1998 Atlanta Braves season

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1998  Atlanta Braves
National League East Champions
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Turner Field
City Atlanta
Record106–56 (.654)
Divisional place1st
Owners Time Warner
General managers John Schuerholz
Managers Bobby Cox
Television WTBS
TBS Superstation
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
Fox Sports South
(Ernie Johnson, Bob Rathbun)
Radio WSB (AM)
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
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The 1998 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 33rd season in Atlanta and 128th overall. The Braves entered the season as defending National League runner ups. They went on to win their fourth consecutive division title, taking the National League East title by 18 games over the second place New York Mets.

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The team featured six all stars: shortstop Walt Weiss and third baseman Chipper Jones were voted as starters, while first baseman Andrés Galarraga, catcher Javy López, and pitchers Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux were selected as reserves. Jones and Lopez each hit over 30 home runs as Galarraga (acquired from Colorado) led the club in home runs and RBI. Galarraga finished as an MVP candidate.

The 1998 Braves beat the Chicago Cubs three games to none in the National League Division Series. In the next round Atlanta then lost to the San Diego Padres in the National League Championship Series four games to two. Despite winning two games after losing the first three, Atlanta's comeback bid came short by being eliminated in Game 6. San Diego's winning over Atlanta was seen as one of the biggest upsets in postseason history. The Braves failed to go to their fifth World Series of the 1990s.

The 1998 Atlanta Braves are seen as one of the greatest Major League Baseball teams of all time, despite not winning a title. ESPN writer David Schoenfield lists them as one of the top teams in MLB history to not win a World Series. [1] The team's greatness and their surprising playoff defeat are memorialized by Morgan Wallen in his 2023 hit, "98 Braves." [2]

ESPN columnist Jeff Merron also writes that the pitching staff of Maddux, Glavine, John Smoltz, Denny Neagle, and Kevin Millwood was the greatest of all time. [3] The quintet posted a cumulative 2.97 ERA and amassed 88 wins (almost 18 wins per starter), equaling the win total of the 2nd place Mets. The 1998 Braves are the only team in MLB history to have five pitchers each strike out 150 batters in the same season. [4] Glavine, the lone 20 game winner in the National League for that year, won the Cy Young Award.

Offseason

Regular season

Tom Glavine pitches in spring training, 1998. Chipper Jones plays third base in background. Tom Glavine 1998.jpg
Tom Glavine pitches in spring training, 1998. Chipper Jones plays third base in background.

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 10656.654—56‍–‍2550‍–‍31
New York Mets 8874.5431847‍–‍3441‍–‍40
Philadelphia Phillies 7587.4633140‍–‍4135‍–‍46
Montreal Expos 6597.4014139‍–‍4226‍–‍55
Florida Marlins 54108.3335231‍–‍5023‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents

1998 National League record

Sources:
TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULAMILMTLNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
Arizona —1–85–74–56–66–24–54–86–32–74–52–76–33–95–72–75–8
Atlanta 8–1—3–67–25–37–54–58–17–26–69–38–47–25–47–26–39–7
Chicago 7–56–3—6–57–27–24–74–56–67–24–53–68–35–47–34–75–8
Cincinnati 5–42–75–6—4–59–03–85–46–58–13–64–55–71–112–78–37-6
Colorado 6–63–52–75–4—6–36–56–64–77–23–65–45–45–77–53–64–8
Florida 2–65–72–70–93–6—3–64–50–95–75–76–63–64–50–94–58–8
Houston 5–45–47–48–35–66-3—3–69–27–25–47–29–25–46–35–710–4
Los Angeles 8–41–85–44–56–65–46–3—5–45–43–55–47–55–76–64–58–5
Milwaukee 3–62–76–65–67–49–02–94–5—6–31–84–56–53–65–43–88–6
Montreal 7–26–62–71–82–77–52–74–53–6—8–45–72–74–43–63–66–10
New York 5–43–95–46–36–37–54–55–38–14–8—8–44–54–54–56–39–7
Philadelphia 7-24–86–35–44–56–62–74–55–47–54–8—8–11–82–63–67–9
Pittsburgh 3–62–73–87–54–56–32–95–75–67–25–41–8—5–42–76–56–7
San Diego 9–34–54–511–17–55–44–57–56–34–45–48–14–5—8–46–36–7
San Francisco 7–52–73–77–25–79–03–66–64–56–35–46–27–24–8—7–58–5
St. Louis 7–23–67–43–86–35-47–55–48–36–33–66–35–63–65–7—4–9

