1998 MLB Summary - The Baseball Cube

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league	rank	lg rk	mlb rk	team	franchise	g	w	l	wpct	gbl	rf	ra	diff	manager	attendance	payroll	ballpark	playoffs
AL East	1	1	1	New York Yankees	Franchise Page	162	114	48	.704	--	965	655	310	Joe Torre	2,955,193	63,159,898	Yankee Stadium I	Won World Series (Padres)
AL East	2	2	5	Boston Red Sox	Franchise Page	162	92	70	.568	22.0	876	729	147	Jimy Williams	2,314,704	51,647,000	Fenway Park	Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
AL East	3	4	10	Toronto Blue Jays	Franchise Page	162	88	74	.543	26.0	816	768	48	Tim Johnson	2,454,303	48,415,000	SkyDome	dnq
AL East	4	8	16	Baltimore Orioles	Franchise Page	162	79	83	.488	35.0	817	785	32	Ray Miller	3,684,650	70,408,134	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	dnq
AL East	5	14	29	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Franchise Page	162	63	99	.389	51.0	620	751	-131	Larry Rothschild	2,506,293	25,317,500	Tropicana Field	dnq
league	rank	lg rk	mlb rk	team	franchise	g	w	l	wpct	gbl	rf	ra	diff	manager	attendance	payroll	ballpark	playoffs
AL Central	1	3	7	Cleveland Indians	Franchise Page	162	89	73	.549	--	850	779	71	Mike Hargrove	3,467,299	59,033,499	Jacobs Field	Lost ALCS (Yankees)
AL Central	2	7	15	Chicago White Sox	Franchise Page	162	80	82	.494	9.0	861	931	-70	Jerry Manuel	1,391,146	36,840,000	Comiskey Park II	dnq
AL Central	3	11	23	Kansas City Royals	Franchise Page	161	72	89	.447	16.5	714	898	-184	Tony Muser	1,494,875	32,912,500	Kauffman Stadium	dnq
AL Central	4	12	24	Minnesota Twins	Franchise Page	162	70	92	.432	19.0	734	818	-84	Tom Kelly	1,165,976	26,182,500	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	dnq
AL Central	5	13	27	Detroit Tigers	Franchise Page	162	65	97	.401	24.0	722	861	-139	Buddy Bell, Larry Parrish	1,409,391	22,625,000	Tiger Stadium	dnq
league	rank	lg rk	mlb rk	team	franchise	g	w	l	wpct	gbl	rf	ra	diff	manager	attendance	payroll	ballpark	playoffs
AL West	1	5	9	Texas Rangers	Franchise Page	162	88	74	.543	--	940	871	69	Johnny Oates	2,927,399	54,704,595	The Ballpark in Arlington	Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
AL West	2	6	12	Anaheim Angels	Franchise Page	162	85	77	.525	3.0	787	783	4	Terry Collins	2,519,280	38,537,000	Edison International Field	dnq
AL West	3	9	19	Seattle Mariners	Franchise Page	161	76	85	.472	11.5	859	855	4	Lou Piniella	2,651,511	52,032,291	The Kingdome	dnq
AL West	4	10	22	Oakland Athletics	Franchise Page	162	74	88	.457	14.0	804	866	-62	Art Howe	1,232,343	20,063,000	Network Associates Coliseum	dnq
league	rank	lg rk	mlb rk	team	franchise	g	w	l	wpct	gbl	rf	ra	diff	manager	attendance	payroll	ballpark	playoffs
NL East	1	1	2	Atlanta Braves	Franchise Page	162	106	56	.654	--	826	581	245	Bobby Cox	3,360,860	59,536,000	Turner Field	Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
NL East	2	6	11	New York Mets	Franchise Page	162	88	74	.543	18.0	706	639	67	Bobby Valentine	2,287,948	49,559,665	Shea Stadium	dnq
