# 2003 Anaheim Angels season

The 2003 Anaheim Angels season was the 43rd season of the Los Angeles Angels franchise in the American League, the 38th in Anaheim, and their 38th season playing their home games at Edison International Field of Anaheim.
The Angels finished third in the American League West Division with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses.

## Offseason

* January 23, 2003: Adam Riggs was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.

## Regular season

* August 16, 2003: Adam Riggs played for the Angels in a home game against the Tigers on August 16. He would gain notoriety because of the jersey he wore in the game. Riggs wore a sleeveless jersey that read "A-N-G-E-E-S" across the front. Riggs did not realize the mistake until his teammates advised him in the dugout between innings.

### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Oakland Athletics | 96 | 66 | .593 | — | 57‍–‍24 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Seattle Mariners | 93 | 69 | .574 | 3 | 50‍–‍31 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Anaheim Angels | 77 | 85 | .475 | 19 | 45‍–‍37 | 32‍–‍48 |
| Texas Rangers | 71 | 91 | .438 | 25 | 43‍–‍38 | 28‍–‍53 |

### Record vs. opponents

2003 American League recordvte 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 |

### 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 | Bengie Molina | 119 | 409 | 115 | .281 | 14 | 71 |
| 1B | Scott Spiezio | 158 | 521 | 138 | .265 | 16 | 83 |
| 2B | Adam Kennedy | 143 | 449 | 121 | .269 | 13 | 49 |
| SS | David Eckstein | 120 | 452 | 114 | .252 | 3 | 31 |
| 3B | Troy Glaus | 91 | 319 | 79 | .248 | 16 | 50 |
| LF | Garret Anderson | 159 | 638 | 201 | .315 | 29 | 116 |
| CF | Darin Erstad | 67 | 258 | 65 | .252 | 4 | 17 |
| RF | Jeff DaVanon | 123 | 330 | 93 | .282 | 12 | 43 |
| DH | Tim Salmon | 148 | 528 | 145 | .275 | 19 | 72 |

#### 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 |
| Shawn Wooten | 98 | 272 | 66 | .243 | 7 | 32 |
| Eric Owens | 111 | 241 | 65 | .270 | 1 | 20 |
| Chone Figgins | 71 | 240 | 71 | .296 | 0 | 27 |
| Brad Fullmer | 63 | 206 | 63 | .306 | 9 | 35 |
| Benji Gil | 62 | 125 | 24 | .192 | 1 | 9 |
| José Molina | 53 | 114 | 21 | .184 | 0 | 6 |
| Alfredo Amézaga | 37 | 105 | 22 | .210 | 2 | 7 |
| Robb Quinlan | 38 | 94 | 27 | .287 | 0 | 4 |
| Adam Riggs | 24 | 61 | 15 | .246 | 3 | 5 |
| Wilson Delgado | 19 | 50 | 16 | .320 | 0 | 4 |
| Tom Gregorio | 12 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 2 |
| Trent Durrington | 12 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| Barry Wesson | 10 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 1 | 3 |
| Gary Johnson | 5 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 0 |
| Julio Ramírez | 6 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Jarrod Washburn | 32 | 207.1 | 10 | 15 | 4.43 | 118 |
| John Lackey | 33 | 204.0 | 10 | 16 | 4.63 | 151 |
| Ramón Ortiz | 32 | 180.0 | 16 | 13 | 5.20 | 94 |
| Aaron Sele | 25 | 121.2 | 7 | 11 | 5.77 | 53 |
| Kevin Appier | 19 | 92.2 | 7 | 7 | 5.63 | 50 |

#### 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 |
| Scot Shields | 44 | 148.1 | 5 | 6 | 2.85 | 111 |
| Mickey Calloway | 17 | 38.1 | 1 | 4 | 6.81 | 22 |
| Kevin Gregg | 5 | 24.2 | 2 | 0 | 3.28 | 14 |
| Chris Bootcheck | 4 | 10.1 | 0 | 1 | 9.58 | 7 |

#### 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 |
| Troy Percival | 52 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 3.47 | 48 |
| Brendan Donnelly | 63 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1.58 | 79 |
| Ben Weber | 62 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.69 | 46 |
| Francisco Rodríguez | 59 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3.03 | 95 |
| Scott Schoeneweis | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.96 | 29 |
| Greg Jones | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.88 | 28 |
| Gary Glover | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 14 |
| Derrick Turnbow | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.59 | 15 |
| Rich Rodriguez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 3 |
| Bart Miadich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 3 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Salt Lake Stingers | Pacific Coast League | Mike Brumley |
| AA | Arkansas Travelers | Texas League | Tyrone Boykin |
| A | Rancho Cucamonga Quakes | California League | Bobby Meacham |
| A | Cedar Rapids Kernels | Midwest League | Todd Claus |
| Rookie | AZL Angels | Arizona League | Brian Harper |
| Rookie | Provo Angels | Pioneer League | Tom Kotchman |