2003 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Cardinals 2003 St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg National League Central Busch Memorial Stadium St. Louis, Missouri 85–77 (.525) 3rd William DeWitt, Jr. Walt Jocketty Tony La Russa Fox Sports Midwest(Joe Buck, Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky) KPLR(Bob Carpenter, Rick Horton) KMOX (Mike Shannon, Wayne Hagin) The 2003 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 122nd season for the St. Louis Cardinals, a Major League Baseball franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the 112th season for the Cardinals in the National League and their 38th in Busch Memorial Stadium. The Cardinals went 85–77 during the season and finished third in the National League Central, three games behind the Chicago Cubs, who won the NL Central at 88–74, and two behind the NL Central runners-up, the Houston Astros (87–75). Catcher Mike Matheny, shortstop Édgar Rentería, third baseman Scott Rolen, and outfielder Jim Edmonds won Gold Gloves this year. Offseason December 13, 2002: Chris Carpenter was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carpech01.shtml Chris Carpenter Stats Regular season Opening Day starters Jim Edmonds Eli Marrero Tino Martinez Mike Matheny Matt Morris Albert Pujols Édgar Rentería Scott Rolen Fernando Viñahttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2003&t=SLN 2003 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac Season standings National League Central St. Louis Cardinals Record vs. opponents STL Transactions May 27, 2003: Scott Seabol was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/seabosc01.shtml Scott Seabol Stats Game log background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#C41E3A 5px solid; border-bottom:#042462 5px solid; 2003 St. Louis Cardinals Game Log (85–77)https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/2003-schedule-scores.shtml 2003 St. Louis Cardinals Schedule y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#C41E3A 2px solid; border-bottom:#042462 2px solid; March: (1–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor=#cfc |1 || March 31 || Brewers || 11–9 || Springer || DeJean || Kline || 49,561 || 1–0 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#C41E3A 2px solid; border-bottom:#042462 2px solid; April: (12–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor=#cfc | 2 || April 2 || Brewers || 7–0 || W. Williams || Rusch || || 26,790 || 2–0 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 3 || April 3 || Brewers || 6–4 || Stephenson || Kinney || Kline || 26,952 || 3–0 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 4 || April 4 || Astros || 5–6 || Stone || Springer || Lidge || 32,661 || 3–1 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 5 || April 5 || Astros || 1–2 || Munro || Fassero || Wagner || 33,878 ||3–2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 6 || April 8 || @ Rockies || 15–12 || Eldred || Miceli || ||21,563 || 4–2 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 7 || April 9 || @ Rockies || 4–9 || Cruz || Tomko || || 24,110 || 4–3 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 8 || April 10 || @ Rockies || 6–7 || Lopez || Kline || Jimenez ||24,586 || 4–4 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 9 || April 11 || @ Astros || 2–3 || Dotel || Morris || || 25,185 || 4–5 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 10 || Apr 12 || @ Astros || 3–0 || W. Williams || Redding || Hermanson || 33,509 || 5–5 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 11 || April 13 || @ Astros || 11–8 || Calero || Oswalt || || 30,078 || 6–5 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 12 || April 14 || @ Brewers || 7–5 || Tomko || Ritchie || Kline || 10,684 || 7–5 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 13 || April 15 || @ Brewers || 1–6 || Sheets || Stephenson || || 12,149 || 7–6 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 14 || April 16 || @ Brewers || 15–2 || Morris || Franklin || || 12,387 || 8–6 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 15 || April 18 || D'Backs || 6–3 || W. Williams || Dessens || || 36,239 || 9–6 |- bgcolor=#fbb |16 || April 19 || D'Backs || 3–4 || Kim || Simontacchi || Mantei || 38,742 || 9–7 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 17 || April 20 || D'Backs || 0–1 || Villarreal || Tomko || Mantei || 26,152 || 9–8 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 18 || April 22 || @ Braves || 3–5 || Ortiz || Stephenson || Smoltz || 20,969 || 9–9 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 19 || April 23 || @ Braves || 2–4 || Maddux || Morris || Smoltz || 21,338 || 9–10 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 20 || April 24 || @ Braves || 3–4 || King || Kline || || 24,184 || 9–11 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 21 || April 25 || @ Marlins || 9–2 || Tomko || Burnett || || 12,081 || 10–11 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 22 || April 26 || @ Marlins || 3–5 || Beckett || Kline || Looper || 12,286 || 10–12 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 23 || April 27 || @ Marlins || 7–6 || Kline || Pavano || || 10,075 || 11–12 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 24 || April 29 || Mets || 13–3 || Morris || Leiter || || 30,275 || 12–12 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 25 || April 30 || Mets || 13–4 || W. Williams || Astacio || || 30,265 || 13–12 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#C41E3A 2px solid; border-bottom:#042462 2px solid; May: (14–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor=#cfc | 26 || May 1 || Mets || 6–5 || Eldred || Strickland || || 35,283 || 14–12 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 27 || May 2 || Expos || 8–1 || Simontacchi || Ohka || || 41,810 || 15–12 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 28 || May 3 || Expos || 3–1 || Stephenson || Vargas || Calero || 36,176 || 16–12 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 29 || May 4 || Expos || 6–2 || Morris || Vazquez || || 39,605 || 17–12 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 30 || May 5 || @ Reds || 4–5 || Williamson || Hermanson || || 20,145 || 17–13 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 31 || May 6 || @ Reds || 5–6 || Reitsma || Calero || || 25,917 || 17–14 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 32 || May 7 || @ Reds || 2–4 || Graves || Simontacchi || Williamson || 20,849 || 17–15 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 33 || May 8 || @ Reds || 6–8 || Sullivan || Crudale || Williamson || 30,567 || 17–16 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 34 || May 9 || @ Cubs || 6–3 || Morris || Zambrano || Fassero || 38,531 || 18–16 |- bgcolor=#fbb || 35 || May 10 || @ Cubs || 2–3 || Remlinger || Eldred || || 38,106 || 18–17 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 36 || May 13 || Reds || 2–7 || Wilson || Simontacchi || || 34,276 || 18–18 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 37 || May 14 || Reds || 0–4 || Graves || Morris || || 31,731 || 18–19 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 38 || May 15 || Reds || 6–3 || Stephenson || Riedling || Eldred || 37,904 || 19–19 |- bgcolor=#cfc |39 || May 16 || Cubs || 7–4 || W. Williams || Clement || Eldred || 42,589 || 20–19 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 40 || May 17 || Cubs || 1–2 || Remlinger || Kline || Borowski || 45,385 || 20–20 |- bgcolor=#cfc |41 || May 18 || Cubs || 6–3 || Hermanson || Cruz || Eldred || 45,773 || 21–20 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 42 || May 19 || Cubs || 2–0 || Morris || Zambrano || || 46,734 || 22–20 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 43 || May 20 || @ Astros || 2–3 || Miller || Stephenson || Wagner || 23,623 || 22–21 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 44 || May 21 || @ Astros || 7–4 || W. Williams || Munro || Eldred || 22,441 || 23–21 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 45 || May 22 || @ Astros || 2–5 || Robertson || Tomko || Wagner || 23,866 || 23–22 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 46 || May 23 || @ Pirates || 10–8 || Eldred || Meadows || Fassero || 18,660 || 24–22 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 47 || May 24 || @ Pirates || 6–0 || Morris || Suppan || || 35,733 || 25–22 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 48 || May 25 || @ Pirates || 7–8 || Boehringer || Hermanson || M. Williams || 25,983 || 25–23 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 49 || May 26 || Astros || 10–5 || W. Williams || Munro || || 35,600 || 26–23 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 50 || May 27 || Astros || 4–7 || Robertson || Tomko || Wagner || 32,476 || 26–24 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 51 || May 28 || Astros || 3–1 || Simontacchi || Johnson || || 28,667 || 27–24 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 52 || May 29 || Astros || 4–7 || Saarloos || Fassero || Wagner || 41,977 || 27–25 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 53 || May 30 || Pirates || 3–7 || Suppan || Stephenson || || 30,599 || 27–26 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 54 || May 31 || Pirates || 3–4 || Wells || W. Williams || M. Williams || 43,789 || 27–27 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#C41E3A 2px solid; border-bottom:#042462 2px solid; June: (16–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor=#cfc | 55 || June 1 || Pirates || 5–4 || Kline || Beimel || Fassero || 46,103 || 28–27 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 56 || June 3 || Blue Jays || 11–5 || Morris || Escobar || ||28,907 || 29–27 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 57 || June 4 || Blue Jays || 8–5 || Simontacchi || Lidle || Eldred || 28,840 || 30–27 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 58 || June 5 || Blue Jays || 13–5 || W. Williams || Hendrickson || || 33,729 || 31–27 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 59 || June 6 || Orioles || 8–6 || Yan || Julio || Eldred || 34,817 || 32–27 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 60 || June 7 || Orioles || 1–8 || Ponson || Stephenson || || 43,369 || 32–28 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 61 || June 8 || Orioles || 11–10 || Simontacchi || Driskill || Eldred ||33,313 || 33–28 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 62 || June 10 || @ Red Sox || 9–7 || Kline || Lyon || Eldred || 34,937 || 34–28 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 63 || June 11 || @ Red Sox || 1–13 || Burkett || Tomko || || 33,453 || 34–29 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 64 || June 12 || @ Red Sox || 8–7 || Yan || Mendoza || || 34,389 || 35–29 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 65 || June 13 || @ Yankees || 2–5 || Clemens || Simontacchi || Rivera || 55,214 || 35–30 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 66 || June 14 || @ Yankees || 4–13 || Pettitte || Morris || || 55,174 || 35–31 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 67 || June 15 || @ Yankees || 2–5 || Mussina || W. Williams || Rivera || 54,797 || 35–32 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 68 || June 16 || @ Brewers || 4–9 || Leskanic || Eldred || || 24,951 || 35–33 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 69 || June 17 || @ Brewers || 12–3 || Stephenson || Kinney || || 16,659 || 36–33 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 70 || June 18 || @ Brewers || 9–1 || Simontacchi || Rusch || || 17,495 || 37–33 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 71 || June 19 || @ Brewers || 8–4 || Tomko || Quevedo || Isringhausen || 20,776 || 38–33 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 72 || June 20 || Royals || 4–10 || Lima || Morris || || 38,226 || 38–34 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 73 || June 21 || Royals || 8–1 || W. Williams || May || || 44,473 || 39–34 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 74 || June 22 || Royals || 2–5 || Affeldt || Stephenson || MacDougal || 39,962 || 39–35 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 75 || June 24 || Reds || 4–7 || Heredia || Fassero || Graves || 33,352 || 39–36 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 76 || June 25 || Reds || 9–6 || Morris || Wilson || Isringhausen || 34,863 || 40–36 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 77 || June 26 || Reds || 11–7 || W. Williams || Anderson || || 34,738 || 41–36 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 78 || June 27 || @ Royals || 3–6 || May || Stephenson || MacDougal || 40,189 || 41–37 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 79 || June 28 || @ Royals || 13–9 || Fassero || Affeldt || || 40,347 || 42–37 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 80 || June 29 || @ Royals || 13–6 || Tomko || George || || 38,270 || 43–37 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 81 || June 30 || Giants || 1–5 || Schmidt || Haren || ||33,873 || 43–38 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#C41E3A 2px solid; border-bottom:#042462 2px solid; July: (13–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor=#fbb | 82 || July 1 || Giants || 1–5 || Brower || W. Williams || || 39,894 || 43–39 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 83 || July 2 || Giants || 1–4 || J. Williams || Stephenson || Worrell || 33,835 || 43–40 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 84 || July 3 || Giants || 9–5 || Simontacchi || Rueter || || 38,129 || 44–40 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 85 || July 4 || @ Cubs || 11–8 || Tomko || Wood || ||39,756 || 45–40 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 86 || July 5 || @ Cubs || 5–6 || Remlinger || Fassero || || 38,953 || 45–41 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 87 || July 6 || @ Cubs || 4–1 || W. Williams || Prior || Isringhausen || 37,713 || 46–41 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 88 || July 7 || @ Giants || 1–5 || J. Williams || Stephenson || ||42,674 || 46–42 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 89 || July 8 || @ Giants || 3–8 || Brower || Haren || || 42,672 || 46–43 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 90 || July 9 || Dodgers || 5–6 || Ishii || Tomko || Gagné || 32,325 || 46–44 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 91 || July 10 || Dodgers || 4–9 || Perez || Morris || Quantrill || 35,610 || 46–45 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 92 || July 11 || Padres || 4–2 || W. Williams || Lawrence || Isringhausen ||33,725 || 47–45 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 93 || July 12 || Padres || 9–7 || Simontacchi || Herges || || 48,774 || 48–45 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 94 || July 13 || Padres || 3–1 || Simontacchi || Matthews || Isringhausen || 48,102 || 49–45 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 95 || July 17 || @ Dodgers || 3–6 || Nomo || Stephenson || Gagné || 40,331 || 49–46 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 96 || July 18 || @ Dodgers || 5–8 || Ishii || Eldred || Gagné || 43,504 || 49–47 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 97 || July 19 || @ Dodgers || 3–1 || Haren || Brown || Isringhausen || 41,195 || 50–47 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 98 || July 20 || @ Dodgers || 10–7 || W. Williams || Perez || Isringhausen || 46,110 || 51–47 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 99 || July 21 || @ Padres || 4–5 || Witasick || Painter || || 26,881 || 51–48 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 100 || July 22 || @ Padres || 2–3 || Pérez || Fassero || Beck || 22,291 || 51–49 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 101 || July 23 || @ Padres || 8–4 || Tomko || Lawrence || || 20,574 || 52–49 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 102 || July 25 || Pirates || 5–10|| Meadows || Eldred || || 45,296 || 52–50 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 103 || July 26 || Pirates || 13–8 || W. Williams || Fogg || Isringhausen || 44,249 || 53–50 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 104 || July 27 || Pirates || 4–3 || Eldred || Lincoln || || 34,851 || 54–50 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 105 || July 28 || Pirates || 0–3 || Suppan || Tomko || || 33,977 || 54–51 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 106 || July 29 || @ Expos || 2–1 || Stephenson || Hernandez || || 7,418 || 55–51 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 107 || July 30 || @ Expos || 11–1 || Haren || Vargas || || 6,129 || 56–51 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 108 || July 31 || @ Expos || 2–3 || Day || W. Williams || Biddle || 9,145 || 56–52 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#C41E3A 2px solid; border-bottom:#042462 2px solid; August: (16–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor=#cfc | 109 || August 1 || @ Mets || 8–2 || Kline || Wheeler || ||23,578 || 57–52 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 110 || August 2 || @ Mets || 10–9 || Tomko || Seo || Yan || 30,898 || 58–52 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 111 || August 3 || @ Mets || 5–13 || Griffiths || Stephenson || || 27,592 || 58–53 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 112 || August 5 || Marlins || 0–4 || Penny || W. Williams || || 35,468 || 58–54 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 113 || August 6 || Marlins || 3–7 || Willis || Haren || || 31,606 || 58–55 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 114 || August 7 || Marlins || 3–0 || Tomko || Beckett || Isringhausen || 31,002 || 59–55 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 115 || August 8 || Braves || 2–7 || Ortiz || Fassero || || 45,796 || 59–56 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 116 || August 9 || Braves || 3–1 || Stephenson || Reynolds || Isringhausen || 47,692 || 60–56 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 117 || August 10 || Braves || 3–2 || Eldred || Smoltz || Isringhausen || 39,320 || 61–56 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 118 || August 11 || @ Pirates || 6–4 || Haren || Wells || Isringhausen || 17,647 || 62–56 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 119 || August 12 || @ Pirates || 10–6 || Tomko || Fogg || Simontacchi || 21,013 || 63–56 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 120 || August 13 || @ Pirates || 5–6 || Tavárez || Borbón || || 18,505 || 63–57 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 121 || August 14 || @ Pirates || 4–3 || Stephenson || D'Amico || Isringhausen || 16,157 || 64–57 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 122 || August 15 || @ Phillies || 4–7 || Padilla || W. Williams || Plesac || 28,962 || 64–58 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 123 || August 16 || @ Phillies || 4–5 || Myers || Haren || Mesa || 35,046 || 64–59 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 124 || August 17 || @ Phillies || 4–6 || Telemaco || Tomko || M. Williams || 42,153 || 64–60 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 125 || August 19 || Pirates || 13–5 || Eldred || Beimel || || 28,869 || 65–60 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 126 || August 20 || Pirates || 0–14 || D'Amico || Stephenson || || 25,741 || 65–61 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 127 || August 21 || Pirates || 6–3 || Eldred || Lincoln || || 26,849 || 66–61 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 128 || August 22 || Phillies || 4–9 || Cormier || Kline || || 33,824 || 66–62 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 129 || August 23 || Phillies || 5–3 || Hitchcock || Telemaco || Isringhausen || 37,318 || 67–62 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 130 || August 24 || Phillies || 3–0 || Tomko || Millwood || DeJean || 37,679 || 68–62 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 131 || August 26 || Cubs || 4–7 || Prior || Stephenson || || 36,563 || 68–63 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 132 || August 27 || Cubs || 4–2 || Kline || Farnsworth || Isringhausen || 32,667 || 69–63 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 133 || August 28 || Cubs || 3–2 || DeJean || Remlinger || || 37,370 || 70–63 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 134 || August 29 || @ Reds || 5–8 || Bale || Haren || Graves || 27,121 || 70–64 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 135 || August 30 || @ Reds || 6–3 || Tomko || Harang || Isringhausen || 39,380 || 71–64 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 136 || August 31 || @ Reds || 5–0 || Hitchcock || Serafini || || 29,272 || 72–64 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#C41E3A 2px solid; border-bottom:#042462 2px solid; September: (13–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor=#fbb | 137 || September 1 || @ Cubs || 0–7 || Prior || W. Williams || || 38,410 || 72–65 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 138 || September 2 || @ Cubs || 2–4 || Guthrie || Fassero || || 31,990 || 72–66 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 139 || September 2 (2) || @ Cubs || 2–0 || Morris || Wood || Isringhausen || 39,290 || 73–66 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 140 || September 3 || @ Cubs || 7–8 || Borowski || W. Williams || || 32,710 || 73–67 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 141 || September 4 || @ Cubs || 6–7 || Remlinger || DeJean || Borowski || 35,129 || 73–68 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 142 || September 5 || Reds || 2–4 || Randall || Simontacchi || Reitsma || 29,608 || 73–69 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 143 || September 6 || Reds || 13–6 || W. Williams || Serafini || || 39,718 || 74–69 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 144 || September 7 || Reds || 9–0 || Morris || Etherton || || 34,389 || 75–69 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 145 || September 9 || Rockies || 1–8 || Jennings || Haren || || 27,591 || 75–70 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 146 || September 10 || Rockies || 10–2 || Tomko || Elarton || || 25,396 || 76–70 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 147 || September 11 || Rockies || 4–9 ||Oliver || Hitchcock || || 28,801 || 76–71 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 148 || September 12 || @ Astros || 5–14 || Miller || W. Williams || || 35,633 || 76–72 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 149 || September 13 || @ Astros || 0–2 || Oswalt || Morris || Wagner || 42,435 || 76–73 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 150 || September 14 || @ Astros || 1–4 || Redding || Haren || Wagner || 37,548 || 76–74 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 151 || September 15 || Brewers || 11–2 || Tomko || Obermueller || || 27,925 || 77–74 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 152 || September 16 || Brewers || 6–5 || Hitchcock || L. Martinez || Isringhausen || 27,405 || 78–74 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 153 || September 17 || Brewers || 6–7 || Estrella || Isringhausen || Kolb || 27,567 || 78–75 