2003 Montreal Expos season explained

Montreal Expos
Season:	2003
League:	National League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Olympic Stadium and Estadio Hiram Bithorn
City:	Montreal, Canada and San Juan, Puerto Rico
Record:	83–79 (.512)
Divisional Place:	4th
Owners:	Major League Baseball
General Managers:	Omar Minaya
Managers:	Frank Robinson
Television:	Réseau des sports (Rodger Brulotte, Denis Casavant)
Radio:	CKGM (AM) (Mitch Melnick, Elliott Price, guest minor league play-by-play broadcasters) CKAC (AM) (Jacques Doucet, Marc Griffin)

The 2003 Montreal Expos season was the 35th Major League Baseball (MLB) season for the Montreal Expos, and the team's penultimate season in Canada. The team competed as members of the National League East. The Expos played most of their home games at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, while also playing 22 home games at Estadio Hiram Bithorn in San Juan, Puerto Rico.^[1]

On August 28, 2003, the Expos were tied atop the Wild Card race of the National League, with several other teams all having a .526 winning percentage.^[2] However, the team faded during in the stretch and failed to make the postseason, finishing 18 games behind the Atlanta Braves in the National League East and 8 games behind the Florida Marlins in the Wild Card race. The Expos' season record of 83–79 (.512) was identical to the one they finished with the previous season. When rosters expanded on September 1, MLB refused to allow the league-owned team to add any players.^[3]

Spring training

After holding spring training at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida, from 1998 through 2002, the Expos moved to Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Florida, for spring training in 2003. The move to Viera came about as the result of a deal in which Major League Baseball bought the Expos from Jeffrey Loria, who then purchased the Florida Marlins; as part of the deal, the Marlins traded spring training sites with the Expos, moving from Viera to Jupiter. The franchise, as the Expos in 2003 and 2004 and then from 2005 as the Washington Nationals, would hold spring training at Space Coast Stadium through 2016.

Regular season

• June 24, 2003 – Brad Wilkerson hit for the cycle in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[4]
• June 28, 2003 - Texas Rangers outfielder Juan Gonzalez rejected a trade to the Expos, exercising the no-trade clause in his contract after the teams agreed to a deal.^[5]
• August 26, 2003 – The Expos rallied from being down 8-0 and 10-3 to claim a 14-10 win against the Philadelphia Phillies and be within two games of the National League Wild Card. It was the second biggest comeback in Expos history.^[6]
• September 14, 2003 – Vladimir Guerrero hits for the cycle against the New York Mets.^[7]

On August 30, 2002, MLB signed a collective bargaining agreement withthe players association, which prohibited contraction through the end of the agreement in 2006.^[8]

Ultimately, the Expos finished 8 games behind the Wild Card (and World Series Champion) Florida Marlins.

Puerto Rico

Although their attendance increased from 7,935 per game in 2001^[9] to 10,031 in 2002,^[10] MLB decided that the Expos would play 22 of their home games at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2003. Despite being a considerably smaller facility (it seats approximately 19,000) than Montreal's Olympic Stadium, attendance in San Juan's Hiram Bithorn Stadium averaged 14,222, compared with 12,081 in Montreal.^[11] The Puerto Rican baseball fans embraced "Los Expos" (particularly Puerto Rican players José Vidro, Javier Vázquez and Wil Cordero, and other Latin players like Vladimir Guerrero and Liván Hernández) as their home team (as well as the Latin players from other teams), all the while hoping the team would make a permanent move to Puerto Rico. Thanks in part to the San Juan games, the Expos were able to draw over a million fans at home in 2003 for the first time since 1997.^[11] The Expos' season in Puerto Rico was chronicled in the MLB-produced DVD Boricua Beisbol – Passion of Puerto Rico.

Opening Day lineup

Source ^[12]

Opening Day Starters

Name	Position
	Center fielder
	Second baseman
	Right fielder
	First baseman
	Left fielder
	Shortstop
	Third baseman
	Catcher
	Starting pitcher

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Team!colspan=4

AL West
ANA	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Montreal	1–2	0–3	2–1	3–0	3–3

Notable transactions

• August 20, 2003: The Expos signed Todd Zeile as a free agent.^[13]

Roster

2003 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders Other batters		Manager Coaches (Third base) (Hitting) (Bench) (First base) (Bullpen) (Roving) (Pitching)

