2003 Boston Red Sox season

2003 Boston Red Sox
American League Runner-Up
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
East Division (since 1969)
Location
Fenway Park (since 1912)
Boston (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Henry (New England Sports Ventures)
General manager(s)	Theo Epstein
Manager(s)	Grady Little
Local television	WSBK-TV (Sean McDonough, Jerry Remy) NESN (Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy)
Local radio	WEEI (Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione) WROL (Luis Tiant, Uri Berenguer, Juan Pedro Villamán)
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The Boston Red Sox' 2003 season included the Red Sox attempting to win the American League East division, the ALDS, and the American League pennant. The Sox settled for the AL Wild Card and entered the first round against the Oakland Athletics. Despite losing the first two games in Oakland, Boston rebounded with two dramatic wins in the late innings at Fenway Park to even the series. When the series returned to Oakland, the Red Sox held off a late Oakland charge to win the series in five games. In doing so, they joined the 1995 Mariners and 1999 Boston Red Sox as the only teams to come back to win a best-of-five ALDS since the playoff expansion in 1994.

The stage was set for a classic showdown with their longtime division rival New York Yankees. The teams split the first two games in the Bronx before the real drama unfolded in Game 3 at Fenway Park. A highly anticipated matchup between Sox ace Pedro Martínez and former Sox' pitcher Roger Clemens turned ugly early on. Karim García was hit in the back by a Martinez fastball. Words were exchanged and Martínez threateningly gestured towards Yankee catcher Jorge Posada. When Garcia was forced out at second, he slid hard into Todd Walker. The following inning, Manny Ramírez took exception to a high Clemens pitch and charged the mound. Both benches cleared, but the resulting brawl turned surreal when 72-year-old Yankee bench coach Don Zimmer charged Martínez. Pedro sidestepped and threw Zimmer to the ground. After the thirteen-minute delay, Clemens struck out Ramírez and proceeded to pitch effectively as the Yankees took a 2-1 series lead. The Red Sox won Game 4, but the Yankees won Game 5 to takes the series' lead back to New York. But Boston proved resilient, and their offense came alive for the first time in the series to the tune of nine runs on sixteen hits to force a seventh game. With a 4-0 lead early on and Martínez, Boston appeared to be on the brink of winning the pennant. But more late-inning drama unfolded when the Yankees tied the game with three eighth-inning runs off Martínez, sending the game on into the October night. Yankee closer Mariano Rivera pitched three scoreless innings, and in the bottom of the eleventh, Aaron Boone turned on the first offering from Tim Wakefield and sent it into the frenzied bleachers of Yankee Stadium, sending the Yankees on to the World Series for the fifth time in six years. This game further cemented the legend many believed was The Curse of the Bambino.

Despite the crushing loss, all was not lost on the Red Sox' season. They led the Major leagues in nearly all offensive categories, including runs scored (961), batting average (.289), on-base percentage (.360), and perhaps most impressively, a .491 team slugging percentage, which set a new record previously held by the 1927 Yankees.^[1]

Offseason

On November 25, 2002, Theo Epstein, 28, was hired as General Manager of the Boston Red Sox.^[2] The vacancy occurred because Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane accepted the Red Sox job and then resigned shortly afterward. Epstein's hiring made him the youngest general manager in major league history.^[2] Larry Lucchino, Red Sox' President and CEO, wanted Epstein to be hired. Prior to the appointment, Epstein was Boston's assistant general manager.
October 9, 2002: Brandon Lyon was selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Toronto Blue Jays.^[3]
November 6, 2002: Chris Coste signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.^[4]
December 6, 2002: Wayne Gomes was released by the Boston Red Sox.^[5]
December 31, 2002: Ramiro Mendoza signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.^[6]
January 10, 2003: Bill Mueller was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.^[7]
January 22, 2003: David Ortiz was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.^[8]
February 15, 2003: Kevin Millar was purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Florida Marlins.^[9]

Regular season

The Red Sox celebrate their clinching of the 2003 AL Wild Card with a victory over the Baltimore Orioles.

