2003 Cleveland Indians season

March 2026 November 2013 Cleveland Indians 2003 American League Central Jacobs Field Cleveland, Ohio 68–94 (.420) 4th Larry Dolan Mark Shapiro Eric Wedge FSN Ohio John Sanders, Mike Hegan, Rick Manning WTAM Tom Hamilton, Matt Underwood, Mike Hegan The 2003 Cleveland Indians season was the 103rd season for the franchise. The team finished fourth in the American League Central behind the Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals. Offseason December 6, 2002: Travis Hafner was traded by the Texas Rangers with Aaron Myette to the Cleveland Indians for Einar Díaz and Ryan Drese.https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hafnetr01.shtml Travis Hafner Stats December 19, 2002: Jason Bere was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bereja01.shtml Jason Bere Stats December 23, 2002: AJ Hinch was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hincha.01.shtml AJ Hinch Stats January 14, 2003: Shane Spencer signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.Shane Spencer Statistics Baseball-Reference.com March 29, 2003: AJ Hinch was purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Cleveland Indians. Regular season Season standings Cleveland Indians Record vs. opponents CLE Notable transactions June 3, 2003: Kevin Kouzmanoff was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 6th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 2003. July 18, 2003: Shane Spencer was traded by the Cleveland Indians with Ricardo Rodríguez to the Texas Rangers for Ryan Ludwick. Roster 2003 Cleveland Indians Roster Pitchers 31 Brian Anderson 55 Danys Báez 46 Jason Bere 63 Rafael Betancourt 36 Nick Bierbrodt 57 Jason Boyd 47 David Cortés 27 Jack Cressend 50 Jason Davis 49 Chad Durbin 49 Dave Elder 59 Alex Herrera 34 Cliff Lee 47 David Lee 34 Dan Miceli 45 Terry Mulholland 38 Aaron Myette 16 Chad Paronto 59 Jason Phillips 51 Jerrod Riggan 54 David Riske 56 Ricardo Rodríguez 52 CC Sabathia 53 Carl Sadler 48 José Santiago 61 Jason Stanford 30 Brian Tallet 40 Billy Traber 37 Jake Westbrook Catchers 44 Josh Bard 15 Tim Laker 20 Víctor Martínez Infielders  1 Casey Blake 28 Ben Broussard 12 Ricky Gutiérrez 32 Travis Hafner 62 Greg LaRocca  8 John McDonald 60 Jhonny Peralta  7 Brandon Phillips 56 Ángel Santos 36 Bill Selby  2 Zach Sorensen 13 Omar Vizquel Outfielders 24 Milton Bradley 23 Ellis Burks 10 Coco Crisp  6 Alex Escobar 20 Karim García  9 Jody Gerut 11 Matt Lawton 38 Ryan Ludwick 30 Chris Magruder 47 Shane SpencerManager 22 Eric Wedge Coaches 25 Buddy Bell (bench) 57 Carl Willis (pitching) 29 Jeff Datz (first base)  4 Luis Isaac (bullpen) 33 Eddie Murray (hitting) 35 Joel Skinner (third base) Game log background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023456 5px solid; border-bottom:#d81c3f 5px solid; 2003 Game Log: 68–94 (Home: 38–43; Away: 30–51) y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023456 2px solid; border-bottom:#d81c3f 2px solid; March: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || March 31 || @ Orioles || 5–6 (13) || Ryan (1–0) || Westbrook (0–1) || — || Oriole Park at Camden Yards || 46,257 || 0–1 || L1 y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023456 2px solid; border-bottom:#d81c3f 2px solid; April: 7–19 (Home: 3–9; Away: 4–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || April 2 || @ Orioles || 4–2 || Rodríguez (1–0) || Daal (0–1) || Báez (1) || Oriole Park at Camden Yards || 27,658 || 1–1 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || April 3 || @ Orioles || 3–0 || Anderson (1–0) || Helling (0–1) || Báez (2) || Oriole Park at Camden Yards || 18,470 || 2–1 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || April 4 || @ Royals || 1–5 || George (1–0) || Davis (0–1) || — || Kauffman Stadium || 15,241 || 2–2 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || April 5 || @ Royals || 1–3 || Hernandez (2–0) || Sabathia (0–1) || MacDougal (3) || Kauffman Stadium || 19,912 || 2–3 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | – || April 6 || @ Royals || colspan=8 | Postponed (rain, makeup June 30) |- bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | – || April 7 || White Sox || colspan=8 | Postponed (snow, makeup April 8) |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 6 || April 8 || White Sox || 3–5 (10) || Koch (1–0) || Paronto (0–1) || — || Jacobs Field || 42,301 || 2–4 || L3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 7 || April 9 || White Sox || 5–2 || Anderson (2–0) || Garland (0–1) || Báez (3) || Jacobs Field || 14,841 || 3–4 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 8 || April 10 || White Sox || 2–7 || Buehrle (2–1) || Davis (0–2) || — || Jacobs Field || 15,916 || 3–5 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 9 || April 11 || Royals || 0–1 || Hernandez (3–0) || Westbrook (0–2) || MacDougal (6) || Jacobs Field || 17,931 || 3–6 || L2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 10 || April 12 || Royals || 2–5 || George (2–0) || Sabathia (0–2) || Carrasco (1) || Jacobs Field || 18,168 || 3–7 || L3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 11 || April 13 || Royals || 6–1 || Rodríguez (2–0) || May (0–1) || — || Jacobs Field || 19,335 || 4–7 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 12 || April 14 || Royals || 4–12 || Affeldt (2–0) || Anderson (2–1) || — || Jacobs Field || 15,875 || 4–8 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 13 || April 15 || Orioles || 8–3 || Davis (1–2) || Daal (0–2) || — || Jacobs Field || 17,015 || 5–8 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 14 || April 16 || Orioles || 3–4 || Groom (1–0) || Báez (0–1) || Julio (2) || Jacobs Field || 15,674 || 5–9 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 15 || April 17 || Orioles || 4–6 (12) || Roberts (1–1) || Paronto (0–2) || Julio (3) || Jacobs Field || 17,368 || 5–10 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || April 18 || @ White Sox || 3–5 || Colon (2–0) || Traber (0–1) || — || U.S. Cellular Field || 13,015 || 5–11 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || April 19 || @ White Sox || 3–12 || Stewart (1–1) || Anderson (2–2) || — || U.S. Cellular Field || 18,907 || 5–12 || L4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || April 20 || @ White Sox || 7–4 || Davis (2–2) || Buehrle (2–2) || — || U.S. Cellular Field || 14,975 || 6–12 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || April 21 || @ White Sox || 9–2 || Westbrook (1–2) || Garland (0–2) || — || U.S. Cellular Field || 15,424 || 7–12 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || April 22 || @ Mariners || 5–8 || Carrara (1–0) || Báez (0–2) || — || Safeco Field || 25,231 || 7–13 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || April 23 || @ Mariners || 0–4 || Meche (2–1) || Rodríguez (2–1) || — || Safeco Field || 26,036 || 7–14 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || April 24 || @ Mariners || 2–4 || Moyer (3–1) || Traber (0–2) || Nelson (1) || Safeco Field || 26,263 || 7–15 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || April 25 || @ Athletics || 2–5 || Lilly (2–0) || Davis (2–3) || Foulke (5) || Network Associates Coliseum || 11,178 || 7–16 || L4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 24 || April 26 || @ Athletics || 3–6 || Bradford (2–2) || Mulholland (0–1) || Foulke (6) || Network Associates Coliseum || 36,346 || 7–17 || L5 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || April 27 || @ Athletics || 3–4 || Rincon (2–1) || Báez (0–3) || — || Network Associates Coliseum || 26,414 || 7–16 || L6 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 26 || April 29 || Angels || 1–10 || Ortiz (4–2) || Rodríguez (2–2) || — || Jacobs Field || 16,667 || 7–19 || L7 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 27 || April 30 || Angels || 2–6 || Washburn (2–3) || Anderson (2–3) || — || Jacobs Field || 15,761 || 7–20 || L8 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023456 2px solid; border-bottom:#d81c3f 2px solid; May: 14–12 (Home: 9–5; Away: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |- bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | – || May 1 || Angels || colspan=8 | Postponed (rain, makeup August 9) |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 28 || May 2 || Rangers || 6–5 || Elder (1–0) || Cordero (1–3) || Báez (4) || Jacobs Field || 19,823 || 8–20 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 29 || May 3 || Rangers || 5–6 || Powell (1–0) || Santiago (0–1) || Urbina (9) || Jacobs Field || 23,030 || 8–21 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 30 || May 4 || Rangers || 3–1 || Sabathia (1–2) || Thomson (2–3) || Báez (5) || Jacobs Field || 20,866 || 9–21 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 31 || May 6 || @ Angels || 1–6 || Washburn (3–3) || Rodríguez (2–3) || — || Edison International Field of Anaheim || 25,043 || 9–22 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 32 || May 7 || @ Angels || 5–6 || Shields (2–1) || Elder (1–1) || Percival (4) || Edison International