# 2003 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 2003 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 122nd season for the St. Louis Cardinals, a Major League Baseball franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the 112th season for the Cardinals in the National League and their 38th in Busch Memorial Stadium.
The Cardinals went 85–77 during the season and finished third in the National League Central, three games behind the Chicago Cubs, who won the NL Central at 88–74, and two behind the NL Central runners-up, the Houston Astros (87–75).
Catcher Mike Matheny, shortstop Édgar Rentería, third baseman Scott Rolen, and outfielder Jim Edmonds won Gold Gloves this year.

## Offseason

* December 13, 2002: Chris Carpenter was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

## Regular season
### Opening Day starters

* Jim Edmonds
* Eli Marrero
* Tino Martinez
* Mike Matheny
* Matt Morris
* Albert Pujols
* Édgar Rentería
* Scott Rolen
* Fernando Viña

### Season standings
#### National League Central

vteNL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 88 | 74 | .543 | — | 44‍–‍37 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Houston Astros | 87 | 75 | .537 | 1 | 48‍–‍33 | 39‍–‍42 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 85 | 77 | .525 | 3 | 48‍–‍33 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 75 | 87 | .463 | 13 | 39‍–‍42 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 69 | 93 | .426 | 19 | 35‍–‍46 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 68 | 94 | .420 | 20 | 31‍–‍50 | 37‍–‍44 |

#### 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 |

### Transactions

* May 27, 2003: Scott Seabol was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

