1998 Cincinnati Reds season

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1998  Cincinnati Reds
League National League
Division Central
Ballpark Cinergy Field
City Cincinnati
Record77–85 (.475)
Divisional place4th
Owners Marge Schott
General managers Jim Bowden
Managers Jack McKeon
Television WSTR/WKRC-TV
Fox Sports Ohio
(George Grande, Chris Welsh)
Radio WLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
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The Cincinnati Reds' 1998 season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League Central.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 102600.630—55–2647–34
Chicago Cubs 90730.55212½51–3139–42
St. Louis Cardinals 83790.5121948–3435–45
Cincinnati Reds 77850.4752539–4238–43
Milwaukee Brewers 74880.4572838–4336–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 69930.4263340–4029–53

Record vs. opponents

1998 National League record

Sources:
TeamARIATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
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

Notable transactions

Draft picks

  • June 2, 1998: Adam Dunn was drafted by the Reds in the 2nd round of the 1998 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 11, 1998. [11]
  • June 2, 1998: Termel Sledge was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 45th round of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign.

Roster

1998 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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 Ed Taubensee 130491120.2781172
1B Sean Casey 9635182.272752
2B Bret Boone 157648155.2662495
SS Barry Larkin 145626166.3091772
3B Willie Greene 11141796.2701449
LF Dmitri Young 144590166.3101483
CF Reggie Sanders 135481129.2681459
RF Jon Nunnally 7421336.207720

Stats through the end of the 1998 season

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Chris Stynes 12334788.254627
Aaron Boone 5818151.282228
Eduardo Pérez 8417241.238430
Pat Watkins 8314739.265215
Brook Fordyce 5714637.253314
Pokey Reese 5913334.256116
Lenny Harris 5712236.295010
Melvin Nieves 8311930.252217
Mike Frank 288920.22507
Jeffrey Hammonds 268626.302011
Paul Konerko 267316.219313
Roberto Petagine 346216.25837
Damian Jackson 133812.31607
Guillermo Garcia 12367.19424
Tony Tarasco 15245.20814
Stephen Larkin 131.33300

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Brett Tomko 34210.213124.44162
Pete Harnisch 32209.01473.14157
Mike Remlinger 35164.18154.82144
Steve Parris 1899.0653.7377
Scott Winchester 1679.0365.8140
Jason Bere 943.2324.1231
Dennys Reyes 838.2314.4244
Scott Klingenbeck 422.2135.9613
Eddie Priest 26.00110.501
Steve Cooke 16.0101.503

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
David Weathers 1662.1246.2151

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jeff Shaw 3924231.8129
Gabe White 695594.0183
Scott Sullivan 675515.2186
Danny Graves 622183.3244
Stan Belinda 404813.2357
John Hudek 304202.4340
Rick Krivda 1602011.2819
Mark Hutton 100107.413
Todd Williams 60107.714
Ricardo Jordan 610024.301
Marc Kroon 400013.504
Keith Glauber 30002.354
Lenny Harris 10000.001

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Indianapolis Indians International League Dave Miley
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Mark Berry
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Phillip Wellman
A Charleston Alley Cats South Atlantic League Barry Lyons
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Russ Nixon

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References

  1. ↑ Melvin Nieves at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Mike Kelly at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Ricardo Jordan at Baseball Reference
  4. 1 2 "David Weathers Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
  5. ↑ José Rijo at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Pete Rose at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Midre Cummings at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ "Buddy Carlyle Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on August 25, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
  9. ↑ Paul Konerko at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Jason Bere at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Adam Dunn at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007


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