2003 San Francisco Giants
National League West Champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkPacific Bell Park
CitySan Francisco, California
Record100–61 (.621)
Divisional place1st
OwnersPeter Magowan
General managersBrian Sabean
ManagersFelipe Alou
TelevisionKTVU
(Mike Krukow, Joe Angel, Jon Miller)
FSN Bay Area
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper)
RadioKNBR
(Mike Krukow, Dave Flemming, Duane Kuiper, Jon Miller, Joe Angel, Dave Raymond)
KZSF
(Erwin Higueros, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)
Seasons

The 2003 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 121st season in Major League Baseball, their 46th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their fourth season at Pacific Bell Park. The Giants entered the '03 season as defending National League champions, aiming to get back to the World Series and win it. They finished in first place in the National League West with a record of 100 wins and 61 losses. They lost the NLDS in four games to the Florida Marlins, marking the 2003 Giants from what many described a failed season.

Offseason

  • November 15, 2002: Tsuyoshi Shinjo was released by the San Francisco Giants.[1]
  • December 7, 2002: Marquis Grissom signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.
  • December 7, 2002: Ray Durham was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.[2]
  • March 18, 2003: Clay Bellinger was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.[3]

Regular season

The Giants only played 161 games. The Giants elected to not make up one game (at New York Mets) that was postponed due to the Northeast Blackout of 2003. Had the Giants made up the game and won, the Giants would've been assured home-field advantage in a potential NLCS meeting with the Atlanta Braves due to the Giants winning the season series if both teams held identical records of 101–61. No Division Series matchups would've been altered due to the Marlins and Braves being restricted from meeting in the Division Series as both teams are from the NL East.

Ray Durham and Benito Santiago became the first pair of Giants teammates to homer in each of the team's first two games of a season since at least 1901.[4]

On June 23 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Barry Bonds stole second in the 11th inning, the 500th steal of his career. He became the first major leaguer to collect 500 home runs and 500 stolen bases in a career.

Opening Day Starters

Season standings

National League West

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 10061 0.621 — 57–24 43–37
Los Angeles Dodgers 8577 0.525 15½ 46–35 39–42
Arizona Diamondbacks 8478 0.519 16½ 45–36 39–42
Colorado Rockies 7488 0.457 26½ 49–32 25–56
San Diego Padres 6498 0.395 36½ 35–46 29–52

Record vs. opponents

2003 National League record

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona—2–52–47–210–92–55–110–93–34–24–24–23–39–105–143–311–4
Atlanta5–2—4–23–36–09–105–14–24–212–711–89–107–26–12–44–210–5
Chicago4–22–4—10–73–34–29–72–410–63–35–11–510–84–24–28–99–9
Cincinnati2–73–37–10—4–22–45–122–48–102–42–45–45–113–33–39–77-5
Colorado 9–100–63–32–4—4–22–47–125–13–42–52–43–612–77–124–29–6
Florida5–210–92–44–22–4—1–52–57–213–612–713–62–45–11–53–39–6
Houston1–51–57–912–54–25-1—4–29–83–32–42–410–63–32–411–711–7
Los Angeles 9–102–44–24–212–75–22–4—4–24–23–32–55–18–116–134–211–7
Milwaukee3–32–46–1010–81–52–78–92–4—0–66–34–210–75–11–53–135–7
Montreal2–47–123–34–24–36-133–32–46–0—14–58–113–34–27–01–59–9
New York2–48–111–54–25–27–124–23–33–65–14—7–124–23–34–21–55–10
Philadelphia2-410–95–14–54–26–134–25–22–411–812–7—2–44–33–34–28–7
Pittsburgh3–32–78–1011–56–34–26–101–57–103–32–44–2—4–22–47–105–7
San Diego10–91–62–43–37–121–53–311–81–52–43–33–42–4—5–142–48–10
San Francisco14–54–22–43–312–75–14–213–65–10–72–43–34–214–5—5–110–8
St. Louis3–32–49–87–92–43-37–112–413–35–15–12–410–74–21–5—10–8

Roster

2003 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player 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
CBenito Santiago108401112.2791156
1BJ.T. Snow10333090.273851
2BRay Durham110410117.285833
SSRich Aurilia129505140.2771358
3BEdgardo Alfonzo142514133.2591381
LFBarry Bonds130390133.3414590
CFMarquis Grissom149587176.3002079
RFJosé Cruz Jr.158539135.2502068

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
Neifi Pérez12032884.256131
Andrés Galarraga11027282.3011242
Pedro Feliz9523558.2471648
Yorvit Torrealba6620052.260429
Jeffrey Hammonds369426.277310
Eric Young267114.19703
Marvin Benard467114.19704
Rubén Rivera31509.18024
Todd Linden18388.21116
Cody Ransom20276.22211
Tony Torcato14163.18801
Alberto Castillo11153.20014
Francisco Santos8153.20011
Jason Ellison7101.10000
Carlos Valderrama771.14300
Lance Niekro551.20002
Trey Lunsford110.00000

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
Jason Schmidt29207.21752.34208
Kirk Rueter27147.01054.5341
Jerome Williams21131.0753.3088
Damian Moss21115.0974.7057
Jesse Foppert23111.0895.03101
Sidney Ponson1068.0363.7134
Kurt Ainsworth1166.0543.8248
Brian Powell14.20113.503

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
Jim Brower51100.0853.9665
Kevin Correia1039.1313.6628
Dustin Hermanson939.0213.0027
Ryan Jensen613.10010.803

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
Tim Worrell7644382.8765
Joe Nathan7812402.9683
Scott Eyre742113.3235
Félix Rodríguez688223.1046
Jason Christiansen400005.1922
Chad Zerbe331104.7117
Matt Herges271002.3128
Noah Lowry40000.005
Manny Aybar30006.002

2003 National League Division Series

The Giants lost to the Florida Marlins in the NLDS.

Game 1 – Florida 0, San Francisco 2
Game 2 – Florida 9, San Francisco 5
Game 3 – San Francisco 3, Florida 4
Game 4 – San Francisco 6, Florida 7

This was the last playoff series that the Giants lost before winning 11 straight, a streak that ended in the 2016 Division Series against the Chicago Cubs.

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Fresno Grizzlies Pacific Coast League Fred Stanley
AA Norwich Navigators Eastern League Shane Turner
A San Jose Giants California League Jack Lind
A Hagerstown Suns South Atlantic League Mike Ramsey
A-Short Season Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Northwest League Joe Strain
Rookie AZL Giants Arizona League Bert Hunter

[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Tsuyoshi Shinjo Stats".
  2. ↑ "Ray Durham Stats".
  3. ↑ "Clay Bellinger Stats".
  4. ↑ "Player Batting Game Finder: In the Regular Season, since 1901, Playing for SFG, In team's first 2 games, requiring Home Runs >= 1, sorted by most games". Stathead. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  5. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  6. ↑ Baseball America 2004 Annual Directory
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