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2003 Cincinnati Reds
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkGreat American Ball Park
CityCincinnati
Record69–93 (.426)
Divisional place5th
OwnersCarl Lindner
General managersJim Bowden
ManagersBob Boone, Ray Knight, Dave Miley
TelevisionFSN Ohio
(George Grande, Chris Welsh)
RadioWLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
← 2002 Seasons 2004 →

The 2003 Cincinnati Reds season was the 134th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their first season at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. They failed to improve on their 78–84 record from 2002.

Offseason

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  • November 18, 2002: Ryan Freel was signed as a free agent by the Reds.[1]
  • December 15, 2002: Elmer Dessens and cash were traded by the Reds to the Arizona Diamondbacks as part of a 4-team trade. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Felipe López to the Reds. The Diamondbacks sent Erubiel Durazo to the Oakland Athletics. The Athletics sent a player to be named later to the Blue Jays. The Athletics completed the deal by sending Jason Arnold (minors) to the Blue Jays on December 16.[2]
  • January 22, 2003: Josías Manzanillo was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.[3]

Regular season

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Season summary

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The Reds finished in fifth place in their division, nineteen games behind the division winner, the Chicago Cubs. They finished with a record of 69-93 and a winning percentage of .421. The Reds finished eighteen games behind the second place team, the Houston Astros. They finished sixteen games behind the third place team, the St. Louis Cardinals. They finished six games behind the fourth place team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and one game ahead of the sixth place team, the Milwaukee Brewers.

In the middle of the season, the Reds fired manager Bob Boone and promoted Louisville Bats manager Dave Miley to interim manager.

Season standings

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National League Central

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NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 88 74 .543 — 44‍–‍37 44‍–‍37
Houston Astros 87 75 .537 1 48‍–‍33 39‍–‍42
St. Louis Cardinals 85 77 .525 3 48‍–‍33 37‍–‍44
Pittsburgh Pirates 75 87 .463 13 39‍–‍42 36‍–‍45
Cincinnati Reds 69 93 .426 19 35‍–‍46 34‍–‍47
Milwaukee Brewers 68 94 .420 20 31‍–‍50 37‍–‍44


Record vs. opponents

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2003 National League record

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


Notable transactions

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Roster

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2003 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Jason LaRue 118 379 87 .230 16 50
1B Sean Casey 147 573 167 .291 14 80
2B D'Angelo Jiménez 73 290 84 .290 7 31
SS Barry Larkin 70 241 68 .282 2 18
3B Aaron Boone 106 403 110 .273 18 65
LF Adam Dunn 116 381 82 .215 27 57
CF Ken Griffey Jr. 53 166 41 .247 13 26
RF José Guillén 91 315 106 .337 23 63

Other batters

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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
Juan Castro 113 320 81 .253 9 33
Austin Kearns 82 292 77 .264 15 58
Ray Olmedo 79 230 55 .239 0 17
Rubén Mateo 74 207 50 .242 3 18
Felipe López 59 197 42 .213 2 13
Kelly Stinnett 60 179 41 .229 3 19
Russell Branyan 74 176 38 .216 9 26
Wily Mo Peña 80 165 36 .218 5 16
Ryan Freel 43 137 39 .285 4 12
Reggie Taylor 100 130 39 .217 5 19
Brandon Larson 32 89 9 .101 1 9
Tim Hummel 26 84 19 .226 2 10
Dernell Stenson 37 81 20 .247 3 13
Stephen Smitherman 21 44 7 .159 1 6
Eric Valent 18 42 9 .214 0 1
Corky Miller 14 30 8 .267 0 1
Mark Budzinski 4 7 0 .000 0 0
Dane Sardinha 1 2 0 .000 0 0
Jim Chamblee 2 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Danny Graves 30 169.0 4 15 5.33 60
Paul Wilson 28 166.2 8 10 4.64 93
Ryan Dempster 22 115.2 3 7 6.54 84
Jimmy Haynes 18 94.1 2 12 6.30 49
John Bale 10 46.1 1 2 4.47 37
Aaron Harang 9 46.0 4 3 5.28 26
Jimmy Anderson 8 38.2 1 5 8.84 13
Seth Etherton 7 30.0 2 4 6.90 17
Jeff Austin 7 28.1 2 3 8.58 22
José Acevedo 5 27.0 2 0 2.67 23
Josh Hall 6 24.2 0 2 6.57 18

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Todd Van Poppel 9 35.2 2 1 4.54 25
Dan Serafini 10 30.0 1 3 5.40 13

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Scott Williamson 42 5 3 21 3.19 53
Chris Reitsma 57 9 5 12 4.29 53
Félix Heredia 57 5 2 1 3.00 41
John Riedling 55 2 3 1 4.90 65
Scott Sullivan 50 6 0 0 3.62 43
Kent Mercker 49 0 2 0 2.35 41
Brian Reith 42 2 3 1 4.11 39
Gabe White 34 3 0 0 3.93 23
Ryan Wagner 17 2 0 0 1.66 25
Phil Norton 17 0 0 0 2.45 7
Scott Randall 15 2 5 0 6.51 25
Juan Cerros 11 0 0 0 4.85 9
Josías Manzanillo 9 0 2 0 12.66 7
Matt Belisle 6 1 1 0 5.19 6
Joey Hamilton 3 0 0 0 12.66 7
Joe Valentine 2 0 0 0 18.00 1
Mark Watson 2 0 0 0 4.50 2

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Bats International League Dave Miley and Rick Burleson
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Phillip Wellman
A Potomac Cannons Carolina League Jayhawk Owens
A Dayton Dragons Midwest League Donnie Scott
Rookie GCL Reds Gulf Coast League Edgar Caceres
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Rick Burleson and Jay Sorg

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Billings[6]

References

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  1. ^ Ryan Freel at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Felipe López at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ "Josías Manzanillo Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  4. ^ Aaron Harang at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Scott Service at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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