Williams (11)	31,578	17–25
43	May 17	@ Diamondbacks	8–5	Torres	Capuano	Williams (12)	42,858	18–25
44	May 18	@ Diamondbacks	6–8	Webb	Suppan (4–4)	—	34,669	18–26
45	May 21	Cubs	5–2	D'Amico	Wood	Williams (13)	35,086	19–26
46	May 22	Cubs	2–3	Remlinger	Sauerbeck	Borowski	14,544	19–27
47	May 23	Cardinals	8–10 (10)	Eldred	Meadows	Fassero	18,660	19–28
48	May 24	Cardinals	0–6	Morris	Suppan (4–5)	—	35,733	19–29
49	May 25	Cardinals	8–7	Boehringer	Hermanson	Williams (14)	25,983	20–29
50	May 26	@ Cubs	10–0	Fogg	Wood	—	40,225	21–29
51	May 27	@ Cubs	9–4	Benson	Clement	—	35,961	22–29
52	May 28	@ Cubs	4–5	Prior	D'Amico	Borowski	32,406	22–30
53	May 30	@ Cardinals	7–3	Suppan (5–5)	Stephenson	—	30,599	23–30
54	May 31	@ Cardinals	4–3	Wells	Williams	Williams (15)	43,789	24–30

June (10–14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
55	June 1	@ Cardinals	4–5	Kline	Beimel	Fassero	46,103	24–31
56	June 4	Red Sox	4–11	Kim	Benson	—	—	24–32
57	June 4	Red Sox	3–8	Lowe	D'Amico	—	27,769	24–33
58	June 5	Red Sox	5–4	Boehringer	Mendoza	Williams (16)	33,372	25–33
59	June 7	@ Braves	6–8	Hernandez	Boehringer	Smoltz	35,397	25–34
60	June 8	@ Braves	5–6	Hodges	Fogg	Smoltz	29,869	25–35
61	June 10	@ Blue Jays	8–13	Lidle	Benson	—	14,090	25–36
62	June 11	@ Blue Jays	5–8	Halladay	D'Amico	—	32,036	25–37
63	June 12	@ Blue Jays	4–5	Hendrickson	Suppan (5–6)	Politte	15,015	25–38
64	June 13	@ Devil Rays	1–7	Zambrano	Wells	—	9,487	25–39
65	June 14	@ Devil Rays	12–9	Fogg	Bell	Williams (17)	14,063	26–39
66	June 15	@ Devil Rays	9–5	Sauerbeck	Levine	Williams (18)	13,943	27–39
67	June 18	Expos	7–3	D'Amico	Hernandez	Williams (19)	—	28–39
68	June 18	Expos	4–3	Torres	Biddle	—	22,557	29–39
69	June 19	Expos	2–5	Ohka	Torres	Biddle	16,050	29–40
70	June 20	Indians	5–4 (15)	Torres	Baez	—	26,305	30–40
71	June 21	Indians	7–6 (15)	Sauerbeck	Miceli	—	36,856	31–40
72	June 22	Indians	5–8	Sabathia	Vogelsong	Baez	37,803	31–41
73	June 23	@ Expos	0–3	Vargas	Suppan (5–7)	Biddle	5,641	31–42
74	June 24	@ Expos	4–6	Ohka	D'Amico	Biddle	5,872	31–43
75	June 25	@ Expos	6–5	Sauerbeck	Eischen	Williams (20)	5,717	32–43
76	June 27	Rockies	5–3	Fogg	Jennings	Williams (21)	37,566	33–43
77	June 28	Rockies	4–5	Neagle	Benson	Jimenez	25,083	33–44
78	June 29	Rockies	9–0	Suppan (6–7)	Chacon	—	20,475	34–44