### Game log

2003 St. Louis Cardinals Game Log (85–77) :
March: (1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31Brewers11–9SpringerDeJeanKline49,5611–0 :
April: (12–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
2April 2Brewers7–0W. WilliamsRusch26,7902–0
3April 3Brewers6–4StephensonKinneyKline26,9523–0
4April 4Astros5–6StoneSpringerLidge32,6613–1
5April 5Astros1–2MunroFasseroWagner33,8783–2
6April 8@ Rockies15–12EldredMiceli21,5634–2
7April 9@ Rockies4–9CruzTomko24,1104–3
8April 10@ Rockies6–7LopezKlineJimenez24,5864–4
9April 11@ Astros2–3DotelMorris25,1854–5
10Apr 12@ Astros3–0W. WilliamsReddingHermanson33,5095–5
11April 13@ Astros11–8CaleroOswalt30,0786–5
12April 14@ Brewers7–5TomkoRitchieKline10,6847–5
13April 15@ Brewers1–6SheetsStephenson12,1497–6
14April 16@ Brewers15–2MorrisFranklin12,3878–6
15April 18D'Backs6–3W. WilliamsDessens36,2399–6
16April 19D'Backs3–4KimSimontacchiMantei38,7429–7
17April 20D'Backs0–1VillarrealTomkoMantei26,1529–8
18April 22@ Braves3–5OrtizStephensonSmoltz20,9699–9
19April 23@ Braves2–4MadduxMorrisSmoltz21,3389–10
20April 24@ Braves3–4KingKline24,1849–11
21April 25@ Marlins9–2TomkoBurnett12,08110–11
22April 26@ Marlins3–5BeckettKlineLooper12,28610–12
23April 27@ Marlins7–6KlinePavano10,07511–12
24April 29Mets13–3MorrisLeiter30,27512–12
25April 30Mets13–4W. WilliamsAstacio30,26513–12 :
May: (14–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1Mets6–5EldredStrickland35,28314–12
27May 2Expos8–1SimontacchiOhka41,81015–12
28May 3Expos3–1StephensonVargasCalero36,17616–12
29May 4Expos6–2MorrisVazquez39,60517–12
30May 5@ Reds4–5WilliamsonHermanson20,14517–13
31May 6@ Reds5–6ReitsmaCalero25,91717–14
32May 7@ Reds2–4GravesSimontacchiWilliamson20,84917–15
33May 8@ Reds6–8SullivanCrudaleWilliamson30,56717–16
34May 9@ Cubs6–3MorrisZambranoFassero38,53118–16
35May 10@ Cubs2–3RemlingerEldred38,10618–17
36May 13Reds2–7WilsonSimontacchi34,27618–18
37May 14Reds0–4GravesMorris31,73118–19
38May 15Reds6–3StephensonRiedlingEldred37,90419–19
39May 16Cubs7–4W. WilliamsClementEldred42,58920–19
40May 17Cubs1–2RemlingerKlineBorowski45,38520–20
41May 18Cubs6–3HermansonCruzEldred45,77321–20
42May 19Cubs2–0MorrisZambrano46,73422–20
43May 20@ Astros2–3MillerStephensonWagner23,62322–21
44May 21@ Astros7–4W. WilliamsMunroEldred22,44123–21
45May 22@ Astros2–5RobertsonTomkoWagner23,86623–22
46May 23@ Pirates10–8EldredMeadowsFassero18,66024–22
47May 24@ Pirates6–0MorrisSuppan35,73325–22
48May 25@ Pirates7–8BoehringerHermansonM. Williams25,98325–23
49May 26Astros10–5W. WilliamsMunro35,60026–23
50May 27Astros4–7RobertsonTomkoWagner32,47626–24
51May 28Astros3–1SimontacchiJohnson28,66727–24
52May 29Astros4–7SaarloosFasseroWagner41,97727–25
53May 30Pirates3–7SuppanStephenson30,59927–26
54May 31Pirates3–4WellsW. WilliamsM. Williams43,78927–27 :
June: (16–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1Pirates5–4KlineBeimelFassero46,10328–27
56June 3Blue Jays11–5MorrisEscobar28,90729–27
57June 4Blue Jays8–5SimontacchiLidleEldred28,84030–27
58June 5Blue Jays13–5W. WilliamsHendrickson33,72931–27
59June 6Orioles8–6YanJulioEldred34,81732–27
60June 7Orioles1–8PonsonStephenson43,36932–28
61June 8Orioles11–10SimontacchiDriskillEldred33,31333–28
62June 10@ Red Sox9–7KlineLyonEldred34,93734–28
63June 11@ Red Sox1–13BurkettTomko33,45334–29
64June 12@ Red Sox8–7YanMendoza34,38935–29
65June 13@ Yankees2–5ClemensSimontacchiRivera55,21435–30
66June 14@ Yankees4–13PettitteMorris55,17435–31
67June 15@ Yankees2–5MussinaW. WilliamsRivera54,79735–32
68June 16@ Brewers4–9LeskanicEldred24,95135–33
69June 17@ Brewers12–3StephensonKinney16,65936–33
70June 18@ Brewers9–1SimontacchiRusch17,49537–33
71June 19@ Brewers8–4TomkoQuevedoIsringhausen20,77638–33
72June 20Royals4–10LimaMorris38,22638–34
73June 21Royals8–1W. WilliamsMay44,47339–34
74June 22Royals2–5AffeldtStephensonMacDougal39,96239–35
75June 24Reds4–7HerediaFasseroGraves33,35239–36
76June 25Reds9–6MorrisWilsonIsringhausen34,86340–36
77June 26Reds11–7W. WilliamsAnderson34,73841–36
78June 27@ Royals3–6MayStephensonMacDougal40,18941–37
79June 28@ Royals13–9FasseroAffeldt40,34742–37
80June 29@ Royals13–6TomkoGeorge38,27043–37
81June 30Giants1–5SchmidtHaren33,87343–38 :
July: (13–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1Giants1–5BrowerW. Williams39,89443–39
83July 2Giants1–4J. WilliamsStephensonWorrell33,83543–40
