1998 Cleveland Indians | ||
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American League Central Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Jacobs Field | |
City | Cleveland, Ohio | |
Record | 89–73 (.549) | |
Divisional place | 1st | |
Owners | Richard Jacobs | |
General managers | John Hart | |
Managers | Mike Hargrove | |
Television | WUAB Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan FSN Ohio John Sanders, Rick Manning | |
Radio | WKNR (1220 AM) Tom Hamilton, Dave Nelson, Matt Underwood, Mike Hegan | |
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The 1998 Cleveland Indians season was the 98th season for the franchise and the 5th season at Jacobs Field. The Indians hoped to improve upon their American League pennant-winning season of 1997, but succumbed to the New York Yankees in the ALCS in six games. The Indians would lead the AL Central wire-to-wire in 1998, becoming the first team in franchise history (and as of 2020 [update] , the only team in franchise history) to do so.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cleveland Indians | 89 | 73 | .549 | — | 46–35 | 43–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 80 | 82 | .494 | 9 | 44–37 | 36–45 |
Kansas City Royals | 72 | 89 | .447 | 16½ | 29–51 | 43–38 |
Minnesota Twins | 70 | 92 | .432 | 19 | 35–46 | 35–46 |
Detroit Tigers | 65 | 97 | .401 | 24 | 32–49 | 33–48 |
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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 |
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April: 13–12 (Home: 6–7; Away: 7–5)
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May: 18–10 (Home: 10–3; Away: 8–7)
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June: 14–12 (Home: 7–8; Away: 7–4)
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July: 16–12 (Home: 7–6; Away: 9–6)
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August: 13–15 (Home: 8–7; Away: 5–8)
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September: 14–12 (Home: 8–4; Away: 6–8)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Indians team member |
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 |
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C | Sandy Alomar Jr. | 117 | 409 | 45 | 96 | 6 | 44 | .235 | .352 | 0 |
1B | Jim Thome | 123 | 440 | 89 | 129 | 30 | 85 | .293 | .584 | 1 |
2B | David Bell | 107 | 340 | 37 | 89 | 10 | 41 | .262 | .424 | 0 |
3B | Travis Fryman | 146 | 557 | 74 | 160 | 28 | 96 | .287 | .504 | 10 |
SS | Omar Vizquel | 151 | 576 | 86 | 166 | 2 | 50 | .288 | .372 | 37 |
LF | Brian Giles | 112 | 350 | 56 | 94 | 16 | 66 | .269 | .460 | 10 |
CF | Kenny Lofton | 154 | 600 | 101 | 169 | 12 | 64 | .282 | .413 | 54 |
RF | Manny Ramirez | 150 | 571 | 108 | 168 | 45 | 145 | .294 | .599 | 5 |
DH | David Justice | 146 | 540 | 94 | 151 | 21 | 88 | .280 | .476 | 9 |
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 |
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Mark Whiten | 87 | 226 | 64 | .283 | 6 | 29 |
Richie Sexson | 49 | 174 | 54 | .310 | 11 | 35 |
Pat Borders | 54 | 160 | 38 | .238 | 0 | 6 |
Shawon Dunston | 62 | 156 | 37 | .237 | 3 | 12 |
Jeff Branson | 63 | 100 | 20 | .200 | 1 | 9 |
Enrique Wilson | 32 | 90 | 29 | .322 | 2 | 12 |
Joey Cora | 24 | 83 | 19 | .229 | 0 | 6 |
Gerónimo Berroa | 20 | 65 | 13 | .200 | 0 | 3 |
Einar Díaz | 17 | 48 | 11 | .229 | 2 | 9 |
Jeff Manto | 15 | 37 | 8 | .216 | 2 | 6 |
Cecil Fielder | 14 | 35 | 5 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Torey Lovullo | 6 | 19 | 4 | .211 | 0 | 1 |
Alex Ramírez | 3 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Russell Branyan | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jolbert Cabrera | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Matt Luke | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jacob Cruz | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Charles Nagy | 33 | 210.1 | 15 | 10 | 5.22 | 120 |
Bartolo Colón | 31 | 204.0 | 14 | 9 | 3.71 | 158 |
Dave Burba | 32 | 203.2 | 15 | 10 | 4.11 | 132 |
Jaret Wright | 32 | 192.2 | 12 | 10 | 4.72 | 140 |
Dwight Gooden | 23 | 134.0 | 8 | 6 | 3.76 | 83 |
Jason Jacome | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 14.40 | 2 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Chad Ogea | 19 | 69.0 | 5 | 4 | 5.61 | 43 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Mike Jackson | 69 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 1.55 | 55 |
Paul Assenmacher | 69 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3.26 | 43 |
José Mesa | 44 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5.17 | 35 |
Paul Shuey | 43 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3.00 | 58 |
Eric Plunk | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.83 | 38 |
Alvin Morman | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.32 | 16 |
Ron Villone | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 15 |
Doug Jones | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.45 | 28 |
Steve Reed | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.66 | 23 |
Tom Martin | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12.89 | 9 |
Jim Poole | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 11 |
Rick Krivda | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.24 | 10 |
Steve Karsay | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.92 | 13 |
Tim Worrell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 2 |
Mark Whiten | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 |
Jason Rakers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
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