1998 New York Yankees season

1998 New York Yankees
1998 AL East Champions
1998 AL Champions
1998 World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
  • New York City (since 1903)
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, 22 games ahead of the second-place Boston Red Sox in the American League East. 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 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, a MLB record. They are widely considered to be one of the greatest teams in baseball history. The 125 wins (regular season and playoffs combined) was the most by a championship team, surpassing the previous record of 116, set by their cross-town rivals, New York Mets in 1986.[1]

Offseason transactions

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

Season summary

May

On May 17, 1998, David Wells pitched a perfect game against the Minnesota Twins.[15]

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 record

Team Home Away Total Win %
AL East
AL Central
AL West
Anaheim Angels 3–2 2–3 5–6 .455
3–2 2–3 5–6 .455
NL East
Month Games Won Lost Win %
April 23 17 6 .739
May 27 20 7 .741
June 26 19 7 .731
July 27 20 7 .741
August 32 22 10 .688
September 27 16 11 .593
Overall: 162 114 48 .704
Games Won Lost Win %
Home 81 62 19 .765
Away 81 52 29 .642

Roster

1998 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Designated Hitter

Manager

Coaches

Game log

1998 Game Log
Legend:           = Win           = Loss

Game log

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1998 Game Log (114–48) Home: 62–19 Away: 52–29

Postseason Game log

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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
1New York7Cleveland2October 61-0 (NYY)
2New York1Cleveland4October 71-1
3Cleveland6New York1October 92-1 (CLE)
4Cleveland0New York4October 102-2
5Cleveland3New York5October 113-2 (NYY)
6New York9Cleveland5October 134-2 (NYY)

World series

Main article: 1998 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

Octobe 18, 1998 at Yankeee 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

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

  1. Olney, Buster (October 23, 1998). "After Century of Baseball, How Do Yanks Stack Up?". New York Times. p. A1. Then there is the 1986 Mets, who won 108 games in the regular season and 8 more in the post-season, beating Houston in the NL playoffs and the Boston Red Sox in the World Series. They had a deep roster, graced by the likes of Darryl Strawberry, Keith Hernandez, and Gary Carter, and excellent pitching. But the 1998 Yankees are a far superior defensive team, and again, relative to their peers, the Yankees fare better.
  2. Charlie Hayes Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sojolu01.shtml
  4. Scott Brosius Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. 1 2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sveumda01.shtml
  6. Chili Davis Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. Darryl Strawberry Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. Tim Raines Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. 1 2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lintodo01.shtml
  10. Chuck Knoblauch Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  11. Mark Prior Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  12. http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hensodr01.shtml
  13. Ken Huckaby Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  14. Alfonso Soriano Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  15. David Wells Perfect Game Box Score by Baseball Almanac
  16. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml
  17. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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