2003 American League
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Central Division
Team W L WPct GB
Kansas City 100 63 .613 --
Chicago (A) 99 64 .607 1
New Orleans 84 78 .519 15.5
Minnesota 75 87 .463 24.5
Cleveland 75 87 .463 24.5
East Division
Team W L WPct GB
New York (A) 98 64 .605 --
Toronto 80 82 .494 18
Detroit 79 83 .488 19
Baltimore 79 83 .488 19
Boston 76 86 .469 22
West Division
Team W L WPct GB
Texas 82 81 .503 --
Oakland 81 82 .497 1
Seattle 65 97 .401 16.5
California 63 99 .389 18.5
Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-1) Kansas City Royals over Carolina Dragons
AL League Series (4-3) Kansas City Royals over Chicago (A) White Sox
AL Division Series (3-1) Kansas City Royals over Texas Rangers
AL Division Series (3-1) Chicago (A) White Sox over New York (A) Yankees
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
KCR 6.1 997 163 5775 1608 360 64 197 488 1161 .278 .335 .465 .800
NOR 6.0 970 162 5643 1509 399 50 242 543 1428 .267 .332 .484 .816
CHW 6.0 974 163 5714 1569 386 39 225 659 1431 .275 .350 .474 .824
BOS 5.9 955 162 5663 1525 366 42 223 649 1413 .269 .344 .467 .811
MIN 5.9 953 162 5775 1644 424 46 218 504 1227 .285 .342 .487 .829
NYY 5.8 947 162 5669 1575 379 49 225 567 1153 .278 .343 .481 .825
CLE 5.8 934 162 5824 1609 399 52 182 614 1321 .276 .345 .456 .802
TEX 5.7 933 163 5655 1492 358 40 225 723 1426 .264 .347 .461 .808
DET 5.7 921 162 5730 1552 409 40 223 502 1472 .271 .330 .473 .803
BAL 5.4 872 162 5629 1506 286 26 242 472 1236 .268 .324 .457 .781
CAL 5.2 846 162 5599 1407 323 42 237 543 1497 .251 .317 .451 .768
TOR 5.1 825 162 5693 1568 423 82 133 422 1075 .275 .325 .449 .774
OAK 4.9 801 163 5745 1464 352 42 205 480 1384 .255 .312 .438 .750
SEA 4.3 703 162 5641 1374 333 32 135 544 1465 .244 .310 .386 .696
Totals 5.6 12631 2272 79755 21402 5197 646 2912 7710 18689 .268 .333 .459 .792
Average   902 162 5697 1529 371 46 208 551 1335  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
NYY 4.8 781 162 4.48 1439.3 1477 9.1 401 2.5 1241 7.7 54
KCR 5.0 819 163 4.75 1451.0 1422 8.7 542 3.3 1445 8.9 49
CHW 5.1 829 163 4.84 1458.3 1436 8.8 505 3.1 1621 9.9 51
TOR 5.3 864 162 4.92 1437.0 1373 8.5 594 3.7 1605 9.9 47
TEX 5.4 877 163 5.09 1442.0 1476 9.1 607 3.7 1462 9.0 43
OAK 5.5 894 163 5.11 1475.0 1572 9.6 479 2.9 1310 8.0 46
CLE 5.6 901 162 5.18 1450.3 1535 9.5 536 3.3 1434 8.9 37
SEA 5.6 909 162 5.20 1442.3 1574 9.7 567 3.5 1137 7.0 35
