2003 Montreal Expos season

The 2003 Montreal Expos season was the 35th season for the Expos in Montreal and its penultimate season in Canada. It involved the Expos attempting to win the National League East. On August 28, 2003, the Expos led the NL Wild Card, tied for first place with the Marlins, Astros, Phillies, and Cardinals, but faded away in the stretch and failed to make the postseason, finishing 18 games back of the Atlanta Braves in the NL East and 8 games back of the Florida Marlins in the Wild Card. The Expos' 2003 record of 83–79 was identical to the one they finished with the previous year. Part of this was due to the fact that when rosters expanded on September 1, MLB refused to allow the league owned team to add any players, saying they could not afford the cost.

2003 Montreal Expos
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkOlympic Stadium
CityMontreal
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place4th
OwnersMajor League Baseball
General managersOmar Minaya
ManagersFrank Robinson
TelevisionRéseau des sports
(Rodger Brulotte, Denis Casavant)
RadioCKGM (AM)
(Mitch Melnick, Elliott Price, guest minor league play-by-play broadcasters)

CKAC (AM)
(Jacques Doucet, Marc Griffin)
Seasons

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.[1]
  • 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.[2]
  • 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.[3]
  • September 14, 2003 – Vladimir Guerrero hits for the cycle against the New York Mets.[4]

On August 30, 2002, MLB signed a collective bargaining agreement with the players association, which prohibited contraction through the end of the agreement in 2006.[5]

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[6] to 10,031 in 2002,[7] 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.[8] 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.[8] The Expos' season in Puerto Rico was chronicled in the MLB-produced DVD Boricua Beisbol – Passion of Puerto Rico.

Opening Day lineup

Source [9]

Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Endy ChávezCenter fielder
José VidroSecond baseman
Ron CallowayRight fielder
Wil CorderoFirst baseman
Brad WilkersonLeft fielder
Orlando CabreraShortstop
Fernando TatísThird baseman
Michael BarrettCatcher
Tony Armas Jr.Starting pitcher

National League East
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 10161 0.623 — 55–26 46–35
Florida Marlins 9171 0.562 10 53–28 38–43
Philadelphia Phillies 8676 0.531 15 49–32 37–44
Montreal Expos 8379 0.512 18 52–29 31–50
New York Mets 6695 0.410 34½ 34–46 32–49

Record vs. opponents
2003 National League record

Source:
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LA MIL MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona—2–52–47–210–92–55–110–93–34–24–24–23–39–105–143–311–4
Atlanta5–2—4–23–36–09–105–14–24–212–711–89–107–26–12–44–210–5
Chicago4–22–4—10–73–34–29–72–410–63–35–11–510–84–24–28–99–9
Cincinnati2–73–37–10—4–22–45–122–48–102–42–45–45–113–33–39–77-5
Colorado 9–100–63–32–4—4–22–47–125–13–42–52–43–612–77–124–29–6
Florida5–210–92–44–22–4—1–52–57–213–612–713–62–45–11–53–39–6
Houston1–51–57–912–54–25-1—4–29–83–32–42–410–63–32–411–711–7
Los Angeles 9–102–44–24–212–75–22–4—4–24–23–32–55–18–116–134–211–7
Milwaukee3–32–46–1010–81–52–78–92–4—0–66–34–210–75–11–53–135–7
Montreal2–47–123–34–24–36-133–32–46–0—14–58–113–34–27–01–59–9
New York2–48–111–54–25–27–124–23–33–65–14—7–124–23–34–21–55–10
Philadelphia2-410–95–14–54–26–134–25–22–411–812–7—2–44–33–34–28–7
Pittsburgh3–32–78–1011–56–34–26–101–57–103–32–44–2—4–22–47–105–7
San Diego10–91–62–43–37–121–53–311–81–52–43–33–42–4—5–142–48–10
San Francisco14–54–22–43–312–75–14–213–65–10–72–43–34–214–5—5–110–8
St. Louis3–32–49–87–92–43-37–112–413–35–15–12–410–74–21–5—10–8
Expos vs. American League
Team AL West  
ANA OAK SEA TEX TOR
Montreal 1–2 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–3

