1998 AMERICAN LEAGUE REVIEW

Level: MLB

An organized section of a full season review with standings, team totals, leaderboards, player registers and much more.

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Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Albert Belle	LF-RF	Retired	Chi White Sox	163	609	113	200	48	2	49	152	6	4	81	84	1	0	15	17	.328	.399	.655	1054
2	Juan Gonzalez	RF-LF	Retired	Texas	154	606	110	193	50	2	45	157	2	1	46	126	6	0	11	20	.318	.366	.630	996
3	Alex Rodriguez	3B	NYY (DL-60)	Seattle	161	686	123	213	35	5	42	124	46	13	45	121	10	3	4	12	.310	.360	.560	920
4	Mo Vaughn	1B	Retired	Boston	154	609	107	205	31	2	40	115	0	0	61	144	8	0	3	13	.337	.402	.591	993
5	Ken Griffey	CF	Inactive	Seattle	161	633	120	180	33	3	56	146	20	5	76	121	7	0	4	14	.284	.365	.611	976
6	Carlos Delgado	1B	Inactive	Toronto	142	530	94	155	43	1	38	115	3	0	73	139	11	0	6	8	.292	.385	.592	977
7	Nomar Garciaparra	SS	Retired	Boston	143	604	111	195	37	8	35	122	12	6	33	62	8	0	7	20	.323	.362	.584	946
8	Edgar Martinez	DH-3B	Retired	Seattle	154	556	86	179	46	1	29	102	1	1	106	96	3	0	7	13	.322	.429	.565	994
9	Rafael Palmeiro	1B	Retired	Baltimore	162	619	98	183	36	1	43	121	11	7	79	91	7	0	4	14	.296	.379	.565	944
10	Jose Offerman	SS-2B	Retired	KC Royals	158	607	102	191	28	13	7	66	45	12	89	96	5	2	6	7	.315	.403	.438	841
11	Derek Jeter	SS	NYY (DL-60)	NY Yankees	149	626	127	203	25	8	19	84	30	6	57	119	5	3	3	13	.324	.384	.481	865
12	Manny Ramirez	DH	Free Agent	Cleveland	150	571	108	168	35	2	45	145	5	3	76	121	6	0	10	18	.294	.377	.599	976
13	Jim Thome	DH	Free Agent	Cleveland	123	440	89	129	34	2	30	85	1	0	89	141	4	0	4	7	.293	.413	.584	997
14	Ray Durham	2B	Retired	Chi White Sox	158	635	126	181	35	8	19	67	36	9	73	105	6	6	3	5	.285	.363	.455	818
15	Shawn Green	RF	Retired	Toronto	158	630	106	175	33	4	35	100	35	12	50	142	5	1	3	6	.278	.334	.510	844
16	Frank Thomas	1B-DH	Retired	Chi White Sox	160	585	109	155	35	2	29	109	7	0	110	93	6	0	11	14	.265	.381	.480	861
17	Bernie Williams	CF	Retired	NY Yankees	128	499	101	169	30	5	26	97	15	9	74	81	1	0	4	19	.339	.422	.575	997
18	Tim Salmon	RF	Retired	Anaheim	136	463	84	139	28	1	26	88	0	1	90	100	3	0	10	4	.300	.410	.533	943
19	Paul O'Neill	RF	Retired	NY Yankees	152	602	95	191	40	2	24	116	15	1	57	103	2	0	11	22	.317	.372	.510	882
20	Johnny Damon	LF	Free Agent	KC Royals	161	642	104	178	30	10	18	66	26	12	58	84	4	3	3	4	.277	.339	.439	778
21	Joey Cora	2B	Bench Coach - Miami Marlins (2012)	Seattle	131	519	95	147	23	6	6	26	13	5	62	50	4	10	3	2	.283	.362	.385	747
		2B	Bench Coach - Miami Marlins (2012)	Cleveland	24	83	16	19	4	0	0	6	2	1	11	9	1	2	0	3	.229	.326	.277	603
22	Jose Canseco	RF-LF	Manager - Yuma (2011)	Toronto	151	583	98	138	26	0	46	107	29	17	65	159	6	0	4	7	.237	.318	.518	836
