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2003 Baltimore Orioles season

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2003 Baltimore Orioles
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkOriole Park at Camden Yards
CityBaltimore, Maryland
Record71–91 (.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)
← 2002
2004 →

The 2003 Baltimore Orioles season was the 103rd season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 50th in Baltimore, and the 12th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They improved on their 67–95 (.414) record from the previous year with a 71–91 record, but missed the postseason for the 6th straight season.[1]

Offseason

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  • 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

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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

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Season standings

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AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10161 .623 — 50‍–‍32 51‍–‍29
Boston Red Sox 9567 .586 6 53‍–‍28 42‍–‍39
Toronto Blue Jays 8676 .531 15 41‍–‍40 45‍–‍36
Baltimore Orioles 7191 .438 30 40‍–‍40 31‍–‍51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6399 .389 38 36‍–‍45 27‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

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2003 American League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2003
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

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Roster

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2003 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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
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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

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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

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  1. ↑ "Yankees 1-1 Orioles (Sep 18, 2003) Game Recap". ESPN. Archived from the original on February 1, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Bill Pulsipher Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 14, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Omar Daal Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 14, 2025.
  4. ↑ "B.J. Surhoff Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 14, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Steve Bechler Death | Steve Bechler's Death Five Years Later". Baltimore Sun. February 17, 2008. Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
  6. ↑ "One year later: Remembering Steve Bechler". ESPN.com. Associated Press. February 17, 2004. Retrieved April 14, 2025.
  7. ↑ Kennedy, Ben (March 2004). Why Is America So Fat?. RLK Press Incorporated. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-9752656-0-4.
  8. ↑ Gorman, Robert M.; Weeks, David (January 22, 2009). Death at the Ballpark: A Comprehensive Study of Game-Related Fatalities of Players, Other Personnel and Spectators in Amateur and Professional Baseball, 1862-2007. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-7864-5254-5.
  9. ↑ Hanson, Glen R.; Venturelli, Peter J.; Fleckenstein, Annette E. (2006). Drugs and Society. Jones & Bartlett Learning. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-7637-3732-0.
  10. ↑ Quinn, T. J. (February 23, 2003). "Weight To Bear; Obsession with shedding pounds led Bechler to ephedra". New York Daily News. Retrieved April 14, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Nick Markakis Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 14, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Sean Spencer Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 14, 2025.
  13. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-93-239117-6.
  14. ↑ Baseball America 2004 Directory. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2004
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