2003 Colorado Rockies season explained

Colorado Rockies
Season:	2003
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Coors Field
City:	Denver, Colorado
Record:	74–88 (.457)
Divisional Place:	4th
Owners:	Jerry McMorris
Managers:	Clint Hurdle
Television:	KTVD Fox Sports Rocky Mountain (George Frazier, Drew Goodman)
Radio:	KOA (AM) (Jack Corrigan, Jeff Kingery)

The Colorado Rockies' 2003 season was the 11th for the Rockies attempting to win the National League West. Clint Hurdle was the manager. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 74–88, fourth in the NL West.

Offseason

• November 16, 2002: Mike Hampton was traded by the Colorado Rockies with Juan Pierre and cash to the Florida Marlins for Charles Johnson, Preston Wilson, Pablo Ozuna, and Vic Darensbourg.^[1]
• January 8, 2003: Chris Stynes was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[2]
• January 23, 2003: Steve Reed was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[3]
• January 24, 2003: José Hernández and Mark Sweeney were signed as free agents by the Colorado Rockies.^{[4] [5]}
• February 3, 2003: Darren Oliver was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[6]
• March 21, 2003: Jack Cust was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Baltimore Orioles for Chris Richard.^[7]

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

• April 9, 2003: Greg Vaughn was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[8]
• June 3, 2003: Ian Stewart was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2003.^[9]
• June 20, 2003: José Hernández was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Chicago Cubs for Mark Bellhorn.^[10]
• June 28, 2003: Gabe Kapler was purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Colorado Rockies.^[11]
• July 13, 2003: Ben Petrick was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Detroit Tigers for Adam Bernero.^[12]
• August 26, 2003: Gregg Zaun was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[13]

Major League debuts

• Batters:
  • René Reyes (Jul 22)
  • Garrett Atkins (Aug 3)
  • Clint Barmes (Sep 5)
• Pitchers:
  • Javier López (Apr 1)
  • Jason Young (May 12)
  • Matt Miller (Jun 27)
  • Chin-hui Tsao (Jul 25) ^[14]

Roster

2003 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches (third base) (pitching) (first base) (hitting) (bullpen) (bench) (bullpen catcher)