Notable transactions

Roster
2003 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers
  • 59 Héctor Almonte
  • 36 Tony Armas Jr.
  • 56 Luis Ayala
  • 60 Rocky Biddle
  • 53 Roy Corcoran
  • 62 Chad Cordero
  • 45 Vic Darensbourg
  • 54 Zach Day
  • 37 Scott Downs
  • 47 Tim Drew
  • 58 Joey Eischen
  • 32 Anthony Ferrari
  • 59 Bryan Hebson
  • 61 Liván Hernández
  • 31 Sun Woo Kim
  • 41 Eric Knott
  • 44 Julio Mañón
  • 50 José Mercedes
  • 24 Tomo Ohka
  • 34 Britt Reames
  • 43 Dan Smith
  • 51 Scott Stewart
  • 52 T. J. Tucker
  • 33 Claudio Vargas
  • 23 Javier Vázquez
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

  •  4 Henry Mateo
 Manager

Coaches

  • 14 Manny Acta (Third base)
  • 17 Tommy McCraw (Hitting)
  •  9 Brad Mills (Bench)
  • 29 Jerry Morales (First base)
  • 13 Bob Natal (Bullpen)
  • 16 Claude Raymond (Roving)
  • 46 Randy St. Claire (Pitching)

Game log
Legend
 Expos win
 Expos loss
 Postponement
BoldExpos team member
2003 Game Log
March (1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecord
1March 31@ Braves10–2Armas (1–0)Maddux (0–1)40,258Turner Field1–0
April (16–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecord
2April 2@ Braves3–0Day (1–0)Ramírez (0–1)Biddle (1)19,116Turner Field2–0
3April 3@ Braves4–0Vázquez (1–0)Ortiz (0–1)19,505Turner Field3–0
4April 4@ Mets0–4Cone (1-0)Ohka (0-1)18,040Shea Stadium3–1
5April 5@ Mets1-3Glavine (1-1)Armas (1–1)Benítez (2)36,817Shea Stadium3–2
6April 6@ Mets8–5Stewart (1-0)Benítez (0-1)Biddle (2)35,093Shea Stadium4–2
–April 7@ CubsPostponed (snow) Rescheduled for April 8
7April 8@ Cubs1–6Clement (1-1)Day (1-1)29,138Wrigley Field4–3
8April 9@ Cubs0–3Prior (2-0)Vázquez (1–1)29,966Wrigley Field4–4
9April 10@ Cubs7–1Armas (2–1)Estes (0-1)30,225Wrigley Field5–4
10April 11vs. Mets
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		10–0Ohka (1-1)Cone (1-1)17,906Hiram Bithorn Stadium6–4
11April 12vs. Mets
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		5–4Hernández (1-0)Seo (0-1)Biddle (3)18,264Hiram Bithorn Stadium7–4
12April 13vs. Mets
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		2–1 (10)Biddle (1-0)Stanton (0-2)16,332Hiram Bithorn Stadium8–4
13April 14vs. Mets
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		5–3Smith (1-0)Strickland (0-1)Biddle (4)13,155Hiram Bithorn Stadium9–4
14April 15vs. Braves
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		1–2 (10)Bong (1-0)Smith (1-1)Smoltz (4)13,339Hiram Bithorn Stadium9–5
15April 16vs. Braves
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		2–3Ramírez (1-2)Okha (1-2)Smoltz (5)15,571Hiram Bithorn Stadium9–6
16April 17vs. Braves
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		8–14 (10)Bong (2-0)Biddle (1–1)13,170Hiram Bithorn Stadium9–7
–April 18vs. Reds
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for April 19 as part of a doubleheader
17April 19 (1)vs. Reds
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		8–7 (10)Ayala (1-0)Williamson (2-1)10,296Hiram Bithorn Stadium10–7
18April 19 (2)vs. Reds
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		9–5Vázquez (2-1)Anderson (1-2)13,109Hiram Bithorn Stadium11–7
19April 20vs. Reds
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		5–7Sullivan (1-0)Ayala (1-2)Williamson (3)11,619Hiram Bithorn Stadium11–8
20April 22Diamondbacks4–0Ohka (2-2)Good (1-1)36,879Olympic Stadium12–8
21April 23Diamondbacks2–6Dessens (2-2)Hernández (1-1)6,380Olympic Stadium12–9
22April 24Diamondbacks1–0Vázquez (3-1)Kim (1-4)Biddle (5)5,954Olympic Stadium13–9
23April 25Astros10–2Day (2–1)Robertson (1–3)6,863Olympic Stadium14–9
24April 26Astros3–2 (10)Biddle (2–1)Wagner (1–1)8,492Olympic Stadium15–9
25April 27Astros3–6Redding (2–2)Ohka (2–3)Dotel (7)52,900Olympic Stadium15–10
26April 29@ Brewers3–2Stewart (2–0)DeJean (0–2)Biddle (6)10,044Miller Park16–10
27April 30@ Brewers10–4Hernández (2-1)Sheets (2–3)10,945Miller Park17–10
May (16–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecord
28May 1@ Brewers5–0Day (3-1)Franklin (1-3)13,180Miller Park18–10
