2003 Texas Rangers
[edit] Summary
The 2003 Texas Rangers finished with a record of 71-91. They scored 826 runs and belted 239 home runs to go along with a .266 batting average. The offense was powered by Alex Rodriguez, who led the team with 47 home runs and 118 RBI. Michael Young led the team with 204 hits for a .306 average.
The team allowed 969 runs and had a team ERA of 5.69. John Thomson led the pitching staff with 13 wins and 136 strikeouts. Ugueth Urbina led the team with 26 saves.
[edit] Roster and Statistics
| Player Name | Pos | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | OBP | SLG | OPS | AVG |
| Infielders | ||||||||||||
| Hank Blalock | 3B | 143 | 567 | 89 | 170 | 29 | 90 | 2 | .350 | .522 | .872 | .300 |
| Herbert Perry | 1B | 11 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .167 | .208 | .375 | .167 |
| Alex Rodriguez | SS | 161 | 607 | 124 | 181 | 47 | 118 | 17 | .396 | .600 | .996 | .298 |
| Mark Teixeira | 1B | 146 | 529 | 66 | 137 | 26 | 84 | 1 | .331 | .480 | .811 | .259 |
| Michael Young | 2B | 160 | 666 | 106 | 204 | 14 | 72 | 13 | .339 | .446 | .785 | .306 |
| Outfielders | ||||||||||||
| Ryan Christenson | OF | 60 | 165 | 22 | 29 | 2 | 16 | 2 | .255 | .255 | .510 | .176 |
| Jermaine Clark | OF | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .000 | .250 | .000 |
| Carl Everett | OF | 74 | 270 | 53 | 74 | 18 | 51 | 4 | .356 | .544 | .900 | .274 |
| Doug Glanville | OF | 52 | 195 | 22 | 53 | 4 | 14 | 4 | .294 | .359 | .653 | .272 |
| Juan Gonzalez | OF | 82 | 327 | 49 | 96 | 24 | 70 | 1 | .329 | .572 | .901 | .294 |
| Jason Jones | OF | 40 | 107 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 11 | 0 | .298 | .355 | .653 | .215 |
| Ryan Ludwick | OF | 8 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .192 | .459 | .154 |
| Kevin Mench | OF | 38 | 125 | 15 | 40 | 2 | 11 | 1 | .381 | .464 | .845 | .320 |
| Ramon Nivar | OF | 28 | 90 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .253 | .267 | .520 | .211 |
| Laynce Nix | OF | 53 | 184 | 25 | 47 | 8 | 30 | 3 | .289 | .440 | .729 | .255 |
| Donnie Sadler | OF | 77 | 131 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 4 | .277 | .290 | .567 | .198 |
| Ruben Sierra | OF | 43 | 133 | 14 | 35 | 3 | 12 | 1 | .333 | .398 | .731 | .263 |
| Shane Spencer | OF | 55 | 185 | 16 | 42 | 4 | 23 | 0 | .329 | .346 | .675 | .227 |
| Marcus Thames | OF | 30 | 73 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .298 | .274 | .572 | .205 |
| Catchers | ||||||||||||
| Einar Diaz | C | 101 | 334 | 30 | 86 | 4 | 35 | 3 | .294 | .341 | .635 | .257 |
| Todd Greene | C | 62 | 205 | 25 | 47 | 10 | 20 | 0 | .243 | .434 | .677 | .229 |
| Chad Kreuter | C | 7 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .167 | .405 | .111 |
| Gerald Laird | C | 19 | 44 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .360 | .432 | .792 | .273 |
| Other | ||||||||||||
| Mike Lamb | DH | 28 | 38 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .190 | .132 | .322 | .132 |
| Rafael Palmeiro | DH | 154 | 561 | 92 | 146 | 38 | 112 | 2 | .359 | .508 | .867 | .260 |
| Team Totals | - | - | 5664 | 826 | 1506 | 239 | 799 | 65 | .329 | .454 | .782 | .266 |
| Player Name | G | GS | IP | W | L | Win % | SV | SO | BB | ERA | WHIP | |||
| Pitchers | ||||||||||||||
| Alan Benes | 4 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 11.40 | 2.467 | |||
| Joaquin Benoit | 25 | 17 | 105 | 8 | 5 | .615 | 0 | 87 | 51 | 5.49 | 1.429 | |||
| Mickey Callaway | 6 | 3 | 22.3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 6.45 | 1.570 | |||
| Francisco Cordero | 73 | 0 | 82.7 | 5 | 8 | .385 | 15 | 90 | 38 | 2.94 | 1.306 | |||
| Doug Davis | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12.00 | 2.667 | |||
| R.A. Dickey | 38 | 13 | 116.7 | 9 | 8 | .529 | 1 | 94 | 38 | 5.09 | 1.482 | |||
| Juan Dominguez | 6 | 3 | 16.3 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 7.16 | 1.718 | |||