Game log

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1 || April 1 || @ Astros || 10 - 4 || Oswalt (1 - 0) || Jennings (0 - 1) || || 43,241 || 0 - 1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2 || April 2 || @ Astros || 8 - 7 || Wagner (1 - 0) || Jiménez (0 - 1) || || 21,082 || 0 - 2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 3 || April 3 || @ Astros || 10 - 5 || Cruz (1 - 0) || Robertson (0 - 1) || || 21,171 || 1 - 2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 4 || April 4 || Diamondbacks || 2 - 1 || Chacón (1 - 0) || Kim (0 - 1) || Jiménez (1) || 48,087 || 2 - 2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 5 || April 5 || Diamondbacks || 4 - 3 (10) || Reed (1 - 0) || Batista (0 - 1) || || 25,197 || 3 - 2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 6 || April 6 || Diamondbacks || 8 - 3 || Jennings (1 - 1) || Schilling (0 - 1) || || 25,443 || 4 - 2|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 7 || April 8 || Cardinals || 15 - 12 (13) || Eldred (1 - 0) || Miceli (0 - 1) || || 21,563 || 4 - 3|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 8 || April 9 || Cardinals || 9 - 4 || Cruz (2 - 0) || Tomko (0 - 1) || || 24,110 || 5 - 3|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 9 || April 10 || Cardinals || 7 - 6 || López (1 - 0) || Kline (0 - 1) || Jiménez (2) || 24,586 || 6 - 3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 10 || April 11 || @ Padres || 6 - 4 || Lawrence (2 - 0) || Oliver (0 - 1) || Villafuerte (2) || 21,190 || 6 - 4|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 11 || April 12 || @ Padres || 3 - 2 || Speier (1 - 0) || Villafuerte (0 - 1) || Jiménez (3) || 30,830 || 7 - 4|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 12 || April 13 || @ Padres || 6 - 2 || Wright (1 - 1) || Cook (0 - 1) || || 20,316 || 7 - 5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 13 || April 14 || @ Diamondbacks || 5 - 3 || Cruz (3 - 0) || Kim (0 - 3) || Jiménez (4) || 25,688 || 8 - 5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 14 || April 15 || @ Diamondbacks || 12 - 1 || Chacón (2 - 0) || Patterson (0 - 1) || || 31,182 || 9 - 5|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 15 || April 16 || @ Diamondbacks || 4 - 3 || Mantei (3 - 0) || Jiménez (0 - 2) || || 28,588 || 9 - 6|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 16 || April 17 || @ Diamondbacks || 11 - 2 || Schilling (1 - 2) || Jennings (1 - 2) || || 32,507 || 9 - 7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 17 || April 18 || Padres || 12 - 1 || Cook (1 - 1) || Pérez (0 - 2) || || 27,609 || 10 - 7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 18 || April 19 || Padres || 10 - 9 || Reed (2 - 0) || Villafuerte (0 - 2) || || 27,031 || 11 - 7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 19 || April 20 || Padres || 8 - 0 || Chacón (3 - 0) || Peavy (3 - 1) || || 28,005 || 12 - 7|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 20 || April 22 || @ Phillies || 5 - 2 || Millwood (3 - 1) || Oliver (0 - 2) || Mesa (4) || 13,431 || 12 - 8|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 21 || April 23 || @ Phillies || 6 - 4 || Myers (1 - 2) || Jennings (1 - 3) || Mesa (5) || 13,444 || 12 - 9|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 22 || April 24 || @ Phillies || 9 - 1 || Wolf (3 - 1) || Cook (1 - 2) || || 16,947 || 12 - 10|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 23 || April 25 || Cubs || 11 - 7 || Prior (4 - 1) || Cruz (3 - 1) || || 32,162 || 12 - 11|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 24 || April 26 || Cubs || 8 - 5 || Chacón (4 - 0) || Estes (1 - 3) || Jiménez (5) || 35,604 || 13 - 11|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 25 || April 27 || Cubs || 6 - 3 || Oliver (1 - 2) || Zambrano (3 - 2) || Jiménez (6) || 35,070 || 14 - 11|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 26 || April 29 || Reds || 10 - 5 || Jennings (2 - 3) || Reitsma (1 - 1) || || 26,206 || 15 - 11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 27 || April 30 || Reds || 13 - 11 || Sullivan (2 - 0) || Miceli (0 - 2) || Williamson (6) || 26,436 || 15 - 12|-|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 28 || May 1 || Reds || 7 - 2 || Austin (1 - 1) || Cruz (3 - 2) || || 28,788 || 15 - 13|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 29 || May 2 || @ Cubs || 7 - 4 || Estes (2 - 3) || Chacón (4 - 1) || Borowski (5) || 29,236 || 15 - 14|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 30 || May 3 || @ Cubs || 6 - 4 || Speier (2 - 0) || Guthrie (0 - 2) || Jiménez (7) || 38,332 || 16 - 14|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 31 || May 4 || @ Cubs || 5 - 4 (10) || Borowski (1 - 0) || Reed (2 - 1) || || 37,223 || 16 - 15|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 32 || May 6 || @ Braves || 3 - 2 || Hernández (3 - 0) || Jones (0 - 1) || Smoltz (13) || 18,108 || 16 - 16|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 33 || May 8 || @ Braves || 12 - 6 || Reynolds (2 - 1) || Cruz (3 - 3) || Smoltz (14) || || 