2003 St. Louis Cardinals
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Busch Memorial Stadium
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	85–77 (.525)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	William DeWitt, Jr.
General managers	Walt Jocketty
Managers	Tony La Russa
Television	Fox Sports Midwest ( Joe Buck, Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky) KPLR ( Bob Carpenter, Rick Horton)
Radio	KMOX ( Mike Shannon, Wayne Hagin)
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The St. Louis Cardinals 2003 season was the team's 122nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 112th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 85–77 during the season and finished third in the National League Central, three games behind the Chicago Cubs, who won the NL Central at 88–74, and two behind the NL Central runners-up, the Houston Astros (87–75).

Catcher Mike Matheny, shortstop Édgar Rentería, third baseman Scott Rolen, and outfielder Jim Edmonds won Gold Gloves this year.

Offseason

• December 13, 2002: Chris Carpenter was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. ^[1]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Jim Edmonds
• Eli Marrero
• Tino Martinez
• Mike Matheny
• Matt Morris
• Albert Pujols
• Édgar Rentería
• Scott Rolen
• Fernando Viña ^[2]

Season standings

National League Central

v t e NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	88	74	0.543	—	44–37	44–37
Houston Astros	87	75	0.537	1	48–33	39–42
St. Louis Cardinals	85	77	0.525	3	48–33	37–44
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	87	0.463	13	39–42	36–45
Cincinnati Reds	69	93	0.426	19	35–46	34–47
Milwaukee Brewers	68	94	0.420	20	31–50	37–44

Record vs. opponents

2003 National League record v t e Source: [1]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LA	MIL	MTL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	2–5	2–4	7–2	10–9	2–5	5–1	10–9	3–3	4–2	4–2	4–2	3–3	9–10	5–14	3–3	11–4
Atlanta	5–2	—	4–2	3–3	6–0	9–10	5–1	4–2	4–2	12–7	11–8	9–10	7–2	6–1	2–4	4–2	10–5
Chicago	4–2	2–4	—	10–7	3–3	4–2	9–7	2–4	10–6	3–3	5–1	1–5	10–8	4–2	4–2	8–9	9–9
Cincinnati	2–7	3–3	7–10	—	4–2	2–4	5–12	2–4	8–10	2–4	2–4	5–4	5–11	3–3	3–3	9–7	7-5
Colorado	9–10	0–6	3–3	2–4	—	4–2	2–4	7–12	5–1	3–4	2–5	2–4	3–6	12–7	7–12	4–2	9–6
Florida	5–2	10–9	2–4	4–2	2–4	—	1–5	2–5	7–2	13–6	12–7	13–6	2–4	5–1	1–5	3–3	9–6
Houston	1–5	1–5	7–9	12–5	4–2	5-1	—	4–2	9–8	3–3	2–4	2–4	10–6	3–3	2–4	11–7	11–7
Los Angeles	9–10	2–4	4–2	4–2	12–7	5–2	2–4	—	4–2	4–2	3–3	2–5	5–1	8–11	6–13	4–2	11–7
Milwaukee	3–3	2–4	6–10	10–8	1–5	2–7	8–9	2–4	—	0–6	6–3	4–2	10–7	5–1	1–5	3–13	5–7
Montreal	2–4	7–12	3–3	4–2	4–3	6-13	3–3	2–4	6–0	—	14–5	8–11	3–3	4–2	7–0	1–5	9–9
New York	2–4	8–11	1–5	4–2	5–2	7–12	4–2	3–3	3–6	5–14	—	7–12	4–2	3–3	4–2	1–5	5–10
Philadelphia	2-4	10–9	5–1	4–5	4–2	6–13	4–2	5–2	2–4	11–8	12–7	—	2–4	4–3	3–3	4–2	8–7
Pittsburgh	3–3	2–7	8–10	11–5	6–3	4–2	6–10	1–5	7–10	3–3	2–4	4–2	—	4–2	2–4	7–10	5–7
San Diego	10–9	1–6	2–4	3–3	7–12	1–5	3–3	11–8	1–5	2–4	3–3	3–4	2–4	—	5–14	2–4	8–10
San Francisco	14–5	4–2	2–4	3–3	12–7	5–1	4–2	13–6	5–1	0–7	2–4	3–3	4–2	14–5	—	5–1	10–8
St. Louis	3–3	2–4	9–8	7–9	2–4	3-3	7–11	2–4	13–3	5–1	5–1	2–4	10–7	4–2	1–5	—	10–8

