1998 Anaheim Angels season

1998  Anaheim Angels
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Edison International Field of Anaheim
City	Anaheim, California
Record	85–77 (.525)
Divisional place	2nd
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 Baseball Reference
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The 1998 Anaheim Angels season was the 38th season of the Anaheim Angels franchise in the American League, the 333rd in Anaheim, and their 33rd season playing their home games at Edison International Field of Anaheim. The Angels finished second in the American League West with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses.

Offseason

• December 4, 1997: Greg Cadaret was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels. ^[1]
• December 19, 1997: Cecil Fielder signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels. ^[2]
• December 22, 1997: Chip Hale signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels. ^[3]
• January 9, 1998: Norberto Martin was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels. ^[4]
• January 10, 1998: William Van Landingham was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels. ^[5]
• January 26, 1998: Damon Mashore was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels. ^[6]
• February 27, 1998: Jack McDowell signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels. ^[7]
• March 30, 1998: Chip Hale was traded by the Anaheim Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals for Craig Shipley. ^[3]

Regular season

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

Season standings

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Texas Rangers	88	74	.543	—	48‍–‍33	40‍–‍41
Anaheim Angels	85	77	.525	3	42‍–‍39	43‍–‍38
Seattle Mariners	76	85	.472	11½	42‍–‍39	34‍–‍46
Oakland Athletics	74	88	.457	14	39‍–‍42	35‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

1998 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1998 v t e
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

Transactions

• July 30, 1998: Charlie O'Brien was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Anaheim Angels for Brian Tokarse (minors) and Jason Stockstill (minors). ^[8]
• August 7, 1998: Jeff Juden was selected off waivers by the Anaheim Angels from the Milwaukee Brewers. ^[9]
• August 10, 1998: Cecil Fielder was released by the Anaheim Angels. ^[2]
• August 26, 1998: Greg Cadaret was selected off waivers by the Texas Rangers from the Anaheim Angels. ^[1]

Roster

1998 Anaheim Angels
Roster
Pitchers 36 Greg Cadaret 41 Rich DeLucia 19 Jason Dickson 36 Mike Fetters 31 Chuck Finley 48 Pep Harris 21 Shigetoshi Hasegawa 44 Ken Hill 65 Mike Holtz 46 Mike James 33 Jeff Juden 72 Jack McDowell 39 Omar Olivares 40 Troy Percival 23 Rich Robertson 23 Steve Sparks 56 Jarrod Washburn 34 Allen Watson 17 Trevor Wilson		Catchers  4 Chad Kreuter 63 Bengie Molina 20 Phil Nevin 22 Charlie O'Brien  6 Matt Walbeck Infielders 11,13 Justin Baughman 32 Frank Bolick  9 Gary DiSarcina 45 Cecil Fielder 12 Carlos García 14 Troy Glaus 10 Dave Hollins 32 Mark Johnson  7 Norberto Martin 28 Chris Pritchett  5 Craig Shipley 18 Randy Velarde		Outfielders 16 Garret Anderson 25 Jim Edmonds 27 Darin Erstad  8 Todd Greene 12 Gregg Jefferies 22 Damon Mashore  3 Orlando Palmeiro 15 Tim Salmon 55 Reggie Williams		Manager  1 Terry Collins Coaches  2 Larry Bowa (Third Base) 29 Rod Carew (Hitting) 47 Joe Coleman (Bullpen) 24 George Hendrick (First Base) 53 Marcel Lachemann (Pitching) 70 Joe Maddon (Bench)

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	Avg.	Slg.	SB
C	Matt Walbeck	108	338	41	87	6	46	.257	.367	1
1B	Cecil Fielder	103	381	48	92	17	68	.241	.423	0
2B	Justin Baughman	63	196	24	50	1	20	.255	.327	10
3B	Dave Hollins	101	363	60	88	11	39	.242	.388	11
SS	Gary DiSarcina	157	551	73	158	3	56	.287	.385	11
LF	Darin Erstad	133	537	84	159	19	82	.296	.486	20
CF	Jim Edmonds	154	599	115	184	25	91	.307	.506	7
RF	Garret Anderson	156	622	62	183	15	79	.284	.455	8
DH	Tim Salmon	136	463	84	139	26	88	.300	.533	0

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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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Phil Nevin	75	237	54	.228	8	27
Norberto Martin	79	195	42	.215	1	13
Randy Velarde	51	188	49	.261	4	26
Orlando Palmeiro	75	165	53	.321	0	21
Troy Glaus	48	165	36	.218	1	23
Craig Shipley	77	147	38	.259	2	17
Damon Mashore	43	98	23	.235	2	11
Chris Pritchett	31	80	23	.288	2	8
Greg Jefferies	19	72	25	.347	1	10
Todd Greene	29	71	18	.254	1	7
Frank Bolick	21	45	7	.156	1	2
Reggie Williams	29	36	13	.361	1	5
Carlos García	19	35	5	.143	0	0
Mark Johnson	10	14	1	.071	0	0
Charlie O'Brien	5	11	2	.182	0	0
Chad Kreuter	3	7	1	.143	0	0
Bengie Molina	2	1	0	.000	0	0

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Chuck Finley	34	223.1	11	9	3.39	212
Omar Olivares	37	183.0	9	9	4.03	112
Steve Sparks	22	128.2	9	4	4.34	90
Ken Hill	19	103.0	9	6	4.98	57
Jack McDowell	14	76.0	5	3	5.09	45
Jarrod Washburn	15	74.0	6	3	4.62	48
Jeff Juden	8	40.0	1	3	6.75	39

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jason Dickson	27	122.0	10	10	6.05	61
Allen Watson	28	92.1	6	7	6.04	64

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Troy Percival	67	2	7	42	3.65	87
Shigetoshi Hasegawa	61	8	3	5	3.14	73
Rich DeLucia	61	2	6	3	4.27	73
Mike Holtz	53	2	2	1	4.75	29
Pep Harris	49	3	1	0	4.35	34
Greg Cadaret	39	1	2	1	4.14	37
Trevor Wilson	15	0	0	0	3.52	6
Mike Fetters	12	1	2	0	5.56	9
Mike James	11	0	0	0	1.93	12
Rich Robertson	5	0	0	0	15.88	3

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
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. "Greg Cadaret Stats".
2. Cecil Fielder Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
3. 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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