Transactions

Roster

1998 Atlanta Braves
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Game log

1998 Game Log: 106–56 (Home: 56–25; Away: 50–31)
March/April: 18–9 (Home: 10–4; Away: 8–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31 Brewers 2–1 Ligtenberg (1–0) Wickman (0–1)—42,8911–0
2April 2 Brewers 6–8 (11) Myers (1–0) Butler (0–1)—29,6711–1
3April 3 Phillies 5–1 Neagle (1–0) Grace (0–1)—30,0202–1
4April 4 Phillies 5–4 Martinez (1–0) Brewer (0–1) Wohlers (1)39,1543–1
5April 5 Phillies 1–2 Schilling (1–0) Maddux (0–1)—35,3313–2
6April 7@ Pirates 11–3 Glavine (1–0) Schmidt (1–1)—43,2684–2
7April 8@ Pirates 3–5 Loaiza (1–0) Neagle (1–1) Loiselle (3)11,2544–3
8April 9@ Pirates 4–3 Millwood (1–0) Lieber (0–1) Wohlers (2)9,5605–3
9April 10@ Phillies 0–1 Schilling (2–0) Cather (0–1)—30,3115–4
10April 11@ Phillies 5–6 Green (1–0) Martinez (1–1)—17,6765–5
11April 12@ Phillies 3–2 Glavine (2–0) Stephenson (0–1) Wohlers (3)18,7606–5
12April 13@ Phillies 8–11 Spradlin (1–0) Ligtenberg (1–1) Bottalico (2)15,1016–6
13April 14 Pirates 6–0 Millwood (2–0) Lieber (0–2)—31,2597–6
14April 15 Pirates 7–0 Maddux (1–1) Silva (1–2)—30,3818–6
15April 16 Pirates 3–1 Smoltz (1–0) Cordova (2–1) Wohlers (4)35,7609–6
–April 17@ Rockies Postponed (snow); rescheduled for April 19
16April 18@ Rockies 11–4 Neagle (2–1) Astacio (1–3)—48,05810–6
17April 19 (1)@ Rockies 5–3 Millwood (3–0) Thompson (1–1) Wohlers (5)48,03811–6
18April 19 (2)@ Rockies 7–10 Wright (1–2) Martinez (1–2) Dipoto (4)43,97711–7
19April 20@ Rockies 7–5 Maddux (2–1) Kile (1–3) Ligtenberg (1)43,59412–7
20April 22 Diamondbacks 5–2 Smoltz (2–0) Benes (2–2)—30,95213–7
21April 23 Diamondbacks 3–1 Glavine (3–0) Blair (0–4) Wohlers (6)33,01314–7
22April 24 Diamondbacks 6–5 Ligtenberg (2–1) Springer (1–1)—41,51415–7
23April 25 Rockies 7–11 Kile (2–3) Millwood (3–1)—49,16115–8
24April 26 Rockies 6–7 Wright (2–2) Maddux (2–2) Dipoto (5)42,20015–9
25April 27@ Diamondbacks 6–5 Cather (1–1) Daal (0–1) Wohlers (7)47,41016–9
26April 28@ Diamondbacks 12–2 Glavine (4–0) Blair (0–5)—47,59317–9
27April 30 Giants 6–0 Neagle (3–1) Hershiser (0–3)—31,81818–9
May: 21–9 (Home: 15–4; Away: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1 Giants 6–2 G. Maddux (3–2) Rueter (3–2)—35,77719–9
29May 2 Giants 4–3 Ligtenberg (3–1) Nen (3–1)—46,59720–9
30May 3 Giants 8–12 Darwin (2–2) Glavine (4–1)—36,95820–10
31May 4 Dodgers 4–2 Millwood (4–1) Guthrie (1–1) Ligtenberg (2)32,33021–10
32May 5 Dodgers 8–3 Neagle (4–1) Valdez (2–4)—30,31022–10
33May 6 Dodgers 7–0 G. Maddux (4–2) Dreifort (0–3)—38,63723–10
34May 7 Padres 6–3 Smoltz (3–0) Hamilton (3–2) Ligtenberg (3)31,81124–10
35May 8 Padres 2–3 Ashby (5–2) Glavine (4–2) Hoffman (9)37,49024–11
36May 9 Padres 6–4 Millwood (5–1) Van Ryn (0–1) Ligtenberg (4)46,16025–11
37May 10 Padres 8–5 Cather (2–1) Wall (0–1) Ligtenberg (5)33,37626–11
38May 11@ Reds 8–1 G. Maddux (5–2) Remlinger (3–4)—19,28527–11
39May 12@ Reds 5–1 Smoltz (4–0) Weathers (2–2)—19,03328–11