Transactions

• May 27, 2003: Scott Seabol was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. ^[3]

Game log

2003 St. Louis Cardinals Game Log (85–77) [4]
March: (1–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 March 31 Brewers 11–9 Springer DeJean Kline 49,561 1–0
April: (12–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 2 April 2 Brewers 7–0 W. Williams Rusch 26,790 2–0 3 April 3 Brewers 6–4 Stephenson Kinney Kline 26,952 3–0 4 April 4 Astros 5–6 Stone Springer Lidge 32,661 3–1 5 April 5 Astros 1–2 Munro Fassero Wagner 33,878 3–2 6 April 8 @ Rockies 15–12 Eldred Miceli 21,563 4–2 7 April 9 @ Rockies 4–9 Cruz Tomko 24,110 4–3 8 April 10 @ Rockies 6–7 Lopez Kline Jimenez 24,586 4–4 9 April 11 @ Astros 2–3 Dotel Morris 25,185 4–5 10 Apr 12 @ Astros 3–0 W. Williams Redding Hermanson 33,509 5–5 11 April 13 @ Astros 11–8 Calero Oswalt 30,078 6–5 12 April 14 @ Brewers 7–5 Tomko Ritchie Kline 10,684 7–5 13 April 15 @ Brewers 1–6 Sheets Stephenson 12,149 7–6 14 April 16 @ Brewers 15–2 Morris Franklin 12,387 8–6 15 April 18 D'Backs 6–3 W. Williams Dessens 36,239 9–6 16 April 19 D'Backs 3–4 Kim Simontacchi Mantei 38,742 9–7 17 April 20 D'Backs 0–1 Villarreal Tomko Mantei 26,152 9–8 18 April 22 @ Braves 3–5 Ortiz Stephenson Smoltz 20,969 9–9 19 April 23 @ Braves 2–4 Maddux Morris Smoltz 21,338 9–10 20 April 24 @ Braves 3–4 King Kline 24,184 9–11 21 April 25 @ Marlins 9–2 Tomko Burnett 12,081 10–11 22 April 26 @ Marlins 3–5 Beckett Kline Looper 12,286 10–12 23 April 27 @ Marlins 7–6 Kline Pavano 10,075 11–12 24 April 29 Mets 13–3 Morris Leiter 30,275 12–12 25 April 30 Mets 13–4 W. Williams Astacio 30,265 13–12
May: (14–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 26 May 1 Mets 6–5 Eldred Strickland 35,283 14–12 27 May 2 Expos 8–1 Simontacchi Ohka 41,810 15–12 28 May 3 Expos 3–1 Stephenson Vargas Calero 36,176 16–12 29 May 4 Expos 6–2 Morris Vazquez 39,605 17–12 30 May 5 @ Reds 4–5 Williamson Hermanson 20,145 17–13 31 May 6 @ Reds 5–6 Reitsma Calero 25,917 17–14 32 May 7 @ Reds 2–4 Graves Simontacchi Williamson 20,849 17–15 33 May 8 @ Reds 6–8 Sullivan Crudale Williamson 30,567 17–16 34 May 9 @ Cubs 6–3 Morris Zambrano Fassero 38,531 18–16 35 May 10 @ Cubs 2–3 Remlinger Eldred 38,106 18–17 36 May 13 Reds 2–7 Wilson Simontacchi 34,276 18–18 37 May 14 Reds 0–4 Graves Morris 31,731 18–19 38 May 15 Reds 6–3 Stephenson Riedling Eldred 37,904 19–19 39 May 16 Cubs 7–4 W. Williams Clement Eldred 42,589 20–19 40 May 17 Cubs 1–2 Remlinger Kline Borowski 45,385 20–20 41 May 18 Cubs 6–3 Hermanson Cruz Eldred 45,773 21–20 42 May 19 Cubs 2–0 Morris Zambrano 46,734 22–20 43 May 20 @ Astros 2–3 Miller Stephenson Wagner 23,623 22–21 44 May 21 @ Astros 7–4 W. Williams Munro Eldred 22,441 23–21 45 May 22 @ Astros 2–5 Robertson Tomko Wagner 23,866 23–22 46 May 23 @ Pirates 10–8 Eldred Meadows Fassero 18,660 24–22 47 May 24 @ Pirates 6–0 Morris Suppan 35,733 25–22 48 May 25 @ Pirates 7–8 Boehringer Hermanson M. Williams 25,983 25–23 49 May 26 Astros 10–5 W. Williams Munro 35,600 26–23 50 May 27 Astros 4–7 Robertson Tomko Wagner 32,476 26–24 51 May 28 Astros 3–1 Simontacchi Johnson 28,667 27–24 52 May 29 Astros 4–7 Saarloos Fassero Wagner 41,977 27–25 53 May 30 Pirates 3–7 Suppan Stephenson 30,599 27–26 54 May 31 Pirates 3–4 Wells W. Williams M. Williams 43,789 27–27
June: (16–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 55 June 1 Pirates 5–4 Kline Beimel Fassero 46,103 28–27 56 June 3 Blue Jays 11–5 Morris Escobar 28,907 29–27 57 June 4 Blue Jays 8–5 Simontacchi Lidle Eldred 28,840 30–27 58 June 5 Blue Jays 13–5 W. Williams Hendrickson 33,729 31–27 59 June 6 Orioles 8–6 Yan Julio Eldred 34,817 32–27 60 June 7 Orioles 1–8 Ponson Stephenson 43,369 32–28 61 June 8 Orioles 11–10 Simontacchi Driskill Eldred 33,313 33–28 62 June 10 @ Red Sox 9–7 Kline Lyon Eldred 34,937 34–28 63 June 11 @ Red Sox 1–13 Burkett Tomko 33,453 34–29 64 June 12 @ Red Sox 8–7 Yan Mendoza 34,389 35–29 65 June 13 @ Yankees 2–5 Clemens Simontacchi Rivera 55,214 35–30 66 June 14 @ Yankees 4–13 Pettitte Morris 55,174 35–31 67 June 15 @ Yankees 2–5 Mussina W. Williams Rivera 54,797 35–32 68 June 16 @ Brewers 4–9 Leskanic Eldred 24,951 35–33 69 June 17 @ Brewers 12–3 Stephenson Kinney 16,659 36–33 70 June 18 @ Brewers 9–1 Simontacchi Rusch 17,495 37–33 71 June 19 @ Brewers 8–4 Tomko Quevedo Isringhausen 20,776 38–33 72 June 20 Royals 4–10 Lima Morris 38,226 38–34 73 June 21 Royals 8–1 W. Williams May 44,473 39–34 74 June 22 Royals 2–5 Affeldt Stephenson MacDougal 39,962 39–35 75 June 24 Reds 4–7 Heredia Fassero Graves 33,352 39–36 76 June 25 Reds 9–6 Morris Wilson Isringhausen 34,863 40–36 77 June 26 Reds 11–7 W. Williams Anderson 34,738 41–36 78 June 27 @ Royals 3–6 May Stephenson MacDougal 40,189 41–37 79 June 28 @ Royals 13–9 Fassero Affeldt 40,347 42–37 80 June 29 @ Royals 13–6 Tomko George 38,270 43–37 81 June 30 Giants 1–5 Schmidt Haren 33,873 43–38
