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1998 San Francisco Giants season

The 1998 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 116th season in Major League Baseball, their 41st season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 39th at 3Com Park at Candlestick Point. The team finished in second place in the National League West with an 89–74 record, 9½ games behind the San Diego Padres.

1998 San Francisco Giants
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
Ballpark3Com Park at Candlestick Point
CitySan Francisco, California
Record89–74 (.546)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersPeter Magowan
General managersBrian Sabean
ManagersDusty Baker
TelevisionKTVU
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller)
Fox Sports Bay Area
(Jon Miller, Duane Kuiper)
RadioKNBR
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller )
SP Radio
(Erwin Higueros,Rene De La Rosa, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)
← 1997 Seasons 1999 →

Offseason edit

Regular season edit

Opening Day starters edit

Season standings edit

NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Diego Padres 98 64 0.605 — 54–27 44–37
San Francisco Giants 89 74 0.546 9½ 49–32 40–42
Los Angeles Dodgers 83 79 0.512 15 48–33 35–46
Colorado Rockies 77 85 0.475 21 42–39 35–46
Arizona Diamondbacks 65 97 0.401 33 34–47 31–50

Record vs. opponents edit

1998 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LA MIL MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona — 1–8 5–7 4–5 6–6 6–2 4–5 4–8 6–3 2–7 4–5 2–7 6–3 3–9 5–7 2–7 5–8
Atlanta 8–1 — 3–6 7–2 5–3 7–5 4–5 8–1 7–2 6–6 9–3 8–4 7–2 5–4 7–2 6–3 9–7
Chicago 7–5 6–3 — 6–5 7–2 7–2 4–7 4–5 6–6 7–2 4–5 3–6 8–3 5–4 7–3 4–7 5–8
Cincinnati 5–4 2–7 5–6 — 4–5 9–0 3–8 5–4 6–5 8–1 3–6 4–5 5–7 1–11 2–7 8–3 7-6
Colorado 6–6 3–5 2–7 5–4 — 6–3 6–5 6–6 4–7 7–2 3–6 5–4 5–4 5–7 7–5 3–6 4–8
Florida 2–6 5–7 2–7 0–9 3–6 — 3–6 4–5 0–9 5–7 5–7 6–6 3–6 4–5 0–9 4–5 8–8
Houston 5–4 5–4 7–4 8–3 5–6 6-3 — 3–6 9–2 7–2 5–4 7–2 9–2 5–4 6–3 5–7 10–4
Los Angeles 8–4 1–8 5–4 4–5 6–6 5–4 6–3 — 5–4 5–4 3–5 5–4 7–5 5–7 6–6 4–5 8–5
Milwaukee 3–6 2–7 6–6 5–6 7–4 9–0 2–9 4–5 — 6–3 1–8 4–5 6–5 3–6 5–4 3–8 8–6
Montreal 7–2 6–6 2–7 1–8 2–7 7–5 2–7 4–5 3–6 — 8–4 5–7 2–7 4–4 3–6 3–6 6–10
New York 5–4 3–9 5–4 6–3 6–3 7–5 4–5 5–3 8–1 4–8 — 8–4 4–5 4–5 4–5 6–3 9–7
Philadelphia 7-2 4–8 6–3 5–4 4–5 6–6 2–7 4–5 5–4 7–5 4–8 — 8–1 1–8 2–6 3–6 7–9
Pittsburgh 3–6 2–7 3–8 7–5 4–5 6–3 2–9 5–7 5–6 7–2 5–4 1–8 — 5–4 2–7 6–5 6–7
San Diego 9–3 4–5 4–5 11–1 7–5 5–4 4–5 7–5 6–3 4–4 5–4 8–1 4–5 — 8–4 6–3 6–7
San Francisco 7–5 2–7 3–7 7–2 5–7 9–0 3–6 6–6 4–5 6–3 5–4 6–2 7–2 4–8 — 7–5 8–5
St. Louis 7–2 3–6 7–4 3–8 6–3 5-4 7–5 5–4 8–3 6–3 3–6 6–3 5–6 3–6 5–7 — 4–9


Notable transactions edit

  • April 6, 1998: Jalal Leach was released by the San Francisco Giants.[5]
  • May 11, 1998: Jalal Leach was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.[5]
  • June 2, 1998: Cody Ransom was drafted by the Giants in the 9th round of the 1998 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 4, 1998.[7]
  • July 23, 1998: Joe Carter was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the San Francisco Giants for Darin Blood (minors).[8]
  • September 14, 1998: Alex Diaz was released by the Giants.[4]

Roster edit

1998 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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 Brian Johnson 99 308 73 .237 13 34
1B J.T. Snow 138 435 108 .248 15 79
2B Jeff Kent 137 526 156 .297 31 128
SS Rich Aurilia 122 413 110 .266 9 49
3B Bill Mueller 145 534 157 .294 9 59
LF Barry Bonds 156 552 167 .303 37 122
CF Darryl Hamilton 97 367 108 .294 1 26
RF Stan Javier 135 417 121 .290 4 49

Other batters edit

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Charlie Hayes 111 329 94 .286 12 62
Rey Sánchez 109 316 90 .285 2 30
Marvin Benard 121 286 92 .322 3 36
Brent Mayne 94 275 75 .273 3 32
Ellis Burks 42 147 45 .306 5 22
Joe Carter 41 105 31 .295 7 29
Chris Jones 43 90 17 .189 2 10
Alex Diaz 34 62 8 .129 0 5
Shawon Dunston 36 51 9 .176 3 8
Ramón Martínez 19 19 6 .316 0 0
Doug Mirabelli 10 17 4 .235 1 4
Wilson Delgado 10 12 2 .167 0 1
Armando Ríos 12 7 4 .571 2 3
Dante Powell 8 4 2 .500 1 1
Jeff Ball 2 4 1 .250 0 0
Jacob Cruz 3 3 0 .000 0 0

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mark Gardner 33 212.0 13 6 4.33 151
Orel Hershiser 34 202.0 11 10 4.41 126
Kirk Reuter 33 187.2 16 9 4.36 102
Shawn Estes 25 149.1 7 12 5.06 136
Danny Darwin 33 148.2 8 10 5.51 81

Other pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Russ Ortiz 22 88.1 4 4 4.99 75

Relief pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Robb Nen 78 7 7 40 1.52 110
John Johnstone 70 6 5 0 3.07 86
Rich Rodriguez 68 4 0 2 3.70 44
Julián Tavárez 60 5 3 1 3.80 52
Steve Reed 50 2 1 1 1.48 50
Jose Mesa 32 5 3 0 3.52 28
Jim Poole 26 1 3 0 5.29 16
Chris Brock 13 0 0 0 3.90 19
Alvin Morman 9 0 1 0 5.14 7
Dean Hartgraves 5 0 0 0 9.53 4
Cory Bailey 5 0 0 0 2.70 2

Award winners edit

All-Star Game

Farm system edit

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Fresno Grizzlies Pacific Coast League Jim Davenport
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Mike Hart
A Bakersfield Blaze California League Frank Reberger
A San Jose Giants California League Shane Turner
A-Short Season Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Northwest League Keith Comstock

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Jose, Salem-Keizer[9]

References edit

  1. ^ Charlie Hayes at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Brent Mayne at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Danny Darwin at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ a b Alex Diaz at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ a b c "Jalal Leach Stats".
  6. ^ "1998 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  7. ^ Cody Ransom at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ "Joe Carter Stats".
  9. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links edit

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