2003 Cleveland Indians

68-94 • .420 Win% • 4th in AL C

The 2003 Cleveland Indians went 68-94 (.420) finishing 4th in the AL C division. The club scored 699 runs, allowed 778, and played home games at Jacobs Field. Team leaders included Jody Gerut (22 HR, 75 RBI) and CC Sabathia (13-9, 3.60 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

68 Wins
94 Losses
.420 Win %
4th Rank
699 R 778 RA
Diff -79

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⚡ Quick Stats

699 Runs Scored
778 Runs Allowed
-79 Run Diff
1,727K Attendance

📈 vs. 2003 AL Average

Batting Avg .253 5% below the 2003 league average (.267)
OBP .316 5% below the 2003 league average (.333)
SLG .401 6% below the 2003 league average (.427)
Team ERA 4.21 7% better than the 2003 league average (4.53)
Runs Scored 699 11% below the 2003 league average (788 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,727,001
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Avg per Game 21,321

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2003

Batting Avg

1 Milton Bradley 0.321 2 Victor Martinez 0.289 3 Jody Gerut 0.279 4 Alex Escobar 0.273 5 Shane Spencer 0.271

Home Runs

1 Jody Gerut 22 2 Casey Blake 17 3 Ben Broussard 16 4 Matt Lawton 15 5 Travis Hafner 14

RBI

1 Jody Gerut 75 2 Casey Blake 67 3 Milton Bradley 56 4 Ben Broussard 55 5 Matt Lawton 53
2003 Cleveland Indians — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Casey Blake 152 557 80 143 35 0 17 67 38 109 7 0.257
Jody Gerut 127 480 66 134 33 2 22 75 35 70 4 0.279
Coco Crisp 99 414 55 110 15 6 3 27 23 51 15 0.266
Ben Broussard 116 386 53 96 21 3 16 55 32 75 5 0.249
Milton Bradley 101 377 61 121 34 2 10 56 64 73 17 0.321
Matt Lawton 99 374 57 93 19 0 15 53 47 47 10 0.249
Brandon Phillips 112 370 36 77 18 1 6 33 14 77 4 0.208
Josh Bard 91 303 25 74 13 1 8 36 22 53 0 0.244
Travis Hafner 91 291 35 74 19 3 14 40 22 81 2 0.254
Omar Vizquel 64 250 43 61 13 2 2 19 29 20 8 0.244
Jhonny Peralta 77 242 24 55 10 1 4 21 20 65 1 0.227
John McDonald 82 214 21 46 9 1 1 14 11 31 3 0.215
Shane Spencer 64 210 23 57 10 0 8 26 18 52 2 0.271
Ellis Burks 55 198 27 52 11 1 6 28 27 46 1 0.263
Tim Laker 52 162 17 39 11 0 3 21 9 38 2 0.241
Victor Martinez 49 159 15 46 4 0 1 16 13 21 1 0.289
Ryan Ludwick 39 136 14 36 7 1 7 26 8 39 2 0.265
Alex Escobar 28 99 16 27 2 0 5 14 7 33 1 0.273
Karim Garcia 24 93 8 18 1 0 5 14 5 20 0 0.194
Angel Santos 32 76 9 17 3 1 3 6 3 18 1 0.224
Ricky Gutierrez 16 50 2 13 3 0 0 3 3 5 0 0.260
Bill Selby 27 39 3 4 1 0 0 5 3 11 0 0.103
Zach Sorensen 36 37 2 5 1 0 1 2 7 13 0 0.135
Chris Magruder 9 26 3 9 2 1 1 3 3 6 0 0.346
Greg LaRocca 5 9 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.333
CC Sabathia 31 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Billy Traber 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Ricardo Rodriguez 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jason Davis 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Brian Tallet 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Brian Anderson 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Danys Baez 73 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Terry Mulholland 45 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jason Bere 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rafael Betancourt 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Nick Bierbrodt 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Boyd 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
David Cortes 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jack Cressend 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chad Durbin 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Elder 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Alex Herrera 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Cliff Lee 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
David Lee 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Miceli 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Aaron Myette 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chad Paronto 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Phillips 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jerrod Riggan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
David Riske 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Carl Sadler 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose Santiago 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Stanford 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jake Westbrook 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2003