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

Record vs. opponents

2003 American League Records Sources:
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

Gabe Kapler

April 11, 2003: Bill Haselman signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.^[10]
June 28, 2003: Gabe Kapler was purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Colorado Rockies.^[11]
July 22, 2003: Scott Sauerbeck was acquired by the Red Sox from the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[1]
July 31, 2003: The Red Sox acquired Scott Williamson from the Cincinnati Reds. Freddy Sanchez was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jeff Suppan.^[12]
August 5, 2003: David McCarty was acquired off waivers by the Red Sox from the Oakland Athletics.

Opening Day Lineup

18	Johnny Damon	CF
12	Todd Walker	2B
5	Nomar Garciaparra	SS
24	Manny Ramírez	LF
15	Kevin Millar	1B
29	Shea Hillenbrand	3B
25	Jeremy Giambi	DH
7	Trot Nixon	RF
33	Jason Varitek	C
45	Pedro Martínez	P

Roster

2003 Boston Red Sox cc

Roster

Pitchers

59 Héctor Almonte

61 Bronson Arroyo

19 John Burkett

52 Bruce Chen

43 Alan Embree

23 Casey Fossum

44 Chad Fox

46 Bob Howry

59 Todd Jones

51 Byung-Hyun Kim

32 Derek Lowe

38 Brandon Lyon

45 Pedro Martínez

55 Ramiro Mendoza

31 Robert Person

30 Ryan Rupe

47 Scott Sauerbeck

17 Rudy Seánez

57 Jason Shiell

35 Jeff Suppan

50 Mike Timlin

51 Kevin Tolar

49 Tim Wakefield

59 Matt White

48 Scott Williamson

47 Steve Woodard

Catchers

44 Bill Haselman

28 Doug Mirabelli

33 Jason Varitek

Infielders

53 Andy Abad

16 Lou Collier

5 Nomar Garciaparra

29 Shea Hillenbrand

2 Damian Jackson

13 Lou Merloni

15 Kevin Millar

11 Bill Mueller

26 Freddy Sanchez

12 Todd Walker

Outfielders

17 Adrian Brown

18 Johnny Damon

29 Gabe Kapler

10 David McCarty

7 Trot Nixon

24 Manny Ramirez

Designated hitters

25 Jeremy Giambi

34 David Ortiz

Manager

3 Grady Little

Coaches

40 Tony Cloninger

39 Mike Cubbage

22 Ron Jackson

41 Jerry Narron (Bench)

54 Euclides Rojas (Bullpen)

17 Dave Wallace

20 Dallas Williams

Game log

2003 Game Log

March

April

May

June

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
55	June 1	@ Blue Jays	11–8	Halladay (7–2)	White (0–1)	—	26,890	31–24
–	June 3	@ Pirates	Postponed					31–24
56	June 4	@ Pirates	11–4	Kim (2–5)	Benson (5–6)	—	N/A	32–24
57	June 4	@ Pirates	8–3	Lowe (5–3)	D'Amico (4–6)	—	27,769	33–24
58	June 5	@ Pirates	5–4	Boehringer (3–1)	Mendoza (1–2)	Williams (16)	33,372	33–25
59	June 6	@ Brewers	9–3	Durocher (2–0)	Almonte (0–1)	—	20,195	33–26
60	June 7	@ Brewers	11–10	Lyon (2–2)	DeJean (2–4)	Timlin (1)	34,242	34–26
61	June 8	@ Brewers	9–1	Lowe (6–3)	Rusch (1–9)	—	20,784	35–26
62	June 10	Cardinals	9–7	Kline (3–4)	Lyon (2–3)	Eldred (8)	34,937	35–27
63	June 11	Cardinals	13–1	Burkett (4–3)	Tomko (2–5)	—	33,453	36–27
64	June 12	Cardinals	8–7 13	Yan (2–1)	Mendoza (1–3)	—	34,389	36–28
65	June 13	Astros	4–3	Rupe (1–0)	Stone (4–2)	Lyon (7)	33,244	37–28