16 - 17|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 34 || May 8 || @ Braves || 5 - 2 || Ortiz (4 - 2) || Chacón (4 - 2) || Smoltz (15) || 22,829 || 16 - 18|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 35 || May 9 || @ Marlins || 5 - 4 || Looper (3 - 1) || Speier (2 - 1) || || 10,272 || 16 - 19|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 36 || May 10 || @ Marlins || 5 - 4 || Jennings (3 - 3) || Tejera (0 - 1) || Jiménez (8) || 16,543 || 17 - 19|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 37 || May 11 || @ Marlins || 7 - 2 || Pavano (3 - 4) || Cook (1 - 3) || || 9,205 || 17 - 20|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 38 || May 12 || Mets || 9 - 6 || Trachsel (1 - 2) || Young (0 - 1) || Benítez (12) || 25,443 || 17 - 21|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 39 || May 13 || Mets || 9 - 8 || Reed (3 - 1) || Cerda (0 - 1) || Jiménez (9) || 25,043 || 18 - 21|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 40 || May 14 || Mets || 6 - 5 || Reed (4 - 1) || Stanton (2 - 3) || Jiménez (10) || 26,755 || 19 - 21|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 41 || May 15 || Expos || 4 - 2 || Jones (1 - 1) || Tucker (0 - 1) || Jiménez (11) || 23,197 || 20 - 21|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 42 || May 16 || Expos || 4 - 1 || Ayala (3 - 1) || Cruz (3 - 4) || Biddle (11) || 27,117 || 20 - 22|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 43 || May 17 || Expos || 6 - 4 (10) || Ayala (4 - 1) || Jones (1 - 2) || Biddle (12) || 30,052 || 20 - 23|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 44 || May 18 || Expos || 4 - 0 || Chacón (5 - 2) || Ohka (3 - 5) || || 30,720 || 21 - 23|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 45 || May 20 || @ Dodgers || 3 - 1 || Brown (5 - 1) || Oliver (1 - 3) || Gagné (16) || 27,251 || 21 - 24|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 46 || May 21 || @ Dodgers || 3 - 2 || Ishii (4 - 1) || Jennings (3 - 4) || Gagné (17) || 25,332 || 21 - 25|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 47 || May 22 || @ Dodgers || 4 - 3 || Dreifort (4 - 3) || Cook (1 - 4) || Gagné (18) || 27,461 || 21 - 26|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 48 || May 23 || Giants || 10 - 7 || Chacón (6 - 2) || Moss (5 - 3) || || 30,043 || 22 - 26|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 49 || May 24 || Giants || 5 - 1 || Ainsworth (4 - 4) || Elarton (0 - 1) || || 31,475je || 22 - 27|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 50 || May 25 || Giants || 5 - 1 || Oliver (2 - 3) || Foppert (2 - 4) || || 33,723 || 23 - 27|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 51 || May 26 || Giants || 12 - 7 || Fuentes (1 - 0) || Nathan (5 - 2) || || 28,340 || 24 - 27|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 52 || May 27 || Dodgers || 7 - 3 || Cook (2 - 4) || Ishii (4 - 2) || || 26,465 || 25 - 27|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 53 || May 28 || Dodgers || 6 - 0 || Chacón (7 - 2) || Dreifort (4 - 4) || || 27,108 || 26 - 27|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 54 || May 29 || Dodgers || 12 - 5 || Elarton (1 - 1) || Pérez (4 - 3) || || 27,007 || 27 - 27|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 55 || May 30 || @ Giants || 6 - 2 || Ainsworth (5 - 4) || Oliver (2 - 4) || || 38,439 || 27 - 28|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 56 || May 31 || @ Giants || 2 - 1 || Foppert (3 - 4) || Jennings (3 - 5) || Worrell (14) || 40,256 || 27 - 29|-|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 57 || June 1 || @ Giants || 4 - 0 || Rueter (6 - 1) || Cook (2 - 5) || || 41,404 || 27 - 30|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 58 || June 2 || @ Giants || 4 - 1 || Chacón (8 - 2) || Schmidt (4 - 2) || Jiménez (12) || 34,231 || 28 - 30|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 59 || June 3 || Indians || 7 - 3 || Elarton (2 - 1) || Rodríguez (3 - 6) || || 22,326 || 29 - 30|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 60 || June 4 || Indians || 2 - 1 || Oliver (3 - 4) || Traber (2 - 3) || Jiménez (13) || 22,222 || 30 - 30|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 61 || June 5 || Indians || 7 - 4 || Jennings (4 - 5) || Sabathia (4 - 3) || Jiménez (14) || 25,221 || 31 - 30|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 62 || June 7 || Royals || 13 - 11 || George (6 - 4) || Chacón (8 - 3) || MacDougal (14) || 25,421 || 31 - 31|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 63 || June 7 || Royals || 9 - 5 || Gilfillan (1 - 0) || Jones (1 - 3) || || 26,435 || 31 - 32|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 64 || June 8 || Royals || 8 - 7 || Elarton (3 - 1) || DeHart (0 - 2) || Jiménez (15) || 30,084 || 32 - 32|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 65 || June 10 || @ Twins || 5 - 0 || Jennings (5 - 5) || Radke (5 - 6) || || 18,886 || 33 - 32|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 66 || June 11 || @ Twins || 7 - 4 || Lohse (6 - 4) || Cook (2 - 6) || Guardado (18) || 17,942 || 33 - 33|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 67 || June 12 || @ Twins || 15 - 3 || Rogers (5 - 2) || Oliver (3 - 5) || || 18,003 || 33 - 34|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 68 || June 13 || @ Tigers || 7 - 2 || Chacón (9 - 3) || Cornejo (3 - 4) || || 19,212 || 34 - 34|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 69 || June 14 || @ Tigers || 9 - 7 || Ledezma (2 - 2) || Elarton (3 - 2) || Spurling (3) || 19,260 || 34 - 35|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 70 || June 15 || @ Tigers || 5 - 4 || Jennings (6 - 5) || Knotts (2 - 5) || Jiménez (16) || 19,323 || 35 - 35|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 71 || June 16 || Padres || 7 - 5 || Witasick (1 - 1) || Jiménez (0 - 3) || Beck (2) || 22,716 || 35 - 36|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 72 || June 17 || Padres || 4 - 3 (8) || Peavy (6 - 5) || Neagle (0 - 1) || Witasick (1) || 22,178 || 35 - 37|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 73 || June 18 || Padres || 5 - 3 || Chacón (10 - 3) || Jarvis (0 - 1) || Speier (1) || 22,033 || 36 - 37|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 74 || June 19 || Padres || 10 - 5 || Oliver (4 - 5) || Lawrence (4 - 8) || || 23,515 || 37 - 37|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 75 || June 20 || Tigers || 7 - 5 || Maroth (2 - 11) || Elarton (3 - 3) || || 29,603 || 37 - 38|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 76 || June 21 || Tigers || 9 - 6 || Jennings (7 - 5) || Sparks (0 - 4) || || 35,660 || 38 - 38|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 77 || June 22 || Tigers || 5 - 3 || Neagle (1 - 1) || Bernero (1 - 10) || Jiménez (17) || 34,723 || 39 - 38|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 78 || June 23 || @ Padres || 5 - 1 || Chacón (11 - 3) || Jarvis (0 - 2) || || 18,072 || 40 - 38|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 79 || June 24 || @ Padres || 5 - 2 || Oliver (5 - 5) || Lawrence (4 - 9) || Jiménez (18) || 15,915 || 41 - 38|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 80 || June 25 || @ Padres || 7 - 6 || Hackman (2 - 1) || Jones (1 - 4) || Beck (4) || 19,908 || 41 - 39|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 81 || June 27 || @ Pirates || 5 - 3 || Fogg (4 - 3) || Jennings (7 - 6) || Williams (21) || 37,566 || 41 - 40|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 82 || June 28 || @ Pirates || 5 - 4 || Neagle (2 - 1) || Benson (5 - 8) || Jiménez (19) || 25,083 || 42 - 40|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 83 || June 29 || @ Pirates || 9 - 0 || Suppan (6 - 7) || Chacón (11 - 4) || || 20,475 || 42 - 41|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 84 || June 30 || Diamondbacks || 8 - 7 (12) || Randolph (3 - 0) || Jiménez (0 - 4) || || 33,533 || 42 - 42|-|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 85 || July 1 || Diamondbacks || 7 - 4 || López (2 - 0) || Good (3 - 2) || Speier (2) || 25,209 || 43 - 42|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 86 || July 2 || Diamondbacks || 6 - 2 || Jennings (8 - 6) || Patterson (1 - 4) || Fuentes (1) || 47,032 || 44 - 42|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 87 || July 3 || Diamondbacks || 8 - 4 || Webb (5 - 2) || Neagle (2 - 2) || || 48,560 || 44 - 43|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 88 || July 4 || @ Brewers || 8 - 6 || Reed (5 - 1) || Estrella (2 - 1) || Speier (3) || 21,144 || 45 - 43|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 89 || July 5 || @ Brewers || 9 - 8 || Oliver (6 - 5) || Ford (0 - 1) || Fuentes (2) || 30,731 || 46 - 43|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 90 || July 6 || @ Brewers || 3 - 1 || Sheets (7 - 6) || Jiménez (0 - 5) || DeJean (17) || 21,623 || 46 - 44|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 91 || July 7 || @ Diamondbacks || 14 - 6 || Randolph (4 - 0) || Cruz (3 - 5) || || 32,019 || 46 - 45|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 92 || July 8 || @ Diamondbacks || 9 - 3 || Webb (6 - 2) || Reed (5 - 2) || || 36,436 || 46 - 46|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 93 || July 9 || Giants || 11 - 7 || Cook (3 - 6) || Foppert (5 - 8) || || 31,139 || 47 - 46|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 94 || July 10 || Giants || 11 - 3 || Oliver (7 - 5) || Powell (0 - 1) || || 30,954 || 48 - 46|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 95 || July 11 || Dodgers || 7 - 6 || Fuentes (2 - 0) || Shuey (3 - 2) || Speier (4) || 34,150 || 49 - 46|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 96 || July 12 || Dodgers || 5 - 3 || Jennings (9 - 6) || Ashby (2 - 6) || Speier (5) || 41,696 || 50 - 46|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 97 || July 13 || Dodgers || 9 - 3 || Álvarez (1 - 1) || Neagle (2 - 3) || || 32,483 || 50 - 47|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 98 || July 17 || @ Giants || 8 - 4 || Moss (8 - 6) || Jennings (9 - 7) || || 41,052 || 50 - 48|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 