1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 63–99 (.389)
Divisional place 5th
Other information
Owner(s) Vince Naimoli
General manager(s) Chuck LaMar
Manager(s) Larry Rothschild
Local television Sportschannel Florida
WWWB
WTSP
(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats)
Local radio WFLA
(Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes)
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The 1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was the first season in franchise history. This season, they finished last in the AL East division and finished the season with a record of 63-99, 51 games behind the World Champion New York Yankees. Their manager was Larry Rothschild.

Miguel Cairo was the last active player remaining from the Opening Day roster, until retiring after the 2012 season.

Offseason

  • March 11, 1997: Luis Polonia was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[1]
  • May 10, 1997: Pete Laforest was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[2]
  • June 3, 1997: Jason Standridge was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (31st pick) of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1997.[3]
  • June 3, 1997: Kenny Kelly was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 2nd round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1997.[4]
  • November 11, 1997: Mike Kelly was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for a player to be named later. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Dmitri Young (November 18, 1997) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.[5]
  • December 9, 1997: Wade Boggs signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[6]
  • December 16, 1997: Scott McClain was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[7]
  • December 18, 1997: Josías Manzanillo was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[8]
  • January 27, 1998: Dave Silvestri was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[9]
  • January 27, 1998: Jerome Walton was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[10]

Expansion Draft

Round 1

PickPlayerPositionFromTo
1Tony SaundersLHPFlaTB
4Quinton McCrackenOFColTB
6Bobby AbreuOFHouTB
8Miguel Cairo2BCHCTB
10Rich ButlerOFTorTB
12Bob Smith3BAtlTB
14Jason JohnsonRHPPitTB
16Dmitri Young1BCinTB
18Esteban YanRHPBalTB
20Mike DiFeliceCStLTB
22Bubba TrammellOFDetTB
24Andy SheetsIFSeaTB
26Dennis SpringerRHPAnaTB
28Dan CarlsonRHPSFTB

Round 2

PickPlayerPositionFromTo
30Brian BoehringerRHPNYYTB
32Mike DuvallLHPFlaTB
34John LeRoyRHPAtlTB
36Jim MecirRHPBosTB
38Bryan RekarRHPColTB
40Rick GoreckiRHPLATB
42Ramón TatísLHPCHCTB
44Kerry RobinsonOFStLTB
46Steve Cox1BOakTB
48Albie LopezRHPCleTB
50José PaniaguaRHPMonTB
52Carlos MendozaOFNYMTB
54Ryan KarpLHPPhiTB
56Santos HernándezRHPSFTB

Round 3

PickPlayerPositionFromTo
58Randy WinnOFFlaTB
60Terrell WadeLHPAtlTB
62Aaron LedesmaIFBalTB
64Brooks KieschnickOFCHCTB
66Luke WilcoxOFNYYTB
68Herbert PerryIFCleTB
70Vaughn EshelmanLHPOakTB

Regular season

  • June 22, 1998 – The first interleague game between the Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays took place at Tropicana Field. The rivalry would be known as the Citrus Series. The Marlins won the game in twelve innings by a score of 3-2.[11]

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 11448 0.704 — 62–19 52–29
Boston Red Sox 9270 0.568 22 51–30 41–40
Toronto Blue Jays 8874 0.543 26 51–30 37–44
Baltimore Orioles 7983 0.488 35 42–39 37–44
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6399 0.389 51 33–48 30–51

Record vs. opponents

1998 American League Records

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —5–66–55–64–78–36–56–56–55–79–36–55–74–710–6
Baltimore 6–5—6–62–95–610–15–67–33–98–36–55–76–55–75–11
Boston 5–66–6—5–68–35–58–35–65–79–27–49–36–55–79–7
Chicago 6–59–26–5—6–66–68–46–64–74–74–75–65–64–6–17–9
Cleveland 7–46–53–86–6—9–38–46–64–73–89–27–34–77–410–6
Detroit 3–81–105–56–63–9—6–68–43–87–43–85–63–85–67–9
Kansas City 5–66–53–84–84–86–6—7–50–107–44–68–33–86–59–7
Minnesota 5–63–76–56–66–64–85–7—4–74–72–97–47–44–77–9
New York 5–69–37–57–47–48–310–07–4—8–38–311–18–36–613–3
Oakland 7–53–82–97–48–34–74–77–43–8—5–75–66–65–68–8
Seattle 3–95–64–77–42–98–36–49–23–87–5—6–55–74–77–9
Tampa Bay 5–67–53–96–53–76–53–84–71–116–55–6—4–75–75–11
Texas 7–55–65–66–57–48–38–34–73–86–67–57–4—7–48–8
Toronto 7–47–57–56–4–14–76–55–67–46–66–57–47–54–7—9–7

Notable transactions

  • May 26, 1998: Jerome Walton was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[10]
  • June 2, 1998: Aubrey Huff was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 5th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1998.[12]
  • July 1, 1998: Josías Manzanillo was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[8]

Roster

1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

Game Log

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB
CJohn Flaherty913042163324.2070
1BFred McGriff151564731601981.2847
2BMiguel Cairo15051549138546.26819
3BBob Smith117370441021155.2765
SSKevin Stocker1123363770625.2085
LFQuinton McCracken15561477179759.29219
CFRandy Winn1093385194117.27826
RFDave Martinez903093179320.2568
DHPaul Sorrento13743540981757.2252

[13]

Other batters

Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB
Wade Boggs12343551122752.2803
Rich Butler722172549720.2264
Tim Laker351100.2000
Kerry Robinson230000.0000
Dave Silvestri8140100.0710
Bubba Trammell5919928571235.2860
Jerome Walton123441103.3240

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Awards and honors

1998 MLB All-Star Game

  • Rolando Arrojo, Pitcher

Team leaders

  • Home runs – Fred McGriff (19)
  • Runs batted in – Fred McGriff (81)
  • Batting average – Aaron Ledesma (.324)
  • Hits – Quinton McCracken (179)
  • Stolen bases – Randy Winn (26)
  • Walks – Fred McGriff (79)
  • Wins – Rolando Arrojo (14)
  • Strikeouts – Tony Saunders (172)
  • Earned run average – Albie Lopez (2.60)
  • Saves – Roberto Hernández (26)

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Durham Bulls International League Bill Evers
A St. Petersburg Devil Rays Florida State League Roy Silver
A Charleston RiverDogs South Atlantic League Greg Mahlberg
A-Short Season Hudson Valley Renegades New York–Penn League Charlie Montoyo
Rookie Princeton Devil Rays Appalachian League Dave Howard
Rookie GCL Devil Rays Gulf Coast League Bobby Ramos

[14][15]

References

  1. ↑ Luis Polonia Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 31, 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
  3. ↑ Jason Standridge Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ Kenny Kelly Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kellymi02.shtml
  6. ↑ Wade Boggs Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcclasc01.shtml
  8. 1 2 https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/manzajo01.shtml
  9. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/silveda01.shtml
  10. 1 2 https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/waltoje01.shtml
  11. ↑ http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199806220TBA
  12. ↑ Aubrey Huff Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  13. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TBD/1998.shtml
  14. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  15. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/affiliate.cgi?id=TBD&year=1998
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