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1998 American League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings East Division Team W L WL% GB NewYorkY NYY 114 48 .704 -- BostonRS BOS 92 70 .568 22.0 Toronto TOR 88 74 .543 26.0 Bltmore BAL 79 83 .488 35.0 TampaBay TBD 63 99 .389 51.0 Central Division Team W L WL% GB Clvlnd CLE 89 73 .549 -- ChicagoW CHW 80 82 .494 9.0 KansasCy KCR 72 89 .447 16.5 Minnesta MIN 70 92 .432 19.0 Detroit DET 65 97 .401 24.0 West Division Team W L WL% GB Texas TEX 88 74 .543 -- Anaheim ANA 85 77 .525 3.0 Seattle SEA 76 85 .472 11.5 Oakland OAK 74 88 .457 14.0 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: AL | East | Central | West | Wildcard Postseason World Series (4-0):   New York Yankees over San Diego Padres AL Championship Series (4-2):   New York Yankees over Cleveland Indians AL Division Series (3-1):   Cleveland Indians over Boston Red Sox AL Division Series (3-0):   New York Yankees over Texas Rangers BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1998 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
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League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 NYY  5.96   965  162  5643  1625  290  31  207  653  1025  .288  .362  .460  153   63 117  5.83  6.09
 TEX  5.80   940  162  5672  1637  314  32  201  595  1045  .289  .356  .462   82   47 109  6.20  5.41
 BOS  5.41   876  162  5601  1568  338  35  205  541  1049  .280  .343  .463   72   39 108  5.42  5.40
 SEA  5.34   859  161  5628  1553  321  28  234  558  1081  .276  .341  .468  115   39 111  5.36  5.31
 CHW  5.28   861  163  5585  1516  291  38  198  551   916  .271  .337  .444  127   46 104  5.39  5.17
 CLE  5.25   850  162  5616  1530  334  30  198  630  1061  .272  .346  .448  143   60 103  5.67  4.83
 BAL  5.04   817  162  5565  1520  303  11  214  593   903  .273  .343  .447   86   48 107  4.74  5.35
 TOR  5.01   816  163  5580  1482  316  19  221  564  1132  .266  .333  .448  184   81 104  5.38  4.63
 OAK  4.96   804  162  5490  1413  295  13  149  633  1122  .257  .334  .397  131   47  95  4.60  5.32
 ANA  4.86   787  162  5630  1530  314  27  147  510  1028  .272  .332  .415   93   45  93  4.48  5.23
 MIN  4.53   734  162  5641  1499  285  32  115  506   915  .266  .326  .389  112   54  86  4.59  4.47
 DET  4.46   722  162  5664  1494  306  29  165  455  1070  .264  .319  .415  122   62  91  4.44  4.47
 KCR  4.43   714  161  5546  1459  274  40  134  475   984  .263  .321  .399  135   50  87  4.41  4.46
 TBD  3.83   620  162  5555  1450  267  43  111  473  1107  .261  .319  .385  120   73  83  3.93  3.73
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  5.01 11365 2268 78416 21276 4248 408 2499 7737 14438  .271  .340  .432 1675  754

