2003 San Francisco Giants season

March 2026 November 2013 San Francisco Giants 2003 National League West champions National League West Pacific Bell Park San Francisco, California 100–61 (.621) 1st Peter Magowan Brian Sabean Felipe Alou KTVU(Mike Krukow, Joe Angel, Jon Miller)FSN Bay Area(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper) KNBR(Mike Krukow, Dave Flemming, Duane Kuiper, Jon Miller, Joe Angel, Dave Raymond)KZSF(Erwin Higueros, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez) 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 2003 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. The Giants would not return to the postseason or win the National League West until 2010. Offseason November 13, 2002: Felipe Alou was hired as Giants new manager, after Dusty Baker left to become the new manager of the Chicago Cubs. November 15, 2002: Tsuyoshi Shinjo was released by the San Francisco Giants.https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/shinjts01.shtml Tsuyoshi Shinjo Stats 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/durhara01.shtml Ray Durham Stats March 18, 2003: Clay Bellinger was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bellicl01.shtml Clay Bellinger Stats 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.https://stathead.com/tiny/pffOv 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 April 3, 2021 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 J.T. Snow Ray Durham Rich Aurilia Edgardo Alfonzo Barry Bonds Marquis Grissom Jose Cruz Jr. Benito Santiago Kirk Rueter Season standings National League West San Francisco Giants Record vs. opponents SF Roster 2003 San Francisco Giants Roster Pitchers 32 Kurt Ainsworth 16 Manny Aybar 38 Jim Brower 40 Jason Christiansen 50,53 Kevin Correia 49 Scott Eyre 34 Jesse Foppert 48 Matt Herges 32 Dustin Hermanson 43 Ryan Jensen 60 Noah Lowry 28 Damian Moss 36 Joe Nathan 43 Sidney Ponson 51 Brian Powell 47 Félix Rodríguez 46 Kirk Rueter 29 Jason Schmidt 57 Jerome Williams 45 Tim Worrell 41 Chad Zerbe Catchers 50,37 Alberto Castillo 52 Trey Lunsford 33 Benito Santiago  8 Yorvit Torrealba Infielders 13 Edgardo Alfonzo 35 Rich Aurilia  5 Ray Durham 39 Pedro Feliz 14 Andrés Galarraga 28 Lance Niekro  1 Neifi Pérez  2 Cody Ransom  6 J. T. Snow 21 Eric Young Outfielders 25 Barry Bonds 22 José Cruz Jr. 56 Jason Ellison  9 Marquis Grissom 16 Jeffrey Hammonds 50 Todd Linden 21 Rubén Rivera 16 Francisco Santos 20 Tony Torcato 21 Carlos Valderrama Other batters  7 Marvin Benard Manager 23 Felipe Alou Coaches 26 Mark Gardner (bullpen) 15 Gene Glynn (third base) 18 Joe Lefebvre (hitting) 55 Luis Pujols (first base) 19 Dave Righetti (pitching) 10 Ron Wotus (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 Benito Santiago 108 401 112 .279 11 56 1B J.T. Snow 103 330 90 .273 8 51 2B Ray Durham 110 410 117 .285 8 33 SS Rich Aurilia 129 505 140 .277 13 58 3B Edgardo Alfonzo 142 514 133 .259 13 81 LF Barry Bonds 130 390 133 .341 45 90 CF Marquis Grissom 149 587 176 .300 20 79 RF José Cruz Jr. 158 539 135 .250 20 68 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 Pérez 120 328 84 .256 1 31 Andrés Galarraga 110 272 82 .301 12 42 Pedro Feliz 95 235 58 .247 16 48 Yorvit Torrealba 66 200 52 .260 4 29 Jeffrey Hammonds 36 94 26 .277 3 10 Eric Young 26 71 14 .197 0 3 Marvin Benard 46 71 14 .197 0 4 Rubén Rivera 31 50 9 .180 2 4 Todd Linden 18 38 8 .211 1 6 Cody Ransom 20 27 6 .222 1 1 Tony Torcato 14 16 3 .188 0 1 Alberto Castillo 11 15 3 .200 1 4 Francisco Santos 8 15 3 .200 1 1 Jason Ellison 7 10 1 .100 0 0 Carlos Valderrama 7 7 1 .143 0 0 Lance Niekro 5 5 1 .200 0 2 Trey Lunsford 1 1 0 .000 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 Jason Schmidt 29 207.2 17 5 2.34 208 Kirk Rueter 27 147.0 10 5 4.53 41 Jerome Williams 21 131.0 7 5 3.30 88 Damian Moss 21 115.0 9 7 4.70 57 Jesse Foppert 23 111.0 8 9 5.03 101 Sidney Ponson 10 68.0 3 6 3.71 34 Kurt Ainsworth 11 66.0 5 4 3.82 48 Brian Powell 1 4.2 0 1 13.50 3 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 Brower 51 100.0 8 5 3.96 65 Kevin Correia 10 39.1 3 1 3.66 28 Dustin Hermanson 9 39.0 2 1 3.00 27 Ryan Jensen 6 13.1 0 0 10.80 3 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 Worrell 76 4 4 38 2.87 65 Joe Nathan 78 12 4 0 2.96 83 Scott Eyre 74 2 1 1 3.32 35 Félix Rodríguez 68 8 2 2 3.10 46 Jason Christiansen 40 0 0 0 5.19 22 Chad Zerbe 33 1 1 0 4.71 17 Matt Herges 27 1 0 0 2.31 28 Noah Lowry 4 0 0 0 0.00 5 Manny Aybar 3 0 0 0 6.00 2 2003 National League Division Series 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 Barry Bonds, National League Most Valuable Player Marquis Grissom CF, Willie Mac Award All-Star Game Barry Bonds Jason Schmidt Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 HunterJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. 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