2003 Texas Rangers season

March 2026 November 2013 Texas Rangers 2003 American League West The Ballpark in Arlington Arlington, Texas Tom Hicks John Hart Buck Showalter 71–91 (.438) 4th KDFIFSN Southwest(Tom Grieve, Josh Lewin) KRLD(Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo)KESS-FM(Eleno Ornelas, Edgar Lopez) The 2003 Texas Rangers season was the 43rd of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 32nd in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 10th season at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Rangers finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses. Preseason October 3, 2002: John Rocker was released by the Rangers.John Rocker page at Baseball Reference December 6, 2002: Travis Hafner and Aaron Myette were traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for Einar Díaz and Ryan Drese.Travis Hafner page at Baseball Reference December 23, 2002: Ugueth Urbina was signed as a free agent with the Rangers.Ugueth Urbina page at Baseball Reference Regular season thumb|The Rangers home opener on April 4 Opening Day starters Einar Díaz, C Rafael Palmeiro, 1B Michael Young, 2B Hank Blalock, 3B Alex Rodriguez, SS Carl Everett, LF Doug Glanville, CF Juan González, RF Rubén Sierra, DH Ismael Valdez, RHP Season standings Texas Rangers Record vs. opponents TEX Transactions May 9, 2003: Alan Benes was sent to the Texas Rangers by the Chicago Cubs as part of a conditional deal.https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/benesal01.shtml Alan Benes Stats June 3, 2003: Ian Kinsler was drafted by the Rangers in the 17th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 2003.Ian Kinsler page at Baseball Reference July 11, 2003: Ugueth Urbina was traded by the Rangers to the Florida Marlins for Adrián González, Ryan Snare, and Will Smith (minors).Ugueth Urbina page at Baseball Reference Roster 2003 Texas Rangers Roster Pitchers 44 Alan Benes 53 Joaquín Benoit 36 Mickey Callaway 31 Francisco Cordero 17 Doug Davis 45 R. A. Dickey 41 Juan Dominguez 37 Ryan Drese 50 Robert Ellis 38 Aaron Fultz 57 Reynaldo Garcia 56 Rosman García 48 Colby Lewis 32 Ron Mahay 43 Tony Mounce 50 C. J. Nitkowski 61 Chan Ho Park 39 Jay Powell 54 Erasmo Ramirez 40 Mario Ramos 49 Víctor Santos 58 Brian Shouse 46 John Thomson 41 Ugueth Urbina 14 Ismael Valdez 47 Todd Van Poppel 43 Esteban Yan Catchers  5 Einar Díaz 27,22 Todd Greene 12 Chad Kreuter 51 Gerald Laird Infielders 11,9 Hank Blalock 13 Mike Lamb 25 Rafael Palmeiro 35 Herbert Perry  3 Alex Rodriguez 23 Mark Teixeira 10 Michael Young Outfielders 16 Ryan Christenson 24 Jermaine Clark  2 Carl Everett  6 Doug Glanville 19 Juan González 21 Jason Jones 15 Ryan Ludwick 28 Kevin Mench  2 Ramón Nivar 17 Laynce Nix  4 Donnie Sadler 21,38 Rubén Sierra 47 Shane Spencer 27 Marcus Thames Manager 11 Buck Showalter Coaches 52 Mark Connor (bullpen) 20 DeMarlo Hale (first base) 55 Orel Hershiser (pitching)  8 Rudy Jaramillo (hitting)  1 Steve Smith (third base) 18 Don Wakamatsu (bench) 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 C Einar Diaz 101 334 86 .257 4 35 1B Mark Teixeira 146 529 137 .259 26 84 2B Michael Young 160 666 204 .306 14 72 SS Alex Rodriguez 161 607 181 .298 47 118 3B Hank Blalock 143 567 170 .300 29 90 LF Shane Spencer 55 185 42 .227 4 23 CF Ryan Christenson 60 165 29 .176 2 16 RF Juan González 82 327 96 .294 24 70 DH Rafael Palmeiro 154 561 146 .260 38 112 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 Carl Everett 74 270 74 .274 18 51 Todd Greene 62 205 47 .229 10 20 Doug Glanville 52 195 53 .272 4 14 Laynce Nix 53 184 47 .255 8 30 Rubén Sierra 43 133 35 .263 3 12 Donnie Sadler 77 131 26 .198 1 5 Kevin Mench 38 125 40 .320 2 11 Jason Jones 40 107 23 .215 3 11 Ramón Nivar 28 90 19 .211 0 7 Marcus Thames 30 73 15 .205 1 4 Jermaine Clark 24 46 8 .174 0 6 Gerald Laird 19 44 12 .273 1 4 Mike Lamb 28 38 5 .132 0 2 Ryan Ludwick 8 26 4 .154 0 0 Herbert Perry 11 24 4 .167 0 2 Chad Kreuter 7 18 2 .111 0 0 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 John Thomson 35 217.0 13 14 4.85 136 Colby Lewis 26 127.0 10 9 7.30 88 Ismael Valdéz 22 115.0 8 8 6.10 47 Tony Mounce 11 50.2 1 5 7.11 30 Chan Ho Park 7 29.2 1 3 7.58 16 Robert Ellis 4 18.1 1 1 8.35 8 Alan Benes 4 15.0 0 3 11.40 11 Mario Ramos 3 13.0 1 1 6.23 8 Doug Davis 1 3.0 0 0 12.00 2 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 R.A. Dickey 38 116.2 9 8 5.09 94 Joaquin Benoit 25 105.0 8 5 5.49 87 Ryan Drese 11 46.0 2 4 6.85 26 Víctor Santos 8 25.2 0 2 7.01 15 Mickey Callaway 6 22.1 0 3 6.45 19 Juan Domínguez 6 16.1 0 2 7.16 13 Todd Van Poppel 7 12.2 1 0 8.53 9 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 Ugueth Urbina 39 0 4 26 4.19 41 Francisco Cordero 73 5 8 15 2.94 90 Aaron Fultz 64 1 3 0 5.21 53 Brian Shouse 62 0 1 1 3.10 40 Jay Powell 51 3 0 0 7.82 40 Rosman García 46 1 2 0 6.02 25 Ron Mahay 35 3 3 0 3.18 38 Erasmo Ramirez 34 3 1 0 3.86 28 Reynaldo Garcia 17 0 0 0 9.00 15 Esteban Yan 15 0 1 0 6.94 25 C.J. Nitkowski 6 0 0 0 7.45 5 Awards and honors Alex Rodriguez, American League Most Valuable Player Award Alex Rodriguez, Hank Aaron Award Alex Rodriguez, A.L. Home Run Champ Alex Rodriguez, SS, AL Gold Glove Alex Rodriguez, Silver Slugger Award All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Oklahoma RedHawks Pacific Coast League Bobby Jones AA Frisco RoughRiders Texas League Tim Ireland A Stockton Ports California League Arnie Beyeler A Clinton LumberKings Midwest League Carlos Subero A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Darryl Kennedy Rookie AZL Rangers Arizona League Pedro López LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spokane References 2003 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference 2003 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 3rd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 2007 978-1-932391-17-6 Category:Texas Rangers seasons Range Texas Rangers