Game log

Legend
	Expos win
	Expos loss
	Postponement
Bold	Expos team member

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 1 || March 31 || @ Braves || 10–2 || Armas (1–0) || Maddux (0–1) || || 40,258 || Turner Field || 1–0|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 2 || April 2 || @ Braves || 3–0 || Day (1–0) || Ramírez (0–1) || Biddle (1) || 19,116 || Turner Field || 2–0|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 3 || April 3 ||@ Braves || 4–0 || Vázquez (1–0) || Ortiz (0–1) || || 19,505 || Turner Field || 3–0|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 4 || April 4 || @ Mets || 0–4 || Cone (1-0) || Ohka (0-1) || || 18,040 || Shea Stadium || 3–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 5 || April 5 || @ Mets || 1-3 || Glavine (1-1) || Armas (1–1) || Benítez (2) || 36,817 || Shea Stadium || 3–2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 6 || April 6 || @ Mets || 8–5 || Stewart (1-0) || Benítez (0-1) || Biddle (2) || 35,093 || Shea Stadium || 4–2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb"| – || April 7 || @ Cubs || colspan=7| Postponed (snow) Rescheduled for April 8|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 7 || April 8 || @ Cubs || 1–6 || Clement (1-1) || Day (1-1) || || 29,138 || Wrigley Field || 4–3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 8 || April 9 || @ Cubs || 0–3 || Prior (2-0) || Vázquez (1–1) || || 29,966 || Wrigley Field || 4–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 9 || April 10 || @ Cubs || 7–1 || Armas (2–1) || Estes (0-1) || || 30,225 || Wrigley Field || 5–4|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 10 || April 11 || vs. Mets
@ San Juan, PR^[14] || 10–0 || Ohka (1-1) || Cone (1-1) || || 17,906 || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 6–4|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 11 || April 12 || vs. Mets
@ San Juan, PR^[14] || 5–4 || Hernández (1-0) || Seo (0-1) || Biddle (3) || 18,264 || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 7–4|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 12 || April 13 || vs. Mets
@ San Juan, PR^[14] || 2–1 (10) || Biddle (1-0) || Stanton (0-2) || || 16,332 || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 8–4|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 13 || April 14 || vs. Mets
@ San Juan, PR^[14] || 5–3 || Smith (1-0) || Strickland (0-1) || Biddle (4) || 13,155 || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 9–4|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 14 || April 15 || vs. Braves
@ San Juan, PR^[14] || 1–2 (10) || Bong (1-0) || Smith (1-1) || Smoltz (4) || 13,339 || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 9–5|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 15 || April 16 || vs. Braves
@ San Juan, PR^[14] || 2–3 || Ramírez (1-2) || Okha (1-2) || Smoltz (5) || 15,571 || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 9–6|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 16 || April 17 || vs. Braves
@ San Juan, PR^[14] || 8–14 (10) || Bong (2-0) || Biddle (1–1) || || 13,170 || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 9–7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb"| – || April 18 || vs. Reds
@ San Juan, PR^[14] || colspan=7| Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for April 19 as part of a doubleheader|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 17 || April 19 (1) || vs. Reds
@ San Juan, PR^[14] || 8–7 (10) || Ayala (1-0) || Williamson (2-1) || || 10,296 || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 10–7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 18 || April 19 (2) || vs. Reds
@ San Juan, PR^[14] || 9–5 || Vázquez (2-1) || Anderson (1-2) || || 13,109 || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 11–7|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 19 || April 20 || vs. Reds
@ San Juan, PR^[14] || 5–7 || Sullivan (1-0) || Ayala (1-2) || Williamson (3) || 11,619 || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 11–8|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 20 || April 22 || Diamondbacks || 4–0 || Ohka (2-2) || Good (1-1) || || 36,879 || Olympic Stadium || 12–8|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 21 || April 23 || Diamondbacks || 2–6 || Dessens (2-2) || Hernández (1-1) || || 6,380 || Olympic Stadium || 12–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 22 || April 24 || Diamondbacks || 1–0 || Vázquez (3-1) || Kim (1-4) || Biddle (5) || 5,954 || Olympic Stadium || 13–9|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 23 || April 25 || Astros || 10–2 || Day (2–1) || Robertson (1–3) || || 6,863 || Olympic Stadium || 14–9|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 24 || April 26 || Astros || 3–2 (10) || Biddle (2–1) || Wagner (1–1) || || 8,492 || Olympic Stadium || 15–9|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 