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1998 San Francisco Giants season

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1998 San Francisco Giants
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
Ballpark3Com Park at Candlestick Point
CitySan Francisco, California
Record89–74 (.546)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersPeter Magowan
General managersBrian Sabean
ManagersDusty Baker
TelevisionKTVU
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller)
Fox Sports Bay Area
(Jon Miller, Duane Kuiper)
RadioKNBR
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller )
SP Radio
(Erwin Higueros, Rene De La Rosa, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)
← 1997
1999 →

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.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Opening Day starters

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Season standings

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NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Diego Padres 9864 .605 — 54‍–‍27 44‍–‍37
San Francisco Giants 8974 .546 9½ 49‍–‍32 40‍–‍42
Los Angeles Dodgers 8379 .512 15 48‍–‍33 35‍–‍46
Colorado Rockies 7785 .475 21 42‍–‍39 35‍–‍46
Arizona Diamondbacks 6597 .401 33 34‍–‍47 31‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

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1998 National League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1998
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
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

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  • April 6, 1998: Jalal Leach was released by the San Francisco Giants.[5]
  • May 11, 1998: Jalal Leach was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.[5]
  • June 2, 1998: Cody Ransom was drafted by the Giants in the 9th round of the 1998 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 4, 1998.[7]
  • July 23, 1998: Joe Carter was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the San Francisco Giants for Darin Blood (minors).[8]
  • September 14, 1998: Alex Diaz was released by the Giants.[4]

Roster

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1998 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
CBrian Johnson9930873.2371334
1BJ.T. Snow138435108.2481579
2BJeff Kent137526156.29731128
SSRich Aurilia122413110.266949
3BBill Mueller145534157.294959
LFBarry Bonds156552167.30337122
CFDarryl Hamilton97367108.294126
RFStan Javier135417121.290449

Other batters

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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
Charlie Hayes11132994.2861262
Rey Sánchez10931690.285230
Marvin Benard12128692.322336
Brent Mayne9427575.273332
Ellis Burks4214745.306522
Joe Carter4110531.295729
Chris Jones439017.189210
Alex Diaz34628.12905
Shawon Dunston36519.17638
Ramón Martínez19196.31600
Doug Mirabelli10174.23514
Wilson Delgado10122.16701
Armando Ríos1274.57123
Dante Powell842.50011
Jeff Ball241.25000
Jacob Cruz330.00000

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mark Gardner33212.01364.33151
Orel Hershiser34202.011104.41126
Kirk Reuter33187.21694.36102
Shawn Estes25149.17125.06136
Danny Darwin33148.28105.5181

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Russ Ortiz2288.1444.9975

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Robb Nen7877401.52110
John Johnstone706503.0786
Rich Rodriguez684023.7044
Julián Tavárez605313.8052
Steve Reed502111.4850
Jose Mesa325303.5228
Jim Poole261305.2916
Chris Brock130003.9019
Alvin Morman90105.147
Dean Hartgraves50009.534
Cory Bailey50002.702

Award winners

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All-Star Game

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
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]

References

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  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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