NL East	3	11	20	Philadelphia Phillies	Franchise Page	162	75	87	.463	31.0	713	808	-95	Terry Francona	1,715,722	36,085,000	Veterans Stadium	dnq
NL East	4	14	28	Montreal Expos	Franchise Page	162	65	97	.401	41.0	644	783	-139	Felipe Alou	914,909	9,202,000	Olympic Stadium	dnq
NL East	5	16	30	Florida Marlins	Franchise Page	162	54	108	.333	52.0	667	914	-247	Jim Leyland	1,730,384	33,434,000	Joe Robbie Stadium	dnq
league	rank	lg rk	mlb rk	team	franchise	g	w	l	wpct	gbl	rf	ra	diff	manager	attendance	payroll	ballpark	playoffs
NL Central	1	2	3	Houston Astros	Franchise Page	162	102	60	.630	--	874	620	254	Larry Dierker	2,458,451	40,629,000	Astrodome	Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
NL Central	2	4	6	Chicago Cubs	Franchise Page	163	90	73	.552	12.5	831	791	40	Jim Riggleman	2,623,194	49,383,000	Wrigley Field	Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
NL Central	3	8	14	St. Louis Cardinals	Franchise Page	162	83	79	.512	19.0	810	782	28	Tony La Russa	3,195,691	52,572,500	Busch Stadium II	dnq
NL Central	4	10	18	Cincinnati Reds	Franchise Page	162	77	85	.475	25.0	750	760	-10	Jack McKeon	1,793,649	21,995,000	Cinergy Field	dnq
NL Central	5	12	21	Milwaukee Brewers	Franchise Page	162	74	88	.457	28.0	707	812	-105	Phil Garner	1,811,593	32,252,583	County Stadium	dnq
NL Central	6	13	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	Franchise Page	162	69	93	.426	33.0	650	718	-68	Gene Lamont	1,560,950	13,752,000	Three Rivers Stadium	dnq
league	rank	lg rk	mlb rk	team	franchise	g	w	l	wpct	gbl	rf	ra	diff	manager	attendance	payroll	ballpark	playoffs
NL West	1	3	4	San Diego Padres	Franchise Page	162	98	64	.605	--	749	635	114	Bruce Bochy	2,555,874	45,368,000	Qualcomm Stadium	Lost World Series (Yankees)
NL West	2	5	8	San Francisco Giants	Franchise Page	163	89	74	.546	9.5	845	739	106	Dusty Baker	1,925,364	40,320,835	3Com Park	dnq
NL West	3	7	13	Los Angeles Dodgers	Franchise Page	162	83	79	.512	15.0	669	678	-9	Glenn Hoffman, Bill Russell	3,089,222	47,970,000	Dodger Stadium	dnq
NL West	4	9	17	Colorado Rockies	Franchise Page	162	77	85	.475	21.0	826	855	-29	Don Baylor	3,792,683	47,433,333	Coors Field	dnq
NL West	5	15	26	Arizona Diamondbacks	Franchise Page	162	65	97	.401	33.0	665	803	-138	Buck Showalter	3,610,290	29,161,500	Bank One Ballpark	dnq
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team	league	players	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
Anaheim Angels	AL West	32	1738	5630	787	1530	314	27	147	739	93	45	510	1028	48	49	41	31	122	2339	6278	488	1042	.272	.335	.415	.751	.243	.144	.308	8.12	16.37	2.02	38.30
Arizona Diamondbacks	NL West	36	2053	5491	665	1353	235	46	159	621	73	38	489	1239	64	45	27	32	125	2157	6116	440	913	.246	.314	.393	.707	.242	.146	.290	8.00	20.26	2.53	34.53
Atlanta Braves	NL East	34	1960	5484	826	1489	297	26	215	794	98	43	548	1062	61	76	46	37	104	2483	6215	538	951	.272	.342	.453	.795	.291	.181	.300	8.82	17.09	1.94	25.51
Baltimore Orioles	AL East	33	1805	5565	817	1520	303	11	214	783	86	48	593	903	58	44	44	30	136	2487	6304	528	992	.273	.347	.447	.794	.287	.174	.291	9.41	14.32	1.52	26.00