DET 5.7 917 162 5.32 1437.0 1560 9.6 575 3.5 1211 7.5 45
BOS 5.7 919 162 5.26 1425.7 1537 9.5 463 2.9 1286 7.9 39
BAL 5.7 925 162 5.38 1431.3 1647 10.2 503 3.1 1249 7.7 45
NOR 5.8 937 162 5.43 1427.3 1481 9.1 648 4.0 1451 9.0 52
MIN 6.2 1003 162 5.85 1421.0 1625 10.0 689 4.3 996 6.1 44
CAL 6.5 1056 162 5.94 1421.3 1687 10.4 601 3.7 1241 7.7 35
Totals 5.6 12631 2272 5.19 20159.0 21402 9.4 7710 3.4 18689 8.2 622
Average   902 162   1440 1529   551   1335   44
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
NYY 95 67 3 6 10 0 5 2 7 0.96 0.93 1,806,514   Jeff Martin
CHW 93 70 6 4 10 4 0 1 2 0.99 1.07 1,957,421   Eric Fulling
KCR 96 67 4 3 10 0 1 0 10 0.96 1.02 3,329,208   Phil Duncan
OAK 73 90 8 3 5 0 1 0 10 1.01 1.02 3,014,571   Larry Pape
NOR 84 78 0 2 13 0 2 0 2 0.99 1.01 1,064,386   Greg Lubbelinkhof
TEX 86 77 -4 2 8 4 0 1 6 1.04 1.05 2,883,145   Tito Luna
BAL 77 85 2 1 10 1 1 0 4 1.03 1.24 2,351,373   Steve Roy
BOS 84 78 -8 1 6 1 0 1 5 0.98 0.95 2,035,048   Shawn Martin
DET 81 81 -2 1 7 0 0 0 4 0.99 0.78 1,367,734   Nelson Casamalhuapa
MIN 77 85 -2 1 5 0 0 0 7 1.03 0.98 1,239,919   Jim Grimley
TOR 78 84 2 1 6 1 0 1 5 1.00 1.01 3,001,671   Matt Holgate
CAL 65 97 -2 0 1 0 0 2 4 1.01 1.04 1,651,858   Joe Nichols
CLE 84 78 -9 0 6 0 0 1 1 1.00 1.01 1,672,485   Chris Bertrand
SEA 62 100 3 0 5 0 0 0 4 1.05 0.97 979,052   Grant Hughes
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
KCR 300 150.24 104.35 45.37 7.62 2.90 5.56 6.70 7.32 15.28
CHW 297 143.01 106.11 47.83 1.00 3.60 12.10 5.03 10.63 15.48
NYY 294 138.02 109.76 46.17 2.22 2.22 9.73 7.27 9.57 15.17
NOR 252 138.76 77.24 35.94 3.46 2.43 5.34 5.94 7.43 11.36
TEX 246 115.39 85.92 44.65 6.51 2.99 7.44 5.20 8.18 14.34
OAK 243 92.62 103.99 46.34 10.57 4.95 7.59 3.69 6.00 13.56
TOR 240 100.23 94.53 45.19 9.59 0.95 8.31 4.12 5.08 17.16
DET 237 120.50 79.17 37.28 3.41 2.58 5.86 5.37 8.10 11.97
BAL 237 110.62 90.74 35.59 9.92 1.76 7.24 4.46 5.69 6.54
BOS 228 122.88 71.15 33.91 13.01 4.06 2.92 3.36 6.57 4.01
MIN 225 128.37 65.68 30.90 3.06 2.43 4.51 4.31 7.19 9.42
CLE 225 110.92 79.91 34.13 5.96 2.80 4.79 4.71 6.73 9.15
SEA 195 60.15 93.85 40.95 4.77 3.84 4.35 2.59 8.20 17.21
CAL 189 104.64 59.77 24.55 6.92 1.83 3.14 2.88 2.09 7.70
League Award Winners
Bill Heckel Award: Phil Duncan KCR Managed the Kansas City Royals to a 100-63 record, finishing 1st in the Central Division division of the American League.
Defeated Carolina Dragons in the World Championship 4 games to 1.