July: (13–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 82 July 1 Giants 1–5 Brower W. Williams 39,894 43–39 83 July 2 Giants 1–4 J. Williams Stephenson Worrell 33,835 43–40 84 July 3 Giants 9–5 Simontacchi Rueter 38,129 44–40 85 July 4 @ Cubs 11–8 Tomko Wood 39,756 45–40 86 July 5 @ Cubs 5–6 Remlinger Fassero 38,953 45–41 87 July 6 @ Cubs 4–1 W. Williams Prior Isringhausen 37,713 46–41 88 July 7 @ Giants 1–5 J. Williams Stephenson 42,674 46–42 89 July 8 @ Giants 3–8 Brower Haren 42,672 46–43 90 July 9 Dodgers 5–6 Ishii Tomko Gagné 32,325 46–44 91 July 10 Dodgers 4–9 Perez Morris Quantrill 35,610 46–45 92 July 11 Padres 4–2 W. Williams Lawrence Isringhausen 33,725 47–45 93 July 12 Padres 9–7 Simontacchi Herges 48,774 48–45 94 July 13 Padres 3–1 Simontacchi Matthews Isringhausen 48,102 49–45 95 July 17 @ Dodgers 3–6 Nomo Stephenson Gagné 40,331 49–46 96 July 18 @ Dodgers 5–8 Ishii Eldred Gagné 43,504 49–47 97 July 19 @ Dodgers 3–1 Haren Brown Isringhausen 41,195 50–47 98 July 20 @ Dodgers 10–7 W. Williams Perez Isringhausen 46,110 51–47 99 July 21 @ Padres 4–5 Witasick Painter 26,881 51–48 100 July 22 @ Padres 2–3 Pérez Fassero Beck 22,291 51–49 101 July 23 @ Padres 8–4 Tomko Lawrence 20,574 52–49 102 July 25 Pirates 5–10 Meadows Eldred 45,296 52–50 103 July 26 Pirates 13–8 W. Williams Fogg Isringhausen 44,249 53–50 104 July 27 Pirates 4–3 Eldred Lincoln 34,851 54–50 105 July 28 Pirates 0–3 Suppan Tomko 33,977 54–51 106 July 29 @ Expos 2–1 Stephenson Hernandez 7,418 55–51 107 July 30 @ Expos 11–1 Haren Vargas 6,129 56–51 108 July 31 @ Expos 2–3 Day W. Williams Biddle 9,145 56–52
August: (16–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 109 August 1 @ Mets 8–2 Kline Wheeler 23,578 57–52 110 August 2 @ Mets 10–9 Tomko Seo Yan 30,898 58–52 111 August 3 @ Mets 5–13 Griffiths Stephenson 27,592 58–53 112 August 5 Marlins 0–4 Penny W. Williams 35,468 58–54 113 August 6 Marlins 3–7 Willis Haren 31,606 58–55 114 August 7 Marlins 3–0 Tomko Beckett Isringhausen 31,002 59–55 115 August 8 Braves 2–7 Ortiz Fassero 45,796 59–56 116 August 9 Braves 3–1 Stephenson Reynolds Isringhausen 47,692 60–56 117 August 10 Braves 3–2 Eldred Smoltz Isringhausen 39,320 61–56 118 August 11 @ Pirates 6–4 Haren Wells Isringhausen 17,647 62–56 119 August 12 @ Pirates 10–6 Tomko Fogg Simontacchi 21,013 63–56 120 August 13 @ Pirates 5–6 Tavárez Borbón 18,505 63–57 121 August 14 @ Pirates 4–3 Stephenson D'Amico Isringhausen 16,157 64–57 122 August 15 @ Phillies 4–7 Padilla W. Williams Plesac 28,962 64–58 123 August 16 @ Phillies 4–5 Myers Haren Mesa 35,046 64–59 