BELTRAN HAS ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS ONE OF THE GAME'S BEST ALL-AROUND PLAYERS. IN ADDITION TO DRIVING IN 100 RUNS FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT SEASON, BELTRAN WAS AN AMAZING 41-OF-45 IN STEAL ATTEMPTS IN 2003.
ONCE AGAIN BONDS PUT UP RECORD-BREAKING NUMBERS, LEADING THE LEAGUE IN OBP (.529), SLG (.749) AND OPS (1.278). HIS 45 HOMERS PLACED HIM SECOND IN THE NL AND HIS .341 AVERAGE WAS GOOD FOR THIRD IN THE LEAGUE.
BOONE TOPPED ALL MAJOR LEAGUE SECOND BASEMEN WITH 117 RBIS (THIRD OVERALL IN AL) AND A .535 SLUGGING PERCENTAGE. HE ALSO RANKED EIGHTH IN THE AL WITH 35 HOMERS AND SEVENTH WITH 111 RUNS SCORED.
DELGADO TOPPED THE MAJORS WITH 145 RBIS AND LED THE AL WITH A 1.019 OPS (ON BASE + SLUGGING PERCENTAGE). HE RANKED SECOND IN THE AL IN HR, FOURTH IN RUNS (117) AND SECOND IN BB (109).
GAGNE CONVERTED ON ALL 55 SAVE OPPORTUNITIES THIS SEASON WHILE SETTING THE MLB RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE SAVES WITHOUT A BLOWN OPPORTUNITY. HE LED ALL RELIEVERS WITH 137 STRIKEOUTS.
GARCIAPARRA HAD ANOTHER SUPERB ALL-AROUND SEASON, BATTING OVER .300 WITH 20+ HOMERS AND 100+ RBIS FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN SIX YEARS. HE ALSO STOLE 19 BASES AND ADDED A CAREER-HIGH 13 TRIPLES.
HELTON BATTED OVER .320 WITH 30+ HOMERS AND 100+ RBIS FOR THE FIFTH STRAIGHT SEASON. HE RANKED SECOND IN THE NL IN AVERAGE, RUNS (135), OBP (.458) AND BB (111), AND THIRD IN SLG (.630) AND OPS (1.088).
ONE OF THE SURPRISE COMEBACK PLAYERS OF 2003, LOPEZ LED ALL MAJOR LEAGUE CATCHERS WITH A .328 AVERAGE, 43 HOMERS AND 109 RBIS. HE ALSO TOPPED ALL BACKSTOPS IN SLG (.687) AND OPS (1.065).
DESPITE MISSING ALMOST A MONTH DUE TO INJURY, LOWELL TOPPED ALL THIRD BASEMAN WITH 32 HOME RUNS. HIS 105 RBIS HELPED LEAD THE MARLINS TO THE NL WILD CARD.
ORTIZ HAD A HUGE SECOND HALF IN 2003, SWATTING 27 OF HIS 31 HOME RUNS IN THE SEASON'S FINAL THREE MONTHS. HE RANKED THIRD IN THE AL WITH A .592 SLG AND FIFTH IN OPS (.961).
POSADA TOPPED ALL AL CATCHERS IN HOME RUNS, RBIS, WALKS (93), OBP (.405), SLUGGING (.518) AND OPS (.922). HIS 30 HR AND 101 RBIS WERE BOTH CAREER HIGHS.
PUJOLS WON HIS FIRST NL BATTING CROWN BY HITTING .359 IN 2003. HE ALSO RANKED IN THE TOP 5 IN THE MAJORS IN HITS (212, 2ND), RUNS (137, 1ST), DOUBLES (51, 1ST), HOME RUNS (5TH), RBIS (5TH) AND OPS (1.106, 2ND).
RAMIREZ RANKED AMONG THE AL LEADERS IN AVERAGE (2ND), RUNS (117, 5TH), OBP (.427, 1ST), HR (7TH), BB (97, 5TH) AND SLG (.587, 4TH), WHILE HITTING OVER .300 WITH 30+ HR AND 100+ RBIS FOR THE FIFTH STRAIGHT YEAR.
A-ROD PUT UP AMAZING OFFENSIVE NUMBERS ONCE AGAIN, TYING FOR THE MLB LEAD WITH 47 HOMERS AND TOPPING THE AL IN RUNS (124) AND SLG (.600). HE ALSO PLACED SECOND IN THE LEAGUE WITH 118 RBIS.
SHEFFIELD WAS THE ONLY PLAYER IN THE MAJORS TO TALLY AT LEAST 125 RUNS (126) AND RBIS (132) IN 2003. HE RANKED IN THE TOP 5 IN THE NL IN AVERAGE (.330), OPS (1.023), SLG (.604), RBIS AND RUNS SCORED.
SOSA HELPED LEAD THE CUBS TO THE NL CENTRAL TITLE BY BLASTING 40 HOME RUNS FOR THE SIXTH STRAIGHT SEASON. HIS 103 RBIS MARKED THE NINTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR HE REACHED THE 100-RBI PLATEAU.
THOME TIED FOR THE MAJOR LEAGUE LEAD WITH 47 HOMERS (THE SECOND HIGHEST TOTAL IN PHILLIES HISTORY) AND RANKED THIRD IN THE NL WITH A CAREER-HIGH 131 RBIS.
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