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 154 || September 18 || Brewers || 13–0 || W. Williams || Kinney || || 29,729 || 79–75 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 155 || September 19 || Astros || 1–8 || Oswalt || Morris || || 38,997 || 79–76 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 156 || September 20 || Astros || 3–2 || Simontacchi || Miceli || || 44,878 || 80–76 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 157 || September 21 || Astros || 6–4 || Hitchcock || Robertson || Isringhausen || 41,397 || 81–76 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 158 || September 23 || @ Brewers || 5–1 || W. Williams || Sheets || || 15,042 || 82–76 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 159 || September 24 || @ Brewers || 8–4 || Morris || Kinney || Isringhausen || 21,965 || 83–76 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 160 || September 26 || @ D'Backs || 6–7 || Randolph || Tomko || Mantei || 37,180 || 83–77 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 161 || September 27 || @ D'Backs || 3–2 || Hitchcock || Capuano || Isringhausen || 39,650 || 84–77 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 162 || September 28 || @ D'Backs || 9–5 || W. Williams || Webb || Isringhausen || 42,882 || 85–77 |- Roster 2003 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers 52 Pedro Borbón Jr. 77,40 Kiko Calero 54 Mike Crudale 47 Mike DeJean 23 Cal Eldred 13 Jeff Fassero 50 Dan Haren 32 Dustin Hermanson 41 Sterling Hitchcock 44 Jason Isringhausen 77 Jimmy Journell 49 Steve Kline 56 Gabe Molina 35 Matt Morris 43 Kevin Ohme 28 Lance Painter 60 Josh Pearce 53 Jason Pearson 46 Jason Simontacchi 48 Russ Springer 30 Brett Tomko 19 Woody Williams 43 Esteban Yan Catchers  8 Joe Girardi 22 Mike Matheny 50,32 Chris Widger Infielders 41,12 Miguel Cairo 47 Wilson Delgado 31 Bo Hart 21 Tino Martinez  3 Édgar Rentería 27 Scott Rolen  4 Fernando Viña Outfielders  7 J. D. Drew 15 Jim Edmonds 26 Eli Marrero 16 Orlando Palmeiro 33 Eduardo Pérez  5 Albert Pujols  0 Kerry Robinson 99 So Taguchi Manager 10 Tony La Russa Coaches 18 Dave Duncan (pitching) 38 Marty Mason (bullpen) 39 Dave McKay (first base) 11 José Oquendo (third base) 12 Mitchell Page (hitting) 24 Joe Pettini (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 Player Pos G AB H Avg. HR RBI Albert Pujols LF 157 591 212 .359 43 124 Edgar Renteria SS 157 587 194 .330 13 100 J.D. Drew RF 100 287 83 .289 15 42 Scott Rolen 3B 154 559 160 .286 28 104 Bo Hart 2B 77 296 82 .277 4 28 Jim Edmonds CF 137 447 123 .275 39 89 Tino Martinez 1B 138 476 130 .273 15 69 Mike Matheny C 141 441 111 .252 8 47 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 Orlando Palmeiro 141 317 86 .271 3 33 Miguel Cairo 92 261 64 .245 5 32 Fernando Viña 61 259 65 .251 4 23 Eduardo Pérez 105 253 72 .285 11 41 Kerry Robinson 116 208 52 .250 1 16 Eli Marrero 41 107 24 .224 2 20 Chris Widger 44 102 24 .235 0 14 Wilson Delgado 43 77 13 .169 0 3 So Taguchi 43 54 14 .259 3 13 Joe Girardi 16 23 3 .130 0 1 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 Woody Williams 34 220.2 18 9 3.87 153 Brett Tomko 33 202.2 13 9 5.28 114 Garrett Stephenson 32 174.1 7 13 4.59 91 Matt Morris 27 172.1 11 8 3.76 120 Dan Haren 14 72.2 3 7 5.08 43 Sterling Hitchcock 8 38.0 5 1 3.79 32 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 Jason Simontacchi 46 126.1 9 5 5.56 74 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 Jason Isringhausen 40 0 1 22 2.36 41 Steve Kline 78 5 5 3 3.82 31 Jeff Fassero 62 1 7 3 5.68 55 Cal Eldred 62 7 4 8 3.74 67 Esteban Yan 39 2 0 1 6.02 28 Kiko Calero 26 1 1 1 2.82 51 Dustin Hermanson 23 1 2 1 5.46 12 Lance Painter 22 0 1 0 5.50 11 Mike DeJean 18 1 1 1 4.00 13 Russ Springer 17 1 1 0 8.31 11 Mike Crudale 13 0 1 0 2.38 6 Jimmy Journell 7 0 0 0 6.00 8 Josh Pearce 7 0 0 0 3.00 4 Pedro Borbón Jr. 7 0 1 0 20.25 0 Gabe Molina 3 0 0 0 13.50 1 Kevin Ohme 2 0 0 0 0.00 2 Jason Pearson 2 0 0 0 63.00 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Memphis Redbirds Pacific Coast League Tom Spencer and Danny Sheaffer AA Tennessee Smokies Southern League Mark DeJohn A Palm Beach Cardinals Florida State League Tom Nieto A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Joe Cunningham, Jr. A-Short Season New Jersey Cardinals New York–Penn League Tommy Shields Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Ron WarnerJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007Baseball America 2004 Annual Directory References External links 2003 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 2003 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons Saint Louis Cardinals season St. Louis Cardinals