1998 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1998 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1998

World Series Champions

New York Yankees

Runner Up

San Diego Padres

Most Valuable Players

AL: Juan Gonzalez NL: Sammy Sosa

Cy Young Winners

AL: Roger Clemens NL: Tom Glavine

Rookies of the Year

AL: Ben Grieve NL: Kerry Wood

Managers of the Year

AL: Joe Torre NL: Larry Dierker

#1 Draft Pick

Pat Burrell (Philadelphia Phillies)

All-Star Game

Denver,Colorado

Teams

Players

1186

Attendance

70,601,147

Payroll

$1,210,532,333

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1998 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	7	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	--	850	779	71	Lost ALCS (Yankees)	3,467,299	4	$ 59,033,499	3	John Hart	Mike Hargrove	Jacobs Field
2	7	15	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	9.0	861	931	-70	dnq	1,391,146	27	$ 36,840,000	9	Ron Schueler	Jerry Manuel	Comiskey Park II
3	11	23	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	161	72	89	.447	16.5	714	898	-184	dnq	1,494,875	25	$ 32,912,500	10	Herk Robinson	Tony Muser	Kauffman Stadium
4	12	24	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	70	92	.432	19.0	734	818	-84	dnq	1,165,976	29	$ 26,182,500	11	Terry Ryan	Tom Kelly	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
5	13	27	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	65	97	.401	24.0	722	861	-139	dnq	1,409,391	26	$ 22,625,000	13	Randy Smith	Buddy Bell, Larry Parrish	Tiger Stadium
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	114	48	.704	--	965	655	310	Won World Series (Padres)	2,955,193	8	$ 63,159,898	2	Brian Cashman	Joe Torre	Yankee Stadium I
2	2	5	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	92	70	.568	22.0	876	729	147	Lost in 1st Round (Indians)	2,314,704	17	$ 51,647,000	6	Dan Duquette	Jimy Williams	Fenway Park
3	4	10	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	26.0	816	768	48	dnq	2,454,303	16	$ 48,415,000	7	Gord Ash	Tim Johnson	SkyDome
4	8	16	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	35.0	817	785	32	dnq	3,684,650	2	$ 70,408,134	1	Pat Gillick	Ray Miller	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
5	14	29	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	T - S - R - L	162	63	99	.389	51.0	620	751	-131	dnq	2,506,293	14	$ 25,317,500	12	Chuck Lamar	Larry Rothschild	Tropicana Field
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	5	9	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	--	940	871	69	Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)	2,927,399	9	$ 54,704,595	4	Douglas Melvin	Johnny Oates	The Ballpark in Arlington
2	6	12	Anaheim Angels	T - S - R - L	162	85	77	.525	3.0	787	783	4	dnq	2,519,280	13	$ 38,537,000	8	Bill Bavasi	Terry Collins	Edison International Field
3	9	19	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	161	76	85	.472	11.5	859	855	4	dnq	2,651,511	10	$ 52,032,291	5	Woody Woodward	Lou Piniella	The Kingdome
4	10	22	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	14.0	804	866	-62	dnq	1,232,343	28	$ 20,063,000	14	Billy Beane	Art Howe	Network Associates Coliseum
National League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	3	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	102	60	.630	--	874	620	254	Lost in 1st Round (Padres)	2,458,451	15	$ 40,629,000	8	Gerry Hunsicker	Larry Dierker	Astrodome
2	4	6	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	163	90	73	.552	12.5	831	791	40	Lost in 1st Round (Braves)	2,623,194	11	$ 49,383,000	4	Ed Lynch	Jim Riggleman	Wrigley Field
3	8	14	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	19.0	810	782	28	dnq	3,195,691	6	$ 52,572,500	2	Walt Jocketty	Tony La Russa	Busch Stadium II
4	10	18	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	25.0	750	760	-10	dnq	1,793,649	21	$ 21,995,000	14	Jim Bowden	Jack McKeon	Cinergy Field
5	12	21	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	28.0	707	812	-105	dnq	1,811,593	20	$ 32,252,583	12	Sal Bando	Phil Garner	County Stadium
6	13	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	69	93	.426	33.0	650	718	-68	dnq	1,560,950	24	$ 13,752,000	15	Cam Bonifay	Gene Lamont	Three Rivers Stadium
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	106	56	.654	--	826	581	245	Lost in 1st Round (Padres)	3,360,860	5	$ 59,536,000	1	John Schuerholz	Bobby Cox	Turner Field
2	6	11	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	18.0	706	639	67	dnq	2,287,948	18	$ 49,559,665	3	Steve Phillips	Bobby Valentine	Shea Stadium
3	11	20	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	75	87	.463	31.0	713	808	-95	dnq	1,715,722	23	$ 36,085,000	10	Ed Wade	Terry Francona	Veterans Stadium
4	14	28	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	162	65	97	.401	41.0	644	783	-139	dnq	914,909	30	$ 9,202,000	16	Jim Beattie	Felipe Alou	Olympic Stadium
5	16	30	Florida Marlins	T - S - R - L	162	54	108	.333	52.0	667	914	-247	dnq	1,730,384	22	$ 33,434,000	11	Dave Dombrowski	Jim Leyland	Joe Robbie Stadium
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	4	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	98	64	.605	--	749	635	114	Lost World Series (Yankees)	2,555,874	12	$ 45,368,000	7	Kevin Towers	Bruce Bochy	Qualcomm Stadium
2	5	8	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	163	89	74	.546	9.5	845	739	106	dnq	1,925,364	19	$ 40,320,835	9	Brian Sabean	Dusty Baker	3Com Park
3	7	13	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	15.0	669	678	-9	dnq	3,089,222	7	$ 47,970,000	5	Fred Claire	Glenn Hoffman, Bill Russell	Dodger Stadium
4	9	17	Colorado Rockies	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	21.0	826	855	-29	dnq	3,792,683	1	$ 47,433,333	6	Bob Gebhard	Don Baylor	Coors Field
5	15	26	Arizona Diamondbacks	T - S - R - L	162	65	97	.401	33.0	665	803	-138	dnq	3,610,290	3	$ 29,161,500	13	Joe Garagiola	Buck Showalter	Bank One Ballpark
30 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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