# 2003 San Francisco Giants season

The 2003 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 121st season in Major League Baseball, their 46th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their fourth season at Pacific Bell Park. The Giants entered the '03 season as defending National League champions, aiming to get back to the World Series and win it. They finished in first place in the National League West with a record of 100 wins and 61 losses. They lost the NLDS in four games to the Florida Marlins, marking the 2003 Giants from what many described a failed season.

## Offseason

* November 13, 2002: Felipe Alou was hired as Giants new manager, after Dusty Baker left to become the new manager of the Chicago Cubs.
* November 15, 2002: Tsuyoshi Shinjo was released by the San Francisco Giants.
* December 7, 2002: Marquis Grissom signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.
* December 7, 2002: Ray Durham was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.
* March 18, 2003: Clay Bellinger was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.

## Regular season

The Giants only played 161 games. The Giants elected to not make up one game (at New York Mets) that was postponed due to the Northeast Blackout of 2003. Had the Giants made up the game and won, the Giants would've been assured home-field advantage in a potential NLCS meeting with the Atlanta Braves due to the Giants winning the season series if both teams held identical records of 101–61. No Division Series matchups would've been altered due to the Marlins and Braves being restricted from meeting in the Division Series as both teams are from the NL East.
Ray Durham and Benito Santiago became the first pair of Giants teammates to homer in each of the team's first two games of a season since at least 1901.
On June 23 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Barry Bonds stole second in the 11th inning, the 500th steal of his career. He became the first major leaguer to collect 500 home runs and 500 stolen bases in a career.

### Opening day starters

* J.T. Snow
* Ray Durham
* Rich Aurilia
* Edgardo Alfonzo
* Barry Bonds
* Marquis Grissom
* Jose Cruz Jr.
* Benito Santiago
* Kirk Rueter

### 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 |

### 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 | Benito Santiago | 108 | 401 | 112 | .279 | 11 | 56 |
| 1B | J.T. Snow | 103 | 330 | 90 | .273 | 8 | 51 |
| 2B | Ray Durham | 110 | 410 | 117 | .285 | 8 | 33 |
| SS | Rich Aurilia | 129 | 505 | 140 | .277 | 13 | 58 |
| 3B | Edgardo Alfonzo | 142 | 514 | 133 | .259 | 13 | 81 |
| LF | Barry Bonds | 130 | 390 | 133 | .341 | 45 | 90 |
| CF | Marquis Grissom | 149 | 587 | 176 | .300 | 20 | 79 |
| RF | José Cruz Jr. | 158 | 539 | 135 | .250 | 20 | 68 |

#### 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 |
| Neifi Pérez | 120 | 328 | 84 | .256 | 1 | 31 |
| Andrés Galarraga | 110 | 272 | 82 | .301 | 12 | 42 |
| Pedro Feliz | 95 | 235 | 58 | .247 | 16 | 48 |
| Yorvit Torrealba | 66 | 200 | 52 | .260 | 4 | 29 |
| Jeffrey Hammonds | 36 | 94 | 26 | .277 | 3 | 10 |
| Eric Young | 26 | 71 | 14 | .197 | 0 | 3 |
| Marvin Benard | 46 | 71 | 14 | .197 | 0 | 4 |
| Rubén Rivera | 31 | 50 | 9 | .180 | 2 | 4 |
| Todd Linden | 18 | 38 | 8 | .211 | 1 | 6 |
| Cody Ransom | 20 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 1 | 1 |
| Tony Torcato | 14 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 0 | 1 |
| Alberto Castillo | 11 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 1 | 4 |
| Francisco Santos | 8 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 1 | 1 |
| Jason Ellison | 7 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Valderrama | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Niekro | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
| Trey Lunsford | 1 | 1 | 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 |
| Jason Schmidt | 29 | 207.2 | 17 | 5 | 2.34 | 208 |
| Kirk Rueter | 27 | 147.0 | 10 | 5 | 4.53 | 41 |
| Jerome Williams | 21 | 131.0 | 7 | 5 | 3.30 | 88 |
| Damian Moss | 21 | 115.0 | 9 | 7 | 4.70 | 57 |
| Jesse Foppert | 23 | 111.0 | 8 | 9 | 5.03 | 101 |
| Sidney Ponson | 10 | 68.0 | 3 | 6 | 3.71 | 34 |
| Kurt Ainsworth | 11 | 66.0 | 5 | 4 | 3.82 | 48 |
| Brian Powell | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Jim Brower | 51 | 100.0 | 8 | 5 | 3.96 | 65 |
| Kevin Correia | 10 | 39.1 | 3 | 1 | 3.66 | 28 |
| Dustin Hermanson | 9 | 39.0 | 2 | 1 | 3.00 | 27 |
| Ryan Jensen | 6 | 13.1 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Tim Worrell | 76 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 2.87 | 65 |
| Joe Nathan | 78 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2.96 | 83 |
| Scott Eyre | 74 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.32 | 35 |
| Félix Rodríguez | 68 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3.10 | 46 |
| Jason Christiansen | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.19 | 22 |
| Chad Zerbe | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.71 | 17 |
| Matt Herges | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.31 | 28 |
| Noah Lowry | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 |
| Manny Aybar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 |

## 2003 National League Division Series

The Giants lost to the Florida Marlins in the NLDS.

### Game 4 – San Francisco 6, Florida 7

This was the last playoff series that the Giants lost before winning 11 straight, a streak that ended in the 2016 Division Series against the Chicago Cubs.

## Awards and honors

* Barry Bonds, National League Most Valuable Player
* Marquis Grissom CF, Willie Mac Award
All-Star Game
* Barry Bonds
* Jason Schmidt

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Fresno Grizzlies | Pacific Coast League | Fred Stanley |
| AA | Norwich Navigators | Eastern League | Shane Turner |
| A | San Jose Giants | California League | Jack Lind |
| A | Hagerstown Suns | South Atlantic League | Mike Ramsey |
| A-Short Season | Salem-Keizer Volcanoes | Northwest League | Joe Strain |
| Rookie | AZL Giants | Arizona League | Bert Hunter |