2003 Eugene Emeralds Roster

Northwest League (NWL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 39-37
Finished 2nd in the NWL's West Division
Manager: Roy Howell (39-37)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Ballpark: Civic Stadium
Attendance: 130,657, Avg. 3,438 in 38 home dates
2003 Eugene Emeralds Statistics

The Eugene Emeralds of the Northwest League ended the 2003 season with a record of 39 wins and 37 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.

The Emeralds plated 346 runs and gave up 339 runs. Fernando Valenzuela recorded 46 runs batted in. Brian Wahlbrink paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .300. Sean Thompson topped the team with 7 wins and a team-best 2.48 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 2003 Eugene Emeralds who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Eddie Bonine, Luke Carlin, Dirk Hayhurst, Colt Morton, Leo Rosales and Jared Wells.

Roy Howell served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Casey BakerRRAugust 7, 19805'10"180Wysox, PA US
Chuck BechtelRRNovember 12, 19796'4"215Norristown, PA US
Greg BochyRRAugust 26, 19796'2"200Houston, TX US
Eddie BonineRRJune 6, 19816'5"220Columbus, GA US
Luke CarlinSRDecember 20, 19805'10"190Silver Spring, MD US
Aaron CoonrodRRMay 17, 19806'4"225Fremont, OH US
James DarbyRRJanuary 5, 19846'3"190Camden, New South Wales AU
Thomas FabrizioLLOctober 10, 19805'11"185Chicago, IL US
Omar FalconSRSeptember 1, 19826'1"210Lawton, OK US
Alex GarciaSRJanuary 16, 19826'1"150Nizao, Peravia DO
Clark GirardeauRRApril 12, 19826'5"210Mobile, AL US
Grant GreggLLJune 4, 19806'3"230Searcy, AZ US
Dirk HayhurstLRMarch 24, 19816'3"200Canton, OH US
Billy HoganRRMay 20, 19836'3"210Dallas, TX US
Kervin JacoboSRSeptember 26, 19826'2"160Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional DO
Ben JohanningLLMay 2, 19806'3"220Canton, OH US
Ryan JohnsonLLJanuary 11, 19816'2"205Newport Beach, CA US
Matt LauderdaleRRApril 14, 19815'10"200Atlanta, GA US
Jeff LeiseLLSeptember 18, 19805'9"165Omaha, NE US
Domingo MartinezRRAugust 28, 19805'11"170Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional DO
Daniel MooreRLJune 24, 19826'5"225Spencer, NC US
Ruben MoraSROctober 1, 19826'0"190Panama, Panama PA
Colt MortonRRApril 10, 19826'5"230Fort Lauderdale, FL US
Jose OyervidesRRFebruary 18, 19825'11"195McAllen, TX US
Howard PenceRROctober 1, 19796'5"210Fort Worth, TX US
Henry PerezRROctober 27, 19826'4"238Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional DO
Jordan PickensRRJune 10, 19816'2"220San Luis Obispo, CA US
Carlos PrensaRRJune 29, 19806'0"190La Victoria, Santo Domingo DO
Peeter RamosRRMarch 18, 19825'11"180Caracas, Distrito Federal VE
Ronnie RobinsonRRApril 22, 19816'3"195Atlanta, GA US
Leo RosalesRRMay 28, 19816'0"205Los Angeles, CA US
Adam ShorsherRROctober 8, 19806'2"200Mountain View, CA US
Rashad SmithLRJanuary 20, 19806'4"200Jackson, TN US
Justin SmyresRRMay 8, 19816'0"175San Luis Obispo, CA US
Sean ThompsonLLOctober 13, 19825'11"170La Junta, CO US
Fernando ValenzuelaLLSeptember 30, 19826'0"220San Pedro, CA US
Brian WahlbrinkRRMarch 19, 19806'3"200Marlton, NJ US
Jared WellsRROctober 31, 19816'4"200Freeport, TX US
Nobuaki YoshidaLLAugust 10, 19816'1"170Sendai, JP

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.



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