29May 2@ Cardinals1–8Simontacchi (1–1)Ohka (2–4)41,810Busch Memorial Stadium18–11
30May 3@ Cardinals1–3Stephenson (2–2)Vargas (0–1)Calero (1)36,176Busch Memorial Stadium18–12
31May 4@ Cardinals2–6Morris (3–2)Vázquez (3-2)39,605Busch Memorial Stadium18–13
32May 6Padres4–2Hernández (3–1)Peavy (4–3)Biddle (7)5,841Olympic Stadium19–13
33May 7Padres12-9 (10)Biddle (3-1)Orosco (0-1)5,111Olympic Stadium20-13
34May 8Padres12-5Ohka (3-4)Lawrence (2-4)5,274Olympic Stadium21-13
35May 9Dodgers5-9Mota (2-1)Stewart (2-1)10,675Olympic Stadium21-14
36May 10Dodgers6-5Ayala (2-1)Martin (0-1)Biddle (8)8,084Olympic Stadium22-14
37May 11Dodgers4-3Pérez (2-2)Hernández (3-2)Gagné (12)14,488Olympic Stadium22-15
38May 12@ Giants4-3Day (4-1)Moss (5-1)Biddle (9)33,071Pacific Bell Park23-15
39May 13@ Giants6-4Smith (2-1)Ainsworth (3-3)Biddle (10)32,991Pacific Bell Park24-15
40May 14@ Giants6-3Vargas (1-1)Foppert (2-3)38,963Pacific Bell Park25-15
41May 15@ Rockies2-4Jones (2-0)Tucker (0-1)Jiménez (11)23,197Coors Field25-16
42May 16@ Rockies4-1Ayala (3-1)Cruz (3-4)Biddle (11)27,117Coors Field26-16
43May 17@ Rockies6-4 (10)Ayala (4-1)Jones (1-2)30,052Coors Field27-16
44May 18@ Rockies0-4Chacón (5-2)Ohka (3-5)30,720Coors Field27-17
45May 20Marlins6-4Vázquez (4–2)Willis (1-1)Biddle (13)5,435Olympic Stadium28-17
46May 21Marlins7-2Vargas (2-1)Pavano (3-5)5,282Olympic Stadium29-17
47May 22Marlins8–2Hernández (4–2)Tejera (0-3)6,249Olympic Stadium30–17
48May 23Phillies2–4Millwood (7–1)Day (4-2)Mesa (13)9,511Olympic Stadium30–18
49May 24Phillies3–2Ayala (5–1)Silva (3–1)33,236Olympic Stadium31–18
50May 25Phillies5–3Vázquez (5–2)Myers (4–4)Biddle (14)17,023Olympic Stadium32–18
51May 26@ Marlins1–5Pavano (4–5)Vargas (2–2)8,362Pro Player Stadium32–19
–May 27@ MarlinsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 28 as part of a doubleheader
52May 28 (1)@ Marlins3–4Phelps (2–0)Hernández (4–3)Looper (8)[note 2]Pro Player Stadium32–20
53May 28 (2)@ Marlins0–6Tejera (1–3)Day (4–3)9,169[note 2]Pro Player Stadium32–21
54May 29@ Marlins3–2Ohka (4–5)Almanza (3–3)Biddle (15)9,052Pro Player Stadium33–21
55May 30@ Phillies5–12Cormier (2–0)Vázquez (5–3)18,311Veterans Stadium33–22
–May 31@ PhilliesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 1 as part of a doubleheader
June (12–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
56June 1 (1)@ Phillies3–4Wolf (6–3)Hernández (4–4)Mesa (14)[note 3]Veterans Stadium33–23
57June 1 (2)@ Phillies1–4Myers (5–4)Smith (2–2)Mesa (15)36,685[note 3]Veterans Stadium33–24
58June 3vs. Angels
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		4–15Ortiz (5–5)Ohka (4–6)10,034Hiram Bithorn Stadium33–25
59June 4vs. Angels
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		2–11Washburn (6–5)Kim (0–1)10,501Hiram Bithorn Stadium33–26
60June 5vs. Angels
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		8–7 (14)Eischen (5–2)Callaway (1–4)10,598Hiram Bithorn Stadium34–26
61June 6vs. Rangers
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		13–10Hernández (5–4)Lewis (4–4)18,005Hiram Bithorn Stadium35–26
62June 7vs. Rangers
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		5–4Vargas (3–2)Shouse (0–1)Ayala (1)18,003Hiram Bithorn Stadium36–26
63June 8vs. Rangers
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		3–2Stewart (3–1)Cordero (2–6)Biddle (16)18,001Hiram Bithorn Stadium37–26
64June 10@ Mariners7–3Vázquez (6–3)Meche (8–3)Ayala (2)34,811Safeco Field38–26
65June 11@ Mariners3–1Hernández (6–4)Piñeiro (5–5)Biddle (17)32,853Safeco Field39–26
66June 12@ Mariners0–1Franklin (5–4)Vargas (3–3)Rhodes (1)33,761Safeco Field39–27
67June 13@ Athletics4–8Mulder (9–4)Ohka (4–7)14,186Network Associates Coliseum39–28
68June 14@ Athletics4–5Rincón (3–3)Ayala (5–2)Foulke (16)26,447Network Associates Coliseum39–29
69June 15@ Athletics1–9Hudson (5–2)Vázquez (6–4)31,024Network Associates Coliseum39–30
–June 17@ PiratesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 18 as part of a doubleheader
