2003 Oakland Athletics Roster

The 2003 Oakland Athletics team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 2003 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 2003 Oakland Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 2003 Oakland Athletics salary list, a 2003 Oakland Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 2003 Oakland Athletics primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

"Everything's a gamble here in Oakland. It's how we operate, how we have to operate. We always have to take chances." - Athletics General Manager Billy Beane in the Oakland Tribune (November 2003)
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57 Micah Bowie 6-04 210 Left Left 1974-11-10
53 Chad Bradford 6-05 205 Right Right 1974-09-14
58 Justin Duchscherer 6-03 164 Right Right 1977-11-19
33 Jeremy Fikac 6-02 185 Right Right 1975-04-08
29 Keith Foulke 6-00 195 Right Right 1972-10-19
54 John Halama 6-05 210 Left Left 1972-02-22
56 Aaron Harang 6-07 240 Right Right 1978-05-09
16, 40 Rich Harden 6-01 180 Right Left 1981-11-30
32 Chad Harville 5-09 180 Right Right 1976-09-16
15 Tim Hudson 6-00 160 Right Right 1975-07-14
31 Ted Lilly 6-00 185 Left Left 1976-01-04
45 Jim Mecir 6-01 195 Right Both 1970-05-16
20 Mark Mulder 6-06 200 Left Left 1977-08-05
49 Mike Neu 5-10 175 Right Both 1978-03-09
73 Ricardo Rincon 6-00 190 Left Left 1970-04-13
37 Steve Sparks 6-00 180 Right Right 1965-07-02
51 Mike Wood 6-03 180 Right Right 1980-04-26
75 Barry Zito 6-04 205 Left Left 1978-05-13
55 Ramon Hernandez 6-00 227 Right Right 1976-05-20
7 Mark Johnson 6-00 2002 Right Left 1975-09-12
17 Adam Melhuse 6-02 185 Right Both 1972-03-27
3 Eric Chavez 6-00 204 Right Left 1977-12-07
8, 7 Bobby Crosby 6-03 195 Right Right 1980-01-12
14 Mark Ellis 5-11 180 Right Right 1977-06-06
50 Esteban German 5-09 165 Right Right 1978-01-26
10 Scott Hatteberg 6-01 185 Right Left 1969-12-14
18 Graham Koonce 6-04 225 Left Left 1975-05-15
11 Frank Menechino 5-09 175 Right Right 1971-01-07
4 Miguel Tejada 5-10 170 Right Right 1974-05-25
22 Eric Byrnes 6-02 205 Right Right 1976-02-16
24 Jermaine Dye 6-04 210 Right Right 1974-01-28
21 Mike Edwards 6-01 185 Right Right 1976-11-24
5 Ron Gant 6-00 192 Right Right 1965-03-02
23 Jason Grabowski 6-03 200 Right Left 1976-05-24
6 Jose Guillen 5-11 165 Right Right 1976-05-17
12 Terrence Long 6-01 190 Left Left 1976-02-29
8 David McCarty 6-05 215 Left Right 1969-11-23
13 Billy McMillon 5-11 172 Left Left 1971-11-17
8 Adam Piatt 6-02 195 Right Right 1976-02-08
2 Chris Singleton 6-02 210 Left Left 1972-08-15
44 Erubiel Durazo 6-03 240 Left Left 1974-01-23
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The 2003 Oakland Athletics played 162 games during the regular season, won 96 games, lost 66 games, and finished in first position. They played their home games at Network Associates Coliseum (Park Factors: 93/94) where 2,216,596 fans witnessed their 2003 Athletics finish the season with a .593 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 2003 Oakland Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 2003 Oakland Athletics salary list, a 2003 Oakland Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 2003 Oakland Athletics primary starters list:

2003 Oakland Athletics
Opening Day Starters


Eric Chavez
Erubiel Durazo
Jermaine Dye
Mark Ellis
Scott Hatteberg
Ramon Hernandez
Tim Hudson
Terrence Long
Chris Singleton
Miguel Tejada

2003 Oakland Athletics
Most Games by Position

C Ramon Hernandez (139)
1B Scott Hatteberg (128)
2B Mark Ellis (153)
3B Eric Chavez (154)
SS Miguel Tejada (162)
LF Terrence Long (75)
CF Chris Singleton (102)
RF Terrence Long (74)
DH Erubiel Durazo (121)
  
SP Tim Hudson
SP Ted Lilly
SP Mark Mulder
SP Barry Zito
  
RP Chad Bradford
RP Chad Harville
RP Jim Mecir
RP Mike Neu
RP Ricardo Rincon
CL Keith Foulke


2003 Oakland Athletics
Salaries

Jermaine Dye $11,666,667.00
Keith Foulke $6,000,000.00
Miguel Tejada $5,125,000.00
Eric Chavez $3,675,000.00
Jim Mecir $3,216,667.00
Tim Hudson $2,700,000.00
Mark Mulder $2,650,000.00
Terrence Long $2,175,000.00
Ramon Hernandez $1,887,500.00
Scott Hatteberg $1,750,000.00
Ricardo Rincon $1,700,000.00
Chris Singleton $1,200,000.00
Barry Zito $1,100,000.00
Erubiel Durazo $1,065,000.00
John Halama $750,000.00
Ron Gant $350,000.00
Ted Lilly $335,000.00
Frank Menechino $334,500.00
Chad Bradford $331,000.00
Adam Piatt $322,000.00
Jeremy Fikac $310,600.00
Mark Ellis $307,500.00
Micah Bowie $304,000.00
Eric Byrnes $300,000.00


2003 Oakland Athletics
Uniform Numbers

#2 Chris Singleton
#3 Eric Chavez
#4 Miguel Tejada
#5 Ron Gant
#6 Jose Guillen
#7 Bobby Crosby
#7 Mark Johnson
#8 Bobby Crosby
#8 David McCarty
#8 Adam Piatt
#10 Scott Hatteberg
#11 Frank Menechino
#12 Terrence Long
#13 Billy McMillon
#14 Mark Ellis
#15 Tim Hudson
#16 Rich Harden
#17 Adam Melhuse
#18 Graham Koonce
#20 Mark Mulder
#21 Mike Edwards
#22 Eric Byrnes
#23 Jason Grabowski
#24 Jermaine Dye
#29 Keith Foulke
#31 Ted Lilly
#32 Chad Harville
#33 Jeremy Fikac
#37 Steve Sparks
#40 Rich Harden
#44 Erubiel Durazo
#45 Jim Mecir
#49 Mike Neu
#50 Esteban German
#51 Mike Wood
#53 Chad Bradford
#54 John Halama
#55 Ramon Hernandez
#56 Aaron Harang
#57 Micah Bowie
#58 Justin Duchscherer
#73 Ricardo Rincon
#75 Barry Zito

Did you know that a 2003 Oakland Athletics Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?