25 || April 27 ||Astros || 3–6 || Redding (2–2) || Ohka (2–3) || Dotel (7) || 52,900 || Olympic Stadium || 15–10|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 26 || April 29 || @ Brewers || 3–2 || Stewart (2–0) || DeJean (0–2) || Biddle (6) || 10,044 || Miller Park || 16–10|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 27 || April 30 || @ Brewers || 10–4 || Hernández (2-1) || Sheets (2–3) || || 10,945 || Miller Park || 17–10|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 28 || May 1 || @ Brewers || 5–0 || Day (3-1) || Franklin (1-3) || || 13,180 || Miller Park || 18–10|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 29 || May 2 || @ Cardinals || 1–8 || Simontacchi (1–1) || Ohka (2–4) || || 41,810 || Busch Memorial Stadium || 18–11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 30 || May 3 || @ Cardinals || 1–3 || Stephenson (2–2) || Vargas (0–1) ||Calero (1) || 36,176 || Busch Memorial Stadium || 18–12|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 31 || May 4 || @ Cardinals || 2–6 || Morris (3–2) || Vázquez (3-2) || || 39,605 || Busch Memorial Stadium || 18–13|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 32 || May 6 || Padres || 4–2 || Hernández (3–1) || Peavy (4–3) || Biddle (7) || 5,841 || Olympic Stadium || 19–13|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 33 || May 7 || Padres || 12-9 (10) || Biddle (3-1) || Orosco (0-1) || || 5,111 || Olympic Stadium || 20-13|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 34 || May 8 || Padres || 12-5 || Ohka (3-4) || Lawrence (2-4) || || 5,274 || Olympic Stadium || 21-13|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 35 || May 9 || Dodgers || 5-9 || Mota (2-1) || Stewart (2-1) || || 10,675 || Olympic Stadium || 21-14|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 36 || May 10 || Dodgers || 6-5 || Ayala (2-1) || Martin (0-1) || Biddle (8) || 8,084 || Olympic Stadium || 22-14|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 37 || May 11 ||Dodgers || 4-3 || Pérez (2-2) || Hernández (3-2) || Gagné (12) || 14,488 || Olympic Stadium || 22-15|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || May 12 || @ Giants || 4-3 || Day (4-1) || Moss (5-1) || Biddle (9) || 33,071 || Pacific Bell Park || 23-15|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 39 || May 13 || @ Giants || 6-4 || Smith (2-1) || Ainsworth (3-3) || Biddle (10) || 32,991 || Pacific Bell Park || 24-15|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 40 || May 14 || @ Giants || 6-3 || Vargas (1-1) || Foppert (2-3) || || 38,963 || Pacific Bell Park || 25-15|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 41 || May 15 || @ Rockies || 2-4 || Jones (2-0) || Tucker (0-1) || Jiménez (11) || 23,197 || Coors Field || 25-16|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 42 || May 16 || @ Rockies || 4-1 || Ayala (3-1) || Cruz (3-4) || Biddle (11) || 27,117 || Coors Field || 26-16|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 43 || May 17 || @ Rockies || 6-4 (10) || Ayala (4-1) || Jones (1-2) || || 30,052 || Coors Field || 27-16|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 44 || May 18 || @ Rockies || 0-4 || Chacón (5-2) || Ohka (3-5) || || 30,720 || Coors Field || 27-17|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 45 || May 20 || Marlins || 6-4 || Vázquez (4–2) || Willis (1-1) || Biddle (13) || 5,435 || Olympic Stadium || 28-17|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 46 || May 21 || Marlins || 7-2 || Vargas (2-1) || Pavano (3-5) || || 5,282 || Olympic Stadium || 29-17|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 47 || May 22 || Marlins || 8–2 || Hernández (4–2) || Tejera (0-3) || || 6,249 || Olympic Stadium || 30–17|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 48 || May 23 || Phillies || 2–4 || Millwood (7–1) || Day (4-2) || Mesa (13) || 9,511 || Olympic Stadium || 30–18|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 49 || May 24 || Phillies || 3–2 || Ayala (5–1) || Silva (3–1) || || 33,236 || Olympic Stadium || 31–18|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 50 || May 25 || Phillies || 5–3 || Vázquez (5–2) || Myers (4–4) || Biddle (14) || 17,023 || Olympic Stadium || 32–18|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 51 || May 26 || @ Marlins || 1–5 || Pavano (4–5) || Vargas (2–2) || || 8,362 || Pro Player Stadium || 32–19|- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb"| – || May 27 || @ Marlins || colspan=7| Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 28 as part of a doubleheader|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 52 || May 28 (1) || @ Marlins || 3–4 || Phelps (2–0) || Hernández (4–3) || Looper (8) || ^[15] || Pro Player Stadium || 32–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 53 || May 28 (2) || @ Marlins || 0–6 || Tejera (1–3) || Day (4–3) || || 9,169^[15] || Pro Player