Ted Williams Batting Title: Alex Rodriguez TEX .325, 75 HR, 180 RBI
Cy Young: Wilson Alvarez NYY 12-3, 2.45, 150.3 IP, 181 K
Rolaids Relief Award: Narciso Elvira NOR 7-5, 35 SV, 3.25, 63.7 IP, 84 K
Rookie Of The Year: Jody Gerut CAL .278, 32 HR, 101 RBI
 
Gold Glove Award Winners
 
P Matt Morris OAK 1.000, 14 PO, 34 A, 0 E
C Robert Fick BOS .993, 850 PO, 29 A, 6 E
52.9% (18-34) Runners Thrown Out
1B Dave Nilsson OAK .995, 1533 PO, 119 A, 9 E
2B Brent Gates OAK .980, 189 PO, 443 A, 13 E
3B Placido Polanco MIN .978, 83 PO, 316 A, 9 E
SS Mark Lewis MIN .973, 198 PO, 514 A, 20 E
LF Carl Crawford TOR 1.000, 244 PO, 7 A, 0 E
CF Hideki Matsui NYY .994, 328 PO, 2 A, 2 E
RF Mike Cameron MIN 1.000, 275 PO, 12 A, 0 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
PujolsTOR.352
HeltonCHW.343
MartinKCR.338
VidroCLE.336
GubanichNOR.328
On-Base Pct
HeltonCHW.471
PujolsTOR.452
DellucciSEA.433
MartinKCR.417
GubanichNOR.412
Slugging Pct
RodriguezTEX.790
PujolsTOR.722
HeltonCHW.697
HinskeCAL.659
MartinKCR.619
OPS
RodriguezTEX1.199
PujolsTOR1.174
HeltonCHW1.167
HinskeCAL1.069
MartinKCR1.036
XR
RodriguezTEX174.0
HeltonCHW161.3
PujolsTOR157.1
HinskeCAL146.3
MartinKCR139.0
Games
SeguiTEX163
JeterBAL162
LemkeCLE162
LugoCAL162
MartinezOAK162
MartinezBAL162
At-Bats
LugoCAL699
LemkeCLE688
CedenoCLE670
VidroCLE649
WardCAL649
Runs
RodriguezTEX138
HeltonCHW136
AlfonzoTEX134
GreenDET128
PolancoMIN127
Hits
VidroCLE218
CedenoCLE217
MartinKCR208
RodriguezTEX207
WardCAL205
Total Bases
RodriguezTEX503
PujolsTOR410
HeltonCHW388
GarciaparraNYY382
HinskeCAL382
Singles
CarusoMIN155
LemkeCLE140
CedenoCLE136
DrewCHW132
SeguiTEX131
Doubles
PujolsTOR71
VidroCLE71
GarciaparraNYY64
QuinnMIN58
CaseyMIN56
Triples
CrawfordTOR22
BeltranNOR13
GarciaparraNYY12
LugoCAL12
MartinezOAK12
Homeruns
RodriguezTEX75
EdmondsBAL53
HinskeCAL52
HeltonCHW48
OrdonezBAL48
RBIs
RodriguezTEX180
HeltonCHW143
OrdonezBAL141
EdmondsBAL138
MartinKCR137
Stolen Bases
CrawfordTOR67
CarusoMIN49
MartinezOAK49
BeltranNOR43
YoungOAK39
Caught Stealing
CrawfordTOR28
CedenoCHW20
CarusoMIN19
JohnsonBOS17
RobertsBAL16
Walks
HeltonCHW136
EdmondsBAL102
HinskeCAL102
AbreuCHW101
CameronMIN98
Strikeouts
WilsonDET206
CameronMIN202
JonesNOR198
SheffieldSEA198
BagwellBOS194
 
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
PriorNYY3.46
StantonBAL3.53
MussinaNYY3.57
HoffmanDET3.62
ValdesCHW3.66
Wins
PriorNYY 21
MartinezKCR 19
MussinaNYY 19
PenaCHW 19
LoweNYY 16
Losses
OlsenCAL 22
AverySEA 20
StephensCAL 20
OswaltCLE 17
AndersonDET 16
Winning Pct
MartinezKCR.731
MussinaNYY.704
PenaCHW.679
ValdesCHW.667
PriorNYY.656
Saves
ShieldsNYY 40
WagnerCHW 36
ElviraNOR 35
GuzmanKCR 34
BaezCAL 33
Games Pitched
BarceloDET 101
HowryTOR 94
PoteSEA 88
