2003 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 2003 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 122nd season of the franchise; the 117th in the National League. This was their third season at PNC Park. The Pirates finished fourth in the National League Central with a record of 75–87 and missed the playoffs for the 11th consecutive season.

2003 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	PNC Park
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	75–87 (.463)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Kevin McClatchy
General managers	Dave Littlefield
Managers	Lloyd McClendon
Television	Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh
Radio	KDKA-AM (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)
Seasons

Offseason

• November 25, 2002: Randall Simon was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later and Adrian Burnside (minors). The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Roberto Novoa (December 16, 2002) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.
• January 28, 2003: Jeff D'Amico was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
• March 14, 2003: Kenny Lofton signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Regular season

• June 24, 2003 – Brad Wilkerson of the Montreal Expos hit for the cycle in a game against the Pirates.

Season standings

NL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	88	74	.543	—	44‍–‍37	44‍–‍37
Houston Astros	87	75	.537	1	48‍–‍33	39‍–‍42
St. Louis Cardinals	85	77	.525	3	48‍–‍33	37‍–‍44
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	87	.463	13	39‍–‍42	36‍–‍45
Cincinnati Reds	69	93	.426	19	35‍–‍46	34‍–‍47
Milwaukee Brewers	68	94	.420	20	31‍–‍50	37‍–‍44

