1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1998)
Eastern Division (since 1998)
Location
Tropicana Field (since 1998)
St. Petersburg, Florida (since 1998)
Other information
Owner(s)	Vince Naimoli
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 their 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

March 11, 1997: Luis Polonia was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.^[1]
May 10, 1997: Pete Laforest was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.^[2]
June 3, 1997: Jason Standridge was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (31st pick) of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1997.^[3]
June 3, 1997: Kenny Kelly was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 2nd round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1997.^[4]
November 11, 1997: Mike Kelly was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for a player to be named later. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Dmitri Young (November 18, 1997) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.^[5]
December 9, 1997: Wade Boggs signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.^[6]
December 16, 1997: Scott McClain was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.^[7]
December 18, 1997: Josías Manzanillo was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.^[8]
January 27, 1998: Dave Silvestri was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.^[9]
January 27, 1998: Jerome Walton was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.^[10]

Expansion Draft

Round 1

Pick	Player	Position	From	To
1	Tony Saunders	LHP	Fla	TB
4	Quinton McCracken	OF	Col	TB
6	Bobby Abreu	OF	Hou	TB
8	Miguel Cairo	2B	CHC	TB
10	Rich Butler	OF	Tor	TB
12	Bob Smith	3B	Atl	TB
14	Jason Johnson	RHP	Pit	TB
16	Dmitri Young	1B	Cin	TB
18	Esteban Yan	RHP	Bal	TB
20	Mike DiFelice	C	StL	TB
22	Bubba Trammell	OF	Det	TB
24	Andy Sheets	IF	Sea	TB
26	Dennis Springer	RHP	Ana	TB
28	Dan Carlson	RHP	SF	TB

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position	From	To
30	Brian Boehringer	RHP	NYY	TB
32	Mike Duvall	LHP	Fla	TB
34	John LeRoy	RHP	Atl	TB
36	Jim Mecir	RHP	Bos	TB
38	Bryan Rekar	RHP	Col	TB
40	Rick Gorecki	RHP	LA	TB
42	Ramón Tatís	LHP	CHC	TB
44	Kerry Robinson	OF	StL	TB
46	Steve Cox	1B	Oak	TB
48	Albie Lopez	RHP	Cle	TB
50	Jose Paniagua	RHP	Mon	TB
52	Carlos Mendoza	OF	NYM	TB
54	Ryan Karp	LHP	Phi	TB
56	Santos Hernandez	RHP	SF	TB

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position	From	To
58	Randy Winn	OF	Fla	TB
60	Terrell Wade	LHP	Atl	TB
62	Aaron Ledesma	IF	Bal	TB
64	Brooks Kieschnick	OF	CHC	TB
66	Luke Wilcox	OF	NYY	TB
68	Herbert Perry	IF	Cle	TB
70	Vaughn Eshelman	LHP	Oak	TB

Regular season

June 22, 1998 - The first interleague game between the Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays took place at Tropicana Field. The rivalry would be known as the Citrus Series. The Marlins won the game in twelve innings by a score of 3-2.^[11]

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	114	48	.704	--
Boston Red Sox	92	70	.568	22.0
Toronto Blue Jays	88	74	.543	26.0
Baltimore Orioles	79	83	.488	35.0
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	63	99	.389	51.0

Notable transactions

May 26, 1998: Jerome Walton was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.^[10]
June 2, 1998: Aubrey Huff was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 5th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1998.^[12]
July 1, 1998: Josías Manzanillo was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.^[8]

Roster

1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Roster

Pitchers

37 Scott Aldred

40 Wilson Álvarez

30 Rolando Arrojo

46 Dan Carlson

13 Mike Duvall

48 Dave Eiland

28 Eddie Gaillard

55 Rick Gorecki

39 Roberto Hernández

41 Jason Johnson

32 Albie Lopez

45 Jim Mecir

57 Brad Pennington

28 Bryan Rekar

36,53 Matt Ruebel

80 Julio Santana

31 Tony Saunders

35 Dennis Springer

52 Ramón Tatís

36 Terrell Wade

27 Rick White

43 Esteban Yan

Catchers

8 Mike DiFelice

23 John Flaherty

16 Tim Laker

Infielders

12 Wade Boggs

13,20 Miguel Cairo

4 Aaron Ledesma

20 Scott McClain

29 Fred McGriff

17 Dave Silvestri

9 Bob Smith

19 Kevin Stocker

Outfielders

10 Rich Butler

24 Mike Kelly

14 Dave Martinez

3 Quinton McCracken

15 Kerry Robinson

44 Paul Sorrento

21 Bubba Trammell

27 Jerome Walton

2 Randy Winn

Manager

11 Larry Rothschild

Coaches

25 Orlando Gómez (Bullpen)

22 Billy Hatcher (First Base)

5 Steve Henderson (Hitting)

33 Frank Howard (Bench)

7 Greg Riddoch (Third Base)

38 Rick Williams (Pitching)

Game log

Game Log

March (0-1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	March 31	Tigers	11 - 6	Thompson (1-0)	Álvarez (0-1)		45,369	0-1

April (12-13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
2	April 1	Tigers	11 - 8	Arrojo (1-0)	Moehler (0-1)		30,109	1-1
3	April 2	Tigers	7 - 1	Yan (1-0)	Worrell (0-1)		28,261	2-1
4	April 3	White Sox	10 - 4	Baldwin (1-0)	Gorecki (0-1)		31,816	2-2
5	April 4	White Sox	8 - 2	Springer (1-0)	Eyre (0-1)		36,599	3-2
6	April 5	White Sox	5 - 0	Álvarez (1-1)	Bere (0-1)		33,733	4-2
7	April 7	@ Tigers	3 - 1	Florie (0-1)	Arrojo (1-1)	Jones (1)	45,768	4-3
8	April 10	@ White Sox	3 - 0	Sirotka (1-1)	Saunders (0-1)	Karchner (1)	13,563	4-4
9	April 11	@ White Sox	5 - 1	Gorecki (1-1)	Bere (0-2)		17,322	5-4
10	April 12	@ White Sox	4 - 1	Álvarez (2-1)	Navarro (0-2)	Hernández (1)	14,004	6-4
11	April 13	Twins	13 - 12 (14)	Yan (1-0)	Trombley (0-2)		31,969	7-4
12	April 14	Twins	8 - 2	Radke (2-1)	Springer (1-1)		34,337	7-5
13	April 16	@ Angels	6 - 5	Saunders (1-1)	Holtz (1-1)	Hernández (2)	22,906	8-5
14	April 17	@ Angels	5 - 0	Finley (3-0)	Gorecki (1-2)		31,516	8-6
15	April 18	@ Angels	8 - 1	Álvarez (3-1)	Dickson (0-3)		37,878	9-6
16	April 19	@ Angels	6 - 0	Arrojo (2-1)	Watson (0-2)		34,580	10-6
17	April 21	@ Rangers	4 - 0	Sele (4-0)	Springer (1-2)		26,776	10-7
18	April 22	@ Rangers	7 - 2	Helling (4-0)	Saunders (1-2)		30,770	10-8
19	April 23	@ Rangers	12 - 5	Johnson (1-0)	Oliver (0-3)		33,319	11-8
20	April 24	Angels	10 - 3	Watson (1-2)	Álvarez (3-2)		27,767	11-9
21	April 25	Angels	7 - 1	Hill (4-1)	Arrojo (2-2)		33,395	11-10
22	April 26	Angels	2 - 1	Olivares (1-0)	Springer (1-3)	Percival (5)	26,882	11-11
23	April 27	Athletics	7 - 6	Mathews (1-0)	Hernández (0-1)	Taylor (4)	25,484	11-12
24	April 28	Athletics	4 - 3	Small (1-0)	Johnson (1-1)	Taylor (5)	25,138	11-13
25	April 29	@ Twins	2 - 0	Tewksbury (1-0)	Álvarez (3-3)	Aguilera (5)	8,964	11-14
26	April 30	@ Twins	2 - 0	Arrojo (3-2)	Hawkins (0-3)		8,860	12-14

