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)
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

• 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).^[2]
• November 12, 1997: Luis Sojo was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.^[3]
• 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.^[4]
• November 25, 1997: Dale Sveum was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.^[5]
• December 10, 1997: Chili Davis signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.^[6]
• January 8, 1998: Darryl Strawberry re-signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.^[7]
• January 15, 1998: Tim Raines re-signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.^[8]
• January 26, 1998: Doug Linton was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.^[9]
• 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.^[10]
• March 14, 1998: Doug Linton was released by the New York Yankees.^[9]
• 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.^[11]
• 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.^[12]
• June 28, 1998: Ken Huckaby was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.^[13]
• August 3, 1998: Dale Sveum was released by the New York Yankees.^[5]
• September 29, 1998: Alfonso Soriano was purchased by the New York Yankees from the Hiroshima Toyo Carp (Japan Central).^[14]

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 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

1998 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 1 @ Angels 1–4 Finley Pettitte (0–1) Percival 43,311 0–1 2 April 2 @ Angels 2–10 Hill Wells (0–1) — 29,899 0–2 3 April 4 @ Athletics 3–7 Haynes Cone (0–1) — 17,118 0–3 4 April 5 @ Athletics 9–7 10 Nelson (1–0) Mohler — 18,109 1–3 5 April 6 @ Mariners 0–8 Moyer Pettitte (0–2) — 27,445 1–4 6 April 7 @ Mariners 13–7 Wells (1–1) Bullinger — 28,424 2–4 7 April 8 @ Mariners 4–3 Lloyd (1–0) Ayala Stanton (1) 33,922 3–4 8 April 10 Athletics 17–13 Buddie (1–0) Dougherty — 56,717 4–4 9 April 11 Athletics 3–1 Pettitte (1–2) Candiotti Stanton (2) 33,238 5–4 10 April 12 Athletics 7–5 Buddie (2–0) Mathews Stanton (3) 27,057 6–4 11 April 15 Angels 6–3 Wells (2–1) Hill Nelson (1) 40,743 7–4 12 April 17 @ Tigers 11–2 Pettitte (2–2) Thompson — 12,348 8–4 13 April 18 @ Tigers 8–3 Cone (1–1) Keagle — 13,803 9–4 14 April 19 @ Tigers 1–2 Moehler Holmes (0–1) Jones 12,568 9–5 15 April 20 @ Blue Jays 3–2 11 Banks (1–0) Risley Stanton (4) 26,385 10–5 16 April 21 @ Blue Jays 5–3 10 Stanton (1–0) Plesac — 27,192 11–5 17 April 22 @ Blue Jays 9–1 Pettitte (3–2) Clemens — 29,164 12–5 18 April 24 Tigers 8–4 Cone (2–1) Keagle — 26,173 13–5 19 April 25 Tigers 5–4 Wells (3–1) Runyan Rivera (1) 33,196 14–5 20 April 27 Blue Jays 1–0 Pettitte (4–2) Clemens Rivera (2) 17,863 15–5 21 April 28 Blue Jays 2–5 Williams Mendoza (0–1) Myers 18,727 15–6 22 April 29 Mariners 8–5 Cone (3–1) Fassero Rivera (3) 27,949 16–6 23 April 30 Mariners 9–8 10 Rivera (1–0) Ayala — 28,517 17–6
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 24 May 1 @ Royals 2–1 Irabu (1–0) Rapp Rivera (4) 19,002 18–6 25 May 2 @ Royals 12–6 Pettitte (5–2) Haney — 22,743 19–6 26 May 3 @ Royals 10–1 Mendoza (1–1) Belcher — 22,609 20–6 27 May 5 @ Rangers 7–2 Cone (4–1) Burkett — 31,693 21–6 28 May 6 @ Rangers 15–13 Stanton (2–0) Patterson Rivera (5) 33,274 22–6 29 May 8 @ Twins 5–1 Irabu (2–0) Radke Nelson (2) 22,612 23–6 30 May 9 @ Twins 1–8 Morgan Pettitte (5–3) — 20,471 23–7 31 May 10 @ Twins 7–0 Mendoza (2–1) Milton — 12,444 24–7 32 May 12 Royals 3–2 Wells (4–1) Rusch Rivera (6) 