July (15–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
79	July 1	Reds	3–5	Graves	Tavarez	Williamson	17,803	34–45
80	July 2	Reds	3–4	Heredia	Williams	Williamson	15,322	34–46
81	July 3	Reds	8–7	Fogg	Dempster	Williams (22)	19,947	35–46
82	July 4	Astros	3–2	Boehringer	Munro	Williams (23)	30,082	36–46
83	July 5	Astros	4–3	Suppan (7–7)	Saarloos	Williams (24)	22,258	37–46
84	July 6	Astros	8–3	D'Amico	Miller	—	18,741	38–46
85	July 7	@ Brewers	2–9	Franklin	Wells	—	12,322	38–47
86	July 8	@ Brewers	8–7 (10)	Williams	DeJean	Torres (2)	12,425	39–47
87	July 9	@ Brewers	1–2 (12)	Kieschnick	Beimel	—	22,490	39–48
88	July 10	@ Brewers	5–4	Suppan (8–7)	Ford	—	21,190	40–48
89	July 11	@ Astros	2–4	Miller	D'Amico	Wagner	31,474	40–49
90	July 12	@ Astros	5–2	Wells	Oswalt	Williams (25)	34,762	41–49
91	July 13	@ Astros	2–5	Redding	Fogg	Wagner	32,273	41–50
92	July 17	Brewers	5–7	Franklin	Benson	Estrella	32,304	41–51
93	July 18	Brewers	7–2	Suppan (9–7)	Rusch	—	31,697	42–51
94	July 19	Brewers	0–1	Sheets	D'Amico	Kolb	24,461	42–52
95	July 20	Brewers	6–3	Wells	Ford	Lincoln (1)	22,643	43–52
96	July 21	Astros	5–3	Fogg	Redding	Lincoln (2)	14,271	44–52
97	July 22	Astros	0–2	Robertson	Torres	Wagner	16,661	44–53
98	July 23	@ Reds	6–5	Boehringer	Mercker	Lincoln (3)	27,629	45–53
99	July 24	@ Reds	7–5 (11)	Lincoln	Reitsma	—	35,504	46–53
100	July 25	@ Cardinals	10–5	Meadows	Eldred	—	45,296	47–53
101	July 26	@ Cardinals	8–13	Williams	Fogg	Isringhausen	44,249	47–54
102	July 27	@ Cardinals	3–4	Eldred	Lincoln	—	34,851	47–55
103	July 28	@ Cardinals	3–0	Suppan (10–7)	Tomko	—	33,977	48–55
104	July 29	Padres	7–8	Roa	Lincoln	Beck	15,201	48–56
105	July 30	Padres	7–2	Wells	Lawrence	Meadows (1)	23,709	49–56
106	July 31	Padres	7–10	Eaton	Fogg	Beck	18,045	49–57

August (13–15)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
107	August 1	Rockies	12–11	Sanchez	Bernero	—	22,413	50–57
108	August 2	Rockies	1–0	Meadows	Jennings	Lincoln (4)	37,820	51–57
109	August 3	Rockies	4–16	Oliver	D'Amico	Jimenez	16,839	51–58
110	August 5	@ Giants	0–3	Schmidt	Wells	Worrell	41,501	51–59
111	August 6	@ Giants	2–0	Tavarez	Ponson	—	41,662	52–59
112	August 7	@ Giants	5–7	Eyre	Boehringer	Worrell	42,334	52–60
113	August 8	@ Rockies	6–13	Jimenez	Mahomes	—	28,362	52–61
114	August 9	@ Rockies	10–4	D'Amico	Oliver	—	34,611	53–61
115	August 10	@ Rockies	5–3	Figueroa	Chacon	Lincoln (5)	26,904	54–61
116	August 11	Cardinals	4–6	Haren	Wells	Isringhausen	17,647	54–62
117	August 12	Cardinals	6–10	Tomko	Fogg	Simontacchi	21,013	54–63
118	August 13	Cardinals	6–5	Tavarez	Borbon	—	18,505	55–63
119	August 14	Cardinals	3–4	Stephenson	D'Amico	Isringhausen	16,157	55–64
120	August 15	Brewers	6–3	Figueroa	Kinney	Tavarez (1)	21,096	56–64
121	August 16	Brewers	4–6	Vizcaino	Lincoln	Kolb	28,143	56–65
122	August 17	Brewers	5–2	Fogg	Franklin	Tavarez (2)	24,092	57–65
123	August 19	@ Cardinals	5–13	Eldred	Beimel	—	28,869	57–66
124	August 20	@ Cardinals	14–0	D'Amico	Stephenson	—	25,741	58–66
125	August 21	@ Cardinals	3–6	Eldred	Lincoln	—	26,849	58–67
126	August 22	@ Brewers	2–3	Franklin	Wells	Kolb	22,413	58–68
127	August 23	@ Brewers	6–7	Estrella	Corey	—	25,432	58–69
128	August 24	@ Brewers	9–10	Kolb	Gonzalez	—	36,238	58–70
129	August 26	Marlins	4–3	Lincoln	Redman	Tavarez (3)	12,219	59–70
130	August 27	Marlins	4–0	Wells	Penny	—	18,264	60–70
131	August 28	Marlins	5–0	Fogg	Willis	—	12,679	61–70
132	August 29	Braves	6–5	Tavarez	Cunnane	—	27,415	62–70
133	August 30	Braves	6–13	Ramirez	Perez	—	21,323	62–71
134	August 31	Braves	4–10	Reynolds	D'Amico	—	23,822	62–72