84July 3Giants9–5SimontacchiRueter38,12944–40
85July 4@ Cubs11–8TomkoWood39,75645–40
86July 5@ Cubs5–6RemlingerFassero38,95345–41
87July 6@ Cubs4–1W. WilliamsPriorIsringhausen37,71346–41
88July 7@ Giants1–5J. WilliamsStephenson42,67446–42
89July 8@ Giants3–8BrowerHaren42,67246–43
90July 9Dodgers5–6IshiiTomkoGagné32,32546–44
91July 10Dodgers4–9PerezMorrisQuantrill35,61046–45
92July 11Padres4–2W. WilliamsLawrenceIsringhausen33,72547–45
93July 12Padres9–7SimontacchiHerges48,77448–45
94July 13Padres3–1SimontacchiMatthewsIsringhausen48,10249–45
95July 17@ Dodgers3–6NomoStephensonGagné40,33149–46
96July 18@ Dodgers5–8IshiiEldredGagné43,50449–47
97July 19@ Dodgers3–1HarenBrownIsringhausen41,19550–47
98July 20@ Dodgers10–7W. WilliamsPerezIsringhausen46,11051–47
99July 21@ Padres4–5WitasickPainter26,88151–48
100July 22@ Padres2–3PérezFasseroBeck22,29151–49
101July 23@ Padres8–4TomkoLawrence20,57452–49
102July 25Pirates5–10MeadowsEldred45,29652–50
103July 26Pirates13–8W. WilliamsFoggIsringhausen44,24953–50
104July 27Pirates4–3EldredLincoln34,85154–50
105July 28Pirates0–3SuppanTomko33,97754–51
106July 29@ Expos2–1StephensonHernandez7,41855–51
107July 30@ Expos11–1HarenVargas6,12956–51
108July 31@ Expos2–3DayW. WilliamsBiddle9,14556–52 :
August: (16–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
109August 1@ Mets8–2KlineWheeler23,57857–52
110August 2@ Mets10–9TomkoSeoYan30,89858–52
111August 3@ Mets5–13GriffithsStephenson27,59258–53
112August 5Marlins0–4PennyW. Williams35,46858–54
113August 6Marlins3–7WillisHaren31,60658–55
114August 7Marlins3–0TomkoBeckettIsringhausen31,00259–55
115August 8Braves2–7OrtizFassero45,79659–56
116August 9Braves3–1StephensonReynoldsIsringhausen47,69260–56
117August 10Braves3–2EldredSmoltzIsringhausen39,32061–56
118August 11@ Pirates6–4HarenWellsIsringhausen17,64762–56
119August 12@ Pirates10–6TomkoFoggSimontacchi21,01363–56
120August 13@ Pirates5–6TavárezBorbón18,50563–57
121August 14@ Pirates4–3StephensonD'AmicoIsringhausen16,15764–57
122August 15@ Phillies4–7PadillaW. WilliamsPlesac28,96264–58
123August 16@ Phillies4–5MyersHarenMesa35,04664–59
124August 17@ Phillies4–6TelemacoTomkoM. Williams42,15364–60
125August 19Pirates13–5EldredBeimel28,86965–60
126August 20Pirates0–14D'AmicoStephenson25,74165–61
127August 21Pirates6–3EldredLincoln26,84966–61
128August 22Phillies4–9CormierKline33,82466–62
129August 23Phillies5–3HitchcockTelemacoIsringhausen37,31867–62
130August 24Phillies3–0TomkoMillwoodDeJean37,67968–62
131August 26Cubs4–7PriorStephenson36,56368–63
132August 27Cubs4–2KlineFarnsworthIsringhausen32,66769–63
133August 28Cubs3–2DeJeanRemlinger37,37070–63
134August 29@ Reds5–8BaleHarenGraves27,12170–64
135August 30@ Reds6–3TomkoHarangIsringhausen39,38071–64
136August 31@ Reds5–0HitchcockSerafini29,27272–64 :
September: (13–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1@ Cubs0–7PriorW. Williams38,41072–65
138September 2@ Cubs2–4GuthrieFassero31,99072–66
139September 2 (2)@ Cubs2–0MorrisWoodIsringhausen39,29073–66
140September 3@ Cubs7–8BorowskiW. Williams32,71073–67
141September 4@ Cubs6–7RemlingerDeJeanBorowski35,12973–68
142September 5Reds2–4RandallSimontacchiReitsma29,60873–69
143September 6Reds13–6W. WilliamsSerafini39,71874–69
144September 7Reds9–0MorrisEtherton34,38975–69
145September 9Rockies1–8JenningsHaren27,59175–70
146September 10Rockies10–2TomkoElarton25,39676–70
147September 11Rockies4–9OliverHitchcock28,80176–71
148September 12@ Astros5–14MillerW. Williams35,63376–72
149September 13@ Astros0–2OswaltMorrisWagner42,43576–73
150September 14@ Astros1–4ReddingHarenWagner37,54876–74
151September 15Brewers11–2TomkoObermueller27,92577–74
152September 16Brewers6–5HitchcockL. MartinezIsringhausen27,40578–74
153September 17Brewers6–7EstrellaIsringhausenKolb27,56778–75
154September 18Brewers13–0W. WilliamsKinney29,72979–75
155September 19Astros1–8OswaltMorris38,99779–76
156September 20Astros3–2SimontacchiMiceli44,87880–76
157September 21Astros6–4HitchcockRobertsonIsringhausen41,39781–76
158September 23@ Brewers5–1W. WilliamsSheets15,04282–76
159September 24@ Brewers8–4MorrisKinneyIsringhausen21,96583–76
160September 26@ D'Backs6–7RandolphTomkoMantei37,18083–77
161September 27@ D'Backs3–2HitchcockCapuanoIsringhausen39,65084–77
162September 28@ D'Backs9–5W. WilliamsWebbIsringhausen42,88285–77 :

