1998 Baltimore Orioles season

1998 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 79–83 (.488)
Divisional place 4th
Other information
Owner(s) Peter Angelos
General manager(s) Pat Gillick
Manager(s) Ray Miller
Local television WJZ-TV/WNUV
Home Team Sports
(Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi)
Local radio WBAL (AM)
(Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter)
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The 1998 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 4th in the American League East with a record of 79 wins and 83 losses.

Offseason

Regular season


Eddie
Murray
1B
Retired 1998

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

All good things must come to an end

In June, Cal Ripken, Jr. began to contemplate ending his still-active, record-breaking streak of consecutive games played. However, the Orioles were still in contention for a wild-card spot in the playoffs at that point, so he continued playing. By mid-September, after the team fell out of wild-card contention, Ripken decided that, since the games that began his streak (May 30, 1982), tied Lou Gehrig's old record of 2,130 games (September 5, 1995) and surpassed it (September 6, 1995) all took place in his Baltimore hometown, it would be most appropriate to bring his incredible run to a close at home also. Thus, on September 20, after playing 2,632 games without a break, Cal Ripken, Jr. asked to be taken out of the starting lineup for the Orioles' last home game of the season against the New York Yankees. Everybody was stunned when rookie Ryan Minor took third base instead of Ripken for the start of the game. The game's first batter, New York's Chuck Knoblauch, grounded out to shortstop for the first out, officially ending Ripken's streak and prompting both teams and the fans to give "The Iron Man" a thunderous ovation for his monumental achievement.

Roster

1998 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

  • 54 Sam Snider (bullpen catcher)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; 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 Chris Hoiles 97 267 70 .262 15 56
1B Rafael Palmeiro 162 619 183 .296 43 121
2B Roberto Alomar 147 588 166 .282 14 56
3B Cal Ripken 161 601 163 .271 14 61
SS Mike Bordick 151 465 121 .260 13 51
LF BJ Surhoff 162 573 160 .279 22 92
CF Brady Anderson 133 479 113 .236 18 51
RF Eric Davis 131 452 148 .327 28 89
DH Harold Baines 104 293 88 .300 9 57

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Lenny Webster 108 309 88 .285 10 46
Joe Carter 85 283 70 .247 11 34
Rich Becker 79 113 23 .204 3 11
Jeff Reboulet 79 126 31 .246 1 8
Jeffrey Hammonds 63 171 46 .269 6 28
Willie Greene 24 40 6 .150 1 5
Lyle Mouton 18 39 12 .308 2 7
Charlie Greene 13 21 4 .190 0 0
Ozzie Guillén 12 16 1 .063 0 0
Danny Clyburn 11 25 7 .280 1 3
Gene Kingsale 11 2 0 .000 0 0
P. J. Forbes 9 10 1 .100 0 2
Ryan Minor 9 14 6 .429 0 1
Calvin Pickering 9 21 5 .238 2 3
Jesús Tavárez 8 11 2 .182 1 1
Hairston, JerryJerry Hairston 6 7 0 .000 0 0
Willis Otáñez 3 5 1 .200 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Scott Erickson 36 251.1 16 13 4.01 186
Mike Mussina 29 206.1 13 10 3.49 175
Juan Guzman 33 211 10 16 4.35 168
Sidney Ponson 31 135 8 9 5.27 85
Doug Drabek 23 108.2 6 11 7.29 55
Scott Kamieniecki 12 54.2 2 6 6.75 25

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Marv Foley
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Joe Ferguson
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Tommy Shields
A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League Dave Machemer
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Andy Etchebarren
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Butch Davis

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/drabedo01.shtml
  2. 1 2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cartejo01.shtml
  3. ↑ "Title Unknown". Archived from the original on May 12, 2009. Retrieved April 30, 2009.
  4. ↑ Cliff Lee Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/beckeri01.shtml
  6. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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