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1998 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Kevin McClatchy
General manager(s)	Cam Bonifay
Manager(s)	Gene Lamont
Local television	WPGH-TV/WCWB-TV Steve Blass Lanny Frattare Greg Brown Bob Walk Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh Steve Blass Lanny Frattare Greg Brown Bob Walk
Local radio	KDKA Steve Blass Lanny Frattare Greg Brown Bob Walk
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The 1998 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 117th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 112th in Major League Baseball (MLB). The Pirates finished sixth in the National League Central with a record of 69–93.

Regular season

Season standings

NL Central	W	L	GB	Pct.
Houston Astros	102	60	.630	--
Chicago Cubs	90	73	.552	12.5
St. Louis Cardinals	83	79	.512	19.0
Cincinnati Reds	77	85	.475	25.0
Milwaukee Brewers	74	88	.457	28.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	69	93	.426	33.0

Notable transactions

• July 17, 1998: Esteban Loaiza was traded by the Pirates to the Texas Rangers for Warren Morris and Todd Van Poppel.

Roster

1998 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 41 Jason Christiansen 67 Francisco Córdova 71 Elmer Dessens 48 Sean Lawrence 47 Jon Lieber 34 Esteban Loaiza 51 Rich Loiselle 36 Javier Martínez 53 Jeff McCurry 38 Chris Peters 73 Ricardo Rincón 22 Jason Schmidt 56 José Silva 49 Jeff Tabaka 57 Todd Van Poppel 35 Marc Wilkins 64 Mike Williams		Catchers 18 Jason Kendall 15 Keith Osik Infielders  6 Lou Collier 14 Freddy García 27 Tim Laker 10 Abraham Núñez  2 Kevin Polcovich 16 Aramis Ramírez 31 Chance Sanford 17 Doug Strange  5 Tony Womack 29 Kevin Young		Outfielders 46 Jermaine Allensworth 62 Steve Bieser 13 Adrian Brown 19 Emil Brown 11 José Guillén 28 Al Martin 30 Manny Martínez 25 Mark Smith 12 Turner Ward		Manager 32 Gene Lamont Coaches 37 Joe Jones (first base) 45 Jack Lind (third base) 23 Lloyd McClendon (hitting) 44 Rick Renick (bench) 50 Pete Vuckovich (pitching) 54 Spin Williams (bullpen)

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
3B	Aramis Ramírez	72	251	59	.235	6	24

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
Elmer Dessens	43	2	6	0	5.67	43

Awards and honors

1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Jason Kendall, C, Reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

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Level	Team	League	Manager

References

• 1998 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1998 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.