2003 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 2003 throughout the world.

Headline events of the year

Champions

Major League Baseball

League Eastern Division Champion Central Division Champion Western Division Champion Wild Card Qualifier
American League New York Yankees Minnesota Twins Oakland Athletics Boston Red Sox
National League Atlanta Braves Chicago Cubs San Francisco Giants Florida Marlins
  Division Series
TV: ESPN/FOX
League Championship Series
TV: FOX
World Series
TV: FOX
                           
  1  New York Yankees 3  
3  Minnesota Twins 1  
  1  New York Yankees 4  
American League
  4  Boston Red Sox 3  
2  Oakland Athletics 2
  4  Boston Red Sox 3  
    AL1  New York Yankees 2
  NL4  Florida Marlins 4
  1  Atlanta Braves 2  
3  Chicago Cubs 3  
  3  Chicago Cubs 3
National League
  4  Florida Marlins 4  
2  San Francisco Giants 1
  4  Florida Marlins 3  

Click on any series score to link to that series' page.
Higher seed has home field advantage during Division Series and League Championship Series.
American League has home field advantage during World Series as a result of the American League victory in the 2003 All-Star Game.
American League is seeded 1-3/2-4 as a result of AL regular season champion (New York Yankees) and AL wild card (Boston Red Sox) coming from the same division.
National League is seeded 1-3/2-4 as a result of NL regular season champion (Atlanta Braves) and NL wild card (Florida Marlins) coming from the same division.

Other champions

Awards and honors

Statistical leaders

  American League National League
Type Name Stat Name Stat
AVG Bill Mueller BOS .326 Albert Pujols STL .359
HR Alex Rodriguez TEX 47 Jim Thome PHI 47
RBI Carlos Delgado TOR 145Preston Wilson COL 141
Wins Roy Halladay TOR 22 Russ Ortiz ATL 21
ERA Pedro Martínez BOS 2.22 Jason Schmidt SFG 2.34
SO Esteban Loaiza CHW 207 Kerry Wood CHC 266
SV Keith Foulke OAK 43 Éric Gagné LAD 55
SB Carl Crawford TBD 55 Juan Pierre FLA 65

Major league baseball final standings

American League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
East Division
1st New York Yankees 101   61 .623    --
2nd Boston Red Sox *   95   67 .586   6.0
3rd Toronto Blue Jays   86   76 .531 15.0
4th Baltimore Orioles   71   91 .438 30.0
5th Tampa Bay Devil Rays   63   99 .389 38.0
Central Division
1st Minnesota Twins   90   72 .556    --
2nd Chicago White Sox   86   76 .531   4.0
3rd Kansas City Royals   83   79 .512   7.0
4th Cleveland Indians   68   94 .420 22.0
5th Detroit Tigers   43 119 .265 47.0
West Division
1st Oakland Athletics   96   66 .593    --
2nd Seattle Mariners   93   69 .574   3.0
3rd Anaheim Angels   77   85 .475 19.0
4th Texas Rangers   71   91 .438 25.0

National League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
East Division
1st Atlanta Braves 101   61 .623    --
2nd Florida Marlins *   91   71 .562 10.0
3rd Philadelphia Phillies   86   76 .531 15.0
4th Montreal Expos   83   79 .512 18.0
5th New York Mets   66   95 .410 34.5
Central Division
1st Chicago Cubs   88   74 .543    --
2nd Houston Astros   87   75 .537   1.0
3rd St. Louis Cardinals   85   77 .525   3.0
4th Pittsburgh Pirates   75   87 .463 13.0
5th Cincinnati Reds   69   93 .426 19.0
6th Milwaukee Brewers   68   94 .420 20.0
West Division
1st San Francisco Giants 100   61 .621    --
2nd Los Angeles Dodgers   85   77 .525 15.5
3rd Arizona Diamondbacks   84   78 .519 16.5
4th Colorado Rockies   74   88 .457 26.5
5th San Diego Padres   64   98 .395 36.5

Events

January

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

Books

Deaths

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

See also

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References

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