| Ryan Drese | 11 | 8 | 46 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 26 | 24 | 6.85 | 1.848 | |||
| Robert Ellis | 4 | 4 | 18.3 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 8.35 | 1.967 | |||
| Aaron Fultz | 64 | 0 | 67.3 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 53 | 27 | 5.21 | 1.516 | |||
| Reynaldo Garcia | 17 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 9.00 | 1.833 | |||
| Rosman Garcia | 46 | 0 | 46.3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 25 | 23 | 6.02 | 1.857 | |||
| Colby Lewis | 26 | 26 | 127 | 10 | 9 | .526 | 0 | 88 | 70 | 7.30 | 1.835 | |||
| Ron Mahay | 35 | 0 | 45.3 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 0 | 38 | 20 | 3.18 | 1.170 | |||
| Tony Mounce | 11 | 11 | 50.7 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 0 | 30 | 25 | 7.11 | 1.775 | |||
| C.J. Nitkowski | 6 | 0 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 7.45 | 2.577 | |||
| Chan Ho Park | 7 | 7 | 29.7 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 16 | 25 | 7.58 | 1.987 | |||
| Jay Powell | 51 | 0 | 58.7 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 40 | 34 | 7.82 | 1.857 | |||
| Erasmo Ramirez | 34 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 3.86 | 1.122 | |||
| Mario Ramos | 3 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 6.23 | 1.846 | |||
| Victor Santos | 8 | 4 | 25.7 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 7.01 | 1.751 | |||
| Brian Shouse | 62 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 3.10 | 1.246 | |||
| John Thomson | 35 | 35 | 217 | 13 | 14 | .481 | 0 | 136 | 49 | 4.85 | 1.304 | |||
| Ugueth Urbina | 39 | 0 | 38.7 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 26 | 41 | 18 | 4.19 | 1.318 | |||
| Ismael Valdez | 22 | 22 | 115 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 0 | 47 | 29 | 6.10 | 1.539 | |||
| Todd Van Poppel | 7 | 1 | 12.7 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 8.53 | 2.283 | |||
| Esteban Yan | 15 | 0 | 23.3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 6.94 | 1.631 | |||
| Team Totals | 656 | 162 | 1433.4 | 71 | 91 | .438 | 43 | 1009 | 603 | 5.69 | 1.554 | |||
[edit] Batting Leaders
| Category | ||
| Games | Alex Rodriguez | 161 |
| At Bats | Michael Young | 666 |
| Plate Appearances (approx.) | Alex Rodriguez | 715 |
| Batting Average | Michael Young | .306 |
| On-Base % | Alex Rodriguez | .396 |
| Slugging % | Alex Rodriguez | .600 |
| OPS | Alex Rodriguez | .996 |
| Runs | Alex Rodriguez | 124 |
| Hits | Michael Young | 204 |
| Total Bases | Alex Rodriguez | 364 |
| Doubles | Hank Blalock and Michael Young | 33 |
| Triples | Michael Young | 9 |
| Home Runs | Alex Rodriguez | 47 |
| RBI | Alex Rodriguez | 118 |
| Walks | Alex Rodriguez | 87 |
| Strikeouts | Alex Rodriguez | 126 |
| Stolen Bases | Alex Rodriguez | 17 |
| Caught Stealing | Hank Blalock, Alex Rodriguez, and Donnie Sadler | 3 |
| Sacrifice Hits | Einar Diaz and Carl Everett | 4 |
| Sacrifice Flies | Michael Young | 7 |
| Grounded into Double Plays | Hank Blalock and Alex Rodriguez | 16 |
[edit] Pitching Leaders
| Category | ||
| Wins | John Thomson | 13 |
| Losses | John Thomson | 14 |
| Saves | Ugueth Urbina | 26 |
| Won-Loss % | Joaquin Benoit | .615 |
| ERA | John Thomson | 4.85 |
| WHIP | John Thomson | 1.304 |
| Innings Pitched | John Thomson | 217 |
| Games | Francisco Cordero | 73 |
| Games Started | John Thomson | 35 |
| Strikeouts | John Thomson | 136 |
| Complete Games | John Thomson | 3 |
| Shutouts | R.A. Dickey and John Thomson | 1 |
| Batters Faced | John Thomson | 910 |
| Earned Runs Allowed | John Thomson | 117 |
| Hits Allowed | John Thomson | 234 |
| Walks Allowed | Colby Lewis | 70 |
| Home Runs Allowed | John Thomson | 27 |
| Doubles Allowed | John Thomson | 51 |
| Triples Allowed | Joaquin Benoit | 8 |
| Wild Pitches | Jay Powell | 6 |
| Hit Batsmen | Chan Ho Park | 6 |
| Double Plays Induced | John Thomson | 24 |