70June 18 (1)@ Pirates3–7D'Amico (5–7)Hernández (6–5)Williams (19)[note 4]PNC Park39–31
71June 18 (2)@ Pirates3–4Torres (4–1)Biddle (3–2)22,557[note 4]PNC Park39–32
72June 19@ Pirates5–2Ohka (5–7)Torres (4–2)16,050PNC Park40–32
73June 20Blue Jays4–8Lidle (10–4)Vázquez (6–5)11,355Olympic Stadium40–33
74June 21Blue Jays8–5Ayala (6–2)Politte (1–5)Biddle (19)11,483Olympic Stadium41–33
75June 22Blue Jays2–4Halladay (11–2)Hernández (6–6)Politte (11)15,508Olympic Stadium41–34
76June 23Pirates3–0Vargas (4–3)Suppan (5–7)Biddle (20)5,641Olympic Stadium42–34
77June 24Pirates6–4Ohka (6–7)D'Amico (5–8)Biddle (21)5,872Olympic Stadium43–34
78June 25Pirates5–6Sauerbeck (3–4)Eischen (1–1)Williams (20)5,717Olympic Stadium43-35
79June 27@ Blue Jays5–6Miller (1–1)Mañón (0–1)24,024SkyDome43-36
80June 28@ Blue Jays4–2Vargas (5–3)Davis (4–5)Biddle (22)33,334SkyDome44-36
81June 29@ Blue Jays10–2Ohka (7–7)Escobar (5–5)37,354SkyDome45-36
82June 30@ Mets1–3Trachsel (7–5)Vázquez (6–6)Benítez (19)29,829Shea Stadium45-37
July (10–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecord
83July 1@ Mets6–7Benítez (2–3)Mañón (0–2)30,084Shea Stadium45-38
84July 2@ Mets11–4Hernández (7–6)Seo (5–4)35,547Shea Stadium46-38
85July 3@ Braves5–4Vargas (6–3)Reynolds (5–4)Mañón (1)31,607Turner Field47-38
86July 4@ Braves6–8Ortiz (11–4)Ohka (7–8)Smoltz (31)48,923Turner Field47-39
87July 5@ Braves2–3Bong (1–3)Biddle (3–3)34,454Turner Field47-40
88July 6@ Braves5–7Hampton (4–5)Drew (0–1)Smoltz (32)27,724Turner Field47-41
89July 7Phillies8–1Hernández (8–6)Duckworth (3–3)7,099Olympic Stadium48-41
90July 8Phillies6–13Myers (9–6)Vargas (6–4)8,225Olympic Stadium48-42
91July 9Phillies0–2Millwood (10–6)Ohka (7–9)7,005Olympic Stadium48-43
92July 11Marlins4–5Penny (8–6)Biddle (3–4)Looper (17)7,251Olympic Stadium48-44
93July 12Marlins7–1Hernández (9–6)Redman (7–4)28,170Olympic Stadium49-44
94July 13Marlins4–11Willis (9–1)Vargas (6–5)16,084Olympic Stadium49-45
All–Star Break (July 14–16)
95July 17@ Phillies2–5 (11)Plesac (2–0)Drew (0–2)23,874Veterans Stadium49-46
96July 18@ Phillies3–1Vázquez (7–6)Wolf (10–5)22,789Veterans Stadium50-46
97July 19@ Phillies3–4 (11)Mesa (5–5)Almonte (0–2)28,794Veterans Stadium50-47
98July 20@ Phillies2–3Myers (10–6)Vargas (6–6)Mesa (19)37,552Veterans Stadium50-48
99July 21@ Marlins1–4Beckett (4–4)Knott (0–1)10,769Pro Player Stadium50-49
100July 22@ Marlins1–9Pavano (7–10)Ohka (7–10)10,512Pro Player Stadium50-50
101July 23Mets5–2Vázquez (8–6)Seo (5–7)Biddle (23)8,853Olympic Stadium51-50
102July 24Mets5–1Hernández (10–6)Glavine (6–11)Biddle (24)9,337Olympic Stadium52-50
103July 25Braves9–8 (11)Ayala (7–2)Bong (6–2)10,069Olympic Stadium53-50
104July 26Braves4–15Reynolds (8–5)Day (4–4)14,132Olympic Stadium53-51
105July 27Braves13–10Mañón (1–2)King (3–1)Biddle (25)16,074Olympic Stadium54-51
106July 28Braves8–10Hampton (7–5)Vázquez (8–7)Smoltz (38)9,750Olympic Stadium54-52
107July 29Cardinals1–2Stephenson (5–10)Hernández (10–7)7,418Olympic Stadium54-53
108July 30Cardinals1–11Haren (2–2)Vargas (6–7)6,129Olympic Stadium54-54
109July 31Cardinals3–2Day (5–4)Williams (14–4)Biddle (26)9,145Olympic Stadium55-54
August (16-13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecord
110August 1Brewers8–4Ohka (8–10)Franklin (7–8)6,518Olympic Stadium56-54
111August 2Brewers7–1Vázquez (9–7)Manning (0–1)22,180Olympic Stadium57-54
112August 3Brewers4–2Hernández (11–7)Sheets (10–8)Biddle (27)17,953Olympic Stadium58-54
113August 5@ Diamondbacks5–8Johnson (2–4)Vargas (6–8)Mantei (13)37,959Bank One Ballpark58-55
114August 6@ Diamondbacks2–3Oropesa (3–2)Ayala (7–3)Mantei (14)28,328Bank One Ballpark58-56
115August 7@ Diamondbacks4–5 (10)Valverde (2–0)Knott (0–2)28,852Bank One Ballpark58-57
116August 8@ Astros1–5Miceli (5–6)Vázquez (9–8)30,037Minute Maid Park58-58
117August 9@ Astros3–1Hernández (12–7)Fernández (1–1)35,295Minute Maid Park59-58
118August 10@ Astros2–8Villone (4–2)Downs (0–1)32,340Minute Maid Park59-59
119August 11Rockies3–1Day (6–4)Jennings (10–10)Biddle (28)6,401Olympic Stadium60-59