Stadium || 32–21|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 54 || May 29 || @ Marlins || 3–2 || Ohka (4–5) || Almanza (3–3) || Biddle (15) || 9,052 || Pro Player Stadium || 33–21|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 55 || May 30 || @ Phillies || 5–12 || Cormier (2–0) || Vázquez (5–3) || || 18,311 || Veterans Stadium || 33–22|- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb"| – || May 31 || @ Phillies || colspan=7| Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 1 as part of a doubleheader|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 56 || June 1 (1) || @ Phillies || 3–4 || Wolf (6–3) || Hernández (4–4) || Mesa (14) || ^[16] || Veterans Stadium || 33–23|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 57 || June 1 (2) || @ Phillies || 1–4 || Myers (5–4) || Smith (2–2) || Mesa (15) || 36,685^[16] || Veterans Stadium || 33–24|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 58 || June 3 || vs. Angels
@ San Juan, PR^[14] || 4–15 || Ortiz (5–5) || Ohka (4–6) || || 10,034 || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 33–25|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 59 || June 4 || vs. Angels
@ San Juan, PR^[14] || 2–11 || Washburn (6–5) || Kim (0–1) || || 10,501 || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 33–26|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 60 || June 5 || vs. Angels
@ San Juan, PR^[14] || 8–7 (14) || Eischen (5–2) || Callaway (1–4) || || 10,598 || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 34–26|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 61 || June 6 || vs. Rangers
@ San Juan, PR^[14] || 13–10 || Hernández (5–4) || Lewis (4–4) || || 18,005 || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 35–26|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 62 || June 7 || vs. Rangers
@ San Juan, PR^[14] || 5–4 || Vargas (3–2) || Shouse (0–1) || Ayala (1) || 18,003 || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 36–26|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 63 || June 8 || vs. Rangers
@ San Juan, PR^[14] || 3–2 || Stewart (3–1) || Cordero (2–6) || Biddle (16) || 18,001 || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 37–26|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 64 || June 10 || @ Mariners || 7–3 || Vázquez (6–3) || Meche (8–3) || Ayala (2) || 34,811 || Safeco Field || 38–26|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 65 || June 11 || @ Mariners || 3–1 || Hernández (6–4) || Piñeiro (5–5) || Biddle (17) || 32,853 || Safeco Field || 39–26|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 66 || June 12 || @ Mariners || 0–1 || Franklin (5–4) || Vargas (3–3) || Rhodes (1) || 33,761 || Safeco Field || 39–27|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 67 || June 13 || @ Athletics || 4–8 || Mulder (9–4) || Ohka (4–7) || || 14,186 || Network Associates Coliseum || 39–28|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 68 || June 14 || @ Athletics || 4–5 || Rincón (3–3) || Ayala (5–2) || Foulke (16) || 26,447 || Network Associates Coliseum || 39–29|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 69 || June 15 || @ Athletics || 1–9 || Hudson (5–2) || Vázquez (6–4) || || 31,024 || Network Associates Coliseum || 39–30|- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb"| – || June 17 || @ Pirates || colspan=7| Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 18 as part of a doubleheader|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 70 || June 18 (1) || @ Pirates || 3–7 || D'Amico (5–7) || Hernández (6–5) || Williams (19)|| ^[17] || PNC Park || 39–31|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 71 || June 18 (2) || @ Pirates || 3–4 || Torres (4–1) || Biddle (3–2) || || 22,557^[17] || PNC Park || 39–32|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 72 || June 19 || @ Pirates || 5–2 || Ohka (5–7) || Torres (4–2) || || 16,050 || PNC Park || 40–32|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 73 || June 20 || Blue Jays || 4–8 || Lidle (10–4) || Vázquez (6–5) || || 11,355 || Olympic Stadium || 40–33|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 74 || June 21 || Blue Jays || 8–5 || Ayala (6–2) || Politte (1–5) || Biddle (19) || 11,483 || Olympic Stadium || 41–33|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 75 || June 22 || Blue Jays || 2–4 || Halladay (11–2) || Hernández (6–6) || Politte (11) || 15,508 || Olympic Stadium || 41–34|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 76 || June 23 || Pirates || 3–0 || Vargas (4–3) || Suppan (5–7) || Biddle (20) || 5,641 || Olympic Stadium || 42–34|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 77 || June 24 || Pirates || 6–4 || Ohka (6–7) || D'Amico (5–8) || Biddle (21) || 5,872 || Olympic Stadium || 43–34|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 78 || June 25 || Pirates || 5–6 || Sauerbeck (3–4) || Eischen (1–1) || Williams (20) || 5,717 || Olympic Stadium || 43-35|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 79 || June 27 || @ Blue Jays || 5–6 || Miller (1–1) || Mañón (0–1) || || 24,024 || SkyDome || 43-36|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 80 || June 28 || @ Blue Jays || 4–2 || Vargas (5–3) || Davis (4–5) || Biddle (22) || 33,334 || SkyDome || 44-36|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 81 || June 29 || @ Blue Jays || 10–2 || Ohka (7–7) || Escobar (5–5) || || 37,354 || SkyDome || 45-36|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 82 || June 30 || @ Mets || 1–3 || Trachsel (7–5) || Vázquez (6–6) || Benítez (19) || 29,829 || Shea Stadium || 45-37|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 83 || July 1 || @ Mets || 6–7 || Benítez (2–3) || Mañón (0–2) || || 30,084 || Shea Stadium || 45-38|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 84 || July 2 || @ Mets || 11–4 || Hernández (7–6) || Seo (5–4) || || 35,547 || Shea Stadium || 46-38|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 85 || July 3 || @ Braves || 5–4 || Vargas (6–3) || Reynolds (5–4) || Mañón (1) || 31,607 || Turner Field || 47-38|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 86 || July 4 || @ Braves || 6–8 || Ortiz (11–4) || Ohka (7–8) || Smoltz (31) || 48,923 || Turner Field || 47-39|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 87 || July 5 || @ Braves || 2–3 || Bong (1–3) || Biddle (3–3) || || 34,454 || Turner Field || 47-40|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 88 || July 6 || @ Braves || 5–7 || Hampton (4–5) || Drew (0–1) || Smoltz (32) || 27,724 || Turner Field || 47-41|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 89 || July 7 || Phillies || 8–1 || Hernández (8–6) || Duckworth (3–3) || || 7,099 || Olympic Stadium || 48-41|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 90 || July 8 || Phillies || 6–13 || Myers (9–6) || Vargas (6–4) || || 8,225 || Olympic Stadium || 48-42|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 91 || July 9 || Phillies || 0–2 || Millwood (10–6) || Ohka (7–9) || || 7,005 || Olympic Stadium || 48-43|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 92 || July 11 || Marlins || 4–5 || Penny (8–6) || Biddle (3–4) || Looper (17) || 7,251 || Olympic Stadium || 48-44|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 93 || July 12 || Marlins || 7–1 || Hernández (9–6) || Redman (7–4) || || 28,170 || Olympic Stadium || 49-44|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 94 || July 13 || Marlins || 4–11 || Willis (9–1) || Vargas (6–5) || || 16,084 || Olympic Stadium || 49-45|- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;"|colspan=10| All–Star Break (July 14–16)|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 95 || July 17 || @ Phillies || 2–5 (11) || Plesac (2–0) || Drew (0–2) || || 23,874 || Veterans Stadium || 49-46|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 96 || July 18 || @ Phillies || 3–1 || Vázquez (7–6) || Wolf (10–5) || || 22,789 || Veterans Stadium || 50-46|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 97 || July 19 || @ Phillies || 3–4 (11) || Mesa (5–5) || Almonte (0–2) || || 28,794 || Veterans Stadium || 50-47|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 98 || July 20 || @ Phillies || 2–3 || Myers (10–6) || Vargas (6–6) || Mesa (19) || 37,552 || Veterans Stadium || 50-48|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 99 || July 21 || @ Marlins || 1–4 || Beckett (4–4) || Knott (0–1) || || 10,769 || Pro Player Stadium || 50-49|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 100 || July 22 || @ Marlins || 1–9 || Pavano (7–10) || Ohka (7–10) || || 10,512 || Pro Player Stadium || 50-50|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 101 || July 23 || Mets || 5–2 || Vázquez (8–6) || Seo (5–7) || Biddle (23) || 8,853 || Olympic Stadium || 51-50|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 102 || July 24 || Mets || 5–1 || Hernández (10–6) || Glavine (6–11) || Biddle (24) || 9,337 || Olympic Stadium || 52-50|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 103 || July 25 || Braves || 9–8 (11) || Ayala (7–2) || Bong (6–2) || || 10,069 || Olympic Stadium || 53-50|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 104 || July 26 || Braves || 4–15 || Reynolds (8–5) || Day (4–4) || || 14,132 || Olympic Stadium || 53-51|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 105 || July 27 || Braves || 13–10 || Mañón (1–2) || King (3–1) || Biddle (25) || 16,074 || Olympic Stadium || 54-51|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 106 || July 28 || Braves || 8–10 || Hampton (7–5) || Vázquez (8–7) || Smoltz (38) || 9,750 || Olympic Stadium || 54-52|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 107 || July 29 || Cardinals || 1–2 || Stephenson (5–10) || Hernández (10–7) || || 7,418 || Olympic Stadium || 54-53|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 108 || July 30 || Cardinals || 1–11 || Haren (2–2) || Vargas (6–7) || || 6,129 || Olympic Stadium || 54-54|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 109 || July 31 || Cardinals || 3–2 || Day (5–4) || Williams (14–4) || Biddle (26) || 9,145 || Olympic Stadium || 55-54|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 110 || August 1 || Brewers || 8–4 || Ohka (8–10) || Franklin (7–8) || || 6,518 || Olympic Stadium || 56-54|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 111 || August 2 || Brewers || 7–1 || Vázquez (9–7) || Manning (0–1) || || 22,180 || Olympic Stadium || 57-54|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 112 || August 3 || Brewers || 4–2 || Hernández (11–7) || Sheets (10–8) || Biddle (27) || 17,953 || Olympic Stadium || 58-54|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 113 || August 5 || @ Diamondbacks || 5–8 || Johnson (2–4) || Vargas (6–8) || Mantei (13) || 37,959 || Bank One Ballpark || 58-55|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 114 || August 6 || @ Diamondbacks || 2–3 || Oropesa (3–2) || Ayala (7–3) || Mantei (14) || 28,328 || Bank One Ballpark || 58-56|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 115 || August 7 || @ Diamondbacks || 4–5 (10) || Valverde (2–0) || Knott (0–2) || || 28,852 || Bank One Ballpark || 58-57|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 116 || August 8 || @ Astros || 1–5 || Miceli (5–6) || Vázquez (9–8) || || 30,037 || Minute Maid Park || 58-58|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 117 || August 9 || @ Astros || 3–1 || Hernández (12–7) || Fernández (1–1) || || 35,295 || Minute Maid Park || 59-58|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 118 || August 10 || @ Astros || 2–8 || Villone (4–2) || Downs (0–1) || || 32,340 || Minute Maid Park || 59-59|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 119 || August 11 || Rockies || 3–1 || Day (6–4) || Jennings (10–10) || Biddle (28) || 6,401 || Olympic Stadium || 60-59|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 120 || August 12 || Rockies || 3–6 (11)|| Fuentes (3–1) || Biddle (3–5) || López (1) || 7,277 || Olympic Stadium || 60-60|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 121 || August 13 || Rockies || 6–5 || Vázquez (10–8) || Stark (1–1) || Ayala (3) || 6,724 || Olympic Stadium || 61-60|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 122 || August 15 || Giants || 4–1 || Hernández (13–7) || Foppert (8–9) || || 10,551|| Olympic Stadium || 62-60|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 123 || August 16 || Giants || 4–1 || Day (7–4) || Schmidt (12–5) || Biddle (29) || 16,446 || Olympic Stadium || 63-60|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 124 || August 17 || Giants || 4–2 || Biddle (4–5) || Ponson (14–9) || || 17,665 || Olympic Stadium || 64-60|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 125 || August 18 || Giants || 4–0 || Vázquez (11–8) || Hermanson (2–3) || || 9,224 || Olympic Stadium || 65-60|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 126 || August 19 || @ Dodgers || 7–5 || Ayala (8–3) || Quantrill (1–4) || Biddle (30) || 30,107 || Dodger Stadium || 66-60|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 127 || August 20 || @ Dodgers || 1–4 (10) || Gagné (2–3) || Biddle (4–6) || || 31,427 || Dodger Stadium || 66-61|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 128 || August 21 || @ Dodgers || 1–2 || Pérez (10–9) || Day (7–5) || Gagné (42)|| 33,319 || Dodger Stadium || 66-62|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 129 || August 22 || @ Padres || 3–5 || Linebrink (3–2) || Eischen (1–2) || Beck (18) || 17,590 || Qualcomm Stadium || 66-63|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 130 || August 23 || @ Padres || 0–1 (10) || Matthews (4–4) || Biddle (4–7) || || 29,450 || Qualcomm Stadium || 66-64|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 131 || August 24 || @ Padres || 8–4 || Knott (1–2) || Jarvis (4–6) || || 24,707 || Qualcomm Stadium || 67-64|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 132 || August 25 || Phillies || 12–1 || Hernández (14–7) || Wolf (12–9) || || 30,501 || Olympic Stadium || 68-64|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 133 || August 26 || Phillies || 14–10 || Eischen (2–2) || Williams (1–6) || Ayala (4) || 12,509 || Olympic Stadium || 69-64|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 134 || August 27 || Phillies || 9–6 || Almonte (1–2) || Plesac (2–1) || Biddle (31) || 20,105 || Olympic Stadium || 70-64|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 135 || August 28 || Phillies || 4–0 || Vázquez (12–8) || Telemaco (1–2) || || 20,030 || Olympic Stadium || 71-64|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 136 || August 29 || @ Marlins || 2–3 || Looper (5–3) || Biddle (4–8) || || 12,231 || Pro Player Stadium || 71-65|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 137 || August 30 || @ Marlins || 3–4 || Pavano (11–11) || Hernández (14–8) || Looper (25) || 20,724 || Pro Player Stadium || 71-66|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 138 || August 31 || @ Marlins || 3–5 || Redman (11–8) || Day (7–6) || Urbina (27) || 11,105 || Pro Player Stadium || 71-67|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 139 || September 1 || @ Marlins || 2–5 || Penny (12–10) || Ohka (8–11) || Looper (26) || 12,413 || Pro Player Stadium || 71-68|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 140 || September 2 || @ Phillies || 3–5 || Cormier (5–0) || Vázquez (12–9) || Plesac (2) || 26,719 || Veterans Stadium || 71-69|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 141 || September 3 || @ Phillies || 3–8 || Millwood (14–9) || Tucker (0–2) || || 18,002 || Veterans Stadium || 71-70|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 142 || September 5 || vs. Marlins
@ San Juan, PR^[14] || 6–2 || Hernández (15–8) || Redman (11–9) || || 11,509 || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 72-70|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 143 || September 6 || vs. Marlins
@ San Juan, PR^[14] || 4–14 || Penny (13–10) || Ohka (8–12) || || 14,570 || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 72-71|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 144 || September 7 || vs. Marlins
@ San Juan, PR^[14] || 1–3 || Willis (12–6) || Vázquez (12–10) || Looper (27) || 12,647 || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 72-72|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 145 || September 9 || vs. Cubs
@ San Juan, PR^[14] || 3–4 || Zambrano (13–9) || Day (7–7) || Borowski (26) || 15,632 || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 72-73|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 146 || September 10 || vs. Cubs
@ San Juan, PR^[14] || 8–4 || Ayala (9–3) || Farnsworth (3–2) || || 18,002 || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 73-73|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 147 || September 11 || vs. Cubs
@ San Juan, PR^[14] || 3–2 || Ohka (9–12) || Prior (15–6) || Eischen (1) || 12,559 || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 74-73|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 148 || September 12 || Mets || 7–4 || Tucker (1–2) || Leiter (14–8) || Ayala (5) || 10,701 || Olympic Stadium || 75-73|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 149 || September 13 || Mets || 4–5 || Trachsel (15–9) || Vázquez (12–11) || Roberts (1) || 15,086 || Olympic Stadium || 75-74|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 150 || September 14 || Mets || 7–3 || Day (8–7) || Glavine (9–13) || || 21,417 || Olympic Stadium || 76-74|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 151 || September 15 || Braves || 6–10 || Ramírez (11–4) || Hernández (15–9) || || 9,696 || Olympic Stadium || 76-75|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 152 || September 16 || Braves || 5–4 (10) || Biddle (5–8) || Hernández (5–3) || || 9,843 || Olympic Stadium || 77-75|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 153 || September 17 ||Braves || 4–14 || Hampton (14–7) || Tucker (1–3) || || 17,526 || Olympic Stadium || 77-76|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 154 || September 18 || @ Mets || 1–0 || Vázquez (13–11) || Trachsel (15–10) || Cordero (1) || 18,914 || Shea Stadium || 78-76|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 155 || September 19 || @ Mets || 7–1 || Day (9–7) || Glavine (9–14) || || 33,083 || Shea Stadium || 79-76|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 156 || September 20 || @ Mets || 4–3 (10) || Cordero (1–0) || Stanton (2–7) || Biddle (32) || 37,294 || Shea Stadium || 80-76|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 157 || September 21 || @ Mets || 4–2 || Ayala (10–3) || Roberts (0–2) || Biddle (33) || 28,702 || Shea Stadium || 81-76|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 158 || September 23 || @ Braves || 0–2 || Wright (2–5) || Vázquez (13–12) || Smoltz (45) || 22,539 || Turner Field || 81-77|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 159 || September 24 || @ Braves || 1–9 || Ortiz (21–7) || Day (9–8) || || 23,594 || Turner Field || 81-78|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 160 || September 26 || @ Reds || 5–1 || Ohka (10–12) || Harang (5–6) || || 28,870 || Great American Ballpark || 82-78|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 161 || September 27 || @ Reds || 2–4 || Reith (2–3) || Hernández (15–10) || || 31,199 || Great American Ballpark || 82-79|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 162 || September 28 || @ Reds || 2–1 || Tucker (2–3) || Randall (2–5) || Biddle (34) || 32,322 || Great American Ballpark || 83-79|-

