1998 Anaheim Angels season

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1998  Anaheim Angels
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Edison International Field of Anaheim
City Anaheim, California
Record85–77 (.525)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Jackie Autry
General managers Bill Bavasi
Managers Terry Collins
Television Fox Sports West
•Sparky Anderson, Steve Physioc
KCAL-9
•Jerry Reuss, Steve Physioc
Radio KLAC (AM 570)
•Mario Impemba, Brian Barnhart
XPRS (Spanish)
•José Tolentino, Ivan Lara
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
←  1997
1999  →

The 1998 Anaheim Angels season involved the Angels finishing second in the American League West with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Jim Fregosi's number 11 was retired by the Anaheim Angels in 1998. AngelsRetired11.png
Jim Fregosi's number 11 was retired by the Anaheim Angels in 1998.

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 88740.543—48–3340–41
Anaheim Angels 85770.525342–3943–38
Seattle Mariners 76850.47211½42–3934–46
Oakland Athletics 74880.4571439–4235–46

Record vs. opponents

1998 American League record

Sources:
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Anaheim —5–66–55–64–78–36–56–56–55–79–36–55–74–710–6
Baltimore 6–5—6–62–95–610–15–67–33–98–36–55–76–55–75–11
Boston 5–66–6—5–68–35–58–35–65–79–27–49–36–55–79–7
Chicago 6–59–26–5—6–66–68–46–64–74–74–75–65–64–6–17–9
Cleveland 7–46–53–86–6—9–38–46–64–73–89–27–34–77–410–6
Detroit 3–81–105–56–63–9—6–68–43–87–43–85–63–85–67–9
Kansas City 5–66–53–84–84–86–6—7–50–107–44–68–33–86–59–7
Minnesota 5–63–76–56–66–64–85–7—4–74–72–97–47–44–77–9
New York 5–69–37–57–47–48–310–07–4—8–38–311–18–36–613–3
Oakland 7–53–82–97–48–34–74–77–43–8—5–75–66–65–68–8
Seattle 3–95–64–77–42–98–36–49–23–87–5—6–55–74–77–9
Tampa Bay 5–67–53–96–53–76–53–84–71–116–55–6—4–75–75–11
Texas 7–55–65–66–57–48–38–34–73–86–67–57–4—7–48–8
Toronto 7–47–57–56–4–14–76–55–67–46–66–57–47–54–7—9–7

Transactions

Roster

1998 Anaheim Angels
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABRHHRRBIAvg.Slg.SB
C Matt Walbeck 1083384187646.257.3671
1B Cecil Fielder 10338148921768.241.4230
2B Justin Baughman 631962450120.255.32710
3B Dave Hollins 10136360881139.242.38811
SS Gary DiSarcina 15755173158356.287.38511
LF Darin Erstad 133537841591982.296.48620
CF Jim Edmonds 1545991151842591.307.5067
RF Garret Anderson 156622621831579.284.4558
DH Tim Salmon 136463841392688.300.5330

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Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Phil Nevin 7523754.228827
Norberto Martin 7919542.215113
Randy Velarde 5118849.261426
Orlando Palmeiro 7516553.321021
Troy Glaus 4816536.218123
Craig Shipley 7714738.259217
Damon Mashore 439823.235211
Chris Pritchett 318023.28828
Greg Jefferies 197225.347110
Todd Greene 297118.25417
Frank Bolick 21457.15612
Reggie Williams 293613.36115
Carlos García 19355.14300
Mark Johnson 10141.07100
Charlie O'Brien 5112.18200
Chad Kreuter 371.14300
Bengie Molina 210.00000

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Chuck Finley 34223.11193.39212
Omar Olivares 37183.0994.03112
Steve Sparks 22128.2944.3490
Ken Hill 19103.0964.9857
Jack McDowell 1476.0535.0945
Jarrod Washburn 1574.0634.6248
Jeff Juden 840.0136.7539

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jason Dickson 27122.010106.0561
Allen Watson 2892.1676.0464
Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Troy Percival 6727423.6587
Shigetoshi Hasegawa 618353.1473
Rich DeLucia 612634.2773
Mike Holtz 532214.7529
Pep Harris 493104.3534
Greg Cadaret 391214.1437
Trevor Wilson 150003.526
Mike Fetters 121205.569
Mike James 110001.9312
Rich Robertson 500015.883

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Mitch Seoane
AA Midland Angels Texas League Don Long
A Lake Elsinore Storm California League Mario Mendoza
A Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Garry Templeton
A-Short Season Boise Hawks Northwest League Tom Kotchman
Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Bill Lachemann

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References

  1. 1 2 "Greg Cadaret Stats".
  2. 1 2 Cecil Fielder Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. 1 2 Chip Hale Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ "Norberto Martin Stats".
  5. ↑ William Van Landingham Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ "Damon Mashore Stats".
  7. ↑ Jack McDowell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ↑ Charlie O'Brien Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ↑ Jeff Juden Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ↑ "1998 Seattle Mariners Statistics".
  11. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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