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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
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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