September (13–15)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
135	September 2	@ Marlins	3–2	Wells	Willis	Tavarez (4)	10,327	63–72
136	September 3	@ Marlins	0–3	Beckett	Fogg	Urbina	11,135	63–73
137	September 4	@ Marlins	1–5	Tejera	Torres	—	10,213	63–74
138	September 5	@ Braves	2–3 (10)	Cunnane	Corey	—	—	63–75
139	September 5	@ Braves	5–3	Corey	Reynolds	Tavarez (5)	31,849	64–75
140	September 6	@ Braves	2–9	Maddux	D'Amico	—	36,932	64–76
141	September 7	@ Braves	1–2	Hampton	Wells	Cunnane	27,703	64–77
142	September 8	@ Reds	9–1	Fogg	Bale	—	19,073	65–77
143	September 9	@ Reds	6–10	Belisle	Boehringer	—	21,241	65–78
144	September 10	@ Reds	3–2	Lincoln	Reitsma	Tavarez (6)	20,560	66–78
145	September 11	@ Reds	2–3	Randall	D'Amico	Reitsma	20,479	66–79
146	September 12	Phillies	8–4	Wells	Telemaco	—	18,895	67–79
147	September 13	Phillies	5–3	Fogg	Millwood	Tavarez (7)	33,480	68–79
148	September 14	Phillies	7–10	Wolf	Torres	Williams	16,383	68–80
149	September 15	Reds	6–3	Vogelsong	Van Poppel	Tavarez (8)	8,565	69–80
150	September 16	Reds	4–12	Harang	Perez	Reith	11,995	69–81
151	September 17	Reds	8–5	D'Amico	Etherton	Tavarez (9)	10,625	70–81
152	September 18	Reds	7–0	Wells	Randall	—	10,390	71–81
153	September 19	Cubs	9–10	Veres	Figueroa	Borowski	—	71–82
154	September 19	Cubs	10–6	Torres	Cruz	—	16,248	72–82
155	September 20	Cubs	8–2	Vogelsong	Clement	—	32,869	73–82
156	September 21	Cubs	1–4	Prior	Perez	Borowski	21,497	73–83
157	September 23	@ Mets	0–1	Leiter	Wells	—	17,830	73–84
158	September 24	@ Mets	3–5	Trachsel	D'Amico	Stanton	22,134	73–85
159	September 25	@ Mets	3–1	Torres	Roberts	Tavarez (10)	25,081	74–85
160	September 27	@ Cubs	2–4	Prior	Fogg	Borowski	—	74–86
161	September 27	@ Cubs	2–7	Clement	Vogelsong	—	40,121	74–87
162	September 28	@ Cubs	3–2	Wells	Cruz	Tavarez (11)	39,940	75–87

