2003 Baltimore Orioles | |
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Record | 71–91 (.423) |
Divisional place | 4th |
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Owner(s) | Peter Angelos |
General manager(s) | Jim Beattie/Mike Flanagan |
Manager(s) | Mike Hargrove |
Local television | WJZ-TV WNUV Comcast SportsNet (Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Buck Martinez) |
Local radio | WBAL (AM) (Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter) |
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The 2003 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 4th in the American League East with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.
On February 16, 2003, towards the beginning of Orioles' spring training camp in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Steve Bechler collapsed while participating in conditioning drills. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, and died the next day.[4] His body temperature had reached 108 °F (42 °C).[5] An autopsy performed by Dr. Joshua Perper, a toxicologist, concluded that his death was caused by "'abnormal liver function and mild hypertension', his weight problem (he weighed 230 pounds and was exercising hard,[6] the fact that he was not used to south Florida's warm weather and the toxicity of ephedra.[7] He was using the supplement ephedra, against the advice of his trainer,[8] and probably had not eaten in two days[9] in an effort to lose weight.
AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 101 | 61 | 0.623 | — | 50–32 | 51–29 |
Boston Red Sox | 95 | 67 | 0.586 | 6 | 53–28 | 42–39 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 15 | 41–40 | 45–36 |
Baltimore Orioles | 71 | 91 | 0.438 | 30 | 40–40 | 31–51 |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 63 | 99 | 0.389 | 38 | 36–45 | 27–54 |
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | |||||||||||||||
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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 |
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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 |
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C | Brook Fordyce | 108 | 348 | 95 | .273 | 6 | 31 |
1B | Jeff Conine | 124 | 493 | 143 | .290 | 15 | 80 |
2B | Brian Roberts | 112 | 460 | 124 | .270 | 5 | 41 |
SS | Deivi Cruz | 152 | 548 | 137 | .250 | 14 | 65 |
3B | Tony Batista | 161 | 631 | 148 | .235 | 26 | 99 |
LF | Larry Bigbie | 83 | 287 | 87 | .303 | 9 | 31 |
CF | Luis Matos | 109 | 439 | 133 | .303 | 13 | 45 |
RF | Jay Gibbons | 160 | 625 | 173 | .277 | 23 | 100 |
DH | David Segui | 67 | 224 | 59 | .263 | 5 | 25 |
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 |
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Melvin Mora | 96 | 344 | 109 | .317 | 15 | 48 |
B.J. Surhoff | 93 | 319 | 94 | .295 | 5 | 41 |
Jerry Hairston Jr. | 58 | 218 | 59 | .271 | 2 | 21 |
Gerónimo Gil | 54 | 169 | 40 | .237 | 3 | 16 |
Gary Matthews Jr. | 41 | 162 | 33 | .204 | 2 | 20 |
Jack Cust | 27 | 73 | 19 | .260 | 4 | 11 |
José Morban | 61 | 71 | 10 | .141 | 2 | 5 |
José León | 21 | 54 | 13 | .241 | 0 | 0 |
Robert Machado | 18 | 49 | 13 | .265 | 1 | 3 |
Carlos Méndez | 26 | 45 | 10 | .222 | 0 | 5 |
Tim Raines Jr. | 20 | 43 | 6 | .140 | 0 | 2 |
Marty Cordova | 9 | 30 | 7 | .233 | 1 | 4 |
Pedro Swann | 8 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 1 | 2 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jason Johnson | 32 | 189.2 | 10 | 10 | 4.18 | 118 |
Pat Hentgen | 28 | 160.2 | 7 | 8 | 4.09 | 100 |
Sidney Ponson | 21 | 148.0 | 14 | 6 | 3.77 | 100 |
Rodrigo López | 26 | 147.0 | 7 | 10 | 5.82 | 103 |
Rick Helling | 24 | 138.2 | 7 | 8 | 5.71 | 86 |
Omar Daal | 19 | 93.2 | 4 | 11 | 6.34 | 53 |
Damian Moss | 10 | 50.2 | 1 | 5 | 6.22 | 22 |
Matt Riley | 2 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.80 | 9 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Eric DuBose | 17 | 73.2 | 3 | 6 | 3.79 | 44 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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B.J. Ryan | 76 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.40 | 63 |
Kerry Ligtenberg | 68 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3.34 | 47 |
Jorge Julio | 64 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 4.38 | 52 |
Buddy Groom | 60 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5.36 | 34 |
Héctor Carrasco | 40 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4.93 | 27 |
Rick Bauer | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.55 | 43 |
Willis Roberts | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.72 | 26 |
Travis Driskill | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6.00 | 33 |
John Parrish | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.90 | 8 |
Sean Douglass | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 3 |
Kurt Ainsworth | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.57 | 4 |
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Ottawa Lynx | International League | Gary Allenson |
AA | Bowie Baysox | Eastern League | Dave Trembley |
A | Frederick Keys | Carolina League | Tom Lawless |
A | Delmarva Shorebirds | South Atlantic League | Stan Hough |
A-Short Season | Aberdeen IronBirds | New York–Penn League | Joe Almaraz |
Rookie | Bluefield Orioles | Appalachian League | Don Buford |
Rookie | GCL Orioles | Gulf Coast League | Jesus Alfaro |