1998 New York Yankees season

1998 New York Yankees
	1998 AL East Champions; 1998 AL Champions; 1998 World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
	Eastern Division (since 1969);
Location
	Yankee Stadium (since 1976); New York City (since 1903);
Results
Record	114–48 (.704)
Divisional place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)	Brian Cashman
Manager(s)	Joe Torre
Local television	WPIX; (Bobby Murcer, Tommy John); MSG; (Ken Singleton, Jim Kaat, Al Trautwig, Suzyn Waldman)
Local radio	WABC (AM); (John Sterling, Michael Kay)
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The New York Yankees' 1998 season was the 96th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a franchise record regular-season standing of 114–48. These Yankees set an American League record for wins in a season, a record that would stand until 2001, when the Seattle Mariners won 116 games in the regular season against 46 losses (the Yankees still hold the record for most regular season wins by a team that won the World Series). New York was managed by Joe Torre. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium in which they celebrated the stadium's 75th Anniversary.

In the postseason, they swept the Texas Rangers in the American League Division Series, won the American League pennant by beating the Cleveland Indians four games to two in the American League Championship Series, and swept the San Diego Padres to capture their 24th World Series. Including the playoffs, the 1998 Yankees won a total of 125 games against 50 losses, an MLB record. In rankings in 2014 and 2016, they were considered to be the fourth or fifth greatest team in baseball history.[1][2]

Offseason transactions

November 11, 1997: Charlie Hayes was traded by the New York Yankees with cash to the San Francisco Giants for Chris Singleton and Alberto Castillo (minors).[3]
November 12, 1997: Luis Sojo was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[4]
November 18, 1997: Scott Brosius was sent by the Oakland Athletics to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on November 7, 1997. The Oakland Athletics sent a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Kenny Rogers and cash.[5]
November 25, 1997: Dale Sveum was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[6]
December 10, 1997: Chili Davis signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[7]
January 8, 1998: Darryl Strawberry re-signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[8]
January 15, 1998: Tim Raines re-signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[9]
January 26, 1998: Doug Linton was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[10]
February 6, 1998: Chuck Knoblauch was traded by the Minnesota Twins to the New York Yankees for Brian Buchanan, Cristian Guzmán, Eric Milton, Danny Mota, and cash.[11]
March 14, 1998: Doug Linton was released by the New York Yankees.[10]
June 2, 1998: Mark Prior was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (43rd pick) of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign.[12]
June 2, 1998: Drew Henson was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 3rd round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed July 24, 1998.[13]
June 28, 1998: Ken Huckaby was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[14]
August 3, 1998: Dale Sveum was released by the New York Yankees.[6]
September 29, 1998: Alfonso Soriano was purchased by the New York Yankees from the Hiroshima Toyo Carp (Japan Central).[15]