May (12-16)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
27	May 1	@ Indians	7 - 5	Colón (2-1)	Springer (1-4)	Jackson (10)	42,712	12-15
28	May 2	@ Indians	5 - 1	Ogea (1-1)	Saunders (1-3)		42,525	12-16
29	May 3	@ Indians	10 - 8	Mesa (3-0)	Hernández (0-2)		42,597	12-17
30	May 5	@ Royals	4 - 2	Pichardo (3-0)	Álvarez (3-4)	Montgomery (6)	12,096	12-18
31	May 6	@ Royals	5 - 0	Arrojo (4-2)	Rusch (3-4)		11,401	13-18
32	May 8	Orioles	8 - 2	Rhodes (3-0)	Lopez (0-1)		35,355	13-19
33	May 9	Orioles	7 - 0	Mussina (4-2)	Springer (1-5)		42,486	13-20
34	May 10	Orioles	4 - 3	Yan (3-0)	Mills (0-1)	Hernández (3)	34,123	14-20
35	May 11	Indians	4 - 2	Arrojo (5-2)	Burba (3-4)	Hernández (4)	30,334	15-20
36	May 12	Indians	6 - 5 (15)	Santana (1-0)	Jackson (0-1)		30,194	16-20
37	May 13	Royals	4 - 0	Rapp (3-3)	Saunders (1-4)		25,244	16-21
38	May 14	Royals	10 - 2	Belcher (2-5)	Springer (1-6)		24,296	16-22
39	May 15	@ Orioles	4 - 1	Álvarez (4-4)	Erickson (4-2)	Hernández (5)	47,421	17-22
40	May 16	@ Orioles	5 - 2	Arrojo (6-2)	Belcher (2-5)	Hernández (6)	47,538	18-22
41	May 17	@ Orioles	7 - 3	Mecir (1-0)	Mills (0-2)		47,628	19-22
42	May 18	@ Orioles	6 - 3	Lopez (1-1)	Drabek (3-5)	Hernández (7)	45,033	20-22
43	May 19	@ Blue Jays	3 - 1	Williams (4-2)	Springer (1-7)	Myers (10)	25,662	20-23
44	May 20	@ Blue Jays	9 - 1	Hentgen (6-3)	Álvarez (4-5)		26,107	20-24
45	May 21	@ Blue Jays	6 - 1	Guzman (2-6)	Arrojo (6-3)		30,108	20-25
46	May 22	@ Mariners	5 - 2	Johnson (2-1)	Moyer (2-5)	Hernández (8)	29,522	21-25
47	May 23	@ Mariners	6 - 3	Yan (4-0)	Ayala (0-4)	Hernández (9)	35,819	22-25
48	May 24	@ Mariners	3 - 1	Johnson (4-3)	Springer (1-8)		46,867	22-26
49	May 25	@ Athletics	8 - 2	Oquist (1-3)	Ruebel (0-1)		13,199	22-27
50	May 26	@ Athletics	7 - 2	Arrojo (7-3)	Candiotti (4-5)		9,801	23-27
51	May 28	Mariners	5 - 2	Moyer (3-5)	Johnson (2-2)		27,017	23-28
52	May 29	Mariners	6 - 2	Johnson (5-3)	Saunders (1-5)		32,142	23-29
53	May 30	Mariners	5 - 2	Springer (2-8)	Cloude (3-3)	Hernández (10)	40,212	24-29
54	May 31	Mariners	11 - 6	Swift (4-3)	White (0-1)		35,184	24-30

June (10-17)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
55	June 1	Rangers	11 - 6	Arrojo (8-3)	Burkett (4-3)	Hernández (11)	24,388	25-30
56	June 2	Rangers	11 - 6	Witt (5-3)	Johnson (2-3)		24,477	25-31
57	June 3	@ Yankees	7 - 1	Hernandez (1-0)	Saunders (1-6)		27,291	25-32
58	June 4	@ Yankees	6 - 1	Irabu (5-1)	Springer (2-9)		22,759	25-33
59	June 5	Expos	5 - 2	Hermanson (4-4)	White (0-2)		24,025	25-34
60	June 6	Expos	7 - 5	Telford (3-2)	Ruebel (0-2)	Urbina (14)	26,501	25-35
61	June 7	Expos	4 - 3 (11)	Lopez (2-1)	Kline (1-3)		26,334	26-35
62	June 8	@ Mets	3 - 0	Reed (7-3)	Springer (2-10)		24,186	26-36
63	June 9	@ Mets	5 - 4 (11)	Mecir (2-0)	Hudek (0-3)	Hernández (12)	30,336	27-36
64	June 10	@ Mets	3 - 2	Leiter (7-3)	White (0-3)	Rojas (2)	21,682	27-37
65	June 12	@ Red Sox	5 - 1	Wakefield (7-3)	Arrojo (8-4)		31,994	27-38
66	June 14	@ Red Sox	3 - 2	Gordon (4-1)	Lopez (2-2)		27,768	27-39
67	June 15	Blue Jays	8 - 7	White (1-3)	Quantrill (0-3)	Hernández (13)	24,122	28-39
68	June 16	Blue Jays	4 - 3	Mecir (3-0)	Myers (2-2)		24,278	29-39
69	June 17	Blue Jays	2 - 1	Arrojo (9-4)	Guzman (3-9)	Hernández (14)	24,394	30-39
70	June 18	Red Sox	7 - 5 (10)	Wasdin (4-3)	Yan (4-1)	Gordon (21)	30,177	30-40
71	June 19	Red Sox	4 - 1	Avery (4-1)	Saunders (1-7)	Gordon (22)	32,375	30-41
72	June 20	Red Sox	8 - 5	Santana (2-0)	Saberhagen (8-5)	Hernández (15)	41,169	31-41
73	June 21	Red Sox	3 - 1	Martínez (9-2)	Johnson (2-4)	Gordon (23)	40,348	31-42
74	June 22	Marlins	3 - 2 (12)	Alfonseca (1-2)	Mecir (3-1)		25,623	31-43
75	June 23	Marlins	6 - 4	Lopez (3-2)	Dempster (1-2)	Hernández (16)	27,523	32-43
76	June 24	@ Marlins	8 - 4	Meadows (6-6)	Saunders (1-8)		19,501	32-44
77	June 25	@ Marlins	5 - 1	Hernández (6-4)	Santana (2-1)		16,826	32-45
78	June 26	@ Phillies	7 - 0	Green (6-4)	Johnson (2-5)		17,559	32-46
79	June 27	@ Phillies	5 - 1	Arrojo (10-4)	Schilling (7-8)		44,262	33-46
80	June 28	@ Phillies	5 - 4	Lopez (4-2)	Gomes (6-3)	Hernández (17)	25,157	34-46
81	June 30	Braves	7 - 2	Neagle (9-6)	Saunders (1-9)		41,047	34-47