16,606 25–7 33 May 13 Rangers 8–6 Cone (5–1) Helling Rivera (7) 23,142 26–7 34 May 14 Rangers 5–7 13 Patterson Banks (1–1) Wetteland 20,694 26–8 35 May 15 Twins 6–7 Milton Pettitte (5–4) Aguilera 31,272 26–9 36 May 16 Twins 5–2 Mendoza (3–1) Tewksbury Rivera (8) 35,137 27–9 37 May 17 Twins 4–0 Wells (5–1) Hawkins — 49,820 28–9 38 May 19 Orioles 9–5 Stanton (3–0) Charlton — 31,311 29–9 39 May 20 Orioles 9–6 Irabu (3–0) Key — 32,449 30–9 40 May 21 Orioles 3–1 Pettitte (6–4) Erickson Rivera (9) 34,588 31–9 41 May 22 @ Red Sox 4–5 Wakefield Nelson (1–1) Gordon 33,605 31–10 42 May 23 @ Red Sox 12–3 Wells (6–1) Lowe — 33,120 32–10 43 May 24 @ Red Sox 14–4 Cone (6–1) Saberhagen — 33,042 33–10 44 May 25 @ White Sox 12–0 Irabu (4–0) Navarro — 19,812 34–10 45 May 26 @ White Sox 7–5 Nelson (2–1) Foulke Rivera (10) 14,596 35–10 46 May 27 @ White Sox 9–12 Simas Nelson (2–2) Karchner 15,232 35–11 47 May 28 Red Sox 8–3 Wells (7–1) Wakefield Stanton (5) 42,182 36–11 48 May 29 Red Sox 6–2 Cone (7–1) Lowe — 47,160 37–11 49 May 30 Red Sox 2–3 Saberhagen Irabu (4–1) Gordon 55,191 37–12 50 May 31 Red Sox 7–13 Martinez Pettitte (6–5) — 55,711 37–13
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 51 June 1 White Sox 5–4 10 Nelson (3–2) Karchner — 19,131 38–13 52 June 2 White Sox 6–3 Wells (8–1) Sirotka Rivera (11) 22,599 39–13 53 June 3 Devil Rays 7–1 Hernandez (1–0) Saunders — 27,291 40–13 54 June 4 Devil Rays 6–1 Irabu (5–1) Springer — 22,759 41–13 55 June 5 Marlins 5–1 Pettitte (7–5) Fontenot — 28,085 42–13 56 June 6 Marlins 4–2 Mendoza (4–1) Sanchez Rivera (12) 36,419 43–13 57 June 7 Marlins 4–1 Cone (8–1) Dempster — 47,731 44–13 58 June 9 @ Expos 11–1 Hernandez (2–0) Perez — 16,238 45–13 59 June 10 @ Expos 6–2 Irabu (6–1) Hermanson — 14,335 46–13 60 June 11 @ Expos 5–7 Valdes Nelson (3–3) Urbina 16,036 46–14 61 June 14 Indians 4–2 Cone (9–1) Wright Rivera (13) 42,949 47–14 62 June 15 @ Orioles 4–7 Erickson Wells (8–2) Orosco 48,022 47–15 63 June 16 @ Orioles 0–2 Ponson Irabu (6–2) Rhodes 48,027 47–16 64 June 17 @ Orioles 5–3 Pettitte (8–5) Mussina Rivera (14) 48,269 48–16 65 June 18 @ Indians 5–2 Nelson (4–3) Assenmacher Rivera (15) 43,096 49–16 66 June 19 @ Indians 4–7 Wright Cone (9–2) Jackson 43,180 49–17 67 June 20 @ Indians 5–3 Wells (9–2) Burba Rivera (16) 43,259 50–17 68 June 21 @ Indians 0–11 Colon Irabu (6–3) — 43,104 50–18 69 June 22 Braves 6–4 Nelson (5–3) Martinez Rivera (17) 53,316 51–18 70 June 23 Braves 2–7 Glavine Hernandez (2–1) — 54,775 51–19 71 June 24 @ Braves 10–6 Cone (10–2) Millwood Rivera (18) 48,980 52–19 72 June 25 @ Braves 6–0 Wells (10–2) Neagle — 49,052 53–19 73 June 26 @ Mets 8–4 Mendoza (5–1) Leiter Rivera (19) 53,404 54–19 74 June 27 @ Mets 7–2 Pettitte (9–5) Jones — 53,587 55–19 75 June 28 @ Mets 1–2 Cook Mendoza (5–2) — 53,749 55–20 76 June 30 Phillies 9–2 Cone (11–2) Loewer — 29,087 56–20
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 77 July 1 Phillies 5–2 Wells (11–2) Beech Rivera (20) 28,919 57–20 78 July 2 Phillies 9–8 11 Buddie (3–0) Spradlin — 31,259 58–20 79 July 3 Orioles 3–2 Pettitte (10–5) Orosco — 43,328 59–20 80 July 4 Orioles 4–3 Hernandez (3–1) Drabek Rivera (21) 37,390 60–20 81 July 5 Orioles 1–0 Cone (12–2) Erickson Rivera (22) 52,506 61–20 82 July 9 @ Devil Rays 2–0 Pettitte (11–5) Rekar Rivera (23) 38,386 62–20 83 July 10 @ Devil Rays 8–4 Irabu (7–3) Alvarez Mendoza (1) 40,363 63–20 84 July 11 @ Devil Rays 2–0 Cone (13–2) Arrojo Rivera (24) 44,589 64–20 85 July 12 @ Devil Rays 9–2 Stanton (4–0) Hernandez — 43,373 65–20 86 July 13 @ Indians 1–4 Wright Hernandez (3–2) Jackson 43,177 65–21 87 July 14 @ Indians 7–1 Pettitte (12–5) Burba — 43,164 66–21 88 July 15 @ Tigers 11–0 Irabu (8–3) Greisinger — 19,868 67–21 89 July 16 @ Tigers 1–3 Moehler Cone (13–3) Jones 21,336 67–22 90 July 17 @ Blue Jays 6–9 Clemens Holmes (0–2) Myers 39,172 67–23 91 July 18 @ Blue Jays 10–3 Hernandez (4–2) Guzman — 48,123 68–23 92 July 19 @ Blue Jays 3–9 Williams Pettitte (12–6) — 42,176 68–24 93 July 20 Tigers 3–4 17 Sager Holmes (0–3) — 0 68–25 94 July 20 Tigers 4–3 Irabu (9–3) Florie Rivera (25) 36,285 69–25 95 July 21 Tigers 5–1 Cone (14–3) Moehler — 35,980 70–25 96 July 22 Tigers 13–2 Hernandez (5–2) Powell Holmes (1) 49,029 71–25 97 July 24 White Sox 5–4 Pettitte (13–6) Ward Rivera (26) 44,264 72–25 98 July 25 White Sox 2–6 Sirotka Irabu (9–4) Simas 55,638 72–26 99 July 26 White Sox 6–3 Wells (12–2) Navarro Rivera (27) 51,865 73–26 100 July 28 @ Angels 9–3 Cone (15–3) Dickson — 36,241 74–26 101 July 29 @ Angels 5–10 Sparks Hernandez (5–3) — 38,829 74–27 102 July 30 @ Angels 3–0 10 Mendoza (6–2) DeLucia Rivera (28) 42,915 75–27 103 July 31 @ Mariners 5–3 Irabu (10–4) Fassero Rivera (29) 43,837 76–27
August # 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 Pettitte (14–8) — 19,297 94–34 129 August 25 Angels 6–7 Watson Stanton (4–1) Percival 30,422 94–35 130 August 26 Angels 4–6 Juden Bradley (1–1) Percival 20,077 94–36 131 August 26 Angels 7–6 Rivera (3–0) Fetters — 28,837 95–36 132 August 27 Angels 6–5 11 Tessmer (1–0) Fetters — 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 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 136 September 1 Athletics 7–0 Wells (18–2) Candiotti — 29,632 99–37 137 September 2 Athletics 0–2 Heredia Cone (18–5) Taylor 30,332 99–38 138 September 4 @ White Sox 11–6 Lloyd (3–0) Bradford — 19,876 100–38 139 September 5 @ White Sox 5–9 Abbott Pettitte (15–9) — 33,092 100–39 140 September 6 @ White Sox 5–6 Baldwin Irabu (11–8) Howry 24,498 100–40 141 September 7 @ Red Sox 3–4 Swindell Wells (18–3) Gordon 32,106 100–41 142 September 8 @ Red Sox 3–2 Cone (19–5) Martinez Rivera (34) 33,409 101–41 143 September 9 @ Red Sox 7–5 Mendoza (9–2) Wakefield Rivera (35) 32,942 102–41 144 September 10 Blue Jays 8–5 Pettitte (16–9) Hentgen Holmes (2) 25,881 103–41 145 September 11 Blue Jays 4–5 Almanzar Irabu (11–9) Person 35,856 103–42 146 September 12 Blue Jays 3–5 Carpenter Wells (18–4) Person 48,752 103–43 147 September 13 Blue Jays 3–5 Escobar Cone (19–6) Person 47,471 103–44 148 September 14 Red Sox 3–0 Hernandez (10–4) Martinez — 42,735 104–44 149 September 15 Red Sox 4–9 Wakefield Jerzembeck (0–1) — 43,218 104–45 150 September 16 @ Devil Rays 0–7 Saunders Pettitte (16–10) — 38,862 104–46 151 September 17 @ Devil Rays 4–0 Irabu (12–9) Santana — 38,820 105–46 152 September 18 @ Orioles 15–5 Wells (19–4) Guzman — 48,113 106–46 153 September 19 @ Orioles 3–5 Ponson Cone (19–7) Mills 48,044 106–47 154 September 20 @ Orioles 5–4 Hernandez (11–4) Johns Rivera (36) 48,013 107–47 155 September 21 Indians 1–4 Nagy Pettitte (16–11) Shuey 21,449 107–48 156 September 22 Indians 10–4 Mendoza (10–2) Burba — 14,840 108–48 157 September 22 Indians 5–1 Irabu (13–9) Ogea — 32,315 109–48 158 September 23 Indians 8–4 Bradley (2–1) Jacome — 32,367 110–48 159 September 24 Devil Rays 5–2 Buddie (4–1) Alvarez Nelson (3) 24,555 111–48 160 September 25 Devil Rays 6–1 Hernandez (12–4) Eiland — 32,447 112–48 161 September 26 Devil Rays 3–1 Cone (20–7) Wade — 41,150 113–48 162 September 27 Devil Rays 8–3 Bruske (1–0) White — 49,608 114–48
Legend:           = Win           = Loss

