2003 Texas Rangers season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Texas Rangers

| season = 2003

| misc =

| league = American League

| division = West

| ballpark = The Ballpark in Arlington

| city = Arlington, Texas

| owners = Tom Hicks

| general_managers = John Hart

| managers = Buck Showalter

| record = 71–91 (.438)

| divisional_place = 4th

| television = KDFI
FSN Southwest
(Tom Grieve, Josh Lewin)

| radio =KRLD
(Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo)
KESS-FM
(Eleno Ornelas, Edgar Lopez)

|}}

The 2003 Texas Rangers season was the 43rd of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 32nd in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 10th season at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Rangers finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.

Preseason

October 3, 2002: John Rocker was released by the Rangers.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rockejo01.shtml John Rocker page at Baseball Reference]
December 6, 2002: Travis Hafner and Aaron Myette were traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for Einar Díaz and Ryan Drese.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hafnetr01.shtml Travis Hafner page at Baseball Reference]
December 23, 2002: Ugueth Urbina was signed as a free agent with the Rangers.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/u/urbinug01.shtml Ugueth Urbina page at Baseball Reference]

Regular season

File:Flyover at Rangers home opener 2003-04-04.JPEG

=Opening Day starters=

=Season standings=

= Record vs. opponents =

=Transactions=

May 9, 2003: Alan Benes was sent to the Texas Rangers by the Chicago Cubs as part of a conditional deal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/benesal01.shtml|title = Alan Benes Stats}}
June 3, 2003: Ian Kinsler was drafted by the Rangers in the 17th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 2003.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kinslia01.shtml Ian Kinsler page at Baseball Reference]
July 11, 2003: Ugueth Urbina was traded by the Rangers to the Florida Marlins for Adrián González, Ryan Snare, and Will Smith (minors).[https://www.baseball-reference.com/u/urbinug01.shtml Ugueth Urbina page at Baseball Reference]

=Roster=

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valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|44\|Alan Benes}} {{MLBplayer\|53\|Joaquín Benoit}} {{MLBplayer\|36\|Mickey Callaway}} {{MLBplayer\|31\|Francisco Cordero}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Doug Davis}} {{MLBplayer\|45\|R. A. Dickey}} {{MLBplayer\|41\|Juan Dominguez}} {{MLBplayer\|37\|Ryan Drese}} {{MLBplayer\|50\|Robert Ellis}} {{MLBplayer\|38\|Aaron Fultz}} {{MLBplayer\|57\|Reynaldo Garcia}} {{MLBplayer\|56\|Rosman García}} {{MLBplayer\|48\|Colby Lewis}} {{MLBplayer\|32\|Ron Mahay}} {{MLBplayer\|43\|Tony Mounce}} {{MLBplayer\|50\|C. J. Nitkowski}} {{MLBplayer\|61\|Chan Ho Park}} {{MLBplayer\|39\|Jay Powell}} {{MLBplayer\|54\|Erasmo Ramirez}} {{MLBplayer\|40\|Mario Ramos}} {{MLBplayer\|49\|Víctor Santos}} {{MLBplayer\|58\|Brian Shouse}} {{MLBplayer\|46\|John Thomson}} {{MLBplayer\|41\|Ugueth Urbina}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Ismael Valdez}} {{MLBplayer\|47\|Todd Van Poppel}} {{MLBplayer\|43\|Esteban Yan}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Einar Díaz}} {{MLBplayer\|27,22\|Todd Greene}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Chad Kreuter}} {{MLBplayer\|51\|Gerald Laird}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\|11,9\|Hank Blalock}} {{MLBplayer\|13\|Mike Lamb}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Rafael Palmeiro}} {{MLBplayer\|35\|Herbert Perry}} {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Alex Rodriguez}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Mark Teixeira}} {{MLBplayer\|10\|Michael Young}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \|Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|16\|Ryan Christenson}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|Jermaine Clark}} {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Carl Everett}} {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Doug Glanville}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Juan González}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Jason Jones}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Ryan Ludwick}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Kevin Mench}} {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Ramón Nivar}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Laynce Nix}} {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Donnie Sadler}} {{MLBplayer\|21,38\|Rubén Sierra}} {{MLBplayer\|47\|Shane Spencer}} {{MLBplayer\|27\|Marcus Thames}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\|11\|Buck Showalter}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\|52\|Mark Connor}} (bullpen) {{MLBplayer\|20\|DeMarlo Hale}} (first base) {{MLBplayer\|55\|Orel Hershiser}} (pitching) {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Rudy Jaramillo}} (hitting) {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Steve Smith}} (third base) {{MLBplayer\|18\|Don Wakamatsu}} (bench)

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| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

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| valign="top" |Outfielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Manager

Coaches

{{MLBplayer|52|Mark Connor}} (bullpen)

{{MLBplayer|20|DeMarlo Hale}} (first base)

{{MLBplayer|55|Orel Hershiser}} (pitching)

{{MLBplayer| 8|Rudy Jaramillo}} (hitting)

{{MLBplayer| 1|Steve Smith}} (third base)

{{MLBplayer|18|Don Wakamatsu}} (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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align=center \| C	Einar Diaz	101	334	86	.257	4	35
align=center \| 1B	Mark Teixeira	146	529	137	.259	26	84
align=center \| 2B	Michael Young	160	666	204	.306	14	72
align=center \| SS	Alex Rodriguez	161	607	181	.298	47	118
align=center \| 3B	Hank Blalock	143	567	170	.300	29	90
align=center \| LF	Shane Spencer	55	185	42	.227	4	23
align=center \| CF	Ryan Christenson	60	165	29	.176	2	16
align=center \| RF	Juan González	82	327	96	.294	24	70
align=center \| DH	Rafael Palmeiro	154	561	146	.260	38	112

==Other batters==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align=center \| Carl Everett	74	270	74	.274	18	51
align=center \| Todd Greene	62	205	47	.229	10	20
align=center \| Doug Glanville	52	195	53	.272	4	14
align=center \| Laynce Nix	53	184	47	.255	8	30
align=center \| Rubén Sierra	43	133	35	.263	3	12
align=center \| Donnie Sadler	77	131	26	.198	1	5
align=center \| Kevin Mench	38	125	40	.320	2	11
align=center \| Jason Jones	40	107	23	.215	3	11
align=center \| Ramón Nivar	28	90	19	.211	0	7
align=center \| Marcus Thames	30	73	15	.205	1	4
align=center \| Jermaine Clark	24	46	8	.174	0	6
align=center \| Gerald Laird	19	44	12	.273	1	4
align=center \| Mike Lamb	28	38	5	.132	0	2
align=center \| Ryan Ludwick	8	26	4	.154	0	0
align=center \| Herbert Perry	11	24	4	.167	0	2
align=center \| Chad Kreuter	7	18	2	.111	0	0

=Pitching=

==Starting pitchers==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| John Thomson	35	217.0	13	14	4.85	136
align=center \| Colby Lewis	26	127.0	10	9	7.30	88
align=center \| Ismael Valdéz	22	115.0	8	8	6.10	47
align=center \| Tony Mounce	11	50.2	1	5	7.11	30
align="center" \| Chan Ho Park	7	29.2	1	3	7.58	16
align=center \| Robert Ellis	4	18.1	1	1	8.35	8
align=center \| Alan Benes	4	15.0	0	3	11.40	11
align=center \| Mario Ramos	3	13.0	1	1	6.23	8
align=center \| Doug Davis	1	3.0	0	0	12.00	2

==Other pitchers==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align=center \| R.A. Dickey	38	116.2	9	8	5.09	94
align=center \| Joaquin Benoit	25	105.0	8	5	5.49	87
align=center \| Ryan Drese	11	46.0	2	4	6.85	26
align=center \| Víctor Santos	8	25.2	0	2	7.01	15
align=center \| Mickey Callaway	6	22.1	0	3	6.45	19
align=center \| Juan Domínguez	6	16.1	0	2	7.16	13
align=center \| Todd Van Poppel	7	12.2	1	0	8.53	9

==Relief pitchers==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align=center \| Ugueth Urbina	39	0	4	26	4.19	41
align=center \| Francisco Cordero	73	5	8	15	2.94	90
align=center \| Aaron Fultz	64	1	3	0	5.21	53
align=center \| Brian Shouse	62	0	1	1	3.10	40
align=center \| Jay Powell	51	3	0	0	7.82	40
align=center \| Rosman García	46	1	2	0	6.02	25
align=center \| Ron Mahay	35	3	3	0	3.18	38
align=center \| Erasmo Ramirez	34	3	1	0	3.86	28
align=center \| Reynaldo Garcia	17	0	0	0	9.00	15
align=center \| Esteban Yan	15	0	1	0	6.94	25
align=center \| C.J. Nitkowski	6	0	0	0	7.45	5

Awards and honors

Alex Rodriguez, American League Most Valuable Player Award
Alex Rodriguez, Hank Aaron Award
Alex Rodriguez, A.L. Home Run Champ
Alex Rodriguez, SS, AL Gold Glove
Alex Rodriguez, Silver Slugger Award

All-Star Game

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System|level15=AAA|team15=Oklahoma RedHawks|league15=Pacific Coast League|manager15=Bobby Jones

|level16=AA |team16=Frisco RoughRiders|league16=Texas League|manager16=Tim Ireland

|level17=A |team17=Stockton Ports|league17=California League|manager17=Arnie Beyeler

|level18=A |team18=Clinton LumberKings|league18=Midwest League|manager18=Carlos Subero

|level19=A-Short Season|team19=Spokane Indians|league19=Northwest League|manager19=[https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=kenned003jam Darryl Kennedy]

|level20=Rookie|team20=AZL Rangers|league20=Arizona League|manager20=[https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=lopez-002ped Pedro López]

}}

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spokane

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/2003.shtml 2003 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference]
[http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2003&t=TEX 2003 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]
{{Cite book| editor1-last=Johnson| editor1-first=Lloyd| editor2-last=Wolff| editor2-first=Miles| title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball| edition=3rd| location=Durham, North Carolina| publisher=Baseball America| year=2007| isbn=978-1-932391-17-6}}

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