The Seattle Mariners 2003 season was their 27th since the franchise creation. The team finished second in the American League West with a record of 93–69.

2003 Seattle Mariners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkSafeco Field
CitySeattle, Washington
Record93–69 (.574)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersHiroshi Yamauchi
(represented by Howard Lincoln)
General managersPat Gillick
ManagersBob Melvin
TelevisionKSTW 11
FSN Northwest
RadioKOMO 1000 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Ron Fairly, Dave Valle,
Dave Henderson)
← 2002 Seasons 2004 →

The team used only five starting pitchers the entire season, which was unusual.[1] The five starting pitchers were Ryan Franklin, Freddy Garcia, Gil Meche, Jamie Moyer and Joel Piñeiro.

Offseason

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  • October 11, 2002: Scott Podsednik was selected off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Seattle Mariners.[2]
  • November 15, 2002: Mariners named Bob Melvin, as the team's new manager, after Lou Piniella left to manage the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
  • December 6, 2002: John Olerud was signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.[3]
  • January 16, 2003: John Mabry was signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.[4]

Regular season

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Opening Day starters

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Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 96 66 .593 57‍–‍24 39‍–‍42
Seattle Mariners 93 69 .574 3 50‍–‍31 43‍–‍38
Anaheim Angels 77 85 .475 19 45‍–‍37 32‍–‍48
Texas Rangers 71 91 .438 25 43‍–‍38 28‍–‍53


Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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


Notable transactions

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  • July 29, 2003: Kenny Kelly was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the New York Mets for Rey Sánchez and cash.[6]

Roster

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2003 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Dan Wilson 96 316 76 .241 4 43
1B John Olerud 152 539 145 .269 10 83
2B Bret Boone 159 622 183 .294 35 117
SS Carlos Guillén 109 388 107 .276 7 52
3B Jeff Cirillo 87 258 53 .205 2 23
LF Randy Winn 157 600 177 .295 11 75
CF Mike Cameron 147 534 135 .253 18 76
RF Ichiro Suzuki 159 679 212 .312 13 62
DH Edgar Martínez 145 497 146 .294 24 98

Other batters

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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
Mark McLemore 99 309 72 .233 2 37
Ben Davis 80 246 58 .236 6 42
Willie Bloomquist 89 196 49 .250 1 14
Rey Sánchez 46 170 50 .294 0 11
John Mabry 64 104 22 .212 3 16
Greg Colbrunn 22 58 16 .276 3 7
Pat Borders 12 14 2 .143 0 1
Luis Ugueto 12 5 1 .200 0 1
Jamal Strong 12 2 0 .000 0 0
Chad Meyers 9 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jamie Moyer 33 215.0 21 7 3.27 129
Ryan Franklin 32 212.0 11 13 3.57 99
Joel Piñeiro 32 211.2 16 11 3.78 151
Freddy García 33 201.1 12 14 4.51 144
Gil Meche 32 186.1 15 13 4.59 130

Relief pitchers

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Note; G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Shigetoshi Hasegawa 63 2 4 16 1.48 32
Arthur Rhodes 67 3 3 3 4.17 48
Julio Mateo 50 4 0 1 3.15 71
Jeff Nelson 46 3 2 7 3.35 47
Rafael Soriano 40 3 0 1 1.53 68
Kazuhiro Sasaki 35 1 2 10 4.05 29
Giovanni Carrara 23 2 0 0 6.83 13
Armando Benítez 15 0 0 0 3.14 15
Aaron Taylor 10 0 0 0 8.53 9
Aaron Looper 6 0 0 0 5.14 6
Brian Sweeney 5 0 0 0 1.93 7
J.J. Putz 3 0 0 0 4.91 3
Matt White 3 0 0 0 13.50 0

Awards and honors

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2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Rainiers Pacific Coast League Dan Rohn
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Dave Brundage
A Inland Empire 66ers California League Steve Roadcap
A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Midwest League Daren Brown
A-Short Season Everett AquaSox Northwest League Pedro Grifol
Rookie AZL Mariners Arizona League Scott Steinmann

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Antonio, Inland Empire[8]

Major League Baseball Draft

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2003 Seattle Mariners draft picks
 
Adam Jones (pictured) was the Mariners first round pick in 2003.
Information
Owner Nintendo of America
General Manager(s) Pat Gillick
Manager(s) Bob Melvin
First pick Adam Jones
Draft positions 19th
Number of selections 53
Links
Results Baseball-Reference
Official Site The Official Site of the Seattle Mariners Archived January 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
Years 2002 • 2003 • 2004

The following is a list of 2003 Seattle Mariners draft picks. The Mariners took part in both the Rule 4 draft (June amateur draft) and the Rule 5 draft. The Mariners made 53 selections in the 2003 draft, the first being shortstop Adam Jones in the first round. In all, the Mariners selected 30 pitchers, 8 outfielders, 6 catchers, 4 shortstops, 4 third basemen, and 1 first baseman.