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 NYY  4.05   656  162  3.82  1456  1357   8.4   466  2.9  156  1080   22     8    16  48 116  3.88  4.22
 BOS  4.50   729  162  4.19  1436  1406   8.7   504  3.1  168  1025    5     2     8  53 112  4.49  4.51
 TOR  4.71   768  163  4.29  1465  1443   8.9   587  3.6  169  1154   10     5    11  47 107  4.46  4.96
 TBD  4.64   751  162  4.35  1443  1425   8.8   643  4.0  171  1008    7     2     7  28 109  4.90  4.37
 CLE  4.81   779  162  4.45  1460  1552   9.6   563  3.5  171  1037    9     3     4  47 107  5.17  4.44
 ANA  4.83   783  162  4.49  1444  1481   9.1   630  3.9  164  1091    3     1     5  52 106  4.85  4.81
 BAL  4.85   785  162  4.73  1431  1505   9.3   535  3.3  169  1065   16     4    10  37  95  4.59  5.10
 MIN  5.05   818  162  4.76  1447  1622  10.0   457  2.8  180   952    7     1     8  42 100  4.98  5.12
 OAK  5.35   866  162  4.83  1434  1555   9.6   529  3.3  179   922   12     3     4  39  94  4.89  5.80
 DET  5.33   863  162  4.93  1446  1551   9.6   595  3.7  185   947    9     3     4  32  95  5.49  5.16
 SEA  5.31   855  161  4.95  1424  1530   9.5   528  3.3  196  1156   17     5     7  31  93  5.27  5.35
 TEX  5.38   871  162  5.00  1431  1624  10.0   519  3.2  164   994   10     4     8  46  96  5.78  4.98
 KCR  5.58   899  161  5.16  1436  1590   9.9   568  3.5  196   999    6     3     5  46  92  6.15  5.02
 CHW  5.71   931  163  5.24  1438  1569   9.6   580  3.6  211   911    8     0     4  42  87  5.57  5.85
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  5.01 11354 2268  4.65 20191 21210   9.5  7704  3.4 2479 14341  141         105 590

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Est. Payroll Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------
 NYY   98  146  .984   .707  2,955,193  36,484  108-54  62-19 52-29  97  95 30.4 30.2   0   5  32  $66,806,867 Torre
 BOS  105  128  .983   .702  2,314,704  28,577   94-68  51-30 41-40 102 101 28.8 29.5   1   3  14  $56,757,000 Williams
 CLE  110  146  .982   .680  3,467,299  42,806   87-75  46-35 43-38 103 102 29.6 29.8   0   6  40  $60,800,166 Hargrove
 TEX  122  140  .980   .667  2,927,399  36,141   87-75  48-33 40-41 104 103 29.9 29.9   0   4  18  $56,572,095 Oates
 TOR  125  131  .979   .691  2,454,303  30,300   85-77  51-30 37-44 100  99 29.0 30.3   0   1  37  $51,376,000 Johnson
 ANA  106  146  .983   .685  2,519,280  31,102   81-81  42-39 43-38 102 102 28.7 29.8   0   2  32  $41,281,000 Collins
 CHW  140  161  .977   .685  1,391,146  16,965   75-87  44-37 36-45  98  98 27.3 26.3   0   1  24  $38,335,000 Manuel
 BAL   81  144  .987   .684  3,684,650  45,490   84-78  42-39 37-44  98  97 33.2 30.5   1   3  36  $72,355,634 Miller
 SEA  125  139  .979   .672  2,651,511  32,735   81-80  42-39 34-46  99  99 29.7 31.3   0   2  19  $54,087,036 Piniella