Game log

2003 Game Log (75–87)
March (1–0) April (11–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 March 31 @ Reds 10–1 Benson (1–0) Haynes — 42,343 1–0 2 April 2 @ Reds 7–4 Torres (1–0) Manzanillo Williams (1) 22,878 2–0 3 April 3 @ Reds 7–5 Fogg (1–0) Anderson Williams (2) 26,096 3–0 4 April 4 @ Phillies 9–1 Suppan (1–0) Roa Torres (1) 59,269 4–0 5 April 5 @ Phillies 1–16 Silva D'Amico (0–1) — 22,693 4–1 6 April 6 @ Phillies 2–0 Benson (2–0) Myers Williams (3) 30,113 5–1 7 April 8 Brewers 3–5 Rusch Wells (0–1) DeJean 36,003 5–2 8 April 9 Brewers 2–3 Ritchie Fogg (1–1) DeJean 23,332 5–3 9 April 10 Brewers 3–1 Suppan (2–0) Sheets Williams (4) 10,384 6–3 10 April 11 @ Cubs 3–2 D'Amico (1–1) Zambrano Williams (5) 33,605 7–3 11 April 12 @ Cubs 0–4 Wood Benson (2–1) Borowski 35,226 7–4 12 April 13 @ Cubs 3–4 Farnsworth Boehringer (0–1) Borowski 29,558 7–5 13 April 15 Mets 1–3 Glavine Fogg (1–2) Benitez 14,728 7–6 14 April 16 Mets 6–3 Suppan (3–0) Cone — 12,609 8–6 15 April 17 Mets 2–7 Seo D'Amico (1–2) — 11,299 8–7 16 April 18 Cubs 2–7 Clement Benson (2–2) — 15,037 8–8 17 April 19 Cubs 1–6 (10) Prior Sauerbeck (0–1) — 31,518 8–9 18 April 20 Cubs 8–2 Torres (2–0) Estes — 14,854 9–9 19 April 22 Giants 5–2 Suppan (4–0) Foppert — 10,650 10–9 20 April 23 Giants 3–4 (13) Brower Tavarez (0–1) — 13,009 10–10 21 April 24 Giants 1–3 Moss Benson (2–3) Worrell 15,967 10–11 22 April 25 Dodgers 2–5 Brohawn Williams (0–1) Gagne 16,090 10–12 23 April 26 Dodgers 3–4 Nomo Sauerbeck (0–2) Gagne 22,267 10–13 24 April 27 Dodgers 2–6 Ishii Suppan (4–1) — 19,679 10–14 25 April 29 @ Padres 7–2 D'Amico (2–2) Eaton — 15,556 11–14 26 April 30 @ Padres 8–5 Benson (3–3) Perez Williams (6) 13,845 12–14
May (12–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 27 May 1 @ Padres 5–2 Wells (1–1) Peavy Williams (7) 13,420 13–14 28 May 2 @ Dodgers 5–3 Beimel (1–0) Quantrill Williams (8) 53,820 14–14 29 May 3 @ Dodgers 1–4 Dreifort Suppan (4–2) Gagne 45,737 14–15 30 May 4 @ Dodgers 2–3 Brown D'Amico (2–3) Gagne 40,544 14–16 31 May 5 @ Astros 1–8 Miller Benson (3–4) — 22,765 14–17 32 May 6 @ Astros 9–10 Bland Sauerbeck (0–3) Wagner 27,023 14–18 33 May 7 @ Astros 4–13 Dotel Tavarez (0–2) — 22,706 14–19 34 May 8 @ Astros 2–6 Stone Suppan (4–3) — 28,836 14–20 35 May 9 Diamondbacks 0–5 Schilling D'Amico (2–4) — 18,080 14–21 36 May 10 Diamondbacks 5–4 Benson (4–4) Dessens Williams (9) 30,776 15–21 37 May 11 Diamondbacks 1–2 Batista Wells (1–2) Mantei 14,976 15–22 38 May 12 Astros 4–9 Stone Torres — 9,095 15–23 39 May 13 Astros 3–6 Munro Williams Wagner 10,535 15–24 40 May 14 Astros 3–2 D'Amico Miller Williams (10) 11,730 16–24 41 May 15 Astros 2–6 Oswalt Benson — 16,752 16–25 42 May 16 @ Diamondbacks 8–5 (12) Boehringer Mantei Williams (11) 31,578 17–25 43 May 17 @ Diamondbacks 8–5 Torres Capuano Williams (12) 42,858 18–25 44 May 18 @ Diamondbacks 6–8 Webb Suppan (4–4) — 34,669 18–26 45 May 21 Cubs 5–2 D'Amico Wood Williams (13) 35,086 19–26 46 May 22 Cubs 2–3 Remlinger Sauerbeck Borowski 14,544 19–27 47 May 23 Cardinals 8–10 (10) Eldred Meadows Fassero 18,660 19–28 48 May 24 Cardinals 0–6 Morris Suppan (4–5) — 35,733 19–29 49 May 25 Cardinals 8–7 Boehringer Hermanson Williams (14) 25,983 20–29 50 May 26 @ Cubs 10–0 Fogg Wood — 40,225 21–29 51 May 27 @ Cubs 9–4 Benson Clement — 35,961 22–29 52 May 28 @ Cubs 4–5 Prior D'Amico Borowski 32,406 22–30 53 May 30 @ Cardinals 7–3 Suppan (5–5) Stephenson — 30,599 23–30 54 May 31 @ Cardinals 4–3 Wells Williams Williams (15) 43,789 24–30
June (10–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 55 June 1 @ Cardinals 4–5 Kline Beimel Fassero 46,103 24–31 56 June 4 Red Sox 4–11 Kim Benson — — 24–32 57 June 4 Red Sox 3–8 Lowe D'Amico — 27,769 24–33 58 June 5 Red Sox 5–4 Boehringer Mendoza Williams (16) 33,372 25–33 59 June 7 @ Braves 6–8 Hernandez Boehringer Smoltz 35,397 25–34 60 June 8 @ Braves 5–6 Hodges Fogg Smoltz 29,869 25–35 61 June 10 @ Blue Jays 8–13 Lidle Benson — 14,090 25–36 62 June 11 @ Blue Jays 5–8 Halladay D'Amico — 32,036 25–37 63 June 12 @ Blue Jays 4–5 Hendrickson Suppan (5–6) Politte 15,015 25–38 64 June 13 @ Devil Rays 1–7 Zambrano Wells — 9,487 25–39 65 June 14 @ Devil Rays 12–9 Fogg Bell Williams (17) 14,063 26–39 66 June 15 @ Devil Rays 9–5 Sauerbeck Levine Williams (18) 13,943 27–39 67 June 18 Expos 7–3 D'Amico Hernandez Williams (19) — 28–39 68 June 18 Expos 4–3 Torres Biddle — 22,557 29–39 69 June 19 Expos 2–5 Ohka Torres Biddle 16,050 29–40 70 June 20 Indians 5–4 (15) Torres Baez — 26,305 30–40 71 June 21 Indians 7–6 (15) Sauerbeck Miceli — 36,856 31–40 72 June 22 Indians 5–8 Sabathia Vogelsong Baez 37,803 31–41 73 June 23 @ Expos 0–3 Vargas Suppan (5–7) Biddle 5,641 31–42 74 June 24 @ Expos 4–6 Ohka D'Amico Biddle 5,872 31–43 75 June 25 @ Expos 6–5 Sauerbeck Eischen Williams (20) 5,717 32–43 76 June 27 Rockies 5–3 Fogg Jennings Williams (21) 37,566 33–43 77 June 28 Rockies 4–5 Neagle Benson Jimenez 25,083 33–44 78 June 29 Rockies 9–0 Suppan (6–7) Chacon — 20,475 34–44