Draft

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Ryan Feierabend was selected in the third round by the Mariners.
 
Eric O'Flaherty was selected by the Mariners in the sixth round.
 
Scott Maine was selected with the 446th pick in the 2003 draft.
 
In the 31st round the Mariners selected Doug Mathis.
Round (Pick) Indicates the round and pick the player was drafted
Position Indicates the secondary/collegiate position at which the player was drafted, rather than the professional position the player may have gone on to play
Bold Indicates the player signed with the Mariners
Italics Indicates the player did not sign with the Mariners
* Indicates the player made an appearance in Major League Baseball

Table

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Round (Pick) Name Position School Source
1s (37) Adam Jones Shortstop Morse High School [9]
2 (56) Jeff Flaig Third baseman El Dorado High School [10]
3 (86) Ryan Feierabend Left-handed pitcher Midview High School [11]
4 (116) Paul Fagan Left-handed pitcher Bartram Trail High School [12]
5 (146) Casey Abrams Left-handed pitcher Wright State University [13]
6 (176) Eric O'Flaherty Left-handed pitcher Walla Walla High School [14]
7 (206) Jeremy Dutton Third baseman North Carolina State University [15]
8 (236) Thomas Oldham Third baseman Creighton University [16]
9 (266) Justin Ruchti Catcher Rice University [17]
10 (296) Mike Cox Third baseman Florida Atlantic University [18]
11 (326) Joe Woerman Right-handed pitcher San Diego City College [19]
12 (356) Ruben Flores Right-handed pitcher El Paso Community College [20]
13 (386) Shawn Nottingham Left-handed pitcher Jackson High School [21]
14 (416) Tim Dorn Right-handed pitcher East Los Angeles College [22]
15 (446) Scott Maine Left-handed pitcher William T. Dwyer High School [23]
16 (476) Brian Schweiger Catcher California State University, San Bernardino [24]
17 (506) Jason Snyder Right-handed pitcher Dixie State College [25]
18 (536) James Hymon Shortstop Rust College [26]
19 (566) Aaron Jensen Right-handed pitcher Springville High School [27]
20 (596) Carroll Gaddis Outfielder Hoke County High School [28]
21 (626) Casey Craig Outfielder Granite Hills High School [29]
22 (656) Samuel Bradford Outfielder Gardner–Webb University [30]
23 (686) Daniel Santin Catcher Miami Brito High School [31]
24 (716) Kenny Falconer Right-handed pitcher University of Kansas [32]
25 (746) Jason Cable Left-handed pitcher Palmdale High School [33]
26 (776) Gordon Lynah Outfielder Spartanburg Methodist College [34]
27 (806) Richard Breshears Right-handed pitcher Hutchinson Community College [35]
28 (836) Daniel McDonald Left-handed pitcher Theodore High School [36]
29 (866) Christopher Garcia Right-handed pitcher None [37]
30 (896) Steve Santos Right-handed pitcher Los Medanos College [38]
31 (926) Doug Mathis Right-handed pitcher Central Arizona College [39]
32 (956) Adam Poole Left-handed pitcher Lincoln Trail College [40]
33 (986) Blake Rampy Right-handed pitcher Tomball High School [41]
34 (1016) Paul Keck Catcher Sacramento City College [42]
35 (1046) Andy Reichard Right-handed pitcher State College High School [43]
36 (1076) Alexander Baboulas Left-handed pitcher Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute [44]
37 (1106) Joel Allin Left-handed pitcher Stockbridge High School [45]
38 (1136) Yusuf Carter Catcher Canarsie High School [46]
39 (1166) Trevor Heid Outfielder Dixie State College [47]
40 (1196) Mark Tourangeau Right-handed pitcher Queen Elizabeth Park High School [48]
41 (1226) Dane Awana Left-handed pitcher Saddleback College [49]
42 (1255) Danny Santiesteban Outfielder Miami Brito High School [50]
43 (1284) Harold Williams Right-handed pitcher Cerritos College [51]
44 (1312) Edwin Totesault Shortstop Miami Brito High School [52]
45 (1339) McCay Green Right-handed pitcher Lake–Sumter Community College [53]
46 (1366) Mike Hofius First baseman California State University, San Bernardino [54]
47 (1393) Daniel Kapala Right-handed pitcher Shrine Catholic High School [55]
48 (1420) Markus Roberts Shortstop Deer Valley High School [56]
49 (1446) Jose Laffitte Outfielder Miami High School [57]
50 (1472) Timothy Turner Outfielder East Tennessee State University [58]

Rule 5 draft

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Pick Indicates the pick the player was drafted
Previous team Indicates the previous organization, not Minor league team

Table

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Phase (Pick) Name Position Previous team Notes Ref
Triple-A (16) Darwin Soto Infielder San Diego Padres [59]
Triple-A (36) Omar Falcon Catcher San Diego Padres [59]
Triple-A (47) Chris Key Left-handed pitcher Florida Marlins [59]

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