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Sports season
The 2003 Major League Baseball season ended when the Florida Marlins defeated the New York Yankees in a six-game World Series . The Detroit Tigers set the American League record for losses in a season, with 119, and the Marlins became the first team to win the championship twice as a wild card.
±hosted the MLB All Star Game
*Denotes walk-off
Note: Two teams in the same division could not meet in the division series.
Statistical leaders [ edit ] Player of the Month [ edit ] Pitcher of the Month [ edit ] Rookie of the Month [ edit ] Home field attendance and payroll [ edit ]
Team name
Wins
%±
Home attendance
%±
Per game
Est. payroll
%±
New York Yankees [ 1] 101
−1.9%
3,465,600
0.0%
42,263
$152,749,814
21.3%
Seattle Mariners [ 2] 93
0.0%
3,268,509
−7.7%
40,352
$86,959,167
8.3%
San Francisco Giants [ 3] 100
5.3%
3,264,898
0.4%
40,307
$82,852,167
5.8%
Los Angeles Dodgers [ 4] 85
−7.6%
3,138,626
0.2%
38,748
$105,872,620
11.6%
Anaheim Angels [ 5] 77
−22.2%
3,061,094
32.8%
37,330
$79,031,667
28.0%
Chicago Cubs [ 6] 88
31.3%
2,962,630
10.0%
36,576
$79,868,333
5.5%
St. Louis Cardinals [ 7] 85
−12.4%
2,910,386
−3.4%
35,931
$83,786,666
12.2%
Arizona Diamondbacks [ 8] 84
−14.3%
2,805,542
−12.3%
34,636
$80,657,000
−21.6%
Boston Red Sox [ 9] 95
2.2%
2,724,165
2.8%
33,632
$99,946,500
−7.8%
Baltimore Orioles [ 10] 71
6.0%
2,454,523
−8.5%
30,303
$73,877,500
14.6%
Houston Astros [ 11] 87
3.6%
2,454,241
−2.5%
30,299
$71,040,000
12.0%
Atlanta Braves [ 12] 101
0.0%
2,401,084
−7.8%
29,643
$106,243,667
13.7%
Cincinnati Reds [ 13] 69
−11.5%
2,355,259
26.9%
29,077
$59,355,667
31.8%
Colorado Rockies [ 14] 74
1.4%
2,334,085
−14.7%
28,816
$67,179,667
18.2%
Philadelphia Phillies [ 15] 86
7.5%
2,259,948
39.6%
27,901
$70,780,000
22.1%
Oakland Athletics [ 16] 96
−6.8%
2,216,596
2.2%
27,365
$50,260,834
25.6%
New York Mets [ 17] 66
−12.0%
2,140,599
−23.7%
26,757
$117,176,429
23.8%
Texas Rangers [ 18] 71
−1.4%
2,094,394
−11.0%
25,857
$103,491,667
−2.1%
San Diego Padres [ 19] 64
−3.0%
2,030,084
−8.6%
25,063
$45,210,000
9.1%
Minnesota Twins [ 20] 90
−4.3%
1,946,011
1.1%
24,025
$55,505,000
37.3%
Chicago White Sox [ 21] 86
6.2%
1,939,524
15.7%
23,945
$51,010,000
−10.6%
Toronto Blue Jays [ 22] 86
10.3%
1,799,458
9.9%
22,216
$51,269,000
−33.3%
Kansas City Royals [ 23] 83
33.9%
1,779,895
34.5%
22,249
$40,518,000
−14.3%
Cleveland Indians [ 24] 68
−8.1%
1,730,002
−33.9%
21,358
$48,584,834
−38.4%
Milwaukee Brewers [ 25] 68
21.4%
1,700,354
−13.7%
20,992
$40,627,000
−19.2%
Pittsburgh Pirates [ 26] 75
4.2%
1,636,751
−8.3%
20,207
$54,812,429
29.5%
Detroit Tigers [ 27] 43
−21.8%
1,368,245
−9.0%
16,892
$49,168,000
−10.7%
Florida Marlins [ 28] 91
15.2%
1,303,215
60.3%
16,089
$49,450,000
17.8%
Tampa Bay Devil Rays [ 29] 63
14.5%
1,058,695
−0.7%
13,070
$19,630,000
−42.9%
Montreal Expos [ 30] 83
0.0%
1,025,639
26.3%
12,662
$51,948,500
34.3%
Television coverage [ edit ] This was the third season that national TV coverage was split between ESPN and Fox Sports . ESPN and ESPN2 aired selected weeknight and Sunday night games , and selected Division Series playoff games. Fox televised Saturday baseball , the All-Star Game , selected Division Series games, both League Championship Series, and the World Series .
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Modern era
See also
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