# 2003 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 2003 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 34th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, their 6th in the National League, and their 35th overall. The Brewers finished sixth in the National League Central with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses.

## Offseason

* October 11, 2002: Scott Podsednik was selected off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Seattle Mariners.
* November 5, 2002: Brooks Kieschnick was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
* November 13, 2002: Scott Seabol was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
* January 31, 2003: John Vander Wal was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
* February 13, 2003: Tim Crabtree was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

## Regular season

* On September 19, 2003, Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Randy Johnson hit a home run off of Brewers pitcher Doug Davis, his only MLB home run.

### 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 15, 2003: Scott Seabol was released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
* June 3, 2003: Tony Gwynn, Jr. was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2nd round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2003.

## Players 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 | Eddie Pérez | 107 | 350 | 95 | .271 | 11 | 45 |
| 1B | Richie Sexson | 162 | 606 | 165 | .272 | 45 | 124 |
| 2B | Eric Young Sr. | 109 | 404 | 105 | .260 | 15 | 31 |
| SS | Royce Clayton | 146 | 483 | 110 | .228 | 11 | 39 |
| 3B | Wes Helms | 134 | 476 | 124 | .261 | 23 | 67 |
| LF | Geoff Jenkins | 124 | 487 | 144 | .296 | 28 | 95 |
| CF | Scott Podsednik | 154 | 558 | 175 | .314 | 9 | 58 |
| RF | John Vander Wal | 117 | 327 | 84 | .257 | 14 | 45 |

#### 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 |
| Keith Ginter | 127 | 358 | 92 | .257 | 14 | 44 |
| Brady Clark | 128 | 315 | 86 | .273 | 6 | 40 |
| Keith Osik | 80 | 241 | 60 | .249 | 2 | 21 |
| Alex Sánchez | 43 | 163 | 46 | .282 | 0 | 10 |
| Bill Hall | 52 | 142 | 37 | .261 | 5 | 20 |
| Enrique Cruz | 60 | 71 | 6 | .085 | 0 | 2 |
| Mark Smith | 33 | 63 | 15 | .238 | 3 | 10 |
| Jason Conti | 30 | 48 | 11 | .229 | 2 | 7 |
| Jeffrey Hammonds | 10 | 38 | 6 | .158 | 1 | 3 |
| Peter Zoccolillo | 20 | 37 | 4 | .108 | 0 | 3 |
| Rickie Weeks | 7 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 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 |
| Ben Sheets | 34 | 220.2 | 11 | 13 | 4.45 | 157 |
| Wayne Franklin | 36 | 194.2 | 10 | 13 | 5.50 | 116 |
| Matt Kinney | 33 | 190.2 | 10 | 13 | 5.19 | 152 |
| Wes Obermueller | 12 | 65.2 | 2 | 5 | 5.07 | 34 |
| Doug Davis | 8 | 52.1 | 3 | 2 | 2.58 | 35 |
| Rubén Quevedo | 9 | 42.2 | 1 | 4 | 6.75 | 19 |
| Todd Ritchie | 5 | 28.1 | 1 | 2 | 5.08 | 15 |
| Luis Martínez | 4 | 16.1 | 0 | 3 | 9.92 | 10 |
| David Manning | 2 | 6.2 | 0 | 2 | 16.20 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Glendon Rusch | 32 | 123.1 | 1 | 12 | 6.42 | 93 |
| Dave Burba | 17 | 43.1 | 1 | 1 | 3.53 | 35 |

#### 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 |
| Danny Kolb | 37 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 1.96 | 39 |
| Luis Vizcaíno | 75 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6.39 | 61 |
| Leo Estrella | 58 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4.36 | 25 |
| Mike DeJean | 58 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 4.87 | 58 |
| Valerio De Los Santos | 45 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4.13 | 35 |
| Brooks Kieschnick | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.26 | 39 |
| Curt Leskanic | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 28 |
| Shane Nance | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.81 | 25 |
| Matt Ford | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.33 | 26 |
| John Foster | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.71 | 16 |
| Mike Crudale | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.89 | 7 |
| Jayson Durocher | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11.05 | 7 |

## Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of eight minor league affiliates in 2003. The Brewers operated a Venezuelan Summer League team as a co-op with the Cincinnati Reds.
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| Triple-A | Indianapolis Indians | International League | Cecil Cooper |
| Double-A | Huntsville Stars | Southern League | Frank Kremblas |
| Class A-Advanced | High Desert Mavericks | California League | Tim Blackwell |
| Class A | Beloit Snappers | Midwest League | Don Money |
| Rookie | Helena Brewers | Pioneer League | Ed Sedar |
| Rookie | AZL Brewers | Arizona League | Héctor Torres |
| Rookie | DSL Brewers | Dominican Summer League | — |
| Rookie | VSL Cagua | Venezuelan Summer League | — |