2003 in baseball

Headline event of the year

• The Florida Marlins become World Series champions, holding off a dynastic New York Yankees team, 4 games to 2.

Champions

Major League Baseball

• Regular Season Champions

• World Series Champion - Florida Marlins
• Postseason - September 30 to October 25

<small>Click on any series score to link to that series' page.<br />Higher seed has home field advantage during Division Series and League Championship Series.<br />American League has home field advantage during World Series as a result of the American League victory in the 2003 All-Star Game.<br />American League is seeded 1-3/2-4 as a result of AL regular season champion (New York Yankees) and AL wild card (Boston Red Sox) coming from the same division.<br />National League is seeded 1-3/2-4 as a result of NL regular season champion (Atlanta Braves) and NL wild card (Florida Marlins) coming from the same division.</small>

• Postseason MVPs
• World Series MVP - Josh Beckett
• ALCS MVP - Mariano Rivera
• NLCS MVP - Iván Rodríguez
• All-Star Game, July 15 at U.S. Cellular Field - American League, 7-6; Garret Anderson, MVP
• Home Run Derby, July 14 - Garret Anderson, Anaheim Angels

Other champions

• Canadian Baseball League: Calgary Outlaws by virtue of having best record at the All-Star break (truncated season)
• Caribbean World Series: Águilas Cibaeñas (Dominican Republic)
• College World Series: Rice
• Cuban National Series: Industriales def....... ...
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