40May 13@ Cardinals 10–2 Glavine (5–2) Politte (2–3)—31,53229–11
41May 14@ Cardinals 7–3 Rocker (1–0) Acevedo (1–1)—32,11930–11
42May 15@ Astros 3–2 Neagle (5–1) Lima (6–2) Martinez (1)38,94131–11
43May 16@ Astros 2–3 Henry (2–1) Ligtenberg (3–2)—51,52631–12
44May 17@ Astros 1–8 Bergman (4–2) Smoltz (4–1)—35,25031–13
45May 18@ Astros 4–0 Glavine (6–2) Hampton (6–2)—22,11932–13
46May 20 Rockies 5–1 Millwood (6–1) Thomson (2–5)—33,53133–13
47May 21 Rockies 2–0 Neagle (6–1) Kile (5–5) Ligtenberg (6)34,61134–13
48May 22 Cubs 8–2 G. Maddux (6–2) Clark (3–6)—43,57635–13
49May 23 Cubs 6–10 (11) Beck (1–0) Edmondson (0–1)—50,18935–14
50May 24 Cubs 2–1 Glavine (7–2) Adams (2–3)—48,58036–14
51May 25 Cubs 9–5 Millwood (7–1) Tapani (6–3)—33,70437–14
52May 26 Expos 9–3 Neagle (7–1) Batista (1–2)—28,66238–14
53May 27 Expos 2–0 G. Maddux (7–2) Vazquez (1–6) Ligtenberg (7)32,83439–14
54May 28 Expos 5–9 M. Maddux (1–1) Wohlers (0–1)—31,41639–15
55May 29@ Cubs 3–5 (11) Adams (3–3) Rocker (1–1)—38,01039–16
56May 30@ Cubs 8–9 Trachsel (6–1) Millwood (7–2) Patterson (1)39,81739–17
57May 31@ Cubs 2–4 Tapani (7–3) Neagle (7–2) Beck (15)29,28539–18
June: 15–11 (Home: 7–7; Away: 8–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
58June 1@ Brewers 5–2 Maddux (8–2) Woodard (3–3)—21,87340–18
59June 2@ Brewers 9–0 D. Martinez (2–2) Wagner (1–4)—39,01741–18
60June 3@ Brewers 5–2 Glavine (8–2) Juden (5–4) Wohlers (8)19,11642–18
61June 5@ Orioles 2–3 Erickson (6–6) Neagle (7–3)—48,03942–19
62June 6@ Orioles 10–5 Millwood (8–2) Mussina (4–3)—48,09843–19
63June 7@ Orioles 9–0 Maddux (9–2) Drabek (5–6)—48,09044–19
64June 8 Red Sox 7–6 Embree (1–0) Wasdin (3–3)—44,01845–19
65June 9 Red Sox 3–9 Saberhagen (8–3) D. Martinez (2–3)—43,12145–20
66June 10 Red Sox 6–10 P. Martínez (7–2) Neagle (7–4)—41,34545–21
67June 12 Expos 5–7 Batista (2–3) Cather (2–2) Urbina (16)45,94245–22
68June 13 Expos 9–7 Glavine (9–2) Johnson (0–2) D. Martinez (2)48,94346–22
69June 14 Expos 5–1 Millwood (9–2) Perez (6–5)—46,54347–22
70June 16 Marlins 7–0 Neagle (8–4) Fontenot (0–4)—39,33148–22
71June 17 Marlins 6–2 Maddux (10–2) Sanchez (3–4)—38,02149–22
72June 18 Marlins 2–3 Ojala (1–0) Glavine (9–3) Alfonseca (2)46,29649–23
73June 19@ Expos 1–14 Boskie (1–0) Millwood (9–3)—10,36449–24
74June 20@ Expos 5–1 Smoltz (5–1) Perez (6–6)—11,13950–24
75June 21@ Expos 1–4 Hermanson (5–6) Neagle (8–5) Urbina (18)12,26550–25
76June 22@ Yankees 4–6 Nelson (5–3) D. Martinez (2–4) Rivera (17)53,31650–26
77June 23@ Yankees 7–2 Glavine (10–3) Hernandez (2–1)—54,77551–26
78June 24 Yankees 6–10 Cone (10–2) Millwood (9–4) Rivera (18)48,98051–27
79June 25 Yankees 0–6 Wells (10–2) Neagle (8–6)—49,05251–28
80June 26 Blue Jays 4–6 Hentgen (9–4) Smoltz (5–2) Myers (22)47,08151–29
81June 27 Blue Jays 2–0 Maddux (11–2) Guzman (4–10)—48,33852–29
82June 28 Blue Jays 10–3 Glavine (11–3) Carpenter (4–3)—44,18553–29
83June 30@ Devil Rays 7–2 Neagle (9–6) Saunders (1–9)—41,04754–29
July: 18–9 (Home: 6–4; Away: 12–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