July (15–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 79 July 1 Reds 3–5 Graves Tavarez Williamson 17,803 34–45 80 July 2 Reds 3–4 Heredia Williams Williamson 15,322 34–46 81 July 3 Reds 8–7 Fogg Dempster Williams (22) 19,947 35–46 82 July 4 Astros 3–2 Boehringer Munro Williams (23) 30,082 36–46 83 July 5 Astros 4–3 Suppan (7–7) Saarloos Williams (24) 22,258 37–46 84 July 6 Astros 8–3 D'Amico Miller — 18,741 38–46 85 July 7 @ Brewers 2–9 Franklin Wells — 12,322 38–47 86 July 8 @ Brewers 8–7 (10) Williams DeJean Torres (2) 12,425 39–47 87 July 9 @ Brewers 1–2 (12) Kieschnick Beimel — 22,490 39–48 88 July 10 @ Brewers 5–4 Suppan (8–7) Ford — 21,190 40–48 89 July 11 @ Astros 2–4 Miller D'Amico Wagner 31,474 40–49 90 July 12 @ Astros 5–2 Wells Oswalt Williams (25) 34,762 41–49 91 July 13 @ Astros 2–5 Redding Fogg Wagner 32,273 41–50 92 July 17 Brewers 5–7 Franklin Benson Estrella 32,304 41–51 93 July 18 Brewers 7–2 Suppan (9–7) Rusch — 31,697 42–51 94 July 19 Brewers 0–1 Sheets D'Amico Kolb 24,461 42–52 95 July 20 Brewers 6–3 Wells Ford Lincoln (1) 22,643 43–52 96 July 21 Astros 5–3 Fogg Redding Lincoln (2) 14,271 44–52 97 July 22 Astros 0–2 Robertson Torres Wagner 16,661 44–53 98 July 23 @ Reds 6–5 Boehringer Mercker Lincoln (3) 27,629 45–53 99 July 24 @ Reds 7–5 (11) Lincoln Reitsma — 35,504 46–53 100 July 25 @ Cardinals 10–5 Meadows Eldred — 45,296 47–53 101 July 26 @ Cardinals 8–13 Williams Fogg Isringhausen 44,249 47–54 102 July 27 @ Cardinals 3–4 Eldred Lincoln — 34,851 47–55 103 July 28 @ Cardinals 3–0 Suppan (10–7) Tomko — 33,977 48–55 104 July 29 Padres 7–8 Roa Lincoln Beck 15,201 48–56 105 July 30 Padres 7–2 Wells Lawrence Meadows (1) 23,709 49–56 106 July 31 Padres 7–10 Eaton Fogg Beck 18,045 49–57
August (13–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 107 August 1 Rockies 12–11 Sanchez Bernero — 22,413 50–57 108 August 2 Rockies 1–0 Meadows Jennings Lincoln (4) 37,820 51–57 109 August 3 Rockies 4–16 Oliver D'Amico Jimenez 16,839 51–58 110 August 5 @ Giants 0–3 Schmidt Wells Worrell 41,501 51–59 111 August 6 @ Giants 2–0 Tavarez Ponson — 41,662 52–59 112 August 7 @ Giants 5–7 Eyre Boehringer Worrell 42,334 52–60 113 August 8 @ Rockies 6–13 Jimenez Mahomes — 28,362 52–61 114 August 9 @ Rockies 10–4 D'Amico Oliver — 34,611 53–61 115 August 10 @ Rockies 5–3 Figueroa Chacon Lincoln (5) 26,904 54–61 116 August 11 Cardinals 4–6 Haren Wells Isringhausen 17,647 54–62 117 August 12 Cardinals 6–10 Tomko Fogg Simontacchi 21,013 54–63 118 August 13 Cardinals 6–5 Tavarez Borbon — 18,505 55–63 119 August 14 Cardinals 3–4 Stephenson D'Amico Isringhausen 16,157 55–64 120 August 15 Brewers 6–3 Figueroa Kinney Tavarez (1) 21,096 56–64 121 August 16 Brewers 4–6 Vizcaino Lincoln Kolb 28,143 56–65 122 August 17 Brewers 5–2 Fogg Franklin Tavarez (2) 24,092 57–65 123 August 19 @ Cardinals 5–13 Eldred Beimel — 28,869 57–66 124 August 20 @ Cardinals 14–0 D'Amico Stephenson — 25,741 58–66 125 August 21 @ Cardinals 3–6 Eldred Lincoln — 26,849 58–67 126 August 22 @ Brewers 2–3 Franklin Wells Kolb 22,413 58–68 127 August 23 @ Brewers 6–7 Estrella Corey — 25,432 58–69 128 August 24 @ Brewers 9–10 Kolb Gonzalez — 36,238 58–70 129 August 26 Marlins 4–3 Lincoln Redman Tavarez (3) 12,219 59–70 130 August 27 Marlins 4–0 Wells Penny — 18,264 60–70 131 August 28 Marlins 5–0 Fogg Willis — 12,679 61–70 132 August 29 Braves 6–5 Tavarez Cunnane — 27,415 62–70 133 August 30 Braves 6–13 Ramirez Perez — 21,323 62–71 134 August 31 Braves 4–10 Reynolds D'Amico — 23,822 62–72
September (13–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 135 September 2 @ Marlins 3–2 Wells Willis Tavarez (4) 10,327 63–72 136 September 3 @ Marlins 0–3 Beckett Fogg Urbina 11,135 63–73 137 September 4 @ Marlins 1–5 Tejera Torres — 10,213 63–74 138 September 5 @ Braves 2–3 (10) Cunnane Corey — — 63–75 139 September 5 @ Braves 5–3 Corey Reynolds Tavarez (5) 31,849 64–75 140 September 6 @ Braves 2–9 Maddux D'Amico — 36,932 64–76 141 September 7 @ Braves 1–2 Hampton Wells Cunnane 27,703 64–77 142 September 8 @ Reds 9–1 Fogg Bale — 19,073 65–77 143 September 9 @ Reds 6–10 Belisle Boehringer — 21,241 65–78 144 September 10 @ Reds 3–2 Lincoln Reitsma Tavarez (6) 20,560 66–78 145 September 11 @ Reds 2–3 Randall D'Amico Reitsma 20,479 66–79 146 September 12 Phillies 8–4 Wells Telemaco — 18,895 67–79 147 September 13 Phillies 5–3 Fogg Millwood Tavarez (7) 33,480 68–79 148 September 14 Phillies 7–10 Wolf Torres Williams 16,383 68–80 149 September 15 Reds 6–3 Vogelsong Van Poppel Tavarez (8) 8,565 69–80 150 September 16 Reds 4–12 Harang Perez Reith 11,995 69–81 151 September 17 Reds 8–5 D'Amico Etherton Tavarez (9) 10,625 70–81 152 September 18 Reds 7–0 Wells Randall — 10,390 71–81 153 September 19 Cubs 9–10 Veres Figueroa Borowski — 71–82 154 September 19 Cubs 10–6 Torres Cruz — 16,248 72–82 155 September 20 Cubs 8–2 Vogelsong Clement — 32,869 73–82 156 September 21 Cubs 1–4 Prior Perez Borowski 21,497 73–83 157 September 23 @ Mets 0–1 Leiter Wells — 17,830 73–84 158 September 24 @ Mets 3–5 Trachsel D'Amico Stanton 22,134 73–85 159 September 25 @ Mets 3–1 Torres Roberts Tavarez (10) 25,081 74–85 160 September 27 @ Cubs 2–4 Prior Fogg Borowski — 74–86 161 September 27 @ Cubs 2–7 Clement Vogelsong — 40,121 74–87 162 September 28 @ Cubs 3–2 Wells Cruz Tavarez (11) 39,940 75–87
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

