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2003 Milwaukee Brewers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 2002/2004)
68-94, Finished 6th in NL Central Division
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Scored 714 runs, Allowed 873 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-96
Managed by Ned Yost

Ballpark: Miller Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,700,354 (13th of 16)
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Batting - 98, Pitching - 100
  (one-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 101
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 2003 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (2002/2004) / Lineups / Batting Orders / Minor League Teams / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

November 5, 2002

Signed Brooks Kieschnick as a free agent.

November 7, 2002

Signed Cody McKay as a free agent.

November 13, 2002

Signed Scott Seabol as a free agent.

November 15, 2002

Traded Gerry Oakes (minors) and Matt Yeatman (minors) to the Minnesota Twins. Received Matt Kinney and Javier Valentin.

November 25, 2002

Signed Mark Budzinski as a free agent.

Signed Jed Hansen as a free agent.

November 26, 2002

Traded Paul Bako to the Chicago Cubs. Received a player to be named later. The Chicago Cubs sent Ryan Gripp (minors) (December 16, 2002) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

December 11, 2002

Signed Royce Clayton as a free agent.

December 16, 2002

Drafted Enrique Cruz from the New York Mets in the 2002 rule 5 draft.

Drafted Matt Ford from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2002 rule 5 draft.

Traded Ray King to the Atlanta Braves. Received John Foster and Wes Helms.

Drafted David Manning from the Minnesota Twins in the 2002 rule 5 draft.

December 21, 2002

Ron Belliard granted Free Agency.

Jim Rushford granted Free Agency.

January 13, 2003

Released Paul Rigdon.

January 14, 2003

Signed Keith Osik as a free agent.

Signed Todd Ritchie as a free agent.

January 17, 2003

Signed Chuck Smith as a free agent.

January 21, 2003

Selected Brady Clark off waivers from the New York Mets.

Chuck Smith granted Free Agency.

January 27, 2003

Signed Eddie Perez as a free agent.

Signed Jake Robbins as a free agent.

January 29, 2003

Signed Mark Smith as a free agent.

January 31, 2003

Signed John Vander Wal as a free agent.

February 3, 2003

Signed Vinny Rottino as an amateur free agent.

February 13, 2003

Signed Tim Crabtree as a free agent.

February 15, 2003

Signed Leo Estrella as a free agent.

March 12, 2003

Signed Pasqual Coco as a free agent.

March 24, 2003

Sold Manny Alexander to the Texas Rangers.

Traded Javier Valentin to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Received Jason Conti.

March 26, 2003

Released Robert Machado.

Mike Matthews selected by the San Diego Padres off waivers.

Signed Jamey Wright as a free agent.

April 2, 2003 (Standings)

Signed Danny Kolb as a free agent.

Released Jake Robbins.

April 10, 2003 (Standings)

Released Jed Hansen.

April 26, 2003 (Standings)

Signed Ken Ray as a free agent.

April 28, 2003 (Standings)

Released Jamey Wright.

May 2, 2003 (Standings)

Purchased Nate Teut from the Chicago Cubs.

May 6, 2003 (Standings)

Signed Dave Burba as a free agent.

May 15, 2003 (Standings)

Signed Jim Rushford as a free agent.

Released Scott Seabol.

May 19, 2003 (Standings)

Signed Ben Ford as a free agent.

May 27, 2003 (Standings)

Traded Alex Sanchez to the Detroit Tigers. Received Chad Petty (minors) and Noochie Varner (minors).

June 3, 2003 (Standings)

Drafted Rickie Weeks in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed August 7, 2003.

Drafted Tony Gwynn in the 2nd round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2003.

Drafted Mitch Stetter in the 16th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 2003.

Drafted Ty Taubenheim in the 19th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 2003.

Drafted Drew Anderson in the 24th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 2003.

June 4, 2003 (Standings)

Released Jeffrey Hammonds.

June 6, 2003 (Standings)

Sold Mark Budzinski to the Cincinnati Reds.

Purchased Alex Delgado from the Camden (Atlantic).

