2003 Texas Rangers

71-91 • .438 Win% • 4th in AL W

The 2003 Texas Rangers went 71-91 (.438) finishing 4th in the AL W division. The club scored 826 runs, allowed 969, and played home games at The Ballpark at Arlington. Team leaders included Alex Rodriguez (47 HR, 118 RBI) and John Thomson (13-14, 4.85 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

71 Wins
91 Losses
.438 Win %
4th Rank
826 R 969 RA
Diff -143

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⚡ Quick Stats

826 Runs Scored
969 Runs Allowed
-143 Run Diff
2,094K Attendance

📈 vs. 2003 AL Average

Batting Avg .265 1% below the 2003 league average (.267)
OBP .330 1% below the 2003 league average (.333)
SLG .453 6% above the 2003 league average (.427)
Team ERA 5.67 25% worse than the 2003 league average (4.53)
Runs Scored 826 5% above the 2003 league average (788 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumThe Ballpark at Arlington
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,094,394
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Avg per Game 25,856

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2003

Batting Avg

1 Kevin Mench 0.320 2 Michael Young 0.306 3 Hank Blalock 0.300 4 Alex Rodriguez 0.298 5 Juan Gonzalez 0.294

Home Runs

1 Alex Rodriguez 47 2 Rafael Palmeiro 38 3 Hank Blalock 29 4 Mark Teixeira 26 5 Juan Gonzalez 24

RBI

1 Alex Rodriguez 118 2 Rafael Palmeiro 112 3 Hank Blalock 90 4 Mark Teixeira 84 5 Michael Young 72
2003 Texas Rangers — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Michael Young 160 666 106 204 33 9 14 72 36 103 13 0.306
Alex Rodriguez 161 607 124 181 30 6 47 118 87 126 17 0.298
Hank Blalock 143 567 89 170 33 3 29 90 44 97 2 0.300
Rafael Palmeiro 154 561 92 146 21 2 38 112 84 77 2 0.260
Mark Teixeira 146 529 66 137 29 5 26 84 44 120 1 0.259
Einar Diaz 101 334 30 86 14 1 4 35 9 32 3 0.257
Juan Gonzalez 82 327 49 96 17 1 24 70 14 73 1 0.294
Carl Everett 74 270 53 74 13 3 18 51 31 48 4 0.274
Todd Greene 62 205 25 47 10 1 10 20 2 47 0 0.229
Doug Glanville 52 195 22 53 5 0 4 14 6 25 4 0.272
Shane Spencer 55 185 16 42 10 0 4 23 27 40 0 0.227
Laynce Nix 53 184 25 47 10 0 8 30 9 53 3 0.255
Ryan Christenson 60 165 22 29 7 0 2 16 15 44 2 0.176
Ruben Sierra 43 133 14 35 9 0 3 12 14 27 1 0.263
Donnie Sadler 77 131 27 26 5 2 1 5 13 34 4 0.198
Kevin Mench 38 125 15 40 12 0 2 11 10 17 1 0.320
Jason Jones 40 107 11 23 6 0 3 11 10 21 0 0.215
Ramon Nivar 28 90 9 19 1 2 0 7 4 10 4 0.211
Marcus Thames 30 73 12 15 2 0 1 4 8 18 0 0.205
Gerald Laird 19 44 9 12 2 1 1 4 5 11 0 0.273
Mike Lamb 28 38 3 5 0 0 0 2 2 7 1 0.132
Ryan Ludwick 8 26 3 4 1 0 0 0 4 9 0 0.154
Herbert Perry 11 24 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0.167
Chad Kreuter 7 18 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0.111
Jermaine Clark 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.000
Ismael Valdez 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joaquin Benoit 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tony Mounce 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Victor Santos 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
R. A. Dickey 38 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Colby Lewis 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Mario Ramos 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
John Thomson 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Alan Benes 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mickey Callaway 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Francisco Cordero 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doug Davis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Juan Dominguez 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ryan Drese 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Robert Ellis 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Aaron Fultz 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Reynaldo Garcia 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rosman Garcia 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ron Mahay 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
C. J. Nitkowski 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chan Ho Park 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Jay Powell 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Erasmo Ramirez 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Shouse 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ugueth Urbina 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Todd Van Poppel 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Esteban Yan 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2003