124 August 17 @ Phillies 4–6 Telemaco Tomko M. Williams 42,153 64–60 125 August 19 Pirates 13–5 Eldred Beimel 28,869 65–60 126 August 20 Pirates 0–14 D'Amico Stephenson 25,741 65–61 127 August 21 Pirates 6–3 Eldred Lincoln 26,849 66–61 128 August 22 Phillies 4–9 Cormier Kline 33,824 66–62 129 August 23 Phillies 5–3 Hitchcock Telemaco Isringhausen 37,318 67–62 130 August 24 Phillies 3–0 Tomko Millwood DeJean 37,679 68–62 131 August 26 Cubs 4–7 Prior Stephenson 36,563 68–63 132 August 27 Cubs 4–2 Kline Farnsworth Isringhausen 32,667 69–63 133 August 28 Cubs 3–2 DeJean Remlinger 37,370 70–63 134 August 29 @ Reds 5–8 Bale Haren Graves 27,121 70–64 135 August 30 @ Reds 6–3 Tomko Harang Isringhausen 39,380 71–64 136 August 31 @ Reds 5–0 Hitchcock Serafini 29,272 72–64
September: (13–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 137 September 1 @ Cubs 0–7 Prior W. Williams 38,410 72–65 138 September 2 @ Cubs 2–4 Guthrie Fassero 31,990 72–66 139 September 2 (2) @ Cubs 2–0 Morris Wood Isringhausen 39,290 73–66 140 September 3 @ Cubs 7–8 Borowski W. Williams 32,710 73–67 141 September 4 @ Cubs 6–7 Remlinger DeJean Borowski 35,129 73–68 142 September 5 Reds 2–4 Randall Simontacchi Reitsma 29,608 73–69 143 September 6 Reds 13–6 W. Williams Serafini 39,718 74–69 144 September 7 Reds 9–0 Morris Etherton 34,389 75–69 145 September 9 Rockies 1–8 Jennings Haren 27,591 75–70 146 September 10 Rockies 10–2 Tomko Elarton 25,396 76–70 147 September 11 Rockies 4–9 Oliver Hitchcock 28,801 76–71 148 September 12 @ Astros 5–14 Miller W. Williams 35,633 76–72 149 September 13 @ Astros 0–2 Oswalt Morris Wagner 42,435 76–73 150 September 14 @ Astros 1–4 Redding Haren Wagner 37,548 76–74 151 September 15 Brewers 11–2 Tomko Obermueller 27,925 77–74 152 September 16 Brewers 6–5 Hitchcock L. Martinez Isringhausen 27,405 78–74 153 September 17 Brewers 6–7 Estrella Isringhausen Kolb 27,567 78–75 154 September 18 Brewers 13–0 W. Williams Kinney 29,729 79–75 155 September 19 Astros 1–8 Oswalt Morris 38,997 79–76 156 September 20 Astros 3–2 Simontacchi Miceli 44,878 80–76 157 September 21 Astros 6–4 Hitchcock Robertson Isringhausen 41,397 81–76 158 September 23 @ Brewers 5–1 W. Williams Sheets 15,042 82–76 159 September 24 @ Brewers 8–4 Morris Kinney Isringhausen 21,965 83–76 160 September 26 @ D'Backs 6–7 Randolph Tomko Mantei 37,180 83–77 161 September 27 @ D'Backs 3–2 Hitchcock Capuano Isringhausen 39,650 84–77 162 September 28 @ D'Backs 9–5 W. Williams Webb Isringhausen 42,882 85–77