Boston Red Sox	AL East	31	1756	5601	876	1568	338	35	205	827	72	39	541	1049	70	35	52	32	144	2591	6299	578	990	.280	.348	.463	.810	.285	.183	.310	8.59	16.65	1.94	27.32
Chicago Cubs	NL Central	39	2257	5649	831	1494	250	34	212	788	65	44	601	1223	39	67	37	52	123	2448	6393	496	998	.264	.337	.433	.771	.279	.169	.302	9.40	19.13	2.03	26.65
Chicago White Sox	AL Central	26	1663	5585	861	1516	291	38	198	806	127	46	551	916	47	38	59	34	119	2477	6280	527	989	.271	.339	.444	.782	.285	.172	.291	8.77	14.59	1.66	28.21
Cincinnati Reds	NL Central	45	2253	5496	750	1441	298	28	138	723	95	42	608	1107	37	78	49	39	134	2209	6268	464	977	.262	.337	.402	.739	.260	.140	.303	9.70	17.66	1.82	39.83
Cleveland Indians	AL Central	32	1670	5616	850	1530	334	30	198	811	143	60	630	1061	41	30	59	35	123	2518	6376	562	968	.272	.347	.448	.795	.303	.176	.302	9.88	16.64	1.68	28.36
Colorado Rockies	NL West	40	2307	5632	826	1640	333	36	183	791	67	47	469	949	37	98	41	29	148	2594	6277	552	1088	.291	.347	.461	.808	.256	.169	.321	7.47	15.12	2.02	30.78
Detroit Tigers	AL Central	32	1701	5664	722	1494	306	29	165	691	122	62	455	1070	62	16	45	25	111	2353	6242	500	994	.264	.323	.415	.738	.243	.152	.297	7.29	17.14	2.35	34.33
Florida Marlins	NL East	45	2175	5558	667	1381	277	36	114	621	115	57	525	1120	45	70	29	30	121	2072	6227	427	954	.248	.317	.373	.690	.229	.124	.291	8.43	17.99	2.13	48.75
Houston Astros	NL Central	34	2110	5641	874	1578	326	28	166	818	155	51	621	1122	72	58	49	52	146	2458	6441	520	1058	.280	.356	.436	.792	.285	.156	.321	9.64	17.42	1.81	33.98
Kansas City Royals	AL Central	38	1712	5546	714	1459	274	40	134	686	135	50	475	984	60	45	65	24	118	2215	6191	448	1011	.263	.324	.399	.724	.237	.136	.295	7.67	15.89	2.07	41.39
Los Angeles Dodgers	NL West	45	2076	5459	669	1374	209	27	159	630	137	53	447	1056	36	91	43	31	98	2114	6076	395	979	.252	.310	.387	.698	.233	.136	.283	7.36	17.38	2.36	34.33
Milwaukee Brewers	NL Central	37	2260	5541	707	1439	266	17	152	673	81	59	532	1039	66	61	32	36	135	2195	6232	435	1004	.260	.330	.396	.726	.236	.136	.294	8.54	16.67	1.95	36.45
Minnesota Twins	AL Central	27	1680	5641	734	1499	285	32	115	691	112	54	506	915	45	18	52	33	155	2193	6262	432	1067	.266	.328	.389	.717	.223	.123	.297	8.08	14.61	1.81	49.05
Montreal Expos	NL East	39	2288	5418	644	1348	280	32	147	602	91	46	439	1058	60	87	37	31	109	2133	6041	459	889	.249	.310	.394	.704	.234	.145	.283	7.27	17.51	2.41	36.86
New York Mets	NL East	46	2223	5510	706	1425	289	24	136	671	62	46	572	1049	37	88	48	55	126	2170	6255	449	976	.259	.330	.394	.724	.242	.135	.295	9.14	16.77	1.83	40.51
New York Yankees	AL East	27	1682	5643	965	1625	290	31	207	907	153	63	653	1025	57	32	59	34	145	2598	6444	528	1097	.288	.364	.460	.825	.304	.172	.317	10.13	15.91	1.57	27.26
Oakland Athletics	AL West	31	1761	5490	804	1413	295	13	149	755	131	47	633	1122	55	58	46	22	120	2181	6282	457	956	.257	.338	.397	.735	.270	.140	.296	10.08	17.86	1.77	36.85