ERA

1 Rafael Betancourt 2.13 2 David Riske 2.29 3 Jack Cressend 2.51 4 Jose Santiago 2.84 5 CC Sabathia 3.60

Wins

1 CC Sabathia 13 2 Brian Anderson 9 3 Jason Davis 8 4 Jake Westbrook 7 5 Billy Traber 6

Strikeouts

1 CC Sabathia 141 2 Billy Traber 88 3 Jason Davis 85 4 David Riske 82 5 Brian Anderson 72
2003 Cleveland Indians — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
CC Sabathia 13 9 3.60 30 30 0 197.2 190 79 66 141
Jason Davis 8 11 4.68 27 27 0 165.1 172 86 47 85
Brian Anderson 9 10 3.71 25 24 0 148.0 162 61 32 72
Jake Westbrook 7 10 4.33 34 22 0 133.0 142 64 56 58
Billy Traber 6 9 5.24 33 18 0 111.2 132 65 40 88
Terry Mulholland 3 4 4.91 45 3 0 99.0 117 54 37 42
Ricardo Rodriguez 3 9 5.73 15 15 0 81.2 89 52 28 41
Danys Baez 2 9 3.81 73 0 25 75.2 65 32 23 66
David Riske 2 2 2.29 68 0 8 74.2 52 19 20 82
Jason Boyd 3 1 4.30 44 0 0 52.1 38 25 26 31
Cliff Lee 3 3 3.61 9 9 0 52.1 41 21 20 44
Jason Stanford 1 3 3.60 13 8 0 50.0 48 20 16 30
Jack Cressend 2 1 2.51 33 0 0 43.0 40 12 9 28
Rafael Betancourt 2 2 2.13 33 0 1 38.0 27 9 13 36
Jose Santiago 1 3 2.84 25 0 0 31.2 37 10 14 15
Brian Tallet 0 2 4.74 5 3 0 19.0 23 10 8 9
Dan Miceli 1 1 1.20 13 0 0 15.0 9 2 6 19
Carl Sadler 0 0 1.86 18 0 0 9.2 11 2 5 10
Chad Durbin 0 1 7.27 3 1 0 8.2 18 7 3 8
Nick Bierbrodt 0 0 6.75 5 0 0 8.0 5 6 4 9
David Lee 1 0 4.70 8 0 0 7.2 4 4 6 7
Alex Herrera 0 0 9.00 10 0 0 7.0 7 7 8 6
Jason Bere 0 0 4.05 2 2 0 6.2 5 3 2 1
Chad Paronto 0 2 9.45 6 0 0 6.2 7 7 3 6
Jason Phillips 0 1 9.00 3 0 0 5.0 9 5 2 2
Jerrod Riggan 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 4.0 7 4 1 2
David Cortes 0 0 12.00 2 0 0 3.0 8 4 0 1
Aaron Myette 0 0 23.63 2 0 0 2.2 7 7 2 1
Dave Elder 1 1 19.29 4 0 0 2.1 5 5 4 3

👥 Roster (54)

Brian Anderson Danys Baez Josh Bard Jason Bere Rafael Betancourt Nick Bierbrodt Casey Blake Jason Boyd Milton Bradley Ben Broussard Ellis Burks David Cortes +42 more

54 players

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The 2003 Cleveland Indians in brief

A 68-94 record (.420) put the 2003 Cleveland Indians 4th in the AL Central. Runs came in at 699 scored against 778 allowed (-79). The team batting average of .253 was 5% below the 2003 league mark of .267. The staff ERA of 4.21 was 7% better than the league average of 4.53. The 2003 Cleveland Indians scored 11% fewer runs than the average club (699 against 788).

Jacobs Field was home in 2003, drawing a total attendance of 1,727,001. The home run leader was Jody Gerut, who hit 22. The hits leader was Casey Blake with 143. The pitching staff's wins leader was CC Sabathia (13). The saves leader was Danys Baez with 25. The 2003 roster runs to 54 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2003 Cleveland Indians

What was the 2003 Cleveland Indians record?
The 2003 Cleveland Indians finished 68-94 (.420 win pct).
Who led the 2003 Cleveland Indians in home runs?
Jody Gerut led the 2003 Cleveland Indians with 22 home runs.
What was the 2003 Cleveland Indians team ERA?
The 2003 Cleveland Indians posted a team ERA of 4.21.
Did the 2003 Cleveland Indians win the World Series?
No. The 2003 Cleveland Indians did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2003 Cleveland Indians play?
The 2003 Cleveland Indians played home games at Jacobs Field.
Who led the 2003 Cleveland Indians in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Jody Gerut (22 HR, 75 RBI) and CC Sabathia (13-9, 3.60 ERA).
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