Attendance

Including both games played in Montreal and "home" games played in San Juan, the Expos drew 1,025,639 fans during the 2003 season, and were 16th in attendance among the 16 National League teams. Their highest attendance for the season was a game in Montreal on April 22, which attracted 36,879 fans to see them play the Arizona Diamondbacks, while their lowest was for a game in Montreal on May 7 against the San Diego Padres, which drew only 5,111 fans. For games played in San Juan, the largest crowd was 18,264 for a game against the New York Mets on April 12, and the smallest was a crowd of 10,034 that came to a game against the Anaheim Angels on June 3.

Player stats

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Complete offensive statistics are available here.

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
C		108	335	34	77	26	1	9	46	.230	0
1B		130	436	57	121	27	0	16	71	.278	1
2B		144	509	77	158	36	0	15	65	.310	3
SS		162	626	95	186	47	2	17	80	.297	24
3B		105	227	31	59	10	1	1	10	.260	5
LF		146	504	78	135	34	4	19	77	.268	13
CF		141	483	66	121	25	5	5	47	.251	18
RF		112	394	71	130	20	3	25	79	.330	9
OF		126	340	36	81	17	1	9	52	.238	9
UT		111	272	31	65	15	2	4	22	.239	4
C		70	226	33	47	9	2	10	30	.208	0
3B		53	175	15	34	65	0	2	15	.194	2
2B		100	154	29	37	3	1	0	7	.240	11
3B		52	146	15	35	5	0	1	14	.240	0
3B		34	136	11	29	2	2	5	19	.257	1
1B		35	88	6	17	3	0	3	18	.193	0
UT		38	76	12	26	6	0	3	13	.342	0
OF		5	8	0	2	1	0	0	0	.250	0
P		31	74	2	14	1	0	0	6	.189	0
P		32	65	5	10	0	1	0	6	.154	0
P		33	55	2	10	0	0	0	3	.182	1
P		23	47	2	2	0	0	0	2	.043	0
P		21	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		44	19	1	5	1	0	0	0	.263	0
P		5	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	.200	0
P		13	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		67	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250	0
P		4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		48	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P		71	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		62	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
	Team Totals	162	5437	711	1404	294	25	144	682	.258	100

Pitching

Note: Pos = Position; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Complete pitching statistics are available here.

Pos	Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
SP		15	11	3.20	33	33	0	233.1	92	83	57	178
SP		13	12	3.24	34	34	0	230.3	93	83	57	241
SP		10	12	4.16	34	34	0	199.0	106	92	45	118
SP		9	8	4.18	23	23	0	131.1	64	61	59	61
SP		6	8	4.34	23	20	0	114.0	59	55	41	62
CL		5	8	4.65	73	0	34	71.2	43	37	40	54
RP		2	3	4.73	45	7	0	80.0	49	42	20	47
RP		10	3	2.92	65	0	5	71.0	27	23	13	46
RP		2	2	3.06	70	0	1	53.0	27	18	13	40
RP		3	1	3.98	51	0	0	43.0	22	19	13	29
		2	2	5.26	32	0	0	37.2	22	19	13	29
		2	1	2.61	5	5	0	31.0	9	9	8	23
		1	1	6.83	28	0	0	29.0	22	22	17	26
		1	2	4.13	23	0	1	28.1	13	13	17	15
		1	2	5.12	13	1	0	19.1	12	11	6	17
		0	1	8.36	4	3	0	14.0	13	13	8	5
		1	0	1.64	12	0	1	11.0	2	2	3	12
		0	2	12.46	6	1	0	8.2	12	12	8	3
		0	0	0.00	5	0	0	7.1	3	0	5	3
		0	0	1.23	5	0	0	7.1	2	1	3	2
		0	0	10.80	6	0	0	6.2	8	8	1	4
		0	0	6.75	4	0	0	4.0	3	3	5	1
		0	1	15.00	1	1	0	3.0	5	5	3	4
		0	0	13.50	2	0	0	2.0	3	3	1	1
		0	0	27.00	2	0	0	1.1	4	4	2	1
	Team Totals	83	79	4.01	162	162	42	1437.2	716	640	463	1028

Award winners

• Liván Hernández, National League Pitcher of the Month, July

2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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External links

• 2003 Montreal Expos at Baseball Reference
• 2003 Montreal Expos at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. Web site: Estadio Hiram Bithorn in San Juan, PR . . June 29, 2019.
2. Web site: Standings At Close of Play of August 28, 2003 . . August 19, 2024.
3. News: Expos' future undecided . . . S-5 . September 20, 2003 . August 20, 2024 . newspapers.com.
4. Web site: Hitting for the Cycle Records | Baseball Almanac.
5. News: Gonzalez Puts a Stop to His Trade to Expos. latimes.com/. 2003-06-28. 2021-06-29. en.
6. Web site: Philadelphia Phillies at Montreal Expos Box Score, August 26, 2003.
7. Web site: New York Mets at Montreal Expos Box Score, September 14, 2003.
8. Deal in place, games go on . MLB.com . August 30, 2002 . December 28, 2006 .
9. Book: Montreal Expos. Montreal Expos. Expos Media Guide 2002. 2002.
10. Book: Montreal Expos. Montreal Expos. Expos Media Guide 2003. 2003.
11. Book: Montreal Expos. Montreal Expos. Expos Media Guide 2004. 2004.
12. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL200303310.shtml Montreal Expos at Atlanta Braves Box Score, March 31, 2003 at Baseball Reference
13. https://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zeileto01.shtml
14. Games the Montreal Expos played at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the 2003 season counted as Expos home games.
15. The two games on May 10 were played as a single-admission doubleheader with attendance counted only for the two games combined.
16. The two games on June 1 were played as a single-admission doubleheader with attendance counted only for the two games combined.
17. The two games on June 18 were played as a single-admission doubleheader with attendance counted only for the two games combined.
18. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007