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents edit

2003 National League record v t e Source: [1]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LA	MIL	MTL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	2–5	2–4	7–2	10–9	2–5	5–1	10–9	3–3	4–2	4–2	4–2	3–3	9–10	5–14	3–3	11–4
Atlanta	5–2	—	4–2	3–3	6–0	9–10	5–1	4–2	4–2	12–7	11–8	9–10	7–2	6–1	2–4	4–2	10–5
Chicago	4–2	2–4	—	10–7	3–3	4–2	9–7	2–4	10–6	3–3	5–1	1–5	10–8	4–2	4–2	8–9	9–9
Cincinnati	2–7	3–3	7–10	—	4–2	2–4	5–12	2–4	8–10	2–4	2–4	5–4	5–11	3–3	3–3	9–7	7-5
Colorado	9–10	0–6	3–3	2–4	—	4–2	2–4	7–12	5–1	3–4	2–5	2–4	3–6	12–7	7–12	4–2	9–6
Florida	5–2	10–9	2–4	4–2	2–4	—	1–5	2–5	7–2	13–6	12–7	13–6	2–4	5–1	1–5	3–3	9–6
Houston	1–5	1–5	7–9	12–5	4–2	5-1	—	4–2	9–8	3–3	2–4	2–4	10–6	3–3	2–4	11–7	11–7
Los Angeles	9–10	2–4	4–2	4–2	12–7	5–2	2–4	—	4–2	4–2	3–3	2–5	5–1	8–11	6–13	4–2	11–7
Milwaukee	3–3	2–4	6–10	10–8	1–5	2–7	8–9	2–4	—	0–6	6–3	4–2	10–7	5–1	1–5	3–13	5–7
Montreal	2–4	7–12	3–3	4–2	4–3	6-13	3–3	2–4	6–0	—	14–5	8–11	3–3	4–2	7–0	1–5	9–9
New York	2–4	8–11	1–5	4–2	5–2	7–12	4–2	3–3	3–6	5–14	—	7–12	4–2	3–3	4–2	1–5	5–10
Philadelphia	2-4	10–9	5–1	4–5	4–2	6–13	4–2	5–2	2–4	11–8	12–7	—	2–4	4–3	3–3	4–2	8–7
Pittsburgh	3–3	2–7	8–10	11–5	6–3	4–2	6–10	1–5	7–10	3–3	2–4	4–2	—	4–2	2–4	7–10	5–7
San Diego	10–9	1–6	2–4	3–3	7–12	1–5	3–3	11–8	1–5	2–4	3–3	3–4	2–4	—	5–14	2–4	8–10
San Francisco	14–5	4–2	2–4	3–3	12–7	5–1	4–2	13–6	5–1	0–7	2–4	3–3	4–2	14–5	—	5–1	10–8
St. Louis	3–3	2–4	9–8	7–9	2–4	3-3	7–11	2–4	13–3	5–1	5–1	2–4	10–7	4–2	1–5	—	10–8

Detailed records edit

Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
National League
NL East
Atlanta Braves	2	7	0.222	37	59
Florida Marlins	4	2	0.667	17	13
Montreal Expos	3	3	0.500	23	25
New York Mets	2	4	0.333	15	20
Philadelphia Phillies	4	2	0.667	32	34
Total	15	18	0.455	124	151
NL Central
Chicago Cubs	8	10	0.444	82	74
Cincinnati Reds	11	5	0.688	96	72
Houston Astros	6	10	0.375	57	84
Milwaukee Brewers	7	10	0.412	74	75
St. Louis Cardinals	7	10	0.412	96	100
Total	39	45	0.464	405	405
NL West
Arizona Diamondbacks	3	3	0.500	28	29
Colorado Rockies	6	3	0.667	56	55
Los Angeles Dodgers	1	5	0.167	15	25
San Diego Padres	4	2	0.667	41	29
San Francisco Giants	2	4	0.333	16	19
Total	16	17	0.485	156	157
American League
Boston Red Sox	1	2	0.333	12	23
Cleveland Indians	2	1	0.667	17	18
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	2	1	0.667	22	21
Toronto Blue Jays	0	3	0.000	17	26
Total	5	7	0.417	68	88
Season Total	75	87	0.463	753	801