2003 National League record Source: [1]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LA	MIL	MTL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	2–5	2–4	7–2	10–9	2–5	5–1	10–9	3–3	4–2	4–2	4–2	3–3	9–10	5–14	3–3	11–4
Atlanta	5–2	—	4–2	3–3	6–0	9–10	5–1	4–2	4–2	12–7	11–8	9–10	7–2	6–1	2–4	4–2	10–5
Chicago	4–2	2–4	—	10–7	3–3	4–2	9–7	2–4	10–6	3–3	5–1	1–5	10–8	4–2	4–2	8–9	9–9
Cincinnati	2–7	3–3	7–10	—	4–2	2–4	5–12	2–4	8–10	2–4	2–4	5–4	5–11	3–3	3–3	9–7	7–5
Colorado	9–10	0–6	3–3	2–4	—	4–2	2–4	7–12	5–1	3–4	2–5	2–4	3–6	12–7	7–12	4–2	9–6
Florida	5–2	10–9	2–4	4–2	2–4	—	1–5	2–5	7–2	13–6	12–7	13–6	2–4	5–1	1–5	3–3	9–6
Houston	1–5	1–5	7–9	12–5	4–2	5–1	—	4–2	9–8	3–3	2–4	2–4	10–6	3–3	2–4	11–7	11–7
Los Angeles	9–10	2–4	4–2	4–2	12–7	5–2	2–4	—	4–2	4–2	3–3	2–5	5–1	8–11	6–13	4–2	11–7
Milwaukee	3–3	2–4	6–10	10–8	1–5	2–7	8–9	2–4	—	0–6	6–3	4–2	10–7	5–1	1–5	3–13	5–7
Montreal	2–4	7–12	3–3	4–2	4–3	6–13	3–3	2–4	6–0	—	14–5	8–11	3–3	4–2	7–0	1–5	9–9
New York	2–4	8–11	1–5	4–2	5–2	7–12	4–2	3–3	3–6	5–14	—	7–12	4–2	3–3	4–2	1–5	5–10
Philadelphia	2–4	10–9	5–1	4–5	4–2	6–13	4–2	5–2	2–4	11–8	12–7	—	2–4	4–3	3–3	4–2	8–7
Pittsburgh	3–3	2–7	8–10	11–5	6–3	4–2	6–10	1–5	7–10	3–3	2–4	4–2	—	4–2	2–4	7–10	5–7
San Diego	10–9	1–6	2–4	3–3	7–12	1–5	3–3	11–8	1–5	2–4	3–3	3–4	2–4	—	5–14	2–4	8–10
San Francisco	14–5	4–2	2–4	3–3	12–7	5–1	4–2	13–6	5–1	0–7	2–4	3–3	4–2	14–5	—	5–1	10–8
St. Louis	3–3	2–4	9–8	7–9	2–4	3–3	7–11	2–4	13–3	5–1	5–1	2–4	10–7	4–2	1–5	—	10–8