99 || July 18 || @ Giants || 7 - 0 || Brower (6 - 2) || Oliver (7 - 6) || || 41,690 || 50 - 49|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 100 || July 19 || @ Giants || 5 - 3 || Schmidt (10 - 4) || Chacón (11 - 5) || Worrell (21) || 42,607 || 50 - 50|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 101 || July 20 || @ Giants || 8 - 4 || Foppert (6 - 8) || Neagle (2 - 4) || || 42,620 || 50 - 51|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 102 || July 21 || @ Dodgers || 4 - 1 || Stark (1 - 0) || Ashby (2 - 7) || || 27,243 || 51 - 51|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 103 || July 22 || @ Dodgers || 5 - 2 || Nomo (11 - 8) || Jennings (9 - 8) || Gagné (34) || 30,416 || 51 - 52|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 104 || July 23 || @ Dodgers || 8 - 3 || Oliver (8 - 6) || Ishii (9 - 4) || || 33,589 || 52 - 52|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 105 || July 24 || @ Dodgers || 1 - 0 (11) || Shuey (4 - 2) || López (2 - 1) || || 33,144 || 52 - 53|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 106 || July 25 || Brewers || 7 - 3 || Tsao (1 - 0) || Obermueller (0 - 1) || || 39,013 || 53 - 53|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 107 || July 26 || Brewers || 13 - 8 || Cook (4 - 6) || De Los Santos (1 - 3) || || 40,675 || 54 - 53|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 108 || July 27 || Brewers || 6 - 1 || Jennings (10 - 8) || Franklin (7 - 7) || || 30,108 || 55 - 53|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 109 || July 29 || @ Reds || 5 - 3 || Oliver (9 - 6) || Haynes (2 - 11) || Speier (6) || 25,663 || 56 - 53|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 110 || July 30 || @ Reds || 3 - 2 (10) || Reitsma (8 - 3) || Jiménez (0 - 6) || || 23,962 || 56 - 54|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 111 || July 31 || @ Reds || 5 - 4 (10) || Riedling (1 - 3) || Fuentes (2 - 1) || || 24,861 || 56 - 55|-|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 112 || August 1 || @ Pirates || 12 - 11 || Sánchez (1 - 0) || Bernero (1 - 13) || || 22,413 || 56 - 56|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 113 || August 2 || @ Pirates || 1 - 0 || Meadows (2 - 1) || Jennings (10 - 9) || Lincoln (4) || 37,820 || 56 - 57|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 114 || August 3 || @ Pirates || 16 - 4 || Oliver (10 - 6) || D'Amico (6 - 11) || Jiménez (20) || 16,839 || 57 - 57|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 115 || August 5 || Phillies || 7 - 2 || Myers (11 - 6) || Chacón (11 - 6) || || 28,034 || 57 - 58|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 116 || August 6 || Phillies || 5 - 1 || Tsao (2 - 0) || Duckworth (4 - 6) || || 27,599 || 58 - 58|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 117 || August 7 || Phillies || 4 - 3 || López (3 - 1) || Millwood (11 - 8) || Speier (7) || 27,855 || 59 - 58|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 118 || August 8 || Pirates || 13 - 6 || Jiménez (1 - 6) || Mahomes (0 - 1) || || 28,362 || 60 - 58|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 119 || August 9 || Pirates || 10 - 4 || D'Amico (7 - 11) || Oliver (10 - 7) || || 34,611 || 60 - 59|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 120 || August 10 || Pirates || 5 - 3 || Figueroa (1 - 0) || Chacón (11 - 7) || Lincoln (5) || 26,904 || 60 - 60|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 121 || August 11 || @ Expos || 3 - 1 || Day (6 - 4) || Jennings (10 - 10) || Biddle (28) || 6,401 || 60 - 61|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 122 || August 12 || @ Expos || 6 - 3 (11) || Fuentes (3 - 1) || Biddle (3 - 5) || López (1) || 7,277 || 61 - 61|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 123 || August 13 || @ Expos || 6 - 5 || Vázquez (10 - 8) || Stark (1 - 1) || Ayala (3) || 6,724 || 61 - 62|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 124 || August 15 || @ Mets || 5 - 0 || Glavine (8 - 11) || Oliver (10 - 8) || || 28,081 || 61 - 63|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 125 || August 16 || @ Mets || 13 - 4 || Seo (6 - 8) || Chacón (11 - 8) || || 28,233 || 61 - 64|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 126 || August 17 || @ Mets || 6 - 4 || Leiter (12 - 6) || Jennings (10 - 11) || Weathers (4) || 28,393 || 61 - 65|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 127 || August 18 || @ Mets || 8 - 0 || Trachsel (12 - 7) || Tsao (2 - 1) || || 23,865 || 61 - 66|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 128 || August 19 || Marlins || 10 - 2 || Stark (2 - 1) || Pavano (9 - 11) || || 25,889 || 62 - 66|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 129 || August 20 || Marlins || 9 - 3 || Vance (1 - 0) || Redman (10 - 7) || || 23,534 || 63 - 66|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 130 || August 21 || Marlins || 5 - 4 || Speier (3 - 1) || Looper (4 - 3) || || 23,846 || 64 - 66|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 131 || August 22 || Braves || 9 - 3 || Maddux (12 - 10) || Jennings (10 - 12) || || 35,578 || 64 - 67|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 132 || August 23 || Braves || 5 - 4 || Hampton (12 - 5) || Tsao (2 - 2) || Smoltz (44) || 42,303 || 64 - 68|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 133 || August 24 || Braves || 12 - 6 || Ortiz (18 - 5) || Stark (2 - 2) || || 31,227 || 64 - 69|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 134 || August 26 || Giants || 3 - 1 || Schmidt (13 - 5) || Oliver (10 - 9) || Worrell (28) || 24,100 || 64 - 70|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 135 || August 27 || Giants || 6 - 4 || Ponson (16 - 9) || Jiménez (1 - 7) || Worrell (29) || 24,972 || 64 - 71|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 136 || August 28 || Giants || 6 - 1 || Jennings (11 - 12) || Correia (1 - 1) || || 23,645 || 65 - 71|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 137 || August 29 || @ Dodgers || 6 - 4 || Brown (13 - 7) || Vance (1 - 1) || Gagné (45) || 39,092 || 65 - 72|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 138 || August 30 || @ Dodgers || 5 - 0 || Mota (4 - 2) || Stark (2 - 3) || || 35,136 || 65 - 73|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 139 || August 31 || @ Dodgers || 3 - 0 || Pérez (11 - 10) || Oliver (10 - 10) || Gagné (46) || 41,146 || 65 - 74|-|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 140 || September 2 || @ Giants || 2 - 1 || Herges (3 - 2) || Bernero (1 - 14) || Worrel (33) || 39,419 || 65 - 75|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 141 || September 3 || @ Giants || 7 - 6 || Nathan (9 - 3) || Fuentes (3 - 2) || || 38,490 || 65 - 76|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 142 || September 5 || Dodgers || 8 - 7 || Mota (5 - 2) || Reed (5 - 3) || Gagné (48) || 26,828 || 65 - 77|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 143 || September 6 || Dodgers || 10 - 2 || Pérez (12 - 10) || Oliver (10 - 11) || || 24,393 || 65 - 78|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 144 || September 7 || Dodgers || 6 - 2 || Álvarez (4 - 1) || Jiménez (1 - 8) || Gagné (49) || 24,553 || 65 - 79|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 145 || September 9 || @ Cardinals || 8 - 1 || Jennings (12 - 12) || Haren (3 - 6) || || 27,591 || 66 - 79|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 146 || September 10 || @ Cardinals || 10 - 2 || Tomko (12 - 8) || Elarton (3 - 4) || || 25,396 || 66 - 80|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 147 || September 11 || @ Cardinals || 9 - 4 || Oliver (11 - 11) || Hitchcock (3 - 4) || || 28,801 || 67 - 80|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 148 || September 12 || @ Diamondbacks || 8 - 2 || Jiménez (2 - 8) || Dessens (7 - 8) || || 32,922 || 68 - 80|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 149 || September 13 || @ Diamondbacks || 16 - 6 || Batista (10 - 8) || Young (0 - 2) || || 37,139 || 68 - 81|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 150 || September 14 || @ Diamondbacks || 5 - 0 || Johnson (5 - 8) || Jennings (12 - 13) || || 35,153 || 68 - 82|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 151 || September 16 || Astros || 14 - 4 || Robertson (15 - 7) || Tsao (2 - 3) || || 22,328 || 68 - 83|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 152 || September 17 || Astros || 7 - 5 || Oliver (12 - 11) || Villone (6 - 5) || Speier (8) || 22,454 || 69 - 83|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 153 || September 18 || Astros || 6 - 0 || Miller (14 - 12) || Jiménez (2 - 9) || || 21,718 || 69 - 84|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 154 || September 19 || Padres || 6 - 5 || Elarton (4 - 4) || Howard (1 - 3) || Fuentes (3) || 31,976 || 70 - 84|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 155 || September 20 || Padres || 11 - 3 || Lawrence (9 - 15) || Vance (1 - 2) || || 28,028 || 70 - 85|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 156 || September 21 || Padres || 5 - 3 || Tsao (3 - 3) || Eaton (8 - 12) || Fuentes (4) || 28,167 || 71 - 85|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 157 || September 23 || Diamondbacks || 20 - 9 || Oliver (13 - 11) || Webb (10 - 8) || || 22,686 || 72 - 85|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 158 || September 24 || Diamondbacks || 6 - 3 || Johnson (6 - 8) || Jiménez (2 - 10) || Mantei (27) || 24,465 || 72 - 86|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 159 || September 25 || Diamondbacks || 8 - 7 || Villarreal (10 - 7) || Fuentes (3 - 3) || Mantei (28) || 23,056 || 72 - 87|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 160 || September 26 || @ Padres || 5 - 0 || Eaton (9 - 12) || Vance (1 - 3) || || 45,588 || 72 - 88|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 161 || September 27 || @ Padres || 10 - 2 || Stark (3 - 3) || Bynum (1 - 4) || || 42,479 || 73 - 88|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 162 || September 28 || @ Padres || 10 - 8 || López (4 - 1) || Witasick (3 - 7) || Speier (9) || 60,988 || 74 - 88|-