 OAK  141  155  .977   .681  1,232,343  15,214   76-86  39-42 35-46  96  97 28.9 31.0   0   1  22  $21,303,000 Howe
 KCR  125  172  .980   .675  1,494,875  18,686   64-97  29-51 43-38 101 102 28.8 28.8   0   1  24  $36,862,500 Muser
 MIN  108  135  .982   .677  1,165,976  14,395   73-89  35-46 35-46 101 102 29.9 28.7   1   1  25  $27,927,500 Kelly
 DET  115  164  .982   .683  1,409,391  17,400   68-94  32-49 33-48 100 101 27.3 26.6   0   1  18  $24,065,000 Bell and Parrish
 TBD   94  178  .985   .698  2,506,293  30,942   67-95  33-48 30-51 101 102 29.1 27.5   1   1  11  $27,280,000 Rothschild
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Juan Gonzalez TEX .318/.366/.630 Cy Young Award Roger Clemens TOR 20-6  2.65 271 SO Rookie of the Year Ben Grieve OAK .288/.386/.458 Manager of the Year Joe Torre Triple Crown Winner Roger Clemens TOR 20-6  2.65 271 SO Rolaids Relief Tom Gordon BOS 7-4 (46 sv) 2.72 78 SO ALCS MVP David Wells NYY 2-0  2.87

Gold Glove Winners Pitcher Mike Mussina Catcher Ivan Rodriguez First Base Rafael Palmeiro Second Base Roberto Alomar Third Base Robin Ventura Shortstop Omar Vizquel Outfield Jim Edmonds, Ken Griffey, and Bernie Williams Silver Slugger Winners Catcher Ivan Rodriguez First Base Rafael Palmeiro Second Base Damion Easley Third Base Dean Palmer Shortstop Alex Rodriguez Outfield Albert Belle, Juan Gonzalez, and Ken Griffey

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Williams-NYY .339 Vaughn-BOS .337 Belle-CHW .328 Davis-BAL .327 Jeter-NYY .324	On-base % Martinez-SEA .429 Williams-NYY .422 Thome-CLE .413 Salmon-ANA .410 Offerman-KCR .403	Slugging % Belle-CHW .655 Gonzalez-TEX .630 Griffey-SEA .611 Ramirez-CLE .599 Delgado-TOR .592	OPS Belle-CHW 1.055 Thome-CLE .998 Williams-NYY .997 Gonzalez-TEX .997 Vaughn-BOS .993
Games Belle-CHW 163 Palmeiro-BAL 162 Surhoff-BAL 162 Damon-KCR 161 Griffey-SEA 161 Ripken-BAL 161 Rodriguez-SEA 161 Ventura-CHW 161	At Bats Rodriguez-SEA 686 Damon-KCR 642 Durham-CHW 635 Griffey-SEA 633 Green-TOR 630	Plate Appearances (approx.) Rodriguez-SEA 748 Durham-CHW 723 Griffey-SEA 720 Thomas-CHW 712 Damon-KCR 710	Runs Jeter-NYY 127 Durham-CHW 126 Rodriguez-SEA 123 Griffey-SEA 120 Knoblauch-NYY 117
Hits Rodriguez-SEA 213 Vaughn-BOS 205 Jeter-NYY 203 Belle-CHW 200 Garciaparra-BOS 195	Total Bases Belle-CHW 399 Griffey-SEA 387 Rodriguez-SEA 384 Gonzalez-TEX 382 Vaughn-BOS 360	Doubles Gonzalez-TEX 50 Belle-CHW 48 Martinez-SEA 46 Valentin-BOS 44 Delgado-TOR 43	Triples Offerman-KCR 13 Damon-KCR 10 Winn-TBD 9 Durham-CHW 8 Garciaparra-BOS 8 Jeter-NYY 8 O'Leary-BOS 8
Home Runs Griffey-SEA 56 Belle-CHW 49 Canseco-TOR 46 Gonzalez-TEX 45 Ramirez-CLE 45	RBI Gonzalez-TEX 157 Belle-CHW 152 Griffey-SEA 146 Ramirez-CLE 145 Rodriguez-SEA 124	Bases on Balls Henderson-OAK 118 Thomas-CHW 110 Martinez-SEA 106 Salmon-ANA 90 McLemore-TEX 89 Offerman-KCR 89 Thome-CLE 89	Strikeouts Canseco-TOR 159 Vaughn-BOS 144 Green-TOR 142 Thome-CLE 141 Delgado-TOR 139