Game log

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1998 Game Log (114–48) Home: 62–19 Away: 52–29
April (17–6) Home: 9–1 Away: 8–5 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 1 April 1 @ Angels 1–4 Finley (1–0) Pettitte (0–1) Percival (1) Edison International Field of Anaheim 43,311 0–1 2 April 2 @ Angels 2–10 Hill (1–0) Wells (0–1) Edison International Field of Anaheim 29,899 0–2 -- April 13 Angels Postponed (stadium structural problems); rescheduled for August 24 -- April 14 Angels Postponed (stadium structural problems); rescheduled for August 26 11 April 15 Angels (at Flushing, NY) 6–3 Wells (2–1) Hill (2–1) Nelson (1) Shea Stadium 40,743 7–4
May (20–7) Home: 9–4 Away: 11–3 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record
June (19–7) Home: 10–1 Away: 9–6 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record
July (20–7) Home: 10–2 Away: 10–5 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 100 July 28 @ Angels 9–3 Cone (15–3) Dickson (9–8) Edison International Field of Anaheim 36,241 74–26 101 July 29 @ Angels 5–10 Sparks (4–2) Hernández (5–3) Edison International Field of Anaheim 38,829 74–27 102 July 30 @ Angels 3–0 (10) Mendoza (6–2) DeLucia (1–4) Rivera (28) Edison International Field of Anaheim 42,915 75–27
August (22–10) Home: 14–5 Away: 8–5 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 128 August 24 Angels 3–7 McDowell (3–2) Pettitte (14–8) Yankee Stadium 19,297 94–34 129 August 25 Angels 6–7 Watson (6–7) Stanton (4–1) Percival (36) Yankee Stadium 30,422 94–35 130 August 26 Angels 4–6 Juden (1–2) Bradley (1–1) Percival (37) Yankee Stadium 20,077 94–36 131 August 26 Angels 7–6 Rivera (3–0) Fetters (2–7) Yankee Stadium 28,837 95–36 132 August 27 Angels 6–5 (11) Tessmer (1–0) Fetters (2–8) Yankee Stadium 29,213 96–36
September (16–11) Home: 10–6 Away: 6–6 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record

Postseason Game log

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1998 Postseason Game Log (11–2)
ALDS vs Rangers (3–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record
ALCS vs Indians (4–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record
WS vs Padres (4–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record

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

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

• 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

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. 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. 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

• 1998 New York Yankees
• 1998 World Series
• 1998 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac