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

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

Main article: 1998 American League Division Series

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

Main article: 1998 American League Championship Series

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

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

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

References

↑ 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.
↑ Charlie Hayes Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sojolu01.shtml
↑ Scott Brosius Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
1 2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sveumda01.shtml
↑ Chili Davis Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Darryl Strawberry Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Tim Raines Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
1 2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lintodo01.shtml
↑ Chuck Knoblauch Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Mark Prior Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hensodr01.shtml
↑ Ken Huckaby Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Alfonso Soriano Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ David Wells Perfect Game Box Score by Baseball Almanac
↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

World Series champions

American League champions

American League East champions

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

New York Yankees 1998 World Series Champions

2 Derek Jeter 11 Chuck Knoblauch 14 Hideki Irabu 18 Scott Brosius (World Series MVP) 19 Luis Sojo 20 Jorge Posada 21 Paul O'Neill 22 Homer Bush 24 Tino Martinez 25 Joe Girardi 26 Orlando Hernández 27 Graeme Lloyd 28 Chad Curtis 29 Mike Stanton 31 Tim Raines 33 David Wells 36 David Cone 38 Ricky Ledée 39 Darryl Strawberry 40 Darren Holmes 42 Mariano Rivera 43 Jeff Nelson 45 Chili Davis 46 Andy Pettitte 47 Shane Spencer 51 Bernie Williams 55 Ramiro Mendoza

Manager 6 Joe Torre Bench Coach 50 Don Zimmer Pitching Coach 34 Mel Stottlemyre First Base Coach 53 José Cardenal Hitting Coach 49 Chris Chambliss Third Base Coach 30 Willie Randolph Bullpen Coach 40 Tony Cloninger Assistant Coach 57 Gary Tuck

Regular season American League Division Series American League Championship Series

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