2003 Chicago White Sox season

2003 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
American League Central (since 1994)
Location
U.S. Cellular Field (since 1991)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jerry Reinsdorf
General manager(s)	Kenny Williams
Manager(s)	Jerry Manuel
Local television	WGN-TV/WCIU-TV FSN Chicago (Ken Harrelson, Darrin Jackson)
Local radio	WMVP (John Rooney, Ed Farmer)
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The 2003 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 104th season. They finished with a record 86–76, good enough for second place in the American League Central, four games behind the champion Minnesota Twins.

The White Sox also hosted the 74th Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 15.

Offseason

12/3/02 Traded Closer Keith Foulke, Catcher Mark Johnson, and Minor League Pitcher Joe Valentine to the Oakland Athletics for Closer Billy Koch, Minor League Pitcher Neal Cotts, and Minor League Outfielder Daylan Holt.^[1]
12/20/02 Sandy Alomar, Jr. was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[2]
1/15/03 Traded Relief Pitcher Antonio Osuna and Minor League Pitcher Delvis Lantigua to the New York Yankees for Starting Pitcher Orlando Hernández. Traded Hernandez, Outfielder Jeff Liefer, and Relief Pitcher Rocky Biddle to the Montreal Expos for Starting Pitcher Bartolo Colón and Minor League Infielder Jorge Nunoz.
1/27/03 Signed Free Agent Starting Pitcher Esteban Loaiza to a minor league contract.^[3]

Regular season

On April 15, 2003, a fan came out of the stands during the baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox and attacked first base umpire Laz Diaz.^[4] After Carlos Lee flied out to right to end the eighth inning, the fan ran on the field and tried to tackle Diaz, wrapping his arms around the umpire's legs.^[4]

Season standings

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	90	72	0.556	—	48–33	42–39
Chicago White Sox	86	76	0.531	4	51–30	35–46
Kansas City Royals	83	79	0.512	7	40–40	43–39
Cleveland Indians	68	94	0.420	22	38–43	30–51
Detroit Tigers	43	119	0.265	47	23–58	20–61

Record vs. opponents

2003 American League Records Sources:
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	1–8	3–6	3–4	6–3	6–1	6–3	5–4	3–6	8–12	8–11	6–3	9–10	2–7	11–7
Baltimore	8–1	—	9–10	2–4	3–3	3–3	3–4	3–4	6–13–1	2–7	4–5	8–11	7–2	8–11	5–13
Boston	6–3	10–9	—	5–4	4–2	8–1	5–1	2–4	9–10	3–4	5–2	12–7	5–4	10–9	11–7
Chicago	4–3	4–2	4–5	—	11–8	11–8	11–8	9–10	4–2	4–5	2–7	3–3	3–4	6–3	10–8
Cleveland	3–6	3–3	2–4	8–11	—	12–7	6–13	9–10	2–5	3–6	3–6	5–2	4–5	2–4	6–12
Detroit	1–6	3–3	1–8	8–11	7–12	—	5–14	4–15	1–5	3–6	1–8	2–4	1–6	2–7	4–14
Kansas City	3–6	4–3	1–5	8–11	13–6	14–5	—	11–8	2–4	2–7	4–5	4–3	7–2	1–5	9–9
Minnesota	4–5	4–3	4–2	10–9	10–9	15–4	8–11	—	0–7	8–1	3–6	6–0	5–4	3–3	10–8
New York	6–3	13–6–1	10–9	2–4	5–2	5–1	4–2	7–0	—	3–6	5–4	14–5	4–5	10–9	13–5
Oakland	12–8	7–2	4–3	5–4	6–3	6–3	7–2	1–8	6–3	—	7–12	6–3	15–4	5–2	9–9
Seattle	11–8	5–4	2–5	7–2	6–3	8–1	5–4	6–3	4–5	12–7	—	4–5	10–10	3–4	10–8
Tampa Bay	3–6	11–8	7–12	3–3	2–5	4–2	3–4	0–6	5–14	3–6	5–4	—	3–6	11–8	3–15
Texas	10–9	2–7	4–5	4–3	5–4	6–1	2–7	4–5	5–4	4–15	10–10	6–3	—	5–4	4–14
Toronto	7–2	11–8	9–10	3–6	4–2	7–2	5–1	3–3	9–10	2–5	4–3	8–11	4–5	—	10–8