Philadelphia Phillies	NL East	35	2145	5617	713	1482	286	36	126	672	97	45	508	1080	45	65	65	44	110	2218	6300	448	1034	.264	.326	.395	.721	.231	.131	.303	8.06	17.14	2.13	44.58
Pittsburgh Pirates	NL Central	36	2146	5493	650	1395	271	35	107	613	159	51	393	1060	91	78	56	22	102	2057	6111	413	982	.254	.311	.374	.686	.212	.121	.294	6.43	17.35	2.70	51.34
San Diego Padres	NL West	36	2259	5490	749	1390	292	30	167	715	79	37	604	1072	48	56	45	40	112	2243	6243	489	901	.253	.330	.409	.739	.273	.155	.285	9.67	17.17	1.77	32.87
San Francisco Giants	NL West	38	2288	5628	845	1540	292	26	161	800	102	51	678	1040	44	81	53	53	123	2367	6484	479	1061	.274	.353	.421	.774	.276	.147	.308	10.46	16.04	1.53	34.96
Seattle Mariners	AL West	32	1718	5628	859	1553	321	28	234	822	115	39	558	1081	57	36	48	26	107	2632	6327	583	970	.276	.345	.468	.812	.304	.192	.302	8.82	17.09	1.94	24.05
St. Louis Cardinals	NL Central	43	2279	5593	810	1444	292	30	223	781	133	41	676	1179	42	68	34	65	117	2465	6413	545	899	.258	.341	.441	.781	.320	.183	.289	10.54	18.38	1.74	25.08
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	AL East	28	1705	5555	620	1450	267	43	111	579	120	73	473	1107	37	53	38	24	127	2136	6156	421	1029	.261	.321	.385	.706	.217	.123	.306	7.68	17.98	2.34	50.05
Texas Rangers	AL West	28	1687	5672	940	1637	314	32	201	894	82	47	595	1045	39	41	54	27	137	2618	6401	547	1090	.289	.357	.462	.819	.284	.173	.321	9.30	16.33	1.76	28.22
Toronto Blue Jays	AL East	28	1700	5580	816	1482	316	19	221	776	184	81	564	1132	87	43	49	42	108	2499	6323	556	926	.266	.340	.448	.787	.302	.182	.295	8.92	17.90	2.01	25.25
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team	league	players	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gf	gr	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
Anaheim Angels	AL West	19	85	77	4.49	577	162	3	1	159	415	52	1444.0	1481	783	720	164	630	1091	70	4	47	1.46	9.23	1.02	3.93	6.80	4.88	1.73
Arizona Diamondbacks	NL West	25	65	97	4.64	530	162	7	2	155	368	37	1432.1	1463	803	738	188	489	908	52	14	41	1.36	9.19	1.18	3.07	5.71	5.05	1.86
Atlanta Braves	NL East	19	106	56	3.25	516	162	24	14	138	354	45	1438.2	1291	581	520	117	467	1232	51	3	35	1.22	8.08	0.73	2.92	7.71	3.63	2.64
Baltimore Orioles	AL East	22	79	83	4.74	564	162	16	4	146	402	37	1431.1	1505	785	754	169	535	1065	51	6	46	1.43	9.46	1.06	3.36	6.70	4.94	1.99
Boston Red Sox	AL East	23	92	70	4.19	594	162	5	2	157	432	53	1436.0	1406	729	668	168	504	1025	62	2	53	1.33	8.81	1.05	3.16	6.42	4.57	2.03
Chicago Cubs	NL Central	24	90	73	4.50	612	163	7	5	156	449	56	1477.1	1528	791	738	180	575	1207	48	14	48	1.42	9.31	1.10	3.50	7.35	4.82	2.10
Chicago White Sox	AL Central	20	80	82	5.24	568	163	8	0	155	405	42	1438.2	1569	931	837	211	580	911	58	10	54	1.49	9.82	1.32	3.63	5.70	5.82	1.57
Cincinnati Reds	NL Central	24	77	85	4.44	528	162	6	3	156	366	42	1441.1	1400	760	711	170	573	1098	60	7	52	1.37	8.74	1.06	3.58	6.86	4.75	1.92
Cleveland Indians	AL Central	23	89	73	4.45	585	162	9	3	153	423	47	1460.0	1552	779	722	171	563	1037	35	5	67	1.45	9.57	1.05	3.47	6.39	4.80	1.84
