1998 Anaheim Angels season

1998 Anaheim Angels
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
West Division (since 1969)
Location
Edison International Field of Anaheim (since 1966)
Anaheim, California (since 1966)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jackie Autry
General manager(s)	Bill Bavasi
Manager(s)	Terry Collins
Local television	Fox Sports West •Sparky Anderson, Steve Physioc KCAL-9 •Jerry Reuss, Steve Physioc
Local radio	KLAC (AM 570) •Mario Impemba, Brian Barnhart XPRS (Spanish) •José Tolentino, Ivan Lara
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The Anaheim Angels 1998 season involved the Angels finishing 2nd in the American League west with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses.

Offseason

December 4, 1997: Greg Cadaret was signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[1]
December 19, 1997: Cecil Fielder signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[2]
December 22, 1997: Chip Hale signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[3]
January 9, 1998: Norberto Martin was signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[4]
January 10, 1998: William Van Landingham was signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[5]
January 26, 1998: Damon Mashore was signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[6]
February 27, 1998: Jack McDowell signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[7]
March 30, 1998: Chip Hale was traded by the Anaheim Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals for Craig Shipley.^[3]

Regular season


Jim Fregosi's number 11 was retired by the Anaheim Angels in 1998.

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Texas Rangers	88	74	0.543	—	48–33	40–41
Anaheim Angels	85	77	0.525	3	42–39	43–38
Seattle Mariners	76	85	0.472	11½	42–39	34–46
Oakland Athletics	74	88	0.457	14	39–42	35–46

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

Transactions

July 30, 1998: Charlie O’Brien was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Anaheim Angels for Brian Tokarse (minors) and Jason Stockstill (minors).^[8]
August 7, 1998: Jeff Juden was selected off waivers by the Anaheim Angels from the Milwaukee Brewers.^[9]
August 10, 1998: Cecil Fielder was released by the Anaheim Angels.^[2]
August 26, 1998: Greg Cadaret was selected off waivers by the Texas Rangers from the Anaheim Angels.^[1]

Roster

1998 Anaheim Angels

Roster

Pitchers

36 Greg Cadaret

41 Rich DeLucia

19 Jason Dickson

36 Mike Fetters

31 Chuck Finley

48 Pep Harris

21 Shigetoshi Hasegawa

44 Ken Hill

65 Mike Holtz

46 Mike James

33 Jeff Juden

72 Jack McDowell

39 Omar Olivares

40 Troy Percival

23 Rich Robertson

23 Steve Sparks

56 Jarrod Washburn

34 Allen Watson

17 Trevor Wilson

Catchers

4 Chad Kreuter

63 Bengie Molina

20 Phil Nevin

22 Charlie O'Brien

6 Matt Walbeck

Infielders

11,13 Justin Baughman

32 Frank Bolick

9 Gary DiSarcina

45 Cecil Fielder

12 Carlos García

14 Troy Glaus

10 Dave Hollins

32 Mark Johnson

7 Norberto Martin

28 Chris Pritchett

5 Craig Shipley

18 Randy Velarde

Outfielders

16 Garret Anderson

25 Jim Edmonds

27 Darin Erstad

8 Todd Greene

12 Gregg Jefferies

22 Damon Mashore

3 Orlando Palmeiro

15 Tim Salmon

55 Reggie Williams

Manager

1 Terry Collins

Coaches

2 Larry Bowa (Third Base)

29 Rod Carew (Hitting)

47 Joe Coleman (Bullpen)

24 George Hendrick (First Base)

53 Marcel Lachemann (Pitching)

70 Joe Maddon (Bench)

Player stats

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
C	Matt Walbeck	108	338	41	87	6	46	.257	.367	1
1B	Cecil Fielder	103	381	48	92	17	68	.241	.423	0
2B	Norberto Martin	79	195	20	42	1	13	.215	.241	3
3B	Dave Hollins	101	363	60	88	11	39	.242	.388	11
SS	Gary DiSarcina	157	551	73	158	3	56	.287	.385	11
LF	Darrin Erstad	133	537	84	159	19	82	.296	.486	20
CF	Jim Edmonds	154	599	115	184	25	91	.307	.506	7
RF	Garret Anderson	156	622	62	183	15	79	.284	.455	8
DH	Tim Salmon	136	463	84	139	26	88	.300	.533	0

^[10]

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Vancouver Canadians	Pacific Coast League	Mitch Seoane
AA	Midland Angels	Texas League	Don Long
A	Lake Elsinore Storm	California League	Mario Mendoza
A	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Midwest League	Garry Templeton
A-Short Season	Boise Hawks	Northwest League	Tom Kotchman
Rookie	Butte Copper Kings	Pioneer League	Bill Lachemann

References

1 2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cadargr01.shtml
1 2 Cecil Fielder Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
1 2 Chip Hale Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martino01.shtml
↑ William Van Landingham Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mashoda01.shtml
↑ Jack McDowell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Charlie O'Brien Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Jeff Juden Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/1998.shtml
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

1998 Anaheim Angels at Baseball Reference
1998 Anaheim Angels at Baseball Almanac

Preceded by 1997	Anaheim Angels seasons 1998	Succeeded by 1999

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Formerly the Los Angeles Angels, the California Angels, and the Anaheim Angels
Based in Anaheim, California (Greater Los Angeles)

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Angels Stadium; Tempe Diablo Stadium

Culture and lore

Rivalries

Los Angeles Dodgers

Minors

AAA: Salt Lake Bees
AA: Arkansas Travelers
A Adv.: Inland Empire 66ers
A: Burlington Bees
Rookie Adv.: Orem Owlz
Rookie: AZL Angels; DSL Angels

Key personnel

Owner: Arte Moreno
General Manager: Billy Eppler
Manager: Mike Scioscia

World Series
championships (1)

2002

American League
pennants (1)

2002

Division titles

West: 1979; 1982; 1986; 2004; 2005; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2014

Wild Card berths

2002

Broadcasting

Seasons (54)

1960s	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

1998 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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