The 2003 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 104th season. They finished with a record of 86–76, good enough for second place in the American League Central, four games behind the champion Minnesota Twins.
2003 Chicago White Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | U.S. Cellular Field | |
City | Chicago | |
Record | 86–76 (.531) | |
Divisional place | 2nd | |
Owners | Jerry Reinsdorf | |
General managers | Kenny Williams | |
Managers | Jerry Manuel | |
Television | WGN-TV/WCIU-TV FSN Chicago (Ken Harrelson, Darrin Jackson) | |
Radio | WMVP (John Rooney, Ed Farmer) | |
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The White Sox also hosted the 74th Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 15.
Offseason
edit- 12/3/02: Traded closer Keith Foulke, catcher Mark Johnson, and minor league pitcher Joe Valentine to the Oakland Athletics for closer Billy Koch, minor league pitcher Neal Cotts, and minor league outfielder Daylan Holt.[1]
- 12/20/02: Sandy Alomar Jr. was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.[2]
- 1/15/03: Traded relief pitcher Antonio Osuna and minor league pitcher Delvis Lantigua to the New York Yankees for starting pitcher Orlando Hernández. Traded Hernandez, outfielder Jeff Liefer, and relief pitcher Rocky Biddle to the Montreal Expos for starting pitcher Bartolo Colón and minor league infielder Jorge Nunoz.
- 1/27/03: Signed free agent starting pitcher Esteban Loaiza to a minor league contract.[3]
Regular season
editOn April 15, 2003, a fan came out of the stands during the baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox and attacked first base umpire Laz Diaz.[4] After Carlos Lee flied out to right to end the eighth inning, the fan ran on the field and tried to tackle Diaz, wrapping his arms around the umpire's legs.[4]
Season standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Minnesota Twins | 90 | 72 | .556 | — | 48–33 | 42–39 |
Chicago White Sox | 86 | 76 | .531 | 4 | 51–30 | 35–46 |
Kansas City Royals | 83 | 79 | .512 | 7 | 40–40 | 43–39 |
Cleveland Indians | 68 | 94 | .420 | 22 | 38–43 | 30–51 |
Detroit Tigers | 43 | 119 | .265 | 47 | 23–58 | 20–61 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Anaheim | — | 1–8 | 3–6 | 3–4 | 6–3 | 6–1 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 8–12 | 8–11 | 6–3 | 9–10 | 2–7 | 11–7 |
Baltimore | 8–1 | — | 9–10 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 6–13–1 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 8–11 | 7–2 | 8–11 | 5–13 |
Boston | 6–3 | 10–9 | — | 5–4 | 4–2 | 8–1 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 5–4 | 10–9 | 11–7 |
Chicago | 4–3 | 4–2 | 4–5 | — | 11–8 | 11–8 | 11–8 | 9–10 | 4–2 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 6–3 | 10–8 |
Cleveland | 3–6 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 8–11 | — | 12–7 | 6–13 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 5–2 | 4–5 | 2–4 | 6–12 |
Detroit | 1–6 | 3–3 | 1–8 | 8–11 | 7–12 | — | 5–14 | 4–15 | 1–5 | 3–6 | 1–8 | 2–4 | 1–6 | 2–7 | 4–14 |
Kansas City | 3–6 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 13–6 | 14–5 | — | 11–8 | 2–4 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 7–2 | 1–5 | 9–9 |
Minnesota | 4–5 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 10–9 | 15–4 | 8–11 | — | 0–7 | 8–1 | 3–6 | 6–0 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 10–8 |
New York | 6–3 | 13–6–1 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 7–0 | — | 3–6 | 5–4 | 14–5 | 4–5 | 10–9 | 13–5 |
Oakland | 12–8 | 7–2 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 1–8 | 6–3 | — | 7–12 | 6–3 | 15–4 | 5–2 | 9–9 |
Seattle | 11–8 | 5–4 | 2–5 | 7–2 | 6–3 | 8–1 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 12–7 | — | 4–5 | 10–10 | 3–4 | 10–8 |
Tampa Bay | 3–6 | 11–8 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 0–6 | 5–14 | 3–6 | 5–4 | — | 3–6 | 11–8 | 3–15 |
Texas | 10–9 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 6–1 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–15 | 10–10 | 6–3 | — | 5–4 | 4–14 |
Toronto | 7–2 | 11–8 | 9–10 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 7–2 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 8–11 | 4–5 | — | 10–8 |
Roster
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Opening Day starters
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Position | Player | ||
P | Mark Buehrle | ||
C | Sandy Alomar Jr. | ||
1B | Paul Konerko | ||
2B | D'Angelo Jiménez | ||
3B | Joe Crede | ||
SS | José Valentín | ||
LF | Carlos Lee | ||
CF | Aaron Rowand | ||
RF | Magglio Ordóñez | ||
DH | Frank Thomas |
Notable transactions
edit- 7/1/03 Traded minor league pitchers Edwin Almonte, Royce Ring, and minor league infielder Andrew Salvo to the New York Mets for 2B Roberto Alomar.
- 7/1/03 Traded minor league pitchers Frank Francisco, Josh Rupe, and Anthony Webster to the Texas Rangers for CF Carl Everett.
- 9/29/03 Fired manager Jerry Manuel.
