2003 Carolina League

2003 > Class Adv A > League History
Overall: 551 games, 8 teams, approx. 137 games in season
Attendance: 1,458,840 (2,647/game)
Other Years: 2002 / 2004
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 2002 / 2004

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 2002 / 2004

League Standings

First Half

70 games

Northern Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Lynchburg Hillcats	PIT	37	28	.569	--
Wilmington Blue Rocks	KCR	38	32	.543	1.5
Potomac Cannons	CIN	30	39	.435	9
Frederick Keys	BAL	26	40	.394	11.5

Southern Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Winston-Salem Warthogs	CHW	39	29	.574	--
Salem Avalanche	HOU	35	33	.515	4
Kinston Indians	CLE	34	35	.493	5.5
Myrtle Beach Pelicans	ATL	33	36	.478	6.5

Second Half

70 games

Northern Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Wilmington Blue Rocks	KCR	42	28	.600	--
Lynchburg Hillcats	PIT	39	31	.557	3
Frederick Keys	BAL	34	35	.493	7.5
Potomac Cannons	CIN	32	38	.457	10

Southern Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Kinston Indians	CLE	39	31	.557	--
Salem Avalanche	HOU	38	32	.543	1
Winston-Salem Warthogs	CHW	32	38	.457	7
Myrtle Beach Pelicans	ATL	23	46	.333	15.5

Semifinals

3 games

Tm	Aff	W	L
Lynchburg Hillcats	PIT	2	0
Wilmington Blue Rocks	KCR	0	2

Tm	Aff	W	L
Winston-Salem Warthogs	CHW	2	0
Kinston Indians	CLE	0	2

Finals

5 games

Tm	Aff	W	L
Winston-Salem Warthogs	CHW	3	0
Lynchburg Hillcats	PIT	0	3

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Lynchburg Hillcats	PIT	22.6	4.96	135	4972	4391	670	1190	247	25	93	602	109	46	431	837	.271	.343	.402	.745	1766	87	67	48	35	19
Salem Avalanche	HOU	23.3	4.43	138	5116	4477	611	1115	220	31	67	559	114	41	480	904	.249	.326	.357	.683	1598	87	55	58	46	25
Wilmington Blue Rocks	KCR	22.7	4.21	140	5294	4577	589	1173	211	21	57	530	73	32	529	839	.256	.341	.349	.690	1597	101	85	58	45	22
Winston-Salem Warthogs	CHW	23.0	4.16	138	4930	4328	574	1107	237	22	88	523	196	55	443	824	.256	.328	.382	.710	1652	83	47	66	46	23
Kinston Indians	CLE	22.3	4.10	139	5076	4448	570	1121	205	25	68	518	183	72	459	991	.252	.330	.355	.685	1580	66	76	52	41	21
Frederick Keys	BAL	22.5	4.01	135	4967	4413	541	1144	237	18	79	486	59	51	414	908	.259	.328	.375	.702	1654	114	54	47	39	19
Potomac Cannons	CIN	23.0	3.91	139	5049	4475	543	1136	233	21	75	503	122	56	418	909	.254	.320	.366	.686	1636	103	45	58	53	17
Myrtle Beach Pelicans	ATL	21.5	3.67	138	5027	4494	506	1142	209	25	68	446	109	77	389	914	.254	.319	.357	.676	1605	113	57	48	39	23
League Totals		22.6	4.18	1102	40431	35603	4604	9128	1799	188	595	4167	965	430	3563	7126	.256	.329	.368	.697	13088	754	486	435	344	169

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Wilmington Blue Rocks	KCR	22.5	3.41	80	60	.571	2.92	140	140	133	7	16	38	1204.1	1072	477	391	65	386	28	950	34	2	55	4995	1.211	8.0	0.5	2.9	7.1	2.46
Winston-Salem Warthogs	CHW	22.4	3.93	71	67	.514	3.32	138	138	133	5	13	36	1152.2	1049	542	425	75	491	32	856	71	7	78	4932	1.336	8.2	0.6	3.8	6.7	1.74
Kinston Indians	CLE	22.1	4.04	73	66	.525	3.65	139	139	134	5	7	43	1187.1	1170	561	482	78	440	20	825	61	1	65	5090	1.356	8.9	0.6	3.3	6.3	1.88
Potomac Cannons	CIN	23.6	4.17	62	77	.446	3.72	139	139	134	5	9	38	1181.2	1161	579	489	64	415	11	955	59	3	68	5053	1.334	8.8	0.5	3.2	7.3	2.30
Myrtle Beach Pelicans	ATL	22.0	4.20	56	82	.406	3.63	138	138	134	4	11	20	1190.2	1147	580	480	75	493	14	946	48	5	70	5141	1.377	8.7	0.6	3.7	7.2	1.92
Lynchburg Hillcats	PIT	23.4	4.33	76	59	.563	3.80	135	135	130	5	8	38	1140.1	1110	585	481	66	416	13	909	60	3	53	4918	1.338	8.8	0.5	3.3	7.2	2.19
Salem Avalanche	HOU	23.9	4.43	73	65	.529	4.05	138	138	132	6	11	35	1184.2	1223	612	533	74	419	18	782	76	2	52	5145	1.386	9.3	0.6	3.2	5.9	1.87
Frederick Keys	BAL	22.7	4.95	60	75	.444	4.40	135	135	133	2	11	40	1164.1	1196	668	569	98	503	33	903	77	3	79	5160	1.459	9.2	0.8	3.9	7.0	1.80
League Totals		22.8	4.18	551	551	.500	3.68	1102	1102	1063	39	86	288	9406.0	9128	4604	3850	595	3563	169	7126	486	26	520	40434	1.349	8.7	0.6	3.4	6.8	2.00

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Attendance	Managers
Kinston Indians	CLE	139	3562	1467	128	117	.975	30	136	44	24%	103,433	Torey Lovullo
Wilmington Blue Rocks	KCR	140	3613	1523	132	129	.975	15	106	38	26%	315,134	Billy Gardner
Salem Avalanche	HOU	138	3554	1577	134	104	.975	23	93	59	39%	175,155	John Massarelli
Frederick Keys	BAL	135	3493	1407	137	116	.973	40	148	46	24%	285,048	Tom Lawless
Myrtle Beach Pelicans	ATL	138	3572	1423	144	117	.972	23	136	63	32%	203,443	Randy Ingle
Winston-Salem Warthogs	CHW	138	3458	1360	144	93	.971	22	83	68	45%	124,454	Razor Shines
Lynchburg Hillcats	PIT	135	3421	1313	146	100	.970	35	115	42	27%	91,935	Dave Clark
Potomac Cannons	CIN	139	3545	1453	174	134	.966	15	148	70	32%	160,238	Jayhawk Owens
League Totals		1102	28218	11523	1139	910	.972	203	965	430	31%	1,458,840

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