1998 San Francisco Giants season

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1998  San Francisco Giants
League National League
Division West
Ballpark 3Com Park at Candlestick Point
City San Francisco, California
Record89–74 (.546)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Peter Magowan
General managers Brian Sabean
Managers Dusty Baker
Television KTVU
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller)
Fox Sports Bay Area
(Jon Miller, Duane Kuiper)
Radio KNBR
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller )
SP Radio
(Erwin Higueros, Rene De La Rosa, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)
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The 1998 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 116th season in Major League Baseball, their 41st season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 39th at 3Com Park at Candlestick Point. The team finished in second place in the National League West with an 89–74 record, 9½ games behind the San Diego Padres. They tied the Chicago Cubs for the Wild Card spot and played a tie-breaker game, which the Giants lost 5-3.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

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

Notable transactions

Roster

1998 San Francisco Giants
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 Brian Johnson 9930873.2371334
1B J.T. Snow 138435108.2481579
2B Jeff Kent 137526156.29731128
SS Rich Aurilia 122413110.266949
3B Bill Mueller 145534157.294959
LF Barry Bonds 156552167.30337122
CF Darryl Hamilton 97367108.294126
RF Stan Javier 135417121.290449

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Charlie Hayes 11132994.2861262
Rey Sánchez 10931690.285230
Marvin Benard 12128692.322336
Brent Mayne 9427575.273332
Ellis Burks 4214745.306522
Joe Carter 4110531.295729
Chris Jones 439017.189210
Alex Diaz 34628.12905
Shawon Dunston 36519.17638
Ramón Martínez 19196.31600
Doug Mirabelli 10174.23514
Wilson Delgado 10122.16701
Armando Ríos 1274.57123
Dante Powell 842.50011
Jeff Ball 241.25000
Jacob Cruz 330.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mark Gardner 33212.01364.33151
Orel Hershiser 34202.011104.41126
Kirk Reuter 33187.21694.36102
Shawn Estes 25149.17125.06136
Danny Darwin 33148.28105.5181

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Russ Ortiz 2288.1444.9975

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Robb Nen 7877401.52110
John Johnstone 706503.0786
Rich Rodriguez 684023.7044
Julián Tavárez 605313.8052
Steve Reed 502111.4850
Jose Mesa 325303.5228
Jim Poole 261305.2916
Chris Brock 130003.9019
Alvin Morman 90105.147
Dean Hartgraves 50009.534
Cory Bailey 50002.702

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Fresno Grizzlies Pacific Coast League Jim Davenport
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Mike Hart
A Bakersfield Blaze California League Frank Reberger
A San Jose Giants California League Shane Turner
A-Short Season Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Northwest League Keith Comstock

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Jose, Salem-Keizer [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Charlie Hayes at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Brent Mayne at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Danny Darwin at Baseball Reference
  4. 1 2 Alex Diaz at Baseball Reference
  5. 1 2 3 "Jalal Leach Stats".
  6. ↑ "1998 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  7. ↑ Cody Ransom at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ "Joe Carter Stats".
  9. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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