2003 Southern League

2003 > Class AA > League History
Overall: 691 games, 10 teams, approx. 138 games in season
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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

East Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Carolina Mudcats	FLA	80	58	.580	--
Tennessee Smokies	STL	72	67	.518	8.5
Greenville Braves	ATL	68	70	.493	12
Jacksonville Suns	LAD	66	73	.475	14.5
Orlando Rays	TBD	65	72	.474	14.5

West Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Huntsville Stars	MIL	75	63	.543	--
Birmingham Barons	CHW	73	64	.533	1.5
Chattanooga Lookouts	CIN	66	74	.471	10
West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	CHC	65	73	.471	10
Mobile Bay Bears	SDP	61	77	.442	14

This league's standings, if available, are based on full season team pitching records. Leagues may have have split season and postseason results that are not currently available.

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
Carolina Mudcats	FLA	25.0	4.74	138	5235	4596	654	1225	264	38	83	601	126	46	496	906	.267	.339	.395	.733	1814	86	33	54	56	33
Chattanooga Lookouts	CIN	25.4	4.71	140	5242	4624	660	1209	265	24	104	598	123	69	471	1042	.261	.332	.397	.729	1834	76	44	55	48	26
Huntsville Stars	MIL	22.9	4.32	138	5203	4556	596	1117	225	24	69	527	174	79	493	1033	.245	.325	.351	.675	1597	74	65	46	43	26
Greenville Braves	ATL	23.7	4.14	138	5105	4478	571	1116	230	31	81	526	109	53	503	1044	.249	.328	.369	.697	1651	71	41	43	40	27
Birmingham Barons	CHW	24.8	4.14	137	5121	4451	567	1202	227	23	64	531	110	81	466	852	.270	.343	.375	.718	1667	99	57	93	54	16
Tennessee Smokies	STL	24.6	4.06	139	5167	4595	564	1178	233	22	93	522	94	48	432	924	.256	.326	.377	.703	1734	102	59	47	34	31
Orlando Rays	TBD	24.1	4.03	137	5103	4522	552	1199	253	21	73	520	84	37	402	941	.265	.334	.379	.713	1713	96	86	51	42	19
Jacksonville Suns	LAD	23.9	3.99	139	5134	4527	554	1113	213	36	94	498	124	73	438	1081	.246	.318	.371	.689	1680	88	56	74	39	19
Mobile Bay Bears	SDP	23.8	3.96	138	5213	4564	547	1085	227	18	96	514	111	40	507	1076	.238	.322	.358	.680	1636	76	69	47	26	18
West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	CHC	24.0	3.75	138	5077	4478	517	1125	232	31	70	480	98	64	434	900	.251	.323	.364	.687	1629	97	61	59	45	19
League Totals		24.2	4.18	1382	51600	45391	5782	11569	2369	268	827	5317	1153	590	4642	9799	.255	.329	.374	.702	16955	865	571	569	427	234

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
Huntsville Stars	MIL	23.9	3.93	75	63	.543	3.17	138	138	134	4	12	41	1225.1	1143	542	431	77	522	9	952	51	9	59	5249	1.359	8.4	0.6	3.8	7.0	1.82
Carolina Mudcats	FLA	24.4	3.96	80	58	.580	3.45	138	138	136	2	12	41	1198.1	1085	546	460	60	524	21	957	70	7	76	5157	1.343	8.1	0.5	3.9	7.2	1.83
Greenville Braves	ATL	23.2	3.98	68	70	.493	3.62	138	138	132	6	18	30	1175.0	1140	549	472	83	399	15	903	57	9	41	4986	1.310	8.7	0.6	3.1	6.9	2.26
Jacksonville Suns	LAD	23.0	4.01	66	73	.475	3.50	139	139	136	3	8	29	1217.2	1185	557	473	78	405	36	997	48	6	44	5171	1.306	8.8	0.6	3.0	7.4	2.46
Tennessee Smokies	STL	24.7	4.04	72	67	.518	3.58	139	139	137	2	13	43	1209.0	1122	561	481	106	475	31	1047	62	5	52	5164	1.321	8.4	0.8	3.5	7.8	2.20
Birmingham Barons	CHW	24.3	4.23	73	64	.533	3.76	137	137	134	3	7	45	1185.1	1158	580	495	64	506	42	965	57	9	63	5175	1.404	8.8	0.5	3.8	7.3	1.91
West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	CHC	23.0	4.25	65	73	.471	3.83	138	138	135	3	9	35	1190.0	1186	586	507	86	454	17	1064	67	9	46	5157	1.378	9.0	0.7	3.4	8.0	2.34
Mobile Bay Bears	SDP	24.4	4.31	61	77	.442	3.88	138	138	135	3	6	37	1206.0	1093	595	520	88	499	31	1102	52	0	33	5172	1.320	8.2	0.7	3.7	8.2	2.21
Orlando Rays	TBD	23.8	4.41	65	72	.474	3.77	137	137	131	6	9	28	1170.2	1163	604	491	89	400	15	870	46	6	42	5048	1.335	8.9	0.7	3.1	6.7	2.18
Chattanooga Lookouts	CIN	23.7	4.73	66	74	.471	4.08	140	140	138	2	6	41	1214.0	1294	662	550	96	458	17	942	61	11	56	5324	1.443	9.6	0.7	3.4	7.0	2.06
League Totals		23.8	4.18	691	691	.500	3.66	1382	1382	1348	34	100	370	11991.1	11569	5782	4880	827	4642	234	9799	571	71	512	51603	1.352	8.7	0.6	3.5	7.4	2.11

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Managers
Tennessee Smokies	STL	139	3627	1452	123	113	.976	20	95	51	35%	Mark DeJohn
West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	CHC	138	3570	1301	127	101	.975	6	132	55	29%	Bobby Dickerson
Greenville Braves	ATL	138	3525	1416	128	98	.975	13	102	49	32%	Brian Snitker
Carolina Mudcats	FLA	138	3595	1370	131	117	.974	9	129	56	30%	Tracy Woodson
Jacksonville Suns	LAD	139	3653	1415	145	128	.972	18	118	58	33%	Dino Ebel
Chattanooga Lookouts	CIN	140	3642	1441	159	105	.970	10	121	82	40%	Phil Wellman
Mobile Bay Bears	SDP	138	3618	1300	150	101	.970	9	83	49	37%	Craig Colbert
Huntsville Stars	MIL	138	3676	1517	165	131	.969	30	126	66	34%	Frank Kremblas
Birmingham Barons	CHW	137	3556	1235	153	104	.969	10	136	68	33%	Wally Backman
Orlando Rays	TBD	137	3512	1330	164	97	.967	22	111	56	34%	Charlie Montoyo
League Totals		1382	35974	13777	1445	1095	.972	147	1153	590	34%

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