Stolen Bases Henderson-OAK 66 Lofton-CLE 54 Stewart-TOR 51 Rodriguez-SEA 46 Offerman-KCR 45	Singles Jeter-NYY 151 Offerman-KCR 143 Goodwin-TEX 133 Caruso-CHW 132 Vaughn-BOS 132	Adjusted OPS+ Belle-CHW 171 Williams-NYY 160 Martinez-SEA 158 Thome-CLE 153 Vaughn-BOS 153	Runs Created Belle-CHW 158 Vaughn-BOS 144 Griffey-SEA 142 Martinez-SEA 141 Rodriguez-SEA 138
Adjusted Batting Runs Belle-CHW 66 Martinez-SEA 54 Vaughn-BOS 47 Williams-NYY 47 Griffey-SEA 44	Batting Wins Belle-CHW 6.0 Martinez-SEA 4.9 Vaughn-BOS 4.3 Williams-NYY 4.2 Griffey-SEA 4.1	Extra-Base Hits Belle-CHW 99 Gonzalez-TEX 97 Griffey-SEA 92 Delgado-TOR 82 Ramirez-CLE 82 Rodriguez-SEA 82	Times on Base Martinez-SEA 288 Offerman-KCR 285 Belle-CHW 282 Vaughn-BOS 274 Thomas-CHW 271
Offensive Win% Belle-CHW .750 Martinez-SEA .749 Thome-CLE .746 Vaughn-BOS .738 Salmon-ANA .718	Hit By Pitch Knoblauch-NYY 18 Easley-DET 16 Fasano-KCR 16 Anderson-BAL 15 Lawton-MIN 15 Stewart-TOR 15	Sac. Hits Bordick-BAL 15 Benjamin-BOS 13 Gonzalez-TOR 13 Hinch-OAK 13 Cora-TOT 12 DiSarcina-ANA 12 McLemore-TEX 12 Vizquel-CLE 12	Sac. Flies Belle-CHW 15 Palmer-KCR 13 Gonzalez-TEX 11 O'Neill-NYY 11 Thomas-CHW 11
Intentional Walks Ventura-CHW 15 Delgado-TOR 13 Vaughn-BOS 13 Griffey-SEA 11 Belle-CHW 10	Grounded into Double Plays Coomer-MIN 22 O'Neill-NYY 22 Garciaparra-BOS 20 Gonzalez-TEX 20 Fletcher-TOR 19 Molitor-MIN 19 Ordonez-CHW 19 Williams-NYY 19	Caught Stealing Goodwin-TEX 20 Stewart-TOR 18 Canseco-TOR 17 Henderson-OAK 13 Rodriguez-SEA 13	Power/Speed Number Rodriguez-SEA 43.9 Canseco-TOR 35.6 Green-TOR 35.0 Griffey-SEA 29.5 Durham-CHW 24.9
At Bats per Strikeout Caruso-CHW 13.8 Molitor-MIN 12.2 Cairo-TBD 11.7 DiSarcina-ANA 10.8 Cora-TOT 10.2	At Bats per Home Run Griffey-SEA 11.3 Belle-CHW 12.4 Canseco-TOR 12.7 Ramirez-CLE 12.7 Gonzalez-TEX 13.5	Outs Rodriguez-SEA 505 Damon-KCR 486 Durham-CHW 477 Green-TOR 477 Knoblauch-NYY 477	ERA Clemens-TOR 2.65 Martinez-BOS 2.89 Rogers-OAK 3.17 Finley-ANA 3.39 Mussina-BAL 3.49 Wells-NYY 3.49
Wins Clemens-TOR 20 Cone-NYY 20 Helling-TEX 20 Martinez-BOS 19 Sele-TEX 19	Won-Loss % Wells-NYY .818 Clemens-TOR .769 Hernandez-NYY .750 Cone-NYY .741 Helling-TEX .741	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Wells-NYY 1.045 Martinez-BOS 1.091 Clemens-TOR 1.095 Mussina-BAL 1.115 Moyer-SEA 1.178	Hits Allowed/9IP Clemens-TOR 6.48 Martinez-BOS 7.24 Irabu-NYY 7.70 Cone-NYY 8.06 Rogers-OAK 8.11
Bases on Balls/9IP Wells-NYY 1.22 Saberhagen-BOS 1.49 Moyer-SEA 1.61 Mussina-BAL 1.79 Radke-MIN 1.81	Strikeouts/9IP Clemens-TOR 10.39 Martinez-BOS 9.67 Cone-NYY 9.06 Finley-ANA 8.54 Saunders-TBD 8.05	Games Runyan-DET 88 Quantrill-TOR 82 Swindell-TOT 81 Guardado-MIN 79 Plesac-TOR 78	Saves Gordon-BOS 46 Percival-ANA 42 Wetteland-TEX 42 Jackson-CLE 40 Aguilera-MIN 38
