1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Vince Naimoli
General manager(s) Chuck LaMar
Manager(s) Larry Rothschild
Local television Sportschannel Florida
WWWB
WTSP
(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats)
Local radio WFLA
(Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes)
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The 1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was the first season in franchise history. This season, they finished last in the AL East division and finished the season with a record of 63-99, 51 games behind the World Champion New York Yankees. Their manager was Larry Rothschild.

Miguel Cairo was the last active player remaining from the Opening Day roster, until retiring after the 2012 season.

Offseason

Expansion Draft

Round 1

PickPlayerPositionFromTo
1Tony SaundersLHPFlaTB
4Quinton McCrackenOFColTB
6Bobby AbreuOFHouTB
8Miguel Cairo2BCHCTB
10Rich ButlerOFTorTB
12Bob Smith3BAtlTB
14Jason JohnsonRHPPitTB
16Dmitri Young1BCinTB
18Esteban YanRHPBalTB
20Mike DiFeliceCStLTB
22Bubba TrammellOFDetTB
24Andy SheetsIFSeaTB
26Dennis SpringerRHPAnaTB
28Dan CarlsonRHPSFTB

Round 2

PickPlayerPositionFromTo
30Brian BoehringerRHPNYYTB
32Mike DuvallLHPFlaTB
34John LeRoyRHPAtlTB
36Jim MecirRHPBosTB
38Bryan RekarRHPColTB
40Rick GoreckiRHPLATB
42Ramón TatísLHPCHCTB
44Kerry RobinsonOFStLTB
46Steve Cox1BOakTB
48Albie LopezRHPCleTB
50José PaniaguaRHPMonTB
52Carlos MendozaOFNYMTB
54Ryan KarpLHPPhiTB
56Santos HernándezRHPSFTB

Round 3

PickPlayerPositionFromTo
58Randy WinnOFFlaTB
60Terrell WadeLHPAtlTB
62Aaron LedesmaIFBalTB
64Brooks KieschnickOFCHCTB
66Luke WilcoxOFNYYTB
68Herbert PerryIFCleTB
70Vaughn EshelmanLHPOakTB

Regular season

Opening Day starters

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

Notable transactions

Roster

1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

Game Log

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB
C John Flaherty 91 304 21 63 3 24 .207 0
1B Fred McGriff 151 564 73 160 19 81 .284 7
2B Miguel Cairo 150 515 49 138 5 46 .268 19
3B Bob Smith 117 370 44 102 11 55 .276 5
SS Kevin Stocker 112 336 37 70 6 25 .208 5
LF Quinton McCracken 155 614 77 179 7 59 .292 19
CF Randy Winn 109 338 51 94 1 17 .278 26
RF Dave Martinez 90 309 31 79 3 20 .256 8
DH Paul Sorrento 137 435 40 98 17 57 .225 2

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Other batters

Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB
Wade Boggs 123 435 51 122 7 52 .280 3
Rich Butler 72 217 25 49 7 20 .226 4
Tim Laker 3 5 1 1 0 0 .200 0
Kerry Robinson 2 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Dave Silvestri 8 14 0 1 0 0 .071 0
Bubba Trammell 59 199 28 57 12 35 .286 0
Jerome Walton 12 34 4 11 0 3 .324 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO

Awards and honors

1998 MLB All-Star Game

Team leaders

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Durham Bulls International League Bill Evers
A St. Petersburg Devil Rays Florida State League Roy Silver
A Charleston RiverDogs South Atlantic League Greg Mahlberg
A-Short Season Hudson Valley Renegades New York–Penn League Charlie Montoyo
Rookie Princeton Devil Rays Appalachian League Dave Howard
Rookie GCL Devil Rays Gulf Coast League Bobby Ramos

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References

  1. ↑ Luis Polonia Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/laforpe01.shtml
  3. ↑ Jason Standridge Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ Kenny Kelly Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kellymi02.shtml
  6. ↑ Wade Boggs Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcclasc01.shtml
  8. 1 2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/manzajo01.shtml
  9. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/silveda01.shtml
  10. 1 2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/waltoje01.shtml
  11. ↑ http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199806220TBA
  12. ↑ Aubrey Huff Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  13. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TBD/1998.shtml
  14. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  15. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/affiliate.cgi?id=TBD&year=1998
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