Oakland Athletics: Best Seasons At Shortstop in Franchise History
By Phil Watson
6. Miguel Tejada, 2003
| Year ▾ | Age | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 29 | 162 | 703 | 98 | 177 | 42 | 0 | 27 | 106 | 10 | 0 | 53 | 65 | .278 | .336 | .472 | .807 | 111 |
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 2/9/2014.
Tejada followed up his MVP season with a year that was still pretty good. He finished eighth in the AL with 42 doubles, ninth with eight sacrifice flies and 10th with 106 RBI. He was also one of the toughest batters in the AL to strike out, averaging 9.8 at-bats per strikeout (eighth in the league).
Defensively, however, he had a UZR of minus-10.6, which ranked 22nd (dead last) in all of baseball.
Tejada got off to a very slow start, but got hot after the All-Star break, hitting .326/.388/.536 with 12 homers and 50 RBI in 69 games in the second half.
However, he struggled mightily in the ALDS against the Red Sox, going just 2-for-23 with a double and two RBI in a five-game loss.