### 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
| Player | Pos | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Albert Pujols | LF | 157 | 591 | 212 | .359 | 43 | 124 |
| Edgar Renteria | SS | 157 | 587 | 194 | .330 | 13 | 100 |
| J.D. Drew | RF | 100 | 287 | 83 | .289 | 15 | 42 |
| Scott Rolen | 3B | 154 | 559 | 160 | .286 | 28 | 104 |
| Bo Hart | 2B | 77 | 296 | 82 | .277 | 4 | 28 |
| Jim Edmonds | CF | 137 | 447 | 123 | .275 | 39 | 89 |
| Tino Martinez | 1B | 138 | 476 | 130 | .273 | 15 | 69 |
| Mike Matheny | C | 141 | 441 | 111 | .252 | 8 | 47 |

#### 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 |
| Orlando Palmeiro | 141 | 317 | 86 | .271 | 3 | 33 |
| Miguel Cairo | 92 | 261 | 64 | .245 | 5 | 32 |
| Fernando Viña | 61 | 259 | 65 | .251 | 4 | 23 |
| Eduardo Pérez | 105 | 253 | 72 | .285 | 11 | 41 |
| Kerry Robinson | 116 | 208 | 52 | .250 | 1 | 16 |
| Eli Marrero | 41 | 107 | 24 | .224 | 2 | 20 |
| Chris Widger | 44 | 102 | 24 | .235 | 0 | 14 |
| Wilson Delgado | 43 | 77 | 13 | .169 | 0 | 3 |
| So Taguchi | 43 | 54 | 14 | .259 | 3 | 13 |
| Joe Girardi | 16 | 23 | 3 | .130 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Woody Williams | 34 | 220.2 | 18 | 9 | 3.87 | 153 |
| Brett Tomko | 33 | 202.2 | 13 | 9 | 5.28 | 114 |
| Garrett Stephenson | 32 | 174.1 | 7 | 13 | 4.59 | 91 |
| Matt Morris | 27 | 172.1 | 11 | 8 | 3.76 | 120 |
| Dan Haren | 14 | 72.2 | 3 | 7 | 5.08 | 43 |
| Sterling Hitchcock | 8 | 38.0 | 5 | 1 | 3.79 | 32 |

#### 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 |
| Jason Simontacchi | 46 | 126.1 | 9 | 5 | 5.56 | 74 |

#### 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 |
| Jason Isringhausen | 40 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2.36 | 41 |
| Steve Kline | 78 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3.82 | 31 |
| Jeff Fassero | 62 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5.68 | 55 |
| Cal Eldred | 62 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3.74 | 67 |
| Esteban Yan | 39 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6.02 | 28 |
| Kiko Calero | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.82 | 51 |
| Dustin Hermanson | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.46 | 12 |
| Lance Painter | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.50 | 11 |
| Mike DeJean | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.00 | 13 |
| Russ Springer | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.31 | 11 |
| Mike Crudale | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.38 | 6 |
| Jimmy Journell | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 8 |
| Josh Pearce | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 |
| Pedro Borbón Jr. | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20.25 | 0 |
| Gabe Molina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |
| Kevin Ohme | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
| Jason Pearson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Memphis Redbirds | Pacific Coast League | Tom Spencer and Danny Sheaffer |
| AA | Tennessee Smokies | Southern League | Mark DeJohn |
| A | Palm Beach Cardinals | Florida State League | Tom Nieto |
| A | Peoria Chiefs | Midwest League | Joe Cunningham, Jr. |
| A-Short Season | New Jersey Cardinals | New York–Penn League | Tommy Shields |
| Rookie | Johnson City Cardinals | Appalachian League | Ron Warner |