23	Matt Lawton	RF-LF	Retired	Minnesota	152	557	91	155	36	6	21	77	16	8	86	64	15	0	4	10	.278	.387	.478	865
24	Kenny Lofton	CF	Retired	Cleveland	154	600	101	169	31	6	12	64	54	10	87	80	2	3	6	7	.282	.371	.413	784
25	Rickey Henderson	LF-OF	Retired	Oakland	152	542	101	128	16	1	14	57	66	13	118	114	5	2	3	5	.236	.376	.347	723
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
26	Chuck Knoblauch	2B	Retired	NY Yankees	150	603	117	160	25	4	17	64	31	12	76	70	18	2	7	13	.265	.361	.405	766
27	Jim Edmonds	CF	Inactive	Anaheim	154	599	115	184	42	1	25	91	7	5	57	114	1	1	1	16	.307	.368	.506	874
28	Garret Anderson	LF-CF	Inactive	Anaheim	156	622	62	183	41	7	15	79	8	3	29	80	1	3	3	13	.294	.325	.455	780
29	Dean Palmer	3B	Retired	KC Royals	152	572	84	159	27	2	34	119	8	2	48	134	6	0	13	18	.278	.333	.510	843
30	Tony Clark	1B	Retired	Detroit	157	602	84	175	37	0	34	103	3	3	63	128	3	0	5	16	.291	.358	.522	880
31	Rusty Greer	LF	Retired	Texas	155	598	107	183	31	5	16	108	2	4	80	93	4	0	9	18	.306	.386	.455	841
32	Ben Grieve	RF-LF	Retired	Oakland	155	583	94	168	41	2	18	89	2	2	85	123	9	0	1	18	.288	.386	.458	844
33	John Valentin	SS-3B	Assistant Hitting Coach - Los Angeles Dodgers (2013)	Boston	153	588	113	145	44	1	23	73	4	5	77	82	9	2	5	9	.247	.340	.442	782
34	Tom Goodwin	CF-LF	First Base Coach - New York Mets (2013)	Texas	154	520	102	151	13	3	2	33	38	20	73	90	2	10	3	2	.290	.378	.338	716
35	Shannon Stewart	LF	Retired	Toronto	144	516	90	144	29	3	12	55	51	18	67	77	15	6	1	5	.279	.377	.417	794
36	Mark McLemore	2B-LF	Retired	Texas	126	461	79	114	15	1	5	53	12	4	89	64	2	12	3	15	.247	.369	.317	686
37	Ivan Rodriguez	C	Inactive	Texas	145	579	88	186	40	4	21	91	9	0	32	88	3	0	3	18	.321	.358	.513	871
38	Quinton McCracken	CF-LF	Retired	Tampa Bay	155	614	77	179	38	7	7	59	19	10	41	107	3	9	8	12	.292	.335	.410	745
39	Omar Vizquel	2B-3B	Free Agent	Cleveland	151	576	86	166	30	6	2	50	37	12	62	64	4	12	6	10	.288	.358	.372	730
40	Robin Ventura	3B	Manager - Chicago White Sox (2013)	Chi White Sox	161	590	84	155	31	4	21	91	1	1	79	111	1	1	3	10	.263	.349	.436	785
41	B.J. Surhoff	LF-C	Retired	Baltimore	162	573	79	160	34	1	22	92	9	7	49	81	1	1	10	13	.279	.332	.457	789
42	Tony Fernandez	SS	Retired	Toronto	138	486	71	156	36	2	9	72	13	8	45	53	11	3	6	11	.321	.387	.459	846
43	Brady Anderson	CF-LF	Retired	Baltimore	133	479	84	113	28	3	18	51	21	7	75	78	15	4	1	7	.236	.356	.420	776
44	Alex Gonzalez	SS	Retired	Toronto	158	568	70	136	28	1	13	51	21	6	28	121	6	13	3	13	.239	.281	.361	642
45	Will Clark	1B	Retired	Texas	149	554	98	169	41	1	23	102	1	0	72	97	3	0	7	15	.305	.384	.507	891
46	Randy Winn	CF-LF	Inactive	Tampa Bay	109	338	51	94	9	9	1	17	26	12	29	69	1	11	0	2	.278	.337	.367	704
47	Darin Erstad	CF-1B	Head Coach - University of Nebraska (2013)	Anaheim	133	537	84	159	39	3	19	82	20	6	43	77	6	1	3	2	.296	.353	.486	839