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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	Charles Johnson	108	356	82	.230	20	61
1B	Todd Helton	160	583	209	.358	33	117
2B	Ronnie Belliard	116	447	124	.277	8	50
SS	Juan Uribe	87	316	80	.253	10	33
3B	Chris Stynes	138	443	113	.335	11	73
LF	Jay Payton	157	600	181	.302	28	89
CF	Preston Wilson	155	600	169	.282	36	141
RF		143	454	129	.284	16	79

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
	69	257	61	.237	8	27
	114	179	47	.263	6	31
	46	140	28	.200	7	21
	53	116	30	.259	2	7
	48	110	26	.236	0	4
	67	97	25	.258	2	14
	37	90	19	.211	1	4
	21	79	15	.190	0	5
	25	69	11	.159	0	4
	39	67	15	.224	0	4
	15	46	12	.261	3	8
	17	40	8	.200	0	2
	22	37	7	.189	3	5
	19	27	6	.222	1	3
	12	25	8	.320	0	2
	11	18	8	.444	1	4
	3	7	3	.429	0	0
	3	2	0	.000	0	0
	2	2	0	.000	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
	32	181.1	12	13	5.11	119
	33	180.1	13	11	5.04	88
	23	137.0	11	8	4.60	93
	17	78.2	3	3	5.83	30
	11	51.2	4	4	6.27	20
	9	43.1	3	3	6.02	29
	7	35.1	2	4	7.90	21

