2003 Cincinnati Reds season

MLB yearly infobox alt
name = Cincinnati Reds
season = 2003
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1890
division = Central Division
y2 = 1994
Uniform
ballpark = Great American Ball Park
y4 = 2003
city = Cincinnati, Ohio
y5 = 1876
owners = Carl Lindner
general managers = Jim Bowden, Dan O'Brien
managers = Bob Boone, ,Ray Knight, Dave Miley
television = FSN Ohio
(George Grande, Chris Welsh)
radio = WLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
espntn = cin
brtn = CIN|

The Cincinnati Reds' 2003 season consisted of the Reds finishing in fifth place in the National League Central division, as they moved their home games from Cinergy Field to their brand new Great American Ballpark.

Offseason

*November 18, 2002: Ryan Freel was signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/freelry01.shtml]
*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 ] ]

Regular season

eason summary

The Reds finished in fifth place in their division, nineteen games behind the division winner, the Chicago Cubs. They finished with a record of 69-93 and a winning percentage of .421. The Reds finished eighteen games behind the second place team, the Houston Astros. They finished sixteen games behind the third place team, the St. Louis Cardinals. They finished six games behind the fourth place team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and one game ahead of the sixth place team, the Milwaukee Brewers.

In the middle of the season, the reds fired manager Bob Boone and promoted Louisville Bats manager Dave Miley to interim manager.

eason standings

Transactions

*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]
*August 24, 2003: Scott Service was signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/servisc01.shtml Scott Service Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Roster