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
NL East
Atlanta Braves	2	7	0.222	37	59
Florida Marlins	4	2	0.667	17	13
Montreal Expos	3	3	0.500	23	25
New York Mets	2	4	0.333	15	20
Philadelphia Phillies	4	2	0.667	32	34
Total	15	18	0.455	124	151
NL Central
Chicago Cubs	8	10	0.444	82	74
Cincinnati Reds	11	5	0.688	96	72
Houston Astros	6	10	0.375	57	84
Milwaukee Brewers	7	10	0.412	74	75
St. Louis Cardinals	7	10	0.412	96	100
Total	39	45	0.464	405	405
NL West
Arizona Diamondbacks	3	3	0.500	28	29
Colorado Rockies	6	3	0.667	56	55
Los Angeles Dodgers	1	5	0.167	15	25
San Diego Padres	4	2	0.667	41	29
San Francisco Giants	2	4	0.333	16	19
Total	16	17	0.485	156	157
American League
Boston Red Sox	1	2	0.333	12	23
Cleveland Indians	2	1	0.667	17	18
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	2	1	0.667	22	21
Toronto Blue Jays	0	3	0.000	17	26
Total	5	7	0.417	68	88
Season Total	75	87	0.463	753	801

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
March	1	1	0	1.000	10	1
April	25	11	14	0.440	91	104
May	28	12	16	0.429	126	144
June	24	10	14	0.417	124	140
July	28	15	13	0.536	135	127
August	28	13	15	0.464	147	163
September	28	13	15	0.464	120	122
Total	162	75	87	0.463	753	801

	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	39	42	0.481	371	398
Away	81	36	45	0.444	382	403
Total	162	75	87	0.463	753	801

