A look back at the 2003 Phillies

Out of Bounds is taking a look at how the Phillies got to where they are at today. We started with 2000 and today will look at the 2003 team.

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The Phillies started a string of winning seasons in 2003. Since this season, they have gone 619-515 (.546) in that span, which is the second-best record in the league and the fifth-best record in baseball behind the Yankees (.600), Red Sox (.582), Angels (.568) and Cardinals (.554).

The culture of the Phillies changed as they moved into a new ballpark and welcomed a top notch player in Jim Thome.

Thome was the first Phillies home run champion since 1986. He finished with 47 home runs.

Another highlight of 2003 was a no-hitter thrown my Kevin Milwood on April 27.

The Phillies finished in third place with 86 wins and drew 2.2 million fans.

While their home record was an outstanding 49-32, they struggled on the road, going 37-44.

Pat Burrell was second on the team with 21 home runs while Bobby Abreu had 20.

Milwood, Brett Myers, and Vicente Padilla all had 14 wins and Jose Mesa had 24 saves.

Below is the starting roster as well as the full team roster.

Next, we'll take a look at the 2004 season.

C Mike Lieberthal (131)
1B Jim Thome (156)
2B Placido Polanco (99)
3B David Bell (85)
SS Jimmy Rollins (154)
LF Pat Burrell (140)
CF Marlon Byrd (131)
RF Bobby Abreu (158)
DH Pat Burrell (2)
DH Ricky Ledee (2)
DH Jim Thome (2)

SP Brandon Duckworth
SP Kevin Millwood
SP Brett Myers
SP Vicente Padilla
SP Randy Wolf

RP Terry Adams
RP Rheal Cormier
RP Dan Plesac
RP Carlos Silva
RP Turk Wendell
RP Mike Williams
CL Jose Mesa

#2 Tyler Houston
#3 Todd Pratt
#4 David Bell
#5 Pat Burrell
#6 Jimmy Rollins
#8 Nick Punto
#9 Tomas Perez
#12 Andy Machado
#13 Turk Wendell
#19 Dan Plesac
#22 Jason Michaels
#23 Travis Chapman
#24 Mike Lieberthal
#25 Jim Thome
#26 Chase Utley
#27 Placido Polanco
#28 Valerio de los Santos
#28 Eric Junge
#29 Marlon Byrd
#31 Brandon Duckworth
#33 Ricky Ledee
#34 Kevin Millwood
#35 Joe Roa
#35 Kelly Stinnett
#37 Rheal Cormier
#39 Brett Myers
#41 Mike Williams
#43 Randy Wolf
#44 Vicente Padilla
#47 Amaury Telemaco
#49 Jose Mesa
#50 Josh Hancock
#51 Terry Adams
#52 Carlos Silva
#53 Bobby Abreu
#54 Hector Mercado
#56 Geoff Geary
#57 Ryan Madson