Roster

2003 Chicago White Sox

Roster

Pitchers

37 Jon Adkins

56 Mark Buehrle

40 Bartolo Colón

38 Neal Cotts

20 Jon Garland

32 Matt Ginter

38 Gary Glover

36 Tom Gordon

44 Billy Koch

21 Esteban Loaiza

43 Dámaso Marte

50 José Paniagua

41 Mike Porzio

52 David Sanders

60 Scott Schoeneweis

48 Josh Stewart

50 Rick White

46 Dan Wright

65 Kelly Wunsch

Catchers

15 Sandy Alomar, Jr.

27 Jamie Burke

8 Miguel Olivo

27 Josh Paul

Infielders

12 Roberto Alomar

24 Joe Crede

23 Brian Daubach

17 Tony Graffanino

5 D'Angelo Jiménez

14 Paul Konerko

39 Aaron Miles

35 Frank Thomas

22 José Valentín

Outfielders

25 Joe Borchard

27,5 Carl Everett

12,13 Willie Harris

45 Carlos Lee

30 Magglio Ordóñez

28 Armando Ríos

33 Aaron Rowand

Manager

7 Jerry Manuel

Coaches

34 Don Cooper (pitching)

10 Bruce Kimm (third base)

53 Art Kusnyer (bullpen)

23 Joe Nossek (bench)

1 Rafael Santana (first base)

47 Gary Ward (hitting)

Opening Day starters

Starters
Position	Player
P	Mark Buehrle
C	Sandy Alomar, Jr.
1B	Paul Konerko
2B	D'Angelo Jiménez
3B	Joe Crede
SS	José Valentín
LF	Carlos Lee
CF	Aaron Rowand
RF	Magglio Ordóñez
DH	Frank Thomas

Notable transactions

7/1/03 Traded minor league pitchers Edwin Almonte, Royce Ring, and minor league infielder Andrew Salvo to the New York Mets for 2B Roberto Alomar.
7/1/03 Traded minor league pitchers Frank Francisco, Josh Rupe, and Anthony Webster to the Texas Rangers for CF Carl Everett.
9/29/03 Fired manager Jerry Manuel.

Game log

2003 White Sox game log

March/April (14–13) – home (9–6) – road (5–7)

May (11–16) – home (7–6) – road (4–10)

June (15–13) – home (8–6) – road (7–7)

July (17–9) – home (9–2) – road (8–7)

August (16–13) – home (10–3) – road (6–10)

September (13–12) – home (8–7) – road (5–5)