Field of Anaheim || 24,063 || 9–23 || L2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 33 || May 8 || @ Angels || 1–7 || Appier (2–2) || Davis (2–4) || — || Edison International Field of Anaheim || 27,957 || 9–24 || L3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || May 9 || @ Rangers || 9–5 || Westbrook (2–2) || Thomson (2–4) || — || The Ballpark in Arlington || 25,106 || 10–24 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 35 || May 10 || @ Rangers || 6–4 || Sabathia (2–2) || Benes (0–1) || Báez (6) || The Ballpark in Arlington || 43,484 || 11–24 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 36 || May 11 || @ Rangers || 10–17 || Benoit (1–0) || Rodríguez (2–4) || — || The Ballpark in Arlington || 23,407 || 11–25 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 37 || May 13 || Mariners || 3–8 || Pineiro (3–3) || Anderson (2–4) || — || Jacobs Field || 16,721 || 11–26 || L2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || May 14 || Mariners || 7–2 || Davis (3–4) || Garcia (3–5) || — || Jacobs Field || 17,324 || 12–26 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 39 || May 15 || Mariners || 1–9 || Carrara (2–0) || Westbrook (2–3) || — || Jacobs Field || 17,889 || 12–27 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 40 || May 16 || Athletics || 3–2 || Traber (1–2) || Mulder (6–2) || Báez (7) || Jacobs Field || 22,357 || 13–27 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 41 || May 17 || Athletics || 4–2 || Mulholland (1–1) || Rincon (2–3) || Báez (8) || Jacobs Field || 23,958 || 14–27 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 42 || May 18 || Athletics || 5–8 || Foulke (2–0) || Báez (0–4) || — || Jacobs Field || 25,421 || 14–28 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 43 || May 19 || Tigers || 10–9 || Traber (2–2) || Walker (1–1) || Riske (1) || Jacobs Field || 16,492 || 15–28 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 44 || May 20 || Tigers || 6–4 || Riske (1–0) || Roney (0–1) || — || Jacobs Field || 15,499 || 16–28 || W2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 45 || May 21 || Tigers || 4–0 || Sabathia (3–2) || Bonderman (2–7) || — || Jacobs Field || 16,534 || 17–28 || W3 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 46 || May 22 || Tigers || 2–3 (11) || German (2–2) || Phillips (0–1) || Sparks (2) || Jacobs Field || 18,347 || 17–29 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 47 || May 23 || @ Red Sox || 2–9 || Lowe (4–3) || Rodríguez (2–5) || — || Fenway Park || 32,673 || 17–30 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 48 || May 24 || @ Red Sox || 3–12 || Burkett (3–2) || Anderson (2–5) || — || Fenway Park || 32,643 || 17–31 || L3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49 || May 25 || @ Red Sox || 6–4 || Davis (4–4) || Fossum (4–3) || Báez (9) || Fenway Park || 34,318 || 18–31 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 50 || May 26 || @ Tigers || 5–6 || Avery (2–0) || Boyd (0–1) || German (2) || Comerica Park || 17,619 || 18–32 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 51 || May 27 || @ Tigers || 5–2 || Miceli (1–2) || Walker (1–2) || Báez (10) || Comerica Park || 10,844 || 19–32 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 52 || May 28 || @ Tigers || 8–2 || Rodríguez (3–5) || Maroth (1–10) || — || Comerica Park || 17,388 || 20–32 || W2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 53 || May 30 || White Sox || 7–3 || Sabathia (4–2) || Wright (0–3) || — || Jacobs Field || 24,666 || 21–32 || W3 |- bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | – || May 31 || White Sox || colspan=8 | Postponed (rain, makeup July 12) |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023456 2px solid; border-bottom:#d81c3f 2px solid; June: 13–15 (Home: 6–8; Away: 7–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 54 || June 1 || White Sox || 5–4 (10) || Boyd (1–1) || Koch (1–2) || — || Jacobs Field || 22,681 || 22–32 || W4 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 55 || June 2 || White Sox || 5–2 || Anderson (3–5) || Colon (5–5) || Báez (11) || Jacobs Field || 20,892 || 23–32 || W5 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 56 || June 3 || @ Rockies || 3–7 || Elarton (2–1) || Rodríguez (3–6) || — || Coors Field || 22,326 || 23–33 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 56 || June 4 || @ Rockies || 1–2 || Oliver (3–4) || Traber (2–3) || Jimenez (13) || Coors Field || 22,222 || 23–34 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 56 || June 5 || @ Rockies || 4–7 || Jennings (4–5) || Sabathia (4–3) || Jimenez (14) || Coors Field || 25,221 || 23–35 || L3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 59 || June 6 || @ Diamondbacks || 6–3 || Davis (5–4) || González (1–1) || Báez (12) || Bank One Ballpark || 32,430 || 24–35 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 60 || June 7 || @ Diamondbacks || 3–5 || Randolph (1–0) || Anderson (3–6) || Valverde (2) || Bank One Ballpark || 36,619 || 24–36 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 61 || June 8 || @ Diamondbacks || 3–13 || Webb (3–1) || Rodríguez (3–7) || — || Bank One Ballpark || 42,956 || 24–37 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 62 || June 10 || Padres || 8–5 || Westbrook (3–3) || Tollberg (0–2) || Báez (13) || Jacobs Field || 19,949 || 25–37 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 63 || June 11 || Padres || 3–2 || Sabathia (5–3) || Eaton (2–5) || Báez (14) || Jacobs Field || 17,427 || 26–37 || W2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 64 || June 12 || Padres || 4–9 || Peavy (5–5) || Davis (5–5) || — || Jacobs Field || 17,983 || 26–38 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 65 || June 13 || Dodgers || 3–4 (10) || Quantrill (1–2) || Westbrook (3–4) || Gagne (25) || Jacobs Field || 23,401 || 26–39 || L2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 66 || June 14 || Dodgers || 2–5 || Ashby (1–4) || Tallet (0–1) || Alvarez (1) || Jacobs Field || 25,426 || 26–40 || L3 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 67 || June 15 || Dodgers || 3–4 || Nomo (7–6) || Traber (2–4) || Gagne (26) || Jacobs Field || 26,786 || 26–41 || L4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 68 || June 17 || @ Tigers || 7–4 || Sabathia (6–3) || Bernero (1–9) || Báez (15) || Comerica Park || 13,908 || 27–41 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 69 || June 18 || @ Tigers || 4–1 || Davis (6–5) || Bonderman (2–10) || — || Comerica Park || 16,278 || 28–41 || W2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 70 || June 19 || @ Tigers || 10–3 || Anderson (4–6) || Cornejo (3–5) || — || Comerica Park || 19,098 || 29–41 || W3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 71 || June 20 || @ Pirates || 4–5 (15) || Torres (5–2) || Báez (0–5) || — || PNC Park || 26,305 || 29–42 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 72 || June 21 || @ Pirates || 6–7 (15) || Sauerbeck (2–4) || Miceli (1–3) || — || PNC Park || 36,856 || 29–43 || L2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 73 || June 22 || @ Pirates || 8–5 || Sabathia (7–3) || Vogelsong (0–1) || Báez (16) || PNC Park || 37,803 || 30–43 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 74 || June 24 || Royals || 1–3 || George (9–4) || Davis (6–6) || MacDougal (17) || Jacobs Field || 19,638 || 30–44 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 75 || June 25 || Royals || 1–3 (10) || Gilfillan (2–0) || Riske (1–1) || MacDougal (18) || Jacobs Field || 18,527 || 30–45 || L2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 76 || June 26 || Royals || 1–4 || Lima (2–0) || Rodríguez (3–8) || MacDougal (19) || Jacobs Field || 17,494 || 30–46 || L3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 77 || June 27 || Reds || 3–0 || Traber (3–4) || Graves (3–7) || Báez (17) || Jacobs Field || 29,233 || 31–46 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 78 || June 28 || Reds || 4–5 || Reitsma (7–2) || Báez (0–6) || Williamson (18) || Jacobs Field || 31,924 || 31–47 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 79 || June 29 || Reds || 3–1 || Davis (7–6) || Haynes (1–7) || Báez (18) || Jacobs Field || 28,433 || 32–47 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 80 || June 30 (1) || @ Royals || 10–5 || Lee (1–0) || Voyles (0–1) || — || Kauffman Stadium || N/A || 33–47 || W2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 81 || June 30 (2) || @ Royals || 8–5 || Anderson (5–6) || Walrond (0–2) || Báez (19) || Kauffman Stadium || 14,645 || 34–47 || W3 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023456 2px solid; border-bottom:#d81c3f 2px solid; July: 11–16 (Home: 7–5; Away: 4–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 82 || July 1 || @ Royals || 3–6 || Lima (3–0) || Rodríguez (3–9) || MacDougal (21) || Kauffman Stadium || 12,831 || 34–48 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 83 || July 2 || @ Royals || 2–8 || May (2–4) || Traber (3–5) || — || Kauffman Stadium || 12,918 || 34–49 || L2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 84 || July 3 || @ Twins || 4–1 || Sabathia (8–3) || Rogers (7–4) || — || Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome || 15,064 || 35–49 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 85 || July 4 || @ Twins || 2–9 || Reed (4–8) || Davis (7–7) || — || Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome || 21,328 || 35–50 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 86 || July 5 || @ Twins || 13–2 || Anderson (6–6) || Mays (8–6) || — || Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome || 20,273 || 36–50 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 87 || July 6 || @ Twins || 5–3 (10) || Riske (2–1) || Guardado (1–4) || Báez (20) || Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome || 20,549 || 37–50 || W2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 88 || July 8 || Yankees || 4–0 || Traber (4–5) || Weaver (4–7) || — || Jacobs Field || 26,540 || 38–50 || W3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 89 || July 9 || Yankees || 2–6 || Wells (11–3) || Sabathia (8–4) || — || Jacobs Field || 25,058 || 38–51 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 90 || July 10 || Yankees || 3–2 (10) || Boyd (2–1) || Hitchcock (0–2) || — || Jacobs Field || 30,167 || 39–51 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 91 || July 11 || White Sox || 12–5 || Anderson (7–6) || Wright (0–4) || — || Jacobs Field || 27,712 || 40–51 || W2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 92 || July 12 (1) || White Sox || 4–7 (10) || Marte (3–1) || Mulholland (1–2) || Gordon (2) || Jacobs Field || 24,163 || 40–52 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 93 || July 12 (2) || White Sox || 4–2 || Westbrook (4–4) || Porzio (0–1) || Báez (21) || Jacobs Field || 27,165 || 41–52 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 94 || July 13 || White Sox || 4–7 || Marte (4–1) || Betancourt (0–1) || Gordon (3) || Jacobs Field || 26,467 || 41–53 || L1 |- bgcolor=#bbcaff | – || July 15 || 74nd All-Star Game || colspan=8 | National League vs. American League (U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago, Illinois) |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 95 || July 17 || @ Yankees || 4–5 || Rivera (4–0) || Riske (2–2) || — || Yankee Stadium || 46,401 || 41–54 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 96 || July 18 || @ Yankees || 4–10 || Clemens (9–6) || Anderson (7–7) || — || Yankee Stadium || 47,341 || 41–55 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 97 || July 19 || @ Yankees || 4–7 || Wells (12–3) || Sabathia (8–5) || Rivera (17) || Yankee Stadium || 54,981 || 41–56 || L4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 98 || July 20 || @ Yankees || 4–7 || Mussina (11–6) || Westbrook (4–5) || Rivera (18) || Yankee Stadium || 51,891 || 41–57 || L5 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 99 || July 21 || @ White Sox || 3–4 || Porzio (1–1) || Tallet (0–2) || Gordon (5) || U.S. Cellular Field || 31,776 || 41–58 || L6 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 100 || July 22 || @ White Sox || 2–5 || Colon (7–9) || Davis (7–8) || Marte (6) || U.S. Cellular Field || 20,667 || 41–59 || L7 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 101 || July 23 || Tigers || 4–1 || Anderson (8–7) || Roney (1–5) || Báez (22) || Jacobs Field || 21,202 || 42–59 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 102 || July 24 || Tigers || 4–7 || Cornejo (5–8) || Sabathia (8–6) || Mears (5) || Jacobs Field || 20,857 || 42–60 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 103 || July 25 || Twins || 5–6 || Hawkins (8–2) || Báez (0–7) || Guardado (24) || Jacobs Field || 23,444 || 42–61 || L2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 104 || July 26 || Twins || 9–2 || Traber (5–5) || Lohse (6–9) || — || Jacobs Field || 25,077 || 43–61 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 105 || July 27 || Twins || 3–2 (14) || Betancourt (1–1) || Rincon (2–4) || — || Jacobs Field || 24,318 || 44–61 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 106 || July 29 || @ Athletics || 2–6 || Mulder (14–7) || Anderson (8–8) || Foulke (27) || Network Associates Coliseum || 19,260 || 44–62 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 107 || July 30 || @ Athletics || 4–2 || Sabathia (9–6) || Lilly (6–9) || Báez (23) || Network Associates Coliseum || 29,792 || 45–62 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 108 || July 31 || @ Athletics || 1–3 || Harden (2–0) || Westbrook (4–6) || Foulke (28) || Network Associates Coliseum || 25,011 || 45–63 || L1 y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023456 2px solid; border-bottom:#d81c3f 2px solid; August: 16–13 (Home: 10–9; Away: 6–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 109 || August 1 || @ Rangers || 3–10 || Thomson (9–10) || Traber (5–6) || — || The Ballpark in Arlington || 24,143 || 45–64 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 110 || August 2 || @ Rangers || 7–9 || Ramirez (3–0) || Stanford (0–1) || Cordero (4) || The Ballpark in Arlington || 49,290 || 45–65 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 111 || August 3 || @ Rangers || 5–8 || Dickey (5–5) || Anderson (8–9) || Cordero (5) || The Ballpark in Arlington || 19,133 || 45–66 || L4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 112 || August 5 || Mariners || 1–2 || Moyer (15–5) || Sabathia (9–7) || Hasegawa (8) || Jacobs Field || 22,300 || 45–67 || L5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 113 || August 6 || Mariners || 10–6 || Westbrook (5–6) || Pineiro (13–6) || — || Jacobs Field || 23,282 || 46–67 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 114 || August 7 || Mariners || 3–0 || Traber (6–6) || Garcia (9–12) || Báez (24) || Jacobs Field || 21,141 || 47–67 || W2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 115 || August 8 || Angels || 2–5 || Washburn (9–11) || Davis (7–9) || — || Jacobs Field || 26,175 || 47–68 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 116 || August 9 (1) || Angels || 3–2 (13) || Cressend (1–0) || Weber (2–1) || — || Jacobs Field || 26,391 || 48–68 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 117 || August 9 (2) || Angels || 3–2 || Boyd (3–1) || Shields (2–3) || Báez (25) || Jacobs Field || 20,116 || 49–68 || W2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 118 || August 10 || Angels || 3–1 || Sabathia (10–7) || Lackey (7–11) || Betancourt (1) || Jacobs Field || 23,576 || 50–68 || W3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 119 || August 11 || @ Twins || 3–5 || Lohse (9–9) || Westbrook (5–7) || Hawkins (1) || Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome || 23,291 || 50–69 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 120 || August 12 || @ Twins || 9–6 || Betancourt (2–1) || Baldwin (0–1) || — || Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome || 25,834 || 51–69 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 121 || August 13 || @ Twins || 5–0 (14) || Mulholland (2–2) || Rincon (3–5) || — || Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome || 30,082 || 52–69 || W2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 122 || August 14 || @ Twins || 8–3 || Anderson (9–9) || Radke (8–10) || — || Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome || 24,273 || 53–69 || W3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 123 || August 15 || Devil Rays || 1–0 || Sabathia (11–7) || Harper (2–7) || — || Jacobs Field || 19,679 || 54–69 || W4 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 124 || August 16 || Devil Rays || 3–5 || Malaska (2–1) || Lee (1–1) || Carter (21) || Jacobs Field || 23,397 || 54–70 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 125 || August 17 || Devil Rays || 5–4 (12) || Mulholland (3–2) || Colome (3–6) || — || Jacobs Field || 21,097 || 55–70 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 126 || August 18 || Devil Rays || 4–7 (13) || Carter (7–3) || Mulholland (3–3) || — || Jacobs Field || 18,685 || 55–71 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 127 || August 19 || Twins || 2–8 || Santana (7–3) || Davis (7–10) || — || Jacobs Field || 21,239 || 55–72 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 128 || August 20 || Twins || 3–4 || Radke (9–10) || Anderson (9–10) || Guardado (28) || Jacobs Field || 20,197 || 55–73 || L3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 129 || August 22 || @ Devil Rays || 8–3 || Lee (2–1) || Kennedy (3–10) || — || Tropicana Field || 11,979 || 56–73 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 130 || August 23 || @ Devil Rays || 7–5 || Sabathia (12–7) || Backe (1–1) || Riske (2) || Tropicana Field || 18,805 || 57–73 || W2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 131 || August 24 || @ Devil Rays || 7–5 || Westbrook (6–7) || Gonzalez (6–6) || Riske (3) || Tropicana Field || 14,507 || 58–73 || W3 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 132 || August 26 || Tigers || 4–5 || Cornejo (6–13) || Traber (6–7) || Walker (3) || Jacobs Field || 16,972 || 58–74 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 133 || August 27 || Tigers || 9–7 || Cressend (2–0) || Spurling (1–3) || Riske (4) || Jacobs Field || 16,457 || 59–74 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 134 || August 28 || Tigers || 8–3 || Lee (3–1) || Bonderman (6–18) || — || Jacobs Field || 16,282 || 60–74 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 135 || August 29 || Blue Jays || 3–7 || Escobar (10–8) || Sabathia (12–8) || — || Jacobs Field || 21,008 || 60–75 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 136 || August 30 || Blue Jays || 3–9 || Lidle (12–11) || Westbrook (6–8) || Towers (1) || Jacobs Field || 21,806 || 60–76 || L2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 137 || August 31 || Blue Jays || 5–4 || Báez (1–7) || Kershner (0–3) || — || Jacobs Field || 20,866 || 61–76 || W1 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023456 2px solid; border-bottom:#d81c3f 2px solid; September: 7–18 (Home: 3–7; Away: 4–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 138 || September 1 || @ Tigers || 7–4 || Santiago (1–1) || Walker (3–3) || Riske (5) || Comerica Park || 10,986 || 62–76 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 139 || September 2 || @ Tigers || 6–8 || Schmack (1–0) || Durbin (0–1) || Rodney (1) || Comerica Park || 9,318 || 62–77 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 140 || September 3 || @ Tigers || 5–6 (11) || Walker (4–3) || Santiago (1–2) || — || Comerica Park || 10,234 || 62–78 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 141 || September 4 || @ Tigers || 1–2 || Knotts (3–5) || Westbrook (6–9) || Patterson (3) || Comerica Park || 11,371 || 62–79 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 142 || September 5 || @ White Sox || 3–5 || Garland (11–10) || Traber (6–8) || Gordon (9) || U.S. Cellular Field || 27,196 || 62–80 || L4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 143 || September 6 || @ White Sox || 5–8 || Loaiza (19–6) || Cressend (2–1) || Gordon (10) || U.S. Cellular Field || 24,796 || 62–81 || L5 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 144 || September 7 || @ White Sox || 3–7 || Schoeneweis (3–2) || Báez (1–8) || — || U.S. Cellular Field || 19,999 || 62–82 || L6 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 145 || September 9 || @ Royals || 7–1 || Davis (8–10) || Gobble (3–4) || — || Kauffman Stadium || 12,389 || 63–82 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 146 || September 10 || @ Royals || 7–9 || Wilson (6–3) || Santiago (1–3) || Affeldt (4) || Kauffman Stadium || 21,581 || 63–83 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 147 || September 11 || @ Royals || 6–5 || Báez (2–8) || Grimsley (2–6) || Riske (6) || Kauffman Stadium || 13,188 || 64–83 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 148 || September 12 || Twins || 4–3 || Sabathia (13–8) || Rogers (11–8) || Riske (7) || Jacobs Field || 20,679 || 65–83 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 149 || September 13 || Twins || 0–2 || Lohse (13–11) || Stanford (0–2) || Guardado (35) || Jacobs Field || 20,440 || 65–84 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 150 || September 14 || Twins || 3–5 || Rincon (5–6) || Báez (2–9) || Guardado (36) || Jacobs Field || 19,452 || 65–85 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 151 || September 15 || Twins || 6–13 || Santana (11–3) || Davis (8–11) || — || Jacobs Field || 16,967 || 65–86 || L3 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 152 || September 16 || Royals || 8–12 || May (9–7) || Traber (6–9) || — || Jacobs Field || 16,145 || 65–87 || L4 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 153 || September 17 || Royals || 9–1 || Westbrook (7–9) || Abbott (1–2) || — || Jacobs Field || 16,363 || 66–87 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 154 || September 18 || Royals || 2–3 || Lima (8–1) || Sabathia (13–9) || Leskanic (2) || Jacobs Field || 17,275 || 66–88 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 155 || September 19 || Red Sox || 0–2 || Burkett (11–8) || Stanford (0–3) || Embree (1) || Jacobs Field || 20,374 || 66–89 || L2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 156 || September 20 || Red Sox || 13–4 || Lee (1–0) || Lowe (16–7) || — || Jacobs Field || 23,242 || 67–89 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 157 || September 21 || Red Sox || 0–2 || Martinez (14–4) || Lee (3–2) || Kim (15) || Jacobs Field || 27,655 || 67–90 