2003 Oakland Athletics season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Oakland Athletics
season = 2003
misc = 2003 AL West Champions

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Network Associates Coliseum
y4 = 1968
city = Oakland, California
y5 = 1968
owners = Stephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann
managers = Ken Macha
television = KICU-TV
FSN Bay Area
(Ray Fosse, Greg Papa)
radio = KFRC
(Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse)|The Oakland Athletics' 2003 season involved the A's finishing 1st in the American League West with a record of 96 wins and 66 losses.

Offseason

*December 15, 2002: Felipe López was traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Cincinnati Reds. The Oakland Athletics sent a player to be named later to the Toronto Blue Jays. The Arizona Diamondbacks sent Erubiel Durazo to the Oakland Athletics. The Cincinnati Reds sent Elmer Dessens and cash to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Oakland Athletics sent Jason Arnold (minors) (December 16, 2002) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lopezfe01.shtml Felipe Lopez Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*December 16, 2002: Neal Cotts was sent by the Oakland Athletics to the Chicago White Sox to complete an earlier deal made on December 3, 2002. The Oakland Athletics sent players to be named later and Billy Koch to the Chicago White Sox for Keith Foulke, Mark L. Johnson, Joe Valentine, and cash. The Oakland Athletics sent Neal Cotts (December 16, 2002) and Daylon Holt (minors) (December 16, 2002) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cottsne01.shtml]
*January 27, 2003: John Ford Griffin was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Jason Perry (minors) (June 23, 2003) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/griffjo01.shtml John-Ford Griffin Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular season

eason standings

Transactions

*June 3, 2003: J.R. Towles was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 23rd round of the 2003 amateur draft, but did not sign. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/towlejr01.shtml]
*July 30, 2003: Aaron Harang was traded by the Oakland Athletics with Jeff Bruksch (minors) and Joe Valentine to the Cincinnati Reds for Jose Guillen. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/haranaa01.shtml]

Roster

Starting pitchers

Boston vs Oakland

Game 1: "Oakland 5 - Boston 4".

Game 2: "Oakland 5 - Boston 1".

Game 3: "Boston 3 - Oakland 1".

Game 4: "Boston 5 - Oakland 4".

Game 5: "Boston 4 - Oakland 3".

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/2003.shtml 2003 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2003&t=OAK 2003 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com] succession box
title = AL West Championship Season
years = 2003
before = Oakland Athletics
2002
after = Anaheim Angels
2004