Roster

2003 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 53 Joe Beimel 34 Kris Benson 71 Brian Boehringer 44 Mark Corey 41 Jeff D'Amico 37 Nelson Figueroa 27 Josh Fogg 51 Mike Gonzalez 39 John Grabow 57 Mike Lincoln 39 Pat Mahomes 48 Jim Mann 46 Brian Meadows 48 Óliver Pérez 44 Dennys Reyes 45 Duaner Sánchez 47 Scott Sauerbeck 37 Jeff Suppan 50 Julián Tavárez 31 Salomón Torres 22 Ryan Vogelsong 32 Kip Wells 43 Mike Williams		Catchers 11 Humberto Cota 30 J. R. House 18 Jason Kendall Infielders 16 José Hernández 17 Bobby Hill  6 Abraham Núñez 16 Aramis Ramírez 49 Jeff Reboulet  3 Pokey Reese 55 Carlos Rivera 35 Randall Simon  2 Jack Wilson 29 Kevin Young		Outfielders 38 Jason Bay 26 J. J. Davis 24 Brian Giles 38 Adam Hyzdu  7 Kenny Lofton 59 Rob Mackowiak  5 Tike Redman 19 Reggie Sanders 12 Matt Stairs 36 Craig Wilson		Manager 23 Lloyd McClendon Coaches 48,15 Rusty Kuntz (first base) 25 Pete Mackanin (bench) 28 Gerald Perry (hitting) 37 John Russell (third base) 52 Bruce Tanner (bullpen) 54 Spin Williams (pitching)

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Kenny Lofton	CF
Jason Kendall	C
Brian Giles	LF
Aramis Ramírez	3B
Randall Simon	1B
Reggie Sanders	RF
Pokey Reese	2B
Jack Wilson	SS
Kris Benson	SP

Awards and honors

2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Mike Williams, P, reserve

Statistics

Hitting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Regular Season

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
J.R. House	1	1	1	1.000	0	0
B. Hill	1	3	1	0.333	0	0
T. Redman	56	230	76	0.330	3	19
J. Kendall	150	587	191	0.325	6	58
B. Giles	105	388	116	0.299	16	70
J. Suppan	20	41	12	0.293	0	2
M. Stairs	121	305	89	0.292	20	57
J. Bay	27	79	23	0.291	3	12
R. Sanders	130	453	129	0.285	31	87
A. Ramírez	96	375	105	0.280	12	67
K. Lofton	84	339	94	0.277	9	26
R. Simon	91	307	84	0.274	10	51
R. Mackowiak	77	174	47	0.270	6	19
C. Wilson	116	309	81	0.262	18	48
J. Wilson	150	558	143	0.256	9	62
H. Cota	10	16	4	0.250	0	1
P. Mahomes	9	4	1	0.250	0	0
A. Núñez	118	311	77	0.248	4	35
J. Reboulet	93	261	63	0.241	3	25
J. Hernández	58	193	43	0.223	3	21
C. Rivera	78	95	21	0.221	3	10
P. Reese	37	107	23	0.215	1	12
A. Hyzdu	51	63	13	0.206	1	8
K. Young	52	84	17	0.202	2	7
J. Davis	19	35	7	0.200	1	4
K. Wells	33	68	13	0.191	1	5
J. Fogg	25	42	8	0.190	0	1
R. Vogelsong	5	6	1	0.167	0	0
J. D'Amico	28	48	6	0.125	1	3
B. Meadows	33	14	1	0.071	0	0
S. Torres	40	32	2	0.063	0	1
J. Beimel	67	5	0	0.000	0	0
K. Benson	17	30	0	0.000	0	0
N. Figueroa	12	7	0	0.000	0	0
Ó. Pérez	5	6	0	0.000	0	0
S. Sauerbeck	50	1	0	0.000	0	0
J. Tavárez	63	4	0	0.000	0	0
B. Boehringer	60	0	0	—	0	0
M. Corey	22	0	0	—	0	0
M. Gonzalez	16	0	0	—	0	0
J. Grabow	5	0	0	—	0	0
M. Lincoln	36	0	0	—	0	0
J. Mann	2	0	0	—	0	0
D. Reyes	12	0	0	—	0	0
D. Sánchez	6	0	0	—	0	0
M. Williams	37	0	0	—	0	0
Team Totals	162	5,581	1,492	0.267	163	711

