1998 Boston Red Sox season

The 1998 Boston Red Sox season was the 98th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 92 wins and 70 losses, 22 games behind the New York Yankees. The Red Sox qualified for the postseason as the AL wild card, but lost to the American League Central champion Cleveland Indians in the ALDS.

1998 Boston Red Sox
AL Wild Card Winner
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)JRY Trust
General manager(s)Dan Duquette
Manager(s)Jimy Williams
Local televisionWABU
(Sean McDonough, Jerry Remy)
NESN
(Bob Kurtz, Jerry Remy)
Local radioWEEI
(Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione)
WRCA
(Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)
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Offseason

Regular season

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

Opening Day lineup
  5Nomar Garciaparra    SS
13John Valentin3B
42Mo Vaughn1B
18Reggie JeffersonDH
25Troy O'LearyLF
10Scott HattebergC
20Darren LewisCF
56Darren BraggRF
52Donnie Sadler2B
45Pedro MartínezP

Roster
1998 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; R = Runs; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; Avg. = Batting Average; Slg. = Slugging Average; SB = Stolen Bases

Pos. Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. Slg. SB
CScott Hatteberg11235946991243.276.4460
1BMo Vaughn15460910720540115.337.5910
2BMike Benjamin1243494695439.272.3723
3BJohn Valentin1535881131452373.247.4424
SSNomar Garciaparra14360411119535122.323.58412
LFTroy O'Leary156611951652383.270.4682
CFDarren Lewis15558595157863.268.36229
RFDarren Bragg12940951114857.279.4235
DHDamon Buford8621637611042.282.5235

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Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB
Reggie Jefferson6219660.3068310
Jason Varitek8622156.2537332
Mike Stanley4715645.2887321
Jim Leyritz5212937.2878240
Midre Cummings6712034.2835153
Donnie Sadler5812428.2263154
Lou Merloni399627.2811151
Mark Lemke319117.187070
Keith Mitchell23339.273061
Trot Nixon13277.259000
Billy Ashley13247.292370
Mandy Romero12133.231010
Chris Snopek8122.167020
Orlando Merced990.000020
Keith Johns200.000000

Pitching

Note: G = Games Pitched; GS = Games Started; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts

Starting pitchers
Player G GS IP W L ERA SO
Pedro Martinez3333233.31972.89251
Tim Wakefield3633216.01784.58146
Bret Saberhagen3131175.01583.96100
Steve Avery3423123.21075.0257

Relief pitchers
Player G GS IP W L SV ERA SO
Tom Gordon73079.174462.7278
Derek Lowe6310123.03944.0277
John Wasdin47896.06405.2559
Jim Corsi59066.03202.5949
Dennis Eckersley50039.24114.7622

Other pitchers
Player G GS IP W L SV ERA SO
Rich Garcés30046.01113.3334
Pete Schourek10844.01304.3036
Carlos Reyes24038.11103.5223
Brian Rose8837.21406.9318
Ron Mahay29026.01113.4614
Greg Swindell29024.02303.3818
Jin-ho Cho4418.20308.2015
Brian Barkley6011.00009.822
Butch Henry229.00004.006
Brian Shouse708.00105.635
Darío Veras708.001010.132
Robinson Checo227.20209.395
Carlos Valdez403.11000.004
David West602.000027.004

ALDS
Main article: 1998 American League Division Series

Game 1
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 300 032 030 11120
Cleveland 000 002 100 360
W: Pedro Martínez (1-0)   L: Jaret Wright (0-1)
HR: BOS: Mo Vaughn (2), Nomar Garciaparra; CLE: Kenny Lofton, Jim Thome

Game 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 201 002 000 5100
Cleveland 151 001 010 991
W: Dave Burba (1-0)   L: Tim Wakefield (0-1)    S: Mike Jackson (1)
HR: CLE: David Justice

Game 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 000 011 101 450
Boston 000 100 002 360
W: Charles Nagy (1-0)   L: Bret Saberhagen (0-1); S: Mike Jackson (2)  
HR: CLE: Jim Thome, Kenny Lofton, Manny Ramírez (2); BOS – Nomar Garciaparra   

Game 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 000 000 020 250
Boston 000 100 000 160
W: Steve Reed (1-0)   L: Tom Gordon (0-1)  S: Mike Jackson (3)
HR: BOS: Nomar Garciaparra  

Awards and honors
All-Star Game

Game Log
Red Sox Win Red Sox Loss Game Postponed Clinched Playoff Spot
1998 Boston Red Sox Season Game Log: 92–70 (Home: 51–30; Away: 41–40)

Reference:[9]

Postseason game log
Boston Red Sox 1998 Postseason Game Log (1–3)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Ken Macha
AA Trenton Thunder Eastern League DeMarlo Hale
A-Advanced Sarasota Red Sox Florida State League Bob Geren
A Michigan Battle Cats Midwest League Billy Gardner Jr.
A-Short Season Lowell Spinners New York–Penn League Dick Berardino
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League Luis Aguayo
Rookie DSL Red Sox Dominican Summer League Nelson Norman

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References
  1. Jim Leyritz Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. Bret Saberhagen Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  3. Pedro Martinez Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. Mike Benjamin Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. Midre Cummings Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. Mark Teixeira Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
  7. Greg Swindell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  8. 1998 Boston Red Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  9. "1998 Boston Red Sox Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  10. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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