Roster

2003 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers 52 Pedro Borbón Jr. 77,40 Kiko Calero 54 Mike Crudale 47 Mike DeJean 23 Cal Eldred 13 Jeff Fassero 50 Dan Haren 32 Dustin Hermanson 41 Sterling Hitchcock 44 Jason Isringhausen 77 Jimmy Journell 49 Steve Kline 56 Gabe Molina 35 Matt Morris 43 Kevin Ohme 28 Lance Painter 60 Josh Pearce 53 Jason Pearson 46 Jason Simontacchi 48 Russ Springer 30 Brett Tomko 19 Woody Williams 43 Esteban Yan		Catchers  8 Joe Girardi 22 Mike Matheny 50,32 Chris Widger Infielders 41,12 Miguel Cairo 47 Wilson Delgado 31 Bo Hart 21 Tino Martinez  3 Édgar Rentería 27 Scott Rolen  4 Fernando Viña		Outfielders  7 J. D. Drew 15 Jim Edmonds 26 Eli Marrero 16 Orlando Palmeiro 33 Eduardo Pérez  5 Albert Pujols  0 Kerry Robinson 99 So Taguchi		Manager 10 Tony La Russa Coaches 18 Dave Duncan (pitching) 38 Marty Mason (bullpen) 39 Dave McKay (first base) 11 José Oquendo (third base) 12 Mitchell Page (hitting) 24 Joe Pettini (bench)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Albert Pujols	LF	157	591	212	.359	43	124
Edgar Renteria	SS	157	587	194	.330	13	100
J.D. Drew	RF	100	287	83	.289	15	42
Scott Rolen	3B	154	559	160	.286	28	104
Bo Hart	2B	77	296	82	.277	4	28
Jim Edmonds	CF	137	447	123	.275	39	89
Tino Martinez	1B	138	476	130	.273	15	69
Mike Matheny	C	141	441	111	.252	8	47

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Orlando Palmeiro	141	317	86	.271	3	33
Miguel Cairo	92	261	64	.245	5	32
Fernando Viña	61	259	65	.251	4	23
Eduardo Pérez	105	253	72	.285	11	41
Kerry Robinson	116	208	52	.250	1	16
Eli Marrero	41	107	24	.224	2	20
Chris Widger	44	102	24	.235	0	14
Wilson Delgado	43	77	13	.169	0	3
So Taguchi	43	54	14	.259	3	13
Joe Girardi	16	23	3	.130	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Woody Williams	34	220.2	18	9	3.87	153
Brett Tomko	33	202.2	13	9	5.28	114
Garrett Stephenson	32	174.1	7	13	4.59	91
Matt Morris	27	172.1	11	8	3.76	120
Dan Haren	14	72.2	3	7	5.08	43
Sterling Hitchcock	8	38.0	5	1	3.79	32

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jason Simontacchi	46	126.1	9	5	5.56	74

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Jason Isringhausen	40	0	1	22	2.36	41
Steve Kline	78	5	5	3	3.82	31
Jeff Fassero	62	1	7	3	5.68	55
Cal Eldred	62	7	4	8	3.74	67
Esteban Yan	39	2	0	1	6.02	28
Kiko Calero	26	1	1	1	2.82	51
Dustin Hermanson	23	1	2	1	5.46	12
Lance Painter	22	0	1	0	5.50	11
Mike DeJean	18	1	1	1	4.00	13
Russ Springer	17	1	1	0	8.31	11
Mike Crudale	13	0	1	0	2.38	6
Jimmy Journell	7	0	0	0	6.00	8
Josh Pearce	7	0	0	0	3.00	4
Pedro Borbón Jr.	7	0	1	0	20.25	0
Gabe Molina	3	0	0	0	13.50	1
Kevin Ohme	2	0	0	0	0.00	2
Jason Pearson	2	0	0	0	63.00	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pacific Coast League	Tom Spencer and Danny Sheaffer
AA	Tennessee Smokies	Southern League	Mark DeJohn
A	Palm Beach Cardinals	Florida State League	Tom Nieto
A	Peoria Chiefs	Midwest League	Joe Cunningham, Jr.
A-Short Season	New Jersey Cardinals	New York–Penn League	Tommy Shields
Rookie	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Ron Warner

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References

External links

• 2003 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
• 2003 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com