1998 Baltimore Orioles season

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1998  Baltimore Orioles
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Oriole Park at Camden Yards
City Baltimore, Maryland
Record79–83 (.488)
Divisional place4th
Owners Peter Angelos
General managers Pat Gillick
Managers Ray Miller
Television WJZ-TV/WNUV
Home Team Sports
(Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Rick Cerone)
Radio WBAL (AM)
(Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter)
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The 1998 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 79 wins and 83 losses, the first of 14 consecutive losing seasons.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

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1B
Retired 1998
* From July 2 to August 15, Eric Davis hits in 30 consecutive games during which time he hits .400 (52-130) with 10 home runs and 35 runs batted in. [3] [4]

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 114480.704—62–1952–29
Boston Red Sox 92700.5682251–3041–40
Toronto Blue Jays 88740.5432651–3037–44
Baltimore Orioles 79830.4883542–3937–44
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 63990.3895133–4830–51

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

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
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 Chris Hoiles 9726770.2621556
1B Rafael Palmeiro 162619183.29643121
2B Roberto Alomar 147588166.2821456
3B Cal Ripken 161601163.2711461
SS Mike Bordick 151465121.2601351
LF B.J. Surhoff 162573160.2792292
CF Brady Anderson 133479113.2361851
RF Eric Davis 131452148.3272889
DH Harold Baines 10429388.300957

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Lenny Webster 10830988.2851046
Joe Carter 8528370.2471134
Jeffrey Hammonds 6317146.269628
Jeff Reboulet 7912631.24618
Rich Becker 7911323.204311
Willie Greene 24406.15015
Lyle Mouton 183912.30827
Danny Clyburn 11257.28013
Charlie Greene 13214.19000
Calvin Pickering 9215.23823
Ozzie Guillén 12161.06300
Ryan Minor 9146.42901
Jesús Tavárez 8112.18211
P. J. Forbes 9101.10002
Jerry Hairston Jr. 670.00000
Willis Otáñez 351.20000
Gene Kingsale 1120.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Scott Erickson 36251.116134.01186
Juan Guzmán 33211.010164.35168
Mike Mussina 29206.113103.49175
Doug Drabek 23108.26117.2955
Scott Kamieniecki 1254.2266.7525

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Sidney Ponson 31135.0895.2785
Doug Johns 3186.2334.5734
Jimmy Key 2579.1634.2053
Nerio Rodríguez 619.0138.058
Rocky Coppinger 615.2005.1713
Bobby Muñoz 912.0009.756
Chris Fussell 39.2018.388
Richie Lewis 24.20015.434

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Armando Benítez 7156223.8287
Alan Mills 723423.7457
Jesse Orosco 694173.1850
Arthur Rhodes 454443.5183
Norm Charlton 362106.9441
Pete Smith 272306.2029
Terry Mathews 170106.2010
Joel Bennett 20004.500
Radhames Dykhoff 100018.001

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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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