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
	43	124.0	4	6	6.02	43
	20	53.2	3	5	7.21	38
	9	27.1	1	3	5.60	12
	8	21.1	0	2	8.44	18

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
	63	2	10	20	5.22	45
	75	3	3	4	2.75	82
	75	4	1	1	3.70	40
	72	3	1	9	4.05	66
	67	5	3	0	3.27	39
	33	1	4	0	8.24	28
	31	0	2	0	5.23	26
	14	0	2	0	5.66	18
	9	0	0	0	9.00	2
	4	0	0	0	4.05	4
	4	0	0	0	2.08	5
	3	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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External links

• 2003 Colorado Rockies at Baseball Reference
• 2003 Colorado Rockies team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Preston Wilson Stats.
2. Web site: Chris Stynes Stats.
3. Web site: Steve Reed Stats.
4. Web site: Jose Hernandez Stats.
5. Web site: Mark Sweeney Stats.
6. Web site: Darren Oliver Stats.
7. Web site: Chris Richard Stats.
8. Web site: Greg Vaughn Stats.
9. Web site: Ian Stewart Stats.
10. Web site: Mark Bellhorn Stats.
11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kaplega01.shtml Gabe Kapler Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
12. Web site: Adam Bernero Stats.
13. https://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zaungr01.shtml Gregg Zaun Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
14. Web site: 2003 National League Baseball Debuts / Rookies by Baseball Almanac.
15. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007