66	June 14	Astros	8–4	Lowe (7–3)	Redding (4–5)	—	34,562	38–28
67	June 15	Astros	3–2 14	Shiell (2–0)	Bland (1–2)	—	34,085	39–28
68	June 16	@ White Sox	4–2	Buehrle (3–10)	Rupe (1–1)	Gordon (1)	30,779	39–29
69	June 17	@ White Sox	7–4	Burkett (5–3)	Colón (6–7)	Lyon (8)	19,887	40–29
70	June 18	@ White Sox	3–1	Loaiza (10–2)	Wakefield (5–3)	Koch (9)	18,708	40–30
71	June 19	@ White Sox	4–3 10	Lyon (3–3)	Koch (2–3)	—	17,225	41–30
--	June 20	@ Phillies	Postponed					41–30
72	June 21	@ Phillies	6–5 13	Mesa (3–4)	Seánez (0–1)	—	35,512	41–31
73	June 22	@ Phillies	5–0	Myers (6–6)	Kim (2–6)	—	60,960	41–32
74	June 23	Tigers	3–1	Wakefield (6–3)	Bonderman (2–11)	Timlin (2)	33,814	42–32
75	June 24	Tigers	10–1	Lowe (8–3)	Cornejo (3–6)	—	33,848	43–32
76	June 25	Tigers	11–2	Burkett (6–3)	Maroth (2–12)	—	33,587	44–32
77	June 26	Tigers	6–4	Martínez (5–2)	Roney (0–2)	Lyon (9)	34,415	45–32
78	June 27	Marlins	25–8	Kim (3–6)	Pavano (6–9)	—	34,764	46–32
79	June 28	Marlins	10–9	Bump (1–0)	Lyon (3–4)	Looper (14)	34,804	46–33
80	June 29	Marlins	11–7	Lowe (9–3)	Penny (6–6)	—	34,476	47–33

July

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
81	July 1	@ Devil Rays	4–3 11	Carter (5–3)	Lyon (3–5)	—	12,122	47–34
82	July 2	@ Devil Rays	5–4	Martínez (6–2)	Colomé (1–4)	Kim (1)	14,345	48–34
83	July 3	@ Devil Rays	6–5 10	Harper (1–4)	Timlin (3–3)	—	12,838	48–35
84	July 4	@ Yankees	10–3	Lowe (10–3)	Wells (10–3)	—	55,144	49–35
85	July 5	@ Yankees	10–2	Mendoza (2–3)	Clemens (8–6)	—	54,948	50–35
86	July 6	@ Yankees	7–1	Pettitte (10–6)	Burkett (6–4)	—	54,918	50–36
87	July 7	@ Yankees	2–1	Rivera (3–0)	Kim (3–7)	—	55,016	50–37
88	July 8	@ Blue Jays	2–1 12	Jones (2–4)	Tam (0–3)	Kim (2)	20,022	51–37
89	July 9	@ Blue Jays	8–7	Lyon (4–5)	Tam (0–4)	Kim (3)	23,551	52–37
90	July 10	@ Blue Jays	7–1	Mendoza (3–3)	Lidle (10–8)	—	20,113	53–37
91	July 11	@ Tigers	5–3	Burkett (7–4)	Maroth (4–13)	Kim (4)	26,538	54–37
92	July 12	@ Tigers	4–2 11	Jones (3–4)	Rodney (0–1)	Kim (5)	23,206	55–37
93	July 13	@ Tigers	3–0	Ledezma (3–2)	Wakefield (6–4)	Mears (4)	23,829	55–38
94	July 17	Blue Jays	5–2	Halladay (14–2)	Lowe (10–4)	—	34,521	55–39
95	July 18	Blue Jays	4–1	Escobar (6–6)	Wakefield (6–5)	Miller (1)	34,136	55–40
96	July 19	Blue Jays	5–4 10	Kim (4–7)	López (1–3)	—	34,812	56–40
97	July 20	Blue Jays	9–4	Martínez (7–2)	Wasdin (0–1)	—	34,321	57–40
98	July 21	Tigers	14–5	Burkett (8–4)	Bonderman (3–14)	Fossum (1)	33,823	58–40
99	July 22	Tigers	7–4	Lowe (11–4)	Maroth (5–14)	—	33,570	59–40
100	July 23	Devil Rays	10–4	Wakefield (7–5)	Harper (1–6)	—	33,446	60–40
101	July 24	Devil Rays	15–9	Zambrano (7–5)	Mendoza (3–4)	—	33,521	60–41
102	July 25	Yankees	4–3	Rivera (5–0)	Kim (4–8)	—	34,873	60–42
103	July 26	Yankees	5–4	Kim (5–8)	Benítez (3–4)	—	34,356	61–42
104	July 27	Yankees	6–4	Fossum (5–4)	Hammond (2–1)	Kim (6)	34,787	62–42
105	July 29	@ Rangers	14–7	Wakefield (8–5)	García (1–1)	—	24,632	63–42
106	July 30	@ Rangers	9–2	Ellis (1–1)	Mendoza (3–5)	—	25,354	63–43
107	July 31	@ Rangers	7–3 11	Ramirez (2–0)	Jones (3–5)	—	27,108	63–44