July 10, 2003 (Standings)

Traded Curt Leskanic to the Kansas City Royals. Received Wes Obermueller and Alejandro Machado.

July 14, 2003 (Standings)

Signed Doug Davis as a free agent.

August 4, 2003 (Standings)

Signed Derrin Ebert as a free agent.

August 19, 2003 (Standings)

Released David Manning.

Traded Eric Young to the San Francisco Giants. Received Greg Bruso (minors).

August 27, 2003 (Standings)

Traded Mike DeJean to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received players to be named later. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Mike Crudale (September 10, 2003) and John Novinsky (minors) (September 10, 2003) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

September 2, 2003 (Standings)

Sold Valerio de los Santos to the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 1, 2003 (Standings)

Cody McKay granted Free Agency.

October 7, 2003 (Standings)

Mark Smith granted Free Agency.

October 15, 2003 (Standings)

Pasqual Coco granted Free Agency.

Jason Conti granted Free Agency.

Alex Delgado granted Free Agency.

Derrin Ebert granted Free Agency.

Ruben Quevedo granted Free Agency.

Ken Ray granted Free Agency.

Jim Rushford granted Free Agency.

Nate Teut granted Free Agency.

October 27, 2003

Royce Clayton granted Free Agency.

Keith Osik granted Free Agency.

October 28, 2003

Eddie Perez granted Free Agency.

Signed Travis Phelps as a free agent.

Glendon Rusch granted Free Agency.

John Vander Wal granted Free Agency.

October 30, 2003

Dave Burba granted Free Agency.

Todd Ritchie granted Free Agency.

November 13, 2003

Signed Chris Coste as a free agent.

November 16, 2003

Signed Trent Durrington as a free agent.

November 24, 2003

Signed Scott Wiggins as a free agent.

November 26, 2003

Signed Chris Magruder as a free agent.

November 30, 2003

Signed Alex Delgado as a free agent.

December 1, 2003

Traded a player to be named later, Richie Sexson, and Shane Nance to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Junior Spivey, Craig Counsell, Lyle Overbay, Chad Moeller, Chris Capuano, and Jorge de la Rosa. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Noochie Varner (minors) (December 15, 2003) to the Arizona Diamondbacks to complete the trade.

December 2, 2003

Signed Victor Santos as a free agent.

December 3, 2003

Signed Mark L. Johnson as a free agent.

December 7, 2003

Signed Dave Burba as a free agent.

December 10, 2003

Signed Jon Nunnally as a free agent.

December 12, 2003

Signed Brian Bowles as a free agent.

December 15, 2003

Drafted Jeff Bennett from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2003 rule 5 draft.

John Foster drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2003 rule 5 draft.

Pete Zoccolillo selected by the Texas Rangers in the 2003 minor league draft.

December 21, 2003

Jayson Durocher granted Free Agency.

December 22, 2003

Signed Gary Bennett as a free agent.

Signed Matt Erickson as a free agent.

December 23, 2003

Signed Ben Grieve as a free agent.

January 2, 2004

Signed Adrian Hernandez as a free agent.

January 8, 2004

Signed Jeff Liefer as a free agent.

January 12, 2004

Signed Luis Figueroa as a free agent.

January 22, 2004

Signed Matt Wise as a free agent.

January 26, 2004

Signed Scott Sheldon as a free agent.

February 19, 2004

Signed Chris Michalak as a free agent.

February 23, 2004

Luis Martinez selected by the St. Louis Cardinals off waivers.

February 25, 2004

Signed Dan Reichert as a free agent.

March, 2004

the Chicago Cubs returned John Foster (earlier draft pick).

March 18, 2004

Released Mike Crudale.

March 29, 2004

Sent Alejandro Machado to the Montreal Expos as part of a conditional deal.

March 30, 2004

Traded Leo Estrella and Wayne Franklin to the San Francisco Giants. Received Carlos Villanueva and Glenn Woolard (minors).

April, 2004

Released John Foster.

April 1, 2004

Released Scott Wiggins.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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