# 2003 Arizona Diamondbacks season

The 2003 Arizona Diamondbacks season was the franchise's 6th season in Major League Baseball and their 6th season at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona, as members of the National League West. They looked to improve on their 98–64 record from 2002. They looked to contend in what was once again a strong National League West. They finished the season with a record of 84–78, good enough for third place in the division.

## Offseason

* December 15, 2002: Erubiel Durazo was traded by the Diamondbacks to the Oakland Athletics as part of a 4-team trade. The Cincinnati Reds sent Elmer Dessens and cash to the Diamondbacks. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Felipe López to the Reds. The Athletics sent a player to be named later to the Blue Jays. The Athletics completed the deal by sending Jason Arnold (minors) to the Blue Jays on December 16.
* January 30, 2003: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a free agent by the Diamondbacks.
* February 14, 2003: Scott Service was signed as a free agent by the Diamondbacks.

## Regular season

* September 19, 2003: Diamondbacks pitcher Randy Johnson hit a home run off of Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Doug Davis, his only home run in his MLB career.

### Season standings
#### National League West

vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| San Francisco Giants | 100 | 61 | .621 | — | 57‍–‍24 | 43‍–‍37 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 85 | 77 | .525 | 15½ | 46‍–‍35 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 84 | 78 | .519 | 16½ | 45‍–‍36 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Colorado Rockies | 74 | 88 | .457 | 26½ | 49‍–‍32 | 25‍–‍56 |
| San Diego Padres | 64 | 98 | .395 | 36½ | 35‍–‍46 | 29‍–‍52 |

#### Record vs. opponents

2003 National League recordvte Source: :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | MIL | MTL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | AL |
| Arizona | — | 2–5 | 2–4 | 7–2 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 5–14 | 3–3 | 11–4 |
| Atlanta | 5–2 | — | 4–2 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 9–10 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 12–7 | 11–8 | 9–10 | 7–2 | 6–1 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 10–5 |
| Chicago | 4–2 | 2–4 | — | 10–7 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 9–7 | 2–4 | 10–6 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 10–8 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 8–9 | 9–9 |
| Cincinnati | 2–7 | 3–3 | 7–10 | — | 4–2 | 2–4 | 5–12 | 2–4 | 8–10 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 5–11 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 9–7 | 7–5 |
| Colorado | 9–10 | 0–6 | 3–3 | 2–4 | — | 4–2 | 2–4 | 7–12 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 3–6 | 12–7 | 7–12 | 4–2 | 9–6 |
| Florida | 5–2 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 2–4 | — | 1–5 | 2–5 | 7–2 | 13–6 | 12–7 | 13–6 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 9–6 |
| Houston | 1–5 | 1–5 | 7–9 | 12–5 | 4–2 | 5–1 | — | 4–2 | 9–8 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 10–6 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 11–7 | 11–7 |
| Los Angeles | 9–10 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 12–7 | 5–2 | 2–4 | — | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 8–11 | 6–13 | 4–2 | 11–7 |
| Milwaukee | 3–3 | 2–4 | 6–10 | 10–8 | 1–5 | 2–7 | 8–9 | 2–4 | — | 0–6 | 6–3 | 4–2 | 10–7 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 3–13 | 5–7 |
| Montreal | 2–4 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 6–13 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 6–0 | — | 14–5 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 7–0 | 1–5 | 9–9 |
| New York | 2–4 | 8–11 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 7–12 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–6 | 5–14 | — | 7–12 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 5–10 |
| Philadelphia | 2–4 | 10–9 | 5–1 | 4–5 | 4–2 | 6–13 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 12–7 | — | 2–4 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 8–7 |
| Pittsburgh | 3–3 | 2–7 | 8–10 | 11–5 | 6–3 | 4–2 | 6–10 | 1–5 | 7–10 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–2 | — | 4–2 | 2–4 | 7–10 | 5–7 |
| San Diego | 10–9 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 2–4 | — | 5–14 | 2–4 | 8–10 |
| San Francisco | 14–5 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 12–7 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 13–6 | 5–1 | 0–7 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 14–5 | — | 5–1 | 10–8 |
| St. Louis | 3–3 | 2–4 | 9–8 | 7–9 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 7–11 | 2–4 | 13–3 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 10–7 | 4–2 | 1–5 | — | 10–8 |

### Notable transactions

* June 3, 2003: 2003 Major League Baseball draft
** Conor Jackson was drafted by the Diamondbacks in the 1st round (19th pick). Player signed June 16, 2003.
** Carlos Quentin was drafted by the Diamondbacks in the 1st round (29th pick). Player signed July 2, 2003.
* June 16, 2003: Scott Service was selected off waivers from the Diamondbacks by the Toronto Blue Jays.
* June 29, 2003: Matt Williams was released by the Diamondbacks.
* July 29, 2003: David Dellucci, Bret Prinz, and John Prowl (minors) were traded by the Diamondbacks to the New York Yankees for Raúl Mondesí and cash.

