1998 Eastern League season

The 1998 Eastern League season began on approximately April 1 and the regular season ended on approximately September 1.

The Harrisburg Senators defeated the New Britain Rock Cats 3 games to 1 to win the Eastern League Championship Series.

Regular season

Standings

Eastern League - Northern Division
TeamWinLoss%GB
New Britain Rock Cats8359.585–
Binghamton Mets8260.5771.0
Portland Sea Dogs6675.46816.5
Norwich Navigators6676.46517.0
New Haven Ravens5983.41524.0
Eastern League - Southern Division
TeamWinLoss%GB
Akron Aeros8160.574–
Harrisburg Senators7369.5148.5
Trenton Thunder7170.50410.0
Bowie Baysox7171.50010.5
Reading Phillies5685.39725.0

Notes:

Green shade indicates that team advanced to the playoffs
Bold indicates that team advanced to ELCS
Italics indicates that team won ELCS

Statistical league leaders

Batting leaders

Stat Player Total
AVGDoug Mientkiewicz (New Britain Rock Cats).323
HRCalvin Pickering (Bowie Baysox)31
RBICalvin Pickering (Bowie Baysox)114
RDoug Mientkiewicz (New Britain Rock Cats)96

Pitching leaders

Stat Player Total
WMike Lincoln (New Britain Rock Cats)15
ERAMike Kusiewicz (New Haven Ravens)2.32
SOBrent Billingsley (Portland Sea Dogs)183
SVBrent Stentz (New Britain Rock Cats)43

Playoffs

Divisional Series

Northern Division

The New Britain Rock Cats defeated the Binghamton Mets in the Northern Division playoffs 3 games to 1.

Southern Division

The Harrisburg Senators defeated the Akron Aeros in the Southern Division playoffs 3 games to 1.

Championship Series

The Harrisburg Senators defeated the New Britain Rock Cats in the ELCS 3 games to 1.

References

    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.