84July 1@ Devil Rays 6–5 Springer (5–3) R. Hernandez (0–3) Ligtenberg (8)41,10055–29
85July 2@ Devil Rays 6–0 Maddux (12–2) Arrojo (10–5)—40,74956–29
86July 3 Mets 3–2 Glavine (12–3) Bohanon (2–4) Ligtenberg (9)48,75757–29
87July 4 Mets 4–1 Millwood (10–4) Yoshii (4–4)—47,90058–29
88July 5 Mets 3–2 (11) Seanez (1–0) Franco (0–2)—40,43059–29
69th All-Star Game in Denver, Colorado
89July 9@ Marlins 6–4 Smoltz (6–2) L. Hernandez (7–5) Ligtenberg (10)25,53560–29
90July 10@ Marlins 1–3 Sanchez (4–6) Neagle (9–7) Heredia (2)26,01860–30
91July 11@ Marlins 3–4 Mantei (3–0) Maddux (12–3)—36,79560–31
92July 12@ Marlins 3–5 Meadows (8–6) Glavine (12–4) Alfonseca (6)24,95660–32
93July 14@ Mets 4–2 Smoltz (7–2) Jones (7–6) Ligtenberg (11)38,00061–32
94July 15@ Mets 12–1 Neagle (10–7) Yoshii (4–5)—41,34762–32
95July 16 Brewers 4–3 Maddux (13–3) Eldred (4–8) Seanez (1)46,09863–32
96July 17 Brewers 4–1 Glavine (13–4) Woodall (4–5) Rocker (1)48,54464–32
97July 18 Brewers 1–7 Woodard (7–5) Millwood (10–5)—50,28464–33
98July 19 Brewers 11–6 Smoltz (8–2) Juden (7–9)—44,59865–33
99July 20 Cubs 3–11 Tapani (11–6) Neagle (10–8)—47,47565–34
100July 21 Cubs 0–3 Wood (9–5) Maddux (13–4) Beck (27)47,93365–35
101July 22@ Phillies 14–2 Glavine (14–4) Loewer (4–3)—28,30466–35
102July 23@ Phillies 3–2 Millwood (11–5) Green (6–7) Ligtenberg (12)28,22267–35
103July 24@ Pirates 3–0 Smoltz (9–2) Peters (4–8)—24,77668–35
104July 25@ Pirates 1–4 Cordova (9–8) Neagle (10–9) Christiansen (4)41,56868–36
105July 26@ Pirates 2–1 Maddux (14–4) Schmidt (8–8) Ligtenberg (13)34,92569–36
106July 27@ Reds 3–2 (10) Seanez (2–0) Belinda (4–8) Ligtenberg (14)23,86670–36
107July 28@ Reds 1–13 Sullivan (3–4) Millwood (11–6)—22,69070–37
108July 29@ Reds 11–5 Seanez (3–0) Parris (1–2)—24,48071–37
109July 30@ Reds 13–3 Neagle (11–9) Krivda (2–2)—28,94672–37
110July 31 Cardinals 2–3 Mercker (7–8) Maddux (14–5) Painter (1)50,66272–38
August: 18–10 (Home: 9–4; Away: 9–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
111August 1 Cardinals 3–1 Seanez (4–0) Croushore (0–3) Ligtenberg (15)50,13773–38
112August 2 Cardinals 4–3 Millwood (12–6) Witt (6–7) Ligtenberg (16)49,29674–38
113August 4 Reds 4–2 Smoltz (10–2) Sullivan (3–5) Ligtenberg (17)43,01275–38
114August 5 Reds 9–13 Hudek (4–5) Springer (5–4)—43,31575–39
115August 6 Reds 5–0 Maddux (15–5) Remlinger (6–12)—47,31176–39
116August 7@ Giants 5–0 Glavine (15–4) Rueter (12–7)—29,67677–39
117August 8@ Giants 14–6 Millwood (13–6) Darwin (7–10)—39,17478–39
118August 9@ Giants 7–5 Martinez (3–4) Mesa (5–6) Ligtenberg (18)43,95779–39
119August 11@ Padres 1–3 Hamilton (10–9) Neagle (11–10) Hoffman (39)31,43079–40
120August 12@ Padres 1–5 Ashby (16–6) Maddux (15–6)—40,59779–41
121August 13@ Padres 5–0 Glavine (16–4) Langston (4–5)—34,54780–41
122August 14@ Dodgers 5–2 Millwood (14–6) Mlicki (6–6) Ligtenberg (19)43,56081–41
123August 15@ Dodgers 5–3 Smoltz (11–2) Park (10–7) Ligtenberg (20)41,24082–41
124August 16@ Dodgers 0–1 Radinsky (5–5) Neagle (11–11) Shaw (36)44,47182–42