July (9-16)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
82	July 1	Braves	6 - 5	Springer (5-3)	Hernández (0-3)	Ligtenberg (8)	41,100	34-48
83	July 2	Braves	6 - 0	Maddux (12-2)	Arrojo (10-5)		40,749	34-49
84	July 3	@ Blue Jays	3 - 2 (10)	Myers (3-2)	Yan (4-2)		25,625	34-50
85	July 4	@ Blue Jays	8 - 0	Carpenter (5-3)	Springer (2-11)		29,198	34-51
86	July 5	@ Blue Jays	2 - 1	Quantrill (1-3)	White (1-4)	Myers (23)	31,240	34-52
87	July 9	Yankees	2 - 0	Pettitte (11-5)	Rekar (0-1)	Rivera (23)	38,386	34-53
88	July 10	Yankees	8 - 4	Irabu (7-3)	Álvarez (4-6)	Mendoza (1)	40,363	34-54
89	July 11	Yankees	2 - 0	Cone (13-2)	Arrojo (10-6)	Rivera (24)	44,589	34-55
90	July 12	Yankees	9 - 2	Stanton (4-0)	Hernández (0-4)		43,373	34-56
91	July 13	Red Sox	2 - 0	Avery (6-2)	Santana (2-2)	Gordon (26)		34-57
92	July 14	Red Sox	5 - 4	Lopez (5-2)	Mahay (1-1)		27,310	35-57
93	July 15	@ Angels	4 - 2	Hasegawa (4-1)	Álvarez (4-7)	Percival (27)	19,681	35-58
94	July 16	@ Angels	8 - 1	Arrojo (11-6)	Sparks (3-2)		24,085	36-58
95	July 17	@ Rangers	7 - 4	Oliver (5-7)	Mecir (3-2)	Wetteland (26)	33,876	36-59
96	July 18	@ Rangers	9 - 8	Crabtree (4-0)	Yan (4-3)		44,356	36-60
97	July 19	@ Rangers	7 - 4	Burkett (6-10)	Rekar (0-2)	Wetteland (27)	34,700	36-61
98	July 21	Mariners	8 - 3	Moyer (7-7)	Álvarez (4-8)		30,298	36-62
99	July 22	Mariners	7 - 5	Lopez (6-2)	Johnson (9-9)	Hernández (18)	31,558	37-62
100	July 24	Athletics	6 - 0	Saunders (2-9)	Oquist (6-7)		25,476	38-62
101	July 25	Athletics	7 - 5	Hernández (1-4)	Rogers (10-4)		30,179	39-62
102	July 26	Athletics	3 - 1	Álvarez (5-8)	Candiotti (5-13)	Yan (1)	37,194	40-62
103	July 27	Athletics	11 - 5	Rekar (1-2)	Stein (4-6)		24,359	41-62
104	July 28	@ White Sox	4 - 1	Baldwin (6-4)	Arrojo (11-7)	Simas (10)	18,402	41-63
105	July 29	@ White Sox	7 - 2	Saunders (3-9)	Parque (2-4)		17,387	42-63
106	July 31	Tigers	5 - 1	Santana (3-2)	Greisinger (1-6)	Hernández (19)	25,654	43-63

