The St. Louis Cardinals 2003 season was the team's 122nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 112th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 85-77 during the season and finished 3rd in the National League Central division, three games behind the Chicago Cubs, who won the NL Central at 88-74, and two behind the NL Central runners-up, the Houston Astros (87-75). Catcher Mike Matheny, shortstop Édgar Rentería, third baseman Scott Rolen, and outfielder Jim Edmonds won Gold Gloves this year. Offseason December 13, 2002: Chris Carpenter was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. Regular season Opening Day starters Jim Edmonds Eli Marrero Tino Martinez Mike Matheny Matt Morris Albert Pujols Édgar Rentería Scott Rolen Fernando Viña Season standings National League Central Record vs. opponents Transactions May 27, 2003: Scott Seabol was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. Game log |- bgcolor=#cfc |1 || March 31 || Brewers || 11–9 || Springer || DeJean || Kline || 49,561 || 1–0 |- |- bgcolor=#cfc | 2 || April 2 || Brewers || 7–0 || W. Williams || Rusch || || 26,790 || 2–0 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 3 || April 3 || Brewers || 6–4 || Stephenson || Kinney || Kline || 26,952 || 3–0 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 4 || April 4 || Astros || 5–6 || Stone || Springer || Lidge || 32,661 || 3–1 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 5 || April 5 || Astros || 1–2 || Munro || Fassero || Wagner || 33,878 ||3–2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 6 || April 8 || @ Rockies || 15–12 || Eldred || Miceli || ||21,563 || 4–2 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 7 || April 9 || @ Rockies || 4–9 || Cruz || Tomko || || 24,110 || 4–3 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 8 || April 10 || @ Rockies || 6–7 || Lopez || Kline || Jimenez ||24,586 || 4–4 |- bgcolor=#fbb | 9 || April 11 || @ Astros || 2–3 || Dotel || Morris || || 25,185 || 4–5 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 10 || Apr 12 || @ Astros || 3–0 || W. Williams || Redding || Hermanson || 33,509 || 5–5 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 11 || April 13 || @ Astros || 11–8 || Calero || Oswalt || || 30,078 || 6–5 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 12 || April 14 || @ Brewers || 7–5 || Tomko || Ritchie || Kline || 10,684