125August 18 Giants 8–4 Maddux (16–6) Rueter (12–9)—42,98683–42
126August 19 Giants 2–6 Gardner (10–5) Glavine (16–5)—44,53583–43
127August 20 Padres 0–2 Brown (16–4) Millwood (14–7) Hoffman (41)43,73083–44
128August 21 Padres 5–4 Smoltz (12–2) Hamilton (10–11) Ligtenberg (21)48,26884–44
129August 22 Dodgers 7–5 Neagle (12–11) Dreifort (6–12) Ligtenberg (22)48,32685–44
130August 23 Dodgers 12–7 Maddux (17–6) Perez (7–13)—45,17986–44
131August 24 Dodgers 4–3 Glavine (17–5) Shaw (2–6) Ligtenberg (23)39,44987–44
132August 25@ Astros 2–3 Hampton (10–6) Millwood (14–8) Wagner (25)32,15787–45
133August 26@ Astros 6–2 Smoltz (13–2) Bergman (11–7)—32,65188–45
134August 27@ Cardinals 6–4 Neagle (13–11) Morris (4–4) Ligtenberg (24)33,88989–45
135August 28@ Cardinals 4–5 (10) Acevedo (7–3) Martinez (3–5)—45,66689–46
136August 29@ Cardinals 4–3 Glavine (18–5) Bottenfield (4–6) Seanez (2)47,62790–46
137August 30@ Cardinals 7–8 Petkovsek (7–4) Martinez (3–6) Acevedo (4)44,05190–47
138August 31 Astros 3–4 Powell (5–5) Smoltz (13–3) Wagner (26)33,88390–48
September: 16–8 (Home: 9–2; Away: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
139September 1 Astros 6–4 Neagle (14–11) Elarton (1–1) Ligtenberg (25)31,16891–48
140September 2 Astros 2–4 Johnson (15–11) Maddux (17–7) Wagner (27)46,23891–49
141September 4@ Mets 1–2 Leiter (14–5) Glavine (18–6)—34,61791–50
142September 5@ Mets 4–5 Wendell (5–1) Seanez (4–1) Franco (32)43,57391–51
143September 6@ Mets 4–0 Smoltz (14–3) Reed (16–9)—40,31192–51
144September 7@ Mets 7–8 McMichael (3–4) Rocker (1–2) Franco (33)22,95392–52
145September 8@ Expos 3–6 Batista (3–5) Maddux (17–8) Urbina (29)7,21692–53
146September 9@ Expos 2–3 Urbina (5–3) Rocker (1–3)—7,84292–54
147September 10@ Expos 7–4 Millwood (15–8) Thurman (3–4) Ligtenberg (26)8,45593–54
148September 11 Marlins 8–2 Smoltz (15–3) Ojala (2–5)—47,23594–54
149September 12 Marlins 4–2 Chen (1–0) Hernandez (10–12) Ligtenberg (27)48,79795–54
150September 13 Marlins 5–6 Sanchez (7–8) Perez (0–1) Mantei (8)45,68395–55
151September 14 Phillies 4–2 Glavine (19–6) Schilling (14–14) Ligtenberg (28)33,36796–55
152September 15 Phillies 3–0 Millwood (16–8) Green (6–11) Charlton (1)35,47897–55
153September 16 Phillies 5–1 Smoltz (16–3) Loewer (6–8)—34,96198–55
154September 17@ Diamondbacks 1–0 Neagle (15–11) Daal (7–12) Ligtenberg (29)43,25199–55
155September 18@ Diamondbacks 0–5 Benes (14–13) Maddux (17–9)—46,43499–56
156September 19@ Diamondbacks 5–0 Glavine (20–6) Anderson (12–13)—48,405100–56
157September 20@ Diamondbacks 10–0 Chen (2–0) Telemaco (6–10)—44,876101–56
158September 22@ Marlins 4–1 Millwood (17–8) Medina (2–5) Ligtenberg (30)23,355102–56
159September 23@ Marlins 11–0 Smoltz (17–3) Ojala (2–7)—22,469103–56
160September 25 Mets 6–5 Martínez (4–6) Reed (16–11) Rocker (2)48,443104–56
161September 26 Mets 4–0 Neagle (16–11) Leiter (17–6)—48,117105–56
162September 27 Mets 7–2 Maddux (18–9) Reynoso (7–3)—48,685106–56
Legend:       = Win       = Loss
Bold = Braves team member