120August 12Rockies3–6 (11)Fuentes (3–1)Biddle (3–5)López (1)7,277Olympic Stadium60-60
121August 13Rockies6–5Vázquez (10–8)Stark (1–1)Ayala (3)6,724Olympic Stadium61-60
122August 15Giants4–1Hernández (13–7)Foppert (8–9)10,551Olympic Stadium62-60
123August 16Giants4–1Day (7–4)Schmidt (12–5)Biddle (29)16,446Olympic Stadium63-60
124August 17Giants4–2Biddle (4–5)Ponson (14–9)17,665Olympic Stadium64-60
125August 18Giants4–0Vázquez (11–8)Hermanson (2–3)9,224Olympic Stadium65-60
126August 19@ Dodgers7–5Ayala (8–3)Quantrill (1–4)Biddle (30)30,107Dodger Stadium66-60
127August 20@ Dodgers1–4 (10)Gagné (2–3)Biddle (4–6)31,427Dodger Stadium66-61
128August 21@ Dodgers1–2Pérez (10–9)Day (7–5)Gagné (42)33,319Dodger Stadium66-62
129August 22@ Padres3–5Linebrink (3–2)Eischen (1–2)Beck (18)17,590Qualcomm Stadium66-63
130August 23@ Padres0–1 (10)Matthews (4–4)Biddle (4–7)29,450Qualcomm Stadium66-64
131August 24@ Padres8–4Knott (1–2)Jarvis (4–6)24,707Qualcomm Stadium67-64
132August 25Phillies12–1Hernández (14–7)Wolf (12–9)30,501Olympic Stadium68-64
133August 26Phillies14–10Eischen (2–2)Williams (1–6)Ayala (4)12,509Olympic Stadium69-64
134August 27Phillies9–6Almonte (1–2)Plesac (2–1)Biddle (31)20,105Olympic Stadium70-64
135August 28Phillies4–0Vázquez (12–8)Telemaco (1–2)20,030Olympic Stadium71-64
136August 29@ Marlins2–3Looper (5–3)Biddle (4–8)12,231Pro Player Stadium71-65
137August 30@ Marlins3–4Pavano (11–11)Hernández (14–8)Looper (25)20,724Pro Player Stadium71-66
138August 31@ Marlins3–5Redman (11–8)Day (7–6)Urbina (27)11,105Pro Player Stadium71-67
September (12-12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecord
139September 1@ Marlins2–5Penny (12–10)Ohka (8–11)Looper (26)12,413Pro Player Stadium71-68
140September 2@ Phillies3–5Cormier (5–0)Vázquez (12–9)Plesac (2)26,719Veterans Stadium71-69
141September 3@ Phillies3–8Millwood (14–9)Tucker (0–2)18,002Veterans Stadium71-70
142September 5vs. Marlins
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		6–2Hernández (15–8)Redman (11–9)11,509Hiram Bithorn Stadium72-70
143September 6vs. Marlins
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		4–14Penny (13–10)Ohka (8–12)14,570Hiram Bithorn Stadium72-71
144September 7vs. Marlins
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		1–3Willis (12–6)Vázquez (12–10)Looper (27)12,647Hiram Bithorn Stadium72-72
145September 9vs. Cubs
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		3–4Zambrano (13–9)Day (7–7)Borowski (26)15,632Hiram Bithorn Stadium72-73
146September 10vs. Cubs
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		8–4Ayala (9–3)Farnsworth (3–2)18,002Hiram Bithorn Stadium73-73
147September 11vs. Cubs
@ San Juan, PR[note 1]		3–2Ohka (9–12)Prior (15–6)Eischen (1)12,559Hiram Bithorn Stadium74-73
148September 12Mets7–4Tucker (1–2)Leiter (14–8)Ayala (5)10,701Olympic Stadium75-73
149September 13Mets4–5Trachsel (15–9)Vázquez (12–11)Roberts (1)15,086Olympic Stadium75-74
150September 14Mets7–3Day (8–7)Glavine (9–13)21,417Olympic Stadium76-74
151September 15Braves6–10Ramírez (11–4)Hernández (15–9)9,696Olympic Stadium76-75
152September 16Braves5–4 (10)Biddle (5–8)Hernández (5–3)9,843Olympic Stadium77-75
153September 17Braves4–14Hampton (14–7)Tucker (1–3)17,526Olympic Stadium77-76
154September 18@ Mets1–0Vázquez (13–11)Trachsel (15–10)Cordero (1)18,914Shea Stadium78-76
155September 19@ Mets7–1Day (9–7)Glavine (9–14)33,083Shea Stadium79-76
156September 20@ Mets4–3 (10)Cordero (1–0)Stanton (2–7)Biddle (32)37,294Shea Stadium80-76
157September 21@ Mets4–2Ayala (10–3)Roberts (0–2)Biddle (33)28,702Shea Stadium81-76
158September 23@ Braves0–2Wright (2–5)Vázquez (13–12)Smoltz (45)22,539Turner Field81-77
159September 24@ Braves1–9Ortiz (21–7)Day (9–8)23,594Turner Field81-78
160September 26@ Reds5–1Ohka (10–12)Harang (5–6)28,870Great American Ballpark82-78
161September 27@ Reds2–4Reith (2–3)Hernández (15–10)31,199Great American Ballpark82-79
162September 28@ Reds2–1Tucker (2–3)Randall (2–5)Biddle (34)32,322Great American Ballpark83-79