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
March	1	1	0	1.000	10	1
April	25	11	14	0.440	91	104
May	28	12	16	0.429	126	144
June	24	10	14	0.417	124	140
July	28	15	13	0.536	135	127
August	28	13	15	0.464	147	163
September	28	13	15	0.464	120	122
Total	162	75	87	0.463	753	801

Total	162	75	87	0.463	753	801
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	39	42	0.481	371	398
Away	81	36	45	0.444	382	403

Roster edit

2003 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

23 Lloyd McClendon

Coaches

48,15 Rusty Kuntz (first base)
25 Pete Mackanin (bench)
28 Gerald Perry (hitting)
37 John Russell (third base)
52 Bruce Tanner (bullpen)
54 Spin Williams (pitching)

Opening Day lineup edit


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Kenny Lofton	CF
Jason Kendall	C
Brian Giles	LF
Aramis Ramírez	3B
Randall Simon	1B
Reggie Sanders	RF
Pokey Reese	2B
Jack Wilson	SS
Kris Benson	SP

Awards and honors edit

2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Mike Williams, P, reserve

Statistics edit

Hitting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Regular Season^[5]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
J.R. House	1	1	1	1.000	0	0
B. Hill	1	3	1	0.333	0	0
T. Redman	56	230	76	0.330	3	19
J. Kendall	150	587	191	0.325	6	58
B. Giles	105	388	116	0.299	16	70
J. Suppan	20	41	12	0.293	0	2
M. Stairs	121	305	89	0.292	20	57
J. Bay	27	79	23	0.291	3	12
R. Sanders	130	453	129	0.285	31	87
A. Ramírez	96	375	105	0.280	12	67
K. Lofton	84	339	94	0.277	9	26
R. Simon	91	307	84	0.274	10	51
R. Mackowiak	77	174	47	0.270	6	19
C. Wilson	116	309	81	0.262	18	48
J. Wilson	150	558	143	0.256	9	62
H. Cota	10	16	4	0.250	0	1
P. Mahomes	9	4	1	0.250	0	0
A. Núñez	118	311	77	0.248	4	35
J. Reboulet	93	261	63	0.241	3	25
J. Hernández	58	193	43	0.223	3	21
C. Rivera	78	95	21	0.221	3	10
P. Reese	37	107	23	0.215	1	12
A. Hyzdu	51	63	13	0.206	1	8
K. Young	52	84	17	0.202	2	7
J. Davis	19	35	7	0.200	1	4
K. Wells	33	68	13	0.191	1	5
J. Fogg	25	42	8	0.190	0	1
R. Vogelsong	5	6	1	0.167	0	0
J. D'Amico	28	48	6	0.125	1	3
B. Meadows	33	14	1	0.071	0	0
S. Torres	40	32	2	0.063	0	1
J. Beimel	67	5	0	0.000	0	0
K. Benson	17	30	0	0.000	0	0
N. Figueroa	12	7	0	0.000	0	0
Ó. Pérez	5	6	0	0.000	0	0
S. Sauerbeck	50	1	0	0.000	0	0
J. Tavárez	63	4	0	0.000	0	0
B. Boehringer	60	0	0	—	0	0
M. Corey	22	0	0	—	0	0
M. Gonzalez	16	0	0	—	0	0
J. Grabow	5	0	0	—	0	0
M. Lincoln	36	0	0	—	0	0
J. Mann	2	0	0	—	0	0
D. Reyes	12	0	0	—	0	0
D. Sánchez	6	0	0	—	0	0
M. Williams	37	0	0	—	0	0
Team Totals	162	5,581	1,492	0.267	163	711