August

September

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
137	September 1	@ Phillies	13–9	Kim (7–9)	Mesa (5–7)	—	61,068	79–58
138	September 2	@ White Sox	2–1	Burkett (10–7)	Colón (12–12)	Kim (12)	23,943	80–58
139	September 3	@ White Sox	5–4 10	Kim (8–9)	Gordon (6–6)	—	20,082	81–58
140	September 5	@ Yankees	9–3	Martínez (11–4)	Pettitte (17–8)	—	55,261	82–58
141	September 6	@ Yankees	12–0	Wakefield (10–6)	Clemens (13–9)	—	55,237	83–58
142	September 7	@ Yankees	3–1	Wells (13–6)	Suppan (11–9)	Rivera (33)	55,212	83–59
143	September 8	@ Orioles	13–10	Ligtenberg (2–2)	Kim (8–10)	—	23,276	83–60
144	September 9	@ Orioles	9–2	Lowe (15–6)	Moss (10–11)	—	25,265	84–60
145	September 10	@ Orioles	5–0	Martínez (12–4)	Johnson (10–7)	—	25,143	85–60
146	September 12	White Sox	7–4	Suppan (12–9)	Wright (1–6)	Kim (13)	34,890	86–60
147	September 13	White Sox	3–1	Colón (14–12)	Wakefield (10–7)	—	34,414	86–61
148	September 14	White Sox	7–2	Buehrle (13–13)	Burkett (10–8)	Marte (11)	34,174	86–62
149	September 15	Devil Rays	8–2	Lowe (16–6)	Sosa (5–11)	—	33,389	87–62
150	September 16	Devil Rays	3–2	Martínez (13–4)	Harper (4–8)	—	33,618	88–62
151	September 17	Devil Rays	7–0	Zambrano (11–9)	Suppan (12–10)	—	33,806	88–63
152	September 18	Devil Rays	4–3	Wakefield (11–7)	Bell (4–4)	Kim (14)	34,042	89–63
153	September 19	@ Indians	2–0	Burkett (11–8)	Stanford (0–3)	Embree (1)	20,374	90–63
154	September 20	@ Indians	13–4	Dave Lee (1–0)	Lowe (16–7)	—	23,242	90–64
155	September 21	@ Indians	2–0	Martínez (14–4)	Cliff Lee (3–2)	Kim (15)	27,655	91–64
156	September 22	Orioles	7–5	Suppan (13–10)	Johnson (10–9)	Kim (16)	33,821	92–64
157	September 23	Orioles	6–5 10	Kim (9–10)	Ainsworth (5–5)	—	33,723	93–64
158	September 24	Orioles	7–3	Hentgen (7–8)	Burkett (11–9)	—	34,607	93–65
159	September 25	Orioles	14–3	Lowe (17–7)	Daal (4–11)	—	34,526	94–65
160	September 26	@ Devil Rays	7–2	Burkett (12–9)	González (6–11)	—	21,240	95–65
161	September 27	@ Devil Rays	5–4	Gaudin (2–0)	Suppan (13–11)	Carter (25)	25,635	95–66
162	September 28	@ Devil Rays	3–1	Zambrano (12–10)	Lyon (4–6)	Carter (26)	24,138	95–67