ERA

1 Francisco Cordero 2.94 2 Brian Shouse 3.10 3 Ron Mahay 3.18 4 Erasmo Ramirez 3.86 5 Ugueth Urbina 4.19

Wins

1 John Thomson 13 2 Colby Lewis 10 3 R. A. Dickey 9 4 Joaquin Benoit 8 5 Ismael Valdez 8

Strikeouts

1 John Thomson 136 2 R. A. Dickey 94 3 Francisco Cordero 90 4 Colby Lewis 88 5 Joaquin Benoit 87
2003 Texas Rangers — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
John Thomson 13 14 4.85 35 35 0 217.0 234 117 49 136
Colby Lewis 10 9 7.30 26 26 0 127.0 163 103 70 88
R. A. Dickey 9 8 5.09 38 13 1 116.2 135 66 38 94
Ismael Valdez 8 8 6.10 22 22 0 115.0 148 78 29 47
Joaquin Benoit 8 5 5.49 25 17 0 105.0 99 64 51 87
Francisco Cordero 5 8 2.94 73 0 15 82.2 70 27 38 90
Aaron Fultz 1 3 5.21 64 0 0 67.1 75 39 27 53
Brian Shouse 0 1 3.10 62 0 1 61.0 62 21 14 40
Jay Powell 3 0 7.82 51 0 0 58.2 75 51 34 40
Tony Mounce 1 5 7.11 11 11 0 50.2 65 40 25 30
Erasmo Ramirez 3 1 3.86 34 0 0 49.0 46 21 9 28
Rosman Garcia 1 2 6.02 46 0 0 46.1 63 31 23 25
Ryan Drese 2 4 6.85 11 8 0 46.0 61 35 24 26
Ron Mahay 3 3 3.18 35 0 0 45.1 33 16 20 38
Ugueth Urbina 0 4 4.19 39 0 26 38.2 33 18 18 41
Chan Ho Park 1 3 7.58 7 7 0 29.2 34 25 25 16
Victor Santos 0 2 7.01 8 4 0 25.2 29 20 16 15
Esteban Yan 0 1 6.94 15 0 0 23.1 31 18 7 25
Mickey Callaway 0 3 6.45 6 3 0 22.1 27 16 8 19
Robert Ellis 1 1 8.35 4 4 0 18.1 26 17 10 8
Reynaldo Garcia 0 0 9.00 17 0 0 18.0 19 18 14 15
Juan Dominguez 0 2 7.16 6 3 0 16.1 16 13 12 13
Alan Benes 0 3 11.40 4 4 0 15.0 29 19 8 11
Mario Ramos 1 1 6.23 3 3 0 13.0 11 9 13 8
Todd Van Poppel 1 0 8.53 7 1 0 12.2 20 12 9 9
C. J. Nitkowski 0 0 7.45 6 0 0 9.2 17 8 8 5
Doug Davis 0 0 12.00 1 1 0 3.0 4 4 4 2

👥 Roster (52)

Alan Benes Joaquin Benoit Hank Blalock Mickey Callaway Ryan Christenson Jermaine Clark Francisco Cordero Doug Davis Einar Diaz R. A. Dickey Juan Dominguez Ryan Drese +40 more

52 players

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The 2003 Texas Rangers in brief

A 71-91 record (.438) put the 2003 Texas Rangers 4th in the AL West. With 826 runs scored and 969 given up, the 2003 differential was -143. At the plate the Texas Rangers hit .265, 1% worse than the league's .267. The staff ERA of 5.67 was 25% worse than the league average of 4.53. Measured against the 788-run league average, the offense was 5% ahead.

Attendance at The Ballpark at Arlington totaled 2,094,394 for the year. For power, Alex Rodriguez led the way with 47 homers. The hits leader was Michael Young with 204. John Thomson led the pitchers with 13 wins. Ugueth Urbina closed out 26 saves. The roster section lists 52 players who appeared for the club.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2003 Texas Rangers

What was the 2003 Texas Rangers record?
The 2003 Texas Rangers finished 71-91 (.438 win pct).
Who led the 2003 Texas Rangers in home runs?
Alex Rodriguez led the 2003 Texas Rangers with 47 home runs.
What was the 2003 Texas Rangers team ERA?
The 2003 Texas Rangers posted a team ERA of 5.67.
Did the 2003 Texas Rangers win the World Series?
No. The 2003 Texas Rangers did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2003 Texas Rangers play?
The 2003 Texas Rangers played home games at The Ballpark at Arlington.
Who led the 2003 Texas Rangers in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Alex Rodriguez (47 HR, 118 RBI) and John Thomson (13-14, 4.85 ERA).
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