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Regular Season^[6]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
K. Wells	31	1971⁄3	10	9	3.28	147
N. Figueroa	12	351⁄3	2	1	3.31	23
J. Suppan	21	141	10	7	3.57	78
J. Grabow	5	5	0	0	3.60	9
J. Tavárez	64	832⁄3	3	3	3.66	39
S. Sauerbeck	53	40	3	4	4.05	32
B. Meadows	34	761⁄3	2	1	4.72	38
S. Torres	41	121	7	5	4.76	84
J. D'Amico	29	1751⁄3	9	16	4.77	100
P. Mahomes	9	221⁄3	0	1	4.84	13
K. Benson	18	105	5	9	4.97	68
J. Beimel	69	621⁄3	1	3	5.05	42
M. Lincoln	36	361⁄3	3	4	5.20	28
J. Fogg	26	142	10	9	5.26	71
M. Corey	22	301⁄3	1	2	5.34	27
B. Boehringer	62	621⁄3	5	4	5.49	47
Ó. Pérez	5	23	0	3	5.87	24
M. Williams	40	371⁄3	1	3	6.27	20
R. Vogelsong	6	22	2	2	6.55	15
M. Gonzalez	16	81⁄3	0	1	7.56	6
D. Reyes	12	101⁄3	0	0	10.45	11
J. Mann	2	12⁄3	0	0	10.80	1
D. Sánchez	6	6	1	0	16.50	3
Team Totals	162	1,4441⁄3	75	87	4.64	926

Transactions edit

July 22, 2003: Brandon Lyon was traded by the Boston Red Sox with Anastacio Martinez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Mike Gonzalez and Scott Sauerbeck.^[7]
July 23, 2003: Kenny Lofton was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Aramis Ramírez and cash to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later, Jose Hernandez, and Matt Bruback (minors). The Chicago Cubs sent Bobby Hill (August 15, 2003) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
July 31, 2003: Freddy Sanchez was traded by the Boston Red Sox with Mike Gonzalez and cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brandon Lyon, Jeff Suppan, and Anastacio Martinez.^[8]
August 17, 2003: Randall Simon was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Ray Sadler.^[2]
August 26, 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.^[9]

Draft picks edit

2003 Top 10 Rounds Draft Picks^[10]
Rd	#	Player	Pos	DOB and Age	School
1	8	Paul Maholm	LHP	(1982-06-25)June 25, 1982 (aged 20)	Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, Mississippi)
2	45	Tom Gorzelanny	LHP	(1982-07-12)July 12, 1982 (aged 20)	University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas)
3	75	Steven Lerud	C	(1984-10-13)October 13, 1984 (aged 18)	Galena High School (Reno, Nevada)
4	105	Kyle Pearson	RHP	(1984-10-08)October 8, 1984 (aged 18)	A. Crawford Mosley High School (Lynn Haven, Florida)
5	135	Craig Stansberry	3B	(1982-03-08)March 8, 1982 (aged 21)	Rice University (Houston, Texas)
6	165	C.J. Smith	1B	(1982-02-22)February 22, 1982 (aged 21)	University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida)
7	195	Russ Johnson	RHP	(1973-01-06)January 6, 1973 (aged 30)	Benjamin Russell High School (Alexander City, AL)
8	225	Sergio Silva	RHP	(1981-12-22)December 22, 1981 (aged 21)	University of the Pacific (Stockton, California)
9	255	Kent Wulf	2B	(1985-04-26)April 26, 1985 (aged 18)	Quartz Hill High School (Quartz Hill, California)
10	285	John Peabody	OF	(1985-08-24)August 24, 1985 (aged 17)	Rancho Bernardo High School (San Diego, California)

Note

Age at time of draft.

Farm system edit

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pacific Coast League	Trent Jewett
AA	Altoona Curve	Eastern League	Dale Sveum
A	Lynchburg Hillcats	Carolina League	Dave Clark
A	Hickory Crawdads	South Atlantic League	Tony Beasley
A-Short Season	Williamsport Crosscutters	New York–Penn League	Andy Stewart
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke
Rookie	DSL Pirates	Dominican Summer League	Ramon Zapata

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Williamsport, DSL Pirates

References edit

^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
^ ^a ^b Randall Simon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ "Jeff d'Amico Stats".
^ Hitting for the Cycle Records by Baseball Almanac
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
^ "Brandon Lyon Stats".
^ "Freddy Sanchez Stats".
^ Jason Bay Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ "2003 Pittsburgh Pirates Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball-Reference.

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2003 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
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