Innings Erickson-BAL 251.3 Rogers-OAK 238.7 Clemens-TOR 234.7 Moyer-SEA 234.3 Belcher-KCR 234.0	Strikeouts Clemens-TOR 271 Martinez-BOS 251 Johnson-SEA 213 Finley-ANA 212 Cone-NYY 209	Games Started Erickson-BAL 36 Belcher-KCR 34 Finley-ANA 34 Moyer-SEA 34 Rogers-OAK 34 Thompson-DET 34	Comp. Games Erickson-BAL 11 Wells-NYY 8 Fassero-SEA 7 Rogers-OAK 7 Colon-CLE 6 Johnson-SEA 6
Shutouts Wells-NYY 5 Clemens-TOR 3 Moehler-DET 3 Moyer-SEA 3 Arrojo-TBD 2 Colon-CLE 2 Erickson-BAL 2 Helling-TEX 2 Johnson-SEA 2 Martinez-BOS 2 Mussina-BAL 2 Sele-TEX 2	Home Runs Allow. Belcher-KCR 37 Williams-TOR 36 Nagy-CLE 34 Fassero-SEA 33 Burba-CLE 30 Candiotti-OAK 30 Moehler-DET 30 Navarro-CHW 30 Sirotka-CHW 30 Wakefield-BOS 30	Bases On Balls Allow. Saunders-TBD 111 Finley-ANA 109 Rapp-KCR 107 Guzman-TOT 98 Olivares-ANA 91	Hits Allowed Erickson-BAL 284 Sirotka-CHW 255 Nagy-CLE 250 Belcher-KCR 247 Sele-TEX 239
SO to Walk Wells-NYY 5.62 Mussina-BAL 4.27 Moyer-SEA 3.76 Martinez-BOS 3.75 Cone-NYY 3.54	Losses Candiotti-OAK 16 Guzman-TOT 16 Navarro-CHW 16 Rusch-KCR 15 Saunders-TBD 15 Sirotka-CHW 15 Thompson-DET 15	Earned Runs Allow. Burkett-TEX 123 Nagy-CLE 122 Navarro-CHW 122 Oquist-OAK 121 Sirotka-CHW 119	Wild Pitches Navarro-CHW 18 Stein-OAK 15 Candiotti-OAK 14 Rapp-KCR 14 Fassero-SEA 12
Hit Batsmen Arrojo-TBD 19 Cone-NYY 15 Wakefield-BOS 14 Erickson-BAL 13 Sele-TEX 13	Batters Faced Erickson-BAL 1102 Belcher-KCR 1003 Finley-ANA 976 Moyer-SEA 974 Rogers-OAK 970	Games Finished Gordon-BOS 69 Aguilera-MIN 64 Percival-ANA 60 Wetteland-TEX 59 Hernandez-TBD 58 Taylor-OAK 58	Adjusted ERA+ Clemens-TOR 174 Martinez-BOS 163 Rogers-OAK 143 Finley-ANA 140 Arrojo-TBD 133
Salary Belle-CHW $10,000,000 Clemens-TOR $8,550,000 Williams-NYY $8,300,000 Griffey-SEA $8,153,667 Gonzalez-TEX $7,800,000	Oldest Player Eckersley-BOS 1954-10-03 (43) Molitor-MIN 1956-08-22 (41) Orosco-BAL 1957-04-21 (41) Jones-CLE 1957-06-24 (41) Stieb-TOR 1957-07-22 (40)	Youngest Player Brown-KCR 1978-03-27 (20) Chavez-OAK 1977-12-07 (20) Caruso-CHW 1977-05-27 (21) Halladay-TOR 1977-05-14 (21) Beltran-KCR 1977-04-24 (21)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. David Wells (NYY) C. Ivan Rodriguez (TEX) 1B. Jim Thome (CLE) 2B. Roberto Alomar (BAL) 3B. Cal Ripken (BAL) SS. Alex Rodriguez (SEA) LF. Kenny Lofton (CLE) CF. Ken Griffey (SEA) RF. Juan Gonzalez (TEX)		Sandy Alomar* (CLE) Rolando Arrojo* (TBD) Scott Brosius* (NYY) Roger Clemens* (TOR) Bartolo Colon* (CLE) Ray Durham* (CHW) Damion Easley* (DET) Darin Erstad* (ANA) Tom Gordon* (BOS)		Ben Grieve* (OAK) Derek Jeter* (NYY) Pedro Martinez (BOS) Paul O'Neill* (NYY) Rafael Palmeiro* (BAL) Dean Palmer* (KCR) Troy Percival* (ANA) Brad Radke* (MIN) Manny Ramirez* (CLE)		Aaron Sele (TEX) Mo Vaughn (BOS) Omar Vizquel* (CLE) John Wetteland* (TEX) Bernie Williams (NYY)

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