2003 Pittsburgh Pirates season

2003 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
PNC Park (since 2001)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Results
Record	75–87 (.463)
Divisional place	4th
Other information
Owner(s)	Kevin McClatchy
General manager(s)	Dave Littlefield
Manager(s)	Lloyd McClendon
Local television	Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh
Local radio	KDKA-AM (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)
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The 2003 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 122nd season of the franchise; the 117th in the National League. The Pirates finished fourth in the National League Central with a record of 75–87.

Offseason

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

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

Season standings

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

2003 Game Log (75–87)

March (1–0) April (11–14)

May (12–16)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
27	May 1	@ Padres	5–2	Wells	Peavy	Williams (7)	13,420	13–14
28	May 2	@ Dodgers	5–3	Beimel	Quantrill	Williams (8)	53,820	14–14
29	May 3	@ Dodgers	1–4	Dreifort	Suppan	Gagne	45,737	14–15
30	May 4	@ Dodgers	2–3	Brown	D'Amico	Gagne	40,544	14–16
31	May 5	@ Astros	1–8	Miller	Benson	—	22,765	14–17
32	May 6	@ Astros	9–10	Bland	Sauerbeck	Wagner	27,023	14–18
33	May 7	@ Astros	4–13	Dotel	Tavarez	—	22,706	14–19
34	May 8	@ Astros	2–6	Stone	Suppan	—	28,836	14–20
35	May 9	Diamondbacks	0–5	Schilling	D'Amico	—	18,080	14–21
36	May 10	Diamondbacks	5–4	Benson	Dessens	Williams (9)	30,776	15–21
37	May 11	Diamondbacks	1–2	Batista	Wells	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	—	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	—	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	Stephenson	—	30,599	23–30
54	May 31	@ Cardinals	4–3	Wells	Williams	Williams (15)	43,789	24–30

June (10–14)

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	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	12,425	39–47
87	July 9	@ Brewers	1–2 (12)	Kieschnick	Beimel	—	22,490	39–48
88	July 10	@ Brewers	5–4	Suppan	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	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	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

2003 National League Records Source:
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	MON	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

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

2003 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

53 Joe Beimel

34 Kris Benson

71 Brian Boehringer

44 Mark Corey

41 Jeff D'Amico

37 Nelson Figueroa

27 Josh Fogg

51 Mike Gonzalez

39 John Grabow

57 Mike Lincoln

39 Pat Mahomes

48 Jim Mann

46 Brian Meadows

48 Óliver Pérez

44 Dennys Reyes

45 Duaner Sánchez

47 Scott Sauerbeck

37 Jeff Suppan

50 Julián Tavárez

31 Salomón Torres

22 Ryan Vogelsong

32 Kip Wells

43 Mike Williams

Catchers

11 Humberto Cota

30 J. R. House

18 Jason Kendall

Infielders

16 José Hernández

17 Bobby Hill

6 Abraham Núñez

16 Aramis Ramírez

49 Jeff Reboulet

3 Pokey Reese

55 Carlos Rivera

35 Randall Simon

2 Jack Wilson

29 Kevin Young

Outfielders

38 Jason Bay

26 J. J. Davis

24 Brian Giles

38 Adam Hyzdu

7 Kenny Lofton

59 Rob Mackowiak

5 Tike Redman

19 Reggie Sanders

12 Matt Stairs

36 Craig Wilson

Manager

23 Lloyd McClendon

Coaches

48 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


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

2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Mike Williams, P, Reserve

Statistics

Hitting

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

Pitching

Regular Season^[6]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Wells, K.K. Wells	31	197 ¹⁄₃	10	9	3.28	147
Figueroa, N.N. Figueroa	12	35 ¹⁄₃	2	1	3.31	23
Suppan, J.J. Suppan	21	141	10	7	3.57	78
Grabow, J.J. Grabow	5	5	0	0	3.60	9
Tavárez, J.J. Tavárez	64	83 ²⁄₃	3	3	3.66	39
Sauerbeck, S.S. Sauerbeck	53	40	3	4	4.05	32
Meadows, B.B. Meadows	34	76 ¹⁄₃	2	1	4.72	38
Torres, S.S. Torres	41	121	7	5	4.76	84
D'Amico, J.J. D'Amico	29	175 ¹⁄₃	9	16	4.77	100
Mahomes, P.P. Mahomes	9	22 ¹⁄₃	0	1	4.84	13
Benson, K.K. Benson	18	105	5	9	4.97	68
Beimel, J.J. Beimel	69	62 ¹⁄₃	1	3	5.05	42
Lincoln, M.M. Lincoln	36	36 ¹⁄₃	3	4	5.20	28
Fogg, J.J. Fogg	26	142	10	9	5.26	71
Corey, M.M. Corey	22	30 ¹⁄₃	1	2	5.34	27
Boehringer, B.B. Boehringer	62	62 ¹⁄₃	5	4	5.49	47
Pérez, Ó.Ó. Pérez	5	23	0	3	5.87	24
Williams, M.M. Williams	40	37 ¹⁄₃	1	3	6.27	20
Vogelsong, R.R. Vogelsong	6	22	2	2	6.55	15
Gonzalez, M.M. Gonzalez	16	8 ¹⁄₃	0	1	7.56	6
Reyes, D.D. Reyes	12	10 ¹⁄₃	0	0	10.45	11
Mann, J.J. Mann	2	1 ²⁄₃	0	0	10.80	1
Sánchez, D.D. Sánchez	6	6	1	0	16.50	3

Transactions

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

Main article: 2003 Major League Baseball draft

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

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

References

↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
1 2 Randall Simon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/d'amije01.shtml
↑ Hitting for the Cycle Records by Baseball Almanac
↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lyonbr01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sanchfr01.shtml
↑ Jason Bay Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ "2003 Pittsburgh Pirates Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball-Reference.

2003 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
2003 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
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.

2003 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida New York Philadelphia Montréal

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/McKechnie Field

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Wagner donates uniforms
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Seasons (136)

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1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

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