48	Jason Giambi	1B	CLE 40m	Oakland	153	562	92	166	28	0	27	110	2	2	81	102	5	0	9	16	.295	.384	.489	873
49	Todd Walker	2B	Retired	Minnesota	143	528	85	167	41	3	12	62	19	7	47	65	2	0	4	13	.316	.372	.473	845
50	Tino Martinez	1B	Hitting Coach - Miami Marlins (2013)	NY Yankees	142	531	92	149	33	1	28	123	2	1	61	83	6	0	10	18	.281	.355	.505	860
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
51	Paul Molitor	3B-2B	Retired	Minnesota	126	502	75	141	29	5	4	69	9	2	45	41	1	1	10	19	.281	.335	.382	717
52	Scott Brosius	3B	Retired	NY Yankees	152	530	86	159	34	0	19	98	11	8	52	97	10	8	3	4	.300	.371	.472	843
53	Mike Bordick	SS	Retired	Baltimore	151	465	59	121	29	1	13	51	6	7	39	65	10	15	4	13	.260	.328	.411	739
54	Damion Easley	2B	Retired	Detroit	153	594	84	161	38	2	27	100	15	5	39	112	16	0	2	8	.271	.332	.478	810
55	Gary DiSarcina	SS	Retired	Anaheim	157	551	73	158	39	3	3	56	11	7	21	51	8	12	3	11	.287	.321	.385	706
56	Troy O'Leary	LF-RF	Retired	Boston	156	611	95	165	36	8	23	83	2	2	36	108	5	0	5	17	.270	.314	.468	782
57	Mike Stanley	C-1B	Retired	Toronto	98	341	49	82	13	0	22	47	2	1	56	86	5	0	3	6	.240	.353	.472	825
		C-1B	Retired	Boston	47	156	25	45	12	0	7	32	1	0	26	43	2	0	4	6	.288	.388	.500	888
58	Russ Davis	3B	Retired	Seattle	141	502	68	130	30	1	20	82	4	3	34	134	3	2	9	10	.259	.305	.442	747
59	Bobby Higginson	LF-RF	Retired	Detroit	157	612	92	174	37	4	25	85	3	3	63	101	6	0	4	16	.284	.355	.480	835
60	Fred McGriff	1B	Retired	Tampa Bay	151	564	73	160	33	0	19	81	7	2	79	118	2	0	4	14	.284	.371	.443	814
61	Brian Hunter	CF-LF	Retired	Detroit	142	595	67	151	29	3	4	36	42	12	36	94	2	2	1	8	.254	.298	.333	631
62	Sal Fasano	C	Manager - New Hampshire (2012)	KC Royals	74	216	21	49	10	0	8	31	1	0	10	56	16	3	2	4	.227	.307	.384	691
63	A.J. Hinch	C	Retired	Oakland	120	337	34	78	10	0	9	35	3	0	30	89	4	13	7	6	.231	.296	.341	637
64	Mike Caruso	SS	Retired	Chi White Sox	133	523	81	160	17	6	5	55	22	6	14	38	7	8	3	8	.306	.331	.390	721
65	Otis Nixon	CF-OF	Retired	Minnesota	110	448	71	133	6	6	1	20	37	7	44	56	2	4	2	14	.297	.361	.344	705
66	Dave Justice	RF-LF	Retired	Cleveland	146	540	94	151	39	2	21	88	9	3	76	98	0	0	9	9	.280	.363	.476	839
67	Mike Benjamin	SS-3B	Assistant Coach - Arizona State University (2013)	Boston	124	349	46	95	23	0	4	39	3	0	15	73	6	13	2	11	.272	.312	.372	684
68	Luis Gonzalez	LF	Retired	Detroit	154	547	84	146	35	5	23	71	12	7	57	62	8	0	8	9	.267	.340	.475	815
69	Cal Ripken	SS-3B	Retired	Baltimore	161	601	65	163	27	1	14	61	0	2	51	68	4	1	2	9	.271	.331	.389	720
70	Ed Sprague	3B	Head Coach - Pacific (2013)	Oakland	27	87	8	13	5	0	3	7	1	0	2	17	2	0	0	1	.149	.187	.310	497
		3B	Head Coach - Pacific (2013)	Toronto	105	382	49	91	20	0	17	51	0	2	24	73	11	0	2	15	.238	.301	.424	725
