2003 Texas Rangers season

The 2003 Texas Rangers season was the 43rd of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 32nd in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 10th season at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Rangers finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.

Preseason

October 3, 2002: John Rocker was released by the Rangers.
December 6, 2002: Travis Hafner and Aaron Myette were traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for Einar Díaz and Ryan Drese.
December 23, 2002: Ugueth Urbina was signed as a free agent with the Rangers.
Regular season

Opening Day starters

Einar Díaz, C
Rafael Palmeiro, 1B
Michael Young, 2B
Hank Blalock, 3B
Alex Rodriguez, SS
Carl Everett, LF
Doug Glanville, CF
Juan González, RF
Rubén Sierra, DH
Ismael Valdez, RHP
Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions

May 9, 2003: Alan Benes was sent to the Texas Rangers by the Chicago Cubs as part of a conditional deal.
June 3, 2003: Ian Kinsler was drafted by the Rangers in the 17th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 2003.
July 11, 2003: Ugueth Urbina was traded by the Rangers to the Florida Marlins for Adrián González, Ryan Snare, and Will Smith.
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	Einar Diaz	101	334	86	.257	4	35
1B	Mark Teixeira	146	529	137	.259	26	84
2B	Michael Young	160	666	204	.306	14	72
SS	Alex Rodriguez	161	607	181	.298	47	118
3B	Hank Blalock	143	567	170	.300	29	90
LF	Shane Spencer	55	185	42	.227	4	23
CF	Ryan Christenson	60	165	29	.176	2	16
RF	Juan González	82	327	96	.294	24	70
DH	Rafael Palmeiro	154	561	146	.260	38	112

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
Carl Everett	74	270	74	.274	18	51
Todd Greene	62	205	47	.229	10	20
Doug Glanville	52	195	53	.272	4	14
Laynce Nix	53	184	47	.255	8	30
Rubén Sierra	43	133	35	.263	3	12
Donnie Sadler	77	131	26	.198	1	5
Kevin Mench	38	125	40	.320	2	11
Jason Jones	40	107	23	.215	3	11
Ramón Nivar	28	90	19	.211	0	7
Marcus Thames	30	73	15	.205	1	4
Jermaine Clark	24	46	8	.174	0	6
Gerald Laird	19	44	12	.273	1	4
Mike Lamb	28	38	5	.132	0	2
Ryan Ludwick	8	26	4	.154	0	0
Herbert Perry	11	24	4	.167	0	2
Chad Kreuter	7	18	2	.111	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
John Thomson	35	217.0	13	14	4.85	136
Colby Lewis	26	127.0	10	9	7.30	88
Ismael Valdéz	22	115.0	8	8	6.10	47
Tony Mounce	11	50.2	1	5	7.11	30
Chan Ho Park	7	29.2	1	3	7.58	16
Robert Ellis	4	18.1	1	1	8.35	8
Alan Benes	4	15.0	0	3	11.40	11
Mario Ramos	3	13.0	1	1	6.23	8
Doug Davis	1	3.0	0	0	12.00	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
R.A. Dickey	38	116.2	9	8	5.09	94
Joaquin Benoit	25	105.0	8	5	5.49	87
Ryan Drese	11	46.0	2	4	6.85	26
Víctor Santos	8	25.2	0	2	7.01	15
Mickey Callaway	6	22.1	0	3	6.45	19
Juan Domínguez	6	16.1	0	2	7.16	13
Todd Van Poppel	7	12.2	1	0	8.53	9

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
Ugueth Urbina	39	0	4	26	4.19	41
Francisco Cordero	73	5	8	15	2.94	90
Aaron Fultz	64	1	3	0	5.21	53
Brian Shouse	62	0	1	1	3.10	40
Jay Powell	51	3	0	0	7.82	40
Rosman García	46	1	2	0	6.02	25
Ron Mahay	35	3	3	0	3.18	38
Erasmo Ramirez	34	3	1	0	3.86	28
Reynaldo Garcia	17	0	0	0	9.00	15
Esteban Yan	15	0	1	0	6.94	25
C.J. Nitkowski	6	0	0	0	7.45	5

Awards and honors

Alex Rodriguez, American League Most Valuable Player Award
Alex Rodriguez, Hank Aaron Award
Alex Rodriguez, A.L. Home Run Champ
Alex Rodriguez, SS, AL Gold Glove
Alex Rodriguez, Silver Slugger Award

'''All-Star Game'''

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spokane