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Regular Season

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
K. Wells	31	1971⁄3	10	9	3.28	147
N. Figueroa	12	351⁄3	2	1	3.31	23
J. Suppan	21	141	10	7	3.57	78
J. Grabow	5	5	0	0	3.60	9
J. Tavárez	64	832⁄3	3	3	3.66	39
S. Sauerbeck	53	40	3	4	4.05	32
B. Meadows	34	761⁄3	2	1	4.72	38
S. Torres	41	121	7	5	4.76	84
J. D'Amico	29	1751⁄3	9	16	4.77	100
P. Mahomes	9	221⁄3	0	1	4.84	13
K. Benson	18	105	5	9	4.97	68
J. Beimel	69	621⁄3	1	3	5.05	42
M. Lincoln	36	361⁄3	3	4	5.20	28
J. Fogg	26	142	10	9	5.26	71
M. Corey	22	301⁄3	1	2	5.34	27
B. Boehringer	62	621⁄3	5	4	5.49	47
Ó. Pérez	5	23	0	3	5.87	24
M. Williams	40	371⁄3	1	3	6.27	20
R. Vogelsong	6	22	2	2	6.55	15
M. Gonzalez	16	81⁄3	0	1	7.56	6
D. Reyes	12	101⁄3	0	0	10.45	11
J. Mann	2	12⁄3	0	0	10.80	1
D. Sánchez	6	6	1	0	16.50	3
Team Totals	162	1,4441⁄3	75	87	4.64	926

Transactions

• July 22, 2003: Brandon Lyon was traded by the Boston Red Sox with Anastacio Martinez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Mike Gonzalez and Scott Sauerbeck.
• July 23, 2003: Kenny Lofton was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Aramis Ramírez and cash to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later, Jose Hernandez, and Matt Bruback (minors). The Chicago Cubs sent Bobby Hill (August 15, 2003) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
• July 31, 2003: Freddy Sanchez was traded by the Boston Red Sox with Mike Gonzalez and cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brandon Lyon, Jeff Suppan, and Anastacio Martinez.
• August 17, 2003: Randall Simon was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Ray Sadler.
• August 26, 2003: Jason Bay was traded by the San Diego Padres with a player to be named later and Óliver Pérez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brian Giles. The San Diego Padres sent Corey Stewart (minors) (October 2, 2003) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

Draft picks

Main article: 2003 Major League Baseball draft

2003 Top 10 Rounds Draft Picks

Rd	#	Player	Pos	DOB and Age	School
1	8	Paul Maholm	LHP	(1982-06-25)June 25, 1982 (aged 20)	Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, Mississippi)
2	45	Tom Gorzelanny	LHP	(1982-07-12)July 12, 1982 (aged 20)	University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas)
3	75	Steven Lerud	C	(1984-10-13)October 13, 1984 (aged 18)	Galena High School (Reno, Nevada)
4	105	Kyle Pearson	RHP	(1984-10-08)October 8, 1984 (aged 18)	A. Crawford Mosley High School (Lynn Haven, Florida)
5	135	Craig Stansberry	3B	(1982-03-08)March 8, 1982 (aged 21)	Rice University (Houston, Texas)
6	165	C.J. Smith	1B	(1982-02-22)February 22, 1982 (aged 21)	University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida)
7	195	Russ Johnson	RHP	(1973-01-06)January 6, 1973 (aged 30)	Benjamin Russell High School (Alexander City, AL)
8	225	Sergio Silva	RHP	(1981-12-22)December 22, 1981 (aged 21)	University of the Pacific (Stockton, California)
9	255	Kent Wulf	2B	(1985-04-26)April 26, 1985 (aged 18)	Quartz Hill High School (Quartz Hill, California)
10	285	John Peabody	OF	(1985-08-24)August 24, 1985 (aged 17)	Rancho Bernardo High School (San Diego, California)

Note

• Age at time of draft.

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pacific Coast League	Trent Jewett
AA	Altoona Curve	Eastern League	Dale Sveum
A	Lynchburg Hillcats	Carolina League	Dave Clark
A	Hickory Crawdads	South Atlantic League	Tony Beasley
A-Short Season	Williamsport Crosscutters	New York–Penn League	Andy Stewart
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke
Rookie	DSL Pirates	Dominican Summer League	Ramon Zapata

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Williamsport, DSL Pirates

References

• 2003 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
• 2003 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.