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	114	48	0.704	—	62–19	52–29
Boston Red Sox	92	70	0.568	22	51–30	41–40
Toronto Blue Jays	88	74	0.543	26	51–30	37–44
Baltimore Orioles	79	83	0.488	35	42–39	37–44
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	63	99	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	—	5–6	6–5	5–6	4–7	8–3	6–5	6–5	6–5	5–7	9–3	6–5	5–7	4–7	10–6
Baltimore	6–5	—	6–6	2–9	5–6	10–1	5–6	7–3	3–9	8–3	6–5	5–7	6–5	5–7	5–11
Boston	5–6	6–6	—	5–6	8–3	5–5	8–3	5–6	5–7	9–2	7–4	9–3	6–5	5–7	9–7
Chicago	6–5	9–2	6–5	—	6–6	6–6	8–4	6–6	4–7	4–7	4–7	5–6	5–6	4–6–1	7–9
Cleveland	7–4	6–5	3–8	6–6	—	9–3	8–4	6–6	4–7	3–8	9–2	7–3	4–7	7–4	10–6
Detroit	3–8	1–10	5–5	6–6	3–9	—	6–6	8–4	3–8	7–4	3–8	5–6	3–8	5–6	7–9
Kansas City	5–6	6–5	3–8	4–8	4–8	6–6	—	7–5	0–10	7–4	4–6	8–3	3–8	6–5	9–7
Minnesota	5–6	3–7	6–5	6–6	6–6	4–8	5–7	—	4–7	4–7	2–9	7–4	7–4	4–7	7–9
New York	5–6	9–3	7–5	7–4	7–4	8–3	10–0	7–4	—	8–3	8–3	11–1	8–3	6–6	13–3
Oakland	7–5	3–8	2–9	7–4	8–3	4–7	4–7	7–4	3–8	—	5–7	5–6	6–6	5–6	8–8
Seattle	3–9	5–6	4–7	7–4	2–9	8–3	6–4	9–2	3–8	7–5	—	6–5	5–7	4–7	7–9
Tampa Bay	5–6	7–5	3–9	6–5	3–7	6–5	3–8	4–7	1–11	6–5	5–6	—	4–7	5–7	5–11
Texas	7–5	5–6	5–6	6–5	7–4	8–3	8–3	4–7	3–8	6–6	7–5	7–4	—	7–4	8–8
Toronto	7–4	7–5	7–5	6–4–1	4–7	6–5	5–6	7–4	6–6	6–5	7–4	7–5	4–7	—	9–7

Detailed records

American League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
AL East
Baltimore Orioles	9	3	0.750	61	43
Boston Red Sox	7	5	0.583	73	53
New York Yankees
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	11	1	0.917	60	22
Toronto Blue Jays	6	6	0.500	57	52
Total	33	15	0.688	251	170
AL West
Anaheim Angels	5	6	0.455	52	61
Oakland Athletics	8	3	0.727	81	48
Seattle Mariners	8	3	0.727	71	64
Texas Rangers	8	3	0.727	81	74
Total	29	15	0.659	285	247
AL Central
Chicago White Sox	7	4	0.636	73	58
Cleveland Indians	7	4	0.636	50	43
Detroit Tigers	8	3	0.727	70	28
Kansas City Royals	10	0	1.000	78	22
Minnesota Twins	7	4	0.636	60	37
Total	39	15	0.722	331	188
National League
Atlanta Braves	3	1	0.750	24	17
Florida Marlins	3	0	1.000	13	4
Montreal Expos	2	1	0.667	22	10
New York Mets	2	1	0.667	16	8
Philadelphia Phillies	3	0	1.000	23	12
Total	13	3	0.813	98	51
Season Total	114	48	0.704	965	656

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	23	17	6	0.739	135	107
May	27	20	7	0.741	192	118
June	26	19	7	0.731	135	87
July	27	20	7	0.741	142	89
August	32	22	10	0.688	222	151
September	27	16	11	0.593	139	104
Total	162	114	48	0.704	965	656

Total	162	114	48	0.704	965	656
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	62	19	0.765	472	314
Away	81	52	29	0.642	493	342

