• April 4 –
Sammy Sosa hits his 500th career home run off
Cincinnati Reds pitcher
Scott Sullivan in the seventh inning at
Great American Ball Park, becoming only the eighteenth player in
Major League Baseball history to hit 500 or more home runs, as well as the first
Hispanic to do so. • May 5 –
Matt Stairs’ home run off
Houston Astros pitcher
Wade Miller was estimated at 461 feet, making it the longest home run in the history of
Minute Maid Park. • May 11 –
Rafael Palmeiro hit his 500th career home run off
Cleveland Indians pitcher
David Elder becoming only the 19th player in
Major League Baseball history to hit 500 or more home runs. • June 11 –
Houston Astro pitcher
Roy Oswalt started a no-hitter against the New York Yankees on June 11. Oswalt left after one inning, and five more Astros continued to no-hit the Yankees.
Peter Munro pitched 2? innings,
Kirk Saarloos pitched 1? innings,
Brad Lidge pitched two innings,
Octavio Dotel pitched one inning in which he recorded four strikeouts and
Billy Wagner pitched a perfect ninth to close out a six-pitcher no-hitter that resulted in 13 strikeouts and an 8-0 victory over the Yankees. • June 13 –
New York Yankee Roger Clemens becomes the 21st pitcher in history to win 300 games and only the 3rd pitcher to record 4,000 career strikeouts as he defeats
the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2. • July 29 –
Bill Mueller becomes the only player in major league history to hit two grand slams in a single game from opposite sides of the plate. He in fact hit three home runs in that game, and the two grand slams were in consecutive at-bats. •
2003 World Series –
The Florida Marlins win 4 games to 2 over
the New York Yankees. ==
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