2003 St. Louis Cardinals season

2003 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Busch Memorial Stadium (since 1966)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	85–77 (.525)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	William DeWitt, Jr.
General manager(s)	Walt Jocketty
Manager(s)	Tony La Russa
Local television	Fox Sports Midwest (Joe Buck, Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky) KPLR (Bob Carpenter, Rick Horton)
Local radio	KMOX (Mike Shannon, Wayne Hagin)
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The St. Louis Cardinals 2003 season was the team's 122nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 112th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 85-77 during the season and finished 3rd in the National League Central division, three games behind the Chicago Cubs, who won the NL Central at 88-74, and two behind the NL Central runners-up, the Houston Astros (87-75).

Catcher Mike Matheny, shortstop Edgar Rentería, third baseman Scott Rolen, and outfielder Jim Edmonds won Gold Gloves this year.

Offseason

December 13, 2002: Chris Carpenter was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.^[1]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Jim Edmonds
Eli Marrero
Tino Martinez
Mike Matheny
Matt Morris
Albert Pujols
Edgar Rentería
Scott Rolen
Fernando Viña^[2]

Season standings

National League Central

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

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

Transactions

May 27, 2003: Scott Seabol was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.^[3]

Roster

2003 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

52 Pedro Borbón, Jr.

77,40 Kiko Calero

54 Mike Crudale

47 Mike DeJean

23 Cal Eldred

13 Jeff Fassero

50 Dan Haren

32 Dustin Hermanson

41 Sterling Hitchcock

44 Jason Isringhausen

77 Jimmy Journell

49 Steve Kline

56 Gabe Molina

35 Matt Morris

43 Kevin Ohme

28 Lance Painter

60 Josh Pearce

53 Jason Pearson

46 Jason Simontacchi

48 Russ Springer

19 Woody Williams

43 Esteban Yan

Catchers

8 Joe Girardi

22 Mike Matheny

50,32 Chris Widger

Infielders

41,12 Miguel Cairo

47 Wilson Delgado

31 Bo Hart

21 Tino Martinez

3 Edgar Rentería

27 Scott Rolen

4 Fernando Viña

Outfielders

7 J. D. Drew

15 Jim Edmonds

26 Eli Marrero

16 Orlando Palmeiro

33 Eduardo Pérez

5 Albert Pujols

0 Kerry Robinson

99 So Taguchi

Manager

10 Tony La Russa

Coaches

18 Dave Duncan (pitching)

38 Marty Mason (bullpen)

39 Dave McKay (first base)

11 José Oquendo (third base)

12 Mitchell Page (hitting)

24 Joe Pettini (bench)

Player stats

Batting

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
Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols	157	591	212	.359	43	124
Renteria, EdgarEdgar Renteria	157	587	194	.330	13	100
Drew, J.D.J.D. Drew	100	287	83	.289	15	42
Rolen, ScottScott Rolen	154	559	160	.286	28	104
Perez, EduardoEduardo Perez	105	253	72	.285	11	41
Hart, BoBo Hart	77	296	82	.277	4	28
Edmonds, JimJim Edmonds	137	447	123	.275	39	89

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

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pacific Coast League	Tom Spencer and Danny Sheaffer
AA	Tennessee Smokies	Southern League	Mark DeJohn
A	Palm Beach Cardinals	Florida State League	Tom Nieto
A	Peoria Chiefs	Midwest League	Joe Cunningham, Jr.
A-Short Season	New Jersey Cardinals	New York–Penn League	Tommy Shields
Rookie	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Ron Warner

References

↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carpech01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2003&t=SLN
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/seabosc01.shtml
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
↑ Baseball America 2004 Annual Directory

External links

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Culture

Lore

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Key personnel

Owner: Bill DeWitt, Jr.
General Manager: John Mozeliak
Manager: Mike Matheny

Minors

AAA: Memphis Redbirds
AA: Springfield Cardinals
A Adv.: Palm Beach Cardinals
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Short A: State College Spikes
Rookie Adv.: Johnson City Cardinals
Rookie: Gulf Coast League Cardinals; Dominican Summer League Cardinals

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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

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