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 158 || September 23 || @ Twins || 1–4 || Rogers (13–8) || Westbrook (7–10) || Guardado (40) || Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome || 33,650 || 67–91 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 159 || September 24 || @ Twins || 2–3 || Orosco (2–1) || Betancourt (2–2) || Guardado (41) || Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome || 32,986 || 67–92 || L3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 160 || September 26 || @ Blue Jays || 2–1 || Stanford (1–3) || Lidle (12–15) || Riske (8) || SkyDome || 13,861 || 68–92 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 161 || September 27 || @ Blue Jays || 4–5 || Halladay (22–7) || Mulholland (3–4) || — || SkyDome || 21,504 || 68–93 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 162 || September 28 || @ Blue Jays || 2–6 || Towers (8–1) || Lee (3–3) || — || SkyDome || 22,014 || 68–94 || L2 |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:      #cfc darkgray = Win      #fbb darkgray = Loss      #bbb darkgray = PostponementBold = Indians team member Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Pos Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB C Josh Bard 91 303 25 74 13 1 8 36 .244 0 1B Ben Broussard 116 386 53 96 21 3 16 55 .249 5 2B Brandon Phillips 112 370 36 77 18 1 6 33 .208 4 3B Casey Blake 152 557 80 143 35 0 17 67 .257 7 SS Jhonny Peralta 77 242 24 55 10 1 4 21 .227 1 LF Matt Lawton 99 374 57 93 19 0 15 53 .249 10 CF Milton Bradley 101 377 61 121 34 2 10 56 .321 17 RF Jody Gerut 127 480 66 134 33 2 22 75 .279 4 DH Ellis Burks 55 198 27 52 11 1 6 28 .263 1 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB Coco Crisp 99 414 55 110 15 6 3 27 .266 15 Alex Escobar 28 99 16 27 2 0 5 14 .273 1 Karim García 24 93 8 18 1 0 5 14 .194 0 Ricky Gutiérrez 16 50 2 13 3 0 0 3 .260 0 Travis Hafner 91 291 35 74 19 3 14 40 .254 2 Greg LaRocca 5 9 3 3 1 0 0 0 .333 0 Tim Laker 52 162 17 39 11 0 3 21 .241 2 Ryan Ludwick 39 136 14 36 7 1 7 26 .265 2 Chris Magruder 9 26 3 9 2 1 1 3 .346 0 Víctor Martínez 49 159 15 46 4 0 1 16 .289 1 John McDonald 82 214 21 46 9 1 1 14 .215 3 Ángel Santos 32 76 9 17 3 1 3 6 .224 1 Bill Selby 27 39 3 4 1 0 0 5 .103 0 Zach Sorensen 36 37 2 5 1 0 1 2 .135 0 Shane Spencer 64 210 23 57 10 0 8 26 .271 2 Omar Vizquel 64 250 43 61 13 2 2 19 .244 8 Note: Pitchers' hitting stats are not included above. Pitching Starting pitchers Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB K CC Sabathia 13 9 3.60 30 30 197.2 190 8579 66 141 Jason Davis 8 11 4.68 27 27 165.1 17210186 47 85 Brian Anderson 9 10 3.71 25 24 148.0 1628861 32 72 Ricardo Rodríguez 3 9 5.73 15 15 81.2 895752 28 41 Cliff Lee 3 3 3.61 9 9 52.1 41 2821 20 44 Jason Bere 0 0 4.05 2 2 6.2 5 33 2 1 Other pitchers Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K Jake Westbrook 7 10 4.33 34 22 0 133.0 142 7064 56 58 Billy Traber 6 9 5.24 33 18 0 111.2 132 6765 40 88 Jason Stanford 1 3 3.60 13 8 0 50.0 48 2020 16 30 Brian Tallet 0 2 4.74 5 3 0 19.0 23 1410 8 9 Chad Durbin 0 1 7.27 3 1 0 8.2 18 127 3 8 Relief pitchers Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G SV IP H R ER BB K Danys Báez 2 9 3.81 73 25 75.2 65 3632 23 66 David Riske 2 2 2.29 68 8 74.2 52 2119 20 82 Jason Boyd 3 1 4.30 44 0 52.1 38 2525 26 31 Terry Mulholland 3 4 4.91 45 0 99.0 1176054 37 42 Rafael Betancourt 2 2 2.13 33 1 38.0 27 119 13 36 Jack Cressend 2 1 2.51 33 0 43.0 40 1212 9 28 José Santiago 1 3 2.84 25 0 31.2 37 1110 14 15 Dan Miceli 1 1 1.20 13 0 15.0 9 42 6 19 Carl Sadler 0 0 1.86 18 0 9.2 11 22 5 10 Nick Bierbrodt 0 0 6.75 5 0 8.0 5 66 4 9 David Lee 1 0 4.70 8 0 7.2 4 44 6 7 Alex Herrera 0 0 9.00 10 0 7.0 7 77 8 6 Chad Paronto 0 2 9.45 6 0 6.2 7 87 3 6 Jason Phillips 0 1 9.00 3 0 5.0 9 55 2 2 Jerrod Riggan 0 0 9.00 2 0 4.0 7 44 1 2 David Cortés 0 0 12.00 2 0 3.0 8 54 0 1 Aaron Myette 0 0 23.62 2 0 2.2 7 77 2 1 Dave Elder 1 1 19.29 4 0 2.1 5 55 4 3 Awards and honors All-Star Game C. C. Sabathia, pitcher, reserve Minor league affiliates Classification level Team League AAA Buffalo Bisons International League AA Akron Aeros Eastern League Advanced A Kinston Indians Carolina League A Lake County Captains South Atlantic League Short Season A Mahoning Valley Scrappers New York–Penn League Rookie Burlington Indians Appalachian League Notes References 2003 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference 2003 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac Category:Cleveland Guardians seasons Cleveland Indians season Cleve