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

ALDS vs Oakland

Main article: 2003 American League Division Series

Game 1: Oakland 5 – Boston 4

Game 2: Oakland 5 – Boston 1

Game 3: Boston 3 – Oakland 1

Game 4: Boston 5 – Oakland 4

Game 5: Boston 4 – Oakland 3

ALCS: Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees

Main article: 2003 American League Championship Series

New York wins the series, 4–3

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Boston Red Sox – 5, New York Yankees – 2	October 8	Yankee Stadium	56,281^[13]
2	Boston Red Sox – 2, New York Yankees – 6	October 9	Yankee Stadium	56,295^[14]
3	New York Yankees – 4, Boston Red Sox – 3	October 11	Fenway Park	34,209^[15]
4	New York Yankees – 2, Boston Red Sox – 3	October 13	Fenway Park	34,599^[16]
5	New York Yankees – 4, Boston Red Sox – 2	October 14	Fenway Park	34,619^[17]
6	Boston Red Sox – 9, New York Yankees – 6	October 15	Yankee Stadium	56,277^[18]
7	Boston Red Sox – 5, New York Yankees – 6 (11 innings)	October 16	Yankee Stadium	56,279^[19]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Pawtucket Red Sox	International League	Buddy Bailey
AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Eastern League	Ron Johnson
A	Sarasota Red Sox	Florida State League	Tim Leiper
A	Augusta GreenJackets	South Atlantic League	Russ Morman
A-Short Season	Lowell Spinners	New York–Penn League	Jon Deeble and Lynn Jones
Rookie	GCL Red Sox	Gulf Coast League	Ralph Treuel

References

Season standings: American League East Standings on ESPN.com
Game logs: Boston Red Sox Game Log on baseball-reference.com
Batting Statistics: Boston Red Sox Batting Stats on ESPN.com
Pitching Statistics: Boston Red Sox Pitching Stats on ESPN.com
2003 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com

1 2 "2003 MLB Summary". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
1 2 Shpigel, Ben (November 1, 2005). "Red Sox General Manager Ends a Memorable Run". The New York Times. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
↑ Brandon Lyon Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Chris Coste Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Wayne Gomes Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Ramiro Mendoza Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Bill Mueller Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ David Ortiz Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Kevin Millar Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Bill Haselman Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Gabe Kapler Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Freddy Sanchez Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ "2003 ALCS Game 1 – Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees". Retrosheet. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
↑ "2003 ALCS Game 2 – Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees". Retrosheet. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
↑ "2003 ALCS Game 3 – New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
↑ "2003 ALCS Game 4 – New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
↑ "2003 ALCS Game 5 – New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
↑ "2003 ALCS Game 6 – Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees". Retrosheet. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
↑ "2003 ALCS Game 7 – Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees". Retrosheet. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
↑ Baseball America 2004 Annual Directory

American League Wild Card teams

1995: New York Yankees
1996: Baltimore Orioles
1997: New York Yankees
1998: Boston Red Sox
1999: Boston Red Sox
2000: Seattle Mariners
2001: Oakland Athletics
2002: Anaheim Angels
2003: Boston Red Sox
2004: Boston Red Sox
2005: Boston Red Sox
2006: Detroit Tigers
2007: New York Yankees
2008: Boston Red Sox
2009: Boston Red Sox
2010: New York Yankees
2011: Tampa Bay Rays
2012: Baltimore Orioles & Texas Rangers
2013: Cleveland Indians & Tampa Bay Rays
2014: Kansas City Royals & Oakland Athletics
2015: Houston Astros & New York Yankees
2016: Baltimore Orioles & Toronto Blue Jays

2003 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida New York Philadelphia Montréal

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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League
Pennants (13)

Division titles (8)

Wild card berths (7)

Minor league
affiliates

Other assets

New England Sports Network

Seasons (117)

1900s	1900 * 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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