1998 Boston Red Sox season

1998 Boston Red Sox
	1998 AL Wild Card
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
	Eastern Division (since 1969);
Location
	Fenway Park (since 1912);
	Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901);
Other information
Owner(s)	JRY Trust
General manager(s)	Dan Duquette
Manager(s)	Jimy Williams
Local television	WABU; (Sean McDonough, Jerry Remy); NESN; (Bob Kurtz, Jerry Remy)
Local radio	WEEI; (Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione); WRCA; (Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)
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The 1998 Boston Red Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Red Sox finishing 2nd in the American League East with a record of 92 wins and 70 losses.

Offseason

November 6, 1997: Jim Leyritz was traded by the Texas Rangers with Damon Buford to the Boston Red Sox for Mark Brandenburg, Bill Haselman, and Aaron Sele.^[1]
November 17, 1997: Bret Saberhagen was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.^[2]
November 18, 1997: Pedro Martínez was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later and Carl Pavano. The Boston Red Sox sent Tony Armas (December 18, 1997) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.^[3]
November 21, 1997: Mike Benjamin was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.^[4]
March 19, 1998: Midre Cummings was selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Cincinnati Reds.^[5]

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	114	48	.704	--
Boston Red Sox	92	70	.568	22.0
Toronto Blue Jays	88	74	.543	26.0
Baltimore Orioles	79	83	.488	35.0
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	63	99	.389	51.0

Notable transactions

June 2, 1998: Mark Teixeira was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 9th round of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign.^[6]
June 20, 1998: Jim Leyritz was traded by the Boston Red Sox with Ethan Faggett (minors) to the San Diego Padres for Carlos Reyes, Mandy Romero, and Dario Veras.^[1]
July 31, 1998: Greg Swindell was traded by the Minnesota Twins with Orlando Merced to the Boston Red Sox for John Barnes, Matt Kinney, and Joe Thomas (minors).^[7]

Opening Day Line Up

5	Nomar Garciaparra	SS
13	John Valentin	3B
42	Mo Vaughn	1B
18	Reggie Jefferson	DH
25	Troy O'Leary	LF
10	Scott Hatteberg	C
20	Darren Lewis	CF
56	Darren Bragg	RF
52	Donnie Sadler	2B
45	Pedro Martínez	P

Roster

1998 Boston Red Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

22 Jimy Williams

Coaches

48 Dave Jauss (First base)
16 Joe Kerrigan (Pitching)
12 Wendell Kim (Third base)
60 Dana Levangie (Bullpen)
35 Grady Little (Bench)
14 Jim Rice (Hitting)
38 Dick Pole (Bullpen)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; R = Runs; 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
C	Scott Hatteberg	112	359	46	99	12	43	.276	.446	0
1B	Mo Vaughn	154	609	107	205	40	115	.337	.591	0
2B	Mike Benjamin	124	349	46	95	4	39	.272	.372	3
3B	John Valentin	153	588	113	145	23	73	.247	.442	4
SS	Nomar Garciaparra	143	604	111	195	35	122	.323	.584	12
LF	Troy O'Leary	156	611	95	165	23	83	.270	.468	2
CF	Darren Lewis	155	585	95	157	8	63	.268	.362	29
RF	Darren Bragg	129	409	51	114	8	57	.279	.423	5
DH	Damon Buford	86	216	37	61	10	42	.282	.523	5

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Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

ALDS

Game 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston	3	0	0	0	3	2	0	3	0	11	12	0
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	6	0
W: Pedro Martínez (1-0) L: Jaret Wright (0-1)
HR: BOS: Mo Vaughn (2), Nomar Garciaparra; CLE: Kenny Lofton, Jim Thome

Game 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	10	0
Cleveland	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	9	9	1
W: Dave Burba (1-0) L: Tim Wakefield (0-1) S: Mike Jackson (1)
HR: CLE: David Justice

Game 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	4	5	0
Boston	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	0
W: Charles Nagy (1-0) L: Bret Saberhagen (0-1); S: Mike Jackson (2)
HR: CLE: Jim Thome, Kenny Lofton, Manny Ramírez (2); BOS - Nomar Garciaparra

Game 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	0
Boston	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
W: Steve Reed (1-0) L: Tom Gordon (0-1) S: Mike Jackson (3)
HR: BOS: Nomar Garciaparra

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager

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References

^ ^a ^b Jim Leyritz Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ Bret Saberhagen Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ Pedro Martinez Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ Mike Benjamin Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ Midre Cummings Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
^ Mark Teixeira Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
^ Greg Swindell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ 1998 Seattle Mariners Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

External links

[autogenerated1-1] Jim Leyritz Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[2] Bret Saberhagen Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[3] Pedro Martinez Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[4] Mike Benjamin Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[5] Midre Cummings Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com

[6] Mark Teixeira Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com

[7] Greg Swindell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[8] 1998 Seattle Mariners Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[9] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

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