August (10-20)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
107	August 1	Tigers	8 - 0	Moehler (12-7)	Álvarez (5-9)		28,130	43-64
108	August 2	Tigers	3 - 2	Powell (2-2)	Rekar (1-3)	Jones (19)	26,120	43-65
109	August 3	White Sox	6 - 1	Baldwin (7-4)	Arrojo (11-8)		24,698	43-66
110	August 4	White Sox	8 - 6	Castillo (5-4)	Saunders (3-10)	Simas (11)	24,866	43-67
111	August 5	White Sox	7 - 3	Hernández (2-4)	Howry (0-2)		24,814	44-67
112	August 7	Indians	5 - 1	Gooden (4-6)	Álvarez (5-10)		32,254	44-68
113	August 8	Indians	6 - 2	Nagy (10-7)	Rekar (1-4)		37,108	44-69
114	August 9	Indians	2 - 1	Mecir (4-2)	Assenmacher (2-5)		36,641	45-69
115	August 10	Orioles	2 - 1	Guzman (8-12)	Saunders (3-11)	Benítez (16)	26,352	45-70
116	August 11	Orioles	2 - 1	Mecir (5-2)	Benítez (4-3)		26,472	46-70
117	August 12	Orioles	7 - 0	Erickson (12-9)	Álvarez (5-11)		29,211	46-71
118	August 13	@ Royals	6 - 4	Montgomery (2-4)	Hernández (2-5)		18,289	46-72
119	August 14	@ Royals	11 - 9	Haney (5-5)	Arrojo (11-9)	Service (3)	28,133	46-73
120	August 15	@ Royals	8 - 6	Mecir (6-2)	Bones (0-1)	Hernández (20)	18,706	47-73
121	August 16	@ Royals	8 - 3	Santana (4-2)	Belcher (11-10)		16,762	48-73
122	August 17	@ Indians	4 - 3	Colón (13-6)	Álvarez (5-12)	Jackson (30)	43,139	48-74
123	August 18	@ Indians	4 - 2	Gooden (5-6)	Rekar (1-5)	Jackson (31)	42,967	48-75
124	August 19	Orioles	6 - 4	Mussina (12-6)	Arrojo (11-10)	Benítez (19)	44,530	48-76
125	August 20	Orioles	4 - 2	Saunders (4-11)	Rhodes (3-4)	Hernández (21)	44,566	49-76
126	August 21	Royals	6 - 5	Whisenant (2-1)	Yan (4-4)	Montgomery (27)	25,638	49-77
127	August 22	Royals	3 - 2	Rosado (7-9)	Álvarez (5-13)	Montgomery (28)	27,346	49-78
128	August 23	Royals	11 - 5	Rapp (10-11)	Rekar (1-6)		33,123	49-79
129	August 25	Twins	4 - 1	Rodriguez (4-2)	Arrojo (11-11)	Aguilera (32)	23,126	49-80
130	August 26	Twins	7 - 3	Tewksbury (6-9)	Saunders (4-12)	Aguilera (33)	23,059	49-81
131	August 27	Twins	10 - 3	Santana (5-2)	Milton (7-11)		23,314	50-81
132	August 28	@ Tigers	4 - 3	Mecir (7-2)	Moehler (12-11)	Hernández (22)	19,534	51-81
133	August 29	@ Tigers	10 - 6	Springer (3-11)	Thompson (10-12)		?	52-81
134	August 29	@ Tigers	8 - 2	Greisinger (4-7)	Rekar (1-7)		16,406	52-82
135	August 30	@ Tigers	10 - 5	Arrojo (12-11)	Powell (3-5)	Hernández (23)	14,765	53-82
136	August 31	@ Twins	2 - 1	Tewksbury (7-9)	Saunders (4-13)	Aguilera (34)	7,888	53-83

September (10-16)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record
137	September 1	@ Twins	6-5	53-84
138	September 2	@ Twins	4-1	54-84
139	September 3	@ Twins	5-4	54-85
140	September 4	@ Athletics
141	September 5	@ Athletics
142	September 6	@ Athletics
143	September 8	@ Mariners
144	September 9	@ Mariners
145	September 11	Rangers
146	September 12	Rangers
147	September 13	Rangers
148	September 14	Angels
149	September 15	Angels
150	September 16	Yankees
151	September 17	Yankees
152	September 18	Blue Jays
153	September 19	Blue Jays
154	September 20	Blue Jays
155	September 21	@ Red Sox
156	September 21	@ Red Sox
157	September 22	@ Red Sox
158	September 23	@ Red Sox
159	September 24	@ Yankees
160	September 25	@ Yankees
161	September 26	@ Yankees
162	September 27	@ Yankees

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

Rolando Arrojo, Pitcher

Team leaders

Home Runs – Fred McGriff (19)
Runs Batted In - Fred McGriff (81)
Batting Average - Aaron Ledesma (.324)
Hits - Quinton McCracken (179)
Stolen Bases - Randy Winn (26)
Walks - Fred McGriff (79)
Wins - Rolando Arrojo (14)
Strikeouts - Tony Saunders (172)
Earned Run Average - Albie Lopez (2.60)
Saves - Roberto Hernández (26)

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
Short-Season A	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

References

↑ Luis Polonia Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/laforpe01.shtml
↑ Jason Standridge Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Kenny Kelly Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kellymi02.shtml
↑ Wade Boggs Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcclasc01.shtml
↑ 8.0 8.1 http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/manzajo01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/silveda01.shtml
↑ 10.0 10.1 http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/waltoje01.shtml
↑ http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199806220TBA
↑ Aubrey Huff Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TBD/1998.shtml
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/affiliate.cgi?id=TBD&year=1998

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