2003 Houston Astros season

2003 Houston Astros
2003 Houston Astros
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Minute Maid Park
City	Houston, Texas
Record	87–75 (.537)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Drayton McLane, Jr.
General managers	Gerry Hunsicker
Managers	Jimy Williams
Television	KNWS-TV; FSN Southwest; (Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies, Bill Worrell)
Radio	KTRH; (Milo Hamilton, Alan Ashby); KXYZ; (Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Alex Treviño)

The 2003 Houston Astros season was the 42nd season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, Texas.

Regular season

During a 3–2 loss to the Montreal Expos on April 26, first baseman Jeff Bagwell's infield single gave him 2,000 hits for his career, joining Craig Biggio as the only Astros players to achieve this mark.^[1]

On June 11, six Astros pitchers combined to throw a no-hitter against the New York Yankees, establishing a major league record for most pitchers contributing to a no-hitter. The six were Roy Oswalt, Pete Munro, Kirk Saarloos, Brad Lidge, Octavio Dotel and Billy Wagner.^[2]^[3] It was the first no-hitter against the Yankees in 45 years.

Playing the Cincinnati Reds on July 20, Bagwell hit two home runs for the 400th of his career Archived February 25, 2016, at the Wayback Machine off Danny Graves, becoming the 35th player in MLB history to do so.^[4]

ESPN's "The List" ranked Bagwell and Biggio as the second- and third-most underrated athletes of the top four North American professional sports leagues in an August publication.^[5]

Standings

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

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

Notable transactions

May 1, 2003: Julio Lugo was designated for assignment, and then released 10 days later after "hitting his wife in the face and slamming her head on a car hood" outside of Minute Maid Park.^[6]
June 3, 2003: Josh Anderson was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 4th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2003.^[7]
August 21, 2003: Gregg Zaun was released by the Houston Astros.^[8]

Roster

2003 Houston Astros

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

3 Tripp Cromer
2 Mitch Meluskey

Manager

22 Jimy Williams

Coaches

6 Mark Bailey (bullpen)
25 José Cruz (first base)
48 Burt Hooton (pitching)
38 Gene Lamont (third base)
8 Harry Spilman (hitting)
30 John Tamargo (bench)

Players 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
C	Brad Ausmus	143	450	103	.229	4	47
1B	Jeff Bagwell	160	605	168	.278	39	100
2B	Jeff Kent	130	505	150	.297	22	93
SS	Adam Everett	128	387	99	.256	8	51
3B	Morgan Ensberg	127	385	112	.291	25	60
LF	Lance Berkman	153	538	155	.288	25	93
CF	Craig Biggio	153	628	166	.264	15	62
RF	Richard Hidalgo	141	514	159	.309	28	88

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
Geoff Blum	123	420	110	.262	10	52
Orlando Merced	123	212	49	.231	3	26
José Vizcaíno	91	189	47	.249	3	26
Gregg Zaun	59	120	26	.217	1	13
Brian Hunter	56	98	23	.235	0	13
Julio Lugo	22	65	16	.246	0	2
Eric Bruntlett	31	54	14	.259	1	4
Raúl Chávez	19	37	10	.270	1	4
Colin Porter	24	32	6	.188	0	0
Jason Lane	18	27	8	.296	4	10
Mitch Meluskey	12	9	1	.111	0	2
Dave Matranga	6	5	1	.200	1	1
Tripp Cromer	3	4	1	.250	0	1

Pitching

Starters

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Wade Miller	33	187.1	14	13	4.13	161
Tim Redding	33	176.0	10	14	3.68	116
Jeriome Robertson	32	160.2	15	9	5.10	99
Roy Oswalt	21	127.1	10	5	2.97	108
Ron Villone	19	106.2	6	6	4.13	91
Jonathan Johnson	4	15.1	0	1	5.87	7
Brian Moehler	3	13.2	0	0	7.90	5
Rodrigo Rosario	2	8.0	1	0	1.13	6

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
Jared Fernández	12	38.1	3	3	3.99	19
Scott Linebrink	9	31.2	1	1	4.26	17

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
Billy Wagner	78	1	4	44	1.78	105
Brad Lidge	78	6	3	1	3.60	97
Octavio Dotel	76	6	4	4	2.48	97
Ricky Stone	65	6	4	1	3.69	47
Peter Munro	40	3	4	0	4.67	27
Kirk Saarloos	36	2	1	0	4.93	43
Mike Gallo	32	1	0	0	3.00	16
Dan Miceli	23	1	1	0	2.10	20
Nate Bland	22	1	2	0	5.75	18
Rick White	15	0	0	0	3.72	17
Brandon Puffer	13	0	0	0	5.14	10
Bruce Chen	11	0	0	0	6.00	8
Kirk Bullinger	7	0	0	0	6.75	5

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	New Orleans Zephyrs	Pacific Coast League	Chris Maloney
AA	Round Rock Express	Texas League	Jackie Moore
A	Salem Avalanche	Carolina League	John Massarelli
A	Lexington Legends	South Atlantic League	Russ Nixon
A-Short Season	Tri-City ValleyCats	New York–Penn League	Iván DeJesús
Rookie	Martinsville Astros	Appalachian League	Jorge Orta

References

^ "Bagwell reaches 2,000 career hits". ESPN.com. Associated Press. April 26, 2003. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
^ Lilly, Brandon (June 12, 2003). "Astros seem a bit baffled by their odd no-hitter". The New York Times. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
^ "Astros vs. Yankees - Game Recap - June 11, 2003 - ESPN".
^ "Bagwell belts way to 400". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. July 21, 2003. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
^ Marron, Jim (August 20, 2003). "The List: Underrated current athletes". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
^ "Houston shortstop Julio Lugo arrested". May 2, 2003.
^ "Josh Anderson Stats".
^ Gregg Zaun Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

External links

2003 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference
Game Logs:

1st Half: Houston Astros Game Log on ESPN.com

2nd Half: Houston Astros Game Log on ESPN.com

Batting Statistics: Houston Astros Batting Stats on ESPN.com
Pitching Statistics: Houston Astros Pitching Stats on ESPN.com

[1] "Bagwell reaches 2,000 career hits". ESPN.com. Associated Press. April 26, 2003. Retrieved February 17, 2016.

[2] Lilly, Brandon (June 12, 2003). "Astros seem a bit baffled by their odd no-hitter". The New York Times. Retrieved February 17, 2016.

[3] "Astros vs. Yankees - Game Recap - June 11, 2003 - ESPN".

[4] "Bagwell belts way to 400". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. July 21, 2003. Retrieved February 17, 2016.

[5] Marron, Jim (August 20, 2003). "The List: Underrated current athletes". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 17, 2016.

[6] "Houston shortstop Julio Lugo arrested". May 2, 2003.

[7] "Josh Anderson Stats".

[8] Gregg Zaun Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

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