### Roster
## 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 |
| C | Chad Moeller | 78 | 239 | 64 | .268 | 7 | 29 |
| 1B | Lyle Overbay | 86 | 254 | 70 | .276 | 4 | 28 |
| 2B | Junior Spivey | 106 | 365 | 93 | .255 | 13 | 50 |
| SS | Alex Cintrón | 117 | 448 | 142 | .317 | 13 | 51 |
| 3B | Craig Counsell | 89 | 303 | 71 | .234 | 3 | 21 |
| LF | Luis Gonzalez | 156 | 579 | 176 | .304 | 26 | 104 |
| CF | Steve Finley | 147 | 516 | 148 | .287 | 22 | 70 |
| RF | Danny Bautista | 88 | 284 | 78 | .275 | 4 | 36 |

#### 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 |
| Shea Hillenbrand | 85 | 330 | 88 | .267 | 17 | 59 |
| Matt Kata | 78 | 288 | 74 | .257 | 7 | 29 |
| Rod Barajas | 80 | 220 | 48 | .218 | 3 | 28 |
| Tony Womack | 61 | 219 | 52 | .237 | 2 | 15 |
| Carlos Baerga | 105 | 207 | 71 | .343 | 4 | 39 |
| Quinton McCracken | 115 | 203 | 46 | .227 | 0 | 18 |
| Robby Hammock | 65 | 195 | 55 | .282 | 8 | 28 |
| David Dellucci | 70 | 165 | 40 | .242 | 2 | 19 |
| Raúl Mondesí | 45 | 162 | 49 | .302 | 8 | 22 |
| Mark Grace | 66 | 135 | 27 | .200 | 3 | 16 |
| Matt Williams | 44 | 134 | 33 | .246 | 4 | 16 |
| Félix José | 18 | 18 | 6 | .333 | 1 | 6 |
| Luis Terrero | 5 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Miguel Batista | 36 | 193.1 | 10 | 9 | 3.54 | 142 |
| Brandon Webb | 29 | 180.2 | 10 | 9 | 2.84 | 172 |
| Elmer Dessens | 34 | 175.2 | 8 | 8 | 5.07 | 113 |
| Curt Schilling | 24 | 168.0 | 8 | 9 | 2.95 | 194 |
| Randy Johnson | 18 | 114.0 | 6 | 8 | 4.26 | 125 |
| Byung-Hyun Kim | 7 | 43.0 | 1 | 5 | 3.56 | 33 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Andrew Good | 16 | 66.1 | 4 | 2 | 5.29 | 42 |
| John Patterson | 16 | 55.0 | 1 | 4 | 6.05 | 43 |
| Chris Capuano | 9 | 33.0 | 2 | 4 | 4.64 | 23 |
| Édgar González | 9 | 18.1 | 2 | 1 | 4.91 | 14 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Matt Mantei | 50 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 2.62 | 68 |
| Óscar Villarreal | 86 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2.57 | 80 |
| Mike Myers | 64 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.70 | 21 |
| José Valverde | 54 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2.15 | 71 |
| Steve Randolph | 50 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4.05 | 50 |
| Eddie Oropesa | 47 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.82 | 39 |
| Mike Koplove | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.15 | 27 |
| Scott Service | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.91 | 18 |
| Brady Raggio | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.48 | 8 |
| Dennys Reyes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 5 |
| Ricky Bottalico | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 |
| Bret Prinz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Tucson Sidewinders | Pacific Coast League | Al Pedrique |
| AA | El Paso Diablos | Texas League | Scott Coolbaugh |
| A | Lancaster JetHawks | California League | Mike Aldrete |
| A | South Bend Silver Hawks | Midwest League | Von Hayes |
| A-Short Season | Yakima Bears | Northwest League | Bill Plummer |
| Rookie | Missoula Osprey | Pioneer League | Tony Perezchica |