Colorado Rockies	NL West	19	77	85	5.00	568	162	9	2	153	406	36	1432.2	1583	855	796	174	562	951	46	9	61	1.50	9.94	1.09	3.53	5.97	5.37	1.69
Detroit Tigers	AL Central	20	65	97	4.93	608	162	9	3	153	446	32	1446.1	1551	861	793	185	595	947	60	0	40	1.48	9.65	1.15	3.70	5.89	5.36	1.59
Florida Marlins	NL East	22	54	108	5.20	582	162	11	0	151	420	24	1449.2	1617	914	838	182	715	1016	62	10	57	1.61	10.04	1.13	4.44	6.31	5.67	1.42
Houston Astros	NL Central	18	102	60	3.50	502	162	12	7	150	340	44	1471.1	1435	620	572	147	465	1187	50	5	42	1.29	8.78	0.90	2.84	7.26	3.79	2.55
Kansas City Royals	AL Central	22	72	89	5.16	549	161	6	3	155	388	46	1436.1	1590	898	824	196	568	999	72	5	60	1.50	9.96	1.23	3.56	6.26	5.63	1.76
Los Angeles Dodgers	NL West	25	83	79	3.81	504	162	16	6	146	342	47	1447.1	1332	678	612	135	587	1178	46	9	56	1.33	8.28	0.84	3.65	7.33	4.22	2.01
Milwaukee Brewers	NL Central	23	74	88	4.63	578	162	2	0	160	416	39	1451.0	1538	812	746	188	550	1063	48	7	61	1.44	9.54	1.17	3.41	6.59	5.04	1.93
Minnesota Twins	AL Central	17	70	92	4.76	594	162	7	1	155	432	42	1447.2	1622	818	765	180	457	952	55	5	43	1.44	10.08	1.12	2.84	5.92	5.09	2.08
Montreal Expos	NL East	19	65	97	4.39	605	162	4	0	158	443	39	1427.0	1448	783	696	156	533	1017	50	12	57	1.39	9.13	0.98	3.36	6.41	4.94	1.91
New York Mets	NL East	19	88	74	3.77	561	162	9	3	153	399	46	1457.2	1381	639	611	152	532	1129	40	11	68	1.31	8.53	0.94	3.28	6.97	3.95	2.12
New York Yankees	AL East	19	114	48	3.82	496	162	22	8	140	334	48	1456.2	1357	655	619	156	466	1080	37	5	68	1.25	8.38	0.96	2.88	6.67	4.05	2.32
Oakland Athletics	AL West	19	74	88	4.83	570	162	12	3	150	408	39	1434.0	1555	866	769	179	529	922	68	5	56	1.45	9.76	1.12	3.32	5.79	5.44	1.74
Philadelphia Phillies	NL East	21	75	87	4.64	547	162	21	3	141	385	32	1463.0	1476	808	754	188	544	1176	73	5	54	1.38	9.08	1.16	3.35	7.23	4.97	2.16
Pittsburgh Pirates	NL Central	17	69	93	3.91	558	163	7	2	156	395	41	1449.0	1433	718	629	147	530	1112	45	14	31	1.35	8.90	0.91	3.29	6.91	4.46	2.10
San Diego Padres	NL West	21	98	64	3.63	531	162	14	5	148	369	59	1454.2	1384	635	587	139	501	1217	66	6	49	1.30	8.56	0.86	3.10	7.53	3.93	2.43
San Francisco Giants	NL West	17	89	74	4.19	596	163	6	3	157	433	44	1477.0	1457	739	687	171	562	1089	58	3	52	1.37	8.88	1.04	3.42	6.64	4.50	1.94
Seattle Mariners	AL West	20	76	85	4.95	529	161	17	5	144	368	31	1424.1	1530	855	784	196	528	1156	61	6	60	1.44	9.67	1.24	3.34	7.30	5.40	2.19
St. Louis Cardinals	NL Central	23	83	79	4.32	591	163	6	2	157	428	44	1469.2	1513	782	706	151	558	972	42	14	54	1.41	9.27	0.92	3.42	5.95	4.79	1.74
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	AL East	22	63	99	4.35	572	162	7	2	155	410	28	1443.0	1425	751	698	171	643	1008	43	3	81	1.43	8.89	1.07	4.01	6.29	4.68	1.57
Texas Rangers	AL West	21	88	74	5.00	564	162	10	4	152	402	46	1431.1	1624	871	795	164	519	994	62	2	45	1.50	10.21	1.03	3.26	6.25	5.48	1.92
Toronto Blue Jays	AL East	20	88	74	4.29	547	163	10	5	153	384	47	1465.0	1443	768	698	169	587	1154	34	4	45	1.39	8.86	1.04	3.61	7.09	4.72	1.97
30 record(s)

1998 Major League Baseball

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