1998 Montreal Expos season

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1998  Montreal Expos
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Olympic Stadium
City Montreal
Record65–97
Divisional place4th
Owners Claude Brochu
General managers Jim Beattie
Managers Felipe Alou
Television The Sports Network
(Dave Van Horne, Gary Carter)

TQS
(Michel Villeneuve, Marc Griffin)
SRC
(Claude Raymond, Rene Pothier)
RDS Network
(Denis Casavant, Rodger Brulotte)
Radio CIQC
(Dave Van Horne, Joe Cannon, Elliott Price)
CKAC (AM)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte, Alain Chantelois)
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The 1998 Montreal Expos season was the 30th season in franchise history.

Contents

Offseason

Spring training

In 1998, the Expos held spring training at a new facility, Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida, which opened that spring. They shared the facility with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Regular season

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
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1998
TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILMTLNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
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
Expos vs. American League
TeamAL East
BALBOSNYYTBTOR
Montreal3–00–31–22–10–4

Notable Transactions

Roster

1998 Montreal Expos
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Scorecard for McGwire's 70th

Heading into the final game of the season vs. the Expos, Mark McGwire had 68 home runs. On September 27, 1998, McGwire finished the season with 70 home runs. In the third inning, McGwire hit a home run off Mike Thurman, and in the seventh inning, he got number 70 off Carl Pavano.

September 27, Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

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W: Frascatore (3-4)  L: Pavano (6-9)  SV: Acevedo (15)  HRs: Cabrera (3), Tatis (8), McGwire 2 (69, 70)
Attendance: 46,110 Time:2:33 U-HP–Rich Rieker, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Kerwin Danley, 3B–Brian Gorman

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 Widger 12541797.2331553
1B Brad Fullmer 140505138.2731373
2B Wilton Guerrero 5222263.284220
SS Mark Grudzielanek 105396109.275841
3B Shane Andrews 150492117.2382569
LF F.P. Santangelo 12238282.214423
CF Rondell White 97357107.3001758
RF Vladimir Guerrero 159623202.32438109

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Orlando Cabrera 7926173.280322
Terry Jones 6021246.217115
Ryan McGuire 13021039.186110
José Vidro 8320545.220018
Derrick May 5518043.239515
Mike Mordecai 7311924.202310
Bob Henley 4111535.304318
Scott Livingstone 7611023.209012
Robert Pérez 5210625.23618
DaRond Stovall 627816.20526
Mike Hubbard 32558.14513
Fernando Seguignol 164211.26223
Michael Barrett 8237.30412
Ray Holbert 250.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dustin Hermanson 32187.014113.13154
Javier Vázquez 33172.15156.06139
Carlos Pérez 23163.17103.7582
Carl Pavano 24134.2694.2183
Mike Thurman 1467.0454.7032
Trey Moore 1361.0255.0235
Jeremy Powell 725.0157.9214
Shawn Boskie 517.2139.1710
Mike Johnson 27.10214.734

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Miguel Batista 56135.0353.8092
Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Ugueth Urbina 6463341.3094
Steve Kline 783612.7676
Anthony Telford 773613.8659
Shayne Bennett 625515.5059
Mike Maddux 513413.7233
Rick DeHart 260014.8214
Marc Valdes 201307.4328
Tim Young 100006.007
Kirk Bullinger 81009.002

Award winners

1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Ottawa Lynx International League Pat Kelly
AA Harrisburg Senators Eastern League Rick Sweet
A Jupiter Hammerheads Florida State League Doug Sisson
A Cape Fear Crocs South Atlantic League Luis Dorante
A-Short Season Vermont Expos New York–Penn League Tony Barbone
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Frank Kremblas

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Harrisburg [4]

References

  1. ↑ Pedro Martínez Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ "Henry Rodriguez Stats".
  3. ↑ Ted Lilly Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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