2003 Cleveland Indians season
The 2003 Cleveland Indians season was the 103rd season for the franchise. The team finished fourth in the American League Central behind the Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals.
Offseason
- December 6, 2002: Travis Hafner was traded by the Texas Rangers with Aaron Myette to the Cleveland Indians for Einar Díaz and Ryan Drese.
- December 19, 2002: Jason Bere was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.
- December 23, 2002: AJ Hinch was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.
- January 14, 2003: Shane Spencer signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.
- March 29, 2003: AJ Hinch was purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Cleveland Indians.
Regular season
Notable transactions
- June 3, 2003: Kevin Kouzmanoff was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 6th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 2003.
- July 18, 2003: Shane Spencer was traded by the Cleveland Indians with Ricardo Rodríguez to the Texas Rangers for Ryan Ludwick.
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
| C | Josh Bard | 91 | 303 | 25 | 74 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 36 | .244 | 0 |
| 1B | Ben Broussard | 116 | 386 | 53 | 96 | 21 | 3 | 16 | 55 | .249 | 5 |
| 2B | Brandon Phillips | 112 | 370 | 36 | 77 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 33 | .208 | 4 |
| 3B | Casey Blake | 152 | 557 | 80 | 143 | 35 | 0 | 17 | 67 | .257 | 7 |
| SS | Jhonny Peralta | 77 | 242 | 24 | 55 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 21 | .227 | 1 |
| LF | Matt Lawton | 99 | 374 | 57 | 93 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 53 | .249 | 10 |
| CF | Milton Bradley | 101 | 377 | 61 | 121 | 34 | 2 | 10 | 56 | .321 | 17 |
| RF | Jody Gerut | 127 | 480 | 66 | 134 | 33 | 2 | 22 | 75 | .279 | 4 |
| DH | Ellis Burks | 55 | 198 | 27 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 28 | .263 | 1 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
| Coco Crisp | 99 | 414 | 55 | 110 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 27 | .266 | 15 |
| Alex Escobar | 28 | 99 | 16 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .273 | 1 |
| Karim García | 24 | 93 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .194 | 0 |
| Ricky Gutiérrez | 16 | 50 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .260 | 0 |
| Travis Hafner | 91 | 291 | 35 | 74 | 19 | 3 | 14 | 40 | .254 | 2 |
| Greg LaRocca | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 0 |
| Tim Laker | 52 | 162 | 17 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .241 | 2 |
| Ryan Ludwick | 39 | 136 | 14 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 26 | .265 | 2 |
| Chris Magruder | 9 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .346 | 0 |
| Víctor Martínez | 49 | 159 | 15 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .289 | 1 |
| John McDonald | 82 | 214 | 21 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .215 | 3 |
| Ángel Santos | 32 | 76 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .224 | 1 |
| Bill Selby | 27 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .103 | 0 |
| Zach Sorensen | 36 | 37 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .135 | 0 |
| Shane Spencer | 64 | 210 | 23 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 26 | .271 | 2 |
| Omar Vizquel | 64 | 250 | 43 | 61 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 19 | .244 | 8 |
''Note: Pitchers' hitting stats are not included above.''
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
| CC Sabathia | 13 | 9 | 3.60 | 30 | 30 | 197.2 | 190 | 85 | 79 | 66 | 141 |
| Jason Davis | 8 | 11 | 4.68 | 27 | 27 | 165.1 | 172 | 101 | 86 | 47 | 85 |
| Brian Anderson | 9 | 10 | 3.71 | 25 | 24 | 148.0 | 162 | 88 | 61 | 32 | 72 |
| Ricardo Rodríguez | 3 | 9 | 5.73 | 15 | 15 | 81.2 | 89 | 57 | 52 | 28 | 41 |
| Cliff Lee | 3 | 3 | 3.61 | 9 | 9 | 52.1 | 41 | 28 | 21 | 20 | 44 |
| Jason Bere | 0 | 0 | 4.05 | 2 | 2 | 6.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Other pitchers
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
| Jake Westbrook | 7 | 10 | 4.33 | 34 | 22 | 0 | 133.0 | 142 | 70 | 64 | 56 | 58 |
| Billy Traber | 6 | 9 | 5.24 | 33 | 18 | 0 | 111.2 | 132 | 67 | 65 | 40 | 88 |
| Jason Stanford | 1 | 3 | 3.60 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 50.0 | 48 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 30 |
| Brian Tallet | 0 | 2 | 4.74 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19.0 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 9 |
| Chad Durbin | 0 | 1 | 7.27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8.2 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
Relief pitchers
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts| Player | W | L | ERA | G | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
| Danys Báez | 2 | 9 | 3.81 | 73 | 25 | 75.2 | 65 | 36 | 32 | 23 | 66 |
| David Riske | 2 | 2 | 2.29 | 68 | 8 | 74.2 | 52 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 82 |
| Jason Boyd | 3 | 1 | 4.30 | 44 | 0 | 52.1 | 38 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 31 |
| Terry Mulholland | 3 | 4 | 4.91 | 45 | 0 | 99.0 | 117 | 60 | 54 | 37 | 42 |
| Rafael Betancourt | 2 | 2 | 2.13 | 33 | 1 | 38.0 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 36 |
| Jack Cressend | 2 | 1 | 2.51 | 33 | 0 | 43.0 | 40 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 28 |
| José Santiago | 1 | 3 | 2.84 | 25 | 0 | 31.2 | 37 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 15 |
| Dan Miceli | 1 | 1 | 1.20 | 13 | 0 | 15.0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 |
| Carl Sadler | 0 | 0 | 1.86 | 18 | 0 | 9.2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Nick Bierbrodt | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 5 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| David Lee | 1 | 0 | 4.70 | 8 | 0 | 7.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| Alex Herrera | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 10 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| Chad Paronto | 0 | 2 | 9.45 | 6 | 0 | 6.2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| Jason Phillips | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Jerrod Riggan | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| David Cortés | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Aaron Myette | 0 | 0 | 23.62 | 2 | 0 | 2.2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Dave Elder | 1 | 1 | 19.29 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Awards and honors
All-Star Game- C. C. Sabathia, pitcher, reserve