2003 Baltimore Orioles
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkOriole Park at Camden Yards
CityBaltimore, Maryland
Record71–91-1 (.423)
Divisional place4th
OwnersPeter Angelos
General managersJim Beattie/Mike Flanagan
ManagersMike Hargrove
TelevisionWJZ-TV
WNUV
Comcast SportsNet
(Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Buck Martinez)
RadioWBAL (AM)
(Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter)
Seasons

The 2003 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 71 wins, 91 losses, and one tie.[1]

Offseason

  • December 2, 2002: Bill Pulsipher was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[2]
  • January 3, 2003: Omar Daal was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[3]
  • March 7, 2003: B. J. Surhoff was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[4]

Steve Bechler

On February 16, 2003, towards the beginning of Orioles' spring training camp in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Steve Bechler collapsed while participating in conditioning drills. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, and died the next day.[5] His body temperature had reached 108 °F (42 °C).[6] An autopsy performed by Dr. Joshua Perper, a toxicologist, concluded that his death was caused by "'abnormal liver function and mild hypertension', his weight problem (he weighed 230 pounds and was exercising hard,[7] the fact that he was not used to south Florida's warm weather and the toxicity of ephedra.[8] He was using the supplement ephedra, against the advice of his trainer,[9] and probably had not eaten in two days[10] in an effort to lose weight.

Regular season

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10161 0.623 — 50–32 51–29
Boston Red Sox 9567 0.586 6 53–28 42–39
Toronto Blue Jays 8676 0.531 15 41–40 45–36
Baltimore Orioles 7191 0.438 30 40–40 31–51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6399 0.389 38 36–45 27–54

Record vs. opponents

2003 American League record

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —1–83–63–46–36–16–35–43–68–128–116–39–102–711–7
Baltimore 8–1—9–102–43–33–33–43–46–13–12–74–58–117–28–115–13
Boston 6–310–9—5–44–28–15–12–49–103–45–212–75–410–911–7
Chicago 4–34–24–5—11–811–811–89–104–24–52–73–33–46–310–8
Cleveland 3–63–32–48–11—12–76–139–102–53–63–65–24–52–46–12
Detroit 1–63–31–88–117–12—5–144–151–53–61–82–41–62–74–14
Kansas City 3–64–31–58–1113–614–5—11–82–42–74–54–37–21–59–9
Minnesota 4–54–34–210–910–915–48–11—0–78–13–66–05–43–310–8
New York 6–313–6–110–92–45–25–14–27–0—3–65–414–54–510–913–5
Oakland 12–87–24–35–46–36–37–21–86–3—7–126–315–45–29–9
Seattle 11–85–42–57–26–38–15–46–34–512–7—4–510–103–410–8
Tampa Bay 3–611–87–123–32–54–23–40–65–143–65–4—3–611–83–15
Texas 10–92–74–54–35–46–12–74–55–44–1510–106–3—5–44–14
Toronto 7–211–89–103–64–27–25–13–39–102–54–38–114–5—10–8

Transactions

Roster

2003 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CBrook Fordyce10834895.273631
1BJeff Conine124493143.2901580
2BBrian Roberts112460124.270541
SSDeivi Cruz152548137.2501465
3BTony Batista161631148.2352699
LFLarry Bigbie8328787.303931
CFLuis Matos109439133.3031345
RFJay Gibbons160625173.27723100
DHDavid Segui6722459.263525

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
Melvin Mora96344109.3171548
B.J. Surhoff9331994.295541
Jerry Hairston Jr.5821859.271221
Gerónimo Gil5416940.237316
Gary Matthews Jr.4116233.204220
Jack Cust277319.260411
José Morban617110.14125
José León215413.24100
Robert Machado184913.26513
Carlos Méndez264510.22205
Tim Raines Jr.20436.14002
Marty Cordova9307.23314
Pedro Swann8143.21412

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 Johnson32189.210104.18118
Pat Hentgen28160.2784.09100
Sidney Ponson21148.01463.77100
Rodrigo López26147.07105.82103
Rick Helling24138.2785.7186
Omar Daal1993.24116.3453
Damian Moss1050.2156.2222
Matt Riley210.0101.809

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
Eric DuBose1773.2363.7944
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
Jorge Julio6407364.3852
B.J. Ryan764103.4063
Kerry Ligtenberg684213.3447
Buddy Groom601315.3634
Héctor Carrasco402614.9327
Rick Bauer350004.5543
Willis Roberts263105.7226
Travis Driskill203516.0033
John Parrish140101.908
Sean Douglass300013.503
Kurt Ainsworth301011.574

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Ottawa Lynx International League Gary Allenson
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Dave Trembley
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Tom Lawless
A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League Stan Hough
A-Short Season Aberdeen IronBirds New York–Penn League Joe Almaraz
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Don Buford
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Jesus Alfaro

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References

  1. ↑ "Yankees 1-1 Orioles (Sep 18, 2003) Game Recap". ESPN. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  2. ↑ Bill Pulsipher Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ "Omar Daal Stats".
  4. ↑ B. J. Surhoff Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ "Steve Bechler Death | Steve Bechler's Death Five Years Later". Baltimore Sun. February 17, 2008. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
  6. ↑ "One year later: Remembering Steve Bechler". February 17, 2004.
  7. ↑ Why is America so Fat p54 by Ben Kennedy )
  8. ↑ Death at the ballpark: a comprehensive study of game-related fatalities of ... by Robert M. Gorman, David Weeks. McFarland Press. p. 64.
  9. ↑ Drugs and society by Glen R. Hanson, Peter J. Venturelli, Annette E. Fleckenstein p. 314.
  10. ↑ WEIGHT TO BEAR Obsession with shedding pounds led Bechler to ephedra BY T.J. QUINN DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER WITH CHRISTIAN RED AND ANTHONY MCCARRON. Sunday, February 23, 2003.
  11. ↑ Nick Markakis Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  12. ↑ "Sean Spencer Stats".
  13. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  14. ↑ Baseball America 2004 Directory. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2004
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