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
CBrian Schneider1083353477261946.2300
1BWil Cordero130436571212701671.2781
2BJosé Vidro144509771583601565.3103
SSOrlando Cabrera162626951864721780.29724
3BJamey Carroll1052273159101110.2605
LFBrad Wilkerson146504781353441977.26813
CFEndy Chávez14148366121255547.25118
RFVladimir Guerrero112394711302032579.3309
OFRon Calloway1263403681171952.2389
UTJosé Macías1112723165152422.2394
CMichael Barrett702263347921030.2080
3BFernando Tatís531751534650215.1942
2BHenry Mateo10015429373107.24011
3BEdwards Guzmán52146153550114.2400
3BTodd Zeile34136112922519.2571
1BJeff Liefer358861730318.1930
UTJoe Vitiello3876122660313.3420
OFMatt Cepicky58021000.2500
PLiván Hernández31742141006.1890
PJavier Vázquez32655100106.1540
PTomo Ohka33552100003.1821
PZach Day2347220002.0430
PClaudio Vargas2130100000.0000
PT. J. Tucker4419151000.2630
PTony Armas Jr.510020000.2000
PEric Knott135000000.0000
PJoey Eischen674110000.2500
PSun-woo Kim43000000.0000
PDan Smith302000000.0000
PTim Drew62100000.0000
PScott Stewart482000000.0000
PChad Cordero120000000–0
PRocky Biddle711000000.0000
PRoy Corcoran51000000.0000
PLuis Ayala621000000.0000
PBritt Reames21000000.0000
PScott Downs11000000.0000
PHéctor Almonte281000000.0000
PVic Darensbourg71000000.0000
PJulio Mañón191000000.0000
PBryan Hebson20000000–0
PJosé Mercedes50000000–0
PAnthony Ferrari20000000–0
Team Totals1625437711140429425144682.258100

