2003 Chicago White Sox season
The 2003 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 104th season. They finished with a record 86–76, good enough for second place in the American League Central, four games behind the champion Minnesota Twins.
The White Sox also hosted the 74th Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 15.
Offseason
- 12/3/02 Traded Closer Keith Foulke, Catcher Mark Johnson, and Minor League Pitcher Joe Valentine to the Oakland Athletics for Closer Billy Koch, Minor League Pitcher Neal Cotts, and Minor League Outfielder Daylan Holt.
- 12/20/02 Sandy Alomar, Jr. was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
- 1/15/03 Traded Relief Pitcher Antonio Osuna and Minor League Pitcher Delvis Lantigua to the New York Yankees for Starting Pitcher Orlando Hernández. Traded Hernandez, Outfielder Jeff Liefer, and Relief Pitcher Rocky Biddle to the Montreal Expos for Starting Pitcher Bartolo Colón and Minor League Infielder Jorge Nunoz.
- 1/27/03 Signed Free Agent Starting Pitcher Esteban Loaiza to a minor league contract.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster
Opening Day starters
Notable transactions
- 7/1/03 Traded minor league pitchers Edwin Almonte, Royce Ring, and minor league infielder Andrew Salvo to the New York Mets for 2B Roberto Alomar.
- 7/1/03 Traded minor league pitchers Frank Francisco, Josh Rupe, and Anthony Webster to the Texas Rangers for CF Carl Everett.
- 9/29/03 Fired manager Jerry Manuel.
Game log
Player stats
Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Roberto Alomar, 2B | 67 | 253 | 42 | 64 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 30 | 37 | .253 | 6 |
| Sandy Alomar, Jr., C | 75 | 194 | 22 | 52 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 17 | .268 | 0 |
| Joe Borchard, OF | 16 | 49 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | .184 | 0 |
| Mark Buehrle, P | 35 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .167 | 0 |
| Jamie Burke, C,1B | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .375 | 0 |
| Bartolo Colón, P | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
| Joe Crede, 3B | 151 | 536 | 68 | 140 | 31 | 2 | 19 | 75 | 32 | 75 | .261 | 1 |
| Brian Daubach, 1B,OF,DH | 95 | 183 | 26 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 34 | 54 | .230 | 1 |
| Carl Everett, CF,DH | 73 | 256 | 40 | 77 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 41 | 22 | 36 | .301 | 4 |
| Jon Garland, P | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Tony Graffanino, SS,2B,3B | 90 | 250 | 51 | 65 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 37 | .260 | 8 |
| Willie Harris, CF,2B | 79 | 137 | 19 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 28 | .204 | 12 |
| D'Angelo Jiménez, 2B | 73 | 271 | 35 | 69 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 32 | 46 | .255 | 4 |
| Paul Konerko, 1B | 137 | 444 | 49 | 104 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 65 | 43 | 50 | .234 | 0 |
| Carlos Lee, LF | 158 | 623 | 100 | 181 | 35 | 1 | 31 | 113 | 37 | 91 | .291 | 18 |
| Esteban Loaiza, P | 34 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | 0 |
| Aaron Miles, 2B | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 0 |
| Miguel Olivo, C | 114 | 317 | 37 | 75 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 19 | 80 | .237 | 6 |
| Magglio Ordóñez, RF | 160 | 606 | 95 | 192 | 46 | 3 | 29 | 99 | 57 | 73 | .317 | 9 |
| Josh Paul, C | 13 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .353 | 0 |
| Armando Ríos, OF | 49 | 104 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 13 | .212 | 0 |
| Aaron Rowand, CF | 93 | 157 | 22 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 7 | 21 | .287 | 0 |
| Frank Thomas, DH,1B | 153 | 546 | 87 | 146 | 35 | 0 | 42 | 105 | 100 | 115 | .267 | 0 |
| José Valentín, SS | 144 | 503 | 79 | 119 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 74 | 54 | 114 | .237 | 8 |
| Dan Wright, P | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| 162 | 5487 | 791 | 1445 | 303 | 19 | 220 | 766 | 519 | 916 | .263 | 77 |
Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
| Jon Adkins | 0 | 0 | 4.82 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Mark Buehrle | 14 | 14 | 4.14 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 230.1 | 250 | 124 | 106 | 22 | 63 | 119 |
| Bartolo Colón | 15 | 13 | 3.87 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 242.0 | 223 | 107 | 104 | 30 | 70 | 173 |
| Neal Cotts | 1 | 1 | 8.10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13.1 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 10 |
| Jon Garland | 12 | 13 | 4.51 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 191.2 | 188 | 103 | 96 | 28 | 75 | 108 |
| Matt Ginter | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gary Glover | 1 | 0 | 4.54 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 35.2 | 43 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 16 | 23 |
| Tom Gordon | 7 | 6 | 3.16 | 66 | 0 | 12 | 74.0 | 57 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 34 | 91 |
| Billy Koch | 5 | 5 | 5.77 | 55 | 0 | 11 | 53.0 | 59 | 36 | 34 | 10 | 29 | 42 |
| Esteban Loaiza | 21 | 9 | 2.90 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 226.1 | 196 | 75 | 73 | 17 | 58 | 207 |
| Dámaso Marte | 4 | 2 | 1.58 | 71 | 0 | 11 | 79.2 | 50 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 40 | 87 |
| José Paniagua | 0 | 0 | 108.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Porzio | 1 | 1 | 6.43 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14.0 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| David Sanders | 0 | 0 | 6.14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 14 |
| Scott Schoeneweis | 2 | 1 | 4.50 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 27 |
| Josh Stewart | 1 | 2 | 5.96 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 25.2 | 28 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 13 |
| Scott Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 3.77 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 14.1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| Rick White | 1 | 2 | 6.61 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 47.2 | 56 | 39 | 35 | 11 | 15 | 37 |
| Dan Wright | 1 | 7 | 6.15 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 86.1 | 91 | 63 | 29 | 16 | 48 | 47 |
| Kelly Wunsch | 0 | 0 | 2.75 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 29 | 33 |
| 86 | 76 | 4.17 | 162 | 162 | 36 | 1431.0 | 1364 | 715 | 663 | 162 | 548 | 1056 |