1998 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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1998  Los Angeles Dodgers
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Dodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Fox Entertainment Group
President Bob Graziano
General managers Fred Claire, Tommy Lasorda
Managers Bill Russell, Glenn Hoffman
Television Fox Sports West 2; KTLA (5)
Radio XTRA Sports 1150
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday
KWKW
Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas, Pepe Yñiguez
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The 1998 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 109th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 41st season in Los Angeles, California. It was the first season since the sale of the franchise from Peter O'Malley to the Fox Entertainment Group took effect. The new corporate executives would quickly anger Dodger fans when they bypassed General Manager Fred Claire and made one of the biggest trades in franchise history. They traded All-Star catcher Mike Piazza and starting third baseman Todd Zeile to the Florida Marlins for a package that included Gary Sheffield.

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The team on the field performed poorly under all the stress and soon Fox fired Claire and manager Bill Russell, replacing them with former Manager Tommy Lasorda, who was appointed interim GM and Minor League manager Glenn Hoffman who took over for Russell. The team limped along to finish in third place in the National League West and more changes were in the offing for the following season.

Regular season

Don Sutton's number 20 was retired by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1998. LAret20.PNG
Don Sutton's number 20 was retired by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1998.

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Diego Padres 9864.605—54‍–‍2744‍–‍37
San Francisco Giants 8974.5469½49‍–‍3240‍–‍42
Los Angeles Dodgers 8379.5121548‍–‍3335‍–‍46
Colorado Rockies 7785.4752142‍–‍3935‍–‍46
Arizona Diamondbacks 6597.4013334‍–‍4731‍–‍50

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

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Eric Young Second baseman
José Vizcaíno Shortstop
Mike Piazza Catcher
Todd Zeile Third baseman
Raúl Mondesí Right fielder
Paul Konerko First baseman
Todd Hollandsworth Left fielder
Trenidad Hubbard Center fielder
Ramón Martínez Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster

1998 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Starting Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

NameGGSIPW/LERABBSOCG
Chan Ho Park 3434220.215-93.71971912
Darren Dreifort 3226180.08-124.00571681
Ismael Valdez 2727174.011-103.98661222
Dave Mlicki 2020124.17-34.0538782
Ramón Martínez 1515101.27-32.8341911
Brian Bohanon 141497.15-72.4036722
Carlos Perez 111177.24-43.2430464
Hideo Nomo 121267.22-75.0538732

Relief Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves

NameGGSIPW/LERABBSOSV
Jeff Shaw 34035.11-42.5572625
Scott Radinsky 62061.26-62.63204513
Antonio Osuna 54064.27-13.0632726
Mark Guthrie 53054.02-13.5024450
Jim Bruske 35044.03-03.4819311
Dennys Reyes 11328.20-44.7120330
Brad Clontz 18020.22-05.6610140
Frank Lankford 12019.20-25.95771
Greg McMichael 12014.10-14.406111
Sean Maloney 11012.20-14.975110
Mike Judd 7011.10-015.099140
Darren Hall 11011.10-310.32580
Eric Weaver 709.22-00.93650
Jeff Kubenka 609.11-00.968100
Gary Rath 303.10-010.80240
Will Brunson 202.10-111.57210
Manuel Barrios 101.00-00.00200

Batting Stats

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

NamePosGABAvg.RHHRRBISB
Charles Johnson C102346.217317512353
Mike Piazza C37149.28220429300
Tom Prince C3781.1857115050
Paul Lo Duca C614.28624010
Ángel Peña C613.23113000
Eric Karros 1B139507.2965915023877
Eric Young 2B117452.2857812984342
José Vizcaíno SS67237.26230623297
Adrián Beltré 3B/SS77195.21518427223
Bobby Bonilla 3B/LF72236.23728567301
Juan Castro 2B/SS89220.19525432140
Mark Grudzielanek SS51193.26411512217
Wilton Guerrero 2B/SS/LF/CF64180.2832151075
Todd Zeile 3B/1B40158.25322407271
Paul Konerko 1B/3B/LF49144.2151431020
Alex Cora SS/2B2933.12114000
Tripp Cromer IF66.167111110
Mike Metcalfe 2B41.00000002
Gary Sheffield RF90301.3165295165718
Raúl Mondesí CF/RF148580.27985162309016
Todd Hollandsworth LF/CF/RF55175.26923473204
Roger Cedeño LF/CF/RF105240.24233582178
Trenidad Hubbard CF/LF/RF/3B94208.29829627189
Matt Luke LF/RF/1B69160.21324349232
Jim Eisenreich LF/1B/RF75127.1971225064
Thomas Howard CF/LF/RF4776.184914241
Mike Devereaux CF/LF/RF913.30804010
Damon Hollins RF/LF59.22212020

1998 Awards

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Glenn Hoffman
Ron Roenicke
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Ron Roenicke
Lance Parrish
High A San Bernardino Stampede California League Mickey Hatcher
Joe Vavra
Tim Wallach
High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League John Shoemaker
A-Short Season Yakima Bears Northwest League Tony Harris
Rookie Great Falls Dodgers Pioneer League Dino Ebel
Rookie DSL Dodgers
DSL Dodgers 2 		Dominican Summer League

Major League Baseball draft

The Dodgers selected 50 players in this draft. Of those, only four of them would eventually play Major League baseball.

The first round pick was outfielder Bubba Crosby from Rice University. He played nine games for the Dodgers before he was traded to the New York Yankees, where he was a part-time player for three seasons. He hit .216 in 205 games in the Majors.

This draft also included pitcher Scott Proctor (5th round) from Florida State University and catcher David Ross (7th round) from the University of Florida. Proctor was a relief pitcher in the Majors, who played in seven seasons (two for the Dodgers) and was 18-16 with a 4.78 ERA in 307 games (most prominently with the New York Yankees). Ross was primarily a backup catcher during his two decade career which began in 2002 and ended in 2016.

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