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March/April (14–13) – Home (9–6) – Road (5–7)
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May (11–16) – Home (7–6) – Road (4–10)
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June (15–13) – Home (8–6) – Road (7–7)
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July (17–9) – Home (9–2) – Road (8–7)
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August (16–13) – Home (10–3) – Road (6–10)
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September (13–12) – Home (8–7) – Road (5–5)
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Player stats
editBatting
editNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
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Roberto Alomar, 2B | 67 | 253 | 42 | 64 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 30 | 37 | .253 | 6 |
Sandy Alomar Jr., C | 75 | 194 | 22 | 52 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 17 | .268 | 0 |
Joe Borchard, OF | 16 | 49 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | .184 | 0 |
Mark Buehrle, P | 35 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .167 | 0 |
Jamie Burke, C,1B | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .375 | 0 |
Bartolo Colón, P | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
Joe Crede, 3B | 151 | 536 | 68 | 140 | 31 | 2 | 19 | 75 | 32 | 75 | .261 | 1 |
Brian Daubach, 1B,OF,DH | 95 | 183 | 26 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 34 | 54 | .230 | 1 |
Carl Everett, CF,DH | 73 | 256 | 40 | 77 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 41 | 22 | 36 | .301 | 4 |
Jon Garland, P | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Tony Graffanino, SS,2B,3B | 90 | 250 | 51 | 65 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 37 | .260 | 8 |
Willie Harris, CF,2B | 79 | 137 | 19 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 28 | .204 | 12 |
D'Angelo Jiménez, 2B | 73 | 271 | 35 | 69 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 32 | 46 | .255 | 4 |
Paul Konerko, 1B | 137 | 444 | 49 | 104 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 65 | 43 | 50 | .234 | 0 |
Carlos Lee, LF | 158 | 623 | 100 | 181 | 35 | 1 | 31 | 113 | 37 | 91 | .291 | 18 |
Esteban Loaiza, P | 34 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | 0 |
Aaron Miles, 2B | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 0 |
Miguel Olivo, C | 114 | 317 | 37 | 75 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 19 | 80 | .237 | 6 |
Magglio Ordóñez, RF | 160 | 606 | 95 | 192 | 46 | 3 | 29 | 99 | 57 | 73 | .317 | 9 |
Josh Paul, C | 13 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .353 | 0 |
Armando Ríos, OF | 49 | 104 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 13 | .212 | 0 |
Aaron Rowand, CF | 93 | 157 | 22 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 7 | 21 | .287 | 0 |
Frank Thomas, DH,1B | 153 | 546 | 87 | 146 | 35 | 0 | 42 | 105 | 100 | 115 | .267 | 0 |
José Valentín, SS | 144 | 503 | 79 | 119 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 74 | 54 | 114 | .237 | 8 |
Dan Wright, P | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Team Totals
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162 | 5487 | 791 | 1445 | 303 | 19 | 220 | 766 | 519 | 916 | .263 | 77 |
Pitching
editNote: 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; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
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Jon Adkins | 0 | 0 | 4.82 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
Mark Buehrle | 14 | 14 | 4.14 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 230.1 | 250 | 124 | 106 | 22 | 63 | 119 |
Bartolo Colón | 15 | 13 | 3.87 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 242.0 | 223 | 107 | 104 | 30 | 70 | 173 |
Neal Cotts | 1 | 1 | 8.10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13.1 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 10 |
Jon Garland | 12 | 13 | 4.51 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 191.2 | 188 | 103 | 96 | 28 | 75 | 108 |
Matt Ginter | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Gary Glover | 1 | 0 | 4.54 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 35.2 | 43 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 16 | 23 |
Tom Gordon | 7 | 6 | 3.16 | 66 | 0 | 12 | 74.0 | 57 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 34 | 91 |
Billy Koch | 5 | 5 | 5.77 | 55 | 0 | 11 | 53.0 | 59 | 36 | 34 | 10 | 29 | 42 |
Esteban Loaiza | 21 | 9 | 2.90 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 226.1 | 196 | 75 | 73 | 17 | 58 | 207 |
Dámaso Marte | 4 | 2 | 1.58 | 71 | 0 | 11 | 79.2 | 50 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 40 | 87 |
José Paniagua | 0 | 0 | 108.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Mike Porzio | 1 | 1 | 6.43 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14.0 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
David Sanders | 0 | 0 | 6.14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 14 |
Scott Schoeneweis | 2 | 1 | 4.50 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 27 |
Josh Stewart | 1 | 2 | 5.96 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 25.2 | 28 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 13 |
Scott Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 3.77 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 14.1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
Rick White | 1 | 2 | 6.61 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 47.2 | 56 | 39 | 35 | 11 | 15 | 37 |
Dan Wright | 1 | 7 | 6.15 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 86.1 | 91 | 63 | 29 | 16 | 48 | 47 |
Kelly Wunsch | 0 | 0 | 2.75 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 29 | 33 |
Team Totals
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86 | 76 | 4.17 | 162 | 162 | 36 | 1431.0 | 1364 | 715 | 663 | 162 | 548 | 1056 |
Farm system
editLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Winston-Salem[5]
References
edit- ^ "Keith Foulke Stats".
- ^ "Sandy Alomar Stats".
- ^ "Esteban Loaiza Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com".
- ^ a b "ESPN.com: MLB - Unsuspecting umpire attacked by fan in Chicago". ESPN.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007