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
SPLiván Hernández15113.2033330233.1928357178
SPJavier Vázquez13123.2434340230.3938357241
SPTomo Ohka10124.1634340199.01069245118
SPZach Day984.1823230131.164615961
SPClaudio Vargas684.3423200114.059554162
CLRocky Biddle584.657303471.243374054
RPT. J. Tucker234.73457080.049422047
RPLuis Ayala1032.92650571.027231346
RPJoey Eischen223.06700153.027181340
RPScott Stewart313.98510043.022191329
Dan Smith225.26320037.222191329
Tony Armas Jr.212.6155031.099823
Héctor Almonte116.83280029.022221726
Julio Mañón124.13230128.113131715
Eric Knott125.12131019.11211617
Sun-woo Kim018.3643014.0131385
Chad Cordero101.64120111.022312
Tim Drew0212.466108.2121283
José Mercedes000.005007.13053
Roy Corcoran001.235007.12132
Vic Darensbourg0010.806006.28814
Anthony Ferrari006.754004.03351
Scott Downs0115.001103.05534
Bryan Hebson0013.502002.03311
Britt Reames0027.002001.14421
Team Totals83794.01162162421437.27166404631028

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
Level Team League Manager
AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Dave Huppert
AA Harrisburg Senators Eastern League Dave Machemer
A Brevard County Manatees Florida State League Doug Sisson
A Savannah Sand Gnats South Atlantic League Joey Cora
A-Short Season Vermont Expos New York–Penn League Dave Barnett
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Bob Henley

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Notes
  1. Games the Montreal Expos played at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the 2003 season counted as Expos home games.
  2. The two games on May 10 were played as a single-admission doubleheader with attendance counted only for the two games combined.
  3. The two games on June 1 were played as a single-admission doubleheader with attendance counted only for the two games combined.
  4. The two games on June 18 were played as a single-admission doubleheader with attendance counted only for the two games combined.

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