2003 Boston Red Sox Roster

The 2003 Boston Red Sox 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 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 2003 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 2003 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 2003 Boston Red Sox primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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2003 Boston Red Sox



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Complete Roster  
 

59 Hector Almonte 6-02 190 Right Right 1975-10-17
61 Bronson Arroyo 6-05 180 Right Right 1977-02-24
19 John Burkett 6-02 211 Right Right 1964-11-28
52 Bruce Chen 6-02 210 Right Both 1977-06-19
43 Alan Embree 6-02 185 Left Left 1970-01-23
23 Casey Fossum 6-01 160 Left Left 1978-01-06
44 Chad Fox 6-03 175 Right Right 1970-09-03
46 Bob Howry 6-05 220 Right Left 1973-08-04
59 Todd Jones 6-03 200 Right Left 1968-04-24
51 Byung-Hyun Kim 5-11 177 Right Right 1979-01-21
32 Derek Lowe 6-06 170 Right Right 1973-06-01
38 Brandon Lyon 6-01 170 Right Right 1979-08-10
45 Pedro Martinez 5-11 180 Right Right 1971-10-25
55, 26 Ramiro Mendoza 6-02 154 Right Right 1972-06-15
31 Robert Person 5-11 180 Right Right 1969-10-06
30 Ryan Rupe 6-05 230 Right Right 1975-03-31
47 Scott Sauerbeck 6-03 197 Left Right 1971-11-09
17 Rudy Seanez 5-10 185 Right Right 1968-10-20
57 Jason Shiell 6-00 180 Right Right 1976-10-19
35, 37 Jeff Suppan 6-01 200 Right Right 1975-01-02
50 Mike Timlin 6-04 210 Right Right 1966-03-10
51 Kevin Tolar 6-03 225 Left Right 1971-01-28
49 Tim Wakefield 6-02 204 Right Right 1966-08-02
59 Matt White 6-01 180 Left Right 1977-08-19
48 Scott Williamson 6-00 185 Right Right 1976-02-17
47 Steve Woodard 6-04 225 Right Left 1975-05-15
44 Bill Haselman 6-03 220 Right Right 1966-05-25
28 Doug Mirabelli 6-01 205 Right Right 1970-10-18
33 Jason Varitek 6-02 210 Right Both 1972-04-11
53 Andy Abad 6-01 184 Left Left 1972-08-25
16 Lou Collier 5-10 170 Right Right 1973-08-21
5 Nomar Garciaparra 6-00 165 Right Right 1973-07-23
29 Shea Hillenbrand 6-01 200 Right Right 1975-07-27
2 Damian Jackson 5-10 160 Right Right 1973-08-16
13 Lou Merloni 5-10 194 Right Right 1971-04-06
15 Kevin Millar 6-00 210 Right Right 1971-09-24
11 Bill Mueller 5-11 175 Right Both 1971-03-17
26 Freddy Sanchez 5-11 185 Right Right 1977-12-21
12 Todd Walker 6-00 180 Right Left 1973-05-25
17 Adrian Brown 6-00 175 Right Both 1974-02-07
18 Johnny Damon 6-00 175 Left Left 1973-11-05
29 Gabe Kapler 6-02 208 Right Right 1975-08-31
10 David McCarty 6-05 215 Left Right 1969-11-23
7 Trot Nixon 6-01 195 Left Left 1974-04-11
24 Manny Ramirez 6-00 200 Right Right 1972-05-30
25 Jeremy Giambi 6-00 200 Left Left 1974-09-30
34 David Ortiz 6-04 230 Left Left 1975-11-18
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The 2003 Boston Red Sox played 162 games during the regular season, won 95 games, lost 67 games, and finished in second position. They played their home games at Fenway Park (Park Factors: 101/101) where 2,724,165 fans witnessed their 2003 Red Sox finish the season with a .586 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 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 2003 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 2003 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 2003 Boston Red Sox primary starters list:

2003 Boston Red Sox
Opening Day Starters


Johnny Damon
Nomar Garciaparra
Jeremy Giambi
Shea Hillenbrand
Pedro Martinez
Kevin Millar
David Ortiz
Manny Ramirez
Jason Varitek
Todd Walker

2003 Boston Red Sox
Most Games by Position

C Jason Varitek (137)
1B Kevin Millar (101)
2B Todd Walker (139)
3B Bill Mueller (135)
SS Nomar Garciaparra (156)
LF Manny Ramirez (128)
CF Johnny Damon (144)
RF Trot Nixon (129)
DH David Ortiz (74)
  
SP John Burkett
SP Derek Lowe
SP Pedro Martinez
SP Tim Wakefield
  
RP Alan Embree
RP Todd Jones
RP Brandon Lyon
RP Ramiro Mendoza
RP Scott Sauerbeck
RP Mike Timlin
RP Scott Williamson
CL Byung-Hyun Kim


2003 Boston Red Sox
Salaries

Manny Ramirez $17,185,177.00
Pedro Martinez $15,500,000.00
Nomar Garciaparra $10,500,000.00
Johnny Damon $7,500,000.00
John Burkett $5,500,000.00
Jason Varitek $4,700,000.00
Trot Nixon $4,000,000.00
Tim Wakefield $4,000,000.00
Derek Lowe $3,625,000.00
Todd Walker $3,450,000.00
Gabe Kapler $3,425,000.00
Byung-Hyun Kim $3,250,000.00
Alan Embree $3,000,000.00
Todd Jones $3,000,000.00
Ramiro Mendoza $2,900,000.00
Bill Mueller $2,100,000.00
Jeremy Giambi $2,000,000.00
Kevin Millar $2,000,000.00
Mike Timlin $1,850,000.00
Scott Williamson $1,600,000.00
Scott Sauerbeck $1,566,667.00
David Ortiz $1,250,000.00
Doug Mirabelli $805,000.00
Damian Jackson $625,000.00
Lou Merloni $560,000.00
Jeff Suppan $500,000.00
Shea Hillenbrand $407,500.00
Casey Fossum $324,500.00
Brandon Lyon $309,500.00
Robert Person $300,000.00
Bob Howry $200,000.00


2003 Boston Red Sox
Uniform Numbers

#2 Damian Jackson
#5 Nomar Garciaparra
#7 Trot Nixon
#10 David McCarty
#11 Bill Mueller
#12 Todd Walker
#13 Lou Merloni
#15 Kevin Millar
#16 Lou Collier
#17 Adrian Brown
#17 Rudy Seanez
#18 Johnny Damon
#19 John Burkett
#23 Casey Fossum
#24 Manny Ramirez
#25 Jeremy Giambi
#26 Ramiro Mendoza
#26 Freddy Sanchez
#28 Doug Mirabelli
#29 Shea Hillenbrand
#29 Gabe Kapler
#30 Ryan Rupe
#31 Robert Person
#32 Derek Lowe
#33 Jason Varitek
#34 David Ortiz
#35 Jeff Suppan
#37 Jeff Suppan
#38 Brandon Lyon
#43 Alan Embree
#44 Chad Fox
#44 Bill Haselman
#45 Pedro Martinez
#46 Bob Howry
#47 Scott Sauerbeck
#47 Steve Woodard
#48 Scott Williamson
#49 Tim Wakefield
#50 Mike Timlin
#51 Byung-Hyun Kim
#51 Kevin Tolar
#52 Bruce Chen
#53 Andy Abad
#55 Ramiro Mendoza
#57 Jason Shiell
#59 Hector Almonte
#59 Todd Jones
#59 Matt White
#61 Bronson Arroyo

Did you know that a 2003 Boston Red Sox 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)?