RatliffCAL 88
MarquisBAL 86
Games Started
PenaCHW 41
MillwoodCHW 40
StantonBAL 40
UrbinaTEX 40
EyreTEX 39
Complete Games
LoweNYY 4
BondermanTOR 3
OswaltCLE 3
PriorNYY 3
AndersonDET 2
Shutouts
PriorNYY 2
BondermanTOR 1
EyreTEX 1
Halladay  1
KarsayBOS 1
Innings Pitched
KarsayBOS264.3
MillwoodCHW259.3
PenaCHW256.3
PriorNYY254.7
MontalvoOAK253.0
Hits Allowed
MontalvoOAK 277
KarsayBOS 270
AverySEA 266
PenaCHW 266
Van LandinghamTEX 266
Homeruns Allowed
ContrerasCHW 48
StephensCAL 48
GlavineTEX 41
DyerSEA 40
EyreTEX 38
Strikeouts
UrbinaTEX 341
PriorNYY 326
MillwoodCHW 294
WoodKCR 290
ContrerasCHW 279
Walks Allowed
WoodKCR 107
EyreTEX 104
PenaCHW 104
UrbinaTEX 102
ContrerasCHW 101
Walks per 9IP
MontalvoOAK1.5
AndujarBAL1.9
HoffmanDET2.0
MillwoodCHW2.0
AverySEA2.1
Hits per 9IP
LidgeNOR6.4
PriorNYY6.7
UrbinaTEX7.1
WoodKCR7.6
NathanTOR7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP
UrbinaTEX13.7
LidgeNOR12.6
WoodKCR12.5
NathanTOR11.6
PriorNYY11.5
WHiP
PriorNYY1.00
MillwoodCHW1.10
HoffmanDET1.10
LidgeNOR1.13
MartinezKCR1.22
OAVG
LidgeNOR.193
PriorNYY.201
UrbinaTEX.211
NathanTOR.226
WoodKCR.226
OOBP
PriorNYY.265
HoffmanDET.277
MillwoodCHW.283
MartinezKCR.296
MontalvoOAK.300
OSLG
StantonBAL.349
RandallCLE.368
PriorNYY.383
HoffmanDET.393
MontalvoOAK.401
OOPS
PriorNYY.648
StantonBAL.663
HoffmanDET.670
RandallCLE.695
MontalvoOAK.700
   
League All-Stars
Bobby Abreu Edgardo Alfonzo Wilson Alvarez
Carlos Beltran Lance Berkman Greg Colbrunn
Robert Fick Nomar Garciaparra Todd Helton
Geoff Jenkins Paul Lo Duca Al Martin
Pedro Martinez Rafael Montalvo Mike Mussina
Magglio Ordonez Juan Pena Placido Polanco
Mark Prior Albert Pujols Alex Rodriguez
J.C. Romero Jeff Sparks Billy Wagner
Brandon Webb  
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Wilson Alvarez NYY $ 19,000,000  
2.    Julian Tavarez KCR $ 17,000,000  
3.    Ismael Valdes CHW $ 16,500,000  
4.    Trevor Hoffman DET $ 16,000,000  
5.    Jeff Bagwell BOS $ 15,610,000  
6.    Alex Rodriguez TEX $ 14,280,000  
7.    Bobby Abreu CHW $ 14,000,000  
8.    Todd Helton CHW $ 11,942,860  
9.    Ugueth Urbina TEX $ 11,500,000  
  John Wetteland DET $ 11,500,000  
  Turk Wendell OAK $ 11,500,000  
12.    Juan Guzman NOR $ 11,000,000  
13.    Joe Vitko TOR $ 10,500,010  
14.    Mike Stanton BAL $ 9,960,000  
15.    Steve Avery SEA $ 9,200,000  
16.    Gary Sheffield SEA $ 8,750,000  
17.    Tom Glavine TEX $ 8,600,000  
18.    Tino Martinez BAL $ 8,555,000  
19.    Carlos Beltran NOR $ 8,500,000  
  Nomar Garciaparra NYY $ 8,500,000  
  Derek Jeter BAL $ 8,500,000  
22.    Al Martin KCR $ 8,370,000  
23.    Mike Cameron MIN $ 8,150,000  
24.    Tim Salmon CLE $ 8,100,000  
25.    Shawn Green DET $ 8,000,000