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Roberto Alomar, 2B	67	253	42	64	11	1	3	17	30	37	.253	6
Sandy Alomar, Jr., C	75	194	22	52	12	0	5	26	4	17	.268	0
Joe Borchard, OF	16	49	5	9	1	0	1	5	5	18	.184	0
Mark Buehrle, P	35	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	.167	0
Jamie Burke, C,1B	6	8	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	.375	0
Bartolo Colón, P	34	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Joe Crede, 3B	151	536	68	140	31	2	19	75	32	75	.261	1
Brian Daubach, 1B,OF,DH	95	183	26	42	11	0	6	21	34	54	.230	1
Carl Everett, CF,DH	73	256	40	77	14	0	10	41	22	36	.301	4
Jon Garland, P	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0
Tony Graffanino, SS,2B,3B	90	250	51	65	15	3	7	23	24	37	.260	8
Willie Harris, CF,2B	79	137	19	28	3	1	0	5	10	28	.204	12
D'Angelo Jiménez, 2B	73	271	35	69	11	5	7	26	32	46	.255	4
Paul Konerko, 1B	137	444	49	104	19	0	18	65	43	50	.234	0
Carlos Lee, LF	158	623	100	181	35	1	31	113	37	91	.291	18
Esteban Loaiza, P	34	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	0
Aaron Miles, 2B	8	12	3	4	3	0	0	2	0	0	.333	0
Miguel Olivo, C	114	317	37	75	19	1	6	27	19	80	.237	6
Magglio Ordóñez, RF	160	606	95	192	46	3	29	99	57	73	.317	9
Josh Paul, C	13	17	6	6	0	0	0	4	3	3	.353	0
Armando Ríos, OF	49	104	4	22	3	0	2	11	5	13	.212	0
Aaron Rowand, CF	93	157	22	45	8	0	6	24	7	21	.287	0
Frank Thomas, DH,1B	153	546	87	146	35	0	42	105	100	115	.267	0
José Valentín, SS	144	503	79	119	26	2	28	74	54	114	.237	8
Dan Wright, P	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Team totals	162	5487	791	1445	303	19	220	766	519	916	.263	77

Pitching

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; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Jon Adkins	0	0	4.82	4	0	0	9.1	8	5	5	1	7	3
Mark Buehrle	14	14	4.14	35	35	0	230.1	250	124	106	22	63	119
Bartolo Colón	15	13	3.87	34	34	0	242.0	223	107	104	30	70	173
Neal Cotts	1	1	8.10	4	4	0	13.1	15	12	12	1	17	10
Jon Garland	12	13	4.51	32	32	0	191.2	188	103	96	28	75	108
Matt Ginter	0	0	13.50	3	0	0	3.1	2	5	5	1	1	0
Gary Glover	1	0	4.54	24	0	0	35.2	43	18	18	3	16	23
Tom Gordon	7	6	3.16	66	0	12	74.0	57	29	26	4	34	91
Billy Koch	5	5	5.77	55	0	11	53.0	59	36	34	10	29	42
Esteban Loaiza	21	9	2.90	34	34	0	226.1	196	75	73	17	58	207
Dámaso Marte	4	2	1.58	71	0	11	79.2	50	16	14	3	40	87
José Paniagua	0	0	108.00	1	0	0	0.1	3	4	4	0	1	0
Mike Porzio	1	1	6.43	3	3	0	14.0	18	10	10	2	1	9
David Sanders	0	0	6.14	20	0	0	22.0	25	16	15	5	11	14
Scott Schoeneweis	2	1	4.50	20	0	0	26.0	26	16	13	1	11	27
Josh Stewart	1	2	5.96	5	5	0	25.2	28	18	17	4	16	13
Scott Sullivan	0	0	3.77	15	0	0	14.1	9	6	6	2	6	13
Rick White	1	2	6.61	34	0	1	47.2	56	39	35	11	15	37
Dan Wright	1	7	6.15	20	15	1	86.1	91	63	29	16	48	47
Kelly Wunsch	0	0	2.75	43	0	0	36.0	17	13	11	1	29	33
Team totals	86	76	4.17	162	162	36	1431.0	1364	715	663	162	548	1056

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Charlotte Knights	International League	Nick Capra
AA	Birmingham Barons	Southern League	Wally Backman
A	Winston-Salem Warthogs	Carolina League	Razor Shines
A	Kannapolis Intimidators	South Atlantic League	John Orton
Rookie	Bristol White Sox	Appalachian League	Jerry Hairston, Sr.
Rookie	Great Falls White Sox	Pioneer League	Chris Cron

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Winston-Salem^[5]

References

↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/foulkke01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alomasa02.shtml
↑ Esteban Loaiza Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
1 2 http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/news/2003/0415/1539542.html
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota
AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida New York Philadelphia Montréal
NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis
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