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Javy López 133489139.28434107
1B Andrés Galarraga 153555169.30544121
2B Keith Lockhart 10936694.257937
SS Walt Weiss 9634797.280027
3B Chipper Jones 160601188.31334107
LF Ryan Klesko 129427117.2741870
CF Andruw Jones 159582158.2713190
RF Michael Tucker 130414101.2441346

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Tony Graffanino 10528961.211522
Gerald Williams 12926681.3051044
Ozzie Guillén 8326473.277122
Eddie Pérez 6114950.336632
Danny Bautista 8214436.250317
Curtis Pride 7010727.25239
Greg Colbrunn 284413.295110
Marty Malloy 11285.17911
Rafael Belliard 7205.25001
Randall Simon 7163.18804
Ray Holbert 8152.13301
Wes Helms 7134.30812
Damon Hollins 361.16700
George Lombard 662.33311
Mark DeRosa 531.33300

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Greg Maddux 34251.01892.22204
Tom Glavine 33229.12062.47157
Denny Neagle 32210.116113.55165
Kevin Millwood 31174.11784.08163
John Smoltz 26167.21732.90173
Bruce Chen 420.1203.9817

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Kerry Ligtenberg 7532302.7179
Dennis Martínez 534624.4562
John Rocker 471322.1342
Mike Cather 362203.9233
Rudy Seánez 344122.7550
Mark Wohlers 2701810.1822
Russ Springer 221104.0519
Alan Embree 201004.3419
Norm Charlton 130011.386
Brian Edmondson 100104.328
Odalis Pérez 100104.225
Adam Butler 801010.807
Paul Byrd 100013.50!1

Postseason

Game log

1998 Postseason Game Log
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1September 30 Cubs 7–1 Smoltz (1–0) Clark (0–1)—45,5981–0
2October 1 Cubs 2–1 (10) Perez (1–0) Mulholland (0–1)—51,7132–0
3October 3@ Cubs 6–2 Maddux (1–0) Wood (0–1)—39,5973–0
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 7 Padres 2–3 (10) Hoffman (1–0) Ligtenberg (0–1) Wall (1)42,1170–1
2October 8 Padres 0–3 Brown (2–0) Glavine (0–1)—43,0830–2
3October 10@ Padres 1–4 Hitchcock (2–0) Maddux (1–1) Hoffman (3)62,7990–3
4October 11@ Padres 8–3 Martínez (1–0) Hamilton (0–1)—65,0421–3
5October 12@ Padres 7–6 Rocker (1–0) Brown (2–1) Maddux (1)58,9882–3
6October 14 Padres 0–5 Hitchcock (3–0) Glavine (0–2)—50,9882–4

Award winners

1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Richmond Braves International League Jeff Cox
AA Greenville Braves Southern League Randy Ingle
A Danville 97s Carolina League Paul Runge
A Macon Braves South Atlantic League Brian Snitker
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Jim Saul
Rookie Danville Braves Appalachian League Franklin Stubbs
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Rick Albert

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