71	Jeff King	3B-1B	Retired	KC Royals	131	486	83	128	17	1	24	93	10	2	42	73	2	0	10	10	.263	.319	.451	770
72	Paul Sorrento	1B	Hitting Coach - Inland Empire (2012)	Tampa Bay	137	435	40	98	27	0	17	57	2	3	54	133	3	0	3	8	.225	.313	.405	718
73	Matt Stairs	DH-1B	Inactive	Oakland	149	523	88	154	33	1	26	106	8	3	59	93	6	1	4	13	.294	.370	.511	881
74	Miguel Cairo	1B-3B	Retired (2013)	Tampa Bay	150	515	49	138	26	5	5	46	19	8	24	44	6	11	2	9	.268	.307	.367	674
75	Travis Fryman	3B-SS	Special Assistant - Cleveland Indians (2013)	Cleveland	146	557	74	160	33	2	28	96	10	8	44	125	3	0	4	12	.287	.340	.504	844
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
76	Ryan Christenson	CF-LF	Manager - Beloit (2013)	Oakland	117	370	56	95	22	2	5	40	5	6	36	106	1	10	4	1	.257	.321	.368	689
77	Darren Lewis	CF	Retired	Boston	155	585	95	157	25	3	8	63	29	12	70	94	8	2	5	12	.268	.352	.362	714
78	Magglio Ordonez	RF	Retired (2012)	Chi White Sox	145	535	70	151	25	2	14	65	9	7	28	53	9	2	4	19	.282	.326	.415	741
79	David Segui	1B	Retired	Seattle	143	522	79	159	36	1	19	84	3	1	49	80	0	0	9	12	.305	.359	.487	846
80	Hal Morris	1B	Retired	KC Royals	127	472	50	146	27	2	1	40	1	0	32	52	1	4	7	15	.309	.350	.381	731
81	Chad Curtis	CF-LF	Retired	NY Yankees	151	456	79	111	21	1	10	56	21	5	75	80	7	1	6	11	.243	.355	.360	715
82	Brian Giles	LF-CF	Retired	Cleveland	112	350	56	94	19	0	16	66	10	5	73	75	3	1	3	7	.269	.396	.460	856
83	Craig Grebeck	2B-SS	Retired	Toronto	102	301	33	77	17	2	2	27	2	2	29	42	4	8	2	8	.256	.327	.346	673
84	Mike Cameron	CF-RF	Inactive	Chi White Sox	141	396	53	83	16	5	8	43	27	11	37	101	6	1	3	6	.210	.285	.336	621
85	Kevin Stocker	SS	Retired	Tampa Bay	112	336	37	70	11	3	6	25	5	3	27	80	8	8	2	7	.208	.282	.312	594
86	Joe Girardi	C	Manager - New York Yankees (2013)	NY Yankees	78	254	31	70	11	4	3	31	2	4	14	38	2	8	1	10	.276	.317	.386	703
87	John Marzano	C	Deceased	Seattle	50	133	13	31	7	1	4	12	0	0	9	24	9	2	0	3	.233	.325	.391	716
88	Rob Ducey	LF-RF	Retired	Seattle	97	217	30	52	18	2	5	23	4	3	23	61	9	0	1	4	.240	.336	.410	746
89	Dan Wilson	C	Retired	Seattle	96	325	39	82	17	1	9	44	2	1	24	56	5	8	6	6	.252	.308	.394	702
90	Ron Coomer	1B-3B	Retired	Minnesota	137	529	54	146	22	1	15	72	2	2	18	72	0	0	8	22	.276	.295	.406	701
91	Jorge Posada	DH	Inactive	NY Yankees	111	358	56	96	23	0	17	63	0	1	47	92	0	0	4	14	.268	.350	.475	825
92	Eric Davis	CF-LF	Retired	Baltimore	131	452	81	148	29	1	28	89	7	6	44	108	5	0	7	13	.327	.388	.582	970
93	Mike Blowers	3B	Retired	Oakland	129	409	56	97	24	2	11	71	1	0	39	116	1	2	4	13	.237	.302	.386	688
94	Jeff Reboulet	2B-SS	Retired	Baltimore	79	126	20	31	6	0	1	8	0	1	19	34	2	7	1	3	.246	.351	.317	668
95	Darrin Fletcher	C	Retired	Toronto	124	407	37	115	23	1	9	52	0	0	25	39	6	1	7	19	.283	.328	.410	738

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