Roster

1998 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

13 Willie Banks

57 Joe Borowski

59 Ryan Bradley

61 Jim Bruske

52 Mike Buddie

36 David Cone

54 Todd Erdos

26 Orlando Hernández

40 Darren Holmes

35 Hideki Irabu

58 Mike Jerzembeck

27 Graeme Lloyd

55 Ramiro Mendoza

43 Jeff Nelson

46 Andy Pettitte

42 Mariano Rivera

29 Mike Stanton

62 Jay Tessmer

33 David Wells

Catchers

13 Mike Figga

25 Joe Girardi

20 Jorge Posada

Infielders

18 Scott Brosius

22 Homer Bush

2 Derek Jeter

11 Chuck Knoblauch

60 Mike Lowell

24 Tino Martinez

19 Luis Sojo

17 Dale Sveum

Outfielders

28 Chad Curtis

38 Ricky Ledée

21 Paul O'Neill

31 Tim Raines

47 Shane Spencer

39 Darryl Strawberry

51 Bernie Williams

Designated Hitter

45 Chili Davis

Manager

6 Joe Torre

Coaches

53 José Cardenal (First Base)

48 Chris Chambliss (Hitting)

40 Tony Cloninger (Bullpen)

30 Willie Randolph (Third Base)

34 Mel Stottlemyre (Pitching)

50 Don Zimmer (Bench)

Game log

Legend
Yankees Win	Yankees Loss	Game Postponed

1998 Regular Season (114–48) Home: 62–19 Away: 52–29 game log

April (17–6) Home: 9–1 Away: 8–5

May (20–7) Home: 9–4 Away: 11–3

June (19–7) Home: 10–1 Away: 9–6

July (20–7) Home: 10–2 Away: 10–5

August (22–10) Home: 14–5 Away: 8–5

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
104	August 1	@ Mariners	5–2	Wells (13–2)	Moyer	—	53,840	77–27
105	August 2	@ Mariners	3–6	Wells	Cone (15–4)	Timlin	47,872	77–28
106	August 3	@ Athletics	14–1	Hernandez (6–3)	Oquist	—	18,209	78–28
107	August 4	@ Athletics	10–4	Mendoza (7–2)	Witasick	Stanton (6)	0	79–28
108	August 4	@ Athletics	10–5	Lloyd (2–0)	Taylor	—	23,357	80–28
109	August 5	@ Athletics	1–3	Candiotti	Irabu (10–5)	—	22,458	80–29
110	August 7	Royals	8–2	Cone (16–4)	Rapp	—	14,425	81–29
111	August 7	Royals	14–2	Wells (15–2)	Haney	—	37,988	82–29
112	August 8	Royals	14–1	Hernandez (7–3)	Rusch	—	45,975	83–29
113	August 9	Royals	5–4	Mendoza (8–2)	Service	Rivera (30)	55,911	84–29
114	August 10	Twins	7–3	Irabu (11–5)	Rodriguez	—	29,600	85–29
115	August 11	Twins	7–0	Wells (16–2)	Milton	—	37,413	86–29
116	August 12	Twins	11–2	Cone (17–4)	Hawkins	—	47,841	87–29
117	August 13	Rangers	2–0	Hernandez (8–3)	Helling	Rivera (31)	53,835	88–29
118	August 14	Rangers	6–4	Pettitte (14–6)	Sele	Rivera (32)	46,547	89–29
119	August 15	Rangers	5–16	Stottlemyre	Irabu (11–6)	—	53,117	89–30
120	August 16	Rangers	6–5	Rivera (2–0)	Hernandez	—	50,304	90–30
121	August 17	@ Royals	7–1	Cone (18–4)	Rosado	—	27,895	91–30
122	August 18	@ Royals	3–2 13	Borowski	Whisenant	—	26,259	92–30
123	August 19	@ Twins	3–5	Serafini	Pettitte (14–7)	Aguilera	17,923	92–31
124	August 20	@ Twins	4–9	Rodriguez	Buddie (3–1)	—	18,548	92–32
125	August 21	@ Rangers	5–0	Wells (17–2)	Loaiza	—	45,841	93–32
126	August 22	@ Rangers	12–9	Bradley (1–0)	Hernandez	Rivera (33)	46,483	94–32
127	August 23	@ Rangers	10–12	Helling	Hernandez (8–4)	Wetteland	37,284	94–33
128	August 24	Angels	3–7	McDowell (3–2)	Pettitte (14–8)	—	19,297	94–34
129	August 25	Angels	6–7	Watson (6–7)	Stanton (4–1)	Percival (36)	30,422	94–35
130	August 26	Angels	4–6	Juden (1–2)	Bradley (1–1)	Percival (37)	20,077	94–36
131	August 26	Angels	7–6	Rivera (3–0)	Fetters (2–7)	—	28,837	95–36
132	August 27	Angels	6–5 (11)	Tessmer (1–0)	Fetters (2–8)	—	29,213	96–36
133	August 28	Mariners	10–3	Hernandez (9–4)	Spoljaric	—	49,789	97–36
134	August 29	Mariners	11–6	Pettitte (15–8)	Cloude	—	55,146	98–36
135	August 30	Mariners	3–13	Swift	Irabu (11–7)	—	55,341	98–37

September (16–11) Home: 10–6 Away: 6–6

Postseason Game log

Legend
Yankees Win	Yankees Loss	Game Postponed

1998 Postseason (11–2) game log

ALDS vs Rangers (3–0)

ALCS vs Indians (4–2)

WS vs Padres (4–0)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Jorge Posada	111	358	96	.268	17	63
1B	Tino Martinez	142	531	149	.281	28	123
2B	Chuck Knoblauch	150	603	160	.265	17	64
3B	Scott Brosius	152	530	159	.300	19	98
SS	Derek Jeter	149	626	203	.324	19	84
LF	Chad Curtis	151	456	111	.243	10	56
CF	Bernie Williams	128	499	169	.339	26	97
RF	Paul O'Neill	152	602	191	.317	24	116
DH	Darryl Strawberry	101	295	73	.247	24	57

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Tim Raines	109	321	93	.290	5	47
Joe Girardi	78	254	70	.276	3	31
Luis Sojo	54	147	34	.231	0	14
Chili Davis	35	103	30	.291	3	9
Ricky Ledée	42	79	19	.241	1	12
Homer Bush	45	71	27	.380	1	5
Shane Spencer	27	67	25	.373	10	27
Dale Sveum	30	58	9	.155	0	3
Mike Lowell	8	15	4	.267	0	0
Mike Figga	1	4	1	.250	0	0

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Orlando Hernández	21	141.0	12	4	3.13	131
David Wells	30	214.3	18	4	3.49	163
David Cone	31	207.7	20	7	3.55	209
Hideki Irabu	29	173.0	13	9	4.06	129
Andy Pettitte	33	216.3	16	11	4.24	146

Relief pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Mariano Rivera	54	61.1	3	0	36	1.91	36
Mike Stanton	67	79.0	4	1	6	5.47	69
Graeme Lloyd	50	37.2	3	0	0	1.67	20
Jeff Nelson	45	40.1	5	3	3	3.79	35

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Ramiro Mendoza	41	130.1	10	2	1	3.25	56
Mike Buddie	24	41.2	4	1	0	5.62	20
Willie Banks	9	14.1	1	1	0	10.05	8
Ryan Bradley	5	12.2	2	1	0	5.68	13
Joe Borowski	8	9.2	1	0	0	6.52	7
Jim Bruske	3	9.0	1	0	0	3.00	3
Jay Tessmer	7	8.2	1	0	0	3.12	6
Mike Jerzembeck	3	6.1	0	1	0	12.79	1
Todd Erdos	2	2.0	0	0	0	9.00	0

ALDS

Game 1

September 29 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
New York	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	2	6	0
WP: David Wells (1-0) LP: Todd Stottlemyre (0-1) Sv: Mariano Rivera (1)

Game 2

September 30 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
New York	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	3	8	0
WP: Andy Pettitte (1-0) LP: Rick Helling (0-1) Sv: Mariano Rivera (2) Home runs: TEX: None NYY: Shane Spencer, Scott Brosius

Game 3

October 2 at The Ballpark in Arlington (Texas Rangers)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	9	1
Texas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
WP: David Cone (1-0) LP: Aaron Sele (0-1) Home runs: NYY: Shane Spencer, Paul O'Neill TEX: None

ALCS

New York wins the series, 4-2

Game	Home	Score	Visitor	Score	Date	Series
1	New York	7	Cleveland	2	October 6	1-0 (NYY)
2	New York	1	Cleveland	4	October 7	1-1
3	Cleveland	6	New York	1	October 9	2-1 (CLE)
4	Cleveland	0	New York	4	October 10	2-2
5	Cleveland	3	New York	5	October 11	3-2 (NYY)
6	New York	9	Cleveland	5	October 13	4-2 (NYY)

World Series

Game 1

October 17, 1998, at Yankee Stadium in New York


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Diego	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	6	8	1
New York	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	0	X	9	9	1
WP: David Wells (1-0) LP: Donne Wall (0-1) Sv: Mariano Rivera (1) Home runs: SD: Greg Vaughn 2 (2), Tony Gwynn (1) NYY: Chuck Knoblauch (1), Tino Martinez (1)

Game 2

October 18, 1998, at Yankee Stadium in New York


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Diego	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	10	1
New York	3	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	9	16	0
WP: Orlando Hernández (1-0) LP: Andy Ashby (0-1) Home runs: SD: None NYY: Bernie Williams (1), Jorge Posada (1)

Game 3

October 20, 1998, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	5	9	1
San Diego	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	4	7	1
WP: Ramiro Mendoza (1-0) LP: Trevor Hoffman (0-1) Sv: Mariano Rivera (2) Home runs: NYY: Scott Brosius 2 (2) SD: None

Game 4

October 21, 1998, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	9	0
San Diego	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
WP: Andy Pettitte (1-0) LP: Kevin Brown (0-1) Sv: Mariano Rivera (3)

Awards and honors

Scott Brosius, 3B, World Series Most Valuable Player
David Wells, Pitcher, American League Championship Series Most Valuable Player
David Cone, Pitcher, Hutch Award[16]
Derek Jeter, Shortstop, American League Leader in Runs scored, 127
Joe Torre, Associated Press Manager of the Year
Bernie Williams, Outfielder, 1998 American League Batting Title

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Stump Merrill
AA	Norwich Navigators	Eastern League	Trey Hillman
A	Tampa Yankees	Florida State League	Lee Mazzilli
A	Greensboro Bats	South Atlantic League	Tom Nieto
A-Short Season	Oneonta Yankees	New York–Penn League	Joe Arnold
Rookie	GCL Yankees	Gulf Coast League	Ken Dominguez

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Oneonta[17]

References

Reuter, Joel (March 19, 2014). "Bleacher Report's Official Rankings of the 50 Greatest Teams in MLB History". Retrieved May 18, 2020.
Fischer-Baum, Reuben (May 9, 2016). "The Best MLB Teams Of All-Time, According To Elo". Retrieved May 18, 2020.
Charlie Hayes Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sojolu01.shtml
Scott Brosius Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sveumda01.shtml
Chili Davis Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
Darryl Strawberry Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
Tim Raines Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lintodo01.shtml
Chuck Knoblauch Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
Mark Prior Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hensodr01.shtml
Ken Huckaby Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
Alfonso Soriano Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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1998 World Series
1998 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac

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[2] Fischer-Baum, Reuben (May 9, 2016). "The Best MLB Teams Of All-Time, According To Elo". Retrieved May 18, 2020.

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New York Yankees 1998 World Series champions
2 Derek Jeter 11 Chuck Knoblauch 14 Hideki Irabu 18 Scott Brosius (World Series MVP) 19 Luis Sojo 20 Jorge Posada 21 Paul O'Neill 22 Homer Bush 24 Tino Martinez 25 Joe Girardi 26 Orlando Hernández 27 Graeme Lloyd 28 Chad Curtis 29 Mike Stanton 31 Tim Raines 33 David Wells (ALCS MVP) 36 David Cone 38 Ricky Ledée 39 Darryl Strawberry 40 Darren Holmes 42 Mariano Rivera 43 Jeff Nelson 45 Chili Davis 46 Andy Pettitte 47 Shane Spencer 51 Bernie Williams 55 Ramiro Mendoza
Manager 6 Joe Torre Third Base Coach 30 Willie Randolph Pitching Coach 34 Mel Stottlemyre Bullpen Coach 40 Tony Cloninger Hitting Coach 49 Chris Chambliss Bench Coach 50 Don Zimmer First Base Coach 53 José Cardenal Assistant Coach 57